Let Me In

We pulled over to the side of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino up to where the valets took care of the cars. The doorman opened my door and helped me get out of the car before taking my bag and hanging it on the luggage cart. Mike came out of the car and handed the keys to the valet parker as well as a tip before walking towards me. The bellhop opened the trunk and began to take all of our suitcases and placed them also on the luggage cart, and then he walked us inside the hotel lobby.

“Jesus, Mike this is so amazing,” I said as we walked into the hotel’s reception area.

“It’s pretty great, isn’t it?”

I was absolutely stunned; there were bright and colorful neon lights everywhere, the noises of the casino machines mixed with the music and the people talking and cheering were loud and all around. Mike was holding my hand tightly as we walked in and the bellhop was rolling our luggage just a little in behind us.

“Welcome to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino how may I help you?” the concierge said with a smile. Mike then began to give his reservation number and handed him his ID.

“Miss, can I have yours too?” He asked me and so I handed him my driver’s license for him to check, and then he gave it back. He went through some paperwork with Mike and after a couple of minutes we were good to go.

“So we’ve got a Poolside Queen room for 2 nights, is that correct?”

“Yes, sir”

“Alright, Mr. Fuentes your room is 890, it’s on the eighth floor of Casino Tower all the way at the end of that hallway and the elevator to your left,” he said as he handed us two cards “Enjoy your stay,”

“Thank you so much sir,” Mike responded as he took the card-keys and lead the way towards our room. The place was so big that it took us about seven minutes to actually make our way to the bedroom; we had to walk through a long hallway full of pictures of famous artists and legendary items just like in every Hard Rock Cafe I had ever been, then got on the elevator and headed eight floors up and walked to room 890. The Bellhop opened the door and invited us in and I was in utter shock; the room had shades of black, grey and white, with leather panels behind the two white queen beds as well as behind the plasma TV and desk. There was a bedside table in between the beds with two lights as well as a green sofa chair beside the window and a beautiful view of the pool. The Bellhop left all of our bags on the side and after Mike handed him a ten before he left our room, taking the do not disturb sign and closing the door behind him. Mike turned towards me with a smile and began to slowly walk towards me.

“Two beds?” I asked.

“Well, I’ve said this plenty that I didn’t want to assume that something was ever going to happen so I just wanted to make sure you weren’t uncomfortable,”

“That’s so considerate of you,” I said leaning towards him and kissing his cheek.

“I’m pretty great, I know,” He was so cocky sometimes but at the same time I loved it; he brought this whole side of me that I wasn’t used to. Mike headed to the bathroom and at that moment Mike’s phone rang - it was Vic, and since he was washing his hands, he asked me to put it on speaker.

“Hey, where are you?” Mike yelled from the bathroom.

“We just got here, which room did you get?”

“890”

“Cool we’ve got 892 so we’ll see you in a little bit,” Vic responded, hanging up the phone. Mike came back to the room and threw himself on one of the beds. Now that we were together I didn’t know what was going to happen; Mike hadn’t tried to ‘seal the deal’ in order to show that he wasn’t in it just for the sex but now that we were together I wasn't sure what the arrangement for these next couple of days would be.

“Are they comfortable?” I asked him and he smiled, extending his arm inviting me to join him.

“Yes nice and fluffy pillows and a firm mattress,,” he added as he pulled me in and captured me in his arms and began to tickle me. Automatically, I began to squirm and laugh at the same time as I tried to get away from him; he knew I was ticklish and every time he could he took advantage of it. The only thing that made him stop was a knock on the door; that must be Vic. Mike stood up and opened the door to find Vic, Danielle and Tony outside.

“This is pretty sweet isn’t it?” Tony said as they came into the room.

“Are you ready for tonight, Sarah?” Danielle added referring to the amounts of alcohol and gambling that would occur tonight and I nodded. Actually, I wasn’t but I definitely was excited for it.

“Damn Mikey, such a gentleman getting a double room,” Vic said, giving Mike a weird look. I bet that Vic had convinced Mike to define our relationship and this was his way of reminding him to do so, however little did he know that he had already done it.

“Yeah, he truly is,” I jumped in and wrapped my arm around his waist and kissed his cheek; it was just enough PDA to let everyone know that we had talked. Mike was a little shocked by my actions but I could see a smile appear showing that it was a pleasant surprise.

“I have a feeling that you two have got something that you’re not sharing with us,” Tony said nodding his head at the same time.

“Well, Mike and I talked things through and we came to the conclusion that he couldn’t handle staying away from me and so I gave in and said we could be together officially,” I winked making everyone laugh.

“Says the girl who got us kicked out of the McDonald’s parking lot for extreme display of affection,” Mike added and now everyone’s eyes were on me. Damn he was good.

“Well, we’ll leave you two to finish whatever it is that you started back there,” Tony said walking away along with Vic and Danielle “We’ll see you downstairs at eight for dinner with Casey and the tech crew and let the Vegas fun start!” he yelled and in a matter of seconds, they were gone. I turned towards Mike and gave him a look.

“Hey, you started it!”

“I guess that’s true,” I said as Mike began to take his shoes off and threw himself again on the bed, bouncing a little.

“Hey, I’m kind of tired from all that driving, would you want to take a nap before we begin to get ready?” he asked me and in all honesty, a nap sounded great. I took off my shoes and my hoodie and crawled into bed besides Mike before he wrapped his arms around me. This wasn’t the first time we’d cuddled but now it was different - again, everything was now that we’d come clean with our feelings and it felt so great. He tightened his grip around me and kissed my cheek before we both fell asleep.

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