This was my fourth trip to Cartersville. And it was a fluke. The person that regularly traveled here was sick and I was instructed at the last minute to get packed, get to the airport and here are your tickets. I was lucky that I was familiar with our products and although I had no formal experience as a teacher, the crews learned the new system in record time. This evidently bought me a few points, now that I'm "requested" by Branford to head the seminar.
There were three motels in the area, two were located next to each other on the main highway catering to the trucking and local "rent by the hour" crowd. The Pines Motel was the third and was located about a mile outside of the other side of town. It sat all by itself on what was supposed to be the future interstate I-something that was never built.
While I was filling out the motel registration I heard a familiar voice. I turned around and was surprised to see Cathie. She worked for the other company supplying services to this company and we had met during the spring session. Although we had encountered each other often at Branford, this was the first time at The Pines Motel.
We talked for a few minutes and agreed to have dinner together. Boy, this was a pleasant surprise form my typical 'all by myself' meals. I put my bag in my room and hurried back to the restaurant.
Now, it's difficult to screw up a steak, but the motel restaurant did an amazing job of it that night. The outside looked perfect but although it couldn't be more than half an inch thick the center was raw. The wilted lettuce salad and a baked potato helped cut the hunger pangs, and a few beers from the bar gradually relaxed us. We laughed and agreed that a sixty-mile drive back to the Interstate and a decent restaurant would probably seem like an extremely short trip after this meal.
After dinner Cathie said that she was going for a swim and that she would meet me in the morning for breakfast. We decided that we would take a chance they would not be able to screw up Cornflakes too badly.
I went back to my room, and turned on he TV. Wow! It was programmed so show all of eight channels. I turned it off, lay down on the bed, got up and decided to take a walk. Splashing from the pool area caught my attention so I walked over and leaned on the fence.
Across the pool I saw Cathie walking toward the pool in a swimsuit. Now this wasn't a bikini or anything too skimpy but it was the first time I had seen her legs and it was definitely the first time I had seen her with her hair down. Now it was at these times I felt that old familiar stirring that had been dormant for such a long item.
Ever since July of last year, I had been angry, hurt, confused, upset and thinking of anything end everything except women. Burying myself in work had allowed me to keep my mind on other matters since then. Now...watching her walk over to the pool, seeing the shape of her breasts through the suit, seeing just a hint of cleavage; apparently increased the speed of blood circulation to the lower part of my body.
The red light on my phone was flashing when I returned to my room. "Nice job" the message said, "We need you to be in Atlanta by the end f the week."
Now what do I do? Cathie is incredible and she seems to like me but what happens next? Should I ask her to come to Atlanta with me, should I forget the whole thing? Should I go to Atlanta and get back into my "work in everything" mode? This entire running around in my head made dinner a disaster. I'm sure she figured out I'm a real jerk.
Well we still had a few more days and maybe my mind would be a little clearer after a good night's sleep. At about 10 all the power went out at the motel. It was OK for a while and I kept thinking that it will be back in a minute or two. By 1 a.m. my room had heated up to an extremely uncomfortable level. I opened my door and as I was looking around I could see the vague outline of the pool fence. Hmmmmmmm
The pool area was dark but the half moon gave me enough light to keep from stumbling I was standing in the water congratulating myself on my decision when I heard Cathie's voice ask if there was room for one more person and then a splash.
When she swam up to me suddenly all my indecision was gone. I wanted to be with her no matter what. When I put my hands on her waist, she put her arms around my neck and we began a very long and passionate kiss that created an erection in me that felt like a telephone pole. When I felt her gently brushing up against it I moved back slightly so as not to scare her. She would have none of that however and moved her hips as close as she could. We stood there in the water not moving, looking into each other's eyes. When she saw what I suppose was uncertainty in my eyes, she began to slowly rub against my now fully erect penis.
We held each other and kissed for what seemed like forever. When we finally took a break I suggested perhaps it might be a good idea to get out of the pool and dry off. I took my towel and very carefully dried her spending a considerable amount of time on her breasts and the upper portion of her legs. I told her that it was probably time that I got back to bed and she had to get back to bed as well. I took her hand and told her that I'd walk her to her room. She squeezed my hand and did not say anything. All too soon we were at her door. I put my hands on her face and gave her a very soft kiss on her lips.