Micah woke up a few hours before his fight, it was still early and the sun had not risen yet. He had already packed his bags the previous night, all that was left was to eat breakfast, take a shower and catch the cab to the airport.
Micah was feeling a little tense; he had never been on a plane before and he was also worried about what he would talk about with his boss during the flight. A hot shower was just the thing to ease his tension. Taking a shower was Micah's favorite part of the day; he loved taking very hot and long showers; even during the summer. It drove his girlfriend insane, but he was single now and could do what he wanted. Micah stripped down naked in his bedroom and went to the bathroom mirror to look himself over. Micah thought he was weird because he liked to look himself in the mirror nude; he didn't understand why, but it kind of turned him on. Micah didn't have any body hair, he kept his legs, arms and underarms shaved because he thought it looked better when doing yoga. Micah also kept his pubic hair very short because it made his package look larger. He turned his backside to the mirror and thought to himself that he had a very nice ass, very firm and defined, he gave himself a small slap on his behind.
Micah arrived at the airport, checked in his bags, made it through security and found his terminal with twenty minutes to spare; he was relieved that he made it on time. Micah saw his boss, Ted Wilson waiting for him near the terminal front desk.
"Mr. Wilson, over here!" Micah yelled, and waved.
Ted Wilson was a handsome man by anyone's standard. He was very tall at six foot one, he was slender and muscular. Ted had silver-black hair, he was clean shaven and kept his hair short.
"Ah, there you are Micah!" Ted said. "And how many times do I have to tell you, please call me Ted."
Micah quickly walked over to Ted, still panting from his hike to the terminal.
"Yes Sir... SORRY, I mean Ted." Micah said.
Ted looked Micah up an down examining him. "I was beginning to think I was being stood up."
"Nnn-no not at all, I was just-- rather I lost track of time is all, and I ..." Explained Micah with a hint of panic in his voice.
Ted smiling and laughing and interpreted Micah. "Relax, I am just teasing you. Anyway they will be boarding first class any minute now. Have you ever flown first class Micah?"
"I've never even been on a plane before, this is all new to me." Micah explained, relieved that the topic had changed.
"Well, you're in for quite a treat. First class is the only way to fly." Ted gave another laugh then padded Micah on the shoulder.
It was just then that Micah realized that something, or rather someone was missing. "Sir--- Ted, if you don't mind me asking, where is your personal assistant? Doesn't she always come with you on business trips?"
Ted's smile slightly diminished. "Oh, Julie... yes, she'll--- be joining us on a later flight. No need to worry about that now."
Micah shrugged this statement off not giving it much more thought; however it did lead to his next question that he had been wanting to ask since he as told he was coming along.
"Ted, if you don't mind me asking another question?" Micah asked.
"Go for it." Ted replied, although not completely paying attention.
"Well, I was just wondering why you are bringing me along? Do you really think you'll need that much technology support?" Micah questioned.
Ted was no longer smiling; but he wasn't upset either, he had a look of confidence on his face. "Don't worry Micah, I have big plans for you. Trust me when I say that you will be playing a vital role. But let's not talk business right now, they're about to allow us to board."
No sooner when Ted said this, the flight attendant announced that they'd be allowing the first class passengers to board. The two easily found their seats. Micah's fear of conversational topics was relieved as Ted spent the majority of the time telling Micah about his adventures and trips around the world. Ted had visited twelve counties; he lived in four of them and spoke fluent English, German, French and Spanish. He was an avid outdoors person who loved to camp, hunt, and go on long hikes. Ted married once in his youth, but had no children and divorced shortly after the marriage because his career didn't allow him the time to have start a family.
Their eight hour flight went by surprisingly fast, an on-flight movie compensated for lulls in conversation and Micah drifted in and out of sleep. Micah was grateful to set his feet on the ground when they arrived. Ted explained that he had a limousine waiting to take them to his personal villa and that their luggage would be delivered to the villa shortly after. The drive to the villa was rather long, they left the city limits, passed through a smaller down and drove by a small village. Ted's villa was a few miles further, it was on a cliff with an overview of the valley and village below. The driver dropped off the two at the front door of the villa and left. Ted unlocked the door and gestured for Micah to walk in first.
"Micah, before you go any further I'm going to ask you to take your shoes and socks off." Ted stated.
Micah completely understood the request to take off his shoes but thought the second part of Ted's request was a bit odd. "My socks too?" Micah asked in a confused tone.
Ted smiled and said, "Micah, these carpets cost a quarter of a million dollars. Trust me, you are going to want experience the feel of them on the bottom of your feet."
Micah obeyed and took his socks off and stuffed them in his shoes and set them to the side. He stepped off the tile of the front entrance onto Ted's carpet. Micah thought to himself, that Ted was right. The carpet was fluffy and soft the fibers of the carpet seemed to engulf his feet and he felt like he was walking on clouds. For a brief moment he pictures himself laying completely naked and spread out on the carpet, but he quickly pushed that image out of his head when Ted asked him a question.
"So what to you think, it feels great on your feet?"
"--yeah, Yeah! It feels really nice." Micah replied with a nervous laugh. Micah noticed that Ted did not take his shoes or socks off, but figured it was his home and he was used to it.
"Shall I give your the tour?" Asked Ted, "Please do." Micah replied.
Ted lead Micah around the home and showed him the kitchen, living room, dining room, entertainment room. The home had an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, outdoor hot tubs that connected to each bedroom indoors. He had a tennis court and further out had a field running track. Ted showed Micah the bedrooms first, each "small" bedroom was at least twice the size of Micah's master bedroom in his apartment. Every bedroom had the most amazing shower Micah had ever seen. It had omnidirectional heads that could spray water in every direction, you could even program different sections with different water temperatures and pressure, it even had detachable heads with jet streams. Micah thought to himself that those heads could come in handy. After the tour of the house, Micah noticed that Ted didn't show him one of the rooms, it had a padlock on the top of the door and a keyed doorknob.
"What's in the room with the lock?" Micah asked.
Ted turned to look at Micah, he had an odd smile that Micah couldn't make out. "Oh, it's just full of furniture that doesn't match the rest of the decor. Nothing important to see there."
Micah felt that perhaps his question was too nosy, but before he could apologize, Ted put his hand on Micah's back and gently nudge him along and the two living room.
It was approaching 1AM in the morning; they both ate dinner on the plane and were ready for sleep.
"Hey Ted... Our luggage hasn't arrived yet?" Micah asked.
Ted didn't seem to surprised or concerned. "Ah, yes. No need to worry, it should arrive tomorrow. I have some old clothes you can wear in the meantime."
Ted left Micah and then returned a few minutes later with a robe, and old pair of grey sweatpants.
"By the way Micah, you really should give me your passport and wallet." Ted started to explain. "I'll be honest, you look like a tourist, and the last thing we need is someone pickpocketing you when we go to town. I'll keep them protected in the house vault" Ted finished.
"Oh, okay! Thanks Ted!" Micah smiled, he was grateful that Ted was looking out for him. He pulled his wallet and passport from his back pocket and handed them to Ted.
"Well, then. Perhaps we should head to bed. You are welcome to choose any bedroom you wsih." Ted explained. "Good night, Micah." Ted headed off towards his bedroom.
Micah selected the room closet to him; he slipped his clothes off, including his underwear because he didn't like wearing underwear when sleeping. He put the sweats on that Ted had given him, but the waist was large and slipping off as he walked. He gave them a quick tug then slid into bed and instantly went to sleep the second his head hit the pillow.
Micah awoke the next morning to the wonderful smell of bacon and eggs. He slid out of bed and he had forgotten how soft the carpets felt when his feet touched the ground. Half asleep he made his way to the kitchen where he saw Ted cooking up a storm.
"Good morning, Micah! Are you a fan on of bacon?" Ted said loudly and excitedly.
"Muuarumm be--con.. mm.. yea-ahh" Micah mumbled in the middle of a yawn.
"Wonderful, please take a seat." Ted replied cheerfully.
Micah moved toward the kitchen table to sit down, but before he took a seat he took one last long stretch putting his arms up in the air as high as he could, he held the stretch to allow his back to loosen up. Then Micah realized that he felt a cold breeze. It took a few seconds for him to realize the horror of what just happened. His sweats had fallen down to the ground, and to make matters worst he had morning wood and his number one buddy was pointing directly at Ted. It took him a few more seconds to react before he scrambled down to pull up his pants. Micah's face was beet red, he didn't want to make eye contact with Ted.
Ted started to chuckle. "Don't be embarrassed Micah, you're well endowed. And besides it was my fault for giving you sweats that were too big."
Micah couldn't speak a coherent sentence, rather then trying he sat down and ate the breakfast that would put in front of him in silence.
Micah didn't say a word while they ate, and kept quiet while he helped to wash dishes. He noticed that Ted kept looking at him and smiling, but neither said anything until all the dishes were clean.
Ted broke the silence and said, "I am going for a hike today, Micah. I want you to come with me.
"Err.. Well, I don't have any hiking clothes to wear." Micah replied.
"Don't worry, I do have outdoor clothes that will fit you just fine." assured Ted.
"Okay.. speaking of clothes. Any idea when our luggage will arrive?" questioned Micah.
Sounding a little annoyed, Ted replied, "It will arrive when it arrives..."
"Oh.. sorry." Micah said timidly. "Well.... What about Julie? When is she arriving?"
Ted replied short and sternly, "Micah, I will take care of all business needs when they are needed to be addressed, for now don't concern yourself with it."
Ted's voice returned to normal. "Now, we need to get going if we're going to get to our destination by nightfall. No times for showers, I left some clothes for you in the bathroom. Hurry up and change and I'll meet you outside. The car should arrive any minute now."