"Sorry sir, your card has been declined," the bartender handed back the card and waited expectantly for a replacement that Guy Templeton didn't have.
The nineteen-year-old was definitely having a bad day and this seemed to top it. First thing his computer wouldn't switch on and nothing he nor his college roommate could do anything to get it operating. This has led to him needing to ask for a last-minute extension to the essay due from a college lecturer he hated. True to form the professor had refused, stating that it was hardly his fault the technology had failed, whilst implying that this was just a modern update of the old 'dog ate my homework' and that Guy hadn't done the work. It meant that instead of relaxing and getting ready for his three-month anniversary dinner, Guy had been sitting in the library desperately trying to remember what he'd written and then typing it out on one of the crappy machines the library provided. He'd met the deadline, but the reworked and rushed essay was a C at best.
He barely had time to shower and shave before rushing to the second-hand car his parents had bought him for Christmas. It didn't start. So he was over thirty minutes late for his dinner with Carla. It was going well, he had thought, she'd even allowed him to bang her ass a couple of weeks ago, something he'd not managed since his senior year girlfriend. The hot blonde was sitting impatiently at the table, tapping her fork, even though he'd rung her to tell her he was going to be late -- entering, that should have told him the evening wasn't going to be a good one.
It wasn't. Even before they'd ordered she'd told him she'd been thinking, it wasn't him, it was her, and they could still be friends. She didn't stay for starters, though given how expensive the restaurant was and how long in advance he had to book, he had remained, eating three courses and having two double brandies on top. It hadn't actually helped, which is why he'd decided to go and sit at the attached hotel bar to mope over another -- it may, however, reduced the already sketchy amount of credit on his card to zero.
The bartender was smiling politely, but his hand was very near the glass. Guy paused, deciding whether to risk going for the drink and draining it, before facing the humiliation of not being able to pay.
"I'll get that," the speaker was a tall woman in her mid-forties, wearing a low-cut dress that more than adequately displayed her more than adequate breasts.
The bartender quickly took her card before Guy could decline her offer. Not that he was going to, it saved him both a moment of humiliation and also, despite being the same age as his Mom, she was stonking hot. "Thanks," he said, "Guy Templeton."
"Janice," she smiled, not giving a surname. "I'm guessing you're on your own? We saw you eating alone over dinner."
"Yeah, sore point, kinda," he replied. He hadn't really been paying attention to his fellow diners, so wasn't sure whether she'd been there when Carla had got up or whether she'd arrived after. He waited for her to ask for details, a hot Milf was a shoulder to cry on for sure.
However, Janice didn't seem interested in why he was alone but neither was she a woman who just randomly bought drinks for strangers and left. Instead, she gestured behind him, "Why don't you come and join us?"
He turned towards where she was gesturing. Sitting in a circular booth around a table were two other women, both about Janice's age and like her wearing hot dresses that showed their ample cleavage, one dark-haired like Janice and the same height and the other a blonde, noticeably shorter than the others. For about a second Guy considered his options -- on one hand he could sit here moping and without the money to pay for another drink or he could go and sit with three good-looking older women, which even if nothing was likely to come of it, at least could lead to some flirting and a reminder that he was actually good looking and often quite funny. "Yeah, thanks," he said, getting up from his seat and following her over.
"I'm Nadine," said the other brunette.
"Rachel," said the blonde.
Neither gave their surnames.
"Guy," he replied and wondered if he should give his second name and then through force of habit he added, "Templeton."
"So why's a good-looking young man like you sitting on your own?" said Rachel, patting the seat next to her for him to sit. He did so, Janice sliding in after him so he was squeezed between them with Nadine shifting so she was opposite him.
"Long story short, just broke up with a girlfriend," he said.
"I don't know her and can tell already she's no taste," said Nadine and the other two also offered their commiserations.
"Plenty more fish in the sea," smiled Rachel and it might have been Guy's imagination but he was sure her leg rubbed against his as she spoke and did she bite her lip a little flirtatiously? He decided, probably not, but well...
"Yes, three months is nothing," he said, adding "that's how long we'd been going out."
"Young love, I went through dozens when I was your age," giggled Janice and for a second he thought she was remembering as her eyes took a dreamy look and she bit her lip slightly, but then she was back to the present, "So why the brandy?"
"Sometimes you just need it, you know?" he replied, "Bad day all round."
As far as the women were concerned that was true or at least none of them gainsaid him or tried to delve for a sob story and if he was honest, he wasn't now sure why he'd been drinking alone either, one bad paper wasn't going to matter (and it wasn't terrible, probably worth a B now he thought about it) and Carla was good looking but kinda a bit of a bore in bed, even the anal had only been a six out of ten
"You live nearby?" asked Nadine.
"I'm at College locally," he replied and the conversation moved on from his break-up. He told them a little about himself, that he was nineteen, that Carla was far from his first girlfriend and so he knew he wasn't going to be heartbroken forever (or even that long) and that he shared a room in a dormitory a couple of miles away. In turn, he learnt the three women were in town for a business trip and were staying over in the hotel. They were a little vague on their own marital status though he noticed that both Rachel and Janice had a small strip of white skin where their wedding rings would normally be. They talked a little about their work, though as it seemed to involve looking at the inner workings of companies he understood as little as they probably understood when he spoke about the essay on Hegel he'd just written. However, despite the mutual incomprehension the conversation was fun and flowed quickly, the three women making him feel the centre of attention, whilst none of them tried to overshadow her friends.
He finished his drink, but Nadine was already calling over a waiter and ordering more. Luckily Guy was more than able to handle to alcohol as that wasn't the only time the waiter was over as the three women could knock them, even more luckily they all seemed happy to take the tab and if it wasn't gentlemanly to not offer, it was all he could do with a dead card in his pocket. The three women had been friendly enough to start with, but they were definitely becoming even friendlier, Rachel and Janice almost sitting on him and Nadine, both reaching forward to grasp his hand and run her foot over his.
Rachel lifted her refilled glass, "So now you're broken up isn't it about time you were looking for a new lay -- chastity is overrated."
She grinned as she sipped, her gaze moving over him suggestively. Guy felt a dryness in his mouth, which you didn't get because you were thirsty, recognising the shorter blonde was pretty much offering herself to him. He hoped her friends would soon get the hint and excuse themselves so that he could move to some alone time with her and confirm that she wanted to help him get over his heartbreak with some no-strings sex.