Prologue
"Get the fuck up Nick!" roared my roommate as I jump and roll out of bed from shock falling flat on my face. I look at the clock noticing that it's already 5:30 a.m. and at once jump to get up and get ready. "Warn a guy when you're gonna jump around like that!" Jason cries out slamming my door. I look down to find why he's so angry only to realize that my comforter had pulled off my boxers in all the action.
"Sorry! I'm up and will get ready!" I laugh as I grab a towel cover up and run to the restroom to shower. It's the last weekend of March and it's Jason's brother's wedding tomorrow but we have to start our drive to Las Vegas in about forty five minutes. I live in a small town nicknamed Hellford in central valley California. It's a small town in the middle of the valley with nothing to do outside of driving for an hour to the bigger cities.
After my shower I freshen up with the usual shave and combing my hair. I'm a tall lanky guy. I'm six foot four inches tall and weigh about 160lbs soaking wet. Brown hair and eyes but otherwise a very unremarkable looking guy. Being 25 years old and single hasn't been easy in a town where everyone within three years of age at least knows your name and that your not originally from Hellford. Jason decided he's had enough of it and is damn well determined to get me into a strip club and buy me a lap dance regardless of how I feel about the subject, though I honestly only fight him about it as a pretense.
"Let's go! I'm not willing to start this six hour drive any later then we already have pushed it out." Jason says as he grabs his keys, more to his girlfriend Crystal than to me. I had been ready for about twenty minutes by then and Crystal was taking her sweet time. We all pile into Jason's little Nissan after throwing our gear in the trunk and start the drive. After about an hour of silence I pull out my 3DS and start playing a game only to get an angry growl from Jason, "Put that shit away! If I have to drive in boredom you get to sit there and do likewise."
"Tell that to your sleeping girlfriend asshat!" I argue but close the console and put it away not wanting to piss off Jason any further then his girlfriend already had that morning. "So what do you want me to do start masturbating in your passenger seat instead or did you want to talk?" I laugh as Jason poker faces then gives me a glare.
After about three hours of driving talking about the games we play together and the upcoming changes we decide to stop for some food. Jason quiets me with a finger over his lips as he rolls down the window closest to his sleeping girlfriend's head and after silently getting out and going to her window he roars into the window "Lunch time!" Crystal nearly jumps out of the window but slams into the ceiling making me and Jason burst out laughing. If you haven't noticed Jason is a bit of an ass but he's closer than family to me. I've lived with him and his mom till he bought the trailer that we live in together now. He's roughly five foot eleven with dark brown curly hair and usually sports a beard since he's to lazy to shave, today being an exception due to the wedding tomorrow.
"What the FUCK was that for!" Crystal yells punching Jason in the ribs, making me laugh even harder as I get out of the car, shortly there after having to dodge a punch from her myself and laugh as she stumbles and nearly falls. "Stand still so I can hit you!" she yells as she rights her self and comes after me again.
"Like hell am I gonna let you hit me for what Jason did." I laugh as the little lady misses another two punches before giving up. When I say little I'm not kidding, she's five foot even and I stand a full head and shoulder over her. long brown hair and a slightly rounder body, she won't admit it but instead of growing up she grew slightly outward instead, and no she isn't fat but she is no model either. At one point years ago I had dated her but it didn't work out and she eventually found her way to Jason and now they are together.
"so what's for lunch" she asks.
"Looks like burgers or subs." I laugh.
"Burgers." Jason states, "and since Randy is paying and I have his card it's my choice." Randy happens to be Jason's father and Jason swears that he is Satan's best friend but I find the guy fun and friendly...most of the time. Randy also happens to be paying for our entire trip outside of gambling money and souvenirs.
As we are eating I stare out the window watching the giant wind turbines spinning up on the foothills in silence. A few minutes later we are back on the road and the silence continues until I see the Stratosphere Hotel on the horizon. "Looks like the home stretch. There is the Stratosphere Hotel" I say stretching out and begin putting my shoes back on.
"It's about damn time!" Jason laughs as he finally starts to relax after driving for just under six hours. The last ten minutes go by quickly as we drive onto the strip and head for the Excalibur Hotel and Casino where we will be staying. Pulling into the casino's large parking area we grab our stuff and get stretched out as we begin walking into the giant medieval castle themed hotel.
"Randy decided that he's getting you a room to yourself Nick, he doesn't want you cock blocking me and crystal." Jason laughs as we enter the line for registration.
"Good cause I don't wanna have to rely on the do no disturb sign to know I can enter cause you both fall asleep after going at it, and I won't accidentally wake up to it either, the last thing I wanna see is your junk." I laugh as registration goes by quickly and we head up to our rooms that are right next door to each other.
"Rooms 18172 and 18170, give me the damn key so I can dump this shit and head to the floor, are we hanging out together or splitting up for the first day?" I ask as Jason hands me a key.