I walk into the Rehearsal dinner and greet my Aunt, Uncle and cousins. I congratulate my cousin Therese and meet her fiance, Georg. Georg introduces me to his parents and his brothers and sisters. All of this social stuff gets to me so after a few minutes I excuse myself and move over to the bar to get an Absolut and tonic. I look around the room and see my parents, so I head over and greet them. They ask me 1000 questions and I faithfully answer all of them. I spend some more time talking to my mother and assure her that I am really taking care of myself. I look over by the bar and see Jacqueline getting a drink.
I excuse myself and tell my Mom I will see her later. I move over by Jacqueline and put my arm around her waist and say, âHi roomie, how you doingâ. She looks startled for a second, but then smiles at me. She introduces me to three other woman, two of whom are also bridesmaids and the third girl who it turns out attends the same college as Jacqueline. The girls are talking about meeting in the hotel club after the dinner and hanging out and dancing. Jacqueline turns to me and asks if I would like to join them and I agree. We chat some more until my uncle comes over and asks us to take a seat. I end up sitting between two of Georgâs friends.
Dinner passes quickly since I spend the entire meal shamelessly flirting with the guy on my left who is drop dead cute. His name is Daniel. Daniel is very attentive and I have a great time talking with him. He will be one of Georgâs ushers and is a great guy. I tell him that some of the girls are heading to the club to dance after dinner is completed and invite him to join us. He tells me that he and some of the other guys are taking Georg out for a few drinks but he will stick his head in afterwards to see if we are still there.
After dinner, seven of us head into the club. Besides Jacqueline and myself five other girls join us. Three of the girls are bridesmaids, one is the maid of honor, the bride to be and Jacquelineâs roommate, the girl I met during the rehearsal dinner. We pull three small tables together right by the dance floor. The club is mostly empty so we have a lot of space. The DJ tries to entice us onto the dance floor. Two girls get up and begin to dance. I turn to one of the bridesmaids and ask her how she knows Therese. It turns out she is Georgâs sister.
With that information, I tell her I sat next to Daniel. She immediately starts telling me how cute he is and what a great guy he is. Jaqueline is sitting near us and joins in the conversation by offering that it seemed I was attracted to Daniel. I replied that he was a doll and we had a great time meeting. I looked over at Jacqueline and smiled. I sense that Jacqueline is unhappy with this conversation, so I stood up and pulled her onto the dance floor. As we begin to dance, I lean over and tell Jacqueline to relax and not make a scene. She apologizes and tells me she was just feeling jealous. I assure her I have full intentions of taking her back to our room and continuing what we had started. Jacqueline whispers in my ear that she is really looking forward to that.
We spend the next several hours dancing and flirting shamelessly with the guys who come over and ask us to dance. Therese announces at 10:30 that she is leaving to get some sleep since she has a busy day planned tomorrow. We all kiss her and tell her to get a good nightâs sleep. Two of the bridesmaids leave since they have early hair appointments. The remaining four of us party on.
The club is now pretty crowded, and the DJ is playing some great dance music so we spend most of the time out on the dance floor. I look over at one point and find Daniel and two other guys standing at the edge of the dance floor. I go over and pull them out to join us. Finally, I need to sit down and take a break. Daniel and I sit down. We have lost most of our space as the club fills up. When the other two guys join us, we are short two seats. Daniel introduces me to Peter and Louis. The guys offer to go get drinks. As they head off, Bernadette confesses that she thinks Daniel is cute but she can tell he has eyes for me.
She continues by saying that she is going to make a move on Peter. When the guys return, Bernadette stands up and offers her chair to Peter. When he sits down, she hops on his lap. Daniel is standing behind me and he rests his hands on my shoulder. I am having a good time. Jacqueline comes over and tells me she is heading back to the room since she has a 10:00 hair appointment. I am torn between staying and joining her. I tell her I am having a good time and I may stay for a while. Her pout at my response tells me that I need to leave. I stand up, turn and kiss Daniel on the cheek and tell him I hope to see him tomorrow at the wedding. Daniel expresses disappointment that I am leaving so early and I promise him I will dance with him whenever he asks tomorrow. He accepts my response and gallantly replies that he will look forward to it. I embrace him a final time and then join Jacqueline.