As the flight to London leveled off I began to construct my report outline from the scattered notes accumulated during the previous three weeks. After ten minutes and three false starts I said to hell with it and asked the stewardess for a couple Chivas miniatures. The short flight to Gatwick would be the perfect opportunity to think about this development with Jennifer and gather my thoughts. I was not scheduled back in the office for another week and had plenty of time to prepare my report. The first plastic cup of scotch went down smoothly. I would sip the second and allow my mind to wander....
I couldn't believe Deion Sanders was still playing in the NFL but I remembered somewhere that he was with the Redskins now. "Neon" Deion they had first called him back in college at Florida State when Bobby Bowden was still a few years from having a national title contender every year. Deion was a flashy cornerback that made headlines and added a couple ticks to the point spread every time the Seminoles played. The night before his last college football game, the Sugar Bowl on New Year's night 1989 versus Auburn, Jennifer and I had an evening we both would remember for a very long time.
Paul and I had been going to the Sugar Bowl every other year or so since we had gotten out of college. We always stayed at the Marriott down by the French Quarter, gambled heavily on the game, and did our fair share of drinking. When he became engaged to Beth it was only natural that her crowd would join in for these annual trips. She had been a sorority girl at the University of Texas and as luck would have it Jennifer was one of her best friends from the house. The first time I saw Jennifer she took my breath away.
She was wearing an oversized UT sweatshirt and a pair of old jeans that were tight in all the right places. I saw her spectacular ass first and as she pivoted to greet me the denim clung briefly to her crack, stretching the worn fabric tightly across the butt I suddenly desired. I tore my eyes from that marvelous sight in time to see the faintest outline of her breasts under her heavy cotton top. God, she had a pair!
Then I saw that angelic face and knew I had to have her. Her cheeks were slightly flushed from her second vodka and cranberry juice, which only accentuated the dazzling blue eyes that gazed over me. Dark brown hair framed the sexiest cheekbones I had ever seen and her smile was slow and demure. When she flicked an errant drop from her full lips, with a languid movement of her tongue just as our eyes met, I found myself unable to halt a rapidly developing erection.
She was there with Tommy, but they both made it clear from the start they were no longer boyfriend/girlfriend but merely sharing a room as old friends to keep expenses down. Tommy was also a friend of Paul's and I had known him for a couple years. At the first opportunity I cornered him at the bar and told him I thought Jennifer was hot. Did I have any kind of chance with her?
"If she likes you, you sure do. The girl loves to drink and raise hell," he replied before pausing for a moment. "But be careful. She's a tiger in bed and believe me she will wear your ass out if she gets on a roll."
I only talked to her briefly then but we all agreed to meet later in the evening for dinner and a night on the town taking in the New Years Eve festivities. When I got back to my room there was a note from the guys I was sharing it with saying they were heading for a party on the other side of town and would likely be out all night. The main thing they emphasized was to get our bets down on Auburn immediately as the price was dropping. They would see me tomorrow.