Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 16:55:36 -0500
From: Joyce Devries <joyce_devries@hotmail.com>
Subject: Bridesmaid-For-Real 8

BRIDESMAID FOR REAL, Part #8

A long adventure of how I became to be a Bridesmaid in a real Wedding
when only the Bride and Groom knew my real gender.

By Joyce Devries, joyce_devries@hotmail.com
ICQ: 26082876


Note, this a true story, none of the names have been changed, but
certainly not the events of the days!, this is taken right from my
diary entries of the time.

My (email) name is Joyce Devries and it was a real life adventure
that till this day has never been matched for an exciting adventure. I
am 5'2", TV, live near Toronto, Ont., Canada, pass quite well as a
woman and have done tons of "real life" things as a woman, but this
was the ultimate in adventures.

THE DAY AFTER, THE GIFT OPENING, NOVEMBER 1989

9:30am came early and the alarm my spouse had set up in
anticipation for the morning went off. She rolled over and gave me a
kiss, like the evening before and asked, "how are you my now new
lover?". I smiled and told her I was fine, but I thought I must look
like hell, she smiled and told me I looked fine and said that I should
be the first one that used the shower. I got out of bed and slowly
made my way to the bathroom, I stripped out of my lingerie and took a
long shower and was surprised as how much I had to "clean" myself up.
When I was done I left the bathroom wrapped in a towel and my
girlfriend came and said, "so is someone picking you up?", I was a
little taken back and asked, "I thought you were coming with me?". She
smiled and said, "I did not know I was invited?, I guess I better find
something to wear then, what are you wearing?".

Then it donned on me, I had no idea on what to wear, I looked
over my now growing wardrobe and grabbed my 4 tiered denim skirt, and
the matching short sleeved flowered denim blouse. I decided on the
same one I wore to the Bridal shower and decided to go with that. I
grabbed the skirt and blouse and laid them out on the bed and went to
my lingerie drawer and grabbed a previously worn pair of nude
pantyhose and decided on a red pair of panties. I slipped them on and
then made my way to my makeup table did my makeup really light, light
eyeliner application and eyeshadow, just a little blush and finally my
light reddish pink lipstick and a little spritz of my girlfriends
Halston's perfume. My girlfriend was coming out of the shower and
commented, "oh you are wearing that today?, then I will have to look
and find something appropriate as well". I slipped into my skirt and
blouse and went to grab for my heels and then it was then, I had worn
my 3" black pumps to Debbie's the day before when we got ready. All I
had in my closet was a couple of pairs 4" black pumps, and they were
definitely not going to be appropriate. My girlfriend saw that I was
worried and asked what it was and I told her and she said, "don't
worry we will stop in to a store and get you something more
appropriate". I was relieved, as it would have totally looked out of
place for an occasion like that. I pulled one of the black 4" pair and
slipped them on and thought, well, looks like I will have to wear
these at least to the mall.

I slipped them on and went to the living room and relaxed for a
bit while my girlfriend got dressed and did her makeup. She had chose
a denim skirt as well, A-line, below her knees and pretty floral
blouse, I could see that her makeup was also done light. She grabbed
her purse and said, "well if we are going to make it on time and get
you shoes, we better leave now". She slipped on her coat and told me
that my coat and purse was still in the car. The mall was right on the
way and she parked not too far away so I would not have to walk too
far in the 4" heels, and just the walk to get in the car was painful
enough. My girlfriend commented, "remember, you wanted 3" heels for
the Wedding, that is the price you pay". We walked into a large
department store that was part of the mall, and thank heavens the
ladies shoe department was just off to the side of the entrance we
went in. My girlfriend lead the way and it did not take long and she
pulled out a black patent pair of heels with only a 2", maybe 2 1/2"
heel, she said, "size 7 right?", I nodded and she said, "these will be
perfect". She saw some reluctance on my face and said "what higher?",
I smiled and said, "well at least 3". She shook her had and said,
"alright, but you are a gluten for pain aren't you?". She held them as
we continued to look, but to no avail, she told me it was the shoes we
already had or flats. I really had no choice, I was sure that if we
went to a store that specialized in shoes I could find them, but I did
not feel like walking and we were running out of time. So we went to
the cash and paid for them and headed back to the car. As she drove us
to Debbie's parents house, I slipped out of the 4" heels and put on
the new ones, she looked down and commented, "there, now that looks
more appropriate and now our outfits match even more!", as her heels
were the exact same height as mine.

We got to Debbie's and the party was well under way, Carl saw us
coming in and offered to take our coats, and as he did, he had a
wicked smile on his face. My girlfriend turned to leave and I was just
about to as well, and Carl gently grabbed my shoulders from the rear
and whispered, "that was a naughty thing you did, but when I found out
it was you I near came right then and there". I looked back at a
smiling Carl and told him, I was glad he liked it, I then turned and
joined the party. It was in the same room as the shower and rehearsal
party, so I knew were to go. Debbie saw us enter the room and came and
gave both of us a hug and a little kiss and thanked me for everything
yesterday, I smiled big at her and said, "your welcome and Carl
thanked me as well". She smiled big, but with my girlfriend standing
next to me, we could not really talk about it. She told us that there
was champagne and orange juice on the table and that a brunch was also
laid out. I got a glass of champagne and orange juice and so did my
girlfriend and we started mingle. All of the people I ran into, Aunts
and Uncles complimented me saying things like, "you girls looked
lovely yesterday, simply lovely". I thanked each one that complimented
me and as we mingled what I noticed was that even though we dressed
casual, practically everyone was in jeans and T-shirts and dressed way
down. Debbie walked by at one point and I stopped her and told her I
was so embarrassed that my girlfriend and I came in what we did. She
told me, "nonsense, you look perfect, besides, you look cute in a
skirt all the time, I have never seen you in anything else, 'don't
change!'". She smiled and said that she had to go get ready for the
opening.

We eventually ran into Liz and Teresa as they were chatting. As I
looked at Teresa and even though she was in jeans and a T-shirt, she
was still stunning. She immediately commented how pretty my girlfriend
and I looked, I said, "I think we overdressed", she smiled and told me
"of course not, you look great". We then talked about the Wedding and
how much fun it was and I told them about my feet, and asked if they
were the same way. They laughed and said, "we were going to tell you
that you can take them off when the dancing started!". I told them I
figure that out right near the end of the evening, but she said that
the hem of Liz and her skirts were destroyed from being dragging on
the ground when they took off their heels to dance. Then she asked, "I
thought you were going to bring your 'friend'", I said "I did", she
laughed and said, "no the one that you got 'hot and heavy' with last
night". I was blushing profusely and looked over at my girlfriend and
she had her hand covering her mouth giggling. I was sure was wondering
what I was going to say and said, "is he here today?", she told be
that he was not, as the party was just for the Wedding party and close
relatives. Then I thought what if the guy my girlfriend came with
was!, it turned out he was not. I looked back at Teresa and said,
"well he was unsure if he could even make it, so I asked my friend
here", and pointed at my girlfriend. She said, "well I hope you got
his number, he was a hunk". I lied and told her that "of course I
did". Debbie then shouted over the crowd and said that they were going
to start and that she needed one of the Bridesmaid's to help write
down what they got and from who. Connie was closest to Debbie and
grabbed a chair and sat down next to her.

We all sat down in a big semi-circle and Carl's father brought in
the gifts from another room a few at a time and Debbie and Carl opened
them. They had asked for cash, so there were not allot of them and in
about 2 hours, all of the gifts were. Debbie and Carl were leaving the
party around 4pm to catch a flight to Aruba, but we were all more than
welcome to stay and enjoy. We continued to mingle and around 3pm,
Debbie came and got me and told me to follow her to her room to get my
clothes and the flowers from the day before.

I followed her to her room leaving my girlfriend talking to
Teresa and Liz. As we walked in I saw that her Wedding dress was hung
up and that large crinoline was on the ground next to it. She walked
behind me and when she got in, she closed and locked the door. She was
smiling and I asked her "how was it?, my surprise I mean?, when did
you tell him who it was and when did he see it?". She smiled and told
me that when they came back to the house to change, she asked Carl
just to unbutton her from her dress and then change in another room.
When he did that, she slipped out of the dress and quickly put on a
dress and did up so Carl would not see the panties or the other sexy
lingerie. When they got to the hotel and in the room, they had a glass
of champagne and then the fireworks started.

She left the living room of the suite and went to the bathroom,
and got into a slinky camisole that matched the rest of the lingerie,
but left her panties exposed and walked in the room. She then told me
that when she went back in the room Carl was naked on the bed semi-
excited. He saw it right away and asked what the red on the panties
was, she told him "it was a 'gift' from one of the Bridesmaids, she
gave it to me when she was helping me dress today, can you guess which
one?". She told me his excitement grew almost instantaneously, and he
asked, "Barb?", she approached the bed and said, "the very same one".
The panties came off in a flash and Debbie said it was the best sex
that they had ever had. She gave me a light kiss on the lips and said,
"that is a special thank you". She then grabbed my hand and lead me to
her bureau and opened her lingerie drawer and moved some panties out
of the way and pulled out a zip lock bad and inside were the panties.
She opened it and put the bag near my nose and I could right away
smell her musty scent, she told me that from time to time during the
day she was so wet under her dress, thinking about the kiss. The
lipstick mark was a little smeared, but it was still there. She closed
the bag and put back in the drawer and turned and gave me a much
longer kiss this time, gabbing me by the waist and I felt her tongue
enter my mouth and I reciprocated. After a couple of minutes we broke
and she said, "thanks again".

Thank heavens I had my purse and went to the mirror and fixed my
lips and Debbie came over and stood beside me and fixed hers. She
smiled at me and told me she better get back to the party and she
handed me a bag that had my clothes in it and my flowers and I
followed her back downstairs. I found my girlfriend and asked if she
was ready to go and she was, so I said my good-byes and Teresa and Liz
made a comment how, "it was really nice meeting me and sharing the day
with Debbie". Debbie met me at the door and I gave her a little hug
and Carl came and helped us with our coats. We told them to have a
great honeymoon and left.

As we got into the car my girlfriend said, "my I had interesting
conversation when you were gone". I asked her what it was and she told
me that Liz and Teresa were asking all about the guy she was with at
the Wedding. She had fun making up the story of that they had been
seeing each other for a long time, etc. Then the question of, "and
your not living together yet?, are planning on marriage?", etc. She
said it was fun. We got home and I spent the rest of the day relaxing
on the couch resting my aching calves and feet.

End.

Epilogue:

Here is what has happened from then till now, 2001.

? Carl was transferred to a location out West for work.
? Debbie and Carl have 2 children.
? Connie got divorced.
? Liz got married.
? Teresa went on to part time model.
? I got married to my girlfriend in the 'traditional' way the next
year.
? My spouse never found out about either event with Debbie and I.
? On November 17th, 1990, it was my turn to wear the Wedding Dress and
I was sad as I was going to ask Debbie to be my maid of honor, but
the circumstances did not work out.
? I still have my Bridesmaid dress and wear it from time to time for
memories.
? Most of photographs from me at the actual Wedding were destroyed in
a fire in 1995, Debbie is planning on getting a scanner soon so
hopefully I can get them back.

? So there you have it, I know the story was long, and in my diary,
if fills the whole book. I hope another girl like me can have the
same real life experience and share it.


Joyce Devries, joyce_devries@hotmail.com
ICQ: 26082876