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"Whadda ya say, Joey," Nick said, stepping up by my elbow right at that time, "ready to try your hand at a little craps?"
"Why not?" I answered, knowing I'd told him I would join him later when he'd asked the same thing just after we'd arrived. "Did you win some?" I asked, referring to his earlier time on the tables.
"Eh," he shrugged his shoulders, "not bad." I knew what he was really saying was that he'd given them some of his money and wanted to try and make it back.
"Where's Aubrey? Gone to the room?"
"Yeah, not so much into gambling. I enjoy it a little -- as long as I never gamble more than I can afford to lose." That Aubrey had gone to their room, exactly as Angie was going to ours, was another indicator that
maybe
they were playing too. I had to admit to myself that although I'd confessed that Jessica was my prime fantasy -- Aubrey was a close second.
"Isn't that the truth!" I reached in and pulled out a hundred-dollar bill when we got to the tables -- exchanging it for 20 $5 chips.
I'd played a little craps before; the summer that I'd had a project right near Las Vegas the boys had wanted to come play craps virtually every night. I wasn't into
every
night, but a couple of times a week I'd come with them. My rule of thumb was that I could afford to lose a hundred -- and when that was gone, I walked away. When I was on a winning streak, I rode it until it changed, and if I lost three straight times, I took what I had left and walked away. Some nights I was up a hundred or two, other nights it went to zero quite rapidly and then I just watched, but after playing a couple of times a week for most of the summer, I was up about $400.
Tonight, it went down the shitter almost immediately. A five-dollar bet, with odds, gone. Another, gone. Won one on a craps the next time coming out, and another couple of odd wins intermixed with multiple losses so I ended up with some odd single chips. Lose again, win again, lose yet again, and half an hour later -- I was down to $4 in chips on a table with a $5 minimum. I did what I'd never done that earlier summer -- just to 'waste' those last $4 in chips I said, "Hey Nick, loan me a buck." He was up a little, or probably close to even since I'd been there, but when I showed him I had only $4 and needed just $1 to make a bet -- he slipped me one.
It won. Doubled my money to $10.
I let it ride and doubled it again, so I was up to $20 on my $5 bet -- or "only" down $80 since I started.
I pulled that win back, bet just $5 and lost, bet $5 again -- and doubled that to $10 and once again I was back to $20 total. I let the $10 ride again, won on the come-out roll with a craps, let it ride again and three rolls later won that bet. One more time I let the bet on the table ride, added a bet on the odds, and suddenly instead of losing my last $4, I was up from the initial $100 that I'd started the evening with. All I'd bet all night was $5 chips -- but now, even being up a little, I was more interested in finding out who was waiting for me in a bedroom than playing craps for money. I changed up, bet $25, got the number, added odds -- and immediately hit my number on the first roll. Pulling back most of the winnings I left just the $25 bet and the number that came up was a 4. I added an odds bet, and then even knowing it was a sucker bet -- I added $25 to the "4 -- hard way" only to, two rolls later, have a pair of 2's show up: four the "hard way." Instead of losing my last $4, which I'd tried to do, suddenly in just a few rolls of the dice, I was up nearly $500 on the night.
"Damn Nick," I said, pulling all my chips off the table, "I think I got all of your money and a bunch of other peoples, too. I think I'm not going to push my luck tonight -- and I can play on house money for the rest of the weekend. I'm going to call it."
"Six," the dealer called out. "Odds?" he asked, tapping next to Nick's bet with his rake, having understood Nick's betting pattern. Nick reached out and added the odds bet.
"No way -- calling it quits while you're on a roll?"
"Just remembering I've got a hot lady upstairs waiting for me," I grinned. I didn't know whether he knew that hot lady was someone other than Angie, but I did.
"All right, all right," he said, "one more roll and I'm coming too." The call of "Craps, 7 Craps" from the dealer had him throw up his arms and follow me away from the table as the dealer now used the rake to pull all his money away.
"What floor?" Nick asked as we stepped onto the elevator and he pushed the 8th floor button. "10 for Angie and me," I answered, just as Barry appeared and shoved his hand in to stop the doors from closing.
"Hey guys! Calling it an early night?" I saw him glance at his key card, seeing the numbers printed on the back from Natalie and instantly knew that this wasn't the room his wife was in. This meant his wife Jessica was
not
in that room, and perhaps the card in my pocket matched with the room she was in. I couldn't help feeling my cock swell at the anticipation of meeting an unknown lover in just minutes, whether it was Jessica or someone else. "12 for me," Barry told Nick who dutifully pushed the button for the 12th floor. When the elevator stopped at the 8th floor and Nick got off, I still didn't have a clue as to which floor I was going to, nor did I have any idea whether Angie was still alone or not, so pushed the 10. Stepping off when it stopped, I walked around the corner, saw nobody, and quickly walked up to our door. A quick rap on the door and I heard nothing for a moment until Angie said, "Who is it?"
"Me," I answered, "Are you still alone?" She opened the door, answering the question by opening the door. "Just need my bag," I said. I reached down and picked up my bag, not missing for a moment that Angie was wearing nothing but the baby doll that I'd picked out for her earlier. That I would have liked to pull her to me and kiss her, I know that she knew, as although I stuck out a hand, she pushed it away and said, "Just go."
"Hey," I said, stepping back through the doorway.
"What?"
"I love you. It's going to be OK." She pushed the door shut.
For the first time, I pulled the card out of my pocket, saw a 618 written on the back, and slipped it back into my pocket. When the elevator arrived, I found myself alone going down to the 6th floor. My heart pounding, I swiped the card for the lock on 618 -- and nothing happened. I swiped it a second time and realized the blinking red lights told me something wasn't kosher. Looking back at the card, I realized that the numbers I was looking at were on the bottom, not the top -- and turning the card over read it this time as room 819. Sheepishly I backtracked to the elevator, only to have one with an already full compartment arrive. I stepped back and after they left, pushed the button again. The next elevator was empty, and the 8th floor was empty when I got there. I gave a warning tap on the door at 819 and then swiped the card. This time I heard the satisfying whine of the opening lock.
I couldn't help but wonder if Angie, alone in our room and dressed in just a baby doll, was opening the door at that moment to someone else, and wondered if whoever was behind this door had chosen to dress similarly. It was just a momentary thought as I pushed the door open, and found Jessica. I gulped as I stepped inside, leaving my bag by the door, and ogled our friend Barry's wife.
"Hello Joe," Jessica said, not moving from where she stood beside the bed. "You can come in."
I know I'd said that Jessica was a fantasy lover of mine. If there was any one of our Dinky Daters friends that I truly fantasized about, or lusted over for that matter, it was Jessica. Jessica was a bit shorter than me, obviously much taller than my pint-sized Angie. Her blonde hair was shoulder-length, and she carried herself with poise. Seeing her as I opened the door, there was no doubt that she was just as much dressed for sex as I knew my wife, two floors above, was. Jessica's legs were bare clear up to the tiny white thong panty visible between her legs. Although her pubic hair was blond, it was slightly visible through the lace triangular front panel of the thong. Above that, only coming down to her waist, was a white, button-front, shirt, with just the bottommost button in place. Hanging open down her body it left most of the inside of her breasts exposed. An elegant black necklace was around her neck, coming together on a small gold heart at the center of her neck just below her chin. From there four chains draped down between her breasts, two going left and two right, apparently attached to her nipples.
I didn't say a thing, just looked her up and down and stepped forward. I sensed a bit of trepidation, a bit of tension in her body, but when I reached up with one hand and gently cupped her cheek, I could sense that she knew this was going to be all right. "You've never done anything like this before." It was a statement, not a question.
"No."
"Us either," I answered before I let my hands begin to do the seduction. I dropped my one hand from her cheek to the shirt lapel and then slowly ran my fingers down the button line, reaching the bottom of the shirt as I raised my other hand to meet it. Together I slipped the button, and folded open the shirt, exposing her breasts, and the four chains. The two on each side met at a small ring that was cinched around her nipple. Jessica's breasts were probably the same size as Angie's, although, on her larger frame, they didn't look to be that large. Later, when they filled my hand, I had to admit they were almost identical in size, although her nipples were always protruding and more erect than my wife's normally were. "Wow, this is really sexy," I said, letting my fingers find the chains and trace them to her nipples. Her eyes closed as my fingers caressed the nubs protruding through the loops. "Why this time?" I asked, my fingers twiddling her nipples, her body quivering in response.
"What?"
"Why this time?" I repeated. "You said you've never done anything like this before."
"Oh."
Somehow, I knew. Pushing my one hand further forward, I released her nipple and filled my hand with her breast. "Barry?" I just said his name and she nodded. She wasn't adding more, so I let it drop for the moment. "I need to get undressed. Do you want to do it?"
She didn't answer, she just began pulling my shirt out of my pants. I stepped out of my shoes while she was doing that, and a moment later she was pulling my belt to release it. I didn't assist, just reached forward, and gripped her chin, moving her mouth into position. Closing my eyes, I leaned into her, our mouths matching, opening, tongues searching, passion erupting, and suddenly she was gasping, her hands on my belt and pants forgotten. "Joe! Please! I need you to fuck me before I back out..."
With my belt already loose, it was just one quick motion to slip my pants and underwear down my legs, my cock springing free between us. I lifted one leg and reached to slip my pants off and as I did, Jessica dropped to her knees in front of me. I changed legs, but before I could get the second pant leg off, she had my cock in her mouth. Pants off, I put my leg back down and just watched as she fellated me. Reaching for the back of her head I gently stroked her hair, letting her know I was appreciating her efforts. I could tell she would have sucked me off, but reaching further down, I gripped under her arms and lifted.