The things are only getting heavier...
"We're here."
You look out the window at the sound of the cab driver's announcement and see that he is right. You have indeed arrived at your hotel. You ask how much it'll be and after the driver tells you, you give him the amount he asks for. Satisfied, the cab driver turns his head back to the front, waiting for you to get out. You grab your briefcase and luggage and exit the vehicle, closing the door once you do. You don't even have time to look back at the cab when you hear that it has sped off.
"I guess time is money in the big city of Manehattan", you say to yourself.
After finishing your remark, you enter the hotel, carrying your briefcase and pulling your luggage behind you. Upon entering, you see that there was already someone at the front desk. Actually, it was two people. The first was talking to the receptionist. She possessed a slender frame and light toned skin, wearing a light pink colored top and light blue pants with a two toned blue scarf around her neck. Her hair was purple and flat in the front but scrunched up in the back. She was talking to the receptionist.
"Darling, could you hurry up? I don't have the time to dabble with all this waiting. I have very important things to do," she exclaimed. Her voice was somewhat soft but she spoke with an accent that came from a higher class.
"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting miss." The receptionist handed her a pair of keys. "Here are your keys miss. Room 307."
The woman snatched the keys from the receptionist.
"About time! Thanks." The woman turned to the second person standing next to her. She was slightly shorter than the first, but her frame wasn't as small compared to the first and her skin was darker, being a light brown tone. She wore a light grey button shirt with a light cyan dress. Her hair was a similar color to her dress, light cyan but with streaks of light grey going through it.
The slender woman handed the shorter woman the keys.
"Coco, I need you to bring all of my stuff up to my room. I have some calls I need to make. I won't be for a while so you should have plenty of time," the slender woman briefly focused her attention on the multitude of various luggage and covered dresses, "to get everything there." The slender woman then walked past you out the door.
You saw the remaining woman sigh at the task ahead of her. She picked up all the pieces of luggage with both of her hands and drag the dresses, which were on a rack with wheels, with one foot, trying to make it to the elevator. You can't stand the sight of her doing something ridiculous so you walk up to her.
"Um miss?"
She stops and looks at you. "Huh? Yes?"
"It uh, looks like you could use a bit of help," you tell her.
She quickly looks at all the things she is carrying and then returns her attention back to you.
"That's awfully kind of you, but I think I can handle it."
"Are you sure?"
"Don't worry about me. I've handled worse. Thank you for being considerate though." She returns to slowly walking towards the elevator before you can answer.
You look at her for a bit before determining that if that's what she wants, then so be it. You walk up to the receptionist and ask for your room. After a bit of searching, the receptionist finds your name and gives you your keys.
"Here you go sir. Room 309."
You quickly thank her and take your keys. You turn away from the receptionist and look at the assistant, still trying to make it to the elevator. You don't try to argue with it and decide to go to the elevator. However, just as you take a few steps, the assistant slips and falls flat to the ground, dropping the various pieces of small luggage in her arms.
You drop your briefcase and luggage and rush over to help her. This is ridiculous. She's a bit dazed from the slip, but she recovers quickly. You kneel down on one knee and offer her your hand.
"That's it. I'm helping you whether you like it or not," you say to her.
She grabs your hand and you help her back up.
"Thanks. I suppose that I was trying to tackle a bit too much." She looks around and then quickly starts picking up the scattered pieces of small luggage. You do the same. After all the luggage has been found, you offer to carry the rest of the luggage in her arms.
"Are you sure?" She asks you.
You assure her that you'll be fine.
With this, she decides to give you the rest of the luggage in her arms. No wonder she fell. The weight on your arms is anything but light to say the least.
"Hey," she turns to you. "You don't mind bringing my stuff along, do you? I have some important things in there and I don't want to leave them here in the lobby." You direct her to the briefcase and luggage in front of the receptionist's desk.
"Not at all!" She goes and brings both the luggage and the briefcase in one hand. Good thing for handles.
With your stuff in one hand and the other on the rack of dresses, she leads you to the elevator. She lets to of the rack to press the button to call the elevator. The elevator opens and she walks in first. You follow her inside. The door closes and she once again lets go of the rack to press the button to go to the third floor. You feel the elevator start moving up.
You try to start a conversation with the girl next to you.
"So..."
She turns to you. "Yes?"
"Thanks for bringing my stuff."
"No problem. In fact, I should be the one thanking you."
"What this?" You indicate to the things you are carrying. "Nah, this is nothing." That was a lie. Your arms feel like they're dying. "Just helping out someone in need."
"Thank you. Not a lot of people tend to help me. They just move right along."
"That's horrible!"
"I know but that's the life in Mane-freaking-hattan. My boss always tells me that I have to be ruthless to survive."
"Not necessarily."
The elevator door opens and you both exit the elevator. You both try to find where the room is and after determining the order of the rooms, you eventually find it.
While you try to find the room, you try to keep the conversation going.
"If I may, what's your name?" You ask the woman.
She turns her head and responds, "It's Coco. Coco Pommel. What about you?"
You tell her your name.
"That's a nice name. I like it." She turns her head back forward, returning to searching for the room.
After a little bit of walking, you hear Coco say, "Ah! Found it."
You stop walking and wait for her to open the door. After fumbling with the keys for a bit, she finally opens the door. She decides to let you in first. You walk into the room and ask where to put the luggage.
"Just put it anywhere," she tells you.
You decide to leave it on the desk near the front door. After doing so, you turn around and see Coco pulling the dresses into the room. She leaves them in the middle of the room and then hands you your stuff.
"Thank you so much. It would have taken me much longer by myself."
"Hey, there have to be some decent people around."
You take your briefcase in one hand and pull the luggage with the other and you leave the room. When you're outside of the room, you turn around and see Coco waving you goodbye as she closes the door.
"Goodbye! And again, thank you."
"You're welcome. Bye."
With that, you see the door close. You turn back forward and try to remember where your room was supposed to be. After accepting that you have completely forgotten where your room is, you decide to check the keys the receptionist gave you. The keys told you that you were in room 309. You put your keys away, determined to find your room when you see that it is literally right in front of you.
You are a bit surprised by this discovery, but you quickly cease to care and instead use the keys to open the door. It opens and you let yourself inside. After closing the door behind you, placing your briefcase on the desk nearby and leaving your luggage near the desk on the floor, you absorb your new surroundings.
The room was nothing too special. It was like a lot of hotels: there was desk near the front door; a working sink with a coffee maker and a mini-fridge stood on the wall adjacent to the desk; a 36' LCD tv hung on the wall at the opposite end of the room; there was a couch on the wall right of the television with a coffee table near it; a large queen size bed was on the opposite side of the room; and to your left as soon as you entered the room was a bathroom complete with a working shower. Yep, this was the room you were to live in for the next several days.
After completely seeing your surroundings, you decide to jump onto the bed. You wanted to lay down and relax a bit just because.
A few minutes pass before you get out of bed and try to see what was on tv. It was still morning and your partners weren't going to call you for a while so might as well do something to pass the time.
~~~
A few hours later, you get a call from your associates. They tell you to get ready for a business meeting. You grab your briefcase and head out to the meeting.
It didn't go as well as you would have wanted it to be. Both parties ended up not being able to agree on a deal and most of your associates blame you for mucking up a great opportunity. They weren't completely unjustified; most of the meeting, you weren't on your 100% A-game. For some reason, the only thing in your mind during the entire meeting was Coco.
It was decided that there would be another meeting tomorrow in a final attempt to make a compromise both parties could agree to. You were both tired and stressed from work, so you decided that you should unwind by having a few drinks.
You managed to find a bar not too far from where your hotel was. After waiting yet another hour for a cab, you finally arrive outside the bar. You exit the cab, carrying your briefcase. You enter the bar and find a seat. The bartender asks you what you want and you ask him for a beer. He goes and gets you a beer. You thank him and he returns back to bar tending. You take a good look around the bar while sipping on your drink.
The bar was nothing special. It was an average bar with the people you'd expect to see in a bar. There were the drunks, the young idiots trying to pick up women, four women celebrating something, and two women sitting at one of the tables. You glance over the whole bar, however, you quickly turn back to the two women. They looked familiar.
That's because they were familiar. Upon close inspection, you realize that the two women were in fact Coco and her boss. You quickly turn your head back forwards and cover the left side of your face. However, you still glance back at the two of them.
They don't seem to be talking much. In fact, the only thing that seems to be happening is that Coco's boss is chugging a drink. Once she finishes her drink, she gets up and leaves the table.
You see Coco at the table, alone. She looks like she's tired and a bit uncomfortable. You check to see where her boss is going. It looks like she's heading to the bathroom. Once she is out of sight, you take your chance. You grab your beer and briefcase and walk over to the table.
She is looking in a different direction when you make it to the table.
"Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
She faces the origin of the question and then sees that it is you.
"Wha- Oh! It's you!" You swear that you see her face brighten up a bit.
"Yeah. It's me. Is this seat taken?"
"No, not at all."
You pull the seat back and have a seat.
"How have you been?" She asks you.
You place your briefcase on the floor and put your beer on the table. "Not that great. Bad day at work," you tell her.
"Come on, it couldn't have been that bad," she says assuredly.
"Actually, no. It was bad. I screwed up big time."
"Well, do you want to talk about it?"
"Nah," you make a gesture with your hand. "I'll be fine. I don't want to burden you with my troubles."
"Nonsense! If you want to talk about it, then go ahead."
You hesitate a bit before continuing. "I suppose if you want to help, then I can't stop you." You tell her of the meeting and how you were unable to completely focus on the meeting.
"Do you know why you weren't able to focus?"
You know full well why you weren't able to focus. You were thinking of her the whole time. But you weren't going to tell her that!
"Not really," you lie to her.
She ponders for a bit before saying, "Well, I suppose that it was just a bad day." She puts a hand on your shoulder. "We all have bad days, but the important thing is that there's always tomorrow!"
"Huh. I never thought of it like that."
"You should. It helps me get through the day."
She takes her hand off of your shoulder and returns to her normal position.
"Speaking of which," you move your seat closer to her. "How was your day?"
"Well you know, same old same old. Do whatever Suri tells me to do."
"Suri?"
"Oh, Suri is the name of my boss," Coco clarifies.
"Ah."
"Yep."
You take another sip from your beer. "So what does Suri usually tell you to do?"
"Well, to be honest, it depends."
"How about we go with today?"
"Today? Hmm..." Coco puts her hand under her chin in a thinking pose and tries to remember what she did today. Good lord, she looks so cute like that.
"Today, Suri told me to go get her breakfast, iron her clothes, finish up some minor touches on her dresses, go get her some coffee, make sure that she still had her spot in the fashion show, go get her lunch, polish her shoes, go get her even more coffee, unpack all of her luggage and get her some more coffee."
You are a bit shocked at how much Coco had to do today. You try to snap back into the conversation. "Boy, she really loves her coffee."
She chuckles at your remark. "Yeah. She says that it's what keeps her going through the day."
"Get her through the day for what? Ordering you to do things for her?"
Coco starts laughing hard. "Oh my! You sir," she points a finger at you. "Are horrible. And I am okay with that."
You smile a bit. Goddamn, her laugh is intoxicating. "That's good," you tell her.
She manages to calm herself down a bit. "Whew. I haven't had this much fun for a long time." She focuses her attention on you. "You know, I like you."
Wait, what did she just say?
"You're a great person to hang out with. I can't remember the last time someone made me laugh that hard. Hell, I can't remember the last time I laughed at all."
That was very encouraging and slightly depressing at the same time, but at least Coco has taken a liking to you.
You were about to try and continue the conversation when you hear a ringtone. Coco breaks her focus on you and pulls out her phone.
"Oh I'm so sorry." She checks who it is. The groan she makes gives you an idea of who it is. She answers it.
"Hello Miss Suri. What is it this time?"
She listens to the response.
"Help with what?"
Another response.
"How did you get stuck in the bathroom?"
You perk up at the peculiar question she asks her boss. You see her continue to listen.
"Fine, I'll be there right away." She hangs up her cell phone and turns back to you.
"Apparently, my boss got herself stuck in the bathroom and wants me to go retrieve her."
You sorta want to know more. "Um, should I ask?"
"Don't. It'll be better for your sanity if you don't. All you need to know is that my boss got drunk and alcohol tends to affect the decisions she makes in a really, really bad way."
"Boss plus alcohol equals nope. Got it."
Coco smiles at your remark. "That's pretty much it. I should go get her before she starts yelling at me." Coco gets up from her seat, but you call out to her before she starts walking.
"Hey wait!"
She turns to you. You pull out your wallet and offer her one of your business cards. "Um, if you ever want to talk or er, hang out, here's how you can contact me."
She takes the card from your hand. "Thanks. I think I will." She puts the card in your pocket and then walks away.
Once you are sure that she is out of sight, you let out a sigh of relief. You take another drink from your beer and before you know it, the thought of her enters your mind.
She said she likes me, you think to yourself. You can't help but smile at the fact.
You sit there and continue to drink your beer. A few minutes, you see Coco and Suri emerge from the bathroom. Suri was barely standing up and hunched over with her head low while Coco was helping her maintain her standing by holding to one of her arms over her shoulders. As the two pass you, you make a small wave to Coco. She looks at you and smiles, waving back before returning to her task. As they both exit the bar, you can't help but smile a little more.
You finish your beer and pay for it before picking up your briefcase and heading back to the hotel. Instead of taking a cab, you decide to walk there as it wasn't too far from the bar. After finally reaching the hotel, you take the elevator up and enter your room. You leave the briefcase on the desk and go to bed.
~~~
The next morning, you get up early and head to the business meeting. You seem to be much more upbeat and ready to tackle the day. And you did.
You make a great comeback at the meeting and you manage to get the negotiators to agree to a deal that was beneficial to both parties. Your associates are stunned at you and celebrate the victory you helped them win.
You return to the hotel with a smile on your face. The day could not be going any better. You enter the elevator and press the button for the third floor.
You wish you could tell Coco about how kickass you were at today's meeting. Maybe she'll call later and then you could tell her.
The elevator stops moving and the door opens. You get out but before you can turn to go to your room, you hear someone speak from down the hall. You recognize the voice.
"Now Coco darling, I want the new dresses to be done by the time I get back. Is that clear?"
You hear another voice but you can't hear what it says.
"Honey darling, I only pay you to sew and get me coffee."
The other voice speaks again.
"Well, there's a reason why I don't pay you. You're my unpaid assistant and you're still learning. I told you that when I see fit, I'll pay you. Now's not that time."
You barely hear the other voice's response.
"Excellent darling. Now then, I must be off. Remember, six dress by the time I'm back." You hear a door close and footsteps approaching to where you are. You quietly rush back inside the elevator and push the 'close door' button. The door closes and you wait.
The elevator door opens and you see Suri outside of the elevator. You get off the elevator and turn around to see the elevator door close with Suri inside. Once you do, you turn around and go down the hall.
You reach room 307 and knock on the door.
"Yes ma'am," you hear from the other side. "What else do you want?" The door opens and you see Coco answering.
She sees that it's you. "Oh! Um, hello."
"Hello."
"How are you?"
"I'm doing well today."
"That's good. I assume the meeting went well today?"
"Yep. I'll have you know that I kicked ass at that meeting."
She smiles at your response. "That's always good to hear."
There's a long pause. Neither of you say anything for about a minute, only looking around trying to think of something to say. Coco breaks the silence.
"Would you like to come in?"
"Uh, sure."
Coco moves aside to let you in. You walk into the hotel room. It's pretty much the same as your room with the only difference is that what's on the left in your room is on the right here and vice versa. However, you see that there are a bunch of drawings on the desk along with a large roll of a shiny and weird looking fabric.
You walk to the middle of the room and turn around to see Coco close the door and walks towards you but stops near the desk.
"Oh, you can take a seat if you want," she says, pointing her hand towards the couch.
"Uh, thanks," you say. You take a seat at one of the ends of the couch.
Coco walks over to the couch and takes a seat right next to you. She then turns to you.
"So..." She struggles to come up with a conversation topic.
"Why do you still work for her?" You blurt out.
Coco is a bit startled by the question. "What do you mean?" She asks you.
"I mean, why do you still work for a boss that disrespects and doesn't appreciate you? I heard the conversation earlier."
"Oh, you did?"
"Yeah, and I don't think it's right that she thinks that little of you and you just take it."
"Well, um, you see..."
You interrupt her. "No. I don't see. I mean, don't you have hopes and dreams? Are there any higher aspirations than this?"
"You know ho-"
"Do you not want to be stuck here? Do you-"
"YES! YES! YES!!! I WANT BETTER THAN THIS! YOU THINK I LIKE BEING PUSHED AROUND BY A BOSS WHO COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT ME?!?! YES! YES! YES!!!"
You inch back a bit in response to her outburst. Coco realizes what she just said and calms down a bit.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you."
You let yourself relax a bit. "No no. If anyone should apologize, it should be me. I shouldn't have poked."
"Don't worry. It's alright. You do have a point." She sighs. "And to answer your question, yes. I do have aspirations beyond where I currently am."
She turned away from you and said, "Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a fashion designer." She put her hands up and waved them. "I wanted to be someone great. Someone who was well respected. But," she put her hands down. " I learned early on that there's no easy way to get there. I would have to start from the very bottom. One day, I found an ad in the paper for being a fashion designer's assistant. I sent in my application and after some interviews, Suri told me that I was hired. And here I am today." She sighs once more.
"You know," her voices starts cracking. "I thought I'd make it farther than where I am by now. I thought I wouldn't be doing this job." Tears start flowing down her face. " I had hopes and dreams! And now.." is all she could muster before going into a full sob.
You see the crying Coco in front of you. It is the most heartbreaking thing you have ever seen in your life. You feel like you can't stand there and do nothing. You put your arms around Coco and give her a hug. As soon as you do, she puts her arms around you right and sobs over your shoulder.
You pat her over the back and try to comfort her. "Now now. Please, don't be cry."
"W-What?" She says.
"I'm sorry. I'm really bad at comforting people. I haven't had much experience at doing it."
"Don't worry. It's the thought that counts."
Coco continues to cry for a few minutes before eventually managing to calm down. She lets go of the hug and gets her face off her shoulder. You see that she has a runny nose so you quickly get up and get her some toilet paper from the bathroom. You return and hand her some.
"Thanks," she says before blowing her nose.
You sit back down next to her. She turns to you. You are a bit unsure of what to do now. You see that the tears are still fresh on her face. You inch a little closer to her and put your right hand on her right cheek. You use your thumb to wipe away the trail the tears left. You move in closer to her face. You do the same thing to her left cheek but you still leave your hand on her cheek. This time, she moves in closer to your face.
"Thanks," she tells you.
You move her hair behind her ear. "No problem," you say to her.
"You know," she moves in even closer, "I like you."
"Oh? You do?" Your faces are literally centimeters apart.
"Yeah. I do."
She leans in and before you know it, your lips meet. You can't believe this is happening. You thought you had to reject reality and substitute your own for this to happen. But disbelief or not, it's happening.
You decide to break the kiss. Coco is a bit confused but before she can say anything, you pull her back into a passionate kiss.
You put your left hand on her side. You both continue to make out. As you do so, you start sliding your hand down her side and to her hip.
Now things are starting to get a bit heavy. You decide to prod your tongue inside her mouth. You find that Coco isn't arguing against it and lets you go on right ahead.
As your tongue starts exploring the inside of her mouth, you move your hand from the side of her hip and start moving it up. You hear a small moan from Coco as you explore her mouth.
Eventually, you decide that it's her turn as you move your tongue back inside your mouth. She seems to get the message and as soon as you do, she darts her tongue inside your mouth. You let out a small moan. Her tongue feels amazing, knowing no bounds as she explores your mouth.
You move your hand up to the side of her chest and onto her left breast. Coco notices this and directs your hand to the buttons on her shirt. With your left hand and some assistance from Coco, you manage to get her shirt off in no time.
While your mouths battle for dominance, you take your right hand off her cheek and your left behind her back. It takes a little bit, but you manage to get her bra off.
You break the kiss and get a good look at her tits. They're medium sized but they are perky as hell. You put your left hand on her right one. She shudders at your touch. You start placing small kisses on her neck before moving down. As you do so, you massage her breast, moving your thumb around the nipple and over it. You hear a small coo from Coco as you do this.
You make it from her neck all the way to her chest. You kiss around the nipple of her left breast, deciding to tease her a bit. After doing this a bit, you lightly move your tongue over the nipple. You hear another small coo when you do this.
You lick around her left nipple and over it for a little bit before putting your lips around it. You then starts sucking softly on it. You hear a small moan this time.
After doing this for a bit, you decide to switch, this time licking around and over her right nipple and massaging the left one with your hand. Again, you suck softly on her breast and hear another small moan.
After playing with her breasts, you move back up and kiss her again. However, she pushes you off and looks down. She sees something down there. Before you can do anything though, Coco pushes you onto your back and moves on top of you. She unbuttons your shirt and similar to what you did, she starts placing small kisses down your neck and chest until she reaches your pants.
She takes off your belt, throwing it off to the side and unbuttons and unzips your pants and throws them off to the side as well. You see that your now erect member is making a tent in your boxers. Coco wastes no time and pulls your boxers off you, revealing your hard-on.
She looks at it for a bit before moving towards it. She stops and breathes on it, making you twinge as she teases you. A dribble of precum comes out of your dick and Coco lightly licks the head. You let out a small moan as she does this.
Coco continues, putting her lips around the tip of your dick and going down. The warmth of her mouth surrounding your dick feels amazing. She continues to put your dick inside her mouth, getting most of it in. She starts to bob her head up and down, making you moan slightly.
She pulls your dick out of her mouth for a second, taking a bit to catch her breath before putting all of your dick back into her mouth. She tries to deep throat you and your dick feels amazing in the back of her throat. She bobs up and down again and you feel like you're on the brink of orgasm.
"Uh Coco? I think I'm going to cum soon, just to let you know."
She looks back up to you and then back down to the task at hand. She pulls your dick out of her mouth and catches her breath.
You decide that now is the time to return the favor. You jump on top of her and now she's the one of her back with you on top. You skip straight to below her waist. You pull her dress off and
