They made it to the plane just in time, but since the plane stopped loading large suitcases underneath after 45minutes, Bee had to leave her 2 huge bags behind until they could be brought on a later flight to Baja.
"Don't worry," Eric whispered into her ear as they were speed walking towards the gate entrance for the plane. "You can wear some of my boxers and t-shirt tonight."
She smiled at the thought of wearing Eric's clothes that night.
"Comfortable?" Eric asked when they were finally seated and Bridget had laid her head down on his shoulder. They were sharing a blanket so they would be warm throughout the flight.
She snuggled deeper into the blanket. "Yep, couldn't…be…happier" she sleepily said, then shut her eyes and drifted into sleep.
Eric looked at her for a moment then whispered, "No, you look beautiful Bee." Then he laid his head on top of hers and fell asleep.
"So, I guess this is our cabin," Eric said as he looked around the small but oddly familiar cabin in the sleeping quarters for camp counselors. He had already signed him and Bridget up for a month- replacement coach job there in their old soccer camp. He had bargained with the counselor director (his good friend Joe, from book 3) for a cabin that he and Bridget could have alone so they wouldn't have to split up for the time they were there.
Bridget looked around. The place was decent for her and Eric (and the other person in her tummy): two bunk beds, wooden dressers, and foggy mirrors in the bathroom. She recognized a feeling of anguish and registered it to the feeling when she had spent her first days at the camp four years ago wanting Eric; now she had him.
She nodded her head to let Eric know she heard him and then silently started to unpack her one bag that the plane had let her carry on: a picture of her, Tibby, Carmen, and Lena as children hugging each other. "We are so far from that today" she thought, and got tears in her eyes as she remembered the day before. To think that it had only been one day since their fight; she still felt the sting of Tibby's words and Carmen's glare. She winced at the thought of it.
She lay down on the bed and folded her arms across her chest thoughtfully.
Eric had been watching all this and sighed as he thought about the real reason they were there. He still felt horrible for having Bee feel that way. He couldn't stand to see her this way, and he knew by the expression on her face she did no want to be bothered.
So, he spoke up and said, "Bee, I'm going out running."
That was usually when she spoke up and said, "Oh Eric, can I come?", but this day she didn't.
She raised her head and just said, "Don't forget to be back by 5:30. We have that counselors meeting today. And I thought I saw Diana's name on the coaches' list."
Eric smiled as he said, "So you actually read it this time?" He was referring to the year when they had met up again at the camp in Pennsylvania and she had been surprised by his being there.
Bridget winced. He noticed and said he was sorry, but she said to just go and leave her be.
He knew she hadn't meant to sound mean but it still hurt. "I just hope she's better when I get back. She's had quick mood changes all of a sudden." he thought as he jogged through the soccer fields toward the beach.