Chapter 49: Bachelor(ette) Party – Friday, July 29th, 2011

Gabi, Dario, and Manny were hanging out at the apartment watching TV when they heard a knock on the door. Gabi turned to Manny as Dario got up to answer the door. "Don't you need to hide?"

Manny sat back and did not move. "Not anymore. I'll explain later."

Dario opened the door to find Abigail and Melanie on the other side. Dario and Melanie tried not to look at each other as they had not talked in almost a week. "Come in."

Abigail and Melanie walked in and spotted Gabi sitting on the couch. "Gabi, are you even dressed for Sami's bachelorette party?" Melanie asked looking her over.

Gabi stood up and slowly made her way to the other girls. "I'm not sure if I should go. It might be a bit awkward."

Abigail looked Gabi over as well. "You're in Sami's wedding. What you have on is fine for tonight. You should come."

"I think you should go, too. It might be fun." Dario still stood by the door, so that they could leave.

Manny sensed that Gabi still did not know if she should go, so he stood up from the couch. "Gabi, you should go have fun with your friends." He thought Gabi could use some time with friends, but he also had personal reasons for her going to the bachelorette party.

Gabi thought it was weird that Manny would want her to go. She noticed that Abigail and Melanie looked over at Manny curiously and realized they had no idea who he was. "This is my older brother Manny by the way. I guess we can go now."

"Yeah… okay. Let's go." Melanie wondered how long Manny had been in town. She turned to Dario. "Are you going to EJ's bachelor party?"

Dario avoided making eye contact with Melanie. "I don't think so."

After the girls left and Dario closed the door, Manny walked over to Dario. "Your girlfriend is hotter in person!" Manny patted Dario on the back. "You better not let her go."

Dario rolled his eyes and thought about how he and Melanie were on a break. He then remembered that Manny was no longer hiding the fact he was in town. "So what changed? Why can people know you're in town now? Did you realize that Rafe really killed himself?"

Manny did not really want to talk about Rafe. "I'm still looking into it because the cops know nothing. I guess I'm just tired of hiding. I've been secluded from society long enough. I want to get out and meet people." Manny wondered why Dario was skipping out on the bachelor party. "Are you not going to that bachelor party because you want to avoid your fag friend?"

Dario glared at his brother. "I don't want to talk about it." Dario headed to his room and closed the door.


Will and his Uncle Eric arrived at the DiMera Mansion. Chad opened the door and greeted them. "Hey, you must be Will's uncle. I'm Chad, EJ's brother." Chad put his hand out to Eric.

Eric took Chad's hand. "It's nice to meet you. My name is Eric."

"Come in. I think we are going to leave in a second. I'm just waiting for EJ to come downstairs so we can leave." Chad let Eric and Will come in. As they entered, Chad watched Will and thought about what he witnessed the last weekend. He never approached Will about it because he did not know what to say.

Will noticed Chad was looking at him differently. "Is everything okay, Chad?" Will thought about how he wanted to tell Chad his secret. He wondered if he could hold off until after the wedding ceremony.

"I'm fine. I'm just ready to get out of here." Chad looked up the stairs trying to avoid looking at Will.

"So who else is coming to this?" Eric asked.

Will tried not to feel uncomfortable with Chad. "Nathan Horton and Sonny Kiriakis are meeting us at the bar."

"Your dad and Austin aren't coming?" Eric asked slightly joking.

"Dad and Uncle Austin are hanging out with Grandma Kate. They're watching the kids tonight." Will turned to Chad. "Are we still going to that one club? What's it called?"

"Yeah… what's it called?" EJ asked as he made his way down the stairs.

Chad looked up at his brother. "You know we can't tell you that. It's a surprise!" Chad grabbed a blindfold for EJ. "You have to put this on."

EJ gave his little brother a silly look. "You can't be serious."

Chad smiled widely. "I'm completely serious!" Chad moved so that he could put the blindfold on EJ as Will and Eric watched. "Here." Chad put the blindfold on EJ and then stood in front of him. Putting up three fingers in front of EJ's face, Chad asked, "How many fingers am I holding up?"

"I have no earthly clue." EJ did not like being blindfolded. "So where are we going?"

"You're about find out." Chad led EJ out the door. "Come on boys! We're going to have some fun!"


Sami's bachelorette party was held at the Brady Pub. Sami stood at the bar with her sister and grandmother as they watched the others enjoying each other's company. "Thanks for doing this for me, Carrie. I'm glad that we got a good group here tonight." Sami wished Belle could have made it to the party.

"Thanks to grandma," Carrie looked over to Caroline, "we were able to have it here. I tried to reserve some space at Beefcakes, but I guess while I was away they turned it into a gay strip club."

Sami glanced at Caroline. "What's wrong with that? We could have had a lot of fun there."

Caroline shook her head. "I'm glad that we decided to have it here instead." Caroline decided she did not want to stay for the rest of the bachelorette party. "I'm going upstairs to talk to John and Marlena. You girls have fun, and call me if you need me."

After Caroline left, Carrie turned to Sami. "I have a lot of surprises in store for you tonight. I hope you enjoy them."

"It's too bad Belle couldn't make it to the bachelorette party. Shawn and Claire are really sick." Sami wondered if Belle would be able to make it to the wedding if they did not feel better.

"Well, at least they made it back to Salem in time. They're probably just really exhausted from the trip over. Hopefully they will feel better by tomorrow. Luckily, she has Hope to help her take care of them tonight." Carrie turned back and started looking for shot glasses. "I'll be right back." Carrie headed to the back walking past Jennifer and Lexie.

Jennifer and Lexie smiled at Carrie as she passed them. Lexie turned back to Jennifer. "I'm glad that no one was hurt. I actually talked to Chad last week, and he told me that he and Abigail were able to work things out."

Jennifer did not know what to think about Abigail's relationship with Chad. "It was a surprise to me. I'm worried for Abigail's safety. I know that EJ and Chad were suspects for a while there."

"Their names have been cleared. You don't have to worry about Abigail. Chad will not put her in harm's way." Lexie looked over at Abigail, who was talking to Melanie. She wondered if Chad had put any thought about her advice concerning Will. Lexie smiled at Jennifer, "You know… I think it's kind of awkward being at Sami Brady's bachelorette party. I only came because she's marrying my brother."

Jennifer's eyes widened. "You feel awkward?" she laughed. "She used to be married to my brother." Jennifer thought about how someone broke into her house again. "Truth be told… I came because I did not want to be alone in the house tonight. Daniel is working the night shift unfortunately. He promised he would make it up to me tomorrow though."

Back at the bar, Gabi walked over to get a glass of water. Sami decided to talk to Gabi. "Gabi, I am so glad you could make it."

"Thanks for having me. I have to admit that this beats watching wrestling with my brothers." Gabi forced a smile.

Intrigued by Gabi's use of the word 'brothers', Sami asked, "Brothers?"

Gabi realized what she had said and remembered Manny said he was no longer hiding. "Oh, yeah. My older brother, Manuel, is in town."

Sami remembered that Manny went to jail for Rafe to cover Emily's death and decided not to press the issue too much. "I know that things are awkward for us… because Will broke up with you, but I hope you know that I still consider you family. I don't blame you for – you know."

Gabi knew Sami was referring to Rafe. "Thanks. I really appreciate it." Gabi looked over to Melanie and Abigail, who stood by the snack table.

Abigail grabbed a piece of celery and took a bite. "I noticed things were awkward between you and Dario earlier. In fact, you really haven't talked about him recently. Is everything okay?"

Melanie grabbed a piece of cheese. "Dario and I are giving each other space, so that we can decide what we want. I guess we'll regroup after the wedding and decide if we want to remain boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Is that what you want?" Abigail asked wondering if it was as serious as it sounded.

"It's for the best. I think Dario and I have been too distracted to really connect with each other. I guess this way we can decide if being together is what we really want." Melanie took a drink of her water. "So did you and Chad ever reschedule your 'sleep over'?"

"Not yet." Abigail looked at her mother. "Ever since someone broke in the house, my mother has been overprotective to the max. Hopefully it will happen this weekend."

Carrie walked out with a tray full of shots. "It's time for a toast! Everyone take a shot!" Everyone grabbed a shot to toast Sami. "To my sister, Samantha Gene Brady! May all your dreams come true with EJ DiMera!"

Everyone toasted Sami and took a shot. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. Everyone looked towards the door wondering who would be on the other side. "Maybe Belle decided to stop by for a bit." Sami headed to the door to open it. On the other side stood an officer. "Is there a problem…" Sami looked at the Officer's nameplate, "…Officer… Bedwell?"

Slightly lowering his shades, he looked into Sami's eyes. "I got a complaint about the noise level. Mind if I check the place out?"

Sami looked at the others as she did not recognize the cop. He was rather young, so he must have been new to the force. "Sure. We have nothing to hide."

After lifting his shades up, the officer walked in to look the place over. "Is there a Sami Brady around? I hear she has been causing trouble."

Sami walked over to Carrie and did not know what to do. Carrie put her arm around Sami and pointed to her. "She's right here, officer."

"Carrie? What are you doing?" Sami wondered why she was in trouble with the police. She wondered if her father sent someone over to arrest her so she would not marry EJ. It would not be the first time.

Carrie walked over to the radio and pushed play. "It's just one of my surprises."

The cop walked over to Sami with his handcuffs. "Hi. I'm Officer Bedwell, and I am going to show you a good time." The officer started dancing to the music, and Sami quickly realized that he was a stripper.

"Oh my gosh." Sami did not know what to do and blushed a bit. "Carrie, I can't believe you did this."

The other ladies started to cheer on the stripper and playfully laugh at Sami. Once the officer took his hat and shades off, Abigail realized who the stripper was. "Josh, is that you?"

Josh turned around and realized Abigail was there. He felt awkward about stripping in front of her, but he had to do his job right if he was going to pay for his next year of college. He began to unbutton his shirt as he made his way over to Abigail. "I'm a party entertainer. I DJ, sing, play the guitar, and strip. Did I forget to mention that I do this? I have to pay for school, and I'm saving money to study abroad in the fall." Josh turned back to Sami as he continued to strip.

Gabi put her hand on Abigail's shoulder and smiled. "You were an idiot to let him go." They watched as Josh ripped his pants off. "Wow… a very big idiot."

Abigail could not help smiling as she watched Josh. "He definitely has the body for it."

Sami noticed that Abigail, Melanie, and Gabi seemed to enjoy the show. "Officer… Bedwell… you can strip for those girls over there if you want. They're of age. I don't want to upset my husband," she lied. Josh made his way over to the girls to give them the show.

Sami walked over to Carrie, Jen, and Lexie. "Carrie, that kid is about the same age as Will. I feel all kinds of wrong."

Jennifer turned away from the show and placed her hand above her eyes. "He's a bit older than Will. He's Abigail's age…. I know because he used to date Abigail." Jennifer shook her head at the thought. She never thought she would see Josh with so little clothes.

Carrie noticed that Sami, Jen, and Lexie felt awkward about the guy. "Well, let's let him finish his show with the younger girls. This was last minute, so that's all I could get. He's cute, but you're right… he's too young." Carrie grabbed a bottle of Jose Cuervo. "How about another shot?"

The ladies turned their back to Josh, Melanie, Abigail, and Gabi and took another shot. Jennifer began to laugh. "I'm definitely too old for this."


At Club Echelon, EJ and the other guys took a shot after Chad made a toast to his brother. EJ looked over to his brother. "It's crazy that you decided to bring me here as this place used to be owned by a family member. We had a crazy cousin who pretended to be our older brother, Tony. I'll have to fill you in on all those details later. It's quite the story."

Chad realized why he got a discount on reserving the place. "Cool. I can't wait to find out more of the family history," he responded somewhat sarcastic. Chad looked over at Will after taking another shot. Putting his arm around Will, he said, "Let's go check out the entertainment."

After Chad and Will walked away, Eric decided to take the opportunity to talk to EJ about marrying his sister. "So… this is it, man."

EJ shook his head. "Yep." EJ felt a bit awkward as he and Eric really did not know each other. He also felt awkward because he really had no friends and everyone that showed up to his bachelor party were either friends of Chad or friends of Will. He wondered if he should change that. "I know that Samantha is really happy about you making it to the wedding."

"Yeah, I've tried to stay away from Salem, but I know that tomorrow is something that Sami has always wished for." Even though Eric had never met EJ before this, he had heard a lot about him through Sami and other family members. "So Sami told me you were once married to Nicole. How was that?"

EJ figured Eric only asked about Nicole because he wanted to make sure that he really loved Sami. "Nicole had her moments, but I regret letting her into my life."

Eric had not talked to Nicole in forever and wondered if she changed since he last talked to her. "Do you know how she is?"

EJ gave Eric an odd look. He then remembered Sami telling him about how Nicole ruined Eric's life. Looking at his drink, he replied, "Honestly, I don't care, but I did hear that she is visiting her brother and mother in Chicago at the moment. She claimed she needed a break from Salem." He looked back at Eric. "You should look her up. You might do her some good."

On the other side of the bar, Nathan could tell Sonny was not having fun. "How about we go find someone to dance with on the dance floor?"

Sonny looked around. "There's no one here that I really want to dance with. This is a gentlemen's club, and there's nothing but women."

"Will might dance with you." Nathan looked over and saw Chad and Will talking to a woman.

Sonny looked down and took a sip of his soda. "I doubt it. He hasn't come out to everyone yet. He wouldn't do that in front of Chad."

"It looks like Chad and Will are having fun." Nathan turned back to Sonny. "Why are you so down tonight?"

Before Sonny could answer, Chad and Will came over to Sonny and Nathan. "Will, just talked me out of buying my brother a lap dance. Don't you think it's obligatory that EJ get a lap dance at his bachelor party?" Chad asked the bartender for another shot.

Sonny noticed Chad was drinking a lot. "I think Will is right. I'm sure Sami would not like that." Sonny looked around and wished that Dario was there even though they had not said a word to each other since the weekend before. "I think I should head home. I'm a bit tired. Are you coming Will?"

Chad held onto Will and gave Sonny a look. "Will's not going anywhere. He's staying for the whole party."

Will felt a bit awkward with how territorial Chad seemed. "I can't go. I'm DD, and I have to make sure everyone gets home." Will moved away from Chad to talk to Sonny alone. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm just not good to hang out with at the moment." Sonny wished he could stop loving Dario, but he knew it would take time.

Will gave Sonny a hug. "If you need anything text me. I will see you tonight if you're still awake when I get back."

Sonny forced a smile. "Okay. Bye."

"Bye." Will watched Sonny leave and turned back to see Chad and Nathan taking another shot. Will walked over to them. "How many shots have you guys taken?"

"I lost count!" Chad turned to bartender for another round of shots. Chad turned to EJ. "I'm going to make another toast!" The guys gathered around EJ as the bartender gave everyone except Will a shot glass. Will grabbed his soda for the toast. Chad looked around to make sure everyone was ready for his toast. Raising his glass, he looked at EJ. "To my brother, may his dreams continue to come true!"

The guys raised their drinks to EJ and took the shots. EJ hugged Chad. "I hope your dreams come true as well little brother." EJ looked around the club. "Hey, we should move over to those seats. They look more comfortable."

"I need to go to the bathroom first." Chad realized he drank a lot and headed to the bathroom.

Nathan saw this as an opportunity to talk to Will. "We'll move over there in a second." Nathan and Will watched as Eric and EJ walked over to the sofas. Nathan turned back to Will. "We haven't talked much since the camping trip a month ago. I feel bad that I haven't been there for you."

Will did not understand what Nathan was talking about. "What do you mean? I understand that you've been busy at the hospital, but you have no reason to check in with me."

Nathan glanced down for a moment. "I called you a freak during the camping trip because I overheard your confession to Chad in my tent. I was scared by the idea that you were gay, and I am sorry I said that to you and treated you differently because of it."

Will thought about the camping trip and everything made sense. "Thanks for apologizing. It means a lot." Will did not know what else to say.

Nathan knew he had to apologize for something else. "Will, I am also sorry that I made your life more complicated. Because of me, your father found out you are gay. I'm sorry I slipped up on your secret that way."

Will smiled at Nathan. "It's okay… everything worked out in the end." Will did not want Nathan to feel bad, although it did annoy him a bit that everyone seemed to know his secret before he got the chance to tell them. It seemed Chad was the exception.

"I'm glad things worked out, but I really am sorry for my actions." Nathan took a sip of water. "Have you told Chad yet?"

Will looked down somewhat embarrassed. "No, not yet."

Nathan stood up to give Will a hug. He put his mouth to Will's ear. "I'm rooting for you. I love you."

"I love you, too." Will smiled as he saw Chad making his way towards them. "Chad's coming back."

Nathan and Will separated and turned to Chad. Chad immediately put his arms all over Will. "Let's keep this party moving!" He was glad that he and Will were having fun together.


After all the partying, Will dropped Nathan and Eric off and then headed to the DiMera Mansion to take EJ and Chad home. He looked in the rearview mirror where EJ and Chad sat together. Even though Will had a rough time at Club Echelon, he smiled as he watched the two of them sing some unknown song together. Will wondered if they were making it up as they went on.

When they arrived, EJ unlocked the front door so they could get in. Will had to help Chad walk into the house. "I can take him up, so you can get as much sleep as you need."

"Thanks." EJ smiled. "Goodnight. I'll see you at the church." EJ made his way up the stairs leaving Chad and Will in the foyer.

Will looked at Chad, who seemed to still have quite a bit of energy left for the night. "Let's take you to your room."

"But I still want to party!" Chad exclaimed in a loud whisper.

"Party's over unfortunately. It's late." Will helped Chad up the stairs and into his room.

Chad sat on his bed and looked at Will. "You should stay the night since it's so late! Your tux is still here… and you also have a toothbrush here! You're set!" Chad stood up and walked over to Will. "So Will… stay the night."

Will smiled as Chad put his arm around him. "Okay… but only if you promise we'll go straight to sleep!"

Chad smiled at Will. "Of course, but we have to get ready for bed first!" Chad removed his arm from Will and began to take off his shoes.

Will took off his shoes and began to unbutton his shirt. "You have any shorts I can borrow?"

After taking off his shoes and socks, Chad walked over to Will. "You don't need shorts!" Chad began to help Will take off his belt. "I want to help you get ready for bed."

Will took off his shirt and watched as Chad helped him undress. "I guess there's no stopping you." Will felt a bit awkward, but he really did enjoy Chad's help.

Chad unbuttoned Will's pants and then pulled them from Will's body. He looked up at Will's underwear and smiled. "I guess you're ready for bed!" Chad pulled Will close to him and pushed him on the bed.

Will fell on his back wondering why Chad pushed him on the bed so fast. He raised his body using his elbows. "Do you need help?"

Still clothed, Chad made his way to the bed and quickly straddled Will. "I'm going to give you a show. I watched those ladies tonight, and I think I can give a better lap dance than they did!"

Will's eyes widened at Chad's behavior and suggestion. He tried not to get too excited. He believed Chad was only acting this way because he was drunk. "It's okay. You don't have to give me a lap dance. What am I going to tip you with anyway? Let's just go to sleep."

Chad put his finger over Will's mouth to make him stop talking. "Just sit back and enjoy!" Chad closed his eyes and unbuttoned his shirt while he made beat noises. After his shirt was off, Chad stood up on the bed over Will and took off his belt. He waved his belt around until he let it fly out of his hand and into a corner. He pulled off his pants one leg at a time and straddled Will once again as he continued to make slurred beat noises.

Will smiled at Chad. "Okay. You're done. We can go to sleep now."

"I still have my underwear on!" Chad winked at Will as he stood up again to take them off. He straddled Will for a second completely naked but slid off to his side of the bed. Chad looked over at Will and moved closer to Will. He moved his head even closer to Will's head. "Truth or dare."

Confused, Will quickly looked at Chad. "I… I don't want to play. We should just go to sleep. We need the sleep."

"Come on." Chad grabbed Will's arm and placed it on his chest. "You still owe me something for that lap dance. Just one round… that's it."

"Okay… one round." Will could feel Chad's heart beat as his hand continued to touch Chad's bare chest. "Dare."

Chad moved on his side with his eyes slightly closed. He thought about the kiss he saw between Will and Sonny. "I dare you to kiss me."

As much as Will wanted to kiss Chad, he did not want to play this game anymore with him. "I'm not playing Chad. This game is stupid."

Chad chuckled quietly. "It's not a game, Will. I really want you to kiss me," he admitted as he kissed Will's hand. "So will you kiss me goodnight?"

Will's heart skipped a beat. He wondered if he heard Chad correctly. "If you want me to." Will moved in closer to Chad and kissed him softly. Will watched Chad as he smiled.

"Thanks." Chad's eyes were completely shut now. He wrapped his arms around Will to hold him. "This is where you belong, Will. With me." Chad immediately went to sleep.

Will lifted his head a bit to look at Chad. "Chad?" He got no response. "Chad, are you awake?" Chad did not respond. Will placed his head back on Chad's chest. He wondered what just happened.