in the middle of the night

i've caught lauren doing two very funny things since we've been married
the most recent happened this morning
it was preceded by many night of sleep in which
i have been awoken by her playing tug-of-war with the covers that were covering me
when i would inquire what the problem was
she would always respond "you stole the covers!"
mind you most of these occurrences were betwixt the hours of 2am - 6am
the exchanges probably weren't that calm or pleasant either

when we get up around the same time
we will usually make the bed together
at which time she'll usually comment on the large percentage
of covers that are on my side of the bed
backing up her theory about me stealing covers

this morning we were up around the same time
i walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth
upon re-entering our bedroom from teeth brushing
i notice lauren with a sneaky and hurried pace
scampering back to her side of the bed from my side
when she looked up and our eyes introduced themselves
she had guilty smeared all over her face
i naturally inquired about the events that took place in my absence
"lauren, (i said) what were you doing?"
"lies-lies-lies-lies-lies" came out of her mouth
this exchange took place several times
each time with more unbelievable lies coming from her
each time with more suspicion in my tone
finally, i pinned her down on the bed and made her look me in the eyes
"what were you doing" i demanded
she laughed out hysterically this broken sentence:
"i was (laugh laugh) putting all the co- (laugh) cove- (laugh)
covers on your side (laugh laugh laugh laugh) so I could
accuse you of (lauuuuuuuugh laugh laugh) stealing them"
at this we both burst into uncontrollable laughter
as we shared one of our favorite moments of the year

i immediately fell even more in love with lauren at that moment
as she lie on the bed so amused by her own trickery