The sleeping arrangements are already made when they get there, Jess informs them as she takes them through the house up to the bedrooms on the second floor. She gives a brief tour as they go, highlighting aspects of the airy, comfortable home that Caroline has spent more time in than she can even remember. She isn’t really listening until Jess says, “You two are going to take Caroline’s usual room. Kris and Lacey always stay in the kids room, the only bedroom with two beds. I figure it’s fine though, it’s a queen size bed.” She shoots Hannah a wink. “I mean, Caroline’s a sprawler in her sleep, but it’s pretty cute with all her cuddling tendencies, right?”

Caroline comes to a dead stop at the words, even as it feels like her heart is doing double time. They’re sharing a bed? Jesus H. Christ. She’d known her whole distancing plan was going to be shot, but not shot as in literally through the eyes and dead on sight.

She is a sprawler and a cuddler in her sleep. And that most certainly means sprawling all over and cuddling into Hannah, which… yeah, okay, she loves the idea of it. So much that she hates it.

She notices that Hannah’s steps pause for a slight second, too, and even though she’s always considered herself lucky to be gifted with the second biggest bedroom after Jess’s own, she thinks maybe she should negotiate for the kids bunkbeds for this trip.

Hannah clears her throat as her cheeks blush a bit and she looks between Jess and Caroline before she speaks slowly. “I didn’t know Caroline was a sprawler or a cuddler, actually. But it is fine, of course. Thank you for having us – me, at all.”

Jess laughs, her appealing, rich laugh that always makes everyone want to join her. “God, you are the most polite person that’s ever stepped foot in here. You still like to gossip right? This weekend is always about the gossip.”

Hannah’s laugh is lighter as she follows Jess down the hall. “I think I can manage that.”

“It’s fine. Of course,” she repeats, delayed, before she blows out a low breath and walks behind them. Right. It’s totally fine. Of course.

And it is fine after a few hours and a few drinks, when she has managed to let herself forget about the fact that she is sharing a bed with Hannah. As much as she can, anyway.