“I’m sorry, bud. I didn’t hear you out there at first.” Blair felt guilty even if it wasn’t actually a lie. She hadn’t heard him. The reason why  she hadn’t heard Nolan might not have been her best decision, though.

“Yeah.” Nolan nodded as if he understood. “You were being really loud.”

“I… umm…” Shit. Shit. Shit. Think, Blair. “Sorry. I tripped.”

“You tripped in the shower? Are you okay?” Erin asked as she joined them in the bathroom as well.

Is this a fucking party? Blair could feel her face turning red as Erin watched her, waiting for an answer. “Yeah. I’m… I’m good.”

Erin wrinkled her eyebrows as she studied Blair’s face. “Are you sure? You look frazzled. Did you hurt your—”

Blair saw the exact moment realization hit Erin’s face. Erin knew she was lying, and she also knew exactly why Blair was lying. Shit. Why did this woman have the ability to see right through her?

Erin’s eyes went wide, and her face turned even more red than Blair’s felt. “Oh.”

Blair swallowed hard then gave her a guilty smile. “Yeah.” No sense in lying at this point.

Erin put her hand on Nolan’s shoulder and ushered him out of the bathroom. “Let’s give Blair some privacy while she recovers from her fall. ”

After Nolan was out of the bathroom, Erin walked back in and leaned close to Blair. “You’re making this really fucking hard on me right now,” she said in a breathy whisper that made Blair want to jump right back into the shower.

As soon as Erin left the bathroom, Blair closed the door and stared at herself in the mirror as she tried to regain some semblance of control. “You got this, Blair,” she spoke aloud. “You’ve been around sexy women before. You’re not a dude. You can totally keep your hormones under control.”

She laughed at her reflection. She was being ridiculous right now.

“Bear?” Nolan called from the other side of the door. “Are you okay?”

Blair tried to answer, but no sound came out. She cleared her throat to try to find her voice. “Yep. I’m good. Are you okay?”

“I’m okay. Who were you talking to?”

Busted. Again. Blair rolled her eyes at herself, then stretched her arms as she tried to think of yet another lie. “I was, um, just singing.”

Luckily, Nolan didn’t question her again, so she brushed her teeth, threw on an outfit, and gathered herself together enough to head back into the hotel room.

“Feeling better?” Erin asked as soon as she walked out.