Two days later, Jon came by again. As it turns out it was go home day finally. Jon was there to let me know that the company's lawyers has secured a hotel for me to stay in pending the outcome of our case, including an expense account for food and clothes. Jon was telling me that this is a great sign and it was not a matter of if we were going to win, but just how much!! It was nice to know that I was going to be set up fairly well going forward.
Jon also wanted to throw a little welcome back party for me and had arranged to use the hotel bar for a few hours so some of our friends could come by. He also told me that I was going to have to be at the face to face meetings with the lawyers to start finalizing things. But in two days' time, we were going to both be much better off than we currently were!
So, now to worry about Jenny. I had spent yesterday's PT with her staring at her looking ever so much like a 14-year-old boy who had just run into the Playboy bunny he had seen in his daddy's latest issue. Jenny was not much better off. She kept fumbling and mumbling around and had a hard time making eye contact.
The one thing she did do was sign off on me completing the sessions in the hospital, but also noted that I would have to continue with PT at home for a while longer. Luckily she was willing to keep working with me!
Jon had not left the room all morning and was there when Jenny came in to say goodbye. I had to give Jon a smack to wake him up from staring at Jenny and told him to go find us something to drink and to take his time. Mumbling something about seeing a goddess, he rambled out of the room and it was just Jenny and me left in the room.
I have been intentionally not trying to send her anything nor was I trying to listen in on her. I wanted to make sure that this girl was really interested in me. And I wanted to really get to know her better. Might as well since I was fairly sure that we were going to remain together for a long time!
Knowing we did not have much time, I asked her if what she was doing after work today. Turns out, she had come to the room to ask the same question so we agreed to meet for an early dinner tonight, before my little party. There was a nice Italian place walking distance from the hotel. Since I was not going to be driving, we agreed to meet in the lobby of the hotel at 5.
I said I was not trying to pry, but I got such a strong feeling of both relief and happiness from her as she walked out of the room, I knew this was going in the right direction.
Jon came back in and could not stop asking questions about her, even asking if she had a sister, or a cousin, or a distant aunt! We sat around shooting the bull for the next hour before the doctors finally finished all the forms and released me. Jon picked me up in the lobby and we drove over to the hotel that the company had set up. It was a nice one and when we got to the room, it was a suite, complete with a full stocked bar.
Jon and I ordered room service for lunch (why not spend their money, right?!), cracked open a couple of beers and went over the settlement again. By four, we were both happy with what we were going to talk about tomorrow at our meeting, which was in a conference room in this hotel. I told Jon that I wanted to shower and get ready for my dinner. Jon showed me the closet full of clothes that he had arranged to get for me and took off, reminding me that the party was at 8 tonight and not to be late or he was going to have to crash my date!
I picked out slacks and a blazer with a nice button down shirt to wear and headed down stairs to wait for Jenny in the bar at the hotel. I was 5 minutes early, so I ordered myself a drink. A nice scotch on the rocks before dinner was always good. I had my back to the door as the bartender was placing the drink in front of me when I heard someone say "Come here often sailor?" followed by a little giggle.
I turned to see Jenny there, still smiling to herself. She looked fantastic. She wore a one-piece dress that showed enough cleavage to excite someone (me in this case), but was also classy. The dress when to her mid-thigh, again just a sexy length. She ordered a glass of wine and we sat and just started small talk. Mostly at first just about her work. I already knew she was 23 and recently out of school for PT. The hospital was her first real job, but she said her goal was to open her own PT business in a few years. We finished up the drinks and paid (on the room of course) and left to walk to the restaurant.
I have been trying to not intrude on her thoughts at this point since I wanted to get to know her more. While we were walking she looked up at me and said "I have to tell you something".
I looked at her quizzically and she continued, "I've never dated any boys before. My family didn't approve of that and when I went to school, I did not have enough time."
"So you've never dated before?" I asked, a bit surprised!
"I have dated" she said and it kind of trained off. She looked a little embarrassed and she continued "but it was girls. I could see girls and my family thought we studied together."
When she finished talking, we were at the door to the restaurant. I was still a little surprised, but at the same time also turned on. That did not bother me one bit. I opened the door for her and as she walked in I said "I'm glad you decided to give me a try then." And grinned at her.
She blushed and walked past me inside. It was still early in the evening and we were able to get a table with no wait. Someone came over and brought us water and some bread with olive oil and told us our waitress would be over shortly and her name was Heather. When Heather finally came over to the table, the small talk stopped. She was tall and large breasted with long brunette hair tied back in a ponytail. I didn't have to concentrate much to hear what Heather thought of us!
It was like she was walking out loud to a friend, but it was in her head and I could hear it loud and clear. "These two are a totally sexy couple! I would love to try both of them!"
Far be it for me to ruin that thought! I let her great us and take our drink order, just a bottle of the house red (it was a nice place after all). When I looked over at Jenny, I let her thoughts come to me, but only because of the look that came over her face too and the way she watched Heather walk away. "Sexy" and "Hot" were what I got right off the bat.
Well, maybe I could have a little fun with this I thought. When Heather came back with the wine, I ordered some anti-pasta for us. I figured we would know what to order for dinner when she got back. Which she did and we were ready. Everything was made from scratch so orders took a few minutes longer than most people were used to at chain restaurants. Jenny ordered chicken alfredo and I ordered a penne vodka with sausage.