This is an entry for the 750 Word Project 2025
They say you should always have one good friend to plan your bachelor party. A guy who's got your back, a guy who's going to look out for you, a guy who knows who your other friends are.
A Best man if you will.
Me, I didn't have that luxury. My best man was my fiancΓ©'s brother, pressed into action because I'd relocated half across the country to join my father in law's company. Cynically I was the emissary for my father's interests, but deep down I really did love Kelsey and the life we'd planned together. Sure it wasn't perfect but- Sorry, I'm rambling.
And I really don't have time to waste, because my hands are currently being duct taped to the top of a strippers pole front and centre in the city's biggest club. I'd been pushed up on stage as the Bachelor of the night, and Candy -a beautiful black stripper- had ceremoniously undone my shirt and tweaked my nipples to the roar of the crowd. Her cohort Brandi had grabbed the tape from the DJ's booth and begun to string me up.
Everyone was hollering as I was locked in place and left prone to the long fingernails of the women in thongs. I was laughing as I tugged at the restraints, suddenly feeling the early twinges of anxiety at my predicament.
Looking out into the audience I saw the guys I'd come with in the party bus. Most were familiar, but the faces that struck me with fear had moved through the crowd to find their way to the front. Ready for action.
There was Daryl, a colleague at the company. Former state footballer with a crew cut and barrel chest who hated my rapid ascent in the office, but couldn't whisper the word "nepotism" without consequences.
Mitch was a new threat I'd been introduced to, a former boyfriend of Kelsey's whom the family loved enough to include in all the holidays and get togethers. He was a stud with movie star good looks who didn't seem to have any issues pulling the ladies. He was charming in social situations, but in private he seemed to have a sadistic streak. If I ever went missing...
Chet was a cousin of Kelsey's whom was also always around. A loud gay man with a few extra pounds, he was always carrying the latest gossip, but since I'd rolled into town he seemed to make it his life's work to hit on me and make me uncomfortable. I'd always been straight as an arrow, but Chet was constantly insinuating my trim, fit frame and small waist made me the perfect "twink"