Grace sighed, sitting at the edge of the hotel pool. It had been a long day, starting from six in the morning, when her older sister's water had broken. From then on, it had been patiently waiting at the hospital with her parents. After her niece was born, an emotional few hours followed, and now she was beat. It was also her last night at the hotel; she would take her flight home in the morning.
Since she had had a few sleepless nights this past week, she had decided to swim a bit before bed. It had worked in the past, exhausting herself physically so she could fall asleep quickly.
So she slipped into the water and set herself to swimming laps.
After a certain point, she realized she was not alone in the hotel's pool room. In the Jacuzzi to the side of the pool was a couple, two women chatting quietly, one's arm around the other. Grace did her best to ignore them, swimming her laps dutifully. After finishing another one, she surfaced unknowingly right in front of the Jacuzzi, to see the two women making out. Something made her watch for a moment, until one of them spotted her. Embarrassed, she spun away to swim more.
She surfaced again, and when she got her bearings, she realized she was again in front of the Jacuzzi, where the two women were still making out. She stared, watching them passionately locking lips, and again the same one as before spotted her. Grace spluttered awkwardly, the other woman smiling slightly before turning her full attention back to her lover. Grace watched for a few more seconds, and then she turned away, to give the two some privacy. She swam a few more laps, deciding that it would be her last set.
When she surfaced, just by the ladder, the two women were standing at the lip of the pool, staring down at her. The one who had spotted her was blonde and petite, the other whose arm was around her brunette and taller.
"Hi," the brunette said.
"Hi," Grace said back.
"So, I'm just gonna come out and say this," the brunette began. "Katie here has been bugging me for a threesome lately, and we both think you're pretty. So if you want to join us, come knock on 214. It may be a shot in the dark, but I figured it couldn't hurt to mention it. No pressure, we get it if you don't swing that way."
With that, they walked out of the pool area, leaving Grace feeling confused and awkward.
After they left, Grace dried off quickly and headed upstairs.
She climbed into bed, but her tactic to tire herself out was not working. Instead, what the brunette had said seemed to stick in the back of her mind. Grace had kissed women before, but only when drunk, and she had never done more than that. However, she could not deny that she had always wondered what sex with another woman would be like. When she turned over, closing her eyes in an attempt to sleep, flashes of the two women from the pool appeared, the duo naked and entangled.
Grace sighed. All she had to do was go downstairs, and knock on 214. If she had a good time, then great. If not, she would never see them again.
It could be fun. And you've always wondered what it would be like. Here's your chance, on a silver platter.
Before she had truly committed to the decision, she was up and dressing, pulling on a t-shirt and shorts. She paused in the room, warring with herself.
Grace decided.
Before heading to their room, she stopped at the front desk.
"Hi," she said.
"How can I help you?" the woman at the desk asked.
"Uh...I'm going to room 214."
The woman scrunched her brow. "Are you asking for me to switch your room?"
"Oh, no, not that," she said, feeling awkward. "I'm, um, meeting people."
She fidgeted, uncomfortable. The woman stared blankly.
"Look," she finally said, leaning towards the other woman, "I'm going to join a couple upstairs."
The woman's eyes widened. "Oh..."
"So, since I don't actually know them, and for all I know they could be, like, serial killers, I was wondering if, if I don't come back here in an hour, could you knock on 214 for me?"
The woman nodded. "Of course," she said, still blinking in shock.
"If I'm back here before an hour, then never mind, but I just want to be safe."
"I understand. I'll knock on 214 in an hour if you're not back by then."
"Thank you," Grace said, turning to head upstairs.
When she got to their door, it took her a good few minutes before she actually knocked.
The door opened, and the brunette grinned as she saw Grace.
"She showed up," she called over her shoulder. The blonde came into view.