She nosed at him. “Shhh. I’m not complaining. That’s a useful thing to know. Two useful things.” Dotting little kisses along his cheekbones, she murmured, “Do you have enough brain to talk about something else for a moment, though?”
He laughed softly and nuzzled his nose against her cheek, the touch soothing and calming him as he nodded jerkily. “Yeah…what is it?” he whispered and took a series of deep breaths, eyes transforming from gold to their original blue.
“My aunt has a beach house a little north of San Francisco. I was thinking, when school lets out for the summer, we could borrow it for a weekend? Just you and me? Assuming,” she said, slightly more stern, “nobody fails any classes.”