"We're scheduled to leave at 4 so we have some time." Richie told her but reached for his phone to check the schedule to be certain.
"Okay, I like this."
"Cuddling?" He asked cautiously, not sure of what she meant, perhaps she was enjoying the TV show they were watching, which was alright too.
Sarah nodded against him.
He found the schedule on his phone for confirmation and was correct. Sound check was scheduled for 4.30pm which meant they'd have to leave at 4pm. After that, they'd get ready for the show by 8pm, he wouldn't come back to the hotel so Sarah and Daniel would have to come with him. Which meant he had three hours before they'd have to go to the arena. There'd be enough time.
He frowned in thought, this was time he had planned to sightsee around Las Vegas. Being in a hotel room with Sarah, was making him feel as if they were missing an opportunity for them to explore the city. Sure he'd been here before but he knew Sarah had not and would love to see it all. Although he understood why she wasn't feeling up to doing anything, he wanted to take her out and cheer her up with a sightseeing tour. It'd be an amazing city to go see with her. He had done all the casino and typical Vegas stuff before and knew that Sarah would want to see the sights, the large hotels, the shopping strips, everything.
Thoughtful of what to do next, he opened text messages and sent one out to Jon.
He decided not to tell Sarah of his plan just yet, in case he wasn't able to comfort her and she wanted him to continue with his day the way he had originally planned it. Right now he was happy with her on the couch, Daniel playing on the floor beside them with some cars. Maybe when this show was over, he'd suggest it.
"Want to go for a walk?" Richie suggested, making Sarah look up at him with a question on her face, he knew she didn't want to. "Daniel's bored, let's just go for a walk, we've got his stroller. Get some fresh air." He continued.
Sarah contemplated it for a moment before agreeing. "Okay. I guess we have time for a walk."
"Yeah?" He asked, making sure.
"As long as we're back before 4 to go for soundcheck, right?" Sarah asked, waiting for Richie to nod his response. "We won't walk for long any way." She said, letting go of him and sitting up on the couch. "I'll get Daniel ready."
Not much later they were walking through the hotel lobby with Daniel comfortable in his stroller, a bottle in his cup holder, snacks packed in his diaper bag.
As soon as they walked out of the hotel, the temperature difference struck them. It was much hotter outside than it had been in the temperature controlled hotel. Home wasn't much different from that in the summer either.
The street the hotel was on seemed fairly quiet, there was traffic but not a lot of foot traffic which made it easy for them to walk down the street.
"Do you know where we are going?" Sarah asked him as she followed him down the street, pushing Daniel's stroller.
"Just down the street."
"Yeah, but do you know your way around here or will we get lost?" Sarah clarified for him.
Richie shrugged. "I don't know the streets but I'll be fine orientating where we are and if not, we just use Maps to get us back."
When they rounded the corner the next street was lined with sightseeing tour buses.
"Hey," Surprised, Richie pointed over at the three red buses lined up down the street, "look at those. Let's do a tour."
"A tour?" Sarah asked unsure of it.
"Yes. We'll get to see all of Vegas. It's perfect." It was a happy surprise for him and perfect for his time schedule.
Sarah frowned. "Daniel's stroller though."
"We just store it on the bus."
"It's a lot of sun." She said.
"We'll be fine." Richie continued walking towards the buses as Sarah followed behind him with Daniel.
"I bet they're pricey."
He caught on to what Sarah was trying to do. "I'm sure we'll be fine." He wasn't going to let her miss an opportunity to see the city.
"Yeah, but..."
"Alright," Richie sighed, "enough excuses. It'll be fun and only take like an hour or so." He sounded sterner than he wanted to be but he had to get her on a bus one way or the other. He knew she'd like this, if things were different, he knew she would be on that bus right now.
Sarah finally relented and pushed the stroller behind Richie, following him to the bus.
The bus was fairly empty by the looks of it, making Sarah feel slightly better as Richie could see right away when she looked around. She placed the stroller in the assigned spot and put the brakes on.
"I'll go pay." Richie said as Sarah lifted Daniel out of the stroller. "Find us a good spot upstairs, okay?" He asked and gave her a quick kiss before heading to the driver at the front of the bus to pay for their tour.
He happily pulled out his credit card to pay for the tour, he didn't care for what the price was or how long the drive would take. At least he had gotten Sarah out of the hotel room and he knew she would start enjoying herself in just a few minutes, as soon as they'd start moving.
He pocketed the tickets and receipt and headed to the other side of the bus to take the stairs to the roof and find his family, excited to be a tourist.
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