Devon, Trevor, Chad, and others are milling around the large party room of an upscale restaurant. Waiters are walking around with trays of food. A bartender is pouring drinks. The table is set, ready for everyone to order, after everyone arrives. Aaron, Grady, and Gary arrive together. Everyone is dressed up, wearing ties and jackets.
"Hey, you guys made it," Devon says, welcoming them.
"Great place," Gary said.
"Very fancy," Grady mentioned, looking over the room.
"Nothing but the best for Chad, right guys?" Devon explained. "Tonight, we got nuts. Money is no object. Have fun, there's drinks, food will be coming around."
Devon left talk to other guests.
"Lousy richer," Aaron muttered under his breath.
"Easy man," Grady told him. "Just enjoy the night. This all about male bonding. Check out all the dudes." Grady gives a high five to a passing guest.
"There are a lot of dudes," Gary said.
"Stop saying dudes," Aaron asked.
"Loosen up dude," Gary rubbed it in. "This is a celebration. I've got a house full of females; I need a guy's night out. You know, eat some cow, drink some brown liquor, let the dogs out. I don't even know what that mean."
Gary walked over to the bathroom.
"Food dude," Grady said, going to the hor d'oeuvres. Aaron sighed and went to the bar.
"Can I get a beer?" he asked the bartender.
"Can you make that five?" Devon said, coming around to the bar. He took the extra four and passed them out to people.
"That'll be forty dollars," the bartender said.
"Dammit," Aaron muttered, paying the bill. "I guess I don't need to eat."
"Zora's your friend, right?" Trevor asked Grady.
"Yeah."
"What's her deal? Is she single?"
"No way, man. No girls allowed tonight. No talking about them, no thinking about them, no looking at them."
"I'm just asking."
Grady walks away with his fingers in his ears.
"Hey guys," Nico said when arriving. "Look what I brought Chad to wear." Nico shows what he was hiding behind his back, a plastic ball and chain. "It's to remind that tonight is his last night of freedom before he gets his real ball and chain."
"I don't know, that's kind of subtle," Aaron said sarcastically. "Do you think he'll get it?"
"Hey everybody," Chad announced his arrival. Nico quickly hid the ball and chain. "This is exactly what I wanted. Some good food with friends. I'm glad this didn't turn into a party where everyone thinks marriage is the end of the world."
"Yeah, totally," Nico said. Chad walked away, going to talk to some of the people at the party. Nico looked dejectedly at his joke gift. He hands it to Grady. Grady, not knowing what to do with it hands it to Gary.
"I've got one at home, thanks," Gary said, handing it back.
"That was great," Chad said, wiping his mouth. Everybody just had a big steak dinner with a baked potato and salad.
"Hey, is everybody cool splitting this ten ways?" Devon asked when the waiter gave him the bill. Everyone seemed to agree.
"No, not cool," Aaron whispered to Grady. "I didn't eat anything."
"I've got this," Grady told him. "Hey, I think you count is off by one."
Devon looks around the table, recounting.
"You're right," he said. "It's Chad's big night. He shouldn't have to pay."
"Richer," Aaron muttered.
Nico lit up a cigar and put a cigar box on the table.
"A must for any bachelor party," he said.
"Cubans?" Grady asked.
"Only the best." As Nico leans back, the smoke from the cigar sets off the smoke alarm. It starts to blare loudly and frequently. Everybody groans.
"You're an idiot."
All the guys are standing outside the restaurant after they were forced to evacuate do the smoke alarms going off.
"Way to go," Gary told Nico.
"Hey, if their cheap alarms can't handle this cigar, I don't want to be there."
"I do," Gary said.
"Where are going to drink now?" Trevor asked.
"Mason's?" Aaron suggested. "It's close by and cheap."
"This is Chad's bachelor party," Devon said. "We're all dressed up, let's go someplace fancy."
"Hey, there's this place a few blocks from here," Grady said. "We can all drink and it's not some dive bar."
"Great," Devon answered. "Let's go."
"Dammit," Aaron muttered.
The guys arrived at Calla, only to find all the girls from the bachelorette party there.
"Oh man," Grady whined. "No, you will not ruin our night." The guys head to a different part of the bar, except for Trevor, who walked over to Zora.
"What happened to no girls allowed?"
"This is a total accident," she replied.
"Best accident all night."
"How did you guys end up here?" Chloe asked. She was sitting with Chad, Gary, Nico, and Tawni.
"Well, Nico almost burned down the restaurant," Chad explained. "So we had to find somewhere to go."
"What are you doing?" Grady asked, after seeing the two parties hanging out together. "Don't talk to them."
"But they're our friends and we like them," Chad said.
"No girls tonight. Don't you remember? Right, Gary?"
Gary's phone rings and he answers it.
"Don't answer that. We're the glue holding this night together."
"Might be a stripper," Gary said. "Hello. What's wrong? No, I know you and I know when you're upset." Gary walked away from the table to talk to his wife.
"We don't need a stripper with issues," Grady said.
Aaron is at the bar drinking water. Devon walks up.
"Can I get a beer?" he asked. "And get this guy one. I owe him a couple."
"Thanks."
"You having fun?"
"Yeah," Aaron said, sarcastically.
"Me neither. What's the deal with Grady? He's pushing the whole dude thing a bit much."
"He's just excited."
"Didn't this place used to be O'Malley's?" Devon asked.
"Yeah, now that was bar. I can't believe it shut down, but once it got new management, the whole thing went in the crapper."
"Really?"
"Yeah, they had no idea how to run a business. You know, I learned a lot on the road from a bunch of different bars on what and what not to do. I feel like I could run one myself."
"Really? You know, I just bought this place in Boston and I have no idea what I'm doing."
"What you need is a great wait staff and stay open extra late, to get all the workers from the restaurants near by. They all need a good place to go after their shifts over."
"You really know you're stuff. I could use a guy like to run it."
"Really?"
"Hey, I just got us some shots," Grady said, interrupting their conversation. "So bring it over dudes."
Grady, Gary, Aaron, Devon, Chad, and Trevor all gather around a table and pick up a shot.
"Here's the future ex Mrs. Chad Dylan Cooper," Trevor said in his toast. Everyone laughed at that. "But seriously, I think Sonny's a great girl. I'm glad you guys managed to get through everything you did. So, to your happiness."
"I would also like to thank everyone for coming," Chad said. "And for making it an awesome night and to no strippers."
Everyone clinks their glasses together. While Chad was saying that, Nico turned the corner with two strippers, but before Chad could see that, he quickly turned around and led them away.
"Gary, I'm here." Gary's wife Rachel said.
"Hey, Rachel." Gary stood up to hug her.
"What is she doing here? We agreed this was a dude's night out."
"The dude portion of the night is over and I'm going home with my wife."
"Home?"
"I don't have a car, I came with you."
"I could have brought you home."
"She was upset, I told her to come and get me and I'd come home with her. So, goodnight and I'll see everyone at the wedding tomorrow."
Everyone said goodbye and Gary left.
"It looks like the night is breaking down, so I'm gonna jet," Devon said. "Aaron, you got a card or something I can call you, talk more about that bar."
"No, but…," Aaron writes his number down on a napkin and gives it to Devon.
"You guys can't leave, there's gotta be some place we can go," Grady said. "The night is young."
"It's over," Devon told him.
"Fine, high five."
"No."
"Explode it."
"I don't explode."
"Neptune's net."
"I don't even know what that is," Devon said. He turned to Aaron. "We'll talk soon."
"Yes." Devon extended his hand and Aaron pulled Devon into a hug that lasted a little too long. "Call me."
Devon walked away.
"A little needy, dude," Grady told him.
Grady, Nico, and Aaron are hanging out in front of Calla.
"Do you think Devon will call?" Aaron asked.
"You're getting clingy, dude," Grady told him. Chad came out of the bar.
"Great party guys," he told them. "It was awesome."
"Well let's keep it going," Grady said.
"I think everything's closed," Aaron replied.
"Not true, there's a 24 hour IHOP three miles from here," Grady told everybody.
"I am starving," Aaron said.
"I could eat," Nico piped up.
"How are gonna get there?" Chad asked.
"Don't worry, I planned ahead," Nico said, motion to have something come closer. A limo pulled up and stopped by them. "Limo's for the night."
"Dude," all three of them said at the same time.
"I guess that's why the call you the king," Chad said. "Do you think we should invite the girls?"
"No," Grady protested. "This is about dudes eating pancakes."
Zora was paying her tab when Trevor walked by.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. "Everybody left."
"Yeah, finally."
"Why finally?"
"Cause now I can do this."
Trevor leaned in and kissed Zora.
