Hen Party - Chapter 1 - Jess' POV
Lunchtime at the ARC is really the only time I get to see the girls and today it was important that we had lunch together because we had to discuss Abby's hen party tonight! Abby and Connor had finally set a date and were getting married next weekend and because they didn't want to run into each other on the parties they had decided to go out different nights, Abby's hen party was tonight and Connor's stag party was tomorrow night and next Friday Abby was going to stay at mine with Emily and we were going to get ready here for the wedding next Saturday.
As I walked into the break room I seen the girls already sitting there around a table laughing and giggling, I sat down at the table and we instantly started the hen party chatter "So Abby you and Emily are going to come around to mine later tonight where we will all get ready and go out?" I questioned.
"That's the plan" Abby said with a smile "Oh my God I can't believe tonight is my hen night, it makes everything seem so real now. It's scary to think that next weekend I am going to become Mrs Abby Temple" She said with a laugh.
"It has a nice ring to it" Emily said "I remember my wedding day, I was so excited and happy and overjoyed with everything and although it's a very emotional day and you will cry it's all so worth it in the end when you look in the eyes of the man you love" She explained.
It was sweet that she remembers her wedding day, I know Matt doesn't like her talking about it but it's still sweet "Do you think you and Matt will get married one day?" I asked Emily.
She shrugged her shoulders "I don't know, I don't think Matt is really thinking about getting married or the future right now he's more concentrated on making sure the world isn't going to end" She explained.
The door to my apartment knocked and I opened it to see Emily and Abby standing on the other side, I opened the door wider for them to come in and we went into my living room where I had a bottle of champagne in a bucket of ice and three of my nicest glasses ready and waiting. I poured the girls and myself a drink and we sat down on the sofa and had a couple more drinks before we started getting ready, Emily started her make up, Abby started her hair and I started choosing my clothes ready to get dressed.
It took us a couple hours but we finally were ready to go but we were slightly drunk as we had drunk one and a half bottles of champagne between us. Well Emily was drunk already and me and Abby were just tipsy.
We got to the first club on our agenda and were taken to our table which I had reserved for us and there was a bottle of Grey Goose vodka sitting there and red bull to mix it with, we were sat right next to the dance floor which was good for Emily as she was stumbling everywhere.
It was two hours later when we went to the second club of the evening and we were taken to a private room which me and Emily had booked, there was drink waiting for us and we where in there for twenty five minutes when the door knocked and a man in a fireman uniform came in and me and Emily smirked at each other "Guys I love you" Abby said and laughed. After the stripper did his thing Abby was giggling like a little school girl, would she be doing this when I show her the photos tomorrow of her helping him take off his underwear blindfolded.
At six in the morning we rolled into Abby's apartment where we thought the guys had gone to Becker's but they hadn't they had come here and all three were sprawled out on the sofa, Abby made her way over to Connor and Emily made her way over to Matt and it wasn't long until all three of them were awake "Have you just got in?" Connor asked in shock.
"Oh yeah" I said drunkly and fell next to Becker on the sofa "This apartment is freezing" I stated and Becker handed me his jumper which was sitting on the floor "Thank you" I said.
"Matt did you bring your car?" Emily asked and he nodded "Do you think you can drive? I wanna go home... To bed" The way she to bed didn't sound like she wanted to sleep!
I laid my head on Becker's shoulder and he put his arm around my waist and we cuddled "Did you have fun?" He asked.
"It was amazing! We had a stripper and we got lots of free drink and we had a good old dance" I explained to him.
"A stripper? Any good?" He asked.
"I think you'd be better" I said and faced Abby on the other sofa who was kissing Connor "If you two are going to have sex can you do it in the bedroom?" I questioned.
"Sure" Connor said and picked Abby up and left the room.
Becker got up off the sofa and went into the kitchen and came back with a glass of water and told me to drink it which I did. He sat back down on the sofa and I put my head back on his shoulder and he again put his arm around my waist and we fell into a deep sleep.
When I woke up I was in Abby's bed next to her, she was still asleep, I have no idea how I got here I thought I feel asleep next to Becker on the sofa? I looked at the clock which said 13:04 and I was in shock, it was 1pm and I had just woken up?! This is the latest I have ever slept in my life.
I went into the living room where Connor and Becker were sitting playing a video game, I sat next to Becker and groaned at the loud noises coming from the TV "How you feeling?" Becker asked.
"Are you taking the piss?" I asked.
"How about I drive you home and we can get you some greasy food on the way to help soak up all that alcohol swooshing around in your stomach?" I nodded and once we had all of our things we left.
On the way back to mine we stopped for Chinese and Becker sweetly paid for it, we went into my apartment and got some plates and a drink and then we sat in front of TV and put a movie on and sat there on my sofa cuddled up eating Chinese food and nursing my hangover.
When our film ended Becker stood up "I should probably go home now, I'll see you on Monday" He said and picked up his jacket and was about to leave when I called him back to give him back his jumper I was still wearing but he said to keep it and he left. It was strange it was like he couldn't get away from me fast enough, had I done something wrong? I looked at the clock and seen it was five in the evening so I cleaned up before getting in the hot bubbly bath I made myself.
After my bath I felt much better and got changed into a black spaghetti strap top and a pair of my short bed shorts on and sat in front of the TV with a good movie, I got my blanket and wrapped it around myself as I watched and the phone ringing made me jump "Hello" I said as I answered.
"Hello it's Abby. Can me and Emily come over? We have ice cream and a movie" She questioned.
"Sure that's fine... I've watched two movies today and I'm not sure I can watch another" I said with a laugh.
"OK fine we can have a gossip about last night" She said, we said out goodbyes and hung up.
Twenty minutes later my door knocked and I opened it to see the girls on the other side. I hugged them and they came in where we went to the living room after getting a three spoons and we all squished onto my sofa with Abby in the middle and we all dug into the ice cream and chatted about the night before.
"I cannot believe I helped him strip!" Abby gasped in shock as I showed her the photo and me and Emily laughed "How embarrassing, I tell you what Jess when you get married I am in charge of your hen party and you are going to pay" Abby said and laughed.
Yeah right I thought "Abby I have to find a boyfriend first before we start talking about my wedding" I said to her.
"What about Captain Becker, you two seem very close" Emily commented.
"I don't think so. He came here when we got food and watched a movie and ate our food then when the movie finished he couldn't get away quick enough" I told them.
"Everyone knows he has a soft spot for you, when you were in anaphylactic shock that time he was going to risk them beetles getting out into London so you could have your Epi-Pen. He carried you around the ARC and panicked about you so much and I know he wouldn't do all of that for me... He cares about you and it scares him" Abby explained.
Before I could argue back Emily jumped in "Even I have noticed that the Captain has feelings for you, he wants to look after you and be there for you and if you were to tell him to jump he would ask you how high" She said.
Then why doesn't he tell me "When he tells me he likes me I'll believe it but until then I'm going to go with my theory that he doesn't and just feels sorry for me which is why he came back here with my today because unlike you two I live alone" I explained.