"I'll have what she's having."
I heard him say it, but I tried to ignore it. First of all, I assumed he wasn't talking about me. Secondly if he was, it's a pretty lame way to pick up a girl at the hotel bar.
"Can I join you?"
Turns out he was talking about me. I was about to kindly decline, and tell him that I was just leaving. But when I turned to look at him, I realized I had misread the whole situation.
"What brings you to Grand Rapids, Ms. Baker?"
It was Janelle's dad. I met him at the beginning of the year during Parent/Teacher conferences.
He seemed nice enough, but I didn't really know him.
"Oh, hi!" I said, relieved it wasn't some creeper trying to pick me up. "I'm here for a workshop. You know me, always working!"
"I know the feeling," he responded. "I've got a meeting in this hotel tomorrow morning."
"Grab a seat", I said. "I'm waiting for a friend and we're going out for dinner. You can keep me company while I wait." I wasn't particularly attracted to him, but he wasn't bad looking. Definitely a handsome older man. He was older than most of the other dads in my class, and his wife was easily 10 years younger than him.
He bought me a drink, and we sat and talked. Flirty, but harmless. I wasn't interested in fucking the dad of one of my second graders, and I knew he had a hot trophy wife at home. This was all innocent.
Then he ordered another drink, his second, and bought me my third. The alcohol did its job, and our walls started coming down. He knew how to flirt, and I couldn't tell if he wanted more, or was just one of those guys who can't help themselves. He rested his arm on the back of my chair. He leaned in close when he'd make a wisecrack. He knew how to make the situation feel entirely comfortable while still having an air of a first date. This was starting to feel naughty, and I couldn't wait for my friend to show up to rescue me from this whole situation.
But for some reason, I played along. Batting my eyelashes as I looked at him and took a sip of my gin and tonic; playfully swatting at him when he made a joke; placing my hand on his thigh when I talked to him. Except...
My hand didn't touch his thigh. Nope, there was something between my hand and his thigh and I'm not talking about his pants. My hand was resting on his cock. Holy shit, he was huge. It didn't even feel hard...was this how long he was, flacid?
I pulled my hand away instantly, and he made no acknowledgment of what just happened. But for me, everything changed. I couldn't focus on our conversation, and I could only try my best not to glance down at his crotch hoping to see the outline of that anaconda that was in his pants.
I knew it was wrong. Of course I did. He was married, and I'd have to face his adorable daughter on Monday. Nothing that was about to happen was a good idea. Still, that didn't stop me from texting my friend and telling her that something came up. At, least, I hoped it was up and I definitely wanted it to come.
I finished my drink and looked at him. "Want another?" he asked?"
"One more."
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What happened between then and the elevator is unimportant, because it was more of the same. We drank, we flirted, and decided to call it a night.
The elevator stopped at my floor, and he followed behind me. I never invited him to my room, and we never discussed what would happen when we left the bar - but we didn't need to.