Author's note: This story is part of a series called 'The wedding party"'. The stories can be read in any order and are vignettes involving different members of the wedding party.
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The wedding party: Claire and Tina.
I couldn't believe it, Becky was getting married to Mark, the man she'd been dating for two years. It was so exciting. They were the first of our group to get married. I was standing outside the hall waiting for Becky with the other bridesmaids. The ceremony was about to start. I looked at the other bridesmaids. We were all close
I was actually the youngest of the group. All of us, except Mark's sister Misty, had been sorority sisters in college. The others had been juniors when I joined. Since my birthday is in November I was two years behind them but almost three years younger. I was 17 when I started college. Now three years later, I was in my Senior year and Becky was getting married.
Becky had introduced me to the group and she was my Big. A big is someone who mentors you to become a full member of the sorority. She was one of the sweetest women I knew and I was very happy for her.
As I looked down the row of bridesmaids I saw Claire looking at me. Claire was the maid of honor. Just as I am now, She had been president of the sorority her senior year. As presidents, even after Claire graduated, we still had sorority business to work on together.
She smiled at me and blew me a stealthy kiss. I am sure I blushed. I always blushed around Clair or at least I felt like I did. I'd known her for three years now and still, every time she spoke to me, I felt a little thrill inside. I thought back to when we had first met.
I had just started college and was walking through the student union when I saw her. I didn't know Claire at the time, but I saw her. You can't miss Claire. Claire is the personification of the classic Swedish woman. Being 5'11" and blonde would be enough to make her stand out, but when you threw in that body, and that perfect nose, well, everyone notices Claire. To top it off she was wearing a short skirt that showed a set of legs, that at the time, looked like they were longer than my 5' nothing height.
I watched her as she tacked something to the student union bulletin board. I think everybody did. I am sure she was with people but to this day I can't remember anything else but Claire at that moment.
After she left my curiosity made me go and look at the paper she posted. It was a flyer for a, non sponsored, intra school softball league. I had played softball in high school so it sparked my interest. There was a number to call and I wrote it down and then went on with my day.
During the day I found myself thinking of Claire. Looking back I remember walking through campus and wondering if I'd see her.
When I got back to my dorm there was an announcement for the same softball league. It seems my dorm was putting together a team. I put my name on the list. Later that night I got a call from the girl organizing the league team from my dorm. She told me there was a meeting that week of everyone who was interested and asked if I could be there. I assured her I could and hung up.
The next two days were fairly normal except that whenever I saw a tall blonde I wondered if it was the blonde from the student union. I found myself looking for tall blondes.
To be clear, I am now, and was then, straight. I had dated a few guys in high school. I was still a virgin, but that changed in college. I liked boys (men?) and still do but for some reason I kept thinking about Claire.
It was Thursday evening so I headed down to the room for the softball meeting. I reached the door just as two other girls did. One held the door for me. I thanked her and then turned to enter the room. That's when I saw her. Claire was standing near the front of the room talking to some other girls. This time she was wearing jeans and a tucked in T. Her back was turned to me, but I knew it was her. She was as beautiful as I remembered. The jeans hugged her perfect ass.
I stopped in the doorway and kind of zoned out on Claire. I was jostled out of my stupor by a girl behind me trying to get in the room. I tripped a bit and yelped. The girl grabbed me to steady me.
"I'm so sorry," she said. "Are you OK?"
"I'm fine," I replied. "Thanks for catching me. Just like me to fall over my own feet. Call me Grace."
She laughed, introduced herself, and did call me Grace. I told her my real name was Tina. She laughed again realizing she'd missed the joke and then went to sit down. I turned to find a seat. When I did, Claire was looking straight at me.
She held out her hand, "Hi Grace," she smiled. "I'm Claire, nice to meet you."
"Hi," I stammered. She was even prettier up close. "I'm not really Grace, I'm Tina," I said as I shook her hand. Her skin was so soft. I'm sure it's not true, but to this day I swear she smelled like cookies.
"I'm not really Grace," I started to explain again.
"I know," she said. "I heard, but I kinda like Grace."
I gave a nervous laugh. Claire took a step back and looked at me.
"Do you even have a strike zone?" she asked laughingly.
Like I said, I'm barely 5'. At barely 100 lbs I was dwarfed by her. Don't get me wrong. I had curves. I was a 34c and proud of it. With my long brown hair, I got checked out a lot, but Standing next to her I felt like no one could see me.
I mumbled something. She laughed and said, "Well, thankfully I'm not a pitcher so it's not my problem." She gestured me to take a seat.
Claire started the meeting. She introduced herself and the girl next to her who was our dorm organizer. She told us about the league. It was a very casual league, anyone could front a team as long as it was school affiliated. My dorm had a team, her sorority, there was even a math department team. There were 15 teams in the league. There was no money involved. If you wanted team jerseys you bought them. The school loaned all the equipment. Any student could reserve certain sports equipment so someone from each team was assigned getting the equipment for each game.
The whole time she spoke I took her in. She was obviously not just beautiful but a leader as well. She spoke with confidence but not attitude. She would joke along the way using some self deprecating humor even though it was obvious that she knew how good she was.
The meeting lasted a little while as we learned the details and planned the next step. The meeting ended and we said our goodbyes. As I walked out the door Claire shook my hand.
"Nice to meet you Grace. I'm glad you joined us." She gave me that huge smile.
I have no idea why it popped out of my mouth but I responded "You're so beautiful." I immediately wondered how I said such a stupid thing.
She gave me a smile. "See you soon," she said.
I walked to my room. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid' going through my head.
After that I would see Claire on campus. She'd wave and I'd wave back. Often when I'd see her I'd wave and bump into someone, or trip over something or my own feet. I was living up to Grace. For her part she would just smile, shake her head and move on.
The league games started and I learned a bit more about Claire. Claire was the league's power hitter. Universally liked and feared. I hadn't played her team yet, but it was already a topic of conversation.
At about the same time I met Becky. Becky and I shared a class. It seems she had missed a core course and was doing it Junior year. Becky was really fun and easy to talk to. We opted to work on a class project together.
During this time my team finally had a game against Claire's. When she saw me she came over to say hi. I shook her hand and said, "You smell nice."
Again, what was that? Why did that come out.
She just laughed and said, "Show us what you got Grace."
The game was fun. I got a hit my first time up. As I headed to first base I saw Claire covering the base in front of me. She was in yoga pants and I was amazed at how long her legs were. Running at top speed and looking at Claire I tripped over my own feet. As I fell I reached for the base. I practically face planted a foot short but my fingers tagged the base. I was safe. I got up and looked around. Everyone was laughing and applauding.
As I stood Claire said, "Nice work Grace."
She started dusting me off. Every time her hand brushed my ass I was aware of it. Finally she pinched my butt and said, "All done, good work."
I yelped and looked at her. She just laughed and said, "What?"