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"It's like he doesn't even care!" I almost yelled.

"Hey, hey! What happened to the confident Marlena that I knew. Ever since we woke up in Vegas you've been stressing and now it's 2 years later and you're still stressing!"

"Jamie, this has nothing to do with me stressing. Haven't you been listening to me for the last 10 minutes?" I hissed angrily as I paced around the room. I pressed my phone harder against my ear and ran my hand through my hair.

"Yes ofcourse I've been listening. Now listen to me, Phil loves you but he's a guy. They are like this but think about it, If Phil didn't want to save your relationship he wouldn't have gone to therapy but he did. Doesn't that give you a little bit of hope? It takes some time Mar. Don't stress so much about it."

I held the phone in front of me and clenched my fists frustrated before yelling at her but without using my voice so she couldn't hear me. I loved Jamie and she was my best friend but she could annoy me sometimes as hell. Maybe it was wrong to think that way. She was always there for me and perhaps I was overreacting.

I heard Jamie sighing, "Listen, I've gotta go. There are some people at my door and I have to answer."

"You're not gonna open the door right?" I asked, knowing she wouldn't.

"Nope." I could just hear her smirking. "But I really do have to go. I've got some stuff to do. So i'll talk to you later!"

"No Jamie wait-!"

"Bye!"

"J-Jamie!" Suddenly I heard a beep tone. She hung up. "Jamie? ARGH!"

I threw my phone on my bed and sat down. I burried my face in my hands and sighed. This day was not going well at all. Who was I kidding? The last 2 years were not going well at all. Phil and I were drifting apart, Stu was getting married so he was all excited which made me depressed since I didn't have a good relationship with Phil anymore, Jamie's been blowing me off for god knows what, Doug doesn't have time for me anymore since he's with Tracy and their expecting a kid soon even Eli was blowing me off for Stephanie but I couldn't blame him for that. Stephanie was his mother. I couldn't just take him away, I knew that.

There was a knock on the door. It opened and I looked up and yelled, "What?"

"Wow, I didn't knew it was your time of the month already." Phil joked as he closed the door.

I rolled my eyes and walked to my desk, "Very funny Phil. If that was it you can go."

"Well no, that wasn't it." Phil shoved his hands in his pocket and leaned against the door. I turned around and looked at him, waiting for him to continue. "Me and the guys are going to Ihop. I was wondering if you wanted to come aswell since you're always here."

I stared suspiciously at him. Maybe spending some time with the guys wasn't such a bad idea. Lately I have been stressing about Phil and me but also about my job. A nice lunch would be just fine right?


"No fucking way." Stu declined again. "Absolutely not."

I grabbed my toast and took a bite as I looked back and forth between Doug and Stu. Ever since Doug told him that he should invite Alan to the wedding he's been declining every time which was driving me a little mad. I got it why he didn't want to invite Alan but Alan saw us as great friends. Maybe even more than friends. Family perhaps?

"Come on Stu," Doug tried to convince him again. "It's killing him."

"I don't care!" Stu replied, looking at us if we were crazy. "Honestly, the three of you were barely invited."

"Hey!" I spoke up, slightly offended. I wasn't the one who roofied us 2 years ago! That wasn't fair. I've been nothing but a great friend.

"Alright, I get it. I really do, it's just, you know what, Alan considers you to be one of his best friends." Doug said and he turned back to his food.

Stu placed his juice back on the table and replied, "I consider Alan to be insane."

"Stu, throw him a bone." Phil spoke up and also tried to reason with Stu. "Doug already said his dad pays for everything he eats, everything he breaks. Oh and you know what, we should squeeze to see if the old man could cover the bachelor party."

"That's good." Doug smiled.

"Well aren't I lucky." I spoke and poked with my fork in my salad that was next to my toast. The guys all looked at me. "I haven't gotten a promotion so nothing to celebrate for me which means i'm not gonna join the bachelor party. Which is fine by me."

"You don't want to wake up next to me again finding out you're married to me again?" Phil joked with a smirk. I placed my fork on the table and turned to him.

"I rarely wake up next to you Phil." I told him with a hint of irritation in my voice.

Phil nodded thoughtfully and pressed his lips together before snapping back at me, "Wow. Says the person who always walks out of the door early in the morning."

"I need to be early for my job! And i'm not the only one." I said angrily. Stu and Doug glanced at each other before looking back at us, watching us nervously.

Phil narrowed his eyes, "I have a meeting sometimes alright! You're always the first one to go out of the door!"

"And sadly I always come back." I spoke softly. Phil kept his mouth shut and his eyes drifted down to the ground. "And whenever I can be a little later, I still don't wake up next to you because you fall alseep on the couch almost every night."

Phil looked back at me but before he could say anything, Stu cut him off, "I'm glad you brought the bachelor party up Phil because this is the bachelor party." he said, turning the subject back before our fight could get any worse.

"What?" Doug asked puzzled.

Phil turned to him, "What are you talking about?"

"Yeah, it's my bachelor brunch." Stu spoke, pretty satisfied by his decision. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion and listened further. "Go crazy. Let's get some chocolate chip pancakes, lap dance from the waitress."

Doug sighed and rubbed his face while Phil threw his spoon on the table and leaned back saying, "That's bullshit."

I sighed and stood up, grabbing my purse. They all looked at me and I looked back at them when I saw them staring. Doug shook his head confused, asking me what I was doing.

"Nice bachelor party." I said. "This is probably my sign to go." Phil wouldn't move aside so I just pushed him out of the way.

"Oh come on, Marley." Doug whined, as if I was being dramatic again. I stood next to the table and looked at Stu.

"Congratulations Stu. I'll see you at the airport." I gave him a small smile and patted his shoulder before walking out of the Ihop.

I searched through my purse, looking for my car keys but I couldn't find them. As I was searching I walked to my car. In the distance I could hear someone yelling something but I couldn't make out why or what he was yelling but somehow the sound came closer. Was the person talking to me?

"Marlena!"

Apparantelly so. I sighed and turned around to see Doug running to me. He stopped when he was in front of me and his look was a little bit disappointed. We both didn't speak. Doug kept looking at me and I looked down at the ground.

"What do you want Doug?" I finally broke the silence.

"Don't you think you're overreacting?" Doug asked me. I crossed my arms and looked up. Maybe he was right. Maybe I was overreacting but I couldn't control my anger anymore for the last couple of days. I always had a control over my emotions but Phil just had a way of getting under my skin and it got worse every day.

Doug took a step forward and placed his hands on my shoulders, "Tell me. What's up with you?"

I sighed and hesitated before replying, "You know things aren't going well between me and Phil right?" Doug nodded. "Well i'm also extremely stressed out."

Doug frowned out of confused and asked slightly puzzled, "Why?"

"Well, I don't know if you can remember but i'm the producer of CNN." I spoke sarcastically and opened the car door after unlocking it. Doug leaned against the car and chuckled.

I turned back to him and asked, "What's so funny?"

"This." Doug gestured to me. "You. You're acting a lot like Tracy."

"You're saying i'm acting like a pregnant lady?" I arched an eyebrow. Doug just chuckled.

I rolled my eyes and got inside the car while muttering sarcastically, "Thanks."

I started the engine and Doug stopped laughing. He stood beside my window and tapped on it.

"Come on Marley, I was only joking." Doug smiled. I could see the fun in his eyes. He was still mocking me. I knew it. I opened my window and just looked at him.

"You know you can tell me anything Mar." Doug smiled soothingly. "I'm your brother."

"I know that." I spoke softly. "I just need some rest, I think. Good thing we're going to Thailand. No crazy trips, just a piecefull wedding next to the sea."

Doug nodded and squated beside the car. He looked at me with a sweet expression but the curiosity was glistening in his eyes.

"Fine." I sighed and gave up. "I'm thinking of breaking up with Phil."

Doug suddenly arched his eyebrows up from surprise he took a step back and asked, "Why?"

I looked at the steeringwheel and fumbled with it, "Because everytime I walk out of the door i'm thinking of not coming back." I looked at my brother and frowned sadly. "That isn't a good sign."

Doug sighed sadly and walked back to me. He stuck his hand through the window and stroke my shoulder. My eyes slowly turned away from him, not wanting to meet his gaze. I knew he felt bad for me but I didn't want to get too emotional with my brother. I didn't want to get too emotional with anyone actually. And I knew that if I saw his look now I would get emotional.

"Marley, I find it weird to say but you and Phil are perfect for each other." Doug spoke. I took a deep breath and slowly turned back to him with hesitation. When I looked at Doug he smiled at me.

I nodded and a small smile spread across my lips, "Thanks Doug." I stuck my hand out of the window and Doug grabbed it. We held hands for a couple of seconds before I wanted to drive off but he stopped me again.

"And be carefull." Doug warned me.

I chuckled and asked, "Why?"

"Well you're good at a lot of things but driving isn't your strong point." Doug told me. I just smirked. "Your driving style is like Phil's. Fast and reckless. It's dangerous."

"If i'm such a bad driver than why did I get my driver's license?" I asked with a smirk.

Now it was Doug's time to smirk, "Paying your instructor to give you the thing?"

"Very funny." I chuckled sarcastically.

Doug tapped my car and waved me goodbye as he walked back to Ihop. I shook my head and chuckled softly as I drove off. I wondered what Jamie was doing. Maybe I could talk to her for a second. She would understand me and we had such an brief conversation on the phone.


I rang the doorbell as I stood in front of Jamie's house but after some minutes nobody answered. I rang again but still no one. I looked at the garage and saw her black jeep parked in front of it. Whenever she needed to go somewhere she would take her car but since it's still parked she should be home. I knocked on the door this time.

"Jamie?" I yelled, trying to let her know I was here and that she should open the damn door. Another minute tiked by and still no one opened up. I sighed and walked to the window. As I tried to peek inside I didn't saw any movement. I stepped away from the window and looked at the second floor. The curtains were all closed. Maybe she was upstairs sleeping? Who was I kidding. Like Jamie would take an afternoon nap.

I walked to the garden and looked around. She wasn't here. To my surprise her backdoor was open. I let myself in the house and walked around.

"Jamie? Are you here?" I asked. No one replied. I threw my coat on the couch and walked up the stairs. While walking up I heard some noises coming from a room. With hesitation I walked to her bedroom but stopped in front of it. I listened intently but the only thing I heard was laughter. No bed cracks, no giggles, no moans, so I guessed it was safe. I knocked on her door and walked inside.

"Jamie I really need to talk-" My eyes widened at the sight and instantly I covered my eyes while yelling, "Oh god!"

Jamie screamed and rolled of her bed from fright.

"I thought it was safe!" I yelled in disgust.

"Marley! This is not what you think." Jamie quickly tried to defend herself. I turned my back to her.

Before I could reply I heard someone greeting me, "Hi Marlena!"

I knew that voice. I lowered my hands and turned to the voice. To my surprise I saw Alan sitting on Jamie's bed? What was Alan doing here? In Jamie's house? Why was Jamie so panicking and telling me it's not what it looks like?

"Alan?" I spoke confused and frowned. Alan smiled at me and waved. I slowly turned to Jamie who smiled innocently yet embarrassed as she still sat on the ground. I looked back and forth between Alan and Jamie. And slowly it hit me.

"Ah gross!" I yelled and quickly walked out of the room, not wanting to look back.

"Marley!" I heard Jamie yell from her room.

"Oh my god, I can't believe it. How weird and disgusting. Why?" I rambled on and on.

I heard footsteps behind me and Jamie tried to stop me again, "Marley wait a second! I can explain!"

"Why lord? This is-Oh my god, I can't- The shivers- The nightmares! My best friend with- You've been blowing me off for this?" I stuttered in disgust. I walked to the livingroom and grabbed my coat again. Jamie ran to the door and got in front of it. I stood still in front of her and she panted while raising her hands.

"I can explain!" She yelled. I rubbed my temples, trying to get the image out of my head.

"Why?" Was the only thing that came out of my mouth. I opened my eyes and looked at her. Jamie crossed her arms and shrugged.

"I mean," I continued. "You and Alan? Since when did that happen? You hate him! You loath him!"

"I don't hate him!" Jamie denied. I raised my eyebrow sarcastically. Jamie shrugged. "I don't particularly like him either."

I sighed and looked away from her. Jamie noticed me and quickly took some steps to me while speaking, "Something happened between us. I don't know it either but I quite like spending time with him."

"What happened with Dylan?" I asked, remembering she was spending a lot of time with him.

Jamie pursed her lips and mumbled, "Didn't work out." I rolled my eyes and Jamie continued. "Please Mar, don't be mad about this. I'm not screwing with him like I did with the others. I really like him."

I opened my mouth and gestured to the stairs but nothing came out. I was speechless. How in the world could this happen? Those 2 were the last persons I thought would be together. In my opinion Jamie would be better with anyone else not Alan! This was highly illogical. This was against nature! This was a disastor for the future generation! This was...happiness for 2 people.

I looked at Jamie and saw her looking at the ground. She moved her foot across the floor, making a dark stripe in her carpet. Thoughtfully I looked back at the stairs. I saw Alan walking shyly down the stairs and to us. He was too nervous to even look at me. This time I seriously was overreacting. If Jamie was indeed happy with Alan I should be happy for her.

"Marlena please, you're my best friend." Jamie spoke softly. "I just want you to be happy for me."

I remembered that Jamie was happy for me when I dated Jackson. He was a total player and didn't treat anyone with respect except for me but somehow I did like him a lot. She was always there for me and didn't try to seperate us. She tried to except it with all her heart and I always saw that even though it was difficult for her. And I loved her for that. I should do the same thing, right? It wouldn't be fair if I didn't.

I took a deep breath and looked at Alan. He still looked down and fumbled with his thumbs. I looked at Jamie and saw her staring sadly at me.

"I'm sorry." I apologized softly. Alan looked at me and Jamie slowly smiled. "It's just- I didn't expect to find this." I walked to Jamie and grabbed her hands. "If you're happy with Alan than i'm happy for you."

"Thanks Mar." Jamie whispered and she hugged me. I gladly hugged her back. After some seconds I felt another pair of arms wrapping around us. Awkwardly I looked at the person and saw Alan leaning his head on my back and closing his eyes. Great...


It was only 2 more days since we were going to Thailand and it felt like time flew by. Phil and I didn't speak much for those days. We only asked what we should bring along, we had a couple of brief conversations, we went out to dinner and the last day before leaving we spent some time together with Eli. Eli could sense something was going on between us and asked us tons of questions but we told him everything was fine.

Now it was time to go. It was early in the morning and Phil and I walked through our livingroom looking around for some last items. I walked back to the bedroom and grabbed my suitcase. I placed it in the livingroom and walked to the kitchen. There I found Phil making a sandwich for himself. When he was done I quickly stole it from him and walked away.

"Hey!" He yelled as he saw me eating his breakfast. I turned back around and smirked. Phil just shook his head but as he turned around I saw a brief smirk. I grabbed my hoodie and pulled it on.

After some minutes Phil came out of the kitchen with another sandwich and he also pulled on his dark blue hoodie. He grabbed the tickets that lay on the table and grabbed his suitcase. I walked out of our apartment and Phil closed and locked the door.

"Ready?" Phil asked as we got in the car. I nodded. Phil started the engine and we drove off. "Here we go."

After about an hour of driving we arrived at the airport and we saw everyone already waiting for us. Doug, Tracy and Stu were talking with each other and Alan and Jamie were also talking. Phil parked the car and we got out. He grabbed our luggage and we walked back to our friends.

"Hi!" Stu greeted us excitingly.

I waved and smiled, "Hey."

Phil quickly hugged Stu and patted his back, "Ready for the big day?"

After a moment of thinking Stu nodded and breathed, "Yeah."

"Alright! Let's go!" Jamie cheered. She grabbed her bags and walked inside. We all followed her. Stu, me and Phil were walking in the front as Doug, Tracy, Jamie and Alan walked behind us. I looked behind me and saw Alan smoking an old smoke pipe. I rolled my eyes and looked up at the information bord which showed when all flights were leaving and arriving.

Copenhagen 2:35 -

New York 2:50 -

Bangkok 3:15 - -on time

Montreal 3:20 -

Mexico City 3:45 -

Vancouver 3:55 - 5:55 - delayed

Phil looked at his ticket and at me. We glanced at each other briefly before looking back at where we were walking before we would bump into someone. We all saw a young asian boy walking to us. He looked about 15/17.

"Hey! There he is!" Stu spoke happily and raised his arms. The boy looked at us and started smiling.

"Hey Stu." He replied. Stu and the boy hugged.

"Teddy, what's up? How are you?" Stu asked and patted his back. We all looked at him and smiled but Alan didn't look too happy.

"Who's this guy Stu?" He asked and stared at Teddy.

Stu looked at him and introduced Teddy, "This is Teddy, Lauren's little brother. He goes to Stanford, pre med." He turned back to Teddy and gestured to each one of us. "This is Phil, Marlena, Jamie, Doug, Tracy and Alan."

"Nice to meet you man." Doug said and he shook his hand.

"Wow. Stanford?" Phil asked pretty impressed. Teddy looked at him. "How old are you?"

"He's 17 and kind off a genius." Stu answered for the boy. I raised my eyebrows quickly up and down from amasement. That was indeed pretty impressive.

"Well actually i'm 16." Teddy answered and smiled shyly. "And i'm not a genius. My dad just had me take the entrance exams early."

"Because you're a genius." Stu pointed out. Teddy chuckled.

Still not impresses, Alan asked, "So what are you? A doctor?"

"No, not yet. I'm pre med." Teddy answered politely.

"Ever heard of that guy Doogie Howser?" Alan asked.

Teddy nodded, "Yeah?"

"Well, he turned out to be a gay." Alan spoke. We all turned to him and Jamie slapped his arm softly. Alan turned to her and she glared at him.

"Alan." Jamie warned him.

"It's true, I read it in teen people." Alan replied to her. I just laughed and turned back to Teddy.

"Don't listen to Alan. He's just messing with you." I smiled. Teddy smiled at me and nodded thoughtfully.

"Well okay, i'm gonna grab a book or something for the plane. You guys want anything?" Teddy asked us. We all shook our heads except for Stu.

"Well I would actually love a smart water." Stu said. Teddy nodded and walked passed us to get his stuff and Stu's water.

When Teddy was far enough away from us Stu turned to Alan and spoke, "What's the matter with you? He's 16 years old."

"Yeah Alan, take it easy." Phil also jumped in the conversation.

"I'm a little confused, is he just here to see us off or what?" Alan asked and he looked at each one of us. "How does this work?"

"How does what work?" Doug asked confused.

"Is that person coming to the wedding?" Alan repeated his question but this time more specifically.

"Are you- Are you serious?" I asked unsure, wether he was joking or not. Alan nodded.

"Yes Alan, my bride's little brother is coming to the wedding." Stu answered his question, pointing again out that he was the brother of Lauren. "Is that okay with you?"

Alan grabbed his sunglasses and put them on, "Oh, it's the first time I've heard of it. You could've paged me." After glaring at Stu, Alan walked away from us and to the seats. After some of us facepalmed we also followed Alan to the seats. We sat down and waited for our plane to arrive.

Each one of us grabbed some things to do. Jamie grabbed her celphone and started texting, Stu grabbed a book and started reading, Doug grabbed a magazine and started reading with Tracy, Phil filled in some paperwork, I searched through my luggage and grabbed my book and Alan just stared into the distance, living in his own little world.

Teddy walked back to us and asked Alan, Mind if I sit here?"

"Wolfpack only." Alan replied shortly. "Find another chair." Stu placed his book down and looked at Alan.

"There's no wolfpack." Stu told him.

"It's no problem, I can find-"

"Teddy, don't be ridiculous." Stu said. He grabbed Alan's bag and threw it off the chair. "You're sitting here."

"Carefull that's a louis-!" As the bag hit the floor, Alan turned to Stu and spoke again, "That is a louis vuitton!"

Teddy gave Stu his water and sat down on the chair, between Stu and Alan. He awkwardly stared in front of him. Alan looked at the poor boy. I could see Teddy getting even more nervous when Alan stared at him like that.

"That's a nice neckroll." Alan said as he noticed the blue thing in his hands.

"Thanks." Teddy replied. "You can use it if you want?"

Alan grabbed it and said, "Okay." When he examined the thing he suddenly threw it away. Teddy sadly looked down at the ground and we all just glared at Alan. Alan didn't pay attention to us. He grabbed his headphones and placed it on his ears, listening to his music.

After about 45 minutes of waiting our plane finally arrived and we boarded. Our chairs weren't sorted together so we were spread throughout the area. Phil and I sat next to each other in the front, behind us was Stu, behind Stu was Teddy, Doug and Tracy and a couple chairs behind them were Alan and Jamie.

The hours ticked away as we flew to Thailand. It was a 16 hour flight so we weren't there yet. Everyone was getting tired in the plane and started sleeping. My eyelids slowly started to close as well. I looked at Phil and saw him also falling asleep. His head dangled back against his chair and he was gone. I yawned and also hung my head back against my chair, closing my eyes. As I was half asleep I felt my head falling to the side and I hit Phil's shoulder. I didn't really care. I just wanted to sleep.

I didn't remember much from the flight but when I opened my eyes we were there and the plane was landing. I looked up and noticed that Phil was still asleep. I smiled when I realized I finally woke up next to Phil again. It wasn't in our home but that didn't matter. It wasn't like he could go anywhere but that also didn't matter to me. I rubbed his arm and he slowly started to wake up. He blinked twice and took a deep breath while stretching his arms.

"We're here." I spoke softly. Phil tried to look out of the window but since we were in the second row he couldn't really see anything.

We all stood up and grabbed our luggage. We walked out of the plane and a car was waiting for us. The car would take us to our hotel where we would meet Lauren and her family.

Again an hour passed away quickly. I looked out of the car window and the only thing I saw was green from all the trees. Sometimes I could see a mountain but mostly it was green and it was beautiful. I had no idea Thailand was so beautiful but I've also never been here so that explained it.

We finally arrived at our hotel and got out of the car. Phil opened the trunk and gave us our luggage. I grabbed my sunglasses and put them on as we all walked to the hotel. It was a beautiful, big, white building and lots of people were walking around.

"Baby!" We all suddenly heard. Stu instantly turned to the voice and we saw an asian woman running our way. She jumped in Stu's arms and they hugged. Phil wrapped his arm around me as a reflex. Stu and Lauren kissed. At least I guessed it was Lauren. Stu wouldn't just kiss a stranger.

"How sweet." I sighed dreamily. Jamie nudged me with her elbow. I turned to her and we both smiled at the sight. Stu looked really happy with Lauren. I turned to Phil and Phil to me.


The rehearsal dinner was going on for a while now and people were walking around. Phil and I sat on the beach that was behind the hotel. We watched the waves and enjoyed the sounds of the sea. Ofcourse we could still here the people talking at the rehearsal dinner but it wasn't that loud.

"We're in Thailand." Phil spoke and looked around.

I nodded, "I know."

I placed my hands behind me and leaned backwards. I wanted to lie down and look at the sky but I also didn't want to ruin my dress since we still needed to start with the actual dinner. Phil looked at me and placed one of his hands on mine. I turned to him.

"I promise we're gonna work on our relationship." Phil assured me. I didn't reply. "Stu told me that I was acting like a jerk to you and that if I didn't stop I would lose you." I looked back at the sea and sighed softly. "I don't want that. I love you Marley. It was just hard the last 2 years, with you stressing about your job, me stressing with Stephanie and my job. We'll be fine."

"Are you sure about that?" I asked and still didn't meet his gaze.

Phil nodded and breathed, "Yeah." I just nodded sarcastically. Phil tilted my chin to him so I could look at him. "I promise."

"You can't just fix it in one night Phil." I told him. Phil looked down for a second before looking up again.

"I know that." He replied. "But it's not like this is the only night we're here."

"Exactly." I said. Phil smirked and pulled me to him. He wrapped his arms around me and rocked us gently back and forth. I leaned my head against his chest and closed my eyes. As always, being in this embrace of his felt good but I still wasn't sure about us.

Phil and I parted from each other after about 5 minutes of sitting like this and we stood up. We walked back to the hotel and everyone started to sit down for the dinner. Phil and I took our seats and we waited for someone to begin. I noticed Teddy grabbing his cello and walking to the front.

"And now, Teddy will open the dinner with his cello performance." The father of Lauren anounced.

Everyone turned to Teddy and waited. After a second he started playing the cello. He was really really good. Phil grabbed a glass of champagne and gave me one. He grabbed another one for himself and took a sip. Teddy kept on playing for more and more minutes. I looked around and saw Lauren's parents smiling proudly at each other. Alan tapped Phil on his arm and we both looked at him. Alan turned his thumb down, telling us Teddy's performance sucked. I just frowned and looked away from him but Phil just smirked and also turned back to Teddy. Teddy played for a grand total of 7 minutes and stopped. We all clapped as Teddy took his seat again next to Alan. The poor boy, can't get away from Alan. Lauren's father stood up and tapped his glass gently with his knife. We all looked at him.

"Thank you Teddy." He smiled. "The hands of a brilliant musician and one day a great surgeon. I admit it, when I first met Stu I was not quite sold." Stu and Lauren chuckled. "He seemed unattractive, lack of intelligence and imagination. He was missing the spark you look for in a man." My eyes slowly turned to Stu and he looked down. "But then I look in Stu's eyes. He reminded me of my sweet brother, Chio (?). For those of you who do not know, Chio is disabled and lives in a grouphome." Alan started laughing. "But, Chio loves chok!" Phil and I turned to each other.

"What is chok?" I asked in a whisper. Phil shrugged.

"And that's when I realized, Stu is chok." Lauren's dad continued with his humiliating speech. "Chok is soft white rise in warm water. It has no taste." I placed my elbows on the table and burried my face in my hands as I realized that Lauren's dad was just offending Stu. "We feed it to small baby and very old people. The world needs chok, as the world needs people like Stu. To my sweet daughter and Stu. Congratulations."

I grabbed my glass and raised it dully while saying, "Cheers." Stu must be feeling awfull now.

"And now I believe that Teddy has something to say." Lauren's dad sat down and Teddy wanted to stand up but Alan stopped him.

"Sit down. I got this." Alan said. Teddy looked puzzled at him as Alan wanted to make a toast. "I got this."

Phil and I glanced at each other again and everyone turned to Alan.

"That was a great speech sir." Alan said. "I like the comparison between Stu and rise. I've also prepared a few words." Alan suddenly grabbed some cards and started reading them. "Hey everybody, here are some fun facts. The population in Thailand is 63 million people. It's twice the size of Yao Ming. Each year approximately 13,000 people are killed in car accidents in Thailand. The climat in Thailand-"

"Alan, why don't you skip to the last card there buddy." Doug told him.

"Okay." Alan replied sadly. He skipped through his cards and cleared his throat. "None of you knows Stu like I do." He pointed at a person. "Not you do." He pointed to another one. "Not you." And another one. "Not you." And the last one. "And certainly not you. Nobody knows Stu like I do. No one. I can't even tell you what we've been through because we made a pact. More important than blood." Phil nodded proudly. "What I can tel you is this: This is not Stu's first marriage." Me, Phil, Doug and Jamie instantly turned to Alan with wide eyes. "There was a whore in Las Vegas a couple years ago-"

Phil suddenly stood up and grabbed Alan's arm and whispered, "Times up buddy. Time for you to sit down."

"I thought I was going good?" Alan whispered back.

"Oh god, you killed it." Phil smiled at him. Alan nodded and sat back down as did Phil. Doug started clapping and we all just clapped along.

"In your face." I heard Alan muttering to Teddy, who just sat there.


Phil and I walked through the hallway of the hotel. He held my hand as we kept on laughing. When we walked around the corner we saw Stu and Lauren talking while they waited for the lift. Phil quickly walked to them and dragged me along.

"Hey risepudding! How you doing?" Phil mocked Stu. Stu and Lauren turned to us.

"Ha-ha-ha." Stu laughed sarcastically. "Very funny Phil."

"Be nice Phil." Lauren spoke. "He had a hard night."

"Get over it. He's your father-in-law, he's supposed to hate you." Phil told him. "Come have a drink with Marley, me and the guys."

"You know, i'm really exhausted. We're just gonna crash." Stu replied.

"Come on, we just spoke with the manager. He's gonna let us have a bonfire on the beach." Phil tried to convince him again.

"That sounds fun." Lauren smiled and turned to Stu.

Stu shook his head, "Nah, i'm good."

I turned to phil and said, "He's tired."

"Stu." We all turned to Lauren. "1 drink with your friends. They came all this way."

"Yeah we came all this way." Phil whined and tried to mimick Lauren's voice. I slapped his chest and Phil turned to me, raising his hands in a defending way.

"I just wanna be with you." Stu told her softly.

Lauren fumbled with his blouse, "Come on. Just go and do me a favor. Take Teddy with you. He never gets to have any fun."

"That's a great idea!" Phil spoke happily. "Bring the kid!"

"Alright 1 drink." Stu gave up. Phil smirked and wrapped his arm around my shoulder. I just crossed my arms and smiled.

"I'm gonna change. I don't feel like walking around in this dress anymore." I told Phil. Phil nodded.

Lauren and I walked inside the elevator and I pressed the button.

"I'll see you in 20 minutes." Stu told her. Lauren mouthed 'I love you' just as the doors closed.

When we were up I said goodbye to Lauren and went to my room that I shared with Phil. I opened the door and walked to the closet. I grabbed a lightblue top that came just above my bellybutton and a green skirt which was basically just like a piece of cloth that you could wrap around your waist. Perfect beach clothes and since we were only gonna sit on the beach for a while I thought that that will do. I changed into that and let my hair hang loose. Thanks to the twisted knot I had in, I had a little bit of curls.

I walked out of my room and back to the elevator. When I was down I walked to the beach and saw the bonfire burning with everyone sitting around it.

"Hey Marley, that took you long enough." Jamie chuckled as I walked to them. I stuck out my tongue and sat beside Phil who gave me a beer. I noticed a bag of marshmallows lying next to Alan. Good thinking of him.

"My uncle Roger said that he once saw an albino polar bear." Alan spoke up.

"Really?" Stu asked confused. "Polar bears are white. How would he know if it's an albino?"

Alan thought about his answer and replied after some seconds, "This one was black."

I chuckled softly, "Did you think that it was perhaps maybe just a black bear?"

"Whatev's." Alan mumbled after again some seconds. We all laughed softly and I stared at the fire that danced around on the wood.

"You know, I gotta hand it to you Stu." Phil spoke up. "This place is a paradise."

"Not bad right?" Stu smirked.

Phil looked at the fire, "And I can't believe i'm saying this but i'm actually jealous of you. Lauren is an angel."

"Yeah, she really is amazing." Doug agreed and leaned back on his elbows.

"Ah you guys are sweet." Stu smiled.

"Not big breasts on her but still solid rack for an asian." Phil said. I slowly turned to him and just saw him thinking about it. My mouth opened slightly from disbelief. Why couldn't I see this one coming? Phil snapped out of his thoughts and looked at me.

"What?" He asked confused. Just when I thought that it was going better between us he shattered it again. I crossed my arms and looked away from him.

"Ah Marley." Phil whined and wrapped his arm around me.

I slapped his arm away and replied angrily, "Don't touch me. I'm still mad at you." Phil rolled his eyes and sighed frustrated.

"That's just wildly inappropriate. But i'm glad you guys are all here." Stu said. Doug raised his bottle. "Even you Alan." Alan smiled happily at him.

"It means a lot to me that you made the trip." Stu spoke seriously. "Thank you."

"Wouldn't miss it buddy." Doug smiled at him.

"Great," Phil began. "Now can we have our 1 fucking beer dad?" Stu nodded. Phil stood up.

"Alright, toast." He said. "Come on, stand up." We all stood up and waited for Phil to continue. "To Lauren and Stu. You did it buddy."

"I sure did." Stu smirked.

We all clicked our bottles together saying, "Cheers."


A/N: Alright second chapter done. That was a long one. I'm trying to get 10 chapters again like the first one. Third chapter is the morning after! I'm quite curious how i'm gonna pull that off. Hope you enjoyed and tell me what you thought about it by hitting the review button :) ~xXx~