Please note:
this story, which is a long one, mostly focuses on two coworkers and the relationship that develops between them, but includes lactation play, anal, and a threesome. If that's not what you're looking for, you might want to skip this one.
"I'm sorry, Jay - there's just really no other option. The hotel is filled up with our staff and attendees and with several city-wide conventions underway across Miami, there's no other hotel with a room available within miles."
Linda, my boss, explained all of this with the air of someone who had been more than happy to book herself in to arrive a few days early and didn't have to share her room with a coworker. Or that might have been me projecting just a bit. Or it might've been the fact I'd asked to come out a day earlier but was denied because of the "cost." Either way, it was the end of a long day of travel and I just wanted to get to my room, order room service, veg out for a bit, and then hit the sack early since I'd be up at the crack of dawn to start preparing for my company's conference.
I sighed. "Okay, but any idea who I'll be sharing with?" I've worked at this company for more than a decade and while I liked many of my colleagues, I liked them as coworkers, not roomies. Linda paused as she thought for a second, "Well, almost everyone is here and I'll need to take a look at the rooming list, but there's only a handful of folks who are still expected. It will definitely be someone else from staff and not an attendee if that helps."
It didn't help, but Linda went on to explain it would only need to be for two nights and then the hotel would be able to move either myself or my future roommate to a different room. I sighed again. Well, it could certainly be worse, I suppose. I replied, "Okay, Linda. I guess I'll try and make the best of it."
"I knew I could count on you, Jay!", Linda enthused. "And as a thank you, if you'd like, after the meeting is over I can give you a couple extra days of vacation once we're all back at the office. Just let me know by Thursday." I thanked her and made my way to the reception desk to check-in and pick up my keys.
~~~
"Mr. O'Neill?" The desk clerk was looking at me expectantly. I must have completely zoned out. I tried to look suitably abashed and replied, "So sorry, I spaced out there for a second -- it's been a long day." Victoria, according to her name badge, smiled with what seemed real sympathy. "Quite all right, sir. I was just asking if the offered room would be acceptable. I understand you're having to share with one of your coworkers." I paused, and replied "Would it hurt your feelings terribly if I told you I lost the thread a bit before that? I must be even more tired than I thought."
Victoria's eyes crinkled up with the smile this time. "Of course, no problem. I was just saying the last double queen room was booked but that I do have a room that's not part of the current official inventory - it was in the process of being remodeled and it hasn't been added back into the system yet. It's a suite with two cozy, but separate bedrooms -- however only one of the two guest bathrooms is in working order, though there is a powder room off the suite itself. If you think you and your colleague would be fine with that, I think it might at least provide some privacy. And I'll be also providing you some vouchers for some additional amenities during your stay to make up for the inconvenience."
"Victoria, if I wasn't already married, I think I might propose here and now. Yes, that would be perfect. I really can't thank you enough." She gave me a little wink and quietly added, "We'll just have to see about that, won't we?" And then a little more loudly, she went on "Here are your room keys, Mr. O'Neill. Room 1749. That's here in the south tower, and the elevators are just here to your right. Do you need any additional assistance or is there anything else I can do for you?" She looked at me with an open and frank look. I took in her curly auburn hair and freckles -- one of my favorite things. It really had been a hell of a day and while the spirit was willing, the flesh was weak.
"Any other night, Victoria, and I might consider taking you up on that, but I think I'm about done in for tonight. Will you be here again tomorrow?" I asked. "Yes, I'm working nights for the rest of the week. If I can be of any service to you or if you need anything, please just let me know," she paused, and licked her lips. "Anything at all."
~~~
A few minutes later, up in my room but lighter by a pair of shoes and starting to shake-off the weight of the day, I paused to take stock of my surroundings. The suite was the type often used for corporate entertaining, with two small bedrooms off a main shared room. My bedroom was on the left, as you entered the room -- as I was first here, I went ahead and took the bedroom with the working bathroom. The other one was almost done, but the sink and toilet installation wasn't completed yet. Whoever my roomie was, they would have to either make do with the powder room attached to the central shared space or ask to borrow my shower. Considering the view from the main room, I doubt they'd complain. The windows looked out on the bright lights of the city and the open water. I was happy not to be on the other side of the hotel with the view of the pool -- I doubt it would be a problem seventeen floors up, but in my experience, hotel pool areas are not conducive to sleep.
My phone rang, it was my wife Marie. "Hey Sweetie. You hire a new pool boy yet?" I asked.
"You know, no one else is willing to work as hard as you do for so little pay."
"I stay in the job for the fringe benefits."
We bantered back and forth some more, talked about the kids, and were wrapping up our conversation.
"So you find any sweet young thing down there in Miami to help you deal with the crushing loneliness of life without me for a few days?"
"Well, there was a really cute desk clerk who was giving me the eye. You'd like her - she's just our type."
"Ooh, do tell!"
Marie and I had a number of encounters with other couples and women over the years, though less now than we used to. We both enjoyed our sexuality and had no shame about expressing it. I was a straightlaced boy before I met her, but she opened up my world and my mind in the process.
"You know... young, drop dead beautiful, flirtatious, and curves in all the right places."
"Well, she sounds delightful. Probably not a brain in her head, but she sounds like a tasty morsel. It's been awhile since we had some fun like that. I'll tell you what, if you get a chance to have a little escapade this trip, why don't you go ahead. If you're going to be stuck in Miami, you might as well milk it for all it's worth. Then come home and tell me all about it... while you fuck my brains out."
"Well, if you insist," I said while laughing. We talked a bit more, but she had to go check that the kids were actually down and told me she'd call me later in the week.
I sat down on the couch to look out at the view... and then went blank for a bit. I'm not sure I wasn't actually asleep, but as soon as I heard the door to the room open, I blinked myself awake and started to stand up. Hmm, judging by how hard that was, I probably
was
asleep. My musings were quickly dissipated by the sight of Gwen, one of my friends from work, coming in the door.
"Jay! What are you doing here?!" she asked, not with any real upset, but just curious. "Sorry! Didn't they tell you downstairs that you'd have a roomie for a couple days?", I explained, and then added, " I figured they'd match me up with one of the guys from the office. Let me go down and see if I can straighten this out."
She gave me the smile that was one of the reasons I truly enjoyed her company and said, "Oh, don't worry about it! It's late and the girl down at the desk was quite clear this was the only room available. Honestly, I'm fine with this if you are - I was worried I'd be stuck with someone I couldn't stand." She went on, " We're both adults and it looks like we have our own rooms. At this point, I just need to get settled in and try and de-stress enough to get to sleep. And... oh, shit!" She looked down at her blouse, where a dark circle had formed in the fabric around each of her nipples. "Damn it! This is so embarrassing - my flight was delayed and I haven't been able to pump for hours. Will you excuse me? Oh, wait - which room is mine?" I pointed and she grabbed her suitcase and headed quickly into her room, shutting the door behind her.
~~~
Gwen and I had become friends pretty much since she first started at our company two years ago. It wasn't really anything beyond the sort of friendship that just sort of clicks when two people find they can talk easily with each other. Everything professional and above board, but an honest human connection nonetheless. She had been out on maternity leave with her first child earlier in the year and had just been back in the office for a couple months before this conference. And as evidenced by her shirt, she obviously was still breastfeeding her new son. The fact we were both parents and the tribulations and joys involved in that were some of the many things we had bonded over. I had genuinely missed her company while she'd been out, and while we'd stayed in touch while she was on leave, I'd been surprised by how much I enjoyed her being back in the office. She was just one of those people who made any situation better.