"You MUST have another room."
"I am sorry sir, as I explained before we don't."
I looked at my mother, she just mouthed "Calm down."
Olivia was no help, throughout my conversation with 'Charles', the guy on reception, she had said nothing. I gave a long sigh, I now realised I wasn't going to win this.
"OK, I give in", but I couldn't resist adding "But we did book two months ago."
"I can only apologise once again sir." He then gave me a sickly smile before adding "And of course there will be a twenty percent discount."
Mother jumped in with a quick "Thanks." She was paying for the room.
I stood my ground, "I think it should be twenty-five."
I was expecting, even hoping, that he would argue with me, but in a calm voice he said "Of course. I meant to say twenty-five percent."
As we left reception to go to our room I could tell mother was pleased with the large discount, but I was still irritated. We were here for my cousin's wedding. I had booked two rooms, each with a double bed, me and Olivia in one room and mother in the other. However we had now ended up with one room that had a double and a single.
I had been looking forward to this ever since I booked it, a nice private room with my girlfriend Olivia. We have only been together for four months so there is still a lot of sex, often noisy. There was now no chance of that with mother in with us.
"I like the room."
Mother was smiling so she obviously liked it as well, she then said "Tim, what do you think?"
I muttered "I think Charles should be fired."
Olivia giggled at that but mother didn't find it funny, she just stared at me.
"OK, the room is very nice."
I wasn't just saying that, it genuinely was, some of the furniture even looked to be antique.
"He did say they might be able to get us an extra room tomorrow."
Mother sounded optimistic but I wasn't so sure. Charles had explained that they were fully booked because of two conferences and a local golf tournament. He freely admitted that it was their mistake with the booking, but that had not made me feel any better. We were booked in for three nights but Olivia could now only do two, she has to leave early because of work commitments. If we didn't get our own room tomorrow then it would be a disaster.
"Have you seen the view?"
I hadn't yet, but from the tone of mother's voice it must be good. It was, a large golf course bounded by a wood. When I moved away from the window I looked at the beds, nothing had been said yet about the sleeping arrangements, time to mention it.
"We need to decide."
Mother gave me a puzzled look, "What?"
"Who is sleeping where?"
She quickly said "Me and Olivia in the double, you in the single."
"I thought."
Before I could continue mother interrupted me with "No, I am not having you two together keeping me up all night."
I looked at Olivia, she averted her eyes, obviously embarrassed with what mother had hinted at.
I tried to make a joke of it, "I was going to suggest Olivia in the single bed."
Mother looked horrified, I now wished I hadn't said it.
"I was only joking."
Nothing more was said but from the look on mother's face I could tell she was not happy with me.
My father and sister Mia were arriving tomorrow at eleven, I just hoped they would not be late, I also hoped that Charles was correct when he assured me he had rooms for them. If, and it was a big if, the rooms could be sorted out then tomorrow night we would all be OK. I would be with Olivia, mother and father would be together, and Mia would have her own room.
After we had unpacked we explored the grounds of the hotel. The plan for the rest of the day was to have a quiet meal, then an early night. We would be having a busy day tomorrow, the wedding was at one so we would have to be up early, and it would be a late night.
The restaurant was what you would expect for a five star hotel. We all enjoyed the food, but according to mother and Olivia the wine was even better. I am not a wine drinker so I just had a couple of beers.
It was only when we left the table to go to our room that we realised Olivia had drunk too much. She was unsteady on her feet, I had to support her to stop her falling over. Nothing was said until we were out of the dining room.
Mother gave me an angry look, "She's drunk, we will have to take the lift."
"I know she is, but why are you annoyed with me?"
"You are her boyfriend, why didn't you stop her?"
"It was you that ordered that second bottle of wine."
Mother was about to reply, but I held my hand up and she stopped.
As we waited for the lift I gave a big sigh then said "Look, it's just one of those things. She should have drunk less but she didn't."
When I looked at mother she seemed calmer.
"I suppose I did insist that we had a second bottle, and I encouraged her to drink it."
"Yes, but you didn't force her. She is twenty-five, old enough to do what she wants."
Eventually we got to our room. Olivia was now slumped in a chair and I was making her a coffee in the faint hope that it would sober her up. Mother was sitting on the edge of the single bed, she seemed a bit unsteady, was she drunk as well?
She must have noticed me looking at her, "I am OK, just a bit drunk."
"Why are you not as bad as she is?"
"I think it's because I am used to it, and I am bigger than Olivia. She just can't take as much as I can."
"So basically you are saying it's because you regularly drink too much and you are fat."
She looked offended, "I am not fat."
I felt really bad, "Sorry, you are not fat, just a few extra pounds."
Mother smiled at me, it was if I had passed her a compliment, that made me feel worse. I shouldn't have made the fat comment, even with those 'extra pounds' she was still attractive. Charles at reception had kept glancing at her whilst he was talking to me, probably fascinated by her pretty face and her big tits.
We tried to get Olivia to drink the coffee but after the first sip she wasn't interested in having any more, after trying a few more times we gave in.
I looked at mother, "What do we do now?"
She shrugged her shoulders, "Put her to bed?"
With a bit of coaxing we managed to get her to her feet, and then manoeuvre her towards the double bed. When we released her she flopped onto it, then she reached out for a pillow. As she hugged it to her chest mother bent down and stroked her hair.
"She needs to sleep it off. You get changed for bed and I will watch her."
I just nodded, it was not an ideal situation but we had it under control, tomorrow morning we would laugh about it.
However when I returned from the bathroom Olivia was in the single bed, mother looked as if she was about to cry.
"It's not my fault, I couldn't stop her. She just got up."
"You are", then I stopped. I was about to say 'You are much bigger than her', but saying it would not help.
I sighed, "We will just have to move her back."
Five minutes of talking didn't work, we got no response, she just lay there dead to the world.
"We are going to have to carry her."
Mother gave me a look that said 'You must be joking', but when I put my hands under her to lift her she realised I was serious. However before she could help me Olivia started to struggle, and then start to scream. I quickly let go of her.
"Let's try again."
Mother looked hesitant but she didn't say no. This time when we lifted her the scream was louder, it only stopped when we dropped her back onto the bed.
"Fuck, it's not going to work. Why does she keep screaming?"
"I have no idea, she is drunk so who knows what is going through her mind now." She then gave me a stern look before adding "And don't use that language in front of me again."
I muttered a quick "Sorry."
"I am going to get ready for bed now, you will just have to squeeze in with her."
It was at least ten minutes before she returned from the bathroom.
"What was all that noise, and why aren't you in bed with her?"
I snapped back "I tried." Then in a calmer voice I said "Every time I get in she either starts shouting, screaming or kicking. I think she hates me."
Mother laughed, "No, she doesn't hate you. Now can we get some sleep?"
I looked at the double bed.
"No chance, you are on the floor."
As she got into the bed I muttered under my breath "And my mother hates me as well."
I now had a makeshift 'bed' on the floor, two blankets and two pillows. It wasn't comfortable but I was trying to make it work. However ten minutes later I was still awake, in frustration I gave a long sigh.
"Are you still awake?"
"YES, and I think I will be all night."
"It's going to be a long day tomorrow, we need to get to sleep."