“Okay. Yeah, that’s cool. Have you been to Australia?”
“No! I want to go there. And hold a koala. And see kangaroos.”
His smile is fond. “Yeah.” Now his fingers move on my leg. Tingles radiate from deep inside me.
“I’ve been traveling a lot in the States the last few years, playing in smaller venues, and it’s been cool seeing so much of the country. But I’d love to travel and perform outside the country. Australia. Europe. Japan.” I sigh and shoot him a quick wistful smile.
A knock on the door makes me jump.
“Room service.” Marek swings his legs off the bed. “I’ll get it.”
He deals with that and returns with several bags of candy that he tosses on the bed and a whiskey sour on a tray.
I have to laugh. “I can’t believe you ordered Sour Patch candies from room service.”
He shrugs. “Why not? I stay in a lot of hotels and one thing I’ve learned is you can ask them for almost anything and they’ll do it.”
“Oooh. That’s interesting. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve asked for?”
He sets the drink on the table beside me. “Hmmm. One time I asked them to bring two luggage carts up.” He pauses to round the bed and sit again. “We wanted to race them up and down the hall.”
I crack up picturing it.
“Other than that, it’s usually basic stuff like deodorant or a toothbrush… oh! One time I forgot socks to wear with my suit so I asked them to get me a pair of black socks.”
“And they did it.”
“Yep.” He flashes a wicked grin and resumes caressing my bare leg.
“You travel a lot, too.”
“Yeah. Not the fun kind of travel, though. I mean, don’t get me wrong, traveling with the guys is fun. When we have the odd day off somewhere, we hang out and do stuff, but most of the time it’s hotel to arena, back to the hotel to nap, back to the arena and then outta there. So you don’t see much.”
“What’s your favorite city to play in?”
“Besides Hoboken?”
I grin. “Why would you want to play anywhere else?”
“Are you trolling my town?”
“No! I’m teasing.”
“We have amazing fans, a beautiful new arena, and great leadership. I like it there.”
“That’s good.”
“But for fun, I like going to Los Angeles.”
“Oh, yeah.”
“I love the ocean.”
“There’s ocean in New Jersey.”
“True. But in January, it’s nicer in California.”
“Okay, yes.”
