The Sun and Her Moon | CHONI |

Eighty Three

Cheryl almost cancelled her bachelorette party, she just wanted to be at home with her family but Toni talked her out of it. The redhead was sat on the couch with a small suitcase by her as she waited for Veronica and Betty to pick her up. 'Mama do you have to go?' Tommy pouted. 'She's only away for the weekend baby and then she'll be home, isn't that right Mama?' Toni said smiling at her sweetly. 'That's right,' Cheryl said as she tried to hold herself together, it made her emotional to see Tommy upset especially when it was because of her. A loud honking got the small family's attention. 'That'll be the girls,' Cheryl said as she stood. Toni brought her into a hug followed by Tommy. Cheryl kissed him on his head before kissing Toni goodbye. 'Have fun but not too much fun,' Toni winked causing Cheryl to roll her eyes with a smile. 'I'll miss you both,' Cheryl said as she walked to the door, Toni following with Tommy by her side. 'We'll miss you more, right kid?' Toni said nudging Tommy who nodded. 'Not possible,' Cheryl said. 'It is, now go,' Toni smiled, 'have fun we'll be right here when you get home'. 'I love you both,' Cheryl said as she opened the door. 'We love you too,' Toni smiled. Cheryl gave them a final wave before she walked outside shutting the door behind her.

'Hey girl!' Veronica said as she hung out of the limo's sunroof. Cheryl couldn't help but laugh, her laughter getting louder when Betty squeezed her way through the sunroof too. The blonde had definitely warmed up fitting in with the redhead and the raven haired woman well. 'Let's go!' Betty said excitedly. Cheryl handed her case to the driver before getting into the car. 'You okay?' Betty asked as she sat back down. 'Yeah, I'm just gonna miss Toni and Tommy,' Cheryl said. 'Wow Cheryl Bombshell is long gone, trust me Betty you wouldn't recognise Cheryl before she met Toni, she was wild,' Veronica teased. 'I have a family now,' Cheryl shrugged completely unbothered. 'Well for this weekend only I'm expecting to see the old Cheryl, not the womaniser but the party girl I used to know'. Cheryl playfully flipped off her best friend, 'I'm sure I can bring her out for one weekend only'. 'That's my girl,' Veronica laughed.

After an hour of drinking champagne in the limo the vehicle stopped at their destination. 'We're here,' Veronica said as she looked out of the window. 'Where's here?' Cheryl asked. Veronica gave her a smile but didn't say anything as the driver opened the door. The three women stepped out thanking the driver as he handed them their bags. 'Let's take these to our hotel room and freshen up before hitting the clubs,' Veronica said excitedly. They checked in at the front desk, the receptionist handing Veronica a set of keys. 'We only have one room?' Cheryl asked. 'Yeah, we'll rarely be in it anyway and the beds big enough,' Veronica said. 'Let's go,' Betty said, it wasn't often she got out so she was ready to let her hair down.

When they reached their room Cheryl gasped, it was huge and really beautiful. 'There's a hot tub on the balcony,' Veronica said. 'A hot tub?' Betty repeated before rushing through the double doors. Cheryl turned to face Veronica with a huge smile on her face, 'thank you so much for all of this'. 'Of course,' Veronica said bringing her into a hug, 'anything for my best friend'. 'I'm getting married!' Cheryl squealed as if it had hit her all over again. 'I know, I'm so happy for you!' Veronica matched her best friends enthusiasm. 'I'm just going to text Toni and let her know we got here safely and then we can get ready'. 'Go for it,' Veronica smiled.

It took the women longer than expected to get ready but finally they were done. 'Okay tonights plan is to get Cheryl as drunk as possible,' Betty laughed. 'You two will be too,' Cheryl said as she picked up her purse. 'Of course we will but you will be first,' Veronica said, 'okay taxis outside, let's go'. Cheryl felt a little lighter after texting Toni but now she was determined to have a good weekend with her friends. 'Where to ladies?' The taxi driver asked when they climbed in. 'Take us to the best bar this place has to offer,' Veronica said sitting back in her seat. 'You got it,' the taxi driver said as he pulled off.

The taxi pulled up outside a strip of bars and clubs, Veronica paid the driver before they climbed out. 'Okay which one first?' Betty asked. 'Let's start here and work our way down,' Veronica said pointing to the first bar. 'You want to go to all of them?' Cheryl gasped. 'Duh, of course,' Veronica said, 'we're celebrating'. Veronica grabbed their hands and dragged them to the first bar. 'Okay, I'll get the first drinks,' Veronica said. Cheryl and Betty found a seat while Veronica headed to the bar. 'I just wanted to say Cheryl, I know we haven't known each other for that long but I'm so happy for you and Toni,' Betty said. 'Thank you Betty, that means a lot. And regardless of how long we've known each other we're friends'.

'Here we go ladies,' Veronica said as she placed the tray of drinks on the table. Cheryl looked at the glasses of alcohol including the colourful shots. 'Bottoms up,' Veronica said as she handed out the shot glasses. 'To Cheryl and Toni,' Betty said before downing hers. Cheryl tried not to pull a face as the alcohol ran down her throat but it had been a while since she got drunk, something that used to happen most weekends. 'Another?' Veronica said as she handed out another shot without waiting for an answer. Both Cheryl and Betty downed the shot with Veronica before grabbing their glass of vodka and coke.

A couple of hours in and the women were tipsy and had already moved to the third bar. 'My turn to get the drinks,' Cheryl said happily as the alcohol buzzed through her body. 'No way,' Betty and Veronica said at the same time. 'I insist,' Cheryl said heading to the bar leaving no room for arguments. She came back to the table with three cocktails handing one of them to each of her friends. 'Hmm this is good,' Betty said as she took a sip. 'Should we dance?' Veronica asked. 'Yes!' Cheryl said. Veronica dragged them both to the dance floor. They danced against each other playfully, Cheryl was glad they were just having fun together, she half expected to be getting dragged to a strip club but it didn't look like it was happening and she was grateful.

They danced the rest of the night away after managing to hit every bar and club and having at least one drink there. Unfortunately though when they left the final club there were no taxis and Cheryl was absolutely wasted. 'Cheryl...' Veronica said with her arm wrapped around her friend 'you need to walk so we can get back to the hotel'. Betty wrapped her arm around the redhead too but she was pretty drunk herself. 'This isn't working,' Betty said as she stumbled into the wall, laughter leaving her lips as she caught herself. Even though Veronica was drunk she wanted to be a good friend and that meant drinking a little less than the redhead to make sure they got home safely.

'Cheryl are you listening to me?' Veronica said as her grip tightened around her friends waist. Cheryl hummed happily as she opened her eyes a little, 'I need to go home to Toni'. 'You can on Sunday, we're at your bachelorette party remember?' Veronica said as she watched Betty stumble to the redheads other side. 'Oh yeah,' Cheryl grinned as she leaned against her friend, 'I'm getting married to the greatest woman on earth, how did I get so lucky?' Veronica smiled at her friends drunken gibberish, she'd never seen her so in love before. 'It's because your a great woman yourself and you deserve your happy ending'. 'You're a good friend V, you too Betty,' Cheryl slurred. 'So are you,' Betty said as she leaned against Cheryl causing them all to stumble and fall. They erupted with laughter as the pulled themselves up. 'Come on let's get you drunken idiots back to the hotel,' Veronica said with a smile. The first night was a success.