Free King Sized Beds and Happy Trails (Beds Series) by Becca Ann, Tessa Marie

load up his plate for me. As long as it doesn’t touch his food—weird vegetarian philosophy—he’ll do it, and I won’t look like a lardass.
    I grab my jeans, the ones that make my butt look great, my warm double insulated socks, and a green thermal.
    A hot shower sounds perfect. I go to walk into the bathroom and stop. Ryan’s last words circling my mind.
    “Kaylee?”
    “Yeah, Bestie?”
    “How’d you get in here?”
    She bats her eyelashes. “I stole the spare key from the lobby.”
    Looks can be deceiving—sweet and innocent my ass. “Nice. Can you knock next time?”
    “Why? Afraid I might walk in on something?”
    “No!” The words come out faster than an avalanche. If the roles were reversed , I’d assume she was guilty. I’m not, but the look in her eyes makes me think otherwise. “But what if Ryan was naked?” Oh no! I’m digging myself into a hole. “I mean if I wasn’t in here. He came back to shower, and you thought I was here. You know?”
    Stop talking, Lexie.
    I focus on my Save Me nail polish.
    “Or if you were in here with Sean.” Kaylee finally says after what feels like a century.
    “Yes! Right! Sean.”
    “Okay , I’ll knock next time.”
    “Good. Now if you’ll excuse me , I need to make myself irresistible.”
    Sean should be at breakfast and after last night, I’m ahead of the game. I just need to stay there.

 
    Chapter 10
    Ryan
     
    “Did everyone find their itineraries?”
    Mr. Miller holds up his laminated copy and points to it like we’re a bunch of first graders. A mumbled groan comes from all the seniors.
    “Excellent!”
    He must be programmed to hear the opposite emotion of students.
    “ All right, Group A will have the slopes from ten to one, and Group B from two to five. The rec room is available to Group B while Group A is on the hills, and vise versa.” He points to Misty’s parents, who are making kissy faces at each other in the corner, and Josh’s parents, who are standing with pool cues. “Your chaperones will be keeping an eye on you. And there are plenty of employees and ski instructors on the slopes. Please be safe. I don’t want anyone coming back with a broken anything.”
    Another mumbled groan as I see Kaylee and Lex walk into the lobby. Kaylee’s not shooting me any gossip eyes, which means Lex told her what they walked in on was nothing. My shoulders slump a bit, and my chest tightens.
    “Stay with a buddy and have fun! Meet you all for lunch at one.”
    And just like that, the crowd splits. Group B bolts to the rec room to grab the best tables, some grab their boyfriend’s hands and make their way back to the cabins, and Lex, Kaylee, Nate, and I zip up our coats and head for the slopes. Sean right ahead of us.
    Great.
    The bus takes us up there, since it’s too far on foot. Kaylee and Lex take the seat right behind Sean and Luke. I guess Ski Resort Barbie is in Group B. Or she didn’t want to ski. Either way, I can’t figure out if I’m happy or disappointed she isn’t here. And my chest keeps tightening the farther we get up the mountain.
    Nate and I don’t talk on the way up. He starts pulling out handkerchiefs from his sleeve and making them disappear and reappear. I pound on my chest to try to get rid of whatever is making me so edgy.
    The bus comes to a stop , and we all wait for our chaperones to say something, but they’re making googly eyes at each other in the back. Misty buries her face, and she’s the first one off the bus and on the ski lift.
    “I wanna do King’s Ridge .”
    Lex points to the ski lift to the right as she hops out next to me, the one that heads up, up, up, and looks like it’ll never go back down.
    “Hell, no.”
    “Come on, Ry.” She sticks her bottom lip out. “I heard Sean say that’s where he’ll be.”
    “Then you go by yourself. I decided I don’t want to be witness to the pheromone swapping.” I shift in my skis, ready to jump on the lift that goes to Ice Cove. I know that it