Gemma Morrison's backstory and character traits were stored away in Alexa's mind by the time the car arrived back at the airport, where she had only recently been. Gemma was an accountant, who was well paid for her boring office nine to five during the week, before partying it up at weekends. Luckily, Alexa had mastered the ability to stay in a character even if she got fairly drunk. It was skills like that which allowed her to charge the high prices that her services commanded.
Also filed away in Alexa's memory were the names of the women she was going to be spending the week with. The soon-to-be bride was called Kiera. The rest of the group were Jordynne, Madison, Alisha, and of course Tessa. Shortly, Alexa would be putting faces to the four names she had learned.
Tessa and Alexa had just been dropped off at the airport, and had proceeded into the terminal building. Happily for Alexa, she had been told that they would be waiting for their flight to the Bahamas in one of the VIP lounges. Tessa's guess was that her friends would already be there ahead of them.
"There is something we've not talked about yet," Tessa said quietly after they had been to the check-in desk and offloaded their cases.
"Oh?" Alexa enquired. In truth, she was preoccupied with the fact that, for obvious reasons, she had to fly under her real name. That was something to be cautious about later when the group was boarding the plane. The last thing they needed was for some flight attendant to call her Ms Bliss.
"I put sex in my booking. And, uh, I included my fetish," Tessa said, barely loud enough for even Alexa to hear her.
"I know. It was on the form," Alexa said light-heartedly.
"So, you're okay with it?" Tessa asked cautiously.
"Definitely," Alexa said, giving the client one of her best smiles. "In any case, I don't accept bookings I'm not comfortable with."
"Alright, that's good. I can't wait," Tessa said with a smile of her own. "Oh, there's the lounge we want."
Up ahead, Alexa saw a sign for the lounge belonging to the airline they were flying with. They had chosen to call it a 'Sky Lounge', which seemed pretty silly to Alexa. The lounge was quite plainly on the ground, she thought with some amusement at her own pedantry.
When they reached the door to the Sky Lounge, Alexa hung back to allow Tessa to go in first. It would make the most sense for the introductions, which were presumably about to be made.
Sure enough, when they entered the lounge, Tessa's group of friends were there, each with a glass of wine in hand. The drinking had started already.
"Here she is!" a pretty African-American woman yelled when she saw Tessa, drawing disapproving glances from the few suited up businessmen in the lounge.
"Hi!" Tessa cried excitedly.
Alexa stood there with a semi-nervous smile on her face. She wanted Gemma to look excited about the trip, but slightly unsure about meeting a bunch of new people at once. It was likely that the group would be very welcoming of Tessa's girlfriend. After all, the whole trip was about celebrating and having a good time.
"Oh my god, where have you been hiding her?" a larger woman asked, looking at Alexa. "Girl, you are truly gorgeous!"
"Thank you," Alexa said, allowing her smile to broaden. "It's great to meet you all at last."
That kick-started Tessa into making the introductions. "Guys, this is Gemma. Babe, meet Jordynne," she said, motioning to the woman who had been forward in complimenting Alexa's appearance. "She's the gayest person you're ever going to meet."
Alexa couldn't have helped laughing at that. "I see."
Next, Tessa motioned to an attractive blonde, who was standing beside Jordynne. "This is Alicia, Jord's girlfriend."
"Hi. At least I'm not the only one tagging along," Alexa said with a smile.
"Right? If we need to, we can take off together and leave them to it," Alisha grinned.
A skinny, dark haired woman was next to be introduced. "This is Madison."
"Hey," Madison said with a warm smile.
"And this is Kiera," Tessa said lastly, looking at the African-American woman, who was also very pretty. "She's the bride to be, so make sure pour as much alcohol down her neck as you can."
The entire group laughed, then Kiera held out a glass of wine to Alexa. "But first, start with a glass for yourself."
"Don't mind if I do," Alexa smiled, accepting the glass.
Another glass was passed to Tessa, and chatter about the upcoming wedding got underway. Alexa contributed when she could, happy that Gemma had been welcomed and accepted without any issues. The week was off to a good start.
Apart from Jordynne, everyone had restricted themselves to a couple of glasses of wine before the flight, after Kiera had pointed out that flying while drunk could be pretty unpleasant. Alexa had been glad to follow the suggestion, as she didn't lying flying with much alcohol in her system.
The group of six had seats to the right hand side of the right aisle as they walked down the plane. The seats were in pairs, meaning that Alisha and Jordynne were at the front of the group, followed by Kiera and Madison, with Tessa and Alexa behind their friends.
"It's a shame we couldn't get better seats together than this, but this will do," Tessa said once they had settled into their seats.
In front of them, Kiera turned around to look between the seats. "Hey, Gemma, are you a nervous flier?"
"No, it doesn't bother me at all," Alexa said pleasantly.
"Me either. But Madison here? She's shitting herself."
"Shut up, idiot! It's not funny!" Madison said, drawing laughter from several of the girls.
Tessa looked at Alexa and smiled, obviously very happy with how well Alexa was playing the Gemma role so far. Looking back at her, Alexa considered that Gemma had herself the pick of the girls. Tessa looked great, seemed like she was fun to be around, and obviously wasn't short of a few bucks. A woman could do a lot worse for themselves, yet the real Gemma had broken it off. Alexa wondered if she would find out why over the course of the week.
"Excited for your first Bahamas trip?" Tessa asked her 'girlfriend'.
"Very! Plenty of fun, plenty of sun, plenty of drink. What could be better?"
"It was really good of my boss to let us use his yacht for a couple of days."
"It sure was," Alexa said. She imagined that the fact that Tessa's boss at Fox had a yacht docked near to where they were staying had been behind the choice of destination for the trip. They had access to it for a couple of days, before the actual owner arrived on his own vacation, needing to use it himself.
As for accommodation, Tessa and Alexa were staying in a converted outbuilding behind Tessa's boss's villa. The word outbuilding didn't remotely do it justice though, for it had been expertly and expensively converted into a small holiday home suitable for two people.
Only a minute or so up the road, the other four women were staying in another villa. The two places were so close to each other that the only thing the group would not be doing together was sleeping, and maybe eating breakfast. The privacy of a separate place to spend the night was perfect for Tessa, allowing her privacy to enjoy the sex that she had requested with her booking.
With no unexpected problems or delays, the flight took off, carrying the group of six towards their vacation destination.
Once the take-off was complete and the seat belt light went off, Madison's nerves seemed to subside. She was soon chatting away to Kiera, and to Alisha, who was turned around in the row in front of them. It gave Alexa and Tessa a chance to talk with no one else paying attention to what they were saying.
"So, what is it that you do for Fox?" Alexa asked, keeping her voice fairly quiet just in case.
"I'm an executive with Fox Sports," Tessa replied at an equal volume. "I'm actually going to be starting something really different in the near future."
"Oh?" Alexa enquired, doing a great job of sounding really interested.
"We've taken on a wrestling show, WWE Smackdown. It's going to be shown live on Friday nights. Fox have been given some clout over how certain things are handled on the show, and the decision was made to have an on-air Fox executive character. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given their viewership demographics, I was given the job."
Yes, I bet teenage guys love them a sexy lady to drool over, Alexa thought. "So, you're going to be on TV?" she asked. This time, her smile was all genuine. It sounded like a pretty awesome deal to be involved in.
"I am. With no acting experience or knowledge of wrestling at all, I'm going to be on a wrestling show. It makes me nervous, but I am looking forward to it."
"I can't say I've ever watched wrestling, but maybe I'll tune in and see you in action."
Tessa smiled, although they both knew that was pretty unlikely.
"Look at those two! Look at how they look at each other!" Jordynne said loudly.
Alexa laughed. Looking forwards, she saw the loud woman was now standing up, facing back towards the rest of the group. Apparently by smiling at each other, she and Tessa had inadvertently sent out the exact message they wanted to send. They looked like a loved up couple.
"I can't help it! She drives me crazy!" Alexa replied.
A collective, "Awww," came from the group, to the annoyance, Alexa was sure, of the rest of the passengers. Theirs was going to be the loud group of people who got on everyone else's nerves.
Four hours later, the Bachelorette crew were exiting the arrival's hall at the airport in Nassau. Alexa felt glad that she had packed plenty of bikinis, and had brought some good sunglasses with her, for the weather was seriously hot, and the sun was dazzling.
"Oh yes, girls! This is what I'm talking about!" Kiera exclaimed as they walked outside into the sun.
"A week of this. I'm going to fry," Alisha said.
"That's why they make sun screen, idiot," Madison said, drawing laughter from the group.
"What's the plan? Straight to our villa?" Kiera asked.
"We'd better stop off somewhere first," Tessa said thoughtfully.
"What for?" Alexa asked.
"Alcohol!" Jordynne cried.
Tessa pointed at her to acknowledge the correct, and rather obvious, answer. "Alcohol!"
"Of course," Alexa giggled.
"It's alright, Gemma, it's your first time out with us. You'll soon learn how we roll. Alcohol is of the utmost importance."
Yeah, I'll keep that in mind, Alexa thought. She wasn't sure her liver was going to be thankful for it, and decided that Gemma was not going to be a heavy drinker. She would drink enough to join in and to feel buzzed. Getting trashed would not be on the agenda.
Tessa said, "Right ladies, let's get ourselves a taxi. It's time for the real fun to begin!"
A/N: Many thanks to everyone who left a review on the previous chapter.
As I mentioned before, I have a story coming soon featuring Tessa as the main character with the same job at Fox, and being sent to star on Smackdown. Who is up for that one?
Next time, Tessa gets the sex she requested as a part of her booking. What do you think she asked for?