——–Andy——–

I was so happy that I just couldn’t stop smiling. The fact that most of our neighbours had probably copped an eyeful not withstanding I couldn’t have asked for a better night. I knew that we had so much to organize but I planned to spend to day relaxing. All the rest would come in good time.

A short while later we pulled into Bette and Tina’s drive and as we approached the door we heard lots of movement inside.

Jenny opened the door and motioned us inside. The place looked like a bomb had hit. There were sleeping bags and clothes everywhere surrounding the group of less than healthy looking women who had apparently set up camp here for the night.

I looked at jenny who explained that she had just arrived and woken them, as she had to bring all of the kids back before she made her way out to supervise them at the pool.

I looked around again grinning at the state they were in when I met Bette’s eyes.

“I don’t know what your laughing at I hold you fully responsible for all of this.”

She waved her arm indicating the room as she spoke but there was humour in her voice.

“I wouldn’t have offered to pay for the bar if I had known that you oldies couldn’t hold your drink anymore. I mean we leave you alone for a few hours and you can’t even make it to your own home. What did you all do once you got here anyway?”

My comments earned me a cushion being thrown at my head but still none of them moved.  This time Tina spoke.

“Well we all had a lot to drink after you two left and it seems we decided that the best thing we could do when we got here was play strip poker.”

It was at this time that I realized that none of them were making any effort to move and that they all held blankets or sleeping bags very tightly. I looked over at Rachel and could see that she had come to the same conclusion. None of them could move because their clothes, instead of being on their bodies as they should have been, were in fact strewn all over the room.