John was more nervous than he'd felt for a long time. Restlessly he paced the hotel room, his stomach tightening. Again he looked at the table, set with flowers and wine brought by room service minutes before. Again he looked at his watch. Time seemed to have slowed to a crawl, but she should be here, surely she should be here.
When he knew he was coming back he phoned Carolyn straight away, and they both knew they had to meet again, but this time he wasn't near her home town, so she'd arranged time off work and told him to book a double room so she could join him. She had a long drive, but she said she'd be there just after six and already it was quarter past.
Maybe she'd changed her mind. Maybe she'd wrecked the car. Maybe, maybe, maybe....his head span with maybes.
When the knock came his heart lurched. Was it her? For a moment he froze, endless possibilities racing through his head, it was room service again, it was someone at the wrong room, it was...
His momentary paralysis lifted and with two quick steps he reached the door and with his heart racing he flung it open.
She stood there, just as he remembered her. Braided hair to her shoulders, twinkling brown eyes in a pretty chocolate face, neat full figure in a smart blouse and skirt. For a moment he stood fixed to the spot, then she asked
"Well? Aren't you going to ask me in?"
"Yes, of course." he stepped to one side and she came in, closing the door softly behind her, then she dropped the bag she was carrying, wrapped her arms round his neck and kissed him long and hard as he hugged her to him.
"Pleased to see me?" she asked
"More than anything Carolyn, you know I am."
"That's good, for a moment I thought you had a gun in your pocket!"
He laughed. "You haven't changed!" and slapped her lightly on the butt.
"Well talking of changing," she said "I've been working in these clothes all day and right now I need a shower and change. I've brought clean stuff in here." and she picked up the hold all.
"OK." He said "and when you come out we can decide what we're going to do"
"Oh I've already decided what I want to do," she said as she vanished into the bathroom "but if you want to do something else, guess I'll just have to put fresh batteries in the vibrator."
"You're incorrigible!" he yelled through the closed door.
For a few minutes he sat idly, thinking about her, and the more he sat the more his thoughts turned to their last meeting and the fantastic love making, their bodies pleasuring each other long into the warm summer day, fingers and tongues exploring every inch, eyes feasting on each other's nakedness.
Suddenly he snapped out of his revelry, aware that he had an erection bulging in his pants. "Damn!" he thought "and she's not even out of the shower yet."
The idea once in his mind wouldn't let go. Only a few feet and a thin door away the woman he felt such a huge desire for was standing naked, water cascading over her breasts and down her...............
"Damn!" he wrenched his mind away from the image, but it came back with a vengeance.
Would it really harm if he opened that door? I mean, would she mind? Would she be offended? It wasn't like he'd never seen her naked, after all.
Slowly he rose to his feet, put his hand on the bathroom door knob, and began to turn it.
Quietly, he opened the door. At first he could see nothing for the steam, then as it cleared he could make out the shower cubicle, Carolyn's outline a dark blur through the steamed up glass. His courage failing him, he began to back out of the room quietly, closing the door, when suddenly her voice startled him.
"It took you long enough!"
"What?"
"Took you long enough to decide to come in. A girl only has so much patience you know!"
"You were expecting me to come in?" he asked, relieved.
"I'd have been damned insulted if you hadn't, now, get those things off and get in here!"
Quickly he shed his clothes onto the floor, and sliding the door back he stepped into the shower stall with her.
He stood for a moment, his eyes feasting on her, their bodies almost touching, then she pressed a bar of scented soap into his hands and said "OK, wash my back." and turned away.