So I gotta ask you will you be my bridesmaids

The “Mary Wedding Planning Committee Room” (aka, a repurposed resort lounge) was bustling with activity.

“So what do you think for the cake flavor?” Sylvia asked.

“I’m gonna go with an ‘open concept’ kind of wedding, sound good?” Sylvia suggested.

“We should definitely invite a lot of people to fill the stands! Your family’s no good, but I have some ideas…” Sylvia mused.

Mary was feeling a bit overwhelmed.

“Um… look, I appreciate you’re passionate about this… but I’m not so sure about all that stuff,” Mary said, shaking her head. “Actually, there’s something else I wanted to talk with you about…”

“Hmm? The catering? Or the decorations?” Sylvia looked up from her binder full of wedding details.

“No, uh… the… the wedding party,” Mary mumbled. “And about that… can… can we ask Holly to join in, please?”

A hush fell over the room.

“You want… Holly to help plan your wedding?” Even Sylvia seemed shocked.

“Uh, Mary, I don’t think that’s such a good idea…” Dawn advised. “Holly’s nice and all, but…”

“Yeah…” Marley nodded in agreement. “I don’t think listening to her will give you the wedding you want, if I’m being honest…”

Mary stomped her foot and puffed up her cheeks. “I don’t care about that sort of stuff!” She huffed. “Holly’s my best friend, and I want her to be a part of this!”

“I think that’s a splendid idea, Mary,” Dakota mused with a smirk. The wheels in her head were already turning.

Dawn glanced at Dakota, and the goth girl on the other side of the room. Now that I think about it, with Sylvia, Dakota, and Morgana here, Holly might not be such a problem after all.

Sylvia considered it. Once the original shock had worn off, the idea definitely had merit. There was only one problem though.

“Unfortunately, that won’t do,” she said, shaking her head. “You see, Holly is Nick’s servant now. Her duty is taking care of the Master’s Suite so it’s always ready when Nick arrives. So unfortunately she can’t leave without his express permission.”

Sylvia shrugged. “I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is.”

Mary frowned. “Well, even if that’s so, I’m going to be Nick’s wife!” She pointed out. “I should have the right to come and go from the Master’s Suite as I please.”

Sylvia tightened her grip on her cane and her smile twitched. Mary was getting a little big for her britches. “Well… aren’t you a bold one?”

“Come on, just let Holly join in,” Carly groaned. “I’m sure she’s looking forward to this almost as much as the bride herself.”

“Yeah,” Marley agreed. Holly might not have the best head on her shoulders when it came to stuff like this, but Marley thought that if anyone deserved to help Mary with this, it was her best friend.

Sylvia sighed. Then she smiled. “Well, alright then, don’t say I didn’t warn you…”

She was actually quite looking forward to seeing how Holly might push this little wedding. It should be rather exciting!

With a flick of her cane, Mary vanished from the room. She appeared a few seconds later in the entry hall of the Master’s Suite.

Hopefully Nick isn’t changing or taking a shower or anything like that, she thought as she approached the door. Her hand stopped just short of knocking on it. Although… if he was… that wouldn’t be so bad, right? I mean… we are going to be husband and wife… so maybe…?

She blushed bright red and began to squirm. Oh gosh! No, it’s too soon! Doing those sorts of things with a man, even if he’s my fiancé… no, I wouldn’t dare!

Unable to hold back, Mary knocked frantically on the door. It cracked open and Holly peeked out curiously. When she saw who it was, she swung the door wide open.

“Mary! Hey!” Holly practically leapt into her friend’s arms. “What happened? You woke up this morning, and then *poof* you were gone! Did Sylvia take you?”

“Something like that, yeah,” Mary said, nodding shyly. “Actually, um… it’s… about my wedding.”

Holly perked up even more, if that was possible. Her eyes flashed with hearts in them. “Your wedding to master? Yes, what about it?”

Mary winced. “Um… can you… can you not call him ‘master’ please? It’s kind of weirding me out… cuz, I’m gonna marry him, so… if Nick’s your master, that makes me…”

“My mistress, of course!” Holly said. “…Oh, but not that kind, you’re his official wife! But you’re still in control of-”

Mary shook her head. “No, I… I don’t want that,” she said. “Holly, you’re my best friend. Even if you’re a pervert, that doesn’t matter to me.”

Holly’s eyes widened. “R-really? You mean that?” She’d hoped as much given how Mary had treated her the last few times she was here, but it really reassured her to hear straight from the redhead’s mouth that in spite of Holly’s perversion, she still hadn’t lost her best friend.

“I do,” Mary nodded. “Of course I do! I was just… being dumb before.” She held her hand over her heart. “I think I was afraid of my own thoughts… and I was projecting that onto you. Because you gave into your desires so readily, and I… I didn’t have the strength to do that yet…”

She swallowed her doubts and shook her head. “But that’s all in the past!” She stated. “I’m over that now. I’m done condemning myself for my feelings, and I’ve realized that it was wrong to do that to you! So… can you forgive me?”

“Aww! Mary! There’s nothing to forgive!” Holly hugged her friend tightly and nuzzled her cheek up against hers. “I knew you were working through stuff! I’m just glad that you’ve finally realized what I’ve always suspected- that what you want most is to marry Nick and give birth to all his adorable little babies!”

Mary blushed like a big dumb idiot. “…Yeah…” She stared off vacantly, picturing just that. Holly wasn’t the only one with hearts in her eyes.

It took her a second to regain her bearings.

“Oh! But, please… no mistress talk, for real,” she begged.

“…Aww… okay…” Holly looked a little bummed out. She had been fantasizing about serving Nick and Mary as their live-in servant all night last night.

“We’re friends,” Mary asserted again. Her cheeks flushed. “And… as my friend… can I ask you a huge favor?”

“What kind of favor?” Holly perked up. “If this is about help on your wedding night, I’ll lend you whatever assistance you might need!”

Mary turned scarlet. “NO! Not about that… of course not about that! It’s, um… about my wedding… the date’s been set.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yeah, it’s… the day after tomorrow.”

Holly’s jaw dropped. “But… that’s so sudden! So your wedding night is only three days away?!”

Could Mary really have a wedding that soon?

Mary nodded. “Yeah, I know, it’s really soon… but… it kind of has to be. That’s my night with Nick, after all… and if I don’t have it then… it’s possible I might get eliminated. See, I have this item I can buy… these rings… one for Nick, and one for me. They’re like wedding rings, and what they mean is that even if I’ve been eliminated, I’ll still retain a spot in Nick’s harem.”

“Oh, Mary…” Holly was thrilled. So even if Mary was eliminated, she would remain Nick’s wife, and her mistress.

…Not that Holly would call her that, of course. Mary had made her position on that very clear, and Holly had no intention of violating that.

Definitely.

Probably.

Maybe.

…

…She would try really, really hard.

Mary stared at the internal struggle playing out across Holly’s face and sighed. She’s as bad as Morgana… send her down a rabbit hole, and she’ll just start fantasizing… oh, well. That’s my Holly I suppose.

She chuckled.

“Holly… about what I came here to ask you. I want your help in planning the wedding.”

Holly stared cautiously at her friend. “Yeah, uh… you sure that’s a good idea, Mary?”

“I’m going to nix anything perverted you come up with,” Mary asserted. “I like your gentle sense of style, Holly, but when it comes to the rest…”

Holly sighed and rolled her eyes. “Yeah, yeah, I get it,” she groaned. “Okay, fine. If that’s what you want, I’ll support you.”

She smiled. “I just want you to be happy, Mary.”

Mary smiled back. “I’m really glad to hear that,” she said. “Because I have one more thing to ask you.”

“Oh?” Holly blinked. “What is it?”

“Will you… be my maid of honor?” Mary asked quietly. She stood on her tiptoes, rocking expectantly back and forth. “Please? It would mean the world to me, Holly.”

Holly’s jaw hit the floor.

“What… you… you want… you want me to be your maid of honor? Me?” Her eyes grew misty and she wiped at her face. “Seriously?”

“Yes,” Mary nodded. “You’re my best friend, after all.”

“But… but a maid of honor… it’s me,” Holly reminded her. “I know I’m a maid now, but I’m the farthest thing from honorable you could get! Why not ask Kim? Or heck, ask Dawn, Rose, anybody! But… but me?”

Mary shook her head. “That’s not what matters to me. Holly, I already told you. You’re my best friend, and that’s what matters most!” She took Holly by the hands and squeezed them tightly, looking deeply into her friend’s eyes. “Even if you’re the biggest degenerate in the world, you’re still my best friend. Kim, she’s great, and Dawn is okay… but they aren’t my best friends. You, Holly, you’re my best friend. That’s why I want you. So… say yes?”

She gave her a pleading look at Holly couldn’t resist.

“Is… is it really okay?” She sniffled.

“Of course it is,” Mary smiled. “Nick would definitely agree with me.”

Holly smiled through her tears. They were tears of joy. “Mary… yes, a thousand times, yes! I’m so happy for you!” She tore her hands from Mary’s and threw her arms around the other girl, hugging her tightly. Because of their difference in heights, she practically smothered herself in Mary’s boobs. Which, knowing Holly, may have been intentional.

But Mary didn’t mind. She rested her hand on the back of her friend’s head and hugged her back. “Thank you for being a part of my special day,” she murmured.

“Of course,” Holly mumbled into Mary’s boobs. She straightened her back and raised her head to look up through the valley of her cleavage. “And if you need any help on your wedding night, just let me know! I’m happy to pitch in!”

Mary narrowed her eyes and the smile left her face. “No. That’s going to be just the two of us.”

“Wait, are you kicking me out of the room entirely?! But I haven’t had a chance to cum all round!”

“Too bad.”

Holly was Mary’s best friend. But even friends had to step aside for her wedding night. She squeezed her legs tightly, feeling her loins heat up. That’s right… in just a few nights… my time with Nick will be… we’ll finally be together.

Imagining that, she nearly orgasmed on the spot.

When Mary and Holly came down the elevator to the main hallway, they ran into Rose, who was just stepping out of the banquet hall with a confused look on her face.

Mary noted that she was dressed all in white. With her sweater and hot pants, she looked like Marley. Gee, I wonder what inspired that color decision.

“Oh, Mary!” Rose greeted the redhead as if she hadn’t just had her mostly-naked body seen by all the other girls less than an hour ago. “I was looking for you. Where did everyone go? …Oh, and Holly. It’s been a minute.”

“Hi Rose!” Holly chirped, skipping over to the blonde and greeting her with a hug. “Guess what! You’ll never believe what just happened!”

“Let me guess,” Rose tittered. “Mary asked you to be her maid of honor?”

Holly’s jaw dropped.

“How did you know?!” She exclaimed.

“Because our Mary is not a devious soul, of course,” Rose smiled, winking at the redhead. “She’s rather predictable; of course she would ask her best friend to be her maid of honor.”

Mary pouted. “Hey! That’s mean! I’m not predictable.”

“My apologies,” Rose said. “But congratulations, Holly I’m happy for you.”

“It’s all thanks to you, too,” Holly pointed out. “If it wasn’t for your generosity, then Mary wouldn’t have gotten the opportunity to propose to master! …Err… Nick. So it’s all thanks to you!”

A wide smile spread across her face.

“I knew it was the right decision to forfeit my place in his harem for you.”

Rose winced. A tense expression crossed her face and her eyes shot up to look at Mary, who also seemed tense.

That was a bit of a sore spot.

“I’m… glad it worked out for you,” Rose said, trying her best to smile. In spite of making amends, she couldn’t help but still feel a little bad that her success came at the expense of someone else’s place in the harem. Even though Holly clearly enjoyed her current position.

“I think that’s enough of that.” Mary cleared her throat to get everyone’s attention. “Rose, if you’d like to join us, we were going to go back to Sylvia and the others and plan out the wedding. I could use any advice you have.”

“R-really? Well, of course!” Rose smiled cheerfully. “Honestly, I was kind of afraid you gals were leaving me out. …Err… I mean… yes, of course you’d like to use my stylistic expertise!”

She desperately tried to save face, but Mary and Holly just smiled.

At that point, Nick came running down the hall. He looked a little frantic.

“Master!” Holly skipped over to him.

“Oh, bonjour Nick, what’s going on?” Rose strolled up with a grin. “Your blushing bride-to-be was just telling us all about her wedding plans.”

“Yup,” Holly nodded eagerly. “I’m going to be her maid of honor! Isn’t that lovely?”

“Yeah, uh, that’s great,” Nick said, forcing a smile onto his face. “Congratulations, Holly, I’m really happy for you!” He obviously meant what he said, but at the same time, he looked really distracted. His eyes kept scanning the hallway, as if he was looking for something. Or someone.

Mary picked up on that immediately.

“Nick, is everything alright? What are you looking for?” She asked, softly approaching him with poise, as a good wife should. “Is there anything we can do to help?”

“Oh, no, please, don’t worry,” Nick said, shaking his head frantically. “I don’t want to get in the way of your wedding plans.”

“It’s no trouble, really,” Mary assured him. “All of us want to make you happy, Nick. How can we do that?”

“Oh, she’s so perfect!” Holly sobbed, dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief.

“I know, such an amazing wife!” Rose wiped her tears with one hand and gave Mary a thumbs up with the other.

“S-stop it!” Mary wailed, turning red. “I’m just doing what anyone would do, gosh!”

Their words of praise made her squirm with glee nonetheless.

“I’m serious, it’s fine,” Nick assured her. “I’m just looking for Gina right now. Is she in her room, maybe?”

Mary shook her head. “I was just in my room a second ago to make sure my dress was okay. I didn’t see her.”

“I see…” Nick bit his lip, and his face dimmed a little.

“Is something up with Gina?” Rose asked suspiciously. “What’s going on?”

“Nothing, nothing…” He lied, shaking his head. He didn’t want to bother his fiancé, or the other women in his life. Mary needed to focus on her wedding; it was only a few days away, and Nick had heard stories about how much of a bridezilla women could be about their weddings.

He had vague memories of his step-mother being the same way. Amelia could be a bit of a battle-axe when it came to getting what she wanted.

That’s right… I’m getting married, he thought, Gina leaving his thoughts momentarily. I wish I had some way I could tell her. Although she probably would be too busy to come anyway.

He was still thinking of this like a normal wedding, and not like a magic wedding where Sylvia could summon whoever she wanted as a guest. But he was also fairly distracted at the moment, what, with Holly’s small boobs rubbing into his side as she squirmed against him.

“I think I know what the issue with Gina is,” Rose said, frowning. That recaptured Nick’s attention, much to his relief. The last thing he wanted was to think about his step-mom while in a place like this that sexualized everything so much.

He’d been down that road before…

“What is it?” He asked. “Is everything okay?”

Rose bit her lip. She glanced at Mary, and Mary firmly shook her head.

“It’s private,” Rose said. “Sorry, just between us girls.”

“Oh…” Nick frowned. That wasn’t what he wanted to hear. With all the focus on Mary these last few days, he was realizing that he’d neglected the other girls in his harem. Especially Gina. She’s got enough self-esteem issues as it is… I can’t believe I messed up! Of course she’d react like that if I asked her about other girls!

In spite of her lackadaisical attitude and punkish attire, Gina was a lot more fragile that one would expect.

“It’s going to be fine, though!” Mary asserted. She grabbed him by the hand. “I’m not that close with Gina, but I know that she really cares about you. She loves you, Nick.”

She gave him a beaming smile. “Just keep that in mind, and that’ll be enough!”

“…I see… yeah, thanks,” Nick said, smiling a little back. Mary really knew how to soothe his heart with her smiles.

And I’m going to be with her for the rest of our lives. How did I get this lucky?

He glanced at Holly’s smiling face, and realized that it was, in part, due to her. Which gave him an odd feeling.

“Thank you, too, Holly,” he said, patting her on the head.

“Me? What did I do for you, master?” Holly blinked, looking up at him with a bright expression.

“It’s nothing,” he said, shaking his head. “Just… thank you. Now, I need to go find Gina!”

He ran off down the hall, and the three girls watched him go.

“You’re a sweetheart, Mary, helping your husband have an affair,” Rose said, patting her on the head.

“Shut up. He likes her too.” She smiled a little, even though she felt sad. “I just want him to be happy, that’s all.”