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"What time do we have to be at your sister's again?" Janet looks through her dressing table mirror at Rachel.

"Half past," Rachel replies, applying her makeup hurriedly.

"We've got half an hour then," Janet turns around to look at Rachel. "You thirsty? I'm gasping. I'll put the kettle on."

Janet gets up and leaves the room and Rachel stares after her. She was getting used to the idea of Janet being her wife now, and they were closer than ever. Rachel had stayed at Janet's since their decision and on many occasions they had stayed up to the early hours, chatting and getting drunk, laughing about how ridiculous all of this was. Tasie and Elise were getting used to it now too, though it was a bit difficult at first. Tasie was thrilled when they told her, much to their relief. But Elise seemed almost angry. She'd gone off into a rant about how they trusted Rachel and all the time she was shagging their mother, but Janet quietly explained to her that they were in fact not actually 'shagging' each other and though she was still upset she seemed to calm down a bit.

Rachel really couldn't be bothered telling Alison. Talking to her was a drain enough without the hundreds of questions she would no doubt ask when she found out Rachel was engaged. To a woman. Ugh. Rachel snaps out of her thoughts as Janet comes back through the door with two steaming mugs of coffee. Rachel takes a sip of her's and resumes applying her makeup.

"Twenty minutes," Janet says, sitting down on the bed next to Rachel. "Do you want me to do your hair to save us some time?"

"Go on then," Rachel replies, concentrating on her eyeliner more than anything else. Janet goes to the spare room to fetch Rachel's hairbrush. She starts to comb through Rachel's hair and Rachel feels herself stiffen. Janet's soft fingers delicately touch the back of Rachel's neck as she pulls the hair to style it. Rachel feels her mouth begin to water and tries to swallow in the least obvious way she can and realises she wants something that has never once crossed her mind before in all of her life.

She shakes herself mentally, realising it must just be the fact they are getting married going to her head and giving her ideas she would never dream of if they weren't in that situation. And that Janet would never feel the same.

Janet jumps off the bed to find a hair clip and soon they are both ready and driving round the corner to Alison's.

"Right, so, remember when we tell her to be convincing and coupley," Janet says as they pull up outside. "But don't overdo it. Just do it how we've been practising."

"Yes, I know," Rachel rolls her eyes. Janet gives her a poke.

"And no telling her the wrong date for the ceremony."

Rachel's eyes widen in fake shock. "Would I do that?" She says sarcastically. Janet laughs and they both get out of the car and knock on the door.

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"That was a lovely dinner Alison. Thank you," Janet says as they go through to the sitting room. She shoots Rachel a look and she mutters a polite 'thank you' to her sister before sitting down next to Janet. She takes a deep breath. Here goes nothing. She shuffles a little closer to Janet and clears her throat.

"Ali," she starts, her voice was slightly shaky but confident at the same time. "I - we - have something we need to tell you." She looks at Janet who gives her a kind smile of encouragement. She hesitates, then puts her hand on Janet's, giving it a small squeeze. She looks back to her sister, whose face is now twisted with confusion.

"We're getting married," Rachel smiled, leaning closer to Janet so their bodies rested against each other just as they'd practiced. The physical contact was causing Rachel's head to spin and her heart stops as she could have sworn Janet's breathing had become more irregular. Though it was probably the stress of telling Alison.

Alison doesn't respond for a second as the information sinks in. Then a huge smile spreads across her face.

"I knew it!" She says. Rachel rolls her eyes. Here we go. "I've always had this sneaking suspicion about you Rach. You've never really been overly keen on lads. At first I thought you just needed to find the right one, but they couldn't all be that bad. And with you, Janet, it was as obvious as the nose on my face." Janet's eyebrows shoot up in surprise and she gives Alison a smile of false agreement. Rachel feels like banging her head on a brick wall. Her sister just had that way with words that could offend anyone. She gives Janet an apologetic look as her sister rambles on and on and only stops when Janet looks at her watch.

"Gosh! Is that the time!" She says. "We really ought to be going - early start tomorrow." Her and Rachel both stand to leave, thanking Alison once more for the meal.

"Let me know when you've set a date," Alison says as they go out the door.

"It's the four-" Rachel starts.

"Twenty-eighth," Janet interrupts, giving Rachel a nudge. "Twenty-eighth of June. Saturday."

"My god! That's only a couple of months away!" Alison exclaims.

"We wanted it to be as soon as possible," Janet smiles. "Good night."


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