Slowly, Ellie came out of the fog that was her awakening, her head throbbing, a dull ache in her nether regions. Finally opening her eyes, she quickly shut them again, the light from a high sun causing a bit of discomfort.
Oh, the heavy drapes were closed but, still, it was the middle of the fucking afternoon and light made its way into the room, much to Ellie's dismay.
After two or three tries, Ellie was able to keep her eyes open at last. Turning her head on the pillow, Ellie discovered that she was alone in the huge bed.
Huh? Ellie would've sworn that when she finally called 'Uncle' sometime after dawn, their new friend, Lori, was in bed with her. Hearing some noises of awakening coming from the other room, Ellie willed herself from the bed, slowly making her way from the bedroom of their suite.
Standing in the doorway, Ellie saw that Trish and Pauli were in the pull-out sleeper of the couch, Pauli's arm and hand draped across Trish's body. Glancing to the doorway, Trish smiled at Ellie and then grimaced quickly as the throbbing headache made itself known to Trish.
"Fucking Rum," Trish grumbled as she slid her body from under Pauli's arm, "I hate Rum, it always hurts the next morning," Trish's grumbling continued, which caused Pauli to start stirring.
"Where's your new girlfriend?" Trish asked Ellie as she fumbled with the in-room coffee valet to make a much needed pot of java.
"I was about to ask you the same thing," Ellie answered, "She's not in the bedroom or either bathroom," Ellie continued as she checked the second bathroom.
"Oops, here's a note," Trish said when she saw the piece of hotel stationary laying on the counter of the wet bar.
"Had a wonderful time, girls, a really good time, but I had to go and didn't want to wake any of you." XOXOX Lori.
"My jaw hurts," they heard Pauli say as she sat up to wake up, "and my pussy's sore."
"Waaah, waaah; quit your bitching, you didn't complain last night when you were eating pussy," Trish said, teasingly.
"Ooooh damn, my head hurts too," Pauli continued, unfazed by Trish's teasing.
"Welcome to our world," Ellie said, "Trish's right; Rum is some evil shit the next morning."
A lot of aspirin and coffee later, the three braved the bright sun to sit on their patio to complete the wake up process, all of them in some sort of robe or cover dress.
"Now that wasn't a bad first night of a road trip," Trish opined to the other two.
"You're right, but, speaking for myself, I think I'm giving my honey-pot a break tonight," Ellie replied, "I think I'm going to be a good girl, tonight."
"Probably not a bad plan," Trish agreed as Pauli nodded her head to that statement.
"What time is it?" Ellie asked.
"Looks like a little after two," Pauli answered after glancing to her cell phone.
"So, what's up for tonight?" Trish asked her two road buddies.
"Think we can get into a show or something?" Pauli asked.
"Let you know in a minute," Trish replied as she rose to call the ticket desk in the lobby of their hotel, from inside of their suite.
"You looked like you had a good time last night," Ellie commented to Pauli.
"Oh El, I did, I really did, but I'm starting to wonder what will happen after my husband returns from his assignment," Pauli answered.
"Don't get me wrong," she continued, "I really do miss him and having sex with him..."
"But?"...Ellie prompted.
"But, what if it's not enough, now, what if the sex with him is not enough, now?" Pauli replied, squinting against the sun's bright rays.
"Cross that bridge when you get to it; IF, you get to it," Ellie consuled her friend. Yes, Ellie loved sex with Pauli but she truly liked her as a friend and truly cared about her.
"Yeah, I suppose...but, still..." Pauli answered, her voice trailing off as she went to someplace private, inside of her head.
"Any more coffee, Trish?" Ellie called from the patio into the suite.
"Got some room service on the way with more coffee and I scored us some tickets to see 'Blue Man Group' at the eight o'clock show," Trish replied, "Y'all listen for the door; I'm jumping into the shower to get this pussy smell off of me."
"Yeah, well, good luck with that!" Ellie laughingly called back to Trish, the remark causing Pauli to join her in laughing at the truthfulness of the statement...
The girls were good that Friday night. No drinking, no weed, and, suprisingly, no sex for any of them with any of them. They had dinner, enjoyed the show and were asleep by midnight. Boring? Perhaps, but the girls truly needed to get the rest that their bodies craved.
After a leisurely breakfast on Saturday morning, the three hit the spa/gym of the hotel, all three getting in a good workout. Skipping lunch, they opted to sunbathe at one of the pools, laying out in their two-piece suits.
"Get anybody something to drink?," The familiar voice asked.
Raising her head to look, Ellie broke into a big smile, saying, "Well, hey good-looking, what in the world are you doing working the pool?" she asked their server from the other night, Jen.
"They rotate us between the lounges and pools," Jen explained, "fresh faces and all that crap," laughing as she said it.
"So, how'd it go the other night? Get to check out any of the clubs I suggested?" Jen asked, taking a seat on the corner of Ellie's lounger, Ellie flipping herself and raising her reclining chair-back so that she could face Jen as they talked.