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Urs, stood opened mouthed, gazing at the vision who was gliding, not walking, but gliding towards him carrying in her arms her bridesmaid bouquet. Fara looked absolutely amazing. He barely noticed Roberta walking in front of her. No, his eyes were on Fara. The wonderful, amazing, beautiful and sexy Fara. He only had eyes for her. No-one else counted. Everyone else faded into the background.
‘Oi!’ Seb winked, ‘you’re eyes are supposed to be on the bride, not the bridesmaid.’ he playfully nudged Urs, his best man.
‘I know. But…’ Urs let out a low whistle while still gazing at Fara.
‘OK. I’ll let you have that one.’ Seb lightly laughed, now whistling at his bride-to-be.
‘Behave honey.’ Roberta winked at him as she reached his side on Karen’s arm. Karen was wearing a suit. Her dark curly hair smoothed and tied back. Roberta had wanted Karen and only her to walk her down the aisle and had got special permission for Karen to be able to do that. Give her beautiful little sister away. She handed Roberta’s hand to Seb, winked then moved away to stand next to her partner, Stephanie who was wearing a blue summer dress.

Fara stared at Urs. She hadn’t guessed he would be Seb’s best man and so hadn’t expected to see him standing there, next to Seb at the alter. Urs looked so incredibly handsome. So very sexy too. She tried not to stare but it was impossible. Every part of her could feel every part of him even thought they were no way near each other. She felt so horny. She was tempted to scream out to him, ‘Take me.’ but she couldn’t. They were in a church. A packed church that even included a photographer and reporter from some glossy magazine who had asked to attend and cover the wedding of Seb and Roberta for their magazine. Because the wedding was being covered by the glossy magazine they were also paying a fee which was going to the private hospital Laura had had her final operation in.
Although the glossy magazine didn’t know the reason for why a hospital was getting the fee and not Seb and Roberta themselves. If they asked the story they would be told would be because Roberta was pregnant and wanted her child born there. It wasn’t all that far from the truth either. Roberta was pregnant. She just didn’t know which hospital she wanted her baby to be born into just yet. Then certainly weren’t going to be telling the reporter and photographer the real reason. No-one intended to tell them anything. Certainly not about Laura. Laura was a woman. As far as everyone was concerned. Laura had always, always been a woman. With no exception. Not even one.

The wedding went perfectly. After Seb and Roberta had said their vows there was hardly a dry eye in the church. You could tell the love flowing between these two newly weds. If love was this perfect, it wouldn’t hurt so bad thought Fara. Why couldn’t she feel that way, have someone feel that way about her? What was she doing wrong? She envied Seb and Roberta. The love between them. But she also wished they all the luck and the love in the world. Forever more. Hoping it would last forever. She could only wish them luck. Not that at the moment they looked like they needed it. Certainly not as much as Fara did at the moment. Through-out the whole wedding Fara had felt Urs’ eyes on her and she partly wondered why. During the photographs she was made to stand next to him but managed to avoid his touch and his eye contact. She even ignored him when he said, ‘Fara, you look beautiful.’ She acted as thought she were unimpressed. Even though deep down inside she felt strange. A bunch of nerves. But she refused to let her feelings show. At least not in front of Urs.
Even when Roberta through the wedding bouquet at Fara she refused to look anywhere near Urs. For she could feel his eyes on her. Boring into her. Making her skin tingle with what she didn’t know. Desire she thought. It always used to tingle with desire when Urs looked at her in the past. It was hardly going to change now.
But avoiding Urs proved to be a hard thing to do at the wedding reception. Everywhere Fara turned he was there. Was it just a co-incidence? Or was he stalking her? Then, when Roberta and Seb took to the floor for the first dance as man and wife Fara could avoid him no longer. It was her duty, as chief bridesmaid to dance with the best man who was Urs.
‘Fara.’ he smiled at her, pulling her into his arms for their dance, ‘you can no longer avoid me.’
‘I haven’t been avoiding you!’ she laughed.
‘Oh no?’ he challenged, ‘that’s now how I’ve been seeing it.’
‘Then you must be needing your eyes tested.’ Fara snapped, trying to wriggle free.
‘Oh no you don’t.’ he growled, moving her even closer to his body.
Fara could feel every inch of him now, including his very prominent erection. This had turned him on.
Well, Fara knew how to play him at this game. She stopped struggling and wriggling in his arms and tried to cool her fast beating heart. She started acting like she no longer cared. Like his touch no longer affected her. Whatever she was doing it obviously worked. As soon as the first dance was over he pushed her away and stalked off. Leaving Fara free once again but feeling very upset. She had a lot of conflicting emotions going on inside. As she watched him go she noticed him going to Roberta’s older sister Karen and asking her to dance. Fara then had to witness Urs attempting to flirt with Karen as he and her danced. He tried nearly everything he could think of. But nothing worked. Fara tried not to laugh. Didn’t Urs know Karen was currently dating another woman? Obviously not.
‘What, are you doing?’ Karen asked Urs as he attempted to flirt with her as they danced around the room.
‘Can’t you tell?’ he smiled.
‘You’re flirting with me.’ said Karen.
‘You got it.’ Urs winked.
‘I’m not interested.’
‘I don’t see why not.’ Urs smiled.
‘My live-in partner is over there.’ Karen pointed in the direction to were her girlfriend, Stephanie was standing, chatting to some man.
‘Ugly guy.’ Urs noticed the man.
‘My partner.’ Karen corrected, ‘is the woman he’s talking to.’
‘You’re a…?’ Urs stared at her.
‘Bi-sexual. But currently dating the lovely Stephanie.’
‘Oh, I see…’
‘Look, I know you love Fara so why don’t you do something about it?’ Karen then asked.
‘Like what? She isn’t interested in me anymore.’ Urs sighed.
‘That’s not the signal I was seeing earlier. While you were dancing.’
‘Oh yeah? Then you must be seeing something.’
‘Rather, you’re not seeing the full picture.’
‘When you are?’ Urs asked.
‘I am a woman. I do know what tricks we use, to hide her feelings.’ Karen told him.
‘What should I do then? To win her back?’
‘Go and see her.’
Urs looked around the room. ‘Where is she?’ he asked.
‘I think she’s left.’ Karen told him.
‘So, I go and see her. Then what?’
‘Do whatever you feel.’ Karen told him with honesty.
‘Just that? Nothing else?’
‘Once you’re there with her, you’ll know what to do.’
‘OK.’ Urs nodded, ‘and…thank you.’ he then said.
‘That’s OK. Good luck Urs.’ Karen smiled.
‘I’ve a feeling I’ll be needing it.’ Urs nodded again and lightly smiled before leaving to find Fara. He had a girlfriend to get back with.
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