It Happened in Vegas

Chapter XIX

"Its Coleman," Stacee replied, flipping her hair, trying to hide her frustration.

"I'm sure," Elise replied, showing off a winning but fake smile.

"I'm glad you guys decided to come by, I didn't think you'd show considering that you never called after you'd promised me yesterday," Stacee said turning her attention to Dalia.

"Actually, she didn't promise you that she'd call. I said I would call you, and I thought about it but got a bit distracted." Elise cut in, placing one hand on Dalia's chest. 

"Ah, well I see.  I'm still glad to see that you guys decided to show up." Stacee replied, she moved closer to them and placed one well-manicured hand on Dalia's shoulder.  This broke Dalia's silence. "Yeah, we were going to come here anyway. Elise told me about this place. I heard it was beautiful so we had to come." Dalia replied, moving out of Stacee's reach and closer to Elise. 

"As of right now, we are going to go change into these fluffy robes and then take a look around the facility," Elise added, sliding her hand into Dalia's and walking toward the women's locker room. 

"Perfect, I was just headed in there to remove my makeup, I'm about to go get a facial, decided to make their jobs easier." Stacee laughed heading in the same direction.

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In the locker room, Dalia and Elise had stood next to their locker and begun getting undressed. Stacee had made her way to the other end of the locker room where her locker was. 

"She isn't going to trail us the whole damn day, is she?" Elise asked Dalia stripping out of her clothes. Dalia smiled at how comfortable Elise was being nude in her presence. Elise looked up at Dalia after pulling her bra over her head and caught Dalia's devilish smile. She leaned her barely naked body up against Dalia's and placed a kiss on her lips. She wrapped her arms around Elise's hips and pulled her closer. Just as Dalia made moves to deepen their kiss, Stacee peaked her head around the corner, the smile that had been pasted on her face was wiped off and one of slight annoyance replaced it. Stacee cleared her throat to get their attention. 

Elise looked over Dalia's shoulder to see who'd intruded on their private, not-so-private moment. Elise and Dalia made eye contact, they both rolled their eyes already knowing who the culprit was. Elise slid her robe off of the bench and wrapped it around herself before Dalia stepped to the side to face Stacee. 

"Wow, um, I didn't know that you guys were those kinds of friends." Stacee laughed awkwardly.

"You never asked, " Elise responded, closing her robe tighter and tying the string tightly. "What can I do for you?" Elise added.

"I actually wanted to speak to Dalia for a second, there's something I wanted to show her." Stacee smiled in Dalia's direction.

Good gracious, this woman is like the fly in the window that won't go away. Elise looked up at Dalia to see if she would go with Stacee. She held a hope in the back of her head that she would reject her offer and they could continue their spa day alone, without an annoying ex as a tour guide.

"I have to get changed and I will meet you over by your locker very shortly, just give me a few minutes," Dalia explained, resting a reassuring had on Elise's lower back. Elise leaned into the touch letting Dalia know that it was OK and that she trusted her. 

Stacee seemed content with that answer and meandered back over to her locker and left the couple alone together. Dalia quickly stripped off her clothes and changed into her robe before Stacee could decide to make another unannounced pop-up. Elise seemed a bit bummed that she didn't get to enjoy the view that was Dalia's nudity for very long. 

"What do you think it is that she has to show you over there?" Elise asked helping Dalia adjust the neckline of her robe. The attempt she made at keeping her voice even and neutral was futile. Dalia heard the concern in her voice.

"I don't know, whatever it is, I pray she doesn't take too long. If you want, you can come over there with me." Dalia said, pushing Elise's cheeks together so that her lips would pucker, she placed a soft and loving kiss on her lips and then her forehead. Elise smiled at the feel of Dalia's lips on her.

"No, I don't want to be that girlfriend, the kind that is like a level 8 clinger," Elise responded.

"Girlfriend?" Dalia asked with a huge smile sketched across her face.

"I sure as hell hope so, I don't just go around randomly fucking people who aren't mine." Elise leaned up to kiss Dalia again but was distracted by her Kill Bill whistling ringtone. She checked the call and it was a number that she'd hoped she would never see pop up on her phone screen again. She rolled her eyes. "It's Albert, he's calling from his aunt's landline." 

"Answer it, I'm going to go and see what it is that Stacee wants." Dalia kissed Elise once more and went over to Stacee's locker area as Elise answered the phone with an annoyed, "What do you want, Albert."

"What's up, Stace'?" Dalia asked, eliciting a surprised yelp out of Stacee as she spun around. Her robe fell open and her nude body was exposed to Dalia. She caught a glimpse of Stacee's fair and surgically enhanced body before she looked away and allowed her to adjust her robe back. 

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to flash you," Stacee said insincerely, taking her time to readjust herself. 

"It's OK, no worries, what did you want to talk to me about?" Dalia asked.

Stacee walked over to Dalia and placed her hand on her chest. "I miss you," Stacee confessed, at Dalia's troubled look, Stacee quickly explained. "I've never stopped thinking about you and at the time when we were together, before, we couldn't stay together. My husband at the time was ill and there was no way I could leave him. I loved you and I still do, I just couldn't bring myself to break his heart when his body was already failing him." Dalia's facial features softened at Stacee's confession. Dalia felt sorry for her and relieved at the much-needed closure that was finally presented itself and with it, brought memories from their past together. As Stacee explained further, the pictures of herself and Stacee transformed into pictures of Dalia and Elise. Then she realized it and for the first time, she could say it out loud. 

"I appreciate every truth that is finally coming out of your mouth, and I love... who we used to be together, the memories of us are fantastic and some of them are awful; but that's all that it is. Memories are all that it can be. I'm sorry but it's time to create new memories with someone else. I'm sorry." Dalia walked away and Stacee stood there, embarrassed that she'd just been rejected. 
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"Dalia and I can never be together the way that I need because I'm not gay. It was just a phase and my love for you would eventually outweigh my feelings for her. These things happen in this city, you know, lesbian experiences happen in Vegas sometimes and mine did." Dalia walked into Elise's phone call and immediately stepped back behind a locker. Her world froze at the words that were coming out of Elise's mouth. She was talking about Dalia. This whole thing was a mistake for her? Dalia's heart began to break. No, that can't be it.  "Arson, I hope you can forgive me, this experience has made me appreciate and love you in an entirely different way and I pray that you can forgive me like I have forgiven you and Cyrus." No, No, No, please. Not again, Dalia started feeling faint and she took a seat on the bench in the row of lockers out of ear shock of Elise's conversation. I was a mistake, an experiment, a second choice, again...