A Vacation from Myself

[intriguess]

There was something liberating, about going where no body knows you, that way you can act anyway you want to without dealing with everyone's expectations of how you should act.

Especially if everyone expected you to act all prim and proper, especially if they were me.

I glanced out the window of the airplane and was excited about the prospect of a tropical vacation where I could lie on the beach all day and dance all night. I had recently lost a lot of weight and while I would never wear a bikini I had bought an entirely new wardrobe just for this trip and was looking forward to getting a tan.

OOC so just looking for fun in the sun, the other player in this thread could be anyone from bartender, local, another traveler, or someone who doens't recognize her, or whatever you dream up.

 

[intriguess]

one bump

 

[ralphhm39]

a fellow traveler

on the plane I noticed a beautiful lady. I follow her off the plane and down to baggage claim. I say "hi" and we talk as we wait for our luggage. we discover we are staying at the same hotel. We get on the bus to the hotel and continue talking. I ask "intriguess
will you go to dinner with me?"

 

[intriguess]

I smiled and said sure, I didn't feel like eating alone and as long as I was safe. For some reason I was recalling horror stories in the paper about the dangers of being picked up by strange men. then again people got in trouble even with people they thought they knew, so who knew? I said I wanted to go up to my room and freshen up and then I would meet him in the hotel lobby in twenty minutes.

 

[ralphhm39]

I hurry up to my room and put my luggage on the bed and quickly freshen up. Then hurry back down and go to the flower shop next door and buy a couple of white roses for intriguess. Then back to the hotel and wait for her to come down.

 

[intriguess]

I didn't bother changing clothes, I did not feel the urge to impress him with my wardrobe, yet, I smiled as I ran a comb through my hair, washed my face and put on lipstick. I glanced at the clock and noticed the time, I slipped my shoes back on and dashed down the stairs. I spotted him easily and I noticed the roses, I wondered why he was trying so hard to impress me.

Then again I was probably just over analyzing things like I always did and I should just relax and not be myself.

 

[ralphhm39]

I watch as Intriguess comes down the stairs. I think she is very beautiful. I hope the roses will help in getting to know her. I give her the roses saying "You are more beautiful than any rose I could give you." We go to a near by resterant where we order dinner. I tell her about being on vacation and that I have had the great fortune to meet her.

 

[OnHarry]

I am wondering what I am doing here. My wife died of cancer last year, and my kids thought this would be just what I needed, a vacation in a tropical paradise, no doubt they think I will meeet someone new and get on with my life.

THey are young and idealistic, what do they know of real life. On the advice of the desk clerk at the hotel i decide to try the restaurant down the street from the hotel.

As the maitre'd seats me I notice a younger couple sitting nearby. She looks familiar and it hits me she sat across the aisle from me on the plane down here. She is at least twenty five years younger than me, but she is interesting, not stunning but with a quiet beauty that grows on you, she is lovely and she is with that guy from the plane probably after one thing, well I suppose i would be to if I was in his place.

She is delightful her smile lights up the whole room and she radiates happiness and youthful optimism. I wish I was twenty years younger.

 

[intriguess]

He was trying so hard, and it was beginning to wear on her, then again it wasn't like she was going to marry him, then again she had dealt with puppy dog like men before, and while fun to play with they needed way too much time and affection. She figured one night would not kill her, after all this was her vacation, if he got too annoying she could always change hotels.

She listened as he told her about his vacation and she found that it was a good way to avoid talking about her own life. She noticed one of the other men who had been on the plane. She wondered why he was eating alone.

 

[OnHarry]

Harry watched the young couple as he perused his menu, settling on a glass of Riesling for his seafood appetizer and a half bottle of a very intense Califoria Cabernet Sauvingnon for his Beef the Chateaubriand fillet. the young guy was certainly full of himself and seemed to be trying real hard to make an impression on the young lady.

Then Harry did something he had not done in years acting on an impulse he calls over the Sommelier and giving him some instructions sends him over to the couples table.

"The gentleman at the next table", and here he indicated Harry "would like to insure you enjoy your meal thouroghly and says he feels that fine food should have fine wine, so feel free to order what you wish from our wine list compliments of the gentleman,"

Intriguess looks at Harry and smiles as he raises his glass in salute, though Ralph is not impressed.