I have been travelling for work for the best part of six month's now. I got promoted to Sales Manager for a pharmaceutical company and we had been trying to branch out across the world. This meant I had no time for a social life or anything like that as the business was really booming.
I always fly with the same airline in business class and because I am there so much I got to know all the staff on that airline.
There was one flight attendant that I really seemed to click with, her name was Joanne. She was about 5 and a half foot, curves in all the right places, blonde hair (which had been dyed as you could see the black roots coming through. Not that it was an issue for me, I quite liked that look in fact). Her make-up was always pristine, always had a smile on her face.
This last month I had really been flying a lot and seemed to catch most of my flights when she was on shift. I needed to take some time out for myself and was flying to Hawaii so I booked some time off work and decided to have a week's holiday.
I was telling this to Joanne while the plane was quiet. "Are you stalking me?!" she asked jokingly, I looked confused. "I am having a holiday here as well! I just recently broke up with my boyfriend so need to get away to get over him properly." I was pleasantly surprised that she told me this so openly.
"We should meet up for a drink one night then as we are both alone, be nice to have some company there." She agreed and she wrote down her number for me, I also gave her mine.
The rest of the flight went quite quickly. Once we landed I switched on my phone and made sure to save her number in it so I didn't lose the piece of paper it was written on.
As I walked towards the exit doors we both smiled at each other and I made my way down the steps into the airport.
I got to the hotel and settled in. I didn't want to seem too eager with Joanne so thought I would wait a couple of days before I text her. I was laying by the pool on my first day when my phone bleeped. I fished it out my bag and just about managed to see it due to the sun shining so brightly. It was a text from Joanne. "Hey, hope you are enjoying your break, do you fancy a drink tonight? X".
"Hey, so nice to hear from you! Sure, that sounds great. Where would you like to meet? I haven't ventured out yet so don't know if there are any decent places around!" She must have been holding her phone as read receipt immediately showed and the three dots showed up. Thank god for iMessage I laughed to myself.
After a couple of minutes a new message came through. "Which hotel are you? I am happy to come to yours." I gave her the name of my hotel and she said she knew it as she had stayed there before. We agreed on 8pm in the hotel lobby.
I stayed by the pool for a few more hours then went to my room to get ready. I headed downstairs about 7.50pm and sat in a chair waiting while flicking through a magazine that was left on the table. I must have been very engrossed in it as I didn't notice Joanne standing there. "Ahem!" She jokingly caught my attention with. I looked up and she was standing there in a stunning red button down dress that rested just above the knee, some cleavage on show but not too much to look slutty. She finished it off with red heels. Clearly her favourite colour.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry!" I threw the magazine back on the table and stood up. "Have you been standing there long?" I asked embarrassed. "Don't worry I literally just got here but it was funny to see you jump out your skin like that!"
We greeted each other properly this time with a kiss on the cheek as we headed into the bar and found a nice quiet booth in the corner. Joanne slid in taking a seat as I asked her what she would like to drink. "Vodka apple juice please."
I headed over to the bar and ordered 2 of these as I was happy to drink this as well. I made my way back to the table with drinks in hand. "Here you go." Handing her the drink, we clinked glasses and both took a swig.
We chatted away for what felt like hours as the drinks started to flow. She excused herself as she headed to the bathroom. I couldn't help myself but check her out as she made her way there. Her hips were swaying, she had the perfect figure. Curves in all the right places.
After a few minutes she came back to the table with a leaflet in hand. "I saw this and thought it looked like fun!" She said handing me the Leaflet. 'Try our new 5 shot challenge for a chance to win a bottle of champagne.' "You sure about this?" Joanne just nodded, clearly a bit tipsy already. I went to the bar and ordered 2 trays of shots. They brought them over and they were all different colours, one was even on fire. One of the waiters stood next to the table, microphone in hand. The music went quiet and he started telling everyone that we were about to try the 5 shot challenge that only 3 people have managed to complete in 2 years. Apparently we had made it more interesting by ordering one set each so they decided to turn it into a competition.
The bar was full and everyone was watching us. We both did the first couple of shots easily but as we got down the row it was starting to hit. We both looked at each other and neither of us wanted to lose so we took another one each. I was really struggling now as they were lethal shots. I could see Joanne was the same. We both got to the last shot and did it together.
They ended up calling it a tie after all that and gave us a bottle each.
I suggested we take it upstairs to my room in case she wanted a lie down. We headed upstairs bottle of champagne each. Joanne seemed to be struggling more than me as I had to hold her up walking to the room.
We entered my hotel room and I offered to fetch her a glass of water. She sat down on the sofa head in hands. "Here, drink this." Handing her a glass of water she sipped it slowly. "Maybe those shots weren't such a good idea." I said laughing. She thanked me and after a couple more glasses of water she said she started to feel a lot better. "Thank you for looking after me like this, how can I repay you?" I told her it was the least I could do for her as she took care of me so well on the flights.