Title: Feeling Lucky

Pairing: Jacob/Bella

Rating: T

Genre: Humor/Romance

Word Count: 500

Prompt: "Hotel California" by the Eagles

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A/N - This flash fic prompted a full-blown story. You can read my story Vegas, Baby! if you want to know more about their trip and what else happened over the weekend. Find out if what happened in Vegas, stayed in Vegas. :-)

Thank you for reading!


Feeling Lucky

"Damn! Double Damn!" I muttered, cursing my bad luck and my cancelled flight. My friends were already in Vegas for MY birthday weekend while I'm stranded at LAX because my boss vetoed the vacation day I scheduled two months ago.

I was texting Angela about my flight delay, when a drop-dead gorgeous man walked up to me and introduced himself. "Hi, my name is Jacob Black. You were supposed to be on the flight to Vegas, right?" I nodded, and he kept going, "I really need to be in Vegas by morning and you looked pretty upset about the cancellation, too. I reserved a rental car and it's only a few hours drive from here. How about we share the ride?"

I looked him over quickly – he really was beautiful. He was tall, with dark hair, big brown eyes and the most perfect mouth I'd ever seen. Not to mention the drool-worthy body, and – holy crap, that's an 8-pack showing through his tight t-shirt. I cleared my throat and said, "Hi, I'm Bella. Uh, how much is the rental car?"

"Well, Bella," he winked, "have I got a deal for you. They won't rent us the car without a credit card, and I don't have one with me. I'll pay for the car, I have cash, but we'd have to use your credit card, if you have one."

I liked this idea. He'd have to give up his info at the rental counter and there would be a paper trail tying us together, so I didn't have to worry about becoming a missing person. "Yes! I have a card! Let's do it!" His smile broke out like the sun through the clouds, "Yes! Thank you so much! This is great!"

Before long, we were in a convertible on the 15, driving through the desert with the wind in our hair. I could smell the desert flowers perfuming the air. We got along easily, as if we'd known each other our whole lives.

Jacob told me he was the best man at a wedding; he had the rings, and the groom was panicking that Jacob wouldn't get there in time. Embry and Chrissi had been high school sweethearts and had brought a whole pack of their friends to celebrate the wedding weekend in Vegas.

When Jacob learned my Vegas weekend was for my birthday, he immediately suggested that he and his friends meet up with me and my friends at a club the next night. I figured if his friends looked anything like him, my friends would be thrilled! We exchanged numbers and agreed to get together the following evening.

It really felt like destiny, when we realized we were staying in the same hotel. I couldn't believe my good luck in meeting Jacob. He walked me to my room and when he kissed me, my panties flooded. He whispered, "Tomorrow night." I whispered into his ear; Jacob gulped, nodded, and followed me into my room, closing the door behind us.