We lived about an hour and a half away from the airport. I didn’t know it then but this hour and a half would be one of the longest I will ever know. All throughout the car ride all I could think about was this girl I had meet last year at California while we were there. We meet at the hotel’s pool, I liked to go to the pool early in the morning because it was usually empty and I could do my 50 laps without bothering people. I was an avid swimmer and granted I lived in Alaska where most of the water was ice. We had a local indoor pool in the town center not that far from my house so I would go early in the mornings to do 50 laps a day. After I would swim I would usually just lay down in one of the chairs by the pool, dry off a bit while listening to music and then go inside and take a shower and get ready for the day. But this time instead of it being like always there was a girl about my age just lying down on the chairs reading a book. She was beautiful and the sun rising up from the horizon hit her small plump face and gave her this inner glow that struck awe in to my face and almost fell because I didn’t see a crack in the cement that was sticking out and I scream in pain while hoping on one foot rubbing my toe. She put down her book that she was reading and looks at me. She had sunglasses with a hat on and headphones in her ears and I felt so embarrassed that I almost turned around and walked back. She let out a little laugh and my face was flushed in red of embarrassment. She saw me turn red and gave me a little smile that made me feel better because she had an amazing smile, a smile that made her look even more gorgeous, she then turned back to her reading her book.
I quickly got changed and walk into the pool instead of jumping in like I usually do. I started to do laps around the pool on the opposite side of her. I tried to put her off my mind and focus on finishing my laps when half way through my laps the girl takes off her towel revealing her tan, slender, small breasted bodied. Her blonde hair shinning in the sun and her blue eyes that sparked as she took off her shades. And it wasn’t until then that I notice how tall she was, I myself was pretty tall standing 6 feet high; she was by my guess about 5’10 which was pretty tall for a girl most of the girl from my hometown where pretty small most of my friends where about 5’5, 5’6.
I myself was never really a “ladies man” as my friend Deandre liked to say, so when this girl came up to me while I was swimming I found it rather weird that any girl as gorgeous as her would want to even talk to me, but she seem different she seem nice and loving instead of a self-center and typical mean blond hottie. I was on the far end of the pool when I saw her swimming towards my way. I wanted to stop but the awkwardness that would follow if I waiting for her and then passing by me made keep swimming.
She had stop just a little bit before I reached her and I got up and said“Um hello” in an awkward way.
“Do you want to race?” she said in a voice that sounded like silk.
I said almost screaming “Yes!” We headed to about 5ft and right before we were about to start she said
“Care to make it interesting”
“How so” I shot back
“Loser has to take the winner to dinner” she said and then added “see you on the other side”
I was rather confident that my years of swimming would help me win but before I could even reached the 8ft she was already at the end waiting for me with that beautiful smile of hers that made that lost worth it. As we were coming out the pool I handed her, her towel and then got mine to dry off.
She introduced herself and said “Hi I’m Natasha, Natasha Dushku nice to meet you…”
She waited for a moment and I said “Sylvester, Sylvester Sinclair nice to meet you too.”
We were passing through the hotels main entrance towards the elevator ask her what number she said “5”
I pressed her number and then I pressed my 6 right above hers. On the way up she did not mention about the deal we made so I causally tried to bring it up
“Sooo Natasha what time would you like me to pick you up for dinner?” she said
“Oh there’s no need to I was just messing with you” I said
“No I insist I am a man of my word and since I lost I would be delighted to take you out to dinner”
She gave me her number and her room number and told me to pick her up a six. I said my goodbye and I headed up to my room took a shower and feel asleep.
