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“I can do it,” Scout says, getting up.
“Can you put him in my room?” I ask.
“No problem.”
Scout leaves the room.
Rueben’s gaze never leaves my naked body.
“Well, well,” he says. “What are we going to do about this?”
“Admire the view?” I ask, knowing there’s more to this request than Rueben just wanting to look at me. “Well, drink it in fast, because I’m about to put clothes on and sit down for breakfast like the rest of you.”
“Aw,” Rueben says, putting on a fake pout. “You’re not going to stay like that all day?”
“That’s impractical, you ass,” Gus mutters, shaking his head.
I struggle to keep a straight face after that and dart out of the room to get my clothes so I can laugh a little while I’m in the other room. Scout’s already gone upstairs with Bishop.
I return to the kitchen in clothes, to an unimpressed Rueben and a smiling Gus.
Breakfast is filling and I’ve already done the one thing I needed to do today, so when we’re cleaning up, I ask, “So, what are we doing today?”
“Uh … waiting around for your heat to need serviced?” Rueben asks, sounding hopeful.
“Besides that,” I ask. “I’m supposed to relax with my mates, too.”
“Isn’t that what laying around in bed together between times is for?”
Clearly, Rueben has a one-tracked mind this morning.
“We can watch a movie,” Gus suggests.
“With Tiny Tempest!” Rueben adds.
“A movie’s a good idea,” Scout agrees as he steps back into the kitchen.
“I’m getting our furbaby,” Rueben tells me, before he leaves the room.
“So, what kind of movies do you guys’ watch?” I ask as I follow Gus and Scout into the lounge.
“Action comedy if you don’t want Rueben to get bored to death and leave the room,” Scout admits. “Though if he’s bringing the kitten down, he’ll spend half the movie playing with him anyway.”
“Sometimes horror,” Gus adds, shrugging.
“Let’s stick with an action comedy,” I say, happy to watch something different from my usual girly flicks since I’m with my guys.
“That’s the best idea.” Scout picks up the remote and puts the TV back on.
I let them choose the flick, and I let them argue over who gets to sit where.
I end up snuggled in between Gus and Scout for half the movie, and beside Rueben for the other half, but someone makes an argument about fairness.
It turns out to be a fun day spent relaxing with my mates.
It’s not until a little before dinner time that I go and check on Bishop to find out he’s waking up.
I sit on the edge of the bed as he pulls himself up.
