India Tor always took the stairs in the hotel. It was the kind of exercise she couldn’t really get in her hotel room. And considering her quick walk out of the lobby pub, she was not about to linger and wait on an elevator. She jogged up the stairs and all but ran into her room, barely avoiding slamming the door behind her. Leaning against it, she realized her heart was hammering.
Eien had been wonderful. Another ‘brutha’ she could learn to kick back with and enjoy. Their budding friendship had filled her with happiness. Plus he was a fan of hers, and she suspected he simply could not imagine pushing anything with her. And she was not in a place where she wanted to be pushed.
But tonight … going down to the pub with other people ... usually the pub was all but deserted during the week … had been an adventure she wasn’t sure she could deal with. But Eien was there, so she knew she would be safe. Even if Eien didn’t know she needed to feel safe.
And into the pub had come .. a cop. Ryan Yamada. He was off duty obviously, And he was nice. Handsome too, but it was not until she caught herself in a flirtatious comment that she realized that. It was that, she realized, leaning against her closed door, that made her suddenly bolt for her safe little room.
Lifting her hand to her mouth, she stifled a small giggle. “Well, don’t YOU think you somebody, India Tor? He’s probably just some nice guy, who happens to be a cop doing his civic duty in conversation. You trippin, girl.”
At last she moves from the door and into the room, sitting at the desk by the window and booting up her tablet. Maybe she could write some song … or music … or something. She’d gotten out of her room and met with other people.
It was a start.
As always, a pleasure, role playing with you. It was a fun night. :-)
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