Ages ago, I came down to the bar at a hotel I was staying at for a late night drink expecting it to be quiet, only to find wedding guests relaxing around it. Who holds a wedding on a Wednesday night?
The reception, and its own open bar, was off in the main hall. Fortunately, these were just the people who peeled away looking for air and to escape the Electric Slide.
And there she was, tipsy and in a strange mood. Myself, being the charming man that I am, took full advantage. I attempted to introduce myself as she slushed and spilled her wine next to me. Still the gentleman, I offered to help clean up the fresh stain on her dress in my room, not even finishing the exchange of pleasantries.
My eyes looked between each of hers in turn, and once to her lips. A shitty tip I read online but surprisingly one that worked. She blushed at the attention and took my offered hand, the uncharacteristically adventurous part of her coming out. She didn’t even know my name, she just took in that I was well dressed, articulate and older.