Blushing Bride Chapter 4

That friend was Natalie, girlfriend of none other than my best man Mark. Mark was my boyhood best friend and had known Natalie since school. Through me, Gina had got to know both of them as a couple and had become close to Natalie in the last couple of years. It made sense, given that my best man Mark had agreed to stay over at our place that Gina could stay with Natalie.

As Gina tells it, a group of girls a little smaller than the one that had first set out around the bars returned to Mark and Natalie's place around midnight. By that point, pretty much all of the work colleagues and people Gina didn't know quite so well had quite and gone home and she was left with four or five of her closest friends. The only person that she didn't know so well now was Hayley, a friend of Natalie's who she had invited along on the evening despite Gina having only just met her, "the more the merrier" Gina had said. All of them somewhat the worse for wear, they stumbled into the house and sat around in Natalie's living room. The hostess dashed to the kitchen and came out holding bottles and glasses and mixed them even more drink. Gina's head was spinning, she wasn't at all used to drinking this much, still she was aware that she hadn't had this much carefree fun in a long time and she was filled with a sense of happiness that was quite unusual amidst all the stressful planning necessary for her perfect wedding. Yes, by this stage of the evening, Gina was totally relaxed and at ease, ready for anything and completely comfortable amongst her closest friends.

"So, Gina, ready for the wedding night?" giggled Lucy, Gina's old school friend, tipping back another cocktail.

"Mmmm, I bet Rich is a great shag," laughed Gina's maid of honour Jane, her best friend from university.

"Well, she wouldn't really know now," Natalie chipped in, "Would you, Gina?"

Gina blushed at this, not all of her friends knew she was still a virgin even while engaged, but Natalie had become her closest confidante in the last year and so she had told her about her fears that she had made the wrong choice not to try sex before now.