The gate area was not very busy and by the time we all got ready for boarding, I noticed there were only about twenty of us. The plane held just a tad bit over a hundred people and seating was on a first come basis. A few folks had already staked out seats through the on-line boarding process, but the rest of us got to choose any open seat that was available. I liked the open seating arrangement. Sometimes, I’d get lucky and get a seat right next to a beauty young lady, as opposed to the heavy-set sandal-wearing young college guy with his hair tied back in a man-bun or pony tail.
On this particular flight, I found myself taking up a window seat on the very back row of the plane. Normally, I like to sit over the wing, but those seats were already taken. As I settled into my seat, I checked emails on my phone, while glancing up the narrow center aisle as the plane filled up. One of the stewardesses made her way towards the back of the plane, as everyone took their seats and the safety announcements got underway. She was a young flight attendant, probably in her early twenties with long wavy blonde hair and a modelesque-like figure. She glanced in my direction and smiled. I think she winked, but I couldn’t be sure. Maybe it was my wild imagination.
I watched diligently as the safety instructions were announced and my flight attendant held up the seat belt to show us how to snap it in place and how to unsnap it. She put on an inflatable life preserver and showed us how to blow in the tube to inflate it. Dirty thoughts flooded my mind. She looked right at me as she pretended to blow into the little tube. Again, she smiled. She folded up the life preserver and draped it over the seat back next to her.
“Your flight attendant will be by to check your lap restraints, so please stow your electronic devices at this time as we push back from the gate.”
She stopped right in front of me and glanced down at my lap.
“If there is anything you need, my name is Kelly,” she pronounced, “Just hit the call button.”
Damn. A personal introduction.
I watched as she turned and walked up the aisle checking on other passengers. Her white shirt was neatly tucked into her beige-colored slacks. No panty lines. Wow!
She walked back past me and I watched as she strapped herself into a seat in the galley at the rear of the plane. She looked in my direction and I quickly averted my eyes so I wouldn’t be caught staring. The engines ramped up and within seconds we were climbing out of Dallas, and towards Oklahoma City.
The familiar tone alerted us when we had reached 10,000 feet and it was safe to take off the lap restraint. The stewardess at the front of the plane made the obligatory announcement that while we were free to roam about the cabin, we were encouraged to keep our seat belts on in the event of air turbulence.
I felt a hand on my shoulder.
“Would you like something to drink?” my flight attendant asked.
“Coffee would be nice,” I replied. She made her way up the aisle asking several other passengers the same question. Once again, I had the opportunity to study her posterior as she worked her way up the aisle. Passing back by me, she glanced in my direction and once again, winked as she smiled.
Okay, now she was flirting with me. That was no casual smile and the wink as pronounced.
A few moments later and she stood right next to me.
“Your coffee,” she said, extending her arm, cup in hand. No wedding band. I smiled.
“What type of sweetener would you like?” she asked.
“Just put your finger in it,” I teased.
“Sugar, or artificial?” she replied.
“Sugar is fine,” I replied.
She reached into her apron and pulled out two small packets of sugar and handed them to me. I could smell the light scent of her fresh perfume.
“Would you like any cream?” she asked.
I stumbled out a “yes” and she handed me two packs of a powdery creamer.
“If there is anything else you might need, just let me know,” she whispered as she stepped back into the galley. I watched as she passed out the reminder of the offerings to the passengers seated in front of me.
As she made her way back to the galley, she glanced in my direction once again and smiled. I was now seated in an aisle seat and stretched out my hand with my empty coffee cup in it.
“Would you like a refill?” she asked.
“No thanks,” I politely replied.