I woke with Eric on the bed beside me.

The next morning the girl wakes beside him and leaves with his machine gun.

After today, he swore, he would have long mornings waking beside her.

I would not want Ritchie to wake and find me not beside him.

Then one night I woke with her sleeping beside me.

The President sat bolt upright, waking his wife beside him.

That waking beside you is more lovely than any dream.

It did not happen often, but now and again, I would feel him wake beside me, body tensed in sudden battle.

When it touched his eyes, he woke and found his wife awake beside him.

She had looked forward to waking beside him even though it was disconcerting to see him lying so still.