The Bride-To-Be’s To-Do List by Lindsey Kelk

Author:Lindsey Kelk [Kelk, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2023-10-05T12:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Maddie and I walked into the tiki bar one minute after Emelie and Matthew and we were already too late. Four tequila shots lined the bar while the bartender whizzed up a delicious but deathly concoction in a blender, a huge smile on his handsome face.

‘You’ve got to do a shot on your hen do,’ Emelie ordered. ‘That should be on the list.’

‘She’s not wrong, it’s the law,’ Matthew confirmed, handing me an overly full glass and a wedge of lime. ‘Get it down you.’

‘The first one is always the worst,’ Maddie added, accepting her own shot and steeling herself as though she was about to go to war. Which, knowing my friends, she was, only the enemy was her liver and there would be no waving of a white flag.

‘One shot and one shot only,’ I warned, carefully clinking my glass against the others before tipping the contents down my throat before I could taste it. I bit down on the lime, embraced the tequila shivers and stuck out my tongue. ‘Please tell me the next round will actually taste good?’

‘So good we have to limit you to two each,’ the bartender confirmed. ‘Have you ever had a Zombie before?’

‘Only if you count my ex.’

‘Which one?’ Matthew asked as Emelie snorted tequila back through her nose.

‘Fair point,’ I said, picking up the tropical-looking cocktail with both hands. I took a small taste and rejoiced. It was delicious, like sunshine in a glass. ‘It’s just like juice!’ I told the bartender. ‘I could drink ten of these.’

‘That’s why we limit you to two,’ he replied with hard-earned wisdom. ‘Go steady.’

‘Pssh,’ I waved away his concerns and took a seat at one of the dark wood booths opposite the bar. ‘He’s just not used to dealing with British drinkers. I could easily knock back four of these before they even touched the sides. It’s practically an alcopop.’

‘If you say so,’ Matthew said, taking the seat opposite, his eyes popping wide as he sucked through his straw. ‘Christ, that does go down easily. What did the bartender say? Maximum two of these?’

‘Et tu Matthew? Don’t be such a wuss,’ I groaned, the cool fruity drink soothing my tequila burn more and more with every sip. ‘It’s almost entirely juice, nothing boozy could taste this good. What was it you just said? Get it down you?’

‘I’ll remember that two drinks from now,’ he said as I happily guzzled my drink, beaming at my brilliant pals.

‘So, you’d fuck Batman, marry Superman and kill Spider-Man?’ Maddie asked, scribbling the order down on the back of a napkin.

‘No, no, no, marry Batman and do Superman,’ I corrected. ‘Superman is far too earnest, and Batman is loaded.’

‘Poor Spider-Man though,’ Em said with a slight slur in her voice. ‘He seems nice.’

‘You couldn’t marry him though, he lives with his auntie,’ I replied. ‘Also, he’s twelve.’

Matthew nodded as he pushed aside eight empty tiki mugs. Two Zombies each and we could barely string a sentence together.

‘What about Captain America?’ he asked.

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