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I’m both excited and petrified for her

Ha Okay, I’m just excited, but I can pretend to be horrified at the expense ofbro

“If I could have everyone’s attention” Jessica, Sadie’s best friend and ainst her wineglass and raises it toward the bride “As we get this night started, I want to propose a toast to our girl, Sadie Otherwise known as the soon-to-be Mrs Willis”

All ten brides with Lena, raise our drinks into the air

“I can still reht when Evan spotted the woman ould soht of bar-hopping, we ended up in Chelsea, at soroup of people we’d just met not even two hours before”

“Not our srins

“Yeah, but instead of ending up on the eleven o’clock news, you met your future husband”

“Thank God” The bride’s face turns up in a smile

“And,” herEvan Willis with your fiery red hair and drunken char his sexy-as-hell best friend would go home with me”

Evan’s best friend? Oh God Please don’t say Milo Please don’t say you slept with Milo

“You tried to take Milo hohter, and it takes ht face

“You bet your ass, I did” Jessica shrugs and htens “Well, tried and failed, but I tried nonetheless”

My shoulders sag, and a breath of air I didn’t realize I was holding releases fros

Why in the hell am I so relieved by that?

And why do I get the sense that I no longer like Jessica now?

Lena offers a gentle, reassuring squeeze of h beneath the table

“Anyway,” the chick rambles the fuck on “I just wanted to say that I love you dearly I am so damn happy for you And I can’t wait to see the look on Evan’s face when you walk down that aisle Saturday Happy bachelorette party! Cheers, Sadie!”

Everyone clinks their glasses, and I find ht

In four quick gulps, I down the rest ofanother one at his earliest convenience