chapter 3: things that go bump on the shower floor
When we arrived at the hotel, it was still about 6 in the evening. The club didn't open til about eleven tonight. I figured I had enough time to relax for a while. Take a well relaxing shower and take my time getting ready. We walked up to the counter. The woman in a nice button down blouse and vest greeted us warmly.
" Hello, how can I help you today?" I looked at Jacob then pulled out the reservation paper from the pocket of my duffle bag.
" I have a room reservation for tonight. " She looked over the paper.
"Ok, I have you checked in for one suite with two queen beds." I grabbed the paper from the table and looked at it again. The paper stated that it was a regular room with two twin beds. I didn't order a suite. I looked over it a few times just to be sure.
" There must be some mistake, I only reserve the regular room with two twin beds."
" Someone called this morning and upgraded the reservation. It's already been fully paid for ma'am. You are Isabella Swan, right?" I nodded my head. Then it dawned on me.
" Alice.." I said under my breath.
Jacob looked at me confused.
" But I thought she couldn't see you while you were with .. " he lowered his voice " people like us."
I shook my head. She obviously found a loophole. Then it hit me when I talked to her on the phone thanking her for the outfit she had sent me.
" I mentioned it to her actually... I forgot all about that. When I called her and thanked her for my early birthday present. I told her where I was staying and that I already had the reservation. Just in case she wanted to fly over and join us to the party tonight." He rocked back on his heels. It's something I forgot to tell him.
"Alice said she couldn't make it though, she hoped that I enjoyed my birthday." I quickly added as I watched him carefully. The last thing I needed was for him to explode into a wolf in the middle of a hotel lobby. Jacob gave out a grunt and crossed his arms across his muscular chest.
"Well, the suite was nice of her. Guess she's of some good use after all." I gave him a stern look.
"Okay, okay, sorry for saying that, it was nice of her though."
The woman handed me the two room keys and we headed up to one of the higher floors in the building.
We got into the elevator and rode it up to the 28th floor. It was so high up I almost didn't want to look out of the window in the main hallway. We found the room marked 2804 and went inside.
My jaw had just about dropped to the floor as did Jacob's when we entered the room. The room had a gigantic living room with a couch and a few love seats scattered about. The TV was bigger than any TV I had ever seen in a hotel. Questioning just how big my TV was. It wasn't a TV it was a monster.
Jacob opened the door to one of the bedrooms and flipped on the switch for the light with me casually in tow. His eyes lit up almost like a kid in a candy store.
"Did I ever mention how much I like Alice?" I giggled.
"You sounded like you wanted to rip her head off when I mentioned her downstairs."
"Yea, well that was before I saw the TV and this bed." He set his bags down next to the desk in the bedroom and let himself plop onto the bed. His bed was huge so it scared me to look into my room.
I walked across to the other side of the living room where the other bedroom was and opened the door. To my surprise, it was just as nice. It even had it's own bathroom. The shower was very nice and it enticed me to get in as soon as I could. I opened my duffle bag and pulled out the outfit that Alice had bought. It still was on the hanger in a zipped plastic bag covering. She really went all out for this outfit to make sure it got to me safely. I hung it in the big chestnut colored closet that was in the bedroom. My outfit almost looked lonely being the one garment in the closet. I walked out of the room and noticed him in the living room taking advantage of the TV. I watched him look at me while still continuously flipping through apparently the hundreds of channels that we had.
"I'm gonna go take a shower." I mentioned to him.
" Was that an invitation?" He raised an eyebrow.
"You wish chief Jacob." He smirked a smile at me.
"Sure, sure, I'll be here. Just don't break a leg in the tub."
" Ha freaking ha Jacob Black." I retorted. I turned on my heels and walked back into my room leaving the door cracked. I went inside the bathroom and shut the door completely.
I had to get used to the nozzles on the tub before I could figure out how to work the shower. The water came out a nice warm temperature, way better then the shower I had at home. It was so comfortable I could have just stayed there for hours. I washed my hair and reached into my bag on the side of the tub to get my body wash. I watched the glass door fog up as I went under the stream of water as it rinsed away all the bubbles that were in my hair. I realized I was getting a bit pruney and decided it was time to get out. I sighed and turned the water off. I grabbed the towel from the bar right outside of the shower and dried myself and wrapped it around myself. When I stepped out of the tub my hair was still dripping wet. I stood with my head over the tub and wrung my hair out then grabbed another towel and wrapped it around my hair. I felt my foot give way beneath me and the next thing I knew I heard a loud Bump and my ass was on the floor. I had forgotten to put the floor mat down.
I heard someone practically jump off the couch and run into the bedroom.
" Bells! Are you alright?" His voice full of panic.
" Jake, I'm fine I just slipped." I tried to get up again but not only was my ass hurting but my feet couldn't grip onto the floor I kept having them slip from under me. I felt like I was suddenly in an ice rink instead of a bathroom. I was halfway up when I didn't steady myself enough yet and I was back on the floor. Before I could even say anything I noticed Jake open the door.
"Jake! Don't..." I could barely get the words out by the time he had already scooped me up in his arms towel and all and carried me into my bedroom.
" Relax bells." He set me on the bed, turned around and headed for the door.
" I told you not to kill yourself in the tub." He giggled leaving. I threw a pillow in his direction but the door had already closed behind him to the living room before the pillow had hit the door.
