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the details fade.
Since then, things had been somewhat calm, almost normal . The two girls were getting along famously and having a blast running wild throughout the hotel. They would go for late night swims, inviting cute boys to sneak out of their rooms after their parents had gone to bed and join them well after the pool was supposed to be closed. They spent mornings sleeping until noon, and then made their way down to the fitness room where they would get the married men all hot and bothered. That’s where she met Jason.
Jason Perry was a short, stocky but handsome man in his early thirties. He told her he was on vacation from his job at the fire department back in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was staying at the hotel with his wife and two little boys. Christina and Jason flirted with each other for most of the week; in the fitness room, down at the pool and now, here at breakfast. He confided in her that part of him wished he had come alone. The admission sent her blushing all the way over to her table in the back corner of the dining room. Sarah, who had been watching them all week, started in as soon as her paper plate hit the tabletop.
“Tina, you should get that hunk to come upstairs. He’s totally into you.”
“Ah, I don’t know. That feels… weird ,” she said.
“Come on, don’t tell me you wouldn’t like to get those muscly arms wrapped around you. I mean, just look at him.”
And she did. Even watching him from across the room playing with his two adorable little boys made him that much more attractive. Christina knew it was wrong, the guy was married, but she couldn’t deny that she was crushing on him pretty hard. Against her better senses, serving her own desire for affection, she waited for him to refill his coffee cup, and shied toward him.
“Hey,” she said, saddling up next to him at the coffee station.
“Hey,” he said.
“I was wondering. If you aren’t tied up all night with the family, maybe you could stop by my room. You know, just to hang out for a bit before you guys head home.” She read the nervousness in his eyes. “I mean, if you wanted to, maybe you could say you needed to come downstairs to work out or go to the store for something.” She couldn’t believe she was actually doing this, but after initiating the offer, the last thing she wanted was to be rejected.
She watched him glance over her shoulder toward where his family was seated. “Yeah, yeah I think I’d like that. What time should I stop by?”
“Honestly, whenever. Whatever works for you.” Christina couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across her face.
“There it is,” he said, grinning in return.
“There what is?”
Jason lowered his voice, leaned in closer and said, “That gorgeous smile. How can I say no?”
Christina, getting momentarily lost in his beautiful hazel eyes, felt the heat flooding her rosy cheeks.
“It would have to be later though, like eight or nine,” he said.
“Sure.”
She watched his eyes light up as Sarah strode up on the other side of him and whispered something in his ear. A mix of jealousy and fear wrestled within Christina’s guts as she watched her roommate stare at Jason like a starving wolf eyeing a piece of fresh meat. She was certain that she had just made a huge mistake.
Just after 9 pm, there was a knock at the door.
Sarah charged past Christina to get to the door. Christina’s bad feeling about where this would lead crawled over her fading excitement like a spider over a sleeping baby.
She watched Sarah step aside to let the nervous looking man in. He was already wiping the sweat from his palms on the thighs of his blue jeans. He gave Christina a modest nod. “Hey Christina, Hi Sarah.”
“So did you go with the workout, or are you at the store right now?” Christina jumped up next to Sarah.
“Actually, I’m meeting an old friend.” A handsome sparkle gleamed behind his gleaming eyes.
Christina started to say something
Since then, things had been somewhat calm, almost normal . The two girls were getting along famously and having a blast running wild throughout the hotel. They would go for late night swims, inviting cute boys to sneak out of their rooms after their parents had gone to bed and join them well after the pool was supposed to be closed. They spent mornings sleeping until noon, and then made their way down to the fitness room where they would get the married men all hot and bothered. That’s where she met Jason.
Jason Perry was a short, stocky but handsome man in his early thirties. He told her he was on vacation from his job at the fire department back in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He was staying at the hotel with his wife and two little boys. Christina and Jason flirted with each other for most of the week; in the fitness room, down at the pool and now, here at breakfast. He confided in her that part of him wished he had come alone. The admission sent her blushing all the way over to her table in the back corner of the dining room. Sarah, who had been watching them all week, started in as soon as her paper plate hit the tabletop.
“Tina, you should get that hunk to come upstairs. He’s totally into you.”
“Ah, I don’t know. That feels… weird ,” she said.
“Come on, don’t tell me you wouldn’t like to get those muscly arms wrapped around you. I mean, just look at him.”
And she did. Even watching him from across the room playing with his two adorable little boys made him that much more attractive. Christina knew it was wrong, the guy was married, but she couldn’t deny that she was crushing on him pretty hard. Against her better senses, serving her own desire for affection, she waited for him to refill his coffee cup, and shied toward him.
“Hey,” she said, saddling up next to him at the coffee station.
“Hey,” he said.
“I was wondering. If you aren’t tied up all night with the family, maybe you could stop by my room. You know, just to hang out for a bit before you guys head home.” She read the nervousness in his eyes. “I mean, if you wanted to, maybe you could say you needed to come downstairs to work out or go to the store for something.” She couldn’t believe she was actually doing this, but after initiating the offer, the last thing she wanted was to be rejected.
She watched him glance over her shoulder toward where his family was seated. “Yeah, yeah I think I’d like that. What time should I stop by?”
“Honestly, whenever. Whatever works for you.” Christina couldn’t stop the smile from spreading across her face.
“There it is,” he said, grinning in return.
“There what is?”
Jason lowered his voice, leaned in closer and said, “That gorgeous smile. How can I say no?”
Christina, getting momentarily lost in his beautiful hazel eyes, felt the heat flooding her rosy cheeks.
“It would have to be later though, like eight or nine,” he said.
“Sure.”
She watched his eyes light up as Sarah strode up on the other side of him and whispered something in his ear. A mix of jealousy and fear wrestled within Christina’s guts as she watched her roommate stare at Jason like a starving wolf eyeing a piece of fresh meat. She was certain that she had just made a huge mistake.
Just after 9 pm, there was a knock at the door.
Sarah charged past Christina to get to the door. Christina’s bad feeling about where this would lead crawled over her fading excitement like a spider over a sleeping baby.
She watched Sarah step aside to let the nervous looking man in. He was already wiping the sweat from his palms on the thighs of his blue jeans. He gave Christina a modest nod. “Hey Christina, Hi Sarah.”
“So did you go with the workout, or are you at the store right now?” Christina jumped up next to Sarah.
“Actually, I’m meeting an old friend.” A handsome sparkle gleamed behind his gleaming eyes.
Christina started to say something
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