Butch won't bite, if you don't sue. And if you don't plagiarize me, he may not rip your head off. That's fair. MIB: The Animated Series owns some characters, Delia and Chanda own others, I own what's left. YES! I'm so close to finishing this!

Written in the Stars: A Destined Romance

Part 36: The Bachelor/Bachelorette Parties!

Elle sat at a bar counter with two of her closest friends, Delia and Val. Zoey hadn't made it to this celebration, thankfully. "Man," laughed Val, gesturing out to the female agents who were cutting loose on the dance floor, "looks like all this stiff MIB livin' hasn't made those girls forget how to party!"

Glancing over her shoulder Elle smiled as W swept the room away in another of her songs from her days as lead guitar in a rock band. "They needed a reason to kick back." she laughed.

Delia was swirling her straw around in her ice tea. "These places are real bummers to hang out in if you don't drink."

Val raised her glass of ice tea up before Elle, "A toast to our home girl Elle and her last night as a swingin' single!"

"I'll drink to that." Delia chuckled. Elle put her glass up to and the clang caught Chassidy's attention.

"Hey sister-in-law," she teased, slinging her arms around the blonde. "Having a good time?"

"A blast," Elle smirked. "I thought you were hanging out with V betting on which one of the drunks passed out first?" Elle pointed to the group of women from customs as she spoke.

"E was out cold two minutes ago." Chassidy laughed. At the table across the bar an older agent with sandy blonde hair was slumped over next to six empty mugs.

"Wouldn't want to be her designated driver," Delia joked.

W glanced up and saw the four women at the bar, checking the time and finding it to be just after midnight she decided now was as good a time as any. "Crank down the lights gals!"

Elle looked up as a familiar song started and W leapt off stage. "Oh no."

'Where is my Marlboro man?

Where is his shiny gun--?

Where is my hap-py ending?

Where have all the Cowboys gone--?'

"I'm gonna kill her for this." Elle stated with a grin as W circled the bar, reaching Elle just as she finished the chorus.

"Hey," she smiled, "U's not the only one who can bring the house down!"

Val, Delia, and Chassidy were laughing hysterically.

"So, gonna be doing something to the tune of that on your wedding night?" W teased dodging Elle's swing.

"Very funny W! Here's a nice little jinxing comment," Elle smirked, "hope you and W get to do it to 'When a Man Loves a Woman'!"

This sent the other females into a cackling frenzy.

W bowed in defeat, "You win this round, Cowgirl."

"Don't you mean, 'Little Ears'?" V snickered.

"I'm defiantly gonna remember this night." Elle moaned. Val draped an arm over her friend's shoulder, "Almost makes you envy E over there, doesn't it?"

******

X wasn't having such a good time at his Bachelor Party across town. First of all, he didn't really see the point of having one. Just to go out and have a few drinks with some men he didn't really bother taking the time to know. Second, he despised U's singing, and U was making a first class fool of his wasted self up on the stage with that microphone. Third…

"YO X!"

…third, was Jay.

The annoying rookie waltzed up to the grumbling alien and gave him a hearty slap on the back, "How are you enjoying you last hours as a free man?"

"I was quietly sulking over this whole stupid get together until you came." X snapped.

Kay came up and took a seat at the bar next to X. "Slick here bothering you?"

X nodded and turned back to the table, staring down at his glass. He didn't drink. Something about wobbling all over the place and then getting a splitting headache afterwards didn't thrill him into it. "Did Zed say where he'd arranged for me and Elle to spend our honeymoon?"

"Mentioned something about reserving you seats for a trip." Kay muttered, "I think it's a surprise, maybe his wedding present to you both."

X grimaced, he hated the thought of spending what was supposed to be the most romantic night of his life in a HUMAN hotel. "Just as long as it's miles from heavily populated areas. No sense in spending the whole honeymoon in the middle of a mass of pathetic humans." X caught himself and glanced over at Kay, Jay had wondered off somewhere, "No offense."

Kay took another sip of some non-alcoholic beverage he'd ordered, "None taken."

X wasn't one to admit it, but as far as humans went Kay was pretty decent company. He could even picture him as a JeeDang peacekeeper, if his ears weren't so small, and his skin so hideously pale and peach.

Kay glanced down at his watch, "12:30. This will probably be wrapped up soon, even U looks out of breath. Nice talkin' to ya X."

"Same to you." X muttered. He gazed at his reflection in his drink, 'Did I just agree that it was nice talking to a human? I mean with Elle it's different but---I hope I'm not going soft on these other lower life forms.' He tugged at his human disguise, it was hot in that gritty little bar.

While the other agents were all making fools of themselves or reminiscing, Agent X was staring into his drink, wondering what the future held in store for him and the little blonde human that he'd come to adore.

________________________________________________________________________