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She grinned. “That’s right, I’m your girl.” Her freckles seemed extra bright with the little pigtails she’d pulled her hair into. “I like the apron. We’ll have to play shirtless chef again.”
“Count on it.”
“All right, love birds. So, now that the Avengers are all assembled, are you going to tell us what’s got you pulling out the domestic card?”
Lindsey threw a piece of bacon at Jamie. “Can’t you just enjoy a band breakfast?”
She caught it against her chest and popped it in her mouth. “I can enjoy and also question said band breakfast. Especially since we were up until after three writing ‘Offering’.”
I brought over another carafe of coffee, and then sat down with the last of the scrambled eggs. I stole the tabasco sauce from Oz and soaked them liberally before digging in. “I wanted to ask Noah before letting you guys in on it.”
“And Master Sergeant said yes?” Jamie refilled her coffee. “I’m in shock.”
Teagan stood up and grabbed a water, and then came to stand by me. “Gonna spit it out?”
“So impatient.”
She teased her fingers through my hair. “So…”
I stole her last piece of bacon.
“Hey.”
“Too slow.” I chewed then hooked my arm around Teagan’s waist and hauled her closer. “The venue is actually about an hour away from my mom’s place. We’re going to head over there instead of taking up one of Noah’s black zone parking spots.”
Teagan froze against me.
“No way. I totally forgot. I can see Boots!” Jamie jumped up and filched a strip of bacon off Oz’s plate then came around to hug me and Teagan.
“That girl deserves a boot off this bus,” Oz grumbled. He leaned forward. “Who the fuck is Boots?”
“Oof.” Teagan giggled as we got Jamie’s stranglehold hugs.
“I’m so freaking excited.” She ran to the back of the bus and came back with an iPad. “This is Boots.” She handed the device to Oz. “It’s the alpaca mascot for his mom’s place.”
Oz tipped his head and stared at Jamie. “And you know this, why?”
“I sleep for shit. She has these webcams on all the time. You know like that crazy giraffe baby from a few years ago?”
“Oh, right.” Daisy took the iPad. “It’s so cute.” She enlarged the video. “There are so many of them.”
“So, we’re headed to alpaca shit country? Exciting.” Oz kicked his feet out under the table. “However, your mom is fairly hot and can cook.”
Daisy elbowed him in the gut. “Excuse you?”
“Not as hot as you, sprite, just you know—”
“Stop while you’re ahead, dude.” Teagan sat on my lap. “We’re going to see your mom?”
“If you’re cool with that. I’ve hung out with your folks a few times, figured it was time for you to meet mine.”
She played with the strap on my apron. “Yeah. You talk about her a lot, so I feel like I know her.” She lifted her gaze. “Things are a bi
t different now though.”
“Exactly why I want you meet her.”
“Oh.” She leaned in and whispered in my ear. “Will she like me?”
