That was the plan anyway, but here she is now flirting wildly with the first boy who shows her a scrap of attention. Gabby has always been the same, unable to resist even the shallowest of chat up lines, falling every time.
I stand there like a complete fool as she laughs at his lame jokes and touches his arm as they talk. I know where this is going, only too well from past experience.
Sure enough, after about twenty minutes she remembers I am in the room.
“Danni, babe...could I have the room swipe card please? I’m going upstairs to get to know Lee a bit better.”
I roll my eyes and shake my head.
“You’ve known him less than an hour, Gabby. Bit quick even by your standards.”
She just giggles and shrugs, and I know it’s pointless me saying anything, as she doesn’t listen to my advice.
“And what exactly am I supposed to do while you’re up there getting your kicks?”
“Sit at the bar, have a drink. You seemed to get on with the girl serving at the bar when we were talking earlier on.”
I don’t even bother to answer, as I just hand over the card and watch them hurry off upstairs.
I feel as if everybody is judging me as I walk through from the hotel lounge into the bar all by myself, but I don’t have much choice as Gabby is going to be busy for some time. I try and pass through as inconspicuously as I can before settling down on one of the high chairs at the bar. Tameka, the server behind the bar, smiles brightly at me, asking me what I’d like to drink.
“Where’s your friend?”
I fill her in on the gory details, and she smiles wryly.
“Some friend you have there.”
I knock back the first glass of wine very quickly and ask Tameka for a refill.
“Whoa! Steady on Danni. The night is young.”
We’d had a quick chat at the bar earlier when Gabby was with me. Tameka works full time in the hotel bar and also lives on the premises. She is twenty seven years old and has worked here for the last three years. She seems a really friendly girl, but I guess you have to be to do her job. We chat on and off when she isn’t busy serving.
The wine is flowing nicely and I’m enjoying her company a lot. Unfortunately the ambiance is shattered by an absolutely wasted guy trying to chat me up, and when he’s not trying to chat me up, his eyes are all over my legs. I feel uncomfortable, as he leans in closer to me and continues his desperate attempt to pull me. Unfortunately, even if he wasn’t drunk, he still wouldn’t be my type at all. I rebuff him, but he won’t take no for an answer, his hands now touching my legs.
“Hey! That is enough, she’s not interested in you. Now leave her alone or I’ll have to have you removed from the Bar.”
It’s Tameka, fronting the drunk out, standing in front of him with her arms folded, looking like she means business. She stares him out for a few moments before he backs off, muttering something incoherently as he goes back to his friends on the other side of the room.
“Are you alright, Danni? I hate idiots like that. Think that nobody can resist them.”
“Oh Tameka, thank you babe. I don’t know what I’d have done if you didn’t step in.”
She beams broadly, telling me she’s left her halo in her room tonight, and suggesting I owe her a drink at the end of her shift.
The rest of the evening goes by well and without any further hassles. I start to think of Gabby and what she’s getting up to. In fairness the guy was quite fit, and from the bulge in his jeans, looked to have a pretty nice dick. I begin to imagine the pair of them having hard, rampant sex and I begin to get aroused, imagining her low breathy moans as he gives her what she wants. Maybe I should go back to the room and see if I can join them.
I’m snapped out of my little dream by Tameka slamming down another bottle of wine and sitting down next to me.
“So glad that shift is over. My feet are absolutely killing me.”
We sit and chat for a while as the last of the drinkers leave the bar, leaving just the two of us in the room. Tameka goes behind the bar and dims the lights down and locks the entrance door.
“Well this is cosy isn’t it? Shall we be decadent and sit on the big sofa, Danni?”
She smiles that amazing smile as she grabs the wine and the glasses and beckons me over to the sumptuous sofa. I sit directly next to her and pour us both a glass of wine. I feel a little tipsy by now, but it would be rude to let Tameka drink alone.
We chat easily, as if we had known each other for years, discussing our families, our jobs and what we want for the future. I marvel at her smooth ebony skin and sharp cheekbones, and of course that melting smile.
“I wonder if your friend has worn him out yet? You might be safe to go back to the room shortly.”
I tell her that knowing Gabby like I do, it may be a while before she lets him go.
“Well at least you can sit and keep me company.