Feeling a panic coming on from her, makes him instinctively rub her back in his sleep.  His hands continuing to rub her through the night.  As the morning arrives, he wakes up to feel his arm burning, unaware that his arm was going most the night rubbing her back.  He lays his arm down, letting it rest as it burned.

"Hey babe.  Is it time yet?"

He asks, his back to the clock.