Chapter 162

“You should go up, too,” Russ said to Daw.

“No, weshould. The bed’s pretty narrow, but I bet it’ll hold the two of us if you’re not a restless sleeper.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah, Russ, I am. Before you get the wrong idea, this is not a declaration of love or anything. You’re a good kid; we seem to have something going on between us, and…hell.”

Russ grinned. “Sharing a bed is a good way to find out if we can stand each other up-close and very personal. Works for me.”

* * * *

Brody nodded toward Daw and Russ as they came downstairs the following morning, whispering to Jon, “Looks like things are getting a bit more one-on-one between them.”

“About time, at least from Russ’s perspective,” Jon murmured in reply.

“Talking about us?” Daw asked with obvious amusement.

“Now would we do that?”

“In a heartbeat,” Tonio said as he and the others came into the living room. “We always gossip about the newest arrivals.”

“Gives us something interesting to do,” Kurt agreed.