“Uh… Yeah. Like a baby. You?”
“Yeah,” she lied. “I think breakfast is at nine. Want to get a little more sleep, or maybe…”
She placed her hand on River’s stomach, trying to hint that she could move her phone.
“Shit. I told Cal I’d check in.”
River went to lift her phone instead, and Lacey moved her hand away, giving up almost as quickly as she’d put in the effort.
“I’m going to the bathroom,” she said.
“Okay.”
Lacey stood up, stretched, walked to the bathroom, and spent a very long time brushing her teeth and putting her hair in a messy bun because this weekend was supposed to be at least somewhat relaxing, and she wasn’t about to dress up even if Kennedy freaking Gannon was a beautiful movie star who looked perfect without any makeup on. Lacey cleaned her face, splashed more cold water on it for good measure, finished up, and, hoping she’d delayed enough, she went back out to the bedroom, where she found River sorting through her bag.
“Should we wear suits? I don’t know if we’re swimming today. Not sure I even want to. This place doesn’t have a pool, and I don’t like swimming in the ocean.”
“I don’t know. Whatever you want to do is probably fine. And there’s a hot tub, if you’re interested in that,” she replied and walked to her own bag, where she pulled out her bathing suit, which was a red bikini with white flowers.
She’d bought it for cheap at a department store because she didn’t have a ton of time to go swimming in the first place and didn’t need anything expensive.
“You know I’m not a fan of hot tubs. That’s just sitting around in people’s sweat while you sweat, too,” River told her as she pulled out underwear and a sports bra.
“Romantic, River,” she said sarcastically.
“What? It’s true. I’m going to pee and stuff. Be right out.”
“Okay,” she replied.
Lacey dressed while River was in the bathroom and decided not to wait for her girlfriend, whose mind was elsewhere already today, and it wasn’t even nine o’clock yet. She opened the door and looked down the hallway toward Cameron and Kennedy’s room. Turning her head the other way next, she was surprised to see the hallway empty, so she padded down shoeless until she hit the living room and was met with Kennedy Gannon sitting on the sofa, drinking coffee and staring down at her phone.
“Good morning,” Lacey greeted.
“Morning,” Kennedy said, looking up at her from her phone. “Early riser?”
“Um… No. I like to sleep in as late as I can whenever I can, but River usually is, so I tend to wake up with her. She woke up later today, so we’re just starting to move now.”
“Cam’s like you. She sleeps in whenever she can. I’m usually up by six at the latest.”
“Is that because of work?”
“I got used to early call times when I was younger, yes, but I also like it. Sometimes, I can catch the sunrise. Other times, I get more time to adjust to the new day.” Kennedy held up her phone. “Check out what’s going on in the world, respond to notifications and messages, that kind of thing.”
“Hey,” Cameron said, emerging from the kitchen, holding her own cup of coffee. “I thought I heard you.”
“Morning,” Lacey replied with a smile. “I heard you like to sleep in, too.”
“You did?” Cameron looked down at Kennedy. “Oh, yeah. She’s usually up early, but I try to roll over and go back to sleep. I like my lazy mornings. Ken here likes to just get up and go.”
“Me too. The lazy mornings, I mean,” Lacey added.
“Where’s River?” Kennedy asked.
“She’s getting dressed. She’ll be right out.”
“Want some coffee?” Cameron asked. “They’re in there making breakfast, but I can sneak you some, if you want.”
“You have tosneakme coffee?” Lacey laughed.
