Tonight was the night. A year to the day after their first "date" they would finally meet. At least that was the plan. He sat in the chair in the hotel lobby wondering if she'd lose her nerve. He'd positioned himself so he could see the door and was watching carefully, each time it opened his eyes snapped from watching the tourists as they made their way out into the warm summers eve.
He glanced at his watch again.
They'd met on an internet sex chat. Playing with each other teasingly at first, becoming friends, then eventually becoming online lovers. She'd seemed reluctant when he said he was coming to town, he'd explained that he was coming for a vacation, a bike tour of a nearby forest, but really they both knew that that was ruse.. The scrape of the revolving door jolted him from his reverie, he looked up to spy a tall leggy blonde in a thigh wrap skirt and a tee shirt stroll through the door, her. He sat and watched her enter the room, peripheral vision taking in the turning of the heads of every man as she paused and surveyed the room.
She spotted him as he stood and strolled over to her, taking her hands in his and saying "hello babe," a smile on his face. He kissed her on the cheek and held her at arms length for a moment, her eyes looking at him inquiringly. "I just want to look for a moment," he said, laughing easily. He then hugged her, her body a bit stiff against his "nervous?" he asked, as he pulled back from the hug and looked into her eyes. "bloody hell yes!" she replied. Laughing for the first time since she'd walked in the door. He laughed along with her, and the dam of tension broke from both of them and they hugged again. This time their bodies molding together like the familiar lovers that, less the actual previous physical contact, they were. He took her hand and started towards the door "come on," he said, "let's go eat drink and be merry."