wouldn’t be so bad if your mothers weren’t best friends. But because they are…”
“ They’ve always been best friends and always will, and they’ve already given me a list of baby names. They want me to get pregnant on the honeymoon,” Bryce said, then groaned. “That is so not going to happen.”
“ Have you talked to him?” Vanessa asked.
“ Oh, please, if I even joke that I want to cancel the wedding, Bernard will start crying, you know how sensitive he is. He’ll fall apart faster than a pair of cheap Indonesian made shorts.”
“ But if you’re so unhappy, maybe you should.” Vanessa hesitated then asked, “Why the hell did you accept his proposal?”
Bryce pressed her lips together. “You know why, you were there. He proposed to me in front of all my friends and family on my birthday. There was no way I could turn him down in front of everybody. And then the next day our mothers went right into wedding planning mode, I was stuck on a fast-moving train that I couldn’t jump off without taking any causalities.”
They were silent while they each took a sip of their drinks. Finally Vanessa spoke. “Bry, you can jump off now if you want, wounds will heal.”
“ I know. I’ll think about it. I will,” Bryce insisted at Vanessa’s skeptical look.
“ Are you ready for tonight? It’s gonna be fun!” Vanessa enthusiastically pumped her arms in the air.
“ Yeah girl. I need something to take my mind off this wedding. I want to get wasted. I need it.”
“ Come on let’s get back to the shower before they come looking for us.”
They both gulped down their drink and made their way back to the celebration. “Pray for me,” Bryce whispered to her friend.
Chapter 2
“ Do I have to wear this?” Bryce protested. She wanted to rip off the sparkly bride-to-be tiara with the condom veil and the feather boa that snaked around her neck. Her friends had insisted she wear the items in honor of her bachelorette party.
“ Keep it on; it’s a gold mine for free drinks. And besides do you see me complaining about this?” Vanessa reached up and touched her own sparkly Maid of Honor tiara.
Sure enough, two minutes later, a group of ladies sitting at a table next to them sent a congratulatory drink over to her. Bryce held it up to the ladies before shouting her thanks to them. She gulped it down.
“ Whoa, slow it down girl. You have all night. I don’t want you to get so drunk that you won’t be able to enjoy your special night.”
Bryce snorted. “I would rather be in a club dancing.”
“ Well this is a club,” Vanessa offered. “And there is dancing.”
“ Yeah, but I don’t want some man sticking his naked ass in my face.”
Vanessa slung her arm over her friend’s shoulders. “Stop being so grumpy,” she chastised. “You’ve been to tons of strip clubs. Don’t think about the wedding just focus on having a good time.”
Bryce tugged at the tiara. “It’s kind of hard to have fun with this thing on my head.”
“ Leave it on, Bry. Besides Cooper will be sad if you take it off. Do you know how many stores she had to go to before she found this one? And how long it took her to put that condom veil together?”
“ Okay, okay,” she mumbled and dropped her hand; she didn’t want to disappoint Cooper, she snuck a peek at her younger sister. Cooper was sitting on the other side of her talking to another bridesmaid and wasn’t listening to her sister’s conversation. “So what time does the show start?”
The club was still filling up, hip hop music played in the background, not too loud, but loud enough to layer the club with atmosphere. There were groups of ladies some like her, brides-to-be, all with their bridal parties, couples and friends clustered together, just hanging out. Cooper had reserved them a large table in front of the stage.
Suddenly, the lights dimmed and spotlights cut through the dark. They amped up the volume on the music, a hip hop
“ They’ve always been best friends and always will, and they’ve already given me a list of baby names. They want me to get pregnant on the honeymoon,” Bryce said, then groaned. “That is so not going to happen.”
“ Have you talked to him?” Vanessa asked.
“ Oh, please, if I even joke that I want to cancel the wedding, Bernard will start crying, you know how sensitive he is. He’ll fall apart faster than a pair of cheap Indonesian made shorts.”
“ But if you’re so unhappy, maybe you should.” Vanessa hesitated then asked, “Why the hell did you accept his proposal?”
Bryce pressed her lips together. “You know why, you were there. He proposed to me in front of all my friends and family on my birthday. There was no way I could turn him down in front of everybody. And then the next day our mothers went right into wedding planning mode, I was stuck on a fast-moving train that I couldn’t jump off without taking any causalities.”
They were silent while they each took a sip of their drinks. Finally Vanessa spoke. “Bry, you can jump off now if you want, wounds will heal.”
“ I know. I’ll think about it. I will,” Bryce insisted at Vanessa’s skeptical look.
“ Are you ready for tonight? It’s gonna be fun!” Vanessa enthusiastically pumped her arms in the air.
“ Yeah girl. I need something to take my mind off this wedding. I want to get wasted. I need it.”
“ Come on let’s get back to the shower before they come looking for us.”
They both gulped down their drink and made their way back to the celebration. “Pray for me,” Bryce whispered to her friend.
Chapter 2
“ Do I have to wear this?” Bryce protested. She wanted to rip off the sparkly bride-to-be tiara with the condom veil and the feather boa that snaked around her neck. Her friends had insisted she wear the items in honor of her bachelorette party.
“ Keep it on; it’s a gold mine for free drinks. And besides do you see me complaining about this?” Vanessa reached up and touched her own sparkly Maid of Honor tiara.
Sure enough, two minutes later, a group of ladies sitting at a table next to them sent a congratulatory drink over to her. Bryce held it up to the ladies before shouting her thanks to them. She gulped it down.
“ Whoa, slow it down girl. You have all night. I don’t want you to get so drunk that you won’t be able to enjoy your special night.”
Bryce snorted. “I would rather be in a club dancing.”
“ Well this is a club,” Vanessa offered. “And there is dancing.”
“ Yeah, but I don’t want some man sticking his naked ass in my face.”
Vanessa slung her arm over her friend’s shoulders. “Stop being so grumpy,” she chastised. “You’ve been to tons of strip clubs. Don’t think about the wedding just focus on having a good time.”
Bryce tugged at the tiara. “It’s kind of hard to have fun with this thing on my head.”
“ Leave it on, Bry. Besides Cooper will be sad if you take it off. Do you know how many stores she had to go to before she found this one? And how long it took her to put that condom veil together?”
“ Okay, okay,” she mumbled and dropped her hand; she didn’t want to disappoint Cooper, she snuck a peek at her younger sister. Cooper was sitting on the other side of her talking to another bridesmaid and wasn’t listening to her sister’s conversation. “So what time does the show start?”
The club was still filling up, hip hop music played in the background, not too loud, but loud enough to layer the club with atmosphere. There were groups of ladies some like her, brides-to-be, all with their bridal parties, couples and friends clustered together, just hanging out. Cooper had reserved them a large table in front of the stage.
Suddenly, the lights dimmed and spotlights cut through the dark. They amped up the volume on the music, a hip hop
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