This is the fourth part of my first story. English is not my native tongue, so please be gentle with me, but also, leave a comment and rating. The story and characters are fictional; any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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The laughter died down and the three of us, me, Sarah and Marie, lay in an embrace, their heads on my chest. Samuel rose to his full height, wet patch very visible, turned, and started to move to the door to his suite. Marie was moving her finger playfully over my chest, Sarah looked at Samuel walking away. She turned her head to look at us.
"I'll go talk to him, I think he needs a bit of reassurance right now,"
she said to us, and moved to hit on the side of the sun bed.
"Yeah, you might be right, it must be quite a jump from fantasy to reality like this,"
Marie responded, and shifted to sit on the other side of the sun beds. Marie got up first, and walked over to Sarah to sit next to her, placing a hand on her leg. She leaned in to whisper to Sarah, something I could not quite make out.
I could just see the result from the things being whispered.
Sarah blushed and then giggled softly, placed her hand on Marie's, then kissed her and stood up.
"Yeah, you're right,"
she said, as she turned to face us. "We'd better get ready though, some of the guests are coming soon." She turned and followed Samuel into their suite.
The ladies surely had a plan of sorts.
Marie lay back down on the side where Sarah had been moments before.
"Sarah's right, it's almost dinner time and the guests with kids had planned to arrive soon."
She looked up at me.
"We're supposed to make sure that they get situated and walk them through the plans for tomorrow."
I leaned forward and kissed her on her forehead.
"You're right, best get going. We don't want the others to find us like this,"
I said, and we made to get up.
"No, no we don't,
" she said, and smiled as she got up.
We headed back to our suite and had a quick shower again. (No sexy time this time, though.) We both had to get ready to help the guests get situated and find their respective cabins.
Maybe fifteen minutes later, it was almost half past five, so we headed down to the parking lot of the resort and saw the first of the other guests showing up. I had put on a white t-shirt and a light green cardigan, along with cream-colored chinos. Marie had put herself in a dark green, ribbed, long-sleeve maxi-dress, along with knee-high riding boots.
It was planned to be a medium-sized wedding, around fifty adults and fifteen kids, friends and family to both Samuel and Sarah. The families with kids showed up the day before the wedding, along with some of the older guests, and those who did not want to travel the same day as the wedding.
Samuel's mom, Anna, was first to arrive, a very little old lady, almost hobbit sized, at around four feet eleven. What she lacked in height, she made up in personality, with a kind but very wrinkly face that almost never let go of the constant smile plastered on it.
Her husband had passed when Samuel was in kindergarten, from a battle with cancer. It had taken her time to get over the loss as it had scarred her, but one thing she had never shrunk from was the taking care of Samuel. I had almost started to view her as an extra mother, as I had spent so much time with Samuel from high school on forward.
We both got a fierce hug from the little lady, and I carried her bags over to her cabin. We had to almost pry her off as we had to greet the other guests. We walked back to the parking lot and she waved at us as we headed back.
When the others came, we greeted them as they arrived and introduced ourselves to those we had only spoken with over the phone before; some of Sarah's extended family, some of Samuel's extended family, two couples who worked with Samuel, etc.
The last to arrive today were Sarah's parents, both were in their late seventies, but looking more like they were in their early sixties. Sarah's mom, Elizabeth, was not as tall as Sarah, but still taller than Marie, around five feet eight. She still was very fit looking, she used to walk their dog on long walks every day. Sarah's dad, BjΓΆrn, on the other hand, was very tall, a bit over six foot seven, not the widest, but with massive hands, made of iron by a lifetime of farmwork.
As they got out of their car, we walked over to them, first giving them a hug and saying hi. Then to help them with whatever bags and whatnot. Sarah's dad brushed off the offer to help with his bags, but Elizabeth happily accepted. I walked up front with BjΓΆrn, and Marie behind chatting with Elizabeth. We walked over to their red cabin, and made sure that they were taken care of, and said dinner was in the restaurant at half past seven. They thanked us and we went back to our suite.
As we entered the suite, Marie turned and faced me.
"We should head over to Samuel and Sarah to let them know everyone's here and that it's time to head down to the restaurant."
I nodded and made for the pool door.
"Yeah, and to check on Samuel. I still haven't spoken to him since... well, you know."
I nodded to the sun beds, as we walked past them.
I knocked on their pool door and waited.
Samuel opened and smiled, letting us in, clad in a stylish submariner light pullover and khakis.
"Hi, come in, come in. Is everyone here?"
Samuel asked, as we walked past into the suite.
"Yeah, at least those who are coming today, the rest are arriving tomorrow morning,"
I answered, as I sat down next to the kitchen island, and Marie headed to their bedroom to check on Sarah.
"Great,"
Samuel said, as he walked past me to the other side of kitchen island and picked out two glasses and started the tap, letting the water run to get cold.
I caught him throwing a quick glance back at me before turning to face the tap again.
"Samuel..."
I began, but I was interrupted by Samuel turning to hand me one of the glasses of water.
"Look, I don't know what to make of today."
He paused, looking down to gather his thoughts.
"I... I've never seen Sarah like that, and I know you know that we have been trying to get pregnant. But, I can't... But, I can't...I... I..."
He looked close to crying, so I quickly got up and embraced my best friend.
"It's okay, it's okay, let it out,"