Voices

Chapter 22

Ava always wanted to have a holiday wedding and so with the holidays being right around the corner it was no better time to do it.

"Happy bachelorette!" Taylor screamed as she popped open the bottle of champagne.

Ava laughed and rolled her eyes at Taylor's wild girl behaviour but she had to admit; Taylor was the one who brought the vibes to the group so she was always fun to be around.

Tamra and Taylor had ambushed Ava at work with all the excitement. Ava would be getting married the following day; today was her last day as a single girl.

"How does it feel to be a married woman?" Tamra asked her friend.

Ava smiled at her. "I'll let you know in twenty-four hours". She winked at her friend.

Taylor walked over to where the ladies were and handed each of them a glass of champagne.

"Just don't be inaccessible when your friends need you like this one," she said gesturing to Tamra.

"Oh I won't," Ava said and sipped her champagne.

"You know some of us actually have real problems to deal with right? So just stop being such a bitch all the time!" Tamra lashed out.

Taylor's eyes widened at Tamra's sudden outburst. "So why don't you tell us what some of those problems are Tamra? You keep everything inside and we're supposed to be your best friends. If you can't trust us who the hell will you trust?"

Ava saw that things were escalating rapidly so she decided to step in.

"Hey, hey, quit it! This is my day and I'm not letting either of you ruin it so shut up!"

Both Tamra and Taylor stared at Ava and then at each other.

After a minute of complete silence, Taylor finally spoke.

"Sorry," she said, apologizing to Tamra.

"Yeah, me too".

"Thank you," Ava said. "Now let's get back to celebrating because I'm getting married tomorrow!" she screamed.

Tamra and Taylor laughed and took a drink.

"And for your information, your day isn't until tomorrow" Taylor laughed and rolled her eyes.

The ladies left Tamra's office to the salon. They had made an appointment to get their hair and nails done in preparation for Ava's big day. After a few hours of pampering, they were finally through. As usual, Tamra called her sitter to check in on her son.

It was now time for Ava's bachelorette. They didn't want to go to some wild club where they would get hit on and touched by drunken men so they decided to stay home instead. Of course, Taylor frowned at the idea but she was outnumbered so she had no choice but to comply. Apart from the girls, Ava invited a few of her friends from work as well as her sister-in-law and Jackson's sisters.

The ladies all changed into their silk black pajamas except Ava who was wearing a white one with the word bride imprinted on the back

"Okay, ladies let the fun begin" Taylor announced. "First on tonight's agenda is a little game of truth or dare without the dare. Questions will be thrown out and you are required to tell the truth, some questions will require a little more details and we want it steamy".

Everyone laughed as each guest received a glass of wine.

"Since Ava is the one who will be getting married tomorrow, she will be the first to go", Taylor continued with a wide grin. "So, Ava, what is your idea of the perfect size?"