A/N: Thanks for all of the lovely reviews. We're almost at the end of their journey and I've decided that the next chapter is going to be the bachelorette party and the wedding day/honeymoon are going to be their own separate little story. There's no way I was going to squeeze all of that into one chapter. :) I hope you don't mind.
With a little over a month until their wedding, Mrs. Novak decided to host a bridal shower for Alex and Casey. They had expected Abbie and Serena to host the shower, but Abbie and Serena said they wanted to be in charge of the bachelorette parties. Next month, Serena was going to host a middle-school style sleepover party complete with manicures and girl talk. Unlike middle school, they were going to include alcohol and plenty of it. They were going to have cosmos and martinis and anything else the bride-to-be wanted. When she told Abbie her idea, the wheels in Abbie's mind were set in motion. A sleepover wasn't her style, but she was glad her girlfriend was going to be doing something innocent while she was out raising hell with Casey. She knew Casey was going to be 'tied down' to the same woman for the rest of her life so she wanted her to have one more night of fun. She planned on taking her to a strip club and having her get a lap dance. She knew Casey would never cheat on Alex and she wouldn't want her to, but she didn't see the harm in letting Casey have a little fun. The only problem was, Casey had no idea Abbie had any of this planned. She also had no idea that Alex would be the woman giving her a lap dance. When Abbie told Serena her plan, Serena immediately wanted in on it. The two of them confronted Alex and after hours of trying to convince her, she finally gave in. While at the sleepover, Serena and the other women would help Alex get ready for her performance. They were going to rent a private room so Alex could let go of her inhibitions and Casey would be able to touch her future wife in any way she wanted. Alex was worried about security cameras, but Abbie and Serena had already taken care of that. When they explained their plan to the club owner and added another hundred dollars on top of what they were already paying, he agreed to turn off the cameras.
"Serena and I are paying a pretty penny for the two of you to have amazing sex, so you better not bitch out, Cabot," Abbie told her once the arrangements had been made.
Not wanting to let them down, Alex had already begun practicing her moves whenever she was alone even though there was still an entire month before she was expected to perform.
For now, Alex and Casey wanted to revel in the innocence of their bridal shower. It was supposed to be an afternoon filled with games, desserts, and gifts, but that was until they remembered who their two best friends were. When they arrived at their bridal shower an hour early, they saw that Abbie and Serena were already there with little Bry-Anne.
Bry-Anne was singing a song that she had learned in school and Mrs. Novak was ecstatic to have a child in the house for the first time since Casey and her sister were little girls. Both of Mrs. Novak's daughters were in their 30s and both were engaged.
"When are you two going to give me one of these?" Mrs. Novak asked as she watched Bry-Anne start to twirl around in her white sweater and pink skirt. Serena had done her hair in two high pigtails, but Bry-Anne told her to twist those pigtails into two buns so she could look like a teddy bear. She had a doll in one hand and the purse Alex and Casey had given her in the other. Casey knew there was no way her mom would be able to resist that little girl.
"You can have Bry-Anne," Abbie said to Mrs. Novak as she added a few streamers to the ceiling.
Serena wrapped her arms around her little girl from behind. "I was in labor with her for what seemed like an eternity, Abigail. There's no way we're giving her up."
Mrs. Novak looked dumbfounded when she learned that Bry-Anne had come from Serena instead of Abbie so Serena had to explain that Abbie had a twin brother whom they used as a donor. Mrs. Novak wasn't all too familiar with how two women could conceive a child, but she was interested in learning as much about the subject as she could for the sake of her daughter and future daughter-in-law.
"We'll give you one before Katie does," Casey told her mom. "I can promise you that." Ever since they were little girls, Casey and her younger sister Katie had competed over everything and who was going to have a child first wasn't going to be any different.
"Casey!" Mrs. Novak said in disbelief. "It's not a competition."
"Oh, yes it is," Casey teased. "And once Katie has one too, we'll be competing over whose is the cutest. Mini Alex will win, of course."
"Casey!" Mrs. Novak repeated.
"You know it's true, Mom," Casey told her. "If it were physically possible, I'd try to get Alex pregnant tonight."
Alex playfully wrapped her arms around her fiancée. "With the way we make love, if it were physically possible, you probably would have gotten me pregnant long before we were ever engaged."
"Momma! Momma! I want some candy!" Bry-Anne said as she grabbed something from a box Abbie had placed on the coffee table in the living room.
"No, sweetheart! Stay out of there," Serena said as she frantically took the candy away from her daughter.
"This is a celebration," Mrs. Novak told Serena. "Let the girl have some candy."
"Not this candy," Serena said shyly.
"This is…special," Abbie told Mrs. Novak. "It's not for her little eyes."
Out of curiosity, Casey went over to the box and was absolutely mortified when she realized what was in there. "You two brought vulva shaped lollipops?"
"It wouldn't be a lesbian bridal shower without them," Abbie pointed out.
"We have a special one just for Alex," Serena said with a mischievous smile. Once they saw that Bry-Anne was playing with her doll in the kitchen, they pulled out Alex's special lollipop and handed it to her. It was creamy beige on the outside with a very pink center. The shape of the lips looked all-too-familiar and there was a patch of red-orange sugar crystals toward the top.
Alex started blushing. "It's—"
"It's Casey!" Serena said excitedly. "A really good friend of mine makes these and I helped her make an exact replica of Casey's vulva."
"Oh, no," Casey groaned. "Serena, how do you even remember what I look like?"
"We were a couple for two years, Casey," Serena pointed out. "How could I forget?"
"I don't think that's normal," Casey teased. "I don't remember what anyone's looks like other than Alex's and you've been with Abbie for ten years. I would have thought you've seen hers so much that you'd forget about anyone else's."
"Oh, Serena never forgets a vulva," Abbie informed her. "And even if you did remember Serena's, it wouldn't look like that now."
Serena playfully shoved her girlfriend. "With good reason. Our precious little Bry-Anne ripped me in ways I never thought possible."
"It was awful," Abbie recalled. "I witnessed the whole thing."
"She witnessed the whole thing until she fainted," Serena informed them. "That's when they had to call in another doctor just to revive her."
"And, after all that, I'm still here," Abbie said and kissed Serena. "That's true love right there. Hell, our relationship has lasted longer than most marriages."
"But, with that being said," Serena teased. "I'm sure Alex can't wait to have a baby."
Alex was too busy looking at her best friend's ring-less finger to pay attention to what she was saying. Abbie was supposed to propose to Serena on Halloween, but she felt as if the moment wasn't special enough so Alex and Casey insisted that she propose to her on the day of the shower. That day wasn't any more special, but Alex and Casey just wanted to make sure she wouldn't chicken out again.
"Bry-Anne, sweetheart, what are you doing?" Abbie called out.
"Just coloring with Mrs. Novak," Bry-Anne responded. "Can I show you what I colored?"
"Of course you can," Abbie told her. It was all going according to plan and Alex and Casey were having a hard time keeping their excitement to themselves.
"Look what I drew, Momma," Bry-Anne said as she handed the picture to Serena.
Serena looked at a drawing of herself, Abbie, and Bry-Anne with the words 'My Family' written on the top.
"You're a good little artist," Serena told her daughter.
"There's something else," Bry-Anne said excitedly. "Close your eyes."
"Close my eyes?" Serena asked playfully.
"Yeah, close your eyes, Momma," Bry-Anne insisted.
While Serena's eyes were still closed, Abbie took a seat next to her and held her girlfriend's hands in hers. Their daughter stood in front of them and pulled the engagement ring out of her skirt pocket. Once she had the ring, she did as her mom had instructed and concealed it until Abbie gave her the signal.
"Open them now, Momma," Bry-Anne instructed.
"What are you doing?" Serena asked Abbie.
Abbie had always been a confident woman, so Casey wasn't used to hearing her voice shake. Proposals were always nerve wrecking as Casey was well aware of.
"Ten years ago, I laid eyes on the most beautiful woman I had ever seen and, from the moment Jack introduced us, I knew I had to have you—have you on my desk—"
"Abigail!" Serena said in disbelief. "I know that's what happened that day, but still."
"I'm sorry," Abbie said nervously. "I knew I had to have you not just, well, physically. I had to have you in my heart and it wasn't long before you became everything to me. You're my lover, my best friend, the mother of our child, and my reason for living. I know I'm rambling, so I'll let Bry-Anne do the rest of the talking."
Once Abbie winked at her, Bry-Anne slipped the ring on Serena's finger. "Will you marry us—I mean, will you marry Mommy?"
Serena looked down at the ring on her finger. "I would love to marry your Mommy," she told Bry-Anne.
"We did it!" Bry-Anne said to Abbie and held out her little hand for a high-five. "She said yes!"
"Come here, sweetheart," Alex said to Bry-Anne after she had been high-fived by Abbie. "You're going to have to cover your eyes for awhile."
"Abigail, this is really happening? You're—"
"It's really happening," Abbie told her fiancée. "I want us to make that commitment to each other. Besides, I'm in my 40s and whenever I tell people I have a girlfriend, they think you're my mistress. Saying you're my wife sounds more dignified and I'm approaching my mid-life crisis and saying you're my wife will elevate you slightly above the 27-year-old girlfriend I plan on having on the side."
"Stop talking before you ruin the moment," Serena said as she leaned in to kiss her. At that moment, Alex was grateful she was covering Bry-Anne's eyes. Her moms had gone from innocently kissing to practically pawing at each other.
Their celebratory make-out session was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell ringing. Bry-Anne was going to be the only child at the bridal shower, but Abbie and Serena didn't like to be apart from her, so Mrs. Novak offered to watch Bry-Anne while the younger women enjoyed the bridal shower.
When Olivia arrived, Casey and Abbie rushed over to her with a vulva lollipop. They knew it was going to be an awkward situation and they couldn't wait to exploit it.
"What's this?" Olivia asked as she stared at the lollipop.
"You should know," Abbie teased. "You've licked your fair share of them."
"Not in candy form," Olivia snapped back. "Abbie, was this modeled after yours? It looks vaguely familiar."
Casey started laughing once she saw the shocked expression on Abbie's face. "Exactly how many women have you had at this party other than me?"
"Your future wife," Olivia responded. "Abbie, Serena…"
"You wish you still had me," Abbie teased.
"Now I remember why we only lasted two months," Olivia responded. "And that was back in 1998. I was young and made mistakes back then."
Abbie playfully slugged Olivia. "Bitch! It's so good to see you again."
Casey was aware of Olivia's history with her future wife, but she didn't mind. Once Casey dealt with her own breakup with Olivia and the fact that Olivia had once dated the woman she loved, she became one of her dearest friends.
After the games had been played, Abbie urged Alex and Casey to open their gifts. They expected to receive decorations for their apartment or other tasteful gifts, but then they remembered who their friends are. They received lingerie, massage oils, a bullet vibrator, and other gifts that made the brides-to-be blush uncontrollably. They expected their embarrassment to be over until Serena handed a gift box to Alex and one to Casey.
"Alex, open yours first," Serena urged.
"Is this going to make me blush again?" Alex asked.
Abbie smiled at her. "It's from Serena and me. Would you expect it to be tasteful?"
"Point taken," Alex said and opened her gift. She started blushing again when she held up a lacy, white crotch-less thong with a blue ribbon trim. "Trying to spice up my honeymoon?"
"Oh, you haven't seen the best part," Abbie told her. "It's Casey's turn now."
Casey reluctantly opened her gift. When she finally saw what it was, she couldn't help turning red and laughing as she tried to hide her face. "I'm not showing everyone what this is."
"You have to," Olivia insisted and all their other guests agreed.
"They got me a strap-on and flavored lube," Casey tried to announce even though she was still blushing uncontrollably.
"What's with the flavored lube?" Alex asked.
"So it tastes great when you get on your knees and deep throat her," Abbie pointed out. "I love when Serena does that."
"And the crotch-less thong?" Alex asked.
"Well, I'd think that was self-explanatory, but it's so you can leave it on when she's slamming the strap-on in you from behind," Serena told her.
Casey looked at them in disbelief. "What the hell do you two do in bed?"
"It's been ten years," Abbie reminded her. "What haven't we done?"
Once they were back at Casey's apartment that night, the two of them were so exhausted that they decided to go to bed right away. There was only one month until their wedding and Casey still couldn't believe she was fortunate enough to be marrying the love of her life.
"You know," Alex began. "I'm actually looking forward to using Abbie and Serena's gift on our honeymoon. When you and the rest of the girls were drinking sangria, Serena pulled me aside and gave me a few pointers. You're in for the best week of your life."
Casey pulled Alex even closer to her. Not only would she be marrying the love of her life, she'd also have an entire week alone with her after their wedding.