The View
She'd told me once that a good view was important to her.
So, for her birthday I booked a room on the highest floor of the Skytower hotel knowing that it had floor to ceiling windows that would provide her with that all important view.
I dropped an envelope to her work with the keycard and a note inside. It read:
Roses are Red, Violets are blue, no need to pack, just bring you.
Room 1405.
Let yourself in, enjoy a bath, glass of bubbles, throw on a robe, some music and send me a text when you are ready for some company....
Knowing that she finished work at 6 and it should take her at least 20 minutes to reach the hotel, I went to the room at 6, dropped a bag in the wardrobe with some fresh clothes for the following day, toiletries and the like.
I placed a single long stem yellow rose on the bed. I turned the heat up to 24 degrees.
I ran the bath, hot with bubbles falling over the rim. Placed a wine cooler full of ice and a bottle of bubbles next to the bath alongside a champagne flute and a small dish with 3 dainty chocolate truffles in it. I made sure there was a fluffy towel on the heated rack and a robe on the back of the door.
Lastly, I pulled all of the curtains on the full-length windows right back to ensure that the view of the city at night was the hero.
I then retreated to the small bar just off reception to wait.
Patience has never been my strong suit and sitting in that bar nursing a dark'n'stormy it was difficult not wishing her time away and waiting for my cue to join her.
At 6.32 I got a text saying:
Roses are Red, Violets are blue, I'm so fucking lucky, I got you
That made me smile and relax a little. I moved to one of the tub chairs knowing that it was likely to be at least an hour before she summoned me up. I also knew that she would be loving this time to herself, to marinade in that hot bath, sipping champagne and floating in her mind.
We met a few years ago and while my attraction to her was instant and magnetic, it had taken her a little longer to notice me.
She was a couple of years older than me, petite, feminine with curving hips, full breasts and a smile that shone through her eyes with mischief and promises. Her long honey hair cascaded down her back and always over one shoulder.
At 5'6" I was a little taller, and although I style myself quite masculine, there was no hiding my best assets, ensuring no one got confused.
We had one of those 'meet cute' moments like in the movies. I was at a BBQ party thrown by a relatively new colleague, jake, from work. I had just been out to take a plate of steaks to the chef at the BBQ, then collected a couple of open cans of Carlton from the table and was making my way back inside to take one to Jake when she walked out into the garden.
She was chatting to a friend as she walked and I was instantly mesmerized and could not look away, to the extent that I then walked smack into the panel side of the ranch slider, instead of through the open door. I knocked the cans out of my hands and spilled them all down my front. She rushed over picked up the half drained cans form the floor and said:
'Are you ok? What happened?"
I was not about to answer that truthfully so muttered something about the sun bouncing off the door and blinding me. I have no idea is she bought it but her friend certainly didn't giving me a very amused smile from over her shoulder. Anyway, after I stuttered my way through a couple fo sentences and she insisted on getting a tea towel to dry my shirt front, we struck up conversation and the rest, as they say, is history.
Lost in my reverie I was startled when my phone buzzed. Looking down at the text from her it read:
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I'm freshly bathed and waiting for you
I immediately stood, drained the last of my drink for fortitude and made for the bank of lifts. Getting in and pressing the button for the 14
th
floor, I turned to the mirror and checked my appearance. I had really made an effort. Dressed all in black I had on skinny pants, a fitted dress shirt and had burnished my eyes with some dark smoked grey eyeshadow, black eyeliner and mascara. Black boots on my feet and black leather bracelets on both wrists I was aiming for a hint of dark and dangerous in my appearance.