“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.