Choosing you | LisRene AU [BOOK 2]

8

"Hey, wake up," Irene heard someone murmur, and then a bunch of fluttery kisses were pressed all over her face. "Baby, come on, get up."

"Mm, why?" Irene groaned, burying her face back into her pillow. She felt Lisa suddenly straddling her over her back, and her hair was pushed away from her neck only to be replaced by soft lips. "Lisa, I don't wanna get up."

"But it's Saturday," Lisa whispered, her lips still tickling across the back of Irene's neck. "We're going to Busch Gardens, remember?" Irene's eyes flickered open, and she sighed contently before flipping over, causing Lisa to almost fall off of the bed at the movement. "Irene!"

"That's what you get for sitting on top of me," Irene insisted, grinning up at her. "I'm up. What time is it?"

"Seven thirty," Lisa answered. "I already got ready and packed what I need for tonight, so you just have to do the same."

Irene groaned, rubbing her hand across her face tiredly. "Did we even make hotel reservations? Did we buy tickets for the park?"

"Yes, babe, I did yesterday. Remember?"

"Sleepy," Irene murmured, placing both of her hands over her eyes, "too early."

"Babyyyy!" Lisa whined, grabbing her hands and tugging them away from her face. "Come on baby, get up. I wanna run away from reality for twenty-four hours, remember? We're gonna go ride roller coasters and pretend like we aren't freezing."

Irene couldn't help but smile, and she finally pushed herself up into a sitting position. "Cold," she murmured, stretching her arms up above her head and yawning.

"You're fully dressed in warm pajamas," Lisa tutted. "Plus, it's February now, and it won't be cold for long. Your cold, whiny morning self is gonna have to give up pretty soon."

"It's always cold," Irene insisted, smiling tiredly at Lisa. Then she forced herself up out of bed and began getting ready.

They barely managed to leave successfully at eight, but even then they had to stop at The Bean for coffee and breakfast. Their drive started off quietly as they woke up, sipping coffee and eating the pastries from the coffee shop. But about twenty minutes in, Lisa was apparently feeling more awake and switched on the radio. Irene had never been much of a radio listener while in the car, but she had also not been on a road trip that lasted longer than an hour since moving to Virginia, and even then the trip had been only just over an hour. Music seemed like the perfect way to fill the time. "So have you been to Busch Gardens?"

"No," Lisa admitted. "I haven't been much of anywhere. But I've always wanted to go."

"You'll like it," Irene said, smiling widely at her. "I mean, assuming you like roller coasters, which I'm assuming you do since you suggested that we go there in the first place."

"I haven't really ridden any ever... but I think I'd like them."

"I don't," Irene admitted shyly. "I mean, they're not horrible... but I get scared."

Lisa let out a bright laugh, raising both of her eyebrows. "You get scared?" Irene nodded.

"Don't make fun of me. The last time I rode a roller coaster was when I was like six or seven, and I was terrified out of my mind. You're gonna have to hold my hand every time."

"Ha, like you couldn't have just asked me to do that," Lisa teased.

The car ride went extremely well for the most part. Their minds were already off of everything that had been bogging them down lately, aside from when they stopped at a gas station for Lisa to go to the bathroom and Irene had stayed in the car and realized that she had texted from Wendy.