What a waste of a good suit.
Not that I hate my job, I'm actually glad to have it. I ignored my studies in college enough to make All-Conference in ice hockey three years in a row. Unfortunately that left me woefully unprepared for a real job, as all I knew was hockey. Being to small to earn a living playing (5 foot 10 and a buck sixty five) I was lucky enough to land a job as a sales rep for a hockey equipment manufacturer.
The problem was these damn trade shows. I have to get all dolled up to pump hands and smile at a bunch of overweight schlubs, who have probably never laced up into a pair of skates, as they evaluate how well my wares will sell in their sporting goods stores. "Messier wears it? It might sell in New York, but not in Dallas. Modano's an Easton man." Piss off, tubby. I couldn't believe my life was reduced to trying to sell quality gear to a bunch of overweight slobs so they could in turn sell it to other overweight C.P.A. tripod slobs whose mid-life crisis fantasy it was to resurrect a hockey career that never existed in the first place.
I don't actually mind dressing up. Truth be told, I'm a bit of a clothes whore. But these pricks couldn't tell the difference between a $1200 hand-tailored worsted wool suit from Harrods from an off the bargain rack cotton/poly tent from the big and tall section of Jimbos Army Navy. Ahh, such is life.
Today started out like many others. Hi Artie from Peoria! How's business? Check this out, practically bulletproof, the next hot thing, Amonte's wearing these, every self-respecting 'Hawks fan is gonna need one. Man, was I gonna need a shower after this one.
That's when I saw her. How could I miss her? My perfect little lamb wading through this sea of swine. Was she coming my way? God, I hoped beyond hope. She couldn't possibly be a hockey buyer, and yet here she was. The bloated pink flesh oozing out of rumpled rayon faded into distant memory as the scent of her perfume reached me. She was absolutely poured into a black gabardine suit with an open-collared slate blue silk blouse shimmering beneath setting off her soft caramel complexion. Torrents of shining, loose black curls cascaded over her shoulders.
"Hi! I'm Victoria." Her card announced her as the sporting goods buyer for a department store and catalog shopping company based in Miami. "We're trying to get a little more legit into hockey this season, could you help us out?" She left her hand extended. The grayish blue silk flowed from the open cuff over her slender wrist. Attached to it was a dainty hand that culminated in meticulously French manicured fingertips. My heart melted to see the way her nose crinkled beneath her narrow wire frame Vuarnet glasses when she smiled. Maybe I was letting my attraction run away with my senses, but I could swear there was more than business behind that smile.
"Sure," I finally managed to get out as the electricity spread through me from the contact of shaking her supple hand. "We offer a pretty extensive collection of pro-level gear. In fact a number of top athlβ¦"
"Sorry, I don't mean to cut you off," nonsense, I was all ears. "But I don't really know Jack about hockey. I was hoping you'd be able to fill me in a little more fully. Maybe explain all of this, say, over drinks?" Suddenly the trade shows didn't seem all that bad.
As it turns out we were both in the same hotel and made plans to meet at the hotel bar at 8:30. I made sure to arrive on the button. She was already there and waiting, nursing a Long Island Iced Tea. Her jacket was over the back of the bar stool and her breasts filled out her blouse perfectly. The silk glowed around the soft curves of her chest and her neck flowed gracefully from the collar. It was going to be very hard to think about shoulder pads and shin guards.
"Is this seat taken?" My idea of a joke. Surprisingly, she laughed.
"Sit down, suave." She patted the stool next to her. "Tell me about this grand game you supply equipment for." I ordered a dirty vodka martini and attempted to get down to business. After a few drinks the conversation turned friendlier.
"So how'd you get to be a sports buyer?"
"Oh, well when I got out of school with a marketing degree it was the only job I could find. You know how it is trying to get a job after graduation. Turns out I have a knack for buying." She shrugged while she chewed at the maraschino cherry from her drink. I had to loosen my tie as I watched her lips wrap around it. "I hate these trade shows though. All these companies hire these big, dumb ex-jocks to hawk their crap. None of those jackasses want to talk to a little latina from south Florida. Just as well I guess, I don't want to talk to them either. That's how I know who to take seriously. If these companies actually gave a shit they'd hire somebody with a brain, a business person, like you or me. So how'd you get into the sports equipment field?"
"I'm a bid, dumb ex-jock." I smiled.
"What?"
"I played in college. Pretty major hockey school in the North East. To small to turn pro, so I just got a job in the sports business."
"Ai, Dios mio, I'm so sorry!" She blushed and laughed as she swatted me on the shoulder. "And here I am thinking I was getting good at telling the difference."
"Really? I'm curious, how do you tell?" I was laughing now too, she was infectious.
"The clothes, papi, the clothes. Those jerks have no idea how to dress themselves. But youβ¦"
"What, this old thing?" I chuckled once again. 'This old thing' was about $900 worth of exquisitely tailored Saville Row flannel in a dark charcoal with razor thin chocolate pinstripes. The gilded pig on the breast of my shirt gave away its Brooks Brothers pedigree as well as the deep crimson silk tie and pocket square and matching pleated silk crepe braces to hold up my pants. Not to toot my own horn, but I do know how to dress myself.
"Oh, but you're too modest," she chuckled. "But this is a business appointment, you know. Aren't you going to show me some demo products?"
"Well, I thought we were just going to discuss a general overview of equipment issues, all the samples are in my room."
"So, I guess we're going to need to go there and look at them, aren't we?"
We staggered off to my room. With a fair amount of booze in us, I was wondering how we were going to get any business done. She stood in front of me and my eyes were riveted to her wonderfully round, tight ass. The coarse silk of her suit clung to it like spray paint. After four martinis it was a struggle not to reach out and squeeze it. When the elevator door finally opened she stepped out and started down the corridor. The swaying of her rear end had me hypnotized and I followed like a dog on a leash.
We walked on four a few minutes winding our way down around a few corners of the immense hotel and as we neared my door I fumbled in my wallet for my key card. The door opened with a beep and muffled whir of the latch being pulled in. The lights were already on as housekeeping had been in and she could see my trunk of gear open in the corner. She walked over to the pile of gear spilling out and picked up a protective cup.
"What's this?" she asked.
"It's a cup. It protects your unit."
She placed a few fingers in the cup and stared at my crotch. "You can get your whole cock in here? I doubt that."