Chapter 1 -- A Broken Heart
"Are you fucking kidding me?"
Unfortunately for her, I am not. While we did seem like a great match for one other, she wanted to move a lot faster than I did, and I wasn't ready to settle down the way she wanted.
"I'm sorry Elena, this is all moving way too fast for me. I'm just not ready to give you everything that you need."
"I don't care. We are perfect for each other, you know that we are. You're seriously going to throw that away because you're scared of moving too fast?"
"I just..." I couldn't find the words.
She snapped at me. "You know what, fine. If you want to fuck around, go fuck around. I'll be waiting when you come crawling back."
She got up from the couch, and I started to get up to walk her out. She looked back over her shoulder at me and glared. "Don't bother."
I watched her walk away and out of my life, her hips swaying with anger in every step. I really hope I don't regret what I just did.
The following morning, I wake up feeling no better about the breakup. As much as I felt it was needed, I can't shake the guilt, and even more so can't shake the idea of her continuing to hate me. But I suppose that's one of the risks you take in a relationship, and sometimes it doesn't work out the way you've planned. What I need is a palate cleanser, to reset my life and get me back on track. I open my laptop, send an email to my boss that I need a couple weeks off to deal with some personal issues, and book myself a flight to Athens, leaving in the afternoon. It'll be a bit tight to get there in time, but I'm better off staying busy anyway.
I pack my things, grab my passport, lock up & hop in the cab waiting at the curb for me. I put my headphones on to make it clear I'm not in the mood for conversation, and they stay that way through the cab ride & the walk through the airport. Once I'm on the plane, I spend an hour or so searching for all the hottest clubs in the city. I put together a solid list, then pop a few sleeping pills to knock me out, and the next thing I know I'm woken by the wheels hitting the tarmac.
Getting off the plane, I feel the mid-July evening heat and immediately my mind races back to going out clubbing, meeting some hot young girls and getting them out on the dance floor. I book a night at the cheapest hotel I can find, unload my things, get dressed and practically run out the door and into a cab, and I'm there in 10 minutes flat. Walking in, I see exactly what I was looking for. It's an electropop night, the music is blaring, and the dance floor is already packed like sardines.
I post up at the bar, and immediately find a couple girls that look like fun. I focus on the taller of the two, her dress tightly fitting around her long thin legs, tight stomach and small but perky tits. She smiles at something her friend says, and I'm instantly hooked. I see them drinking what look like a pair of Palomas, so I order two and wait for them to get low before making my move.
Right as I'm getting up, she looks over to me and we smile at one another. I walk over to introduce myself, give the girls their drinks and tell them all about what brought me here. Her name is Penelope, and she makes me forget all about my troubles. She latches onto me almost immediately, and I don't even need to pull out all of my old tricks to get her onto the dance floor.
Once she's away from her friend, who waits at the bar for her husband to arrive, she grabs my hand, pulls me into the center of the room and we are all over each other. She backs her ass into me, lays a hand on the back of my neck and arches her back to grind her ass into me. I respond by grabbing her waist with one hand, and carefully putting my other just at the top of her stomach, pulling her tightly into me. She turns around, wraps her arms around my neck, and I put both of my hands on her ass. I can feel it so perfectly through her thin dress, and she shakes it in my hands.
She whispers in my ear "That was wonderful, thank you love." She slips a sheet of paper into my shirt pocket. "We're going to the islands tomorrow night, call me in the morning if you want to be my date." Not waiting for an answer that she already knows, she turns on her heel and leaves me in the middle of the dance floor, begging for more.
She is all I will need to make this trip worthwhile, so I sit at the bar and have a few more drinks while watching the other, unluckier men try to snag half of what I just did.
The next morning, I wake up around 9 AM and can't be bothered to act like I'm not excited to see this girl again. I text her straight away "I'm looking for a date tonight, and there's only one girl on my mind."
I sit staring at my phone for a response, which comes a few minutes later. "18:30, Kallithea 176 74, third last boat on the final dock, look for a blue & white Bimini top and a boat named the Penelope. See you there :)"