The party had been a blast, for all the wrong reasons, but who cared? Certainly not Belinda nor Rachel. They so enjoyed themselves the entire weekend that it was the worst parting they had had since they began their little adventure. It was always a little tough to say 'T.T.F.N.' when Rachel headed home, but this was a tough one. Rachel wouldn't be back in town for almost two months and Belinda couldn't get away either. After THEIR fun after the party, Belinda's Dad, John had experienced a mild heart attack. He said in the hospital, "I'm glad I'm alive, but had I died, I would have died one VERY happy man."
Belinda wanted to be around during his recovery.
Belinda went back to work that Monday morning after dropping Rachel off at the airport express bus and was given her usual fifth floor assignment. Four checkouts, five stay overs and the rest of the rooms were empty. A WONDERFUL DAY! Nine instead of fifteen rooms; life was good.
Three of the checkouts had already left. One of the rooms was a disaster and they had used both beds, every towel, had spilled something on the carpet, had the TV turned the wrong way, left more hair in the tub than a human should have and also spilled something on the sink counter. Oh, and the worst was the toilet was clogged. She called maintenance to handle that and decided to leave that room alone until the toilet issue was corrected.
The other rooms weren't too bad, but she found a few porno magazines in one of the rooms and even though she had been warned NEVER to thumb through them, she couldn't help herself. Sure enough, a few pages of one were stuck together and Belinda just tossed it into the trash. The next one was clean and she leafed through it. The girls were very attractive and as she often did, Belinda began to feel a bit self conscious about her weight. "I really shouldn't put myself down. I don't look like this, but this is a bit unrealistic anyway; though I wouldn't mind sliding my hands all over HER." Then she realized, not only was she actually looking through a men's magazine but she becoming a bit aroused. If someone had suggested that to her six months ago, she would have laughed in their face.
The other thought that was now going through her mind was, she may not look like the women in the pictorials, but a woman who DID, lusted for her. That must say something about her looks. Belinda pushed the self-consciousness out of her head and replaced it with self confidence. She tossed the two remaining magazines in the trash and continued her work.
Once all the check outs were done, time to move on to the stay overs. She knocked on the door to room 502 and could hear a faint "Come in." Belinda sighed and immediately feared the worst, a pervert. She cautiously slid the key into the lock and opened the door calling out, "Housekeeping" as she entered. When she got into the room, she saw an old woman lying on the bed and she seemed to be having some difficulty breathing. Belinda hustled over and took the woman's hand.
"Oh, my God, are you OK?" she asked.
The woman managed to get the word, "NO" out and Belinda picked up the phone and called the front desk immediately asking for an ambulance for the woman. The desk called back a moment later and said the 9-1-1 operator needed to know her age, approximately, as well as anything that Belinda could pass on. "She's about 80 and she's having a lot of trouble breathing. I'm not sure what else is wrong." She tried asking the woman but she was unable to speak. The desk clerk assured Belinda help was on the way and got off the phone.
In the meantime, the Assistant Head Housekeeper, Margaret, rushed into the room. "Belinda, are you OK?"
"ME?!? Hell, it's HER I'm worried about." Belinda replied taking the woman's hand again and then, turning to her said, "Help is on the way. We've got great emergency services in this town." She looked back to Margaret and said, "You should wait down by the elevators to make sure they get to the right room." Margaret agreed and off she went.
No more than three minutes had gone by when Belinda could hear the commotion in the hall as the gurney from the ambulance was wheeled down the hall. Margaret stepped aside and the two EMT's entered with the cot between them.
Belinda looked at them, both of them women and became ashamed when she let out a little, "Oh, wow." The older EMT, a blond with Belinda's build and magnificent eyes didn't seem to hear her. The younger one, maybe in her 20s DID hear and winked at Belinda.
"So, you found her? Well, you may have saved this woman's life. Way to go. I think you will be deserving a reward," said the younger EMT in a rather hushed tone. It made Belinda blush. The EMT then immediately went to work. They checked the woman over carefully and put her on oxygen and took her vital signs. As the older one spit them out, the younger one wrote them down. Then she'd smile at Belinda.
Belinda felt she should leave the room, but was fascinated watching what the EMTs were doing, and also relishing the attention she was getting from the younger one. The self confidence she had brought out in herself earlier was now a full blown ego trip. This girl was at least 10 years younger, cute as hell, a little dangerous and FLIRTING with her! Her mind said, "Being a lesbian might be the best thing that ever happened to me!" But then she felt bad. Rachel, she couldn't cheat on Rachel. "Cheating? What cheating? I'm not doing anything, just enjoying the moment. Rachel would be tickled pink. It would assure her that she picked a good one!"
Belinda pushed any and all negativity out of her mind's window and just lived in the moment, hoping she didn't start to get mois....too late. She could feel herself just a bit wet, way down below.
Once the preliminary exam of the woman was complete, the EMTs lifted her from the bed to the gurney and headed down the hall towards the elevators. The younger one had brushed past Belinda, well, against her as she passed, just a bit, and yet...
Belinda and the EMT both said, "Sorry, excuse me" as this happened and in no time, they were gone.
That evening, Belinda was getting ready to leave for the day when the front desk called the Housekeeping Department asking for her. She was told the EMTs from that morning were waiting for her in the lobby. Belinda practically ran to the lobby. When she arrived, she saw both of them standing there smiling.
"Hi, what brings you back?" asked Belinda. She was focused on the younger one because of the attention she had gotten, but the older one, maybe in her forties, was quite nice looking as well.
"Well," began the older one, "first off, my name is Stephanie, and I've very glad to meet you."
"I'm Carla," stated the younger, edgier one.
"Well, I'm Belinda. I'm so glad to meet both of you. You did a great job up there. I was enjoying watching you work. It was very exciting."
"Yes, it had its moments," chirped Carla.
Stephanie said, "We just wanted to drop by and let you know that the woman, Mrs. Cosgrove, was going to be fine. A little repertory distress is all and it brought on a bit of a panic attack. She made us promise to stop by and let you know and to thank you for her."
"So, she'll live?" questioned Belinda.
"Oh yes she will. Over all she's pretty healthy. The doctors believe she may have had an allergic reaction to something but she's fine now. Oh, and she wanted you to know, she's only 70, not 80. Once she could breathe a bit better, she chuckled a bit over your adding 10 years to her."
Carla said, "We'd like to buy you a drink, if you drink," added Carla, "to show you our gratitude. Mrs. Cosgrove said we should."
Belinda didn't think more than 2 seconds on the offer and off they went to Shecky's Bar and Grill.