*Chapter 33*

Auds still couldn’t believe how well things had gone with her and Urs in London, she had been worried that they couldn’t get things back to the way they had been between them. But the last four days had made her realise they could and did. They had just needed to spend some time alone where they could let things progress naturally. She blushed as she remembered the night before and the flour fight and how she kept managing to put her foot in her mouth whenever she said something. It had lead to Urs challenging her by doing what she had said and daring her to follow. She had thought about it for a few minutes, wasn’t sure if she could do it, but then she had seen the look in his eyes as if he thought she wouldn’t do it, so she made up her mind then to not only do it, but to beat him as well. She had turned to him and said “I’ll take my top of as well” and pulled it off throwing it beside his. She could see the look of surprise in his face and she said “Your turn.” He looked at her and then down at himself and said “Okay, I’ll take my trousers of.” and he stood up and unbuttoned them and pulled them down throwing them to the side. He sat down again and smiled at her. She felt nervous, but didn’t want Urs to know that so she took a few breaths and quickly stood up and pulled her skirt off and throwing it away. She sat down again, but not before Urs got a good look at her and wondered what he was going to do next. He was only wearing his boxers and his socks and he didn’t want to look like a wimp and take his socks off, but he didn’t really want to end up with no clothes on at all. He really hadn’t expected her to take him on and was now wishing he hadn’t started it. Auds stared at him and said “Well, what’s coming off next?” She could see that he was having doubts and she was trying not to laugh at him. He noticed that she was trying to keep a straight face and decided that he wanted to see how far she would go. He took his socks off and said “Okay, your turn again, what you taking of Auds?” He saw the smile slip slightly and she looked down at the bra and panties she was wearing. She couldn’t let him win, but could she do this. She took a deep breath and said “I shall take my bra off.” and she reached behind her back with shaking hands to open it. She had it open and was just about to slide it off when Urs stopped her and said “Don’t, if you’re not comfortable then don’t do it. I was being a fool, when you said that we should take our clothes off, I thought I would see if you would do it. I honestly didn’t think you would and once you did I didn’t want to look like a coward, so I carried on. You don’t need to take it off.” He put the straps back on her shoulder and clipped it back together for her. She turned to face him and looked into his eyes then said “Thank you, I was just being a fool too, I saw it in your eyes that you didn’t expect me to do it, that’s why I did.” she put a hand up to his face and covered his cheek then brushed some of his curls behind his ear never looking away from his eyes. She moved her hand round to the back of his head and pulled it in towards her then kissed him really softly on the mouth. He put his arms round her and pulled her into his chest then kissed her back this time deeper and he let his tongue explore her mouth as she opened it a little. They pulled apart and looked at each other and Urs said “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that.” Auds shook her head and said “Its alright, I wanted you to. I miss you Urs, and I know that I don’t deserve a second chance after everything I put you through, but, I would like to be your girlfriend again.” she blushed and looked away before saying “That’s if you will have me back?” Urs brought her face round to look at him and he couldn’t stop smiling. “Of course I will have you back, I never wanted to lose you in the first place.” Auds grinned and hugged him tightly.

Michelle and Carlos arrived at the hotel and saw Seb and Sonia checking in. They went to greet them and Carlos left Michelle chatting to the two of them while he went and got their room key. He came back and put his arms round her and kissed her cheek from behind, Michelle smiled and turned to kiss him back. Sonia looked at Seb then said “Something’s different about you two, what happened over the last four days?” Carlos looked at her funny and said “Nothing.” then he said to Michelle “If you want to stay down here and catch up with Sonia, I can take your bags up to our room for you.” She said “Thanks darling” then kissed him and put her arm through Sonia’s and took her off for a coffee. Seb and Carlos picked up the abandoned bags and went off to find their rooms. The girls had sat down with their coffee and were telling each other about their time off. All of a sudden Sonia said “Hang on, did Carlos say he would take your bags up to ‘our’ room?” Michelle went red then said “Yeah, I think so” Sonia shook her head and said “You’re not telling me something Missy, what’s going on?” “Lets just say that I took the next step.” she said with a grin. Sonia just smiled and said “About time! And he obviously never changed after he got what he wanted then?” Michelle nodded “He did, but for the better, he can’t keep his hands of me now.” then she started laughing. Sonia joined in and then said “I wonder how Auds and Urs got on in London, did you hear from her at all? Michelle shook her head and said “No, not even a text.”

Seb and Carlos walked into the room just then with David who looked exhausted. They all sat down and Sonia said “When did you arrive David?” “About 10 minutes ago, I just dumped my bags and was going to crawl into bed and sleep for a while, but these two appeared and told me I had to come down and have a drink with everyone.” “Aww, you should have ignored them, you look like you could do with some sleep.” said Sonia. David nodded his head and said “I really wouldn’t advise anyone to fly to America and back within four days. Its not good for you.” Seb was about to say something when he saw Auds walk through the door. He smiled and when she had reached them said “What have you done to him now?” She laughed and said “Nothing, he’s fine. Just putting his bags up into his room and he’ll be back down. How are all you guys?” They all stared at her and Michelle said “You look a lot happier than before you went home, what happened between you two?” Auds smiled and said “Nothing, we did a lot of talking, and watched a lot of movies, ate a whole load of takeaways and we had a flour fight last night” “Carlos looked confused and said “You had a flower fight, how can you have a fight with a bunch of flowers?” The others burst out laughing and David said “I think she meant the other type of flour mate, the white type that makes a mess when you cook with it.” Auds nodded and said “Yeah, that’s what I meant, you should have seen the mess we made in his kitchen and of ourselves.” she grinned then as she remembered. Carlos went red and said “Oh, I understand now.” then he looked at her and said “Why did you have a flour fight?” Auds grinned and said “He started it. He said he would cook us dinner last night instead of us eating takeaway like the previous nights, so when I arrived at his place I found him all covered practically from head to toe in flour and couldn’t stop laughing at him, so he waited until I had my back turned to him and he emptied a bag over my head. It pretty much started from that and got a lot worse and messier when the water and orange juice came in to it.” She laughed at the looks on the faces of the people in front of her and just then Urs walked in and looking at them said “I take it you’ve filled them in on the fight we had” and grinned. She nodded and sat herself down on Urs knee once he had sat down and he put his arms round her. David choked on his drink and said “What else are you not telling us?” pointing at the way they were sitting. Auds smiled and said “It made me realise how much fun we used to have with each other, and how much I missed all that fun. I kissed him and he kissed me back and it just felt so right.” So you’re telling us that you two are back together properly, as a couple and not just friends?” said Sonia. They both nodded and Sonia just shouted “Yesss, I think everyone had a good few days then” grinning at Michelle who blushed. Seb looked around at all his friends sitting round the table and said “Sonia and I did a lot of planning for the wedding and we found a venue for the whole thing, ceremony, reception and we can rent all the rooms for the entire wedding party and guests so that nobody has to drive home.” he took out a brochure of the place and handed it them to see. “Its called Chateau de Esclimont."

Sonia looked at the girls and said "I also wanted to ask you if you two and Janice of course would be my bridesmaids?" Michelle and Auds looked at each and screamed then said "Of course we will, we'd be honoured babe." They started talking away amongst themselves then about dresses and accessories etc.. The guys shook their head and Urs said "This place looks lovely Seb, very romantic place to get married in. Did you go and look at it?" Seb nodded "We went to a few places, but the minute we saw this one, we both fell in love with it and luckily it was free on the date we wanted." David smiled and said "I'm glad things are coming together mate, now if you don't mind, i'm going to go and get some sleep. See you all later." and he got up and walked away. Urs moved Auds off his knee and into the space David had left and said "We're going to go and leave you girls to your wedding talk." and he kissed Auds and they all left them in peace.