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Hen Party

"Good morning! Rise and shine" I groan hearing Will's voice in mine and Jay's bedroom. The room lights up signalling that Will has opened up the curtains. I pull the bed sheet further over my head to block out the light
"Come on YN up you get. We've got a fun day ahead and you shouldn't be seeing Jay at all today or tonight" I now hear Erin
"Go away" I snuggle into Jay more who tightens his arms around me
"You know that's all arranged marriage bullshit. YN and I have seen each other many times and we aren't backing out of the wedding. So.." again Jays arms tighten "we can stay here all day if we wanted to"
"Hmmm I like that idea" I smile although no one can see me
"I will give you 5 more minutes, no more. Will is going to make breakfast but then your both dressed and ready for the day"
"Yeah yeah" I yawn. I hear the door open then close leaving Jay and I "who decided to give Will a key to the house?"
"You did" Jay mutters into my hair "but if we don't get up they will pull us out of bed kicking and screaming" sighing I sit up and rub the sleep from my eyes. I turn to face Jay who's still lying on his back
"Last day to change your mind" Jay smiles at me
"As if I would" I lean down and kiss his lips "I'll go have a shower first"

After breakfast Jay and I say goodbye to one another. He's got a stag do organised by Will while I've got a hen party organised by Erin. Erin drives me to her place where Natalie, Kim, Maggie, April, Gabby and Sylvie are waiting for me
"Hey girls" I smile greeting everyone
"Put this on" Gabby hands me a sash saying 'bride to be' and a little tiara. I put them on feeling giddy that tomorrow I will be Mrs Halstead
"I can't believe your getting married" Kim says taking my hand in hers
"Honestly neither can I" I squeeze her hand
"Ok so the party bus should be arriving any minute now"
"Wait party bus?" I look at Gabby
"Hell yeah. We're mixing cocktails all day"
"Oh Lord" I run my hands through my hair "I don't want a hangover on my wedding day" I reply to Sylvie
"You won't. Don't worry. We're going to pace ourselves" just as Erin says this the bus arrives
"Let's go" Natalie pulls me out of the door and into the party bus.

We only seem to be driving for half an hour or so before we arrive at funky little bar where we learn to make different cocktails
"How does it feel? You're last night of freedom?" Kim asks
"Freedom? I haven't had that since Jay and I met one another" I laugh "and I wouldn't have it any other way"
"You two make me sick" Sylvie groans making all of us chuckle
"We're just in love. We also know the dangers with our job, that we could loose one another any day. So we want to make the most of the time we do have together"
"Hey, you listen to me. You and Jay will grow old together and retire looking after your beautiful grandchildren"
"Yes ma'am" I reply to Maggie who's pointing a finger at me
"I wonder what the boys are up to. You think they're getting drunk?" Erin asks
"I hope not. I told Jay I wanted us both well rested and feeling good tomorrow"
"Do you think there's stripers?"
"No I spoke to Will and he said it was going to be low key" Gabby says reassuring me, and anyway if there were I trust Jay that he wouldn't look or touch.

We wrapped up the evening with a couple of beers at Molly's before Erin had a text to say that the boys were on their way, which meant we had to leave and go back to her place where we are going to crash for the night. I send Jay a good night text, which he replied to, before going to sleep dreaming about my wedding day with a smile on my face.