KING'S BAY METROPOLITAN HOTEL
"I swear, if you don't take this
damn thing off ..." Courtney
threatens with a raised fist.
"Cool it,"
Jason says, wrapping his
arms around her as he kicks the door shut.
"We're there, aren't we?" she asks,
moving her head as if looking around, even though her eyes are again covered.
"We might be ..."
"You're enjoying this blindfold thing
way too much."
He shrugs. "Enh."
When there is no action for several
seconds, Courtney throws up her arms. "Wouldja just take it off already?"
"Fine, fine." He picks up the two
small duffel bags that he carried up from the car and then dumped on the
floor and moves them to the bed. He can see Courtney's amused frustration
mounting and snickers before finally reaching up to remove the blindfold.
Courtney's eyes drink in the room,
a lush suite with touches of sea-green tile, gold, and frosted glass spread
throughout. To her right is a kitchenette, with food on display and ready
to be eaten. An immaculately white sofa and a light oak entertainment center
sit against opposite walls towards the back of the room, while a broad
window on the far wall reveals the lights of nighttime King's Bay.
"Wow," she says after the initial
shock begins to dim. "Jay, this is ..."
"It's cool, isn't it?" She turns
around to find Jason beaming. "Actually, I had no idea what it was gonna
look like except that it was supposed to have all this stuff in it and
I assumed it'd be nice," he explains as he once again folds her into his
embrace from behind. "This is really cool."
"Yeah, it is ... Wow. You know, I
thought when you told me to pack overnight clothes that you were gonna
take me camping or something."
"I thought about it," he says, toying
with her hair with his index finger. "Then I remembered that I hate camping."
"Yes, that might be a problem," she
laughs. They both exhale deeply at the same time and she melts back into
him.
"All right," Jason says suddenly.
He releases her from his arms and sends her forward with a light push.
"Go and get changed."
"Okay." She makes a move for her
bag but then turns back to him. Her demeanor is much more serious now.
"Jason ... This is really nice, and I appreciate it. But--"
He can tell where this is going and
he holds up a palm to interrupt her. "I just wanted us to be able to hang
out together without any interruptions," he says. "I'm not expecting anything
else to happen, okay?"
She nods and grabs her bag. Once
she is inside the bathroom, Jason leans against the wall.
Suddenly he feels deflated and his
energy level has plummeted several notches. "That doesn't mean I wasn't
hoping for it," he whispers, staring at the closed bathroom door.
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