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Juliet had quickly followed Ryan. Her bunk was above West’s middle one—Mal bunked under him when the fucker did manage to sleep. Juliet’s curtain was half open with two feet swinging and lights flickering. She and Elle were probably binge watching some show.
Elle on the top, Michael in the middle, and Ryan on the bottom bunk made up the other side of the aisle. Molly had the bigger bunk along the back of the bus. It was easier to let her have the slightly larger space.
Their lead singer was way too particular for most of them to stand.
Michael gave him a look, but West didn’t know what to say. Ry had been acting weird lately. He’d try to get him to talk at the Love and Paws event the next day. He was hoping the surprise would make Lauren happy.
She felt like an animal person.
He was fairly certain he’d be crushed if she wasn’t.
Michael snuck a peek at his phone—as he did nearly every three minutes. “I’m going to go FaceTime with Chloe.”
He and Lauren unpacked, grabbed a big bag of Skittles, and escaped to his bunk. “Have you been to San Fran before.”
She nodded as she picked out yellow candies. “I’ve done the touristy things—of course more from an academic mindset. My parents thought all our vacations should include as much learning as possible.”
“Well there’s plenty of history to Crissy Field of course—Golden Gate Park and all—but our day isn’t really going to be academic. Unless you can count the cutest beings on the planet as academic.”
“Cutest?”
He nodded and settled against the back of his bunk. “I don’t want to spoil anything. You aren’t allergic to anything right?”
She shook her head no. “Sounds ominous.”
“The only ominous thing on the bus is Mal in the morning.”
“I like the idea of that.” She scooted back against him and flicked her shoes outside the bunk. “Whatever are we going to do for the drive?” She ruined the saucy question with a big yawn at the end.
“We’re going to sleep. Full day tomorrow.”
“I’m not tired though.” She yawned again.
He scooted down and tucked his arm around her waist. “Maybe if we just shut our eyes for a few minutes, we can try making out again.”
“Oh, I like the sound of that,” she caught herself in a huge yawn before she could finish the sentence.
She was warm and soft and it had been a long-assed day. When he woke again, she was plastered to his back and he’d lost his shirt sometime in the night. His nose was pressed to the back of his bunk. It was always an adventure sleeping with Lauren.
He tried to turn over, but she moaned and her hand was dangerously close to cupping his assets. Voices dented the quiet of his bunk and the scrabble of paws.
“How the hell did he get on the bus?”
“Get over here Jethro.”
Jethro? West scooted to the bottom of his bunk and slipped out. A ball of lemon colored fur blurred past and took him out at the ankles. He landed on the floor with an grunt and put his hands up against the legs and doggy breath attacking him.
“West?” Lauren pushed his curtain open and peeked out. She instantly dissolved into giggles.
Jethro knocked him onto his back and went at his neck with doggie drool and kisses. “Okay, buddy. Back it up.” He pushed the dog off of him and grinned up at Lauren. “Not even going to help?”
“I think you have enough on your lap.” Her eyes went soft. “He’s the cutest dog ever. Look at that big flopsy mop of dark hair on his head.”
Jethro nailed him in the junk and West closed into a fetal position with a yelp. The dog darted away to the front of the bus.
“Are you okay?” She couldn’t stop laughing as she asked. Tears tracking down her cheeks as she sucked back a breath.
He hopped to his feet and followed the dog to the front of the bus.
