Rachel hugged Kat again, placing a sisterly kiss on her forehead.  "With you cheering me on I couldn't really fail" she said softly, glad that her oldest friend was here with her to celebrate this trip.<br/><br/>Then someone she didnt know all that well arrived.  Chael was more an acquaintance than a friend.  He was very handsome, and was a good actor, but there had been some unsavoury rumours running about around him that had made her keep her distance.  But she had been persuaded to give him a chance.<br/><br/>"Hi Chael, glad you could make it" she said, kissing his cheeks European style.  "This is my good friend Kat" she said, introducing Kat.  "Thats Mike, Beth and Vivienne" she said, gesturing to the crowd.  She was slightly uneasy around him, but she couldn't say why.  So pushing the feeling away she smiled, "have some bubbly" she said to them all, waving Daisy around to serve them.