Page 80 of Floored By Love

Begrudgingly, we joined everyone in the living room. Alex and O had their suitcases, but I noticed Colton only had a small bag.

“Didn’t you get your stuff?” I asked.

“About that,” Colton said, looking at Cam. “Our stuff was pretty smoky, so I hope it’s alright, but I had this cleaning service take it. They were already on site. I figured the folks in charge were expectin’ it.”

“We looked them up on Google. They specialize in restoring damaged clothes. They had good reviews,” Ty added.

How bad were they?

“Smelled like shitty barbecue,” Colton answered. “I didn’t want to chance regular laundry not workin’.”

Thanks. How’s my phone?

“Ah, yeah. Sorry. I got your phone, charger, and some of your toiletries here. I figured you and I could go shopping for some clothes tomorrow if you’re up for it.” Colton must’ve noticed how close Cam and I were standing to each other. “Luke can come too, if y’all want. You two work it out?”

“Yeah, we’re boyfriends again. And we’ll see how he’s feeling,” I said, then doubled over. I looked down at the fist hovering near my navel. Cam had punched me in the stomach.

“Sorry,” he whispered.

Didn’t mean to hit that hard.

“Could’ve fooled me,” I said, standing back up, and tried to catch my breath, wondering what I did that was so bad. Cam pursed his lips and rubbed my stomach a little before writing again.

I don’t need a babysitter.

“Well, tough shit. You got one, mister.”

“Boyfriends again?” Alex asked. “Did I miss something?”

Cam and I exchanged smiles. “Tell you about it later?” I suggested. “It’s kind of a long story.”

Alex nodded.

“So, I’m guessing you guys are in here?” O asked from the door to our room.

“Yeah, I figured we’d take the king bed. Hope that’s okay.”

“As long as we can’t hear you, that’s fine with me.”

“I’ve got noise-cancelling earphones. Y’all can be as loud as you want,” Colton joked.

“Don’t challenge them, Colton. They’re likely to fuck with us,” O added.

I noticed Cam was writing something. “I think Cam and I will be the only ones fucking,” I said. Hopefully.

Luke’s pretty loud when I’m inside him.

“TMI! TMI!” Alex covered his eyes and backed away from us towards the other bedrooms, banging his suitcase into the wall as he stumbled around.

“I think you’re all hat and no cattle, Cam Cam.”

I took a step towards Colton. “To be fair, Colton, I am pretty loud.”

“Alright, you two, put your pistols away,” O walked over, pretending to separate us.

“Have all the sex y’all want. Just don’t keep us awake. How about that?” Colton asked.

“Can do,” I said.