Two Tickets

 "Honey, we really can't pass up a deal like this. We never get us time anymore, and this AMAZING-looking room is so cheap it might as well be free! Please... we gotta do this. And hey, we both have P.T.O. to spend before it zeros out." This was said by a normally happily, yet suddenly a desperately bored man who'd realized he needed spice. In the very next moment for said man, things became very out of the blue with his love life. Crying softly, his wife blurted with a slight giggle, "I-heh, um uh, was planning to break up with you in approximately seven minutes from now." She then continued, "Not that I was looking forward to it, but you kind of just screwed all that up, David." A few more words were exchanged before David decided to go for a drive and reflect angrily with sadness on his situation. After about six miles in the direction of a carwash he intended to cry in, an abrupt parking job was executed probably too close to a stop sign. These are facts of no concern as far as David is concerned, however. He has a more pressing agenda to unapologetically pursue, to buy that on sale vacation bundle.

 The next thing you know David is at too high of an altitude to be feeling at all down about Reese. Truly, he is doing quite well at the moment, emotionally. The next thing you know after that is that the plane lands. Obviously, he exits the aircraft and calls for a taxi to the hotel. When this melancholically bored man is greeted by a very short concierge with "Good evening sir, what may I do for you?" "Yeah my name is David, I reserved room 58B for two weeks starting today." "Ah yes sir, I have your key. The roommate guest also staying has not yet checked in." David instantly confused inquires, "Wait, what roommate guest?" "It shows here on the roster a David and a Reese." David replied even more confusingly, "Okay... Is this a joke or something? How would you know about Reese?" To which Manuel the concierge responded, "The name is on the roster." "YEAH, WHY? Or HOW I guess... What's going on here, really?" Manuel, also starting to feel confused, "I'm not sure what your confusion is sir, but at The Roommate Hotel your roommate guest is typically determined based on stay dates that each guest requests to reserve." David now getting super frustrated says, "Okay what the heck is happening right now?"

 A man, not rudely but conveniently, interrupts as he rounds the corner asking, "Is this where I check-in? I have a rez for Reese." At this time David is too shocked to laugh at the ridiculous scale of a coincidence that just occurred in the last, roughly two minutes of his life. All this emotionally charged confusion and serendipity have distracted David from his missing of his ex-girlfriend. Now he just wants to be alone in a room. Feeling as though the universe has played the meanest joke it knew on him, David decides to blindly allow things to happen as they may. After all, he didn't plan to be in the room much anyway. What with a beach only four streets away. The weather's perfect. There's no telling what he might catch today after he gets settled in the nice little rent-a-boat that is paid for with the bundle. 

 As Reese gets his final items out from his suitcase he askes David if he purchased the bundle that was on sale online as well, meaning he also will be renting a boat from the same dock. That means they will probably be seeing a lot more of each other, and that means David will likely be reminded frequently of this wonderfully designed joke. This probability becomes a reality very early in this vacation’s itinerary seeing as The Boat Dock only has one boat left for the day to check out. Luckily, in Reese's eyes, as he interrupts again coming around the proverbial corner of David's supposed getaway, this boat seats two comfortably. Mostly out of a spirit of screw it, David beats Reese to the punch with an offer to share. Surprised, Reese eagerly accepts the invite.

 The day is already half over technically, but these two are different once they're on the boat. David transforms into a chill dude you might say. This is true especially if he catches something within the first ten minutes after the first cast. It doesn't matter what kind of fish either. His goals are simple in that anything after that first fish is bonus. Reese is always excited, but being on a boat with a stranger was nothing new. He competed in tournaments for several years after his divorce. The two inevitably shared these facts and grew a decent bond that evening on the water. The next day on the boat when David elaborated on why he may have seemed put off by Reese's existence at check-in Reese with a dead stare said, "You're joking right? My ex-wife's name is Manuel!" After bewildering this poor David once again Reese broke the stare with a grin and showed he was kidding, although at this point it would've been believable. "No," he said, "her name was Brenda... And I'd be a liar to tell you this damned ocean ever got her off my mind. I loved her. Almost as much as I loved hair metal unfortunately for me." David inputs, "Win some, lose some." Reese nods. David cracks a brew. Reese does the same. Who knows if these new pals will stay in touch after the trip is through, but surely they are the best of pals now.

 The complete rest of this trip carried on as if they'd known each other for ages. In about a thousand words you might say this was a moment of friendship so unforgettable that David constantly is reminded of his mean ex-girlfriend.