Back stateside again after a particularly long 6 month contract. And like usual I stop at my favorite Airport Hilton. I check in and shower. I hit up the bar and as always is my favorite bartender, Barbara.
She sees me and comes out from behind the bar, "Hey lovey, how are you?!?" and gives me a big hug. If Babs wasn't 10 years older than me and committed to her boyfriend of 15 years I would be balls deep in her.
The last few times I've stopped in here I have gotten laid in some of the greatest sexual conquests in my life. Tonight seemed like what the military calls a "dry hole". No luck. The bar is empty and except for the wedding party going on in the same banquet room I first eyed my Madison 18 months earlier its quiet as a tomb. I know what you are thinking, weddings mean bridesmaids, I caught a glimpse of these, not worth the time, effort or load.
Babs must be able to read my mind because she tells me the brides was in here the night before with the bridesmaids. She informs me that the bride was having second thoughts, was worried about getting married and so on. After a couple Jack and Cokes I tell her I am going to call it a night as she is closing up the bar. After the past couple sexual conquests here at this hotel I have gone to a quiet, little known, back patio to smoke a cigar.
So I go to my quiet hiding spot with my mixed drink, cigar, and lighter. I sneak out the back, pull up the over sized deck chair and enjoy some peace and quiet. It rained earlier in the day so I knock the water droplets off of the chair and make myself comfortable in the quiet late summer night. I can see lightening trailing in the distance from the storm that left the puddles on the patio and water droplets on my chair. I light the cigar, take the first big puff and sit back in silent reflection and meditation when I hear the door open.
I glance over and my breath is taken away. Its the bride. Leaning her back against the door, openly crying into her hands. Strawberry blonde, 5'3", 125, C cup tits in a strapless long white wedding dress.
I wish I would have said something more profound but I was so caught off guard all I could muster was a mumble of, "Holy fucking shit..." with a cigar sticking out of my mouth.
She didn't know that I was sitting there because I could see the look of surprise in her eyes. "Sorry." She says as she wipes away tears and tries to square herself away. "Your cigar smells good." She says as she tries to steer the subject away from the topic of her dismay.
She failed at that attempt, "Thank you. So as for the elephant in the room, why are you crying?"
She walks over and pulls up a seat next to me. In her emotional, drunken state she ignores the drops of water on her chair. I learn her name is Jessica. A 22 year old paralegal. She runs triathlons and is devoutly catholic. She is 99% positive her new husband, who is 10 years older than her, cheated on her at the bachelor party and may have fucked an ex of his last night. She is worried that she got married because her friends are at the stage they are getting married and worried, well, worried about everything.