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but I think we’d better head to bed before all the heat is gone.
    Jenny opened her bedroom door to allow the heat to enter. It was already freezing cold in the tiny room. The wind outside howled angrily and Jenny could feel a breeze coming from the window. She quickly donned her flannels in the dark and jumped into the bed. Jenny yelped when she slipped under the cold sheets.
    “You okay in there?” Dan called out.
    “Yeah, just a freezing bed. I’m fine.” Jenny shivered until her body heat started to warm the covers. Her own teeth chattering woke her up hours later. She had never felt so cold in her life. Jenny wrapped the blankets around tighter, but it didn’t help. She stared at the wooden slats above her. How did the pioneers do it? This was fucking nuts. She curled her toes under her and put her hands in her armpits. She tried to fall asleep, but woke up to her own moaning. It was just too damn cold!
    She cried out when she saw movement in the doorway. “It’s just me,” Dan said. “I heard you whimpering.”
    Jenny’s teeth chattered when she answered. “I’m so cold.”
    “Me, too. If you are not opposed, I think we should share our heat.” She nodded vigorously, desperately needing his warmth. “My room feels a little warmer than yours,” he offered.
    Jenny pulled the blankets off the bed and followed him to the other bedroom. They piled all the covers onto his bed and she slipped under them. Jenny tried not to think how weird it was to be spooning Dan. He wrapped his arms around her and pressed up close.
    It took a long time, but eventually his body heat radiated through her and her teeth stopped chattering. “Better?” he asked.
    “Much.” Jenny fell asleep soon after. The blizzard continued to swirl around the little cabin, but she survived the night in relative comfort.
    Dan was the first to stir the next morning. “I don’t want to do this.”
    “Do what?” she asked groggily.
    “Get out of this warm bed.”
    Jenny laughed. “I don’t blame you.”
    “Yeah, but unless I get the firewood, we’ll have to stay here all day.”
    “I’ll cheer you on from the bed.”
    “That’s big of you,” he grumbled good-naturedly just before making the mad dash. Jenny heard him zipped up his coat and stomp his boots several times. Then she heard the creak of the door and a loud, “Oh shit!”
    “What? What’s wrong?”
    “This is bad.”
    Curiosity made her brave the cold. Jenny gasped when she saw the doorway completely blocked by snow, from top to bottom. “What the heck?”
    “Yeah, we’re like literally snowed in.”
    “What are we going to do?” she asked, shivering in the frigid air.
    “I have to get that firewood. We’re not going to survive without it.” Dan grabbed a pot and scooped out a pan full of snow. She followed him as he walked to the bathroom and tossed it in the tub. Jenny quickly put on her coat, shoes, and gloves and grabbed another pot. The two began the arduous task of digging out. The positive in helping Dan was that Jenny got exceedingly warm working so hard.
    Once they broke through the top layer of the snow, they were hit with blowing winds. The blizzard was still raging on. It took hours before they were able to dig their way to the woodpile. When Jenny hit the first log, she grabbed onto Dan, jumping up and down enthusiastically. “I found it! We’re saved!”
    He hugged her and laughed. “I never thought we would see that damn wood.” After digging out the woodpile, she helped him carry the logs into the cabin. The wood completely lined one wall. Lucky for them, there was a healthy supply. “I bet this will last at least a week,” Dan assured her.
    By the time they finished stacking the last of it, both were starving. Jenny got out the donuts, precooked bacon and chocolate milk. After he got a fire going, she took a cast iron pot and filled it with snow. “Coffee soon,” she announced, putting it on the edge of the fire.
    “Great. By the way,