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She gulped loudly, “I am just having some issues with Nick,” she admitted quietly, “That is all.”
“What issues?” Hayley demanded, “Is this about Samantha?”
And that was all it took. “She is throwing him a bachelor’s party,” she finally said out loud, feeling the words sting even as she said them.
“Really?” Kim said with a raise of the eyebrow and then looked over to Hayley.
“And it’s not even that,” Hannah said, “It’s the fact that he kept it from me.”
“Wait so he had his ex-girlfriend arranged a bachelor’s party for him and he did not even ask you first?” Hayley said as though the idea was entirely outrageous.
Hannah only replied with a nod.
“That’s really not okay,” Kim chipped in, “you have every right to be upset.”
“Actually,” Hayley said, “You don’t get to be upset, okay? This is your once in a lifetime event – you cannot let it get ruined by some stupid argument you had.”
“You’re right,” Hannah admitted with a sigh, “I should not.”
“That’s my girl,” Kim hollered.
The rest of their evening was pretty tame for a bachelorette weekend. They had decided to treat her with some good pampering and her day was spent in a chair in a salon, getting various facials and pedicures done.
For a bit, it let her get her mind off her own situation as she felt thoroughly relaxed and at ease. Later, they went for a massage and Hannah felt as though all her worries were shed away in the brief moments consisting of that massage.
But in the night time, even though her body was totally at ease and rest, her mind could not help but race about thoughts of Nick and Samantha.
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The next day, Nick had been treated out to his friends to the best steak house in town. He had not wanted an overly extravagant bachelor’s party with strippers – especially not after his argument with Hannah the other day.
And so, they had decided to kick back with beers and booze to celebrate his last days of being single.
Samantha had arranged the entire thing for him and he was grateful for it. In her, he saw an old friend and did not see why Hannah was trying to make it into something that it clearly was not.
Samantha walked over to him with another bottle of beer in her hands, “Chilled to the max, just like you like them,” she said laughing as she handed the bottle over to him.
He grinned and took it from her, “Thanks for this, really,” he said, not referring to the bottle but for the entire evening, “you planned it perfectly. I knew the guys would have just taken me to some sleazy strip club but I’m glad that you put a lot of thought into this.”
Samantha waved her hand in the air to dismiss him, “Please! There’s no need to thank me; we’re friends,” she said, “Besides, you deserved this. After all, you’re officially going to get off the market.”
Nick smiled, “Yeah. Just ten days now.”
Samantha looked at him intensely for a second and then sort of just shook her head, “You know,” she started, “it is still so surreal to me that you of all people is going to get married!”
“Why is it surreal?” Nick countered, “If anything, it should be exact opposite. I feel that has always been my end goal with Hannah,” he admitted.
“Yes, but,” Samantha bit down her lip, “I always thought you two would not last.”
Nick raised an eyebrow at her, “Why?”
“I don’t know, just,” Samantha sighed, “Every time I came back home after my travels, I would expect that maybe this time I will get to hear the news that they have split but it just never happened and now look at you, you are getting married to her.”
“Why would you want to hear about us getting split up, Sam?” Nick asked, confused now.
Samantha was quiet for a moment. “Maybe because,” she said slowly, “maybe because I always thought that it would give us a chance to try out us again.”
Nick was shocked to hear her say that – he did not expect her to admit this to him and he thought her feelings for him had long been gone. “That was in the past,” he said firmly.
