"Okay everyone, everybody out! I want 20 minutes alone with best friend before she's taken from me forever!" That's what I heard my best friend Sheri tell everyone in the room.
We were in my room at the hotel where everyone was helping me get dressed for the wedding. I had already been to the salon and my nails were all done, my hair was up and my veil was worked into my blonde tresses. I had on white hose and was wearing a white men's dress shirt so it would be easy to get undressed when it was time to don the wedding dress.
I looked over at Sheri with a quizzical look as the room emptied, but she just met my gaze and continued clearing the room.
She grabbed one of my bridesmaids and pressed her room key into her hand. "I'm in 208 and I've got a buffet set up for everyone. We'll be there in just a bit, but don't wait for us. You guys go ahead and start eating." She pushed the door closed and leaned her back against it and let out a deep sigh.
I stood in the middle of the room looking at her and finally asked, "Do you want to tell me what that was all about?"
"I have something for you," she said with a smile. "I'm not exactly sure how you're going to take it, but I want you to know my heart was in the decision to get this for you."
"I'm sure whatever it is, it will be very special," I told her.
She walked over to the little refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of champagne and two glasses. As she poured the drinks, she looked over her shoulder and replied, "Oh, it's very special. I think it's something you're always going to remember."
She turned and handed me both glasses, each a quarter full of champagne. "Stand right there and don't move," she told me as she reached forward and started unbuttoning my shirt.
I had both hands full so I couldn't stop her. "What the heck are you doing?" I asked her with a nervous smile.
She stared me straight in the eyes as her fingers continued undoing buttons. She leaned closer and whispered into my ears. "This is your last chance. I'm going to give you something you've always wanted." She stepped back and opened the front of the shirt just enough to partially bare my breasts and show that I wasn't wearing panties.
She went down to her knees in front of me.
"Ummm, Sheri," I said looking down at her on her knees as her beautiful green eyes looked up at me. "I don't know what you're thinking, but I'm not...."
She put her finger to her lips and said, "Shhhhh. Just wait."
She reached into her tiny purse that was on the floor and opened it. She pulled out a garter slip. She softly put her left hand on the back of my left calf and then used her right hand to lift my foot up gently. She slowly slid the garter across my foot and ankle, up my calf and to the top of my thigh-high hose. Then she stood up.
She walked to the door that connected the two rooms together and undid the deadbolt. She looked back at me and said, "I've given you twenty minutes. Don't waste it."
Then she pulled the door open. The door to the other room was open and she walked through, leaving me standing alone in the room.