Free Stripped Senseless by Yvonne Leishman

we
need to have lunch and our world famous cocktails this afternoon, yes I will
bring Sue with me, hopefully she is free and not entertaining a couple of
gentlemen okay?
                  “Thanks Diane I knew I could rely
on you girls, you are totally my lifeline at imperative times in my life, I
love you all.”   A girl has got to love
her friends.

Chapter 11
                 
                  I head into our usual bar and meet
Diane and Sue for lunch and cocktails.   I
spot them all sitting at our usual corner booth and head over when I see them
waving me over.   I sit down across from
Diane and Sue.   I notice that they are
both looking at me with sympathy, clearly waiting for me to break down. Diane
will have filled Sue in before I got there I assume so that I don’t have to go
through the whole wounding story again.  
                  “Right so what are we going to do
with you Tania, and what are we going to do about your
feelings for David?”   Mutters
Diane whilst stroking her eyebrows.   The movement is distracting to say the least.  
                  “There is nothing I can do Diane,
David made it crystal clear that he didn’t want to see me again and I don’t
think I could bare to see him again right now.” I hurt so bad at the moment, it
is though my heart has been ripped right out of my chest and it tossed out onto
the sidewalk to be trampled over by every pedestrian that walks by.  
                  “Well the way I see things,
Saturday will be the perfect opportunity for you then.” Mutters Sue whilst
supping her cosmopolitan.   Judging by
Sue’s appearance she has had a few already.   Her words do confuse me though, Saturday? What the hell is happening on
Saturday?
                  “What’s
happening on Saturday Sue?” I probe, I have
absolutely no idea what she is talking about.
                  They both stare at each other as
though I had just committed a cardinal sin.   Christ almighty what exactly am I missing here? Has something been
planned and I totally missed the memo or is my memory a hazy fog since I have
been preoccupied with the issue that is David.  
                  “Oh My God you do have it bad,
don’t you? It’s only the highlight of the social fucking calendar this Saturday
woman. I will give a rather large fucking clue to it.   Does being matron of honor spring any bells
to you?” Diane suggests very blatantly.   Christ almighty how in the hell did I forget about this!   Marlee is my best fucking friend and I forgot
that she was getting married on Saturday.   I feel like a very shit friend, David has occupied my every thought since
I met him on Marlee’s hen night.   He has
had such a profound effect on me that everything else has gone straight out of
the window.  
                  I suddenly burst into the tears
that I have been struggling to hold back since last night.   I feel plain awful for being a crap friend
but I am also crying due to suffering the loss of David, a man whom I have only
known a few weeks.   This only goes to
prove the intensity of my feelings for him.   I know without a shadow of a doubt I am so in love him, the feelings
that he has evoked in me are both strange but also welcome.   What in the hell am I going to do?
                  “Look don’t worry about it, we all
know you have had loads on your mind.   We
know that you love David and I am pretty sure that he loves you too. Christ if
only Helen was in town she would know exactly how to put a smile on your
beautiful face.   She always has a
hilarious helenism to brighten up everyone’s day.   The only advice I can give you is that you
have to chase and fight for what you want. Life, as we know is just too damn
short.   David is a damn fine catch and
the two of you are just perfect for each other. Let’s get the wedding out of
the way and enjoy