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Trendy Yet Discrete Restaurant 2300

Amy and Lucy were toasting to Scud and Janet's happiness for what seemed to be the fourth time. After sharing a kiss, Scud and Janet sat happily at the table next to them discussing their honeymoon plans in Australia, hoping that Lucy wouldn't do anything crazy in their absence. Amy believed it to be a bit overboard because Lucy hadn't done anything illegal in the four years they had been together, other than faking their passports.

Amy noticed Lucy's abnormally high amount of alcohol consumption in the past two hours, and that she seemed very nervous about something, but she didn't know what? She tried not to let her mind wander about what would be making her girlfriend so anxious at a time when most people would be celebrating, but most people weren't Lucy. Amy just hoped she hadn't gone back to her old ways of scheming and attempting to take over the world.

Lucy was holding her liquor quite well, despite having four shots of tequila and four beers. It seemed that Scud's idea of an open bar was not a good one.

"Are you nervous?" Scud asked taking a seat in the bar stool next to her.

"I'm never nervous," she replied before chugging half of her fifth beer.

"Really," Scud questioned raising his eyebrow.

"So maybe I have a few butterflies, but it's not everyday you ask your girlfriend to marry you," Lucy explained. "She's the one trying to make the world a better place, and I'm the one trying to sink it. I mean, she's the perfect score and I'm me. Scud, why is this happening to me?"

"We've already gone over this. You love her, and she loves you, amazingly enough," he replied.

She slapped his shoulder playfully. "This isn't funny. Why is it I can hold the whole world hostage but I can't ask my girlfriend to marry me?"

"How many times do I have to tell you? Love is harder than crime."

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Don't you have a honeymoon to get to?"

"Technically, yes, but we're still waiting for your speech," he told her.

"Speech?" Lucy questioned as her face paled and her eyes widened. "What speech?"

"You FORGOT?!" Scud exclaimed, causing everyone in the room to avert their eyes onto the bickering friends.

"I didn't forget, I was testing you."

"On what?"

"Your ability to listen to the wedding planner," she bantered.

"So you have a speech." Scud said surprised.

"Of course I have a speech." she grabbed her purse and headed over to the stage. "In my head," she mumbled under her breath. Truth be told, Lucy was the one who hadn't been paying attention to the wedding planner, due to a certain maid of honor wearing a slightly revealing gown during the dress rehearsal dinner. Scud had even reminded her on several occasions, but it always seemed to slip her mind. And now she had to go on stage in front of one hundred people and wing it. Not her finest moment, but even super villains get stage fright.

She coughed into the microphone to get everyone's attention.

"Hi, for those of you who don't know me, I'm Lucy, Scud's best friend, and best man?" she questioned. "I've known Scud most of our adult lives, and we've been through some interesting times together, most of which was me doing something stupid, and him helping me out of it. Scud is like a brother to me in so many ways, so when Scud told me he was dating Janet I was very… surprised. When I first met Janet there wasn't as much talking, as there was screaming. So it's understandable we didn't get along right away. Since then, however, I've realize that they were meant for each other in their own special way." She turned and looked at Janet. "But if you hurt him there will be hell to pay."

Janet began to resemble a ghost in shock, while Scud was shaking his head and staring at his feet before comforting his now trembling wife. On the other side of the room Amy was trying to stifle her laughter and Max had cracked a smile for the third time that night (the first two will not be mentioned for the sake of sanity). Dominique, however, missed the entire event due to Janet's relentless attempts to get her to stop smoking indoors aka she was outside taking a very, very long drag.

"Cheers to the happy couple!" she quickly added before running back over to the bar and finishing her beer.

An hour after Janet and Scud had left for the airport Dominique made a reappearance, only to disappear with an attractive former employee of Lucy's. The famous super villain herself was nursing what she vowed would be her final drink of the evening.

Amy sat down next to her, and handed her some aspirin.

"You're going to be needing those later."

"Thanks," she nodded swallowing both pills at once.

"Was that really necessary?" Amy asked. "Your speech was a little harsh, I figured you would have told her that on the first date."

"If I remember correctly, it was our first date as well, and it never occurred to me this was where we'd be in four years. Also, you can be distracting with your intellectual babbling."

"I was not babbling," Amy protested.

"Really, because you apologized for it. Besides you're cute when you babble, like a little puppy dog covered in mud."

"You're drunk."

"Aww, I love you too," Lucy replied tapping her on the nose.

"Come on, we need to get a cab home," Amy replied as she helped Lucy to the front door.

"But what about the skymobile?"

"I'll get Max to bring it home tomorrow morning, when you feel better. It'll take a lot of convincing, but I'll get it done." She opened the door of one of the cabs waiting outside, and climbed in behind Lucy.

The ride home was peaceful, mostly because of the aspirin, seven beers, and five shots of tequila had her seeing stars.

Amy was amazed. Lucy could hold the whole world hostage, break into the most secure building in the world, and plan to sink Australia, but she couldn't see her best friend get married. Unbelievable.