Alexa Chapter 27: London Baby! Part 2
The sound of an incoming text woke me from my slumber. I reached over to
grab it and began reading the text. "Good morning girlie! Get out of bed
and come meet us!" was all it said. I looked at the sender and saw that
it was Nikki. I groaned a bit because I really didn't want to leave the
warmth of the hotel bed and the person I was lying next to. I put my
phone back on the nightstand and cuddled into Jenny. I realized falling
back to sleep was now useless and began kissing the beautiful blonde next
to me. As usual, the sounds of approval began to emit from my fianc?e.
She rolled over and the two of us began our morning routine. She asked
who had texted and I told her it was Nikki trying to get us to come meet
them. "But I have a better idea than meeting Snikki" I said with a
slightly wicked grin on my face, a grin that was reciprocated by my
partner.
Our extended morning wake-up kiss was soon interrupted by my phone going
off again, this time it was ringing. "How did you get so popular? Jenny
teased me as I rolled over and reached for my phone. This time it was
the other half of the Phillips-Thomas clan. "Hey Sarah," I say into the
phone with a slight moan. Sarah giggled as she picked up the tone of my
voice. "Let me guess, I interrupted something?" I tried to tell her no
but she just teased me some more. "You two can play around later. Come
over and meet us at that coffee shop. I am playing truant today." I
pulled the phone away and covered the mouth piece and looked at my
partner "Do you want to go meet Snikki? I asked, trying to imply that I
had other ideas. Jenny just rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone. "We
will be there in 45 minutes Sarah. I just have to get lazy bones out of
bed. See you then!" Jenny told our friend and hit the end button. After
throwing the phone towards the foot of the bed, Jenny rolled over and
began teasing me.
"You would really rather lie around with me than go meet up with our good
friends who we never see?" Jenny said. I tried to be all bashful towards
my beautiful partner. "I just thought we could spend a little time
together." Jenny began to laugh, and then tickle me. "You and I can
play around anytime Miss Quinn. We are in London, Baby!" Jenny did not
let up on the tickling until my sides hurt from laughing so much and I
was nearly out of breath. She got up and held out her hand for me.
"Come on let's get ready" she told me. I took her hand and soon the two
of us were off to the shower where I think Jenny was going to make up for
the tickling.
Following our shower, we began to get ready to be seen with a future
fashion designer and her model wife. I chose a pair of dark nearly
opaque tights to go with my little plaid mini-skirt and long sleeve grey
cowl-neck sweater. I matched this with a pair of ankle boots and my jean
jacket. Jenny took a similar approach with her legs but opted for a
black skater skirt and grey crewneck sweater. She wore simple pair of
three-inch black pumps. It was the coat she decided to wear that I had
to tease her about. After the night Adam and Bethany broke up, Jenny had
gone on a mission to find me a leather jacket like Bethany's. She
eventually succeeded, finding a flare cut leather jacket that was tight
at the waist. The only problem was I had never worn it, while this was
to be the third time my fianc?e had. I began to tease her a bit about
it. "Gee I am so glad I got the jacket. I love it! You know you can
borrow it any time you want babe" I told Jenny, who promptly told me to
be quiet and stuck her tongue out at me. She did make up for it with a
tender kiss before we made our way out of the room and off to meet Sarah
and finally get to see Nikki.
We arrived this time with no problems and found Sarah in the same
position we found her in on Monday. Cup of coffee on the table and her
always present sketch tablet in hand, the only difference from the other
day was she had on sunglasses and seemed to be moving a bit slower. She
seemed completely enthralled in her work. Sitting next to her was her
wife, with a large pair of sunglasses shielding her eyes from the late
morning sun. We strode up to the table and the squealing from Sarah
began, Nikki however was a little bit more subdued. "Rough night Nikki?"
Jenny asked as she exchanged hugs with our British partners in crime.
"UGH. Went to play video games at Stayla's last night. Had a few more
beers than I had planned." Sarah began to giggle and tease her wife. "I
had just as many as you but I am not quite as bad off as you this
morning." Nikki just groaned some more as we took our seats.
"You two look great!" Nikki told us. "Stand up I want to check out those
outfits." So, we obliged her and modeled for her a bit. "You look
incredible Alexa. And Jenny, that jacket is beautiful. I wish I had one
like that." I groaned a bit. "I wish I did too," I said and was
promptly told to shut up by my partner. Both Nikki and Sarah were a bit
confused until I informed them it was my jacket that I had never worn.
Both Sarah and Nikki tried to console me a bit, mockingly. Nikki and I
went in to the shop to get some more coffee, leaving Sarah and Jenny at
the table. As we walked in Nikki grabbed my hand. "I have to see this
ring! It is so beautiful. You said it was Jenny's grandmother's?" And
I told her the story of Jenny's grandparents and then how Mary had given
it to Jenny to give to me. "The Thompsons have been so nice to me, so
accepting. Mary was right away, but now Marty is almost over the top.
He watches over me like his own daughter!" I stated.
"Well you practically are Alexa. You are so lucky to have that support,
trust me. Beverly has been wonderful since the day she first found out
about me. I know we wouldn't be where we are without her support. And
my parents were the same way too." We got the coffees and made our way
back to the table where we see Nikki and my better halves looking over
the sketch pad and then quickly folding up as we came into sight. Nikki
rolled her eyes a bit and teasing between the married couple begins that
ends with a kiss. Jenny and I grasp hands and watch the love shared by
our friends on full display. "That will be us some day." I whisper into
Jenny's ear who just smiles a little broader and the two of us share a
kiss, not wanting to be outdone by the 'old married couple' We continue
to chat away, telling the tale of our little trip to Southampton and then
on to Brighton. They laughed when Jenny told the tale of the little old
Lady at Winchester and swooned a bit when we told them about our exchange
of vows at the altar. When we told them how much fun we thought Brighton
would be and that next time we wanted to head there all of us. Snikki
began to giggle. "What's so funny?" I asked.
"Going to Brighton will be no problem," Nikki assured us, before Sarah
jumped in. "Two of our friends are from Brighton. You will meet Jacinta
on Sunday at the game. You may get a chance to meet Ophelia this weekend
yet."
"Jacinta and Ophelia?" I ask. "Interesting names."
"Ophelia is an interesting person," Nikki replies with a giggle, earning
her a slap on the arm from Sarah. "Jacinta is like you and me. She
hasn't had surgery yet and is just a little farther along than you. You
think we are girly, you should see her." We all giggled at the comment,
mostly because Nikki and I were both so girly, except for one thing in my
life.
"Speaking of the game," Sarah said. "We are going to have a little get
together before and take a bus over as group. That OK with you guys?"
Sarah asked seeming a bit nervous about the plans but we told her it was
a wonderful idea, we were excited to meet their friends. The pair began
teasing me a bit, saying I was going to be giving lessons on Gridiron, as
they called it, all game. "As long as they are cheering for the right
team I will have no problem doing that." We chatted a little more and
learned more about those we might be with on Sunday and told them how we
had been exchanging emails with Paige and Jessica and that they wanted to
meet up with us on Saturday at some pub to watch a soccer match with a
couple of their friends. Sarah and Nikki looked at each other and spoke
in unison "Natalie" before breaking out in giggles and informing us about
Natalie's love of Man City. We finished our coffee's when Nikki came up
with an idea.
You two want to head over to Heavenly Talent? I am off for the next two
days, but I do need to stop and grab something." Jenny and I were beyond
excited. "Will there be any Angels around?" my blonde haired twenty-two
going on thirteen-year-old fianc?e asked. Nikki assured us we may meet a
couple and we went and hailed a cab. A few minutes later we were
entering the offices of place we had heard and read and watched so much
about we thought we were in a dream. Sarah teased us about being star
struck and it was hard not to be when one of the first three people we
saw was Kayla Ford from Out of Heaven speaking with a man holding a
little baby right in the lobby. Nikki went right up to the baby and
began playing with it as Sarah spoke with the man who was obviously the
father. Meanwhile Jenny and I became speechless. Here, standing in
front of us one of the members of our favorite group.
"Kayla, Stuart and the most special one of all Olivia I want you to meet
our good friends from America, Jenny Thompson and Alexa Quinn. Jen,
Alexa this is Stuart Milton and his daughter Olivia" Nikki said as she
shared another quick little cuddle with the child. "And I think you know
who this is." Nikki said pointing at Kayla very nonchalantly earning a
slap on the arm. Jenny and I became babbling idiots. "Oh my god! This
is so great!" Jenny said as Kayla extended her hand to us. "We are such
huge fans" I babbled, I am sure looking like a foolish teenager. Kayla
giggled a bit as a response. "Well it is a pleasure to meet both of you.
Our first American fans from what Nikki has told me." We chatted with
the three for a bit when we were interrupted.
""Ah, good morning, sunshine!" Stephanie Abbott said to Nikki, who
politely told her not to be so loud. Nikki begins to introduce us to the
singer and the person standing next to her, but before she can finish,
Steph interrupts her.
"Ah, yes," Stephanie says with a big smile on her face... "Our fans from
America! I was hoping I'd get the chance to meet you!" Jenny and I were
speechless for a moment. Stephanie Abbott wanted to meet us? "Oh my
god, thank you!" I babble on "Jenny and I are such huge fans of yours!"
Then I realize who is standing next to Stephanie. It's Jamie-Lee Milton,
the British model and one of the original Angels. A woman whose life I
have studied since Nikki and Sarah first mentioned her. Jenny and I
exchange hugs with both Transwomen who have become such a huge influence
in my life. Stephanie then told us she was big fans of ours. ""well,
that video you tweeted at me in March, anyway!" Embarrassment took over
at that point "Oh my god, you remember that?" Jenny asks and Steph just
nods her head, while the four of us look on and remember our drunken
night of singing that we decided to share with the world. I can't
remember who said we should go get lunch, but the next thing I know I am
not only walking down the street holding hands with Jenny, but we are
heading to lunch with Jamie-Lee, her husband, her daughter and half of
Out of Heaven as well as two of our best friends. It was like a dream.
A little over a year ago I was a dweeby video game playing boy. Now, here
I was holding hands with the woman of my dreams wearing a cute mini skirt
and heading to lunch with two people I adored and three people I
practically worshipped. I began to tear up a bit. Jenny stood next to
me with a gigantic smile on her face. But instead of her giving me words
of encouragement, it was the person who had become my confidant in this
journey.
'This is all real Alexa. Enjoy it. These are people who know what you
are going through and will help in whatever way they can. So, will Sarah
and I and most importantly the lovely woman whose hand you are holding."
I smile at the advice given to me by a woman who has been there for me
that last few months. She has been there to answer my questions on how
to deal with the mood swings. On the right ways of presenting one's self
so I am not spotted as being simply a crossdresser. I give her a little
hug and thank her. I can see Sarah lean over and smile over to the
person hanging on to my right hand. I struggle at it, but I am able to
not burst out crying over all the joy and support I am feeling now.
The little caf? that someone had chosen was very nice. Modern in its
d?cor but very traditional in its menu. The meal was great and getting a
chance to talk Kayla and Steph was exciting. Soon as we were finished,
Stuart had to head back, making a joke about leaving the 'hens to gossip'
The group of incredible women sat around chatting after our lunch and I
found that I spent a lot of time talking to Jamie and Nikki. Jamie was
so nice in just listening to me and giving me advice about my journey.
She seemed very interested in what I was going through and sympathetic
over the travails with my father. On top of that, she was very willing
to answer not only my questions about transitioning but my silly fan
questions. As the time went on, I began to feel I had made a new friend.
Nikki jumped in from time to time with her thoughts and teasing the woman
she called her mentor.
As we talked, I looked over and I spotted the love of my life. She had
seemed to have taken charge of Olivia. I watched as she chatted and
laughed with Sarah, Kayla, and Steph, all while holding little Olivia.
Jenny turned and our eyes met. I watched as a large loving smile spread
across her face as I stared at her. What was funny was the voice from
behind me. "You two seem to share something special." Jamie said to me.
Without breaking eye contact with Jenny, I answered my new friend with
the only answer I knew. "She is my soulmate" I finally turned to see
Nikki and Jamie sitting there with large smiles on their face. "We know
the feeling." Nikki said. I began giggling "Is it that obvious?" I asked
and the smiles and nods I received showed me I wasn't the only one who
noticed it.
Olivia began getting fussy and Jamie decided it was time to get Olivia
home for a nap. I watched Jenny hug the little Angel before Jamie put
her in her stroller. Jenny and Jamie shared a hug and the two began
making plans to get together again. "Lex and I want to go to Harrods
tomorrow, that may not sound exciting to a famous model like you but we
have been looking forward to it." Steph began laughing. "Keeping Jamie
away from shopping is like keeping Snikki away from the clubs on the
weekends!" Nikki and Sarah shot the singer dirty looks while Jamie
laughed. "It sounds like a good idea to me. Why don't we meet at 11:00
at Harrods? Maybe a few other people will come along." Jamie said as she
shared another hug with me. Kayla and Steph left shortly after Jamie
leaving Jenny and I alone with Snikki. The Phillips-Thomas family began
in on us about coming over for dinner. We agreed that tonight would be
the night and that we would come up to their flat. We said our goodbyes
and began making our way back to the hotel room, directions to the
apartment in hand.
When we got back, we were surprised to find that Marty was there.
"What?" he asked, "no shopping bags?" This time it was my turn to answer.
"Oh, be quiet Marty." The simple answer caused my partner to giggle at
her father being shot down by me. Marty chuckled at us and began to ask
us about our day. We went on and told him about the lunch and how we had
met two of the members of Out of Heaven and Jamie. Marty got up and went
to the bar and asked if we wanted anything and poured us each a drink
before sitting down and rejoining us and listening to our tales from
lunch. I looked at Marty and apart from the smile on his face, he seemed
a bit tired. "I am Alexa. This has been an interesting trip. Lots of
meetings, not enough time to see the sights. I envy you guys. I get to
go to another dull dinner meeting tonight while I suppose you two will be
off galivanting around." Jenny went over to her father and tried to
cuddle up to him. He kissed her on her forehead as she expressed concern
over his condition. "What if we stayed another day daddy and we just
hang out, the three of us. Go to the Tower or something?" Marty kissed
her on her forehead again and told he would think about it. But he moved
Jenny from off him and got up. "That is sounding like a better idea, but
now I am off to another dinner meeting with the seed people here in
London. You two have fun and be safe. If you are not going to make it
back to the room text me, do you understand?" We both nodded in agreement
and watched Marty don his suit coat and leave the room. Jenny came over
and cuddled up to me.
We decided we would pack a small bag in case it got too out of control
tonight at Snikki's. After getting our things organized, we made our way
down to the Lobby and asked for the nearest Underground station. We made
our way and hopped on what we thought was the correct train, which with
the way our luck had been going, it wasn't. By the time we figured it
out we were about 3 miles in the opposite direction we wanted to go. We
took a moment to study the map and time tables and figured out which way
we needed to go. We waited around for the right train and 26 minutes
later than we had planned we were standing outside the door of the flat
we were told was Nikki and Sarah's. Just as we were getting ready to
knock, we heard a giggling child on the other side. Jenny studied the
address once again. "This is it." Jenny said and knocked on the door. A
second later Sarah was at the door "Come in. Welcome to our flat!" Sarah
said to us as we shared hugs. As we entered we were taken by two things,
first how small it was and Nikki sitting there giggling away with a
little girl that looked like a younger version of her. The little girl
was a bit taken aback by the arrival of Jenny and me. "Hey girlies"
Nikki said her usual way. "I have someone I want you to meet. Jenny,
Alexa this is my sister Jenny." My Jenny made her way over to the
precious little girl. "Hi Jenny. My name is Jenny too." Little Jenny
tried to hide her face in her sister's blouse, causing all of us to
giggle. Nikki began speaking to her sister. "You know your Minnie Mouse
dress?" We could see little Jenny nod, "Well this is the big Jenny and
Alexa that sent it to you." The young girl pulled her head out and
studied my fianc?e for a second before wiggling out of her sister's arms
and coming over to inspect 'big' Jenny a little more. "You are big
Jenny?" she asked and Jenny smiled and nodded telling the toddler she
was. The little girl than thanked Jenny for the dress. Before grabbing
my Jenny around the legs in a hug. It didn't take long for my Jenny to
reach down and pick up the girl.
We all took a seat and Sarah brought out a bottle of wine and four
glasses as well as spill proof cup of juice for the youngest member. "My
mum asked if we could watch her for a bit. I thought it would be fun to
see Little Jenny and Big Jenny together." Nikki explained. I giggled at
the name big Jenny. I turned and looked at my fianc?e who stared at me
and said, 'don't even think about calling me that." We all began laughing
and then my Jenny began telling the other two the same thing, before
turning to the young Jenny, "but you can call me that anytime you little
cutie." Little Jenny giggled and began telling Jenny about something
while Sarah, Nikki and I sat back and watched the pair of Jennys. The
more I watched my Jenny the more I became excited about our future
together. Our enjoyment of the two Jennys was interrupted by a knock at
the door. Sarah went to get it. In walked a woman who you could
recognize almost immediately.
As soon as the woman said hello to Sarah, Nikki's sister lost all
interest in my fianc?e. She ran to the door yelling "Mummy". The older
woman reached down and picked up her young daughter. As Nikki got up,
you could see the close, family resemblance. "Mum", Nikki began "I would
like you to meet our American friends Alexa Quinn and Jenny Thompson.
Guys, this is my mum Sandra" as we extended our hands to Mrs. Thomas I
watched as a knowing look came across her face. "So, you are the pair
who allows me to fight with Jenny every week." Jenny and I began to blush
as we shook hands.
"Ah sorry about that but it was all her fault" I say pointing at my Jenny
who promptly gives me a little kick in the shins as she turns on the
charm for Mrs. Thomas. "We are sorry about that, but the dress was so
cute. Besides, Lex picked out all the rest of it." Jenny said and then
reached down and gave little Jenny a tickle. "Besides this little cutie
was perfect for the dress." Little Jenny giggled as my Jenny gave her a
little tickle in the tummy. We chatted with Nikki and Sandra as Sarah
helped her little sister in law get her things organized. Jenny and I
tried to get a few stories out of Sandra about her eldest daughter.
Nikki was going to have none of that and shot her mother a look to stay
quiet, only causing Jenny and I to laugh hysterically and tease our
friend. Sarah and Little Jenny came up and we all said our goodbyes, but
the two Jennys shared a special hug. "See you little Jenny" my fianc?e
said, which was returned with a "Bye Big Jenny" it was very cute. Nikki
closed the door as her little sister and mother left. She let out a big
sigh. Then a wicked smile came across her face, "Okay girlies, time for
some wine."
The four of us spent the next hour talking, telling stories but mostly
laughing. We heard about the wedding and watched a recording of it.
Both of our friends looked so beautiful and Jenny and I began to get
excited. We began to lament that we didn't come over, but I still didn't
have my passport at that point as Alexa and I had given up the one that
said Alex. We told Nikki and Sarah the tale of my car accident. Nikki
and Sarah got a tremendous laugh as I told the tale of Jenny's actions in
the Emergency Room. "I wasn't that bad" Jenny pouted. Nikki mockingly
comforted her as the tales I told became funnier. Jenny tried to change
the subject a few times, but Sarah and Nikki wouldn't let her.
Eventually the questions turned to my health not only post-accident by my
transition as well.
"Things have been going great! I have felt wonderful." I told them as I
watch Jenny shake her head. "What?" I ask as Nikki and Sarah look on.
"Ok, you have been doing great, but when those emotions hit, watch out!"
Jenny says. I watch as Sarah nods her head at my lover's comments, but
Nikki tried to comfort me. "I remember those times, when the littlest
things when get me bawling. Heck I still do. It is all part of the
wonderful journey you have undertaken. Don't worry about it OK?" I think
Nikki saw I was embarrassed by those emotions and she attempted to assure
me it was all worth. I was shocked when she said they still happen, and
asked her for an example.
"One Saturday night a couple of weeks ago, Mum called and asked if we
would mind watching Jenny. We went over there and began going through
all the DVDs she had and we had never watched Toy Story 3. Have you seen
it?" Nikki asked and both Jenny and I nodded. Instantly I knew exactly
the scene Nikki was talking about and as I listened to her describe it, I
felt myself get worked up over it. The next thing I knew Nikki and I
were hugging each other crying away. It was then I realized that I
wasn't alone in these feelings and that Nikki would be there to talk with
me. As we tried to get ahold of ourselves, our other halves announced
they were going to get dinner organized and left the tow of us. The
questions I had started to flood to my mind. While I had emailed,
texted, called, etc. etc. Nikki many times, being here with her made it
so much easier to talk about what I am experiencing. "Do you ever just
break down for no reason what so ever? I asked and went on to describe
the situation from the spring when I was reading for class. She nodded
her head. "Still do and I have been doing this for four years! I will
start crying over a commercial on the telly." I join Nikki in sharing a
giggle. "Me too" I state. We exchange a hug. "You ever need s friend,
you know I am here 24/7. Don't worry about it. OK?" I nod my head. That
moment proved that I had won the lottery on this journey and now also had
made a decision. A decision I needed to get agreement upon.
Sarah and Jenny call us to eat, where we sit down and dig into the
spaghetti, or Spag Bol, as they called it. The laughter continued
through the various course and another couple of bottles of wine. After
we were done washing the dishes and finishing our third bottle of wine, I
looked over at Jenny. I saw a smile cross her face and give me a little
nod. The decision was made, now the action had to be taken.
"Sarah, Nikki we have something we need to ask?" I paused for both a
dramatic moment and to give myself a chance to work up the nerves. Jenny
reached out for my hand as I began to speak. "Jenny and I have been
talking and we know it may be hard and we would completely understand if
you don't want to but would you two be our bridesmaids?" Unlike many
times when there is dead silence while the questioned gained their senses
the squeals of acceptance were almost immediate. "Of course, we would!"
Sarah exclaimed. "We would be more than honoured." Nikki said as we all
squealed in excitement. As Nikki and I were exchanging hugs, I noticed a
tear in her eye. I couldn't believe our silly question could move her to
tears. It was then I realized I was crying to. We smiled at each other
as we broke the hug and then more excitement took over. All four of us
were practically bouncing of the walls. "We need to go out and
celebrate" Jenny announced "is there a bar nearby?" Sarah said there was
and the four of us grabbed our coats and purses and made our way down the
street to a local pub. The place was pretty much like any bar we would
go to back home. We had decided to switch from the wine we were drinking
to vodka, along with some various other drinks that we walked the
bartenders through. We practically took over the small dance floor in
the corner and spent the night drinking and dancing. We became the hit
of the bar, we were laughing, singing and celebrating. For lack of a
better term we were out of control.
The craziness of the night was confirmed as I woke up the next morning.
I was lying on the floor of Snikki's apartment next to Jenny. My head
hurt and mouth tasted terrible. I looked over at Jenny who was sprawled
out next to me wearing a London COF 5K t-shirt and panties. I looked
down and realized I was wearing a Lincoln City Imps T-shirt and panties.
The thought that we were not in our clothes let me know we were not that
out of control that we passed out in our clothes from the night before.
I needed to use the bathroom and tried to extract myself from Jenny. I
could feel her grab at me as I tried to get up "Don't go babe. Cuddle"
Jenny said in her toddler voice. I told her I had to and made my way into
the lav before heading to the kitchen to get a glass of water. I
returned to the living room and found Jenny whimpering a bit. "Lex come
back" she whined and I eased myself down. "I'm here babe." I told her
and she latched onto me and pulled me down. "Don't leave again" she
whimpered and I assured her I wouldn't. I kissed Jenny on the cheek
which earned me an "Mmm, I love you" from her before she and I both
drifted off.
For the second morning in a row, I was awoken by Nikki. But unlike the
phone yesterday, I couldn't ignore her, especially since she was
alternating between groaning from pain and kicking me in the feet to wake
up. "Come on you two wake up. We have to meet Jamie." I looked up at
Nikki who was sitting there but I noticed that Sarah wasn't around. It
was then we heard the shower start up. Having talked with the couple in
the past, I had heard of their 'water conservation' methods. "What are
you doing out here? Shouldn't you be doing you part for saving the
planet?" I said with a smart alek smile on my face while Jenny laughed.
Nikki gives me a little kick and blushes. "We thought that since you two
were here we would be good." Jenny and I begin giggling hard "Like you
are going to shock us!" I assure Nikki, who slips off to join her wife in
their conservation efforts where I collapse back down on the floor next
to my fianc?e.
We were awoken again by Mrs. Phillips-Thomas, but the other one. "Get up
you two, we have to get you back to the hotel and cleaned up." I slowly
opened my eyes and saw Sarah standing there in a very stylish knee length
red and black stripped pencil skirt with a simple black top. Platform
heeled shoes covered her feet and solid black tights covered her legs. A
little brimmed hat sat on top of her head. She looked very stylish.
Nikki though was going all out. She had on a black skater skirt with
translucent black tights. She wore a rose-colored cable-knit sweater that
cutoff at the midriff and on her feet some calf-high lace up boots and a
tan scarf around her neck. I began to get nervous that I was going to
have to pull a rabbit out of my hat to look as good as these two. I
looked at our two friends. "I don't think I can be seen with you two. "I
said with a smile. Sarah thanked me but Nikki got all nervous. 'It
isn't too much is it?" she asked. This time it was my turn to tell her
to be quiet. "You look incredible and you know it so knock it off." I
looked down and saw Jenny slowly open one eye, and then she announced she
couldn't be seen with our British friends. "I always feel like crap when
I am with you." We all giggle and remind Jenny that she was the
instigator last night. "Oh, that's right, well I guess I can be seen
with you then." Jenny giggled and the two of us got off the floor. We
went into the bedroom and changed, somewhat, into our clothes from the
night before. Nikki leads us down to her car and we head off to our
hotel. We led our friends up to the lounge area and showed them where
everything was and then slipped off to get ready.
We emerged a half hour later in our attempts to equal the look of our
friends. Jenny had a brown knee length circle skirt with a cut out
diamond pattern at the hem and a brown and white top with a similar
diamond pattern to the skirt. She wore my jean jacket and a pair of
burgundy platform pumps. If the girls weren't here, the outfit would not
have been on much longer. I decided to go with a look like Nikki's I had
a black skater skirt and this time I had bare legs with just my knee-high
suede boots, a long sleeve white sweater and MY leather jacket. Sarah
teased me. "Finally got your jacket from Jenny. Good for you" Jenny
stuck her tongue out at Sarah. I of course had to get my shot it in.
"Yeah, I had to barricade her in the bathroom and then hid it from her
until she was dressed." I wasn't lucky enough to only get a tongue stuck
out at me and took a playful slap to the arm. We went down stairs and
hailed a cab to take us to the one stop outside of the concerts and the
game, we were looking forward to.
We arrived a little early and found a coffee shop just across the street
from the store. As Nikki and Sarah went into get a couple of coffees
Jenny and I found a table and starred at the store. Jenny slid up next to
me, "There it is babe, Harrods. The store we have been dreaming of since
our birthday." She cuddled in next to me and squeezed my arm. I looked
at the giddy, beautiful blonde sitting next to me and began thinking of
how far we had come in just a little over a year. As I reached to
squeeze her closer, I caught sight of the incredible ring that was on my
finger. The emotion of it all took control and I began to weep. Jenny
let go of my arm and pulled me in tighter. It was as Jenny was holding
me that I felt another hand on my back. "You OK Alexa?" I nod and giggle
a bit. I let Nikki know it was just one of the moments and she nodded
and gave a light hug before sitting down. We reached for our coffee and
began our wait, a wait that was interrupted by a text. "Well we can head
over anytime we want, that was Jamie. Olivia isn't feeling well so Jamie
doesn't want to leave her." Sarah began to chuckle a bit "Jamie miss
shopping? That little one sure has changed her." We finished our much-
needed coffee and begin to make our way across the street to the high-end
shopping mecca we had read so much about. Holding hands as we walk, our
breath is taken away by the sheer feeling of luxury and high fashion.
Sarah walks up behind Jenny and me "Eh, it's alright but nothing as
awesome as the Mall of America." We spun around and looked at our friend
as if she is nuts. Sarah just laughs at us.
We made our way up to the first floor where we are blown away by the
sheer volume of designer clothes. We become lost as we begin to look
through displays and racks of skirts, blouses, party dresses, formal
dresses, sun dresses. Our minds went into overload. We oohed and ahhed
over everything, even the budding fashion queen Sarah was in bliss as we
debated the various garments that we encountered. Jenny and I tried to
be good, but it was tough. We found a few skirts to try on and even
purchased one or two, one of which nearly depleted one of the cards Marty
had given us. We worked our way around the floor and looked at
everything. Somehow Nikki and I were together when we walked into an
area that held the more formal dresses, and that's when I saw it. It was
a purple cocktail dress with a sequined upper half and lace and taffeta
flair skirt. My mind went blank as I was mesmerized by the dress in
front of me. Nikki began to giggle next to me. I told her to go
distract Jenny and Sarah for a bit while I went to try it on. I found my
size and asked the clerk if I could try it on and she led me back to the
changing rooms. I quickly stripped off my skirt, boots and top and
adjust my bra straps. I slid on the dress and floated into heaven. I
HAD to have this dress. I didn't care how much it cost. It would be
perfect for the reception tomorrow night. I looked at myself in the
mirror in the lounge area outside of the changing rooms and was even more
convinced I needed this dress. I went back into the changing room and
texted Nikki to bring Sarah and Jenny over to the dressing area and to
text me when they were here. I waited just a few minutes and I received
the reply form my British sister.
I double checked that everything was straight and opened the door.
Sitting in the posh couches, I watched three pairs of eyes go wide and
smiles spread across their faces. Nikki began tearing up and Sarah
nodded approval, but it was the reaction of the lone blonde that meant
the most to me. She slowly rose from the couch and walked over to me as
she stood in front of me she said words that always make my heart soar
"You're beautiful Lex" and planted a long deep kiss on me. Not to be
conceited, I knew I looked good, but I didn't know I looked that good.
Snikki rose form the couch and came over. "That is a beautiful dress
Alexa." Sarah said and began looking it over from more of
designer/construction side. Nikki was still weeping a bit as she gave me
a hug. "I can't believe you are the same person I met 6 months ago. You
are stunning Alexa." I began to blush over the comments. Jenny just
stood there and starred with a smile that was incredible. It was a
combination of pride and lust. She said nothing. I walked over to the
full-length mirror again as Sarah began describing some of it. As I
stood there looking at in the mirror I could see that Jenny's eyes never
left me. When I spun around to look at her it was the same thing and
then as if on cue we both began to weep a bit and moved quickly towards
each other. Another deep kiss was shared before we finally split, Jenny's
eyes still not leaving me. I looked over and saw Sarah holding a crying
Nikki. I knew we needed to get going so I turned back towards my
soulmate and asked if she thought I should buy it. Her response was
wonderful.
"If you don't, we are through" she said with a mischievous smile. It was
then we decided we better look at the price "?575! That would be nearly
$750! I can't get this Jen!" I state as I begin to get sad. She lifted
my head up a bit and looked at me with those beautiful blue eyes, love
radiating from them. "We are getting that dress. It is perfect for
tomorrow night. We might have to take a little heat from daddy, but we
are getting it!" I went back to the changing room and changed back to the
skirt and sweater I had worn and felt a bit sad that I was having to take
off this beautiful dress, but knew I would be wearing it again. I came
out of the dressing rooms and was met by the clerk. When I told her I
would take the dress, I watched the woman become snotty. "Really?" she
said to me with an almost exaggerated accent. "That dress is ?575. I
hardly believe a school girl could afford such a dress." It was then I
watched Jenny get a bit wound up over the woman's attitude. If there is
one thing you do not tell Jennifer Ann Thompson is that she cannot afford
an item of clothing. As Jenny is going off, I lean over to Sarah, who is
standing next to me and whisper "Watch this." Jenny strides up to the
woman and looks her in the eye, at that moment the stuck-up girl I met
three years ago comes out of hiding. "That was a pretty rude thing to
say to my fianc?e. Do you work on commission?" Jenny asks. The woman
nods. Jenny takes the dress from her and walks over to another clerk who
is standing nearby. "Excuse, but we would like to purchase this dress
and we need someone to ring it up for us, would you be able to help?" The
young clerk can see her co-worker roll her eyes a bit but she tells Jenny
of course she can and heads to a concealed terminal and processes the
transaction. I watched the clerk who had been so rude nearly faint as
Jenny whipped out Marty's Black American Express. Nikki and Sarah giggle
a bit as I watch the first clerk race to Jenny and begin apologizing.
Jenny looks her in the eye, "You don't need to apologize to me. The
person you need to apologize to is right over there."
Jenny has the young clerk, Ashley, send the dress down to package pick up
and we continue our spree. She stops when she sees a gorgeous gold
cocktail dress, she looks at me with her evil grin. 'I'll be right back"
she says as she grabs the dress and races off to try it on. She doesn't
even bother calling the three of us in to check out the form fitting,
backless dress with long sleeves. She simply comes out and hands the
dress to the same clerk and hands her Marty's card. When she comes back
over, she does a little curtsey as the three of us give her an ovation.
"Where did that Jenny come from?" Nikki teases. I tease Jenny too "Wow,
I haven't seen her in a while" Jenny wraps her arms around me and gives
me a kiss, before turning towards Nikki. "I don't let her out much
anymore, but when I do it is fun! But now that that is over, we need to
get something to go with those dresses!" Jenny exclaims and my eyes light
up. "Shoes?" I ask in an excited voice. Jenny nods and Sarah and Nikki
begin to lead us to the lift, as Sarah called it. We were a bit confused
until Nikki told us it was an elevator to us colonials. We began to
giggle and stick our tongues out at our friends out as we waited to get
on. For some reason, I watch the two share a nervous look as we ascend
four floors. "What?" I ask. Sarah nods at her wife. Nikki takes a deep
breath. "You know how we joke as to what it would be like to go to
Disney with you? Well, we are nervous as to what will happen when the
two of you enter Harrods Shoe Heaven." Sarah giggles a bit as the 'lift'
comes to a stop.
There is a term in the lexicon that can be over used, but I think of all
the times I may have used it this might be the most accurate ever. As
the doors of the elevator opened, Jenny and I let out an audible gasp
that got the attention of a few of the customers. We were in awe. Jenny
and I had been in some wonderful shoe stores in our time together but
nothing like this. We couldn't move. I had to reach to stop the
elevator door from shutting and we both felt a gentle push into our backs
to get us moving. Even when we left the elevator we just stood there in
awe. Every major designer you could think of was there. Every type of
shoe you could imagine was there. Jenny and I finally looked at each
other and let a scream. The next thing I know we were practically
skipping down the aisles as we entered Harrods Shoe Heaven. We could hear
Snikki laughing at the two of us as we began to go crazy. It didn't take
long for Jenny to have two pairs of shoes she wanted to try on at the
Prada area, one at Jimmy Choo and three at Dolce & Gabbana. I wasn't
much better. I immediately found three pairs at Valentino I wanted, of
course none were for the dress I just bought. We finally caught our
breath and began looking for the shoes we need for our dresses that we
planned on wearing at the big Viking gala tomorrow night. That doesn't
mean we didn't stop trying on other shoes and in total we left after
purchasing 8 pairs between us, three pairs for Jenny and five for me! As
we are walking away with our purchases. Jenny began to tease me. "I
think I created a monster. You now have more shoes that I do and I
didn't think that was possible!" Turning to Sarah, Jenny asked 'Sarah, do
you ever feel like that?" Sarah laughed.
"Definitely. Nikki has many more skirts and dresses than I do and shoes.
We actually had to go through and weed some out when we moved into the
flat." Nikki tried to put on a pout. I put an arm around my friend and
told her I understood. Sarah leaned over and gave her wife a kiss to
make up for the teasing. Jenny and I gave out an 'aww' and then looked
at each other. "If Snikki can show a little PDA, so can Jexy" Jenny
announced and gave me a long kiss. As our two couples broke, we
remembered we had a lunch reservation yet. And whether it was karma or
not, the restaurant we had chosen was on the exact same floor as Heaven.
We went in and tried to keep it somewhat light, though we did realize we
needed to put a little food in our tummies, as we had a big nigh ahead of
us. As we were enjoying a bottle of wine with our lunch, my phone rang.
"Alexa? It's Jessica. I am on my layover right now. What are you guys
doing?" We met Jessica and her fianc?e Paige, on our last trip to
Florida. Not only were Jessica and Paige both transgender but as it
turned they were friends with Snikki and the rest of their group.
"Hey Jess! Just having lunch with Snikki. Where you at?
"Paris today, which means that Paige is in Dublin." Jessica giggled a
bit, but I could hear some weariness in her voice. "But enough of that.
Are you ready for tomorrow? It should be fun and you will really like
our friends" I look over at Jenny and watch as she remembers our
commitment, and then I asked Sarah and Nikki if they wanted to join.
They declined because they had to go to Sarah's Father's house for his
birthday. "We are looking forward to it, as long as I don't have to hear
about the Ravens." I tell the Baltimore native who now lives here in
London. Of course, Jessica can't let that slide. "Two Super Bowls to
none my friend. Remember that." Jessica teased. She told me to dress
casual and gave me the address of the pub they wanted to meet. 'Can't
wait Alexa. Must run, time to prep for my flight. See you tomorrow!" I
hit then end button and settle back into the conversation. I had
forgotten that Sarah and Nikki were going to celebrate her father's
birthday tomorrow. I knew that the relationship between Sarah and her
step-mother were strained at best. I asked her if she was ready to face
the 'Dragon' as she called her. Sarah laughed. "I always am, until I
get there. Then the problems begin." Nikki nodded.
As we continued our conversation, Nikki asks where we were meeting Paige
and Jessica. "They want to introduce us to some friends of theirs. We
are meeting them at some pub called The Albion on New Bridge Street." I
explain. Sarah and Nikki gave out a laugh as I told them the location.
"Your just not meeting up at some pub, you are meeting up at a major City
pub. Full of all their fans, all them to cheer on City. Be careful,
don't start saying ManU!" Nikki advised. Jenny looked at me for
clarification, while I knew a bit about English soccer, or football, I
wasn't as familiar with the different teams, so I asked. "So, what's the
difference between Man U and Man City?" I asked. "A lot, even I know
that." Sarah said. Nikki attempted to explain a bit about the difference
between the two clubs. I was glad she did, because I didn't want to look
foolish. 'We have to go shopping after this" Jenny said, "we have to
look right, we don't want to stick out!" Sarah and Nikki laughed at my
fianc?e. I then tell the pair about what Jenny had done when we went to
a hockey game with my brother and Katie. Both got a laugh as I describe
the mittens and my brother's reaction, Jenny tried to pout a bit but the
kiss on the cheek I gave her brought her back. Jenny then explained what
she thought we would need. Nikki nodded for a second and picked up her
phone. She called Stuart, who provided her with the name of a shop that
was close by. The shop was a few blocks away and was like several I had
been in back home, except the teams were a little different. We found
the women's clothing and Jenny I began looking. Jenny decided on a
classic hoodie with a large embroidered Man City logo on the front, I on
the other hand found a full zip hoodie with the crest embroidered on the
left side. This time I pulled out the card Marty gave me and we paid for
our shirts. As we were walking out Jenny announced we were ready for the
match.
Following our little excursion for fan apparel, we returned to Harrods
and picked up our dresses and then hailed a cab to take us back to the
hotel. Before we had left the girls' flat, we had convinced them to
bring their clothes for the evening to the hotel and that we would head
to the arena from there. We made our way back to the hotel to get ready.
After grabbing our things, we showed the girls to our room, telling them
they can get ready in there while we took Marty's room. As we were
getting ready, I began thinking of Katie. I decided I needed to call
her. I looked at the clock and noticed that it was about the time that
Katie would be coming home for the day. I dialed her number and waited.
Someone answered, but not Katie.
"Why are you calling from London? Nothing better to do?" Danny asked
with a laugh. I of course told him to shut up and that I wanted to talk
to Katie. Then it hit me. "Wait a second what are you doing there?
Isn't Adam going to be pissed?" Danny just laughed at what I was asking
and said Katie would explain. I could hear him hand the phone to Katie.
Having already poured myself a drink, I was in a festive mood so when
Katie answered I was a little more excited that I should be "Katie! How
is my big sister? And what is the meathead doing there this early?" I
heard a mixture of a sigh and a giggle come out of the woman who had
always been my big sister.
"Are you already drunk Lex? No Danny took the day off. You don't know?"
Katie asked me. I told her I knew nothing about what was going on back
there. Katie sounded a little guarded after that comment. "Well, um,
you see Marty was feeling bad about us not going so he gave us his
tickets to the Gopher game this weekend." I nodded, not that Katie knew,
as I took in this information. I began going over the Gopher schedule in
my head and it hit me. "Marty gave you his tickets to the Iowa game in
Iowa City! That should be fun!" Katie agreed that it was and then I
asked her if they were driving down tonight. "Well not exactly. Marty
is flying us down there and then he is paying for a room for a couple
nights. He figured I was worth it since I put up with you two all the
time." I laughed at first but then started to get a bit emotional. I
couldn't believe that Marty would do that for Danny and Katie. "You OK
Lex?" Katie asked me and I told her I was fine, but my voice was giving
it away. Jenny grabbed the phone out of my hand and put it on speaker.
"Hey Kate, what'd you say to Lex to get her crying?" Jenny asked our
roommate, who went on to explain what Marty had done. "Daddy did that?
How sweet! I will have to tease him about condoning pre-marital sex!"
Jenny said with a laugh.
"Well he puts up with you two, doesn't he?" Katie shot back in good
humor. "So, you guys having fun? Meet up with Snikki yet? Those
pictures from your drive to the concert were beautiful and those pictures
of that town on the coast were very pretty." Jenny went on to explain the
last few days and told Katie about the run with the clerk at Harrods.
"The old Jenny came out of hiding, huh? Well make sure she doesn't come
back home with you. I hope you guys are enjoying yourselves. It has
been awfully quiet around here without you. Which is good and bad."
Katie said and I started crying a bit more. I blurted out "I miss you
Kate" to my big sister and she told me she missed me too. "Hey guys I
gotta go. We have to head to the airport. Have fun at the show tonight.
Snap some pictures and send them to me. And pictures of the dresses
tomorrow night." Jenny and I say goodbye to our roommate and end the
call. As Jenny looks at me a sympathetic look comes over her face. "You
OK babe/" she asks. All I can do as nod as I try and recover from my
latest crying session. Jenny just hugs me and then helps me get cleaned
up and redo my makeup. When she is finished she looks at me and says
'Enough of that. It's time to party!"
And party we did. We entered the lounge and found Sarah and Nikki
already enjoying some drinks and we joined them. It wasn't long before
someone had turned on some music and the four of us were dancing around
the room and singing at the top of our lungs. The sight that Marty saw
when he entered must have been pretty funny. Here were four young women,
all dressed in short dresses, ready for a night of partying, dancing
around and singing. I was closest to the speakers and turned down the
volume and watched Marty stand there with a smile on his face. The four
of us girls calmed and began feeling a bit busted. Marty just laughed.
"Well I can see you four are ready for the show tonight. You two must be
Sarah and Nikki, I am Jennifer's father, Marty. I figured I better
introduce myself since my girls here are being somewhat rude." Marty said
with a grin aimed at me and Jenny, who did not let it slide. "Be quiet
daddy." Marty shook hands with our friends and then continued. "Well I
hope you four have fun tonight. Stay out of trouble OK?" We just nodded
at Marty. "Don't drive either. Call down for a cab and I will cover it.
And go back to your partying. I am just dropping of my brief case before
I go and meet some of the management team." For some reason, I felt
compelled to follow Marty in to his room and give a big hug.
"What was that for?" Marty asked as I released my grip. "I just wanted
to thank you for giving Katie and Danny the tickets and paying for a
flight and room and all that." I got a little teary, hormones playing
havoc with me again. Marty just grinned and then kissed me on the
forehead. "Alexa, it was no big deal. Jenny said you were feeling bad
about leaving Katie at home and I wasn't going to be using the tickets,
so why not? Katie deserves it after dealing with you two and Danny
deserves it even more for dealing with all three of you. Now get out of
here and go have some fun. Just not too much fun." I hugged him again
and gave him a kiss on the cheek before returning to the celebration.
Jenny just grinned as she knew what was up. Nikki came over and gave me
a hug and I could see her tearing up as well. "You know I thought I got
lucky with Beverly, but it seems like you hit the jackpot." I told Nikki
how close Marty and I had become and then explained what he had done for
Katie and Danny. I was just so happy I told her. Nikki smiled and said,
"Well let's use that happiness in a fun way." The comment broke me out of
my fit and after sharing a quick hug with my British sister, the music
was blaring and the festivities were once again underway.
After another round or two it was time to head to Wembley to see Out of
Heaven for a second time in four days. Jenny called down to the
Concierge and ordered up the cab and we proceeded to head down stairs.
As we were waiting in the lobby I noticed two things. Just how hot the
four of us looked. Nikki had on a short multi colored dress that did
little to conceal her female form. Sarah had one of her own creation, a
black halter dress the went to about mid-thigh. Jenny had on a short hot
pink strapless dress that I couldn't wait to tear off her later and I
myself was in a bright red one of similar design. The other thing I
noticed was the looks we were receiving from the men in the lobby. I had
seen guys eye me up before, but this was different. They all had smiles
on their faces and a bit of lust in their eyes. I moved over towards
Nikki and asked if she had gotten used to this kind of treatment. The
funny thing was Sarah answered for her. "You don't ever get used to it
Alexa. But it does feel nice from time to time to be appreciated." I
watched Nikki and Sarah exchange a smile and squeeze each other's hands
as a sign of their feelings towards each other and then felt a hand take
mine and squeeze it. Jenny stood there with a smile on her face like a
proud parent.
The concierge came up and told us our cab was there, just as we were
beginning to walk out, Jenny and I noticed Marty come out of the hotel
bar with a smile on his face. It seemed a little odd until we got to the
door. Sitting there at the entrance was a White Rolls Royce Phantom. The
four of turned and looked at Jenny's father, whose smile had gotten even
bigger. "Have fun tonight." Was all he said as he waved and returned to
the bar. A driver held the door for us as we piled into the back and
took our seats. Sarah was the one who spotted the bottle of champagne.
"Your father goes all out doesn't he?" Sarah asked as she stripped the
foil off the bottle and popped the cork. A cheer came from all five us
as Jenny held out glasses. Nikki decided that she would make a toast.
"To our two American sisters. When we first heard about you two we never
would have dreamed that there would be another couple as much in love as
Sarah and me, but you two might be our equal. We are so glad you came
over and let's have a fun night!" We clinked glasses and cheered. We
turned up the music and much to the driver's happiness, closed the
partition. Sarah and Nikki continued to go on about Marty and his
generosity, not only for the limo for the night but for what they had
done for Katie and Danny. "He must love you two a lot" Sarah said and it
kind of hit me. Marty loves me? And a smile crept across my face rather
than tears. Jenny spoke up "I think he loves Lex and tolerates me!"
Jenny shot me a smile as I became a bit embarrassed by the comment. She
leaned over and kissed me and said, "what's not to love." This got the
other two giggling and earned us an 'Aww' from the married couple.
We pulled up to the VIP entrance of Wembley Arena about twenty minutes
before the show was to begin. The driver opened the door for us and I am
surprised we didn't just come falling out we were so giddy, and a bit
tipsy. Nikki led us to the VIP entrance where she began chatting with
the security guard. Nikki took Sarah by the hand and then led us through
the tunnels underneath the Arena. We came to a door that had another
security guard that Nikki knew standing watch. He held the door for us
as we entered a roped off area just to the left of the stage. There were
people of all ages there and we were introduced to most of them. As we
mingled through the group, a loud booming voice could be heard calling
Nikki's name "Nikki and Sarah! How wonderful to have you here with us and
who are these two beautiful women you have brought with you?" Nikki then
introduced us to one of the nicest men we had ever met, her boss and the
Owner of Heavenly Talent Joshua Benedict. He seemed very interested in
knowing a bit about us and said he hoped we enjoyed the show, before
moving off to talk to more people. Jenny and I began giggling, when
Sarah asked us what was so funny, Jenny spoke up. 'Now I know what you
meant when we took you to Rosato's that night. His voice is even louder
than Paul's."
We each grabbed another drink and mingled about. We were introduced to a
few the family members of the band as well as some of Snikki's friends.
As we were standing there I became awestruck "Oh my god is that Hannah
from the Angels!" I practically shrieked like a teenage girl. Sarah and
Nikki laughed at us and told us of course and then led us over to meet
one of the members of the modeling group we had begun watching on Amazon.
Hannah greeted Snikki like family and then turned her attention to us. I
couldn't believe how friendly she was, just like Jamie was. She seemed
very interested in us and asked if we were having fun and whether we had
allowed Snikki to corrupt us. "I think we corrupted them" I said which
earned us laughs from the supermodel. "Impossible to corrupt the
corrupted!" Hannah said. Just as Nikki was making some comment towards
her 'boss' as she called her, the lights dimmed and soon Out of Heaven
had taken the stage,
"Ooh baby, do you know what that's worth?" came from the speakers the
place erupted. The squeals of teenage girls could be heard and the crowd
that assembled in the VIP area began to sway to the music. Of course,
that night back in our apartment was recreated and we were spotted by
Steph who gave us a big smile and a thumbs up. The rest of the show was
just as fun, if not more. The four of us became a minor hit of the VIP
section as we never stop dancing and singing. Joshua was impressed that
we knew the words to all the songs, even the bits that had been altered.
When we told him how we had discovered the group by accident on YouTube
and became huge fans. A smile spread across his face, kind of like a
lightbulb had gone off. A grin came across his face and he moved off
like he was contemplating a big venture. A venture we began to get
excited for.
The show ended way too soon for our liking. But it was still a great
show. We made a quick stop in the meet and greet just to say to Steph.
She teased us that she was getting ready to pull the four of us up on
stage, which we all threatened her if she ever did. We each gave her a
hug and headed off. The four of us laughed and sang all the way to the
car. It was decided along the way that the night was still young and
that we needed to head out. Sarah was the one to mention some of the
clubs near her University and we thought that was a great idea. As we
piled into the back of the limo we noticed that the bottle of champagne
had been replaced. This time Nikki took the honors of opening the
bottle, but it was my turn to make the toast.
"Sarah and Nikki. Thank you so much for all you have done for us. You
have been there to answer any questions we have had as Jenny and I have
embarked on this journey. You have been confidants, mentors but mostly
friends. And other than one other person who can't be here, we consider
you to be our sisters. You guys are the best" and we all raise our
glasses and take a long swig of the bubbly wine. I watch as Nikki
reached to wipe some tears from the corner of her eyes. 'Damn you Alexa
it's time to celebrate not get all sentimental.' Sarah smiles at me as
she sees me tearing up. Jenny speaks up "Oh knock it off you two.
Enough crying, it's time to party!" We all finish off our glass and pour
another round. Sarah tells the driver the address of the club we want to
head to. By the time we get there the bottle is empty and our desire to
party is stronger than ever.
For the third day in a row, I am awoken by Nikki. "Hey Lex, we have to
leave so we can get up to Sarah's father's. We had a lot of fun last
night. Call us later." I raise my head and see an obviously hungover
Sarah leaning against the door, looking a little green. "Yeah, um see
you guys later. It was fun, maybe a little too much." I mumbled. Nikki
moved off to collect Sarah and the two headed out the door. It was then
I realized that I as curled up on the couch with Jenny. I shake her and
pull her up. 'What are you doing?" Jenny asked groggily. "Taking you
into the bed. We will. be more comfortable." After a little struggle, I
get Jenny onto the bed we had given to our friends. I strip her of her
dress, finally, and strip myself too and crawl into bed next to my
fianc?e and drift off to sleep.
I awoke the second time to a groan coming from my right. "Lex? Where
are you?" Jenny croaks. In what is not normal for us, I realize I have
rolled to the other side of the bed. As I begin to roll back to my
lover's side she rolls into me. We bump heads and both begin giggling.
"Oww!" Jenny cries out before trying to nuzzle up closer to me and wraps
her arms around me. We exchange a few kisses before there is a knock on
the door. "Girls, come on out, here will you?" we hear Marty say. We
look at each other a bit nervously. "Did we do something really bad last
night?" I asked Jenny, who tried to shake her head before croaking out an
"I don't think so." We quickly throw on our Gopher jerseys and grab the
duvet off the bed and make our way out to the lounge. We plop ourselves
on the couch and I cuddle up into my lover. Marty is soon standing over
us holding two cups of coffee. "How are you two feeling?" he asks and I
think our groans answered his question. He laughs at us a bit before
taking a seat. I could see by the way he was dressed he was much more
casual. "I wanted to talk to you two before I headed out for a round of
golf. You two need to be ready to go at six o'clock. We need to be
there by Seven and it is 40-minute ride. Can you two handle that?" We
nodded. "I wanted to make sure I told you these things as I am going to
play golf and probably won't be back until around 5." Marty continued to
laugh at us and then headed out as we sat there and tried to recover.
I don't know how long we were sitting there when the alarm on my phone
went off, telling us we had to get moving so we could meet Jessica and
Paige. After our shower, we began to get dressed. Jenny had decided on
a pair of jeans and a simple pair of Chuck Taylors to go with her new
sweatshirt. I asked if she could go get some coffee going as I pretended
to put on some jeans, but when she left I through a curve ball at her. I
slipped on a pair of black tights and then a black leotard that I had
stashed away. I then slid a pair of cut-off Jean shorts on. They
weren't quite 'Daisy Dukes', as I had the cuffs rolled up a bit. I
finished it off with a pair of brown above the ankle boots I had bought
yesterday. I walked into the lounge and watched Jenny's eyes go wide as
I stood there. "Oh my god Lex! That is so hot" Jenny said as she
slipped up to me and planted a huge kiss on me. "Do you like it?" I
asked only to receive a "Duh" as a response. It was interesting as I
then watched a full range of emotions spread across her face. First it
was a bit of nervousness and then the smile returned. I knew what was
exactly going through her mind and expressed it. "Knock it off. There
is only one person in the whole wide world I get dressed for and you
remember