I hang up the phone, smiling eagerly as grab my things and make my way to the elevator. My five friends have left the hotel already to head to a local hot-spot club then to a strip bar perhaps, something I just wasn't in the mood for. I let them go their own way knowing things will probably get drunk out of hand with them and end up in some stupor and an event in walking back to the hotel as they just can't seem to get it together to catch a taxi back. Shaking it off I walk to the elevator and head down to the lobby to catch a cab.
The Vegas air is cool in February. A chill washes over my face as I zip up my jacket and head for the line of cabs waiting in line at the curbside. I jump into one, trying desperately to ignore the odor emanating from the front seat.
"To the Monte Carlo, please." I say as the cab begins its short journey to the casino.
As the cab makes its way through the Saturday night traffic I think of the night ahead, shifting in my seat in anticipation, smiling at the message left for me, and the message I left myself. Thoughts dance through my head of the possibilities that could transpire tonight, the thoughts of finally meeting you, one who I have lusted after for so long, one with whom I have shared the most intimate thoughts, and actions over the computer, over the phone lines, from one naughty thought to another. A screech and sudden stop jolts me from my fantasy, and I look up to find myself in front of the casino door already. I pay and tip, and make my way out towards the door.
The casino is fairly empty for a Saturday, most of the crowd probably roaming the strip, and the more bustling clubs and casinos. I do not mind this one bit as I was not in the mood for a crowd anyhow. I know this is your hotel, and I know you are here somewhere.
After arriving at the bar and ordering a Jack and Coke to start me off I scan the casino with hungry eyes, my gaze meeting several blonde beauties and exquisite looking brunettes, but none of them hold my gaze for long as I know they are not what I am here looking for. Before I know it, my body is warm after downing my second JC, my hands numb a bit, and my eyes seem to waver as I now scan the room once more. I'm ready to begin now I think to myself. I order a Heineken for myself and head towards the blackjack tables.
I make my way to the ten dollar minimum tables, finding them not as crowded as I had hoped. Just as well I sit down with 2 other people and change my fifty dollar bill into chips, and my betting begins. A see-saw fifteen minutes passes, winning some, losing some. Three beers in now. I can tell my buzz is kicking in hard because I find myself laughing my losses off, not really losing, but still watching the dealer take chip after chip, hand after hand. Suddenly I also notice, that I have stopped watching the room, hoping to catch a glance of the sole reason I am in this casino on this fine night. And then it happens.
I watch the dealer hand me out my two cards as a body slides into the seat next to me, not laying down money, but just sitting there. Tempted to look, yet focused on my pair of tens sitting on the table before me. I watch as the dealer flips her own five over. "I have this" I think to myself, so I do what I had wanted to since the moment this body slid up next to me, I look over.
My eyes fill with the most exquisite vision ever to grace my perception before. Long brunette hair cascading down a slim, slender body wrapped elegantly in a strapless black dress, slit up the side, revealing a pair of slender crossed legs going on for what seems like miles. Fit arms rise up to brush the wavy dark locks away from a face that was to die for, made up very nicely and wearing a smile that could melt the most rigid of hearts.
Taken so much by this beauty as she smiled at me, I stare dumbfounded, speechless, trying to find the right words to make my first. Instead you motion with your eyes to the table as the dealer is handing me back my bet multiplied by two. I withdraw my next bet to sit the round out, and turn my attention back to you.
Still not entirely sure, I open my mouth, "Kaylee?" I ask.
A smile tells me I'm right, and you tell me how awesome it finally is to meet as you extend your arms around me and we embrace in the hug to end all hugs. I take in your sweet perfumed scent and the fruity aroma of your silky hair in my face. My arms wrap firmly around your shoulders and I feel your body tremble as I roam my hands over your exposed shoulders and arms.
I break the embrace to look over you once more, not believing that you are actually in my presence, in my arms. We smile at one another, just staring, eyes' scanning over one another, making sure this is not a fantasy or dream, and that we are really here with each other.
"So you got my message eh?" I ask stopping the waitress for another green for myself and a drink for you.
"Yes I did, and I knew just where to look to find you. I was actually watching you for a few minutes before making my way over here. Maybe shaking off a few nerves in the process." you giggle.
Either way, here we are, sitting with one another, staring at each other, and giddy with anticipation of what's to come.
You lean over to me as the dealer gets set to shuffle the decks for the next round. You whisper to me to drop my whole bank down. One bet, one shot, for two reasons. The first, and primary reason, is that you can handle it no longer and want to go up to your room with me to show me "how nice your suite is". And the second being that you can feel it, twenty-one, coming up.
I stare at you through small, squinted eyes, your blurry outline coming into focus quickly as your hands slithers up my thigh, crawling its way to where my leg meets my torso, a finger slipping down into the space, as your hand now rests on my inner thigh. My eyes never leave yours as I slide my own hand across the table, pushing all of my chips into the betting circle. "One-hundred and forty five dollars." the dealer says I break my gaze from you and look at her and nod.
You lean in closer to me as the dealing begins. I don't care what the other two people have, I merely watch as my cards are laid out before me. Slow motion takes over as the first card is placed before my stack of chips. A Queen. A heat rushes through my body as I am one card closer to the blackjack that has eluded me all night long. One arm wraps around me, your head now on my shoulder, your breath floating over my neck, adding to the intense heat I am feeling from this hand that placed me all in.
The dealer's card is flipped over as a ten, I shake it off. I continue to watch as the dealer's hand moves in a slow blur across the table, laying out the last cards for the two people before me. Time slows even more as her hand makes its way to my stack, over the card turns. I am almost afraid to look as her hand clears away from the card to reveal the big black spade in the middle of the card. Audio returns to my senses as I hear you scream out in delight, a scream mixed in with the echoing words of the dealer and the resounding "Blackjack!" of the two players to the right of me.
I watch in delight as the dealer hands me out my winnings making my cash out a total of three-hundred sixty two dollars and fifty cents. I continue watching as the dealer changes my chips for black ones totaling one hundred dollars a piece, three of them. I stand from the table and slide the dealer a ten dollar chip as tip. She smiles in appreciation, and it is then that I realize how pretty she is. A fascination that is soon lost as I turn to see you again standing beside me with a smile plastered across your face.
I grab you in delight and hug you up tightly, thanking you for your good luck and desirable premonition. You hug me back and plant a soft kiss upon my cheek, saying that it was not you who made that happen, but that it was good luck nonetheless. We laugh it off, grab our drinks and make our way to the elevators arm in arm.
We make small talk while we wait and exchange small inconspicuous gropes of each others' bodies. The elevator gets there and a small group of girls pour out. No words are exchanged just hungry sly glances in both directions. As we step in and turn to face outwards I could have sworn a blonde beauty turned to blow a kiss in our direction just as the door slid shut, and as I turned to ask if you caught that as well, my thoughts were quickly swayed by the pair of lips which plastered themselves on mine.
Your arms wrap around me, pushing me into the back of the elevator with a thud. My own arms wrap tightly around your waist as I return the kiss with a heated fervor. Our first kiss igniting a flame of desire which burned hotter than any fire ever sparked. Your head twists and turns as your tongue ravages mine. I kiss you back as best I can, trying to compose this animal that has come forth before me.