„Do I look good?" marlene asked turned around to show me her fit.
„Looking hot" I said.
I just wanted alcohol.
Luckily she was fine with my answer and we got into the elevator.
As we got out we started to hear music.
Which is nothing new, but it was
Live musicAnd if you have ever been in a hotel or anywhere with live music. There are people dancing.
And those people will go up to and grab your arm to make you dance with them.
That was a traumatic experience I had to make myself back when I was 9 years old.It was bad, like really bad.
As we got closer my sorrows were proven right.
People dancing, people grabbing woman to dance with them.
It was a warzone for me.
We instantly rushed trough them to not get picked as a new victim. We looked outside for a table but nothing was free. My mind started to go blank, they don't take people who sit outside. Only inside. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest. Oh no.
I slowly looked to marlene who just blankly looked at me, not knowing the danger we were in.
„mar, we are fucked" I whispered, behind her I could see dancers grabbing another woman's arms and dragging her towards the „dance floor".I let out a shaky breath and made my way back inside. I kept looking around, making sure no dancer has spottet us yet, when the server came I instantly ordered the strongest drink I could find on the menu.
marlene still had no clue what could happen. But she could sense that something was wrong.
„What's wrong with you?" She asked, I couldn't answer, my eyes were focused on the shitshow that was going on right infront of our eyes.
I just pointed towards the dancers and the poor children and women who were captured by them.„Oh. Oh no." She finally realized that we have basically stepped into a mindfield. Every move could blow us up aka a dancer could see us and go up to us.
When our drinks finally came I instantly took a deep gulp.
God this tastes awful.As I looked up the disgust face I had made after tasting this disgrace of a drink, but the look of disgust quickly changed with horror.
My eyes widened and my mouth went dry.
No.
Nonononono!A dancer, he already found a victim. A woman with long brown hair and a silky green dress. She has two children and a husband.
And that monster took her from them.
So cruel!I thought I was save, I thought they were happy with the new victim. But they wanted more.
They always wanted more.
I saw him coming our way. I panicked.
But this is what I was preparing for, for 8years I have trained.I quickly took out my phone, pretending to make a phone call.
As he reached us he grabbed my arm, but I pointed at my phone and spoke into it.
It worked.I could feel tears forming in my eyes.
It worked. God yes , finally.marlene and I shared a look of victory which didn't last long as I spotted him.
Her pookie wookie snookie cutie patootie.
„mar, look behind you." And she did, he gave her a small wave as we went into the cafeteria.
Visibly confused, marlene turned to me and when I tell you, she was red like a tomato.I wouldn't be scared for my life right now I would laugh with her. But I couldn't feel save, noone was until the dancers were gone.
„Well that was cute." I said and finished my drink.
„He waved at me!!!!!" marlene said, and grinned like an idiot. I couldn't help but start smiling too.
It was funny seeing her like this.
„Mhm I saw" I said smill smiling.„Oh he just went downstairs. No goodbye kiss?" I said fluttering my eyelashes and made a kiss mouth, kissing the air.
„You are mean." marlene said but laughed anyway.
We ordered another drink and about thirty minutes have passed since her pookie went downstairs.We were both, or more I was very drunk at this point. We were just goofing off as I suddenly saw a figure appear behind my dearest friend, it took me awhile to register who it was.
No fucking way.
I slapped my hand over my mouth but everything happend so fast I couldn't even say anything.Her pookie tapped her on her left shoulder but was standing behind her to her right (I always do that it's so funny)
She screamed cuz he scared her, looked behind her but there was noone.
„marlene to your right" I said and smiled. She turned around and shrieked once again.
The server handed her a white something and said something to her and walked off.It was a rose, made out of a napkin.
With his instagram on it.I repeat.
A handmade rose, made out of a napkin!
A HANDMADE ROSE MADE OUT OF A FUCKING NAPKIN?!!?!?
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?LIKE FOR FUCKS SAKE?
YOU FORREAL RIGHT NOW?It took awhile to click in marlenes head, but when it did she teared up.
Imma be honest. I did too that was like so fucking cute.He stayed late, he stayed in the hotel before going home to make her a rose, it was made really good.
But this guy needs to write better, cuz it took us fifteen minutes to understand every fucking letter he wrote on that napkin.
But after we were done, we found it.
The second I saw his bio on instagram I knew it was over.He went to uni.
I already told matlenes that he was atleast 24, if not even older.
She quickly followed him, and he followed back seconds later.
They texted for a bit until:marlene;
Thank you by the way for the rose, its really cute!Him;
You are more then welcome, you can smell it tooAnd she did exactly that
IT WAS HIS FUCKING PERFUME.
I smelled it too;3c.
It was his perfume and when I tell you I shrieked.
I might be drunk, but I could still realize that this was the fucking sweetest thing on earth.
And they say romance dead amiright?🤩But there was still one question unsolved.
How old was he?
23.
That guy is 23.
marlene is 17.
Welp. That was that. They texted and she asked him, and he just said.
It was a 50/50 chance that you are over 18 or under and just tried.They wrote a bit she once again said thank you for the rose and that was that.
So close. So close.
And lemme tell you, Zayne, who we found out (we told ourselves) was pookies best friend.
Grinned at us the day after this happened and kept looking at us and smiling.They knew once again.
It was honestly such a fucking feverdream these couple days, but so sweet and so adorable.
YOU ARE READING
Hotel love♡
RomanceBased on a real story that happened to me and my bestfriend during our holiday