The next evening, Sam was waiting patiently in the bar for the others. It had been a busy day so she was looking forward to relaxing with a few drinks and her friends. Maybe it would get her mind of a certain blond gear. Just as she'd had that thought, she saw Cole walk in, shortly followed by Baird. She didn't quite know how to feel, all she knew is that her heart skipped a beat when she saw him.

"what the bloody hell is he doing here" She thought to her self.

Baird had a similar thought when he saw Sam, and he started to suspect that maybe Cole had an ulterior motive for getting him to the bar tonight.

"Did you know she, was coming tonight" Baird said, emphasizing the word she.

"Yeah, I did. Guess I forgot to mention that" Cole said with his big grin, that made it very difficult for Baird to be mad at him. After getting themselves some drinks, they made their way over to the table where Sam was.

"Didn't know he'd be here" said a rather annoyed looking Sam

"Hey, 'he' has a name" Baird said, pointing a finger at himself.

"Oh don't worry Baird, I have plenty of names for you"

"C'mon guys lets just get along ok" said Cole trying to keep the peace.

"As usual, she started it"

"Did not"
"Ok that's it" Cole was fed up already "Do you know why you're both here tonight. It's because we all want you to get along. You know be friends, or even more than that" Cole had totally ruined the plan now, but he didn't care any more. "You know, Marcus and Anya aren't even gonna show up tonight. And I was gonna make myself scarce soon as well, give you two a chance to be alone together!"

Baird and Sam were shocked at his angry outburst, and by what was said. They both of course resorted to anger.

"You dragged me here tonight to try and fix me up with, HER! I already told you I wasn't interested in her"

Sam felt a bit hurt by his words "So Cole's spoken to him in private about me then"

"And what makes you think I'd be interested in HIM!" Sam said defensively"

"Damn you guys really are in denial aren't you"

"I think you're the one in denial Cole. Denial about us" replied Sam. "And Anya and Marcus are in on it as well? Did you get them to go along with this?"

"Hey, it wasn't even my idea" Cole defended himself.

"Well, who's idea was it?" Baird asked.

Sam suddenly realised who it was. It must have been Anya. After the conversation she had with her a few days ago, it must've been her.

"I'm leaving" Sam said as she got up to leave.

"Oh really, stay, please" Baird said with extreme sarcasm.

Sam ignored it and left. Cole was torn weather or not to go after her or to stay here with Baird. But Baird decided to leave as well.

"Nice plan Cole"

"Look I'm sorry ok, hey, nobody can stay mad at the Cole train"

Cole's big grin just wasn't going to do it tonight. Baird just stayed silent as they walked out of the bar, only to find Sam arguing with Anya.

"Why go behind my back, I thought we were friends" They just about heard Sam sounding very angry.

Cole and Baird ran over. For some reason Baird took Anya's side
"Hey, what the hell did she do"

"Oh, your taking her side, this was all her idea"
Baird soon turned when he heard that
"This is all your fault!?" Said Baird, aimed at Anya

"Well, it was Cole's idea to"
"Hey, don't get me involved, I just . . ."
"Your just as much to blame" Said Baird pointing his finger at Cole. "It was your idea to ..."
"Hey I was just trying to help you . . . ."
"Well next time don't . . ."

"Hey, it was me as well!"

The four of them arguing had forgotten Marcus was there, and he'd had just about enough. In his scariest Sargent voice, he shouted

"ALRIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH!"

The four of them shut up immediately and looked at him.

"I can't listen to this shit any more"

He pointed at Anya and Cole "You, I told you two this was a bad idea and you didn't listen. And you . ." He said pointing at Baird and Sam "You two need to learn to get on, so either kiss and make up, or shake hands or something. I've seen 5 year olds who behave better than you two"

They all looked at the floor, like young children would whilst being told off.

"Now, are we all going to get along?"

"I guess" Said Baird

"The rest of you?" Said Marcus, impatiently waiting for a response

They all nodded.

"Good. Glad we cleared that up. C'mon Anya lets go"
Marcus started to walk of, shortly followed by Anya, who didn't look back at the others.

Sam was the first to break the awkward silence

"I . . I'm sorry Cole. I didn't mean to . ."
"It's ok Sam. I know. I think it's best we all go home for the night"
"Finally a good idea" Baird said.

"And as for you two getting along? Cole enquired

Sam looked at Baird. She didn't want to fight any more so she took the first step.

"We will try to be civil to one another. Right Baird?"

He sighed. "I guess we can do that"
"Thank God" Said Cole, relieved to hear that.

The three walked back to their rooms in silence. Cole didn't mind though. He'd rather have silence than hear the two of them bicker.

Marcus and Anya went to bed without saying much to one another. Thinking about tonight was keeping Anya up.

"Anya, you awake"
She wasn't sure weather to reply or not. He was pretty mad earlier. But she did want to talk to him.

"Yeah, I'm awake" She replied

"I just wanted to say, you weren't the one I was mad at earlier. I know you had everyone's interests at heart"

"It's ok Marcus"
"I know I said I would help you with Baird and Sam, but . ."
"Marcus you did help me. You stepped in when it was starting to get pretty ugly"
"Yeah. You should have seen your faces. I guess I've still got it"

"You certainly have"

Anya snuggled up next to him as he put an arm around her. She closed her eyes to go to sleep.

"And don't worry Anya, I'm sure Sam and Baird will see the light eventually. We just need to leave them to figure it out for themselves"
"I think you're right Marcus"

Tonight events certainly proved that.

Baird couldn't get to sleep either tonight. Too many thoughts going on in his head

"I'm such an idiot. Why can't I just be nice to her. Hell, why should I be when she's never nice to me. She got pretty angry when she found out about Cole and Anya's plan. Maybe she was angry because . . . maybe she actually does like . .no. Don't be stupid Baird. What could she possibly see in me. She deserves better than me. Too bad Dom's not here any more. If anything, he'd give me some good advice. But if he was still here I'd convince him to go after Sam. She deserves someone like him. I'd probably just screw thing up with her. I don't want to see her hurt. No. I need to forget about anything happening between us. I guess I really do care about her. I hate that"

So the plan didn't go so well. But don't worry, love is certainly on the horizon for these two.

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