I woke up feeling extremely groggy. The room was very dark and it took me a moment to realize I wasn't in my own bed.
This was a hotel.
Where? Oh yeah! - I was in Vegas for work.
I glanced at the bedside clock. It read 2:00. Still middle of the night...
My mouth was so dry...I felt off...like I was drunk.
Did I drink last night? Everything was so fuzzy.
Man, I had to piss like a racehorse. I got out of bed and weaved my way to the bathroom. As I let an endless stream shoot into the toilet, I looked at the mirror. I was nude and checked out my profile. I was in reasonable shape for fifty. The profile showed my belly for what it was -- larger than I'd like. All and all, still decent. Then again, the hotel suite was dark and I was looking at the profile caused by the nightlight.
After what seemed like an eternity, I stopped pissing. My dick felt strange, the skin was kinda dry. I must've jacked off last night and fallen asleep with cum all over it. Whatever. Not the first time. Not the last either, I thought...
I turned to face my reflection, reached out and flicked the lights.
"Jesus!" MISTAKE! SO BRIGHT! I flicked them off and let my eyes readjust.
I turned the water on and bent down to drink from the faucet. Goddam, I was thirsty. I rubbed my wet hand against my eyes to wake up a bit. My eyes felt crusty too.
What was all over my face? I looked up to the mirror. My face felt drawn. Tight. It was as if something had dried there overnight. I closed my eyes and reached for the lights. I rubbed my face and cleaned my eyes.
I've never been a big drinker but clearly I had more than my share last night. I dried my face and returned to the room. The blackout blinds were drawn but showed a line a bright light. I started pulling them up and the room immediately brightened. Confused, I squinted at the view of the strip.
Holy shit! It was daytime... It was 2PM! Whoa, I haven't slept in to 2:00 since I was in my twenties.
My mind was in a fog still. This is why you don't drink that much I told myself. The funny thing was, I didn't even remember drinking...
"Why so fuckin bright?" croaked a voice from behind me.
"WHATTHEFUCK!" I yelled as I jumped back.
There was a man sleeping on the other side of my king bed!
A naked man!
A naked man with a thick flaccid penis hanging there.
What in the actual fuck!
The man was squinting at me with an unhappy expression.
Still standing frozen by the window, I unconsciously leaned in toward him to focus and recognition started peeking through.
"Is that Riley Baker?" That's Riley fuckin Baker!" I asked myself.
"Holy shit! I haven't seen Riley Baker since..." and my memories of the prior night came flooding back!
"Riley Baker? Riley fucking Baker!" I yelled incredulously as I recognized my friend from college. "The fuck are you doing here?"
"Jason Katz? Holy shit, bro! Jase man!" Riley laughed and we embraced, slapping our backs. "How the hell are you".
I couldn't believe I'd run into my ol' bud in a random hotel in Las Vegas! We'd shared many classes together before becoming fast friends back in college. How many good times? How many drunken parties? Wow! So many memories. It was so good to see Riley. Clearly he was also thrilled with the chance meeting.
After the initial greetings, we filled each other in on why we were in town. We were both in for business. I was checking into the Hotel, and he was attending a meeting or seminar or something in the same hotel. We both had to get moving to our commitments but traded info and agreed to meet up that evening for some catching up.
My meeting with Riley put me in a very good mood. We had kept in touch for a while after school but between our growing careers and wives and stuff, we'd both moved on and the friendship was forgotten.
We met at the smallest of the three bars in my hotel. It was crowded -- mostly male visitors to the event I was attending. After some drinks and bar food, we filled each other in on our current lives.
I told Riley that, after school, I had gotten a job for a large insurance firm, gotten married, and had two kids --now both grown. I was just recently divorced and trying to recreate a personal life. I had no girlfriend or anything yet.
Riley told me that he was also divorced but had no kids. When I asked if he had a girlfriend, he laughed.
"No man! I'm happily single. Oh yeah...I'm also bi."
This shocked me for a second and it must've shown on my face.
"Yep -- I just like sex. Women, men... Whatever." He said as he finished his bourbon and signaled for another round. I automatically downed mine too.
"That's not a problem for you is it?" he asked.
"Nonono" I stammered. "You just caught me off guard. I thought..." I trailed off.
I hadn't thought anything, really. Looking back though, maybe I could see it. Riley had been in great shape in school. I remembered that he's also used every excuse to get nude in front of us...or was it just me? He had a long thick dick and I'd just presumed he liked to show it off. Come to think of it, he'd convinced me to get naked more than once...and in front of others too. He was always telling us to join him (without clothes). Were there girls there when we did that? I think so. But, in hindsight, it was usually just me and some other roommates. It was so long ago...I hadn't remembered those moments until now.