I just couldn't believe it. After months of time spent planning the perfect trip to Las Vegas to celebrate my 21st birthday, it appeared that everything was falling apart.
It was all set, I was going to meet my college buddy Steve, who was flying in from New York from his new job, and we were going to spend the week living it up on the Las Vegas casino and dance floors, making sure that I had a memorable birthday.
But you know what they say about the grandest of plans..these ones were quickly getting tanked, and I was just about ready to take it out on somebody.
To begin, my flight from Florida had been delayed, and after finally landing in Las Vegas, I arrived at my "luxurious" hotel (one of those fancy ones on the strip). When I tried to check-in, I found out that my room had been given away because the online reservation website had apparently mixed up my order.
To make matters worse, my friend Steve was becoming extremely difficult to reach, and when I finally did reach him on his cell phone, he managed to let me know that there was an emergency in his family and that he had to cancel the trip. He mentioned that he had tried reaching me, but apparently because I had been in the air, I was unable to take his call.
So there I was, clutching my bags and getting extremely angry. The management at this particular hotel did not like hearing my opinions on the matter, and while I felt bad taking it out on these people who probably didn't know any more about this website than I did, I still tried to let them know that I had nowhere to sleep, and I knew nobody in town.
Almost immediately, a hand came on my shoulder and I felt an almost familiar female voice say "I can help you with that Jake."
I spun around as fast as I could, and found myself facing a slender, tall brunette who easily looked like she fit in with the locales. She had medium length brown hair, a black-sleeveless blouse that seemed to be missing just enough buttons to demonstrate some ample cleavage, and a short black mini- skirt that even despite its lack of moderation, still seemed to be committing some sort of crime by covering up her gorgeous tan legs. And it wasn't just her clothes that sealed the package, but rather a full set of lipstick adorned-red lips, and a set of slightly aged beautiful eyes, that in spite of being the only thing that would give away the fact that this woman was older, was conveniently covered ever-so-seductively by a pair of well-worn sunglasses.
I was floored at this beautiful woman, and too shocked to speak, I just stared at her for a few seconds.