Modern love, gets me to the church on time

“Long night, huh?” Holly curled up next to Mary, resting her head on the pillow. The beds in the villa were large enough for two people, so the girls in Mary’s bachelorette party had doubled up. After they had finished their bout on the strip pole, of course.

Mary didn’t respond. Truth be told, she didn’t know how “long” the night was. She was just glad that it was over.

…Maybe.

She was completely burned out. After watching all those performances, seeing how Nick responded to Rose, and Kim’s eagerness to perform, even Morgana’s persistence, in spite of how easily embarrassed she was…

It made her wonder if she was holding them all back.

“Hey.” Holly reached out and grabbed Mary’s shoulder, turning her over in the bed so that the redhead was facing her. She looked directly into the redhead’s eyes, and Mary was taken aback.

Holly’s eyes weren’t filled with sin and debauchery. There was a pure, genuine, and sincere glow in her gaze.

Like her best friend always had, before she came here.

“I know that ever since I let the real me out, things have been a little awkward between us,” Holly said quietly. “But nothing will ever change the fact that you’re my best friend, Mary. And I love you. And tomorrow? Tomorrow is going to be the happiest day of your life.”

Mary smiled. A genuine smile, devoid of worries, displeasure, or discomfort.

“I’m getting married,” she giggled, squirming in bed a little. “I’m really getting married…”

“You’re getting married to Nick,” Holly nodded, wearing a giddy smile of her own. “I’m so jealous of you…”

No weddings for Holly. She was the perpetual bridesmaid.

And that was fine. She was thrilled beyond belief to be there for her best friend’s special day.

Mary reached out to Holly and hugged her close. Holly wasn’t sure how to react to that. Not only was she sleeping in a real bed, but she had someone holding her while she was.

She couldn’t remember the last time either of those things had happened.

I wish there was some way I could make your special day even more special, Mary, she thought, nestling into her best friend’s hug.

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“Ha… ha… ha…” Morgana hugged her knees to her chest and rocked back and forth on the bed, her eyes locked in a vacant stare at the wall. She was coming down from massive sensory overload, and the knowledge of what she had done was starting to get to her.

“It’s going to be very difficult to sleep with you breathing like that,” Rose informed her roommate. If the girls had gone to bed in the hotel with their assigned roommates, it would have been her responsibility to host Morgana in her room. So it fell to her to be the one who roomed with her in the villa.

Only problem, it was almost two in the morning, they had a wedding tomorrow, and this girl wouldn’t go to sleep.

“M-my diary…” Morgana stammered, clutching the book to her chest so hard her fingers turned even whiter. “I-I have to write in it… but tonight…”

She was overwhelmed with all the sexual things she’d seen tonight. And that meant her thoughts were filled with new fantasies- but she didn’t have anyone’s permission to write.

After what happened with Carly, she’d been much more **** to use the diary to its full potential. And that meant problems. She’d been lucky that Mary was receptive last night, but could she really give dreams to anyone else?

Rose sighed and rolled over in bed. “Listen, Morgie-”

Morgana winced. “Pl-please don’t call me that,” she said softly, averting her eyes. It made her feel like dying of shame. Of all the girls on the island, Rose was the one she did the worst with. She knew many beautiful blondes back in her school, and they were all the same- superficial, vapid bimbos.

And Rose… her performance on that strip pole, it was like she was a natural. Morgana had inherited the same moves from the stage’s spell, but that was completely different. Rose made it seem so easy, while she had completely screwed up.

It felt like the head cheerleader was picking on her again.

Rose sat up, realizing that there was no chance of getting any sleep tonight if she had to deal with this goth girl’s self-esteem problems.

“Morgana,” she said politely, “if you want to write in your diary, you can use me.”

Morgana stared at her in surprise. “Really? You?” She didn’t take Rose to be the kind of person who would want something like that.

“Yeah, of course,” Rose said bluntly. “I won’t sweat stuff like that. Besides, the last fantasy you gave me… it was rather something steamy…”

She averted her eyes and blushed, remembering fondly the time she had spent with Nick in that steamy car. It may not have been real, but it sure FELT real, and that’s what was important.

“Another fantasy like that would be just fine. But if you want to do other stuff, well… that’s okay too.” Rose’s eyelids were so heavy that she didn’t really care at this point. She just wanted to go to bed.

“Well… okay then…” Morgana relaxed a little, and started scrawling in her notebook. She hoped that tomorrow would be good.

And that Rose wouldn’t be mad. If the blonde took it out on her…

Well, she wasn’t good at dealing with the popular types.

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As for Kim, she was rooming with Dawn. Though “rooming” wasn’t a great description of what was happening.

Dawn was sprawled out on the bed, dead to the world. She slumbered peacefully, having missed most of the bachelorette party. But Kim…

She wanted to get some sleep, so she could be rested for Mary’s big day. But she was way too wired for that. Today had been so intense that she couldn’t hold anything back. She’d actually stripped on a stripper pole… she never would have thought to do something like that back on earth. Oh, certainly, the possibility had arisen several times, but she had always pointedly rejected it.

Kim had always believed that she would never sell her body for money. But she’d already passed that threshold a while ago.

Not that it’s the same thing… it’s Nick, after all. Giving him my body is different. Because… I love him. Maybe that was why she liked it, when his eyes were on her. And why after Rose had taken the stage, she tried to up her game to show off to him. It hadn’t really worked, even though she’d stripped naked, but she still relished the attention.

That was something she could figure out later. She had a lot to think about. In the meantime, though… she had other issues to deal with.

“Hey Dawn, can I ask you something?” She turned to the cat girl. It was futile, of course, because Dawn was still fast asleep. But verbalizing her issues always helped. Like when her transformed self was talking encouragingly to her.

“…Znork…” Dawn let out a small hiccup in her sleep.

Kim took that as an affirmative, and continued.

“If you heard something… if you learned something important, but you couldn’t tell anyone… if you knew you needed to do something, but that doing it would hurt somebody… what would you do?” She asked quietly.

Kim had always admired Dawn, even from the beginning. The woman was a hard worker whose hard work had paid off. She was rational and smart, and when she set her mind on something, she did it. That was the kind of woman Kim wanted to be.

So if she wanted someone’s advice, she’d turn to Dawn. Not that the older woman had any advice to give her.

“I might be able to stop it. I might be able to do something about it,” she said quietly. “But I don’t know if I should.”

Of course, the small girl had no answer for her.

But that was fine. Kim’s question didn’t have an answer. She sighed and leaned back in her bed, staring up at the roof.

The bed was comfy at least. That mattered a lot to her.

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Sylvia sat back in her bed with a smile on her face.

The party had been amazing! All the girls had done such a great job! She couldn’t believe things could go so smoothly. And the way that Nick had been watching Rose… his desires were coming out in full ****. He had rejected the notion of the orgy, sadly, and when she banished them all back to their rooms to go to bed, he had fallen asleep beside Dani instead of doing anything, but she could work on that.

More importantly, tomorrow was the big day!

Sylvia squirmed in bed, giddy with excitement. The invitations were already sent. The preparations had all been made. Mary would wake up early to do some work on the wedding cake, but other than that, everything was ready for tomorrow!

She had never attended a wedding before. Were they as amazing as they sounded?

With a sigh, Sylvia swooned, and checked in with the audience. She wanted to see what they thought of the bachelor and bachelorette parties, and what their feelings about the wedding would be. Were they looking forward to it as much as she was?

“YO stripper Rose was hot!”

“Rose kinda bad tho”

“Meh. Wanted Mary on that pole #ChurchOfMary”

“#ChurchOfMary #GetMaryPreggers”

“Sigh. Mary’s winning and her fans are still rubbing it in smh.”

“Maryfags suck lol #GinaParty”

“Only party for Gina was in Nick’s pnats”

“*pants”

“Lol rip Gina”

“Gina = junkie”

“So no change really lol #KimClique”

“Kim did real well on that pole #KimClique”

“Dawn slept through the whole thing rip she’s gonna be voted off for sure”

“Nah never #CollarForDawn #DawnPosse”

“*#DawnPussy”

“Dawn stripping on the pole woulda been hilarious lol”

“LMFAO at lesat Holly likes being humiliated”

“Rip Holly lmao”

“#HollyTeam eating good rn fr”

“This is taking forever. When’s the wedding?”

“Feel like I’ve been waiting so long for nothing”

“Taking longer than Winds of Winter fr”

“Sexy dragon mommy when?”

“How is nobody talking about that moment between Dani and Carly? #TeamGamerGirls”

“Rip #DaniCrew she went to bed with no kisses lmao”

“#CarlyFans peak, maximum seductress”

“Every day I feel worse and worse for Marley #SlimeTime”

“There’s no more #SlimeTime, #Twinning”

“Plese don’t votes out Morgana UwU #MorganaCoven”

“Yeah please Morgana needs to be peak”

“#GothLivesMatter #MorganaCoven #BigTiddyGothGF”

“Agreed, #MoreMorgana”

“Morgana got kinda a bum rush”

“I’d rush her bum lol”

“#MoreMorgana”

“#GetMaryPreggers”

“I still feel bad for Dani, she didn’t get to kiss any1 #JusticeForDani”

“#JusticeForDani”

“#DicksOutForDani”

“Personally I feel bad for Dakota. She hasn’t gotten anwyere”

“#CultOfDakota”

“#BlackQueen”

“Dakota peak plz no bulli”

“No please bulli me Dakota UwU #CultOfDakota”

“I’m worried that no one likes Dakota enogh to save her”

“You think she’s getting the boot?”

“Nah no way Dakota would burn down the hotel first”

“Dakota kill Sylvia and become new host when”

“Dakota can’t be voted off, she’s the one aiming hardest ofr a harem!”

“I just want Kim to be okay #KimClique”

“I want to see Kim’s new transformation path”

“#SlackerKim when”

“Same time we get the step-mom”

“#StepMomWhen”

“Sylvia been taunting us with her since round 1 bro”

“#IncestIsBest”

“It’s not **** #NoChromo”

“Yeah but he thinks of her as his mother”

“Mommy please”

“How does she think of him tho”

“#MILF”

“#FreeTheMILF”

“#CollarForDawn”

“#MILFMary”

“#Mommy”

“I just want everybody to be happy”

“You know who’s not getting enough love right now? Marley. Girl just trying her best.”

“#JusticeForMarley”

“#Twins”

“#GetMarleyPreggers”

“Bruh”

“They’re spreading”

“Will she give birth to slime babies”

“Gross”

“Nah fam that’s hot”

Sylvia took a deep breath and exhaled. This was exactly the kind of chicanery she wanted to avoid. While she was glad that everyone was excited for the wedding (some more than others) the way everyone was trying to plant lewd ideas about her daughter was starting to grate on her.

It’s fine. Marley’s a grown girl. If she wants to marry Nick, I have no problem with it, she reminded herself. This was something she wanted, right? She wanted her little girl to have happiness, and she wanted Nick to have happiness.

Frankly, the two of them getting married just made sense.

But for the moment? For the moment her feelings were in a turmoil.

Because she had her own love to consider.

It’s too bad that Nick and I can’t be together, she thought sadly. Although, I suppose it would be strange for me to marry the same person my daughter is marrying… that’s just wrong.

Even Sylvia had standards.

...

...Oh, wait. No, she didn’t. That was fine.

She gasped and sat up in realization. Wait, what am I thinking?! She shook her head to clear those noisy thoughts away. I’m not getting married! Marriage is for those people! Sex is one thing, but marriage… that’s just out of the question, I’m not even human!

Sylvia had no idea why she was thinking in that context.

I must have marriage on the brain thanks to this wedding, she thought, lying back down. Yeah, that’s gotta be it.

And with that, she drifted off to sleep in anticipation of the day to come.

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Nick woke up to the sunlight streaming down on his face. He expected to be incredibly hung over from all the drinking last night, but the fact was, he just felt pretty nice. With a yawn, he turned over to see…

Dani’s bare chest staring him right in the face.

He gasped and turned red. He stumbled out of bed frantically, embarrassed. What the heck?! What happened last night?! He thought frantically, taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down. He was in bed with Dani, who was half-naked.

“Haaaann…” Dani yawned, sitting up in bed. She rubbed her eyes. “Oh… hey, Nick… how are you doing?” She turned to him, seemingly uncaring about her state of dress.

Nick didn’t know what to say. He just stared at her in open-mouthed shock.

“D-Dani…” He stammered, pointing at her. “You’re… please cover yourself?”

“Hmm? Oh, this?” She looked down at her exposed chest and laughed. “Come on dude! It’s not a big deal! You’re my friend! It’s not like you’re looking at me lustfully or anything like that!”

She smirked. “Besides, you saw a lot more from other girls last night, if memory serves.” She leaned back and cackled gleefully.

Nick remembered Dani’s transformation. She no longer thought anything of him seeing her naked.

After all, he wasn’t like “the other guys”.

That thought made him feel sick to his stomach. He remembered Dani’s breakdown the last night they spent together, when she expressed her terror at being transformed like that, and slowly losing who she was.

“Well… I know,” he said, trying to be as tactful as possible. “Listen, Dani, I’m getting married tomorrow- err, no, I guess it’s today. I’m getting married today…”

His heart skipped a beat as he anticipated tonight, and his stomach began churning.

He was filled with excitement and passion.

“…Anyway. I’m getting married today,” he said, clearing his throat. His cheeks flushed crimson. “And I don’t think it would do if another woman was topless in my bed the morning of my wedding, don’t you agree?”

Dani laughed. “Fair enough,” she agreed, pulling up the straps of her dress. She couldn’t for the life of her remember how she’d gotten into this state.

“But… I suppose you must be pretty happy,” Nick said, smiling at her. “After all, what happened last night…”

“Hmm? Oh, you mean the strip club?” Dani grinned back. “Yeah, that was quite a show Rose put on, but you know what surprised me? Kim. She was really bold, stripping like that in front of everybody. I didn’t think she had it in her.”

Nick nodded thoughtfully. “Yeah… Kim is really becoming bold,” he agreed. “That’s pretty awesome. I’m glad she’s improving. But… that’s not what I’m talking about.”

“Oh?” Dani looked at him, confused. “Then what are you talking about?”

Nick stared at her. “…You and Carly. Are you saying you don’t remember?”

Dani shook her head. All she had were flashes. “Just… well, I remember a little bit,” she said, recalling the heated moment between the two of them. “Not anything worth celebrating, though.”

“…So you don’t remember,” Nick said quietly. “Well, that’s… something, I guess.”

“Huh? Remember what?” Dani looked closely at him. “Remember what?!”

“It was after Rose’s show. Things got really heated… I barely saw any of it, to be honest. But the way you and Carly were going at it… let’s just say, her hands were down the front of your dress. That’s how you got like that.”

Dani’s jaw dropped. “…You’re lying,” she said, shaking her head. “No way.”

Nick shrugged.

“Anyway, you can talk to her about it later. But who knows? I’m just telling you so you don’t get your hopes up. Carly is really clingy and affectionate when she’s drunk. So… that might not have meant anything. She might not even like girls… she might have just been after some affection, that’s all. Don’t think too deeply on it.”

It might have been mean to say, but Nick really was worried about Dani’s mental health. He didn’t want her to get upset or hurt if she put too much stock in what happened between her and Carly, only to find out it didn’t mean anything to the other girl.

And more importantly, he really didn’t want their relationship drama to spoil his wedding. It wasn’t just Mary’s special day, it was his as well, and he intended to treat it as such.

But this is definitely something Dani and Carly need to work out, he thought, wondering how Carly was doing. He got up and got dressed, preparing for his wedding.

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In both the hotel and the villa, everybody was waking up and getting ready for the big day. It was a time for celebrating! Mary, the bride, was already hard at work. She’d left the villa and gotten started on the wedding cake in one of Sylvias special rooms. Dawn woke up hung-over, Kim woke up sore, Rose woke up squirming and horny and frustrated beyond hell (and so did Holly, but that was normal) and Morgana woke up embarrassed. Gina was jonesing for some of Nick’s semen, and Dakota woke up cold and alone and frustrated.

As for Carly and Marley…

Carly curled up in the corner, her scarlet face buried in her hands.

“Sis… what did you do?” Marley asked, standing over her sister with her arms crossed over her chest.

“I don’t want to think about it,” Carly mumbled into her hands. “Just leave me here and let me die.”

“…Yeah, no, that’s not happening,” Marley said, grabbing her naked sister and dragging her to her feet. “We have a wedding today, and I’m not skipping it just because you’re having morning after regrets!”

“Shut up Marley! Shut it! You don’t know! Dummy!” Carly wailed, thrashing about in embarrassment. She couldn’t believe what she’d done!

What would Dani say?!