A date with the stranger from the plane.

“Well, I went back to the hotel with the rest of the flight crew. It was nothing special. Normally experienced crews would just turn the plane over and work another flight heading back home but with so many trainees on board, the company thinks it’s best to give us a break overnight so as not to overwork us or anything while we’re still getting used to it. Some of the girls were going to go out to a night club that night but I told them I was really tired and would get an early night,” Daleyza said.

It felt unusual for her to be the one telling stories at lunch. She couldn’t really remember a time when it hadn’t been Everly sharing when she got up to.

“That sounds like a very good idea. You don’t want to be tired and make a bad first impression at work,” Aubriella commented quickly. The innocent one of the group not realising that wasn’t at all what Daleyza had done.

“I… didn’t get an early night Aubie. I hid in my room for a little bit and then caught a cab to the address the man on the plane had given me.”

“Yeah, you did!” Everly hooted.

Aubriella crossed her arms across her chest in obvious disapproval at her friend’s actions. She’d understand if it was Everly but she expected more out of Daleyza.

“He had this giant house up in the hills overlooking the city and it cost me almost a hundred dollars to get there. I rang the doorbell and no one answered so I made my way around the back of the house to see what I could see.”

“What did you find?” Despite her disapproval, Aubriella was still hanging onto every word Daleyza said.

Perhaps she was a better storyteller than she was giving herself credit for. Daleyza continued, “I could hear noise coming from the rear and when I got there, I found the gentleman he was in an infinity pool style hot tub that overlooked the valley.”

Daleyza had said hello and Aryan, she’d been leaving his name out the story to protect his identity, had said how he was so glad she had come and to come and jump in the tub with him.

“I went over and I thought he was standing up to give me a hug hello and, and…” Daleyza couldn’t go on with her story.

“And what!” Everly demanded. She too was dying to hear what happened.

“I couldn’t see for the bubbles but when he stood up… he was naked.”

Aubriella gasped but Everly howled in laughter.

“He did the naked man on you!” the blonde seductress bayed.

“I’m so proud of you for getting out of there straight away. I’m sure that could be considered some sort of sex crime. Ugh it like something out of Harvey Weinstein’s playbook,” Aubie comforted her dark friend. “You did leave, didn’t you?”

“Well…” The taxi had just cost her almost a third of the money she brought with her and it could take half an hour for another cab to get there if the driver of the first one had already picked up another fare.”

“What did you do? Did you bang him right there in the hot tub?” Everly asked. It’s what she would have done.