Page 209 of Dark Love

Vex: Worry.

Me: ?

Vex: Are you going to do the same?

Maybe

Me: I’m going to lay in this big bed and wish your arms were around me.

I snap a picture of me on the bed and send it to him.

Vex: Dahl, you do know I don’t have that much willpower. Can I please come?

Me: Nope. I’m sharing a room with two other people. You’d scare them. And I won’t be in here much. We’ll probably do midnight sprint sessions.

And gossip. It’s impossible for us to get together and not chatter like a bunch of birds.

Vex: You’re going to the gym?

Now that’s funny.

Me: LOL. No. We sprint, or type as many words as we can in a set time, to get in all the words we’ll miss out on through the week.

Vex: That sounds like work.

Kinda is.

Me: But it doesn’t feel like work.

Vex: Are you going to eat any vegetables this week?

Me: Probably not

Vex: Dahl

Me: Have I told you how cute you are?

Vex: We’ll have brussel sprouts when you get back.

Me: I’m shaking in my boots.

Vex: You make me smile.

My heart flutters.

Vex: You’ll stay safe. And tell me where you are, so I don’t have to worry.

Me: Even if we do something truly wild.

Not that I think we are.

Vex: Then I want pictures.

I can’t help the laugh that escapes my lips.

Me: If I had to guess, we’re going to stay right here. It’s doubtful most of us will ever get to stay at a resort like this again.

I could afford to do this once in a while, but it would be a big hit to my budget. Juniper, on the other hand, can barely afford a meal in one of the restaurants here.