|A L W A Y S & F O R E V E R| B O O K 1

54||T h e e B a c h e l o r & B a c h e l o r e t t e

Date: 7/5/16
Day: Tuesday
Location: Liverpool, UK
Place: Zip Lining

Russell
About a week has passed, and we've all enjoyed our time here in England. We've visited some more places around the city. Tomorrow is our wedding day, which means tonight we're having our bachelor party, and Ci's having her bachelorette party with the girls.

"You guys are crazy if you think I'm about to do this shit." I let out a light chuckle as I looked between the three of them.

"Oh yes, you are." Brian laughed as he pushed me towards the front of the zip line platform.

"Man, I'm not playing with y'all. Y'all know I'm not fond of heights."

"If you can get on an airplane, you can go zip lining," Derek says. I smack my teeth and side-eye him.

"That's different."

"And how is that?" He asks while smirking.

"Man, it just is," I say frustratedly.

"Man, just do it. Stop being a pussy." Jerome says.

"Y'all for real right now? You guys really want me to do this?" I ask.

"You only live once, man. We're in Liverpool, England for your wedding. We wanted you to have a good time before you settle down and start your new life with Ci. We know you two are going to spend the majority of your time in LA working and starting your new life together as a married couple." Brian spoke.

"Exactly. Look, this ain't my type of fun either, but we here in England, boy. We wanted to do something that you never did before, and this is one of the things we came up with. Now like I said, I'm not into this whole zip-lining shit either, but today I'm gonna be a team player. Shit, if I can do it, you can too." Jerome says. I let out a sigh while rubbing the back of my neck.

"...Alright. I'll do it."

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"I can't believe I let y'all talk me into doing that shit. Never again."

"Oh, come on. It wasn't that bad." Derek laughed.

"Tuh. You can do it again if you want to, but I know I'm not. Soon as I stepped forward, my heart damn near dropped to my ass. Got my blood pressure all high and shit." We all shared a laugh as Brian drove us to our next destination.

About fifteen minutes later, we pull up to a nice bar. We got out and made our way inside the establishment. After we took a seat at the bar, the bartender greeted us and asked us what we wanted to drink shortly after. Once she took our orders, she started to get the drinks ready. We sat at the bar talking about tonight's festivities. It won't be anything too crazy out of respect for Ci. We're still going to have a good time, though. The guys planned everything out, so I don't know the plans for tonight. Ci and I set some boundaries, so I just made sure they didn't overstep them.

"You ready for tonight?" Derek asked with a smirk on his face.

"Hell yeah, I'm ready. I can't wait to see what y'all fools got up y'all's sleeves." We all laughed. When the laughter died down, Brain spoke.

"How you feeling about tomorrow? It's y'all's big day."

"I feel great. It couldn't come any sooner," I say while looking at the guys.