The idea of the Lodge was there from day 1, when Anya came to visit and ended up staying. But that was based on the nature of our relationship. When Maisie and Sophie came, it was so they could get privacy away from everyone else. They didn't specifically come up for the type of good time that I offered, but it was a happy coincidence that that was what they were looking for. It was quite some time before another girl became interested in the Lodge based on the previous events. While Maisie and Sophie established the idea of the Lodge being the secret place where anything goes, the next girl ushered in the era of how that would actually work. That girl just happened to be Emilia Clarke.
Sophie and Maisie had returned a few times before it was ever mentioned. I was perfectly content with Anya at the time, and those two were just welcome occasional visitors It was a great arrangement on its own. But, one of the times that the 4 of us were together, Sophie broached the subject.
"Hey, so...has anyone other than us been up here?" Sophie asked as she looked at Anya and me.
"No," I answered. We were sitting in the lounge, all of us on the couch, with Anya's legs draped over me. Maisie and Sophie were further down, both sitting cross-legged.
"The idea was for you to come up here to get away," Anya said, "We weren't advertising or anything."
"Yeah that's what I was thinking about. You did us a favor," Sophie continued.
"Sure," I replied. Sophie paused for a moment, seemingly deep in thought, and then snorted a laugh to herself.
"I was thinking, would you want to do another favor?" Sophie raised her eyebrows quizzically, but with a mischievous amusement.
"Oh my god," Maisie looked at her with another smirk, "You're serious?"
"What?" I asked.
"Emilia Clarke," Sophie began, "The last time we spoke to her together, we got to talking about...things. Not specific things like where we were or anything, but it was dropped that Maisie and I had a...mutual acquaintance. Emilia said she was super jealous of us, that she kinda had nothing."
"'Perpetually single' was the term she used," Maisie chimed in.
"Right," Sophie nodded in agreement, "So I just figured, maybe having a tumble up here would do her some good?"
Sophie and Maisie chortled to themselves, and I almost rolled my eyes. The Anya-Sophie-Maisie situation was one thing, but Emilia Clarke just needing to be fucked seemed the kind of unbelievable that wasn't real. Or, maybe it was the kind of unbelievable that happened because of how it seemed so impossible? My head tried to wrap around the fact that Emilia Clarke couldn't get a date, but maybe that was just it. A girl like her could have an endless number of men throwing themselves at her, so maybe having to navigate that fact just made her completely over it.
"I could see that," Anya answered with a shrug.
"Haha, should we try to get her up here?" Sophie asked with a smile, "Or at least tell her it's available?"
All three of them looked at me. I looked at Anya, but I knew she wouldn't have any objections. At this point she had laid back and watched me fuck both Maisie and Sophie several times, so she was not averse to sharing me. I finally shrugged and nodded, "Sure."
That was all that was said on the matter that night. Several weeks went by, and it had completely exited my brain at that point. But one day out of the blue, I received a text from Sophie.
"Heeeeey, sooooo, remember when I brought up Emilia coming by?"
"Yes I do." I answered back, very curious.
"...she wants to meet you."
"Seriously?"
"Yep. I brought it up at a thing I saw her at last night, and the look on her face was definitely curious. She seemed interested, but had worries. So she asked if I could arrange for you two to meet first."
"Holy shit."
"I know. So, should I tell her yes?"
"Of course you fucking should."
"Haha, k. Does tomorrow work for you?"
It did, so of course the very next day I drove down to LA. In the current days of the Lodge, this was a big no no. If I was seen out with a celeb, all it would take is 1 more sighting for people to possibly make a connection. Then who knows what would be said. Best to avoid that possibility entirely. But in the early days that rule hadn't been established yet, and this was Emilia fucking Clarke we were talking about.
I was in LA semi-regularly for work, so I wasn't bothered. Sophie had arranged the whole thing for us, and it became that Emilia and I would meet up in the middle of the day somewhere off the beaten path. To my surprise it was a bar I'd never heard of, and the whole thing was a combination of blind date and Cold War spycraft.
To ensure that Emilia would know it's me and not start talking to a random person, I was instructed to wear a bracelet that Maisie had left behind for me on one wrist. Sophie sent a picture of it, but not me (again, for cautious reasons, the same reason that would become the rule no pics could be taken at the Lodge with phones). So, I put it on, rolled up my sleeve to ensure it was visible, and made my way inside.
The place, while seeming very classy and well put together, was almost dead that time of day. A maรฎtre d' asked if I was alone, but I answered I was meeting someone as I looked around. The whole bar was split into two sections, so I made my way further inside. The booths and tables were mostly empty, until I got to the back room. That's when I saw her.
The booths were tall so as to block one booth from looking into another, but sitting at the edge of one, visible to me, was Emilia. My brain registered instantly, and as I started to walk to her, I saw her eyes shift down and notice the bracelet. She was slouching in the booth, but immediately perked up as she saw me approach. A bored expression shifted into a happily surprised one, with her eyebrows lifting, her eyes widening, and then smile flashing across the room like a beacon to me.
I closed in and got a good look at her. Her long, brown hair was let down, she had on a black jacket with a white shirt underneath, and from what I could tell under the booth, very tight jeans, and high heels. Emilia stood up as I finished my approach. Her smile had changed into something of an amused grin as she looked at me, and the next thing I know both her hands were on my arms.
"Hello," Emilia said as she leaned in and gave me a greeting kiss on the cheek. She pulled away and looked at me, but her hands stayed on my arms a moment. Then she gave them a squeeze, looking at my chest as she did. She was sizing me up. Even with her heels, I was much taller than her.