Azis laughed again at Ben's recollection of one of the rides he went with Mal, just imagining his friend going back to acting like a kid filled the boy with happiness. Sure, Ben was a fun guy he liked to go out when they were younger, but after he moved to New York and started his own business, the boy acted like an adult the majority of the time. The few times the gang got together in Boston for the holidays were the only moments when Ben would go back to be as carefree as he was when they were teenagers, but even then it wouldn't last long. Even his visits weren't long because the boy was so focused on his magazine.

The waitress came to the table bringing Ben a new bottle of beer, and after putting it on in front of him, she made a point to smile at the boy telling him in her best flirty voice to call for her if he wanted anything else. Ben smiled and nodded at her while going on with his story about another ride he went on that he like utterly unaware of the girl's advances. The waitress didn't miss a bit sharing how she knew about the ride and asking Ben if he was planning to go back to the park soon offering to be his guide assuring the boy that he would have the best time with her.

Ben's face of confusion made Azis chuckle; the boy didn't notice how since the moment they arrived the girl had flirted with him non-stop. Azi's even realized while ordering that they were the only table on that section that she was serving while the rest of her customers were on the patio. The moment they made their way inside the place the girl saw Ben and followed him to their table and blocked the waitress from that section taking over. "He is leaving today, but would you mind checking on our food?"

The girl sent him a death glare but then turned and smiling at Ben she made her way to the kitchen assuring the boy that she would be back with his food soon. "Well, I for one I'm glad that we only order appetizers. There's no chance she is going to spit in them if there is a possibility that you might get one bad."

Ben made a disgusted face and asked Azis what exactly was going on. The boy laughed telling his friend that the girl was flirting with him since the moment they arrived at the restaurant and that no matter how oblivious Ben was to it, her efforts were not diminishing. "I think you can without a doubt say that you only have eyes for Mal because that girl was anything but subtle."

"Then we should probably go find Mal instead of making her come here. She must be on her way now, and I prefer if she doesn't see whatever you are seeing on the way that girl is looking at me." Azis took another sip of his beer and nodded but didn't move. Sure, Ben was worry about Mal coming here because he thought she would uncomfortable with the way the waitress was acting towards him, but Azis was sure that the girl would stop the moment Mal came.

When Ben made his way to the boy's apartment earlier that day, they had a chance to talk about Azi's decision to move back to America in length. Azis confided in his friend that his life after the breakup was nothing like he imagined it would be, it took him a couple of weeks to accept that he was not staying in Paris to have a better future for Evie and him. After that, it took him a couple of weeks to convinced Evie to talk to him again, and when the wedding came, Azis saw his opportunity to have a face of face conversation with her to plead his case.

They weren't close to what they had, but at least Evie seemed open to working on things so they could maybe make their way back to where they were and hopefully more. Ben listened happily to Azis hearing that Evie and his friend were moving forward, he heard the girl talk with Mal when they were back in New York, and he wasn't sure of how things were going, but he kept hoping for them to get back together. The thought of Azis moving back to New York made him smile, Ben missed having these long conversations and also someone that enjoyed running as much as him. Jay was a great friend, but his relationship with Azis was also something that helped Ben in hard times in his past, and he hoped that he would help him through the one he was living now.

Azis knew what happened to Ben on his last trip, Jay called him to tell him about it a couple of days after the incident, and the boy felt helpless not to be able to flight and be with his friend. Even Jay felt like that, but the boy knew that Mal would find out if he went to be with Ben and then the girl would have tried to follow him. Taking a chance, Azis asked Ben to share with him what happened, and even though he saw how painful it was for the boy to talk about it, he felt relief to know that his friend was going to look for help. Before going out for lunch, they sent a text to Mal telling her where they were going to eat so that she could join them after she finished her treatments.

Now sitting in a restaurant waiting for their food everything seemed to slow down and both of them could feel themselves getting back into a comfortable space of mind. Laughter erupted from the corner of the restaurant making both boys turned and paid attention to a group of guys close to their age that seemed to be drinking a lot making them think back to when they got together with their friends in Boston. Ben looked at his phone pondering if maybe she should call Mal and tell her to wait for them at Azis house, suddenly the conversation they had that morning where she said to him not to forget to tell her where they would eat lunch so she could see Azis came to mind and with it a suspicion.

Ben asked Azis when he talked to Evie about his decision to move to America, and after his friend answered, he then understood that the night Mal spent talking with Evie was the same day his friend announced his intentions of moving back. The boy laughed and told Azis that he understood now why Mal seemed so eager to get together with them, his wife was sneaky, and he could already see that his friend was in for a CIA type interrogation.

They continue to talk about a lot of things until Azis raised his beer and after taking a big sip he put it back looking intently at Ben."I'm glad we had a chance to have this time alone. When I heard about what happened on your trip, I felt horrible not being able to see you and after hearing everything that happened I wished I was there with you. Is going to take time but now that you've decided to look for help things will get better Ben."

Ben nodded, but Azis could see concerned and doubt in his eyes, and he found himself adding being there for his friend as one of the main reasons why he should move back to America as soon as possible. Then the boy raised his beer again pointing it towards Ben making his friend looked at him with confusion. "I want to make a toast. Dude I'm proud of you, you knew that marrying Mal was the right thing and now here you are a married man that loves his wife so much that doesn't notice girls flirting with him. You guys deserve to be happy Ben, and I can see how in love you are which only proofs that listening to your heart was the right move."

Celia, the waitress, came with two platters of food and managed to put them on the table without breaking eye contact with Ben which made the boy uncomfortable. The girl proceeded to put her hand on Ben's left arm leaning his way trying to give him a straight view of her cleavage while asking him if he saw everything he wanted around Paris. Azis shook his head and asked her to please bring them two more beers, annoying the girl that was still trying to talk to Ben about some highlights of the city while the boy avoided looking her way while assuring her that he knew the city and didn't need a guide.

"Does she honestly don't see the ring on my hand? Should I wave it in her face? I could've sworn she saw it for a second when she put her hand on my arm and then ignore it." Ben said to Azis making his friend laughed again at how outrage the boy sounded due to the waitress continue advances.

"You know what I realized Ben. You were with Audrey for years, and you never mentioned wanting to marry her. Sure, you were in love with her even though she was the devil, but you never said hey I'm dying to marry her. Now with Mal even before you guys dated for a year you were ready to marry her and look at you now, you are taking time off work and having your honeymoon in a theme park. Which I would say is not what I would imagine you would choose." Ben shrugged and smiled at the comment assuring Azis that Disney was not his first choice, but he was happy, and Mal loved it.

Suddenly his phone rang, and a pic of Mal and him wearing the wife and husband hoddies appeared making him smile instantly, he showed the picture to Azis and then went on to answer the phone and almost felt backward when Mal told him that she was a block away.

Ben stood up and told Azis that they needed to go just for his friend to point to the untouched platters telling him that he should just bring Mal here. "Dude, you are not doing anything wrong. I bet the waitress will stop when she sees her and Mal won't even notice if she tries again because she is going to have her eyes on me and how much information she can get."

The boy nodded and walked out of the restaurant looking for Mal hoping that Celia would stop flirting with him once she saw her. Ben was sure that Mal was going to be distracted with Azis, but he knew that if the situation was reversed, there was no way he wouldn't notice someone flirting with Mal. Of course, his knowledge came from experience due to the number of times it happened since they started dating. A fleeting memory of a bartender ignoring him entirely while flirting with Mal in a bar they went the year before hit him, and for a second he felt anger filling him.

Finally, after walking for a couple of minutes, he saw Mal making her way towards him with a big smile on her face making the anger disappeared. When Mal stood in front of him, the boy hugged her and asked her if she had fun at the spa and the way her eyes twinkle told him that she did. Taking her face in his hands, he couldn't help but kiss her while the girl put her arms around his neck bringing him closer to her happy to be reunited after hours away from each other. After they broke apart, Ben took her hand in his and started telling her that he knew the reason why she wanted to see Azis and to please be kind to his friend making her chuckle.

The moment they stood in front of the restaurant Ben could fill Celia watching him, he made his way inside guiding Mal to their table where his friend was eating. Azis stood and hugged Mal asking her how she was while Ben held her chair out ready for her to sit down. Mal finished hugging Azis and sat down, suddenly Celia appeared behind them looking between the trio like she was trying to decide if Mal was competition or if she had nothing to worry. Ben turned towards Mal and asked her what she wanted to drink, and the girl smiled to Celia ordering a lemonade and then turning her attention to Azis so she could start her interrogation. The boy laughed at the way she looked at him and went on to shared the reasons behind his decision to move to America without her even asking a single question.

Celia looked at the interaction and smiled thinking that Mal was interested in Azis instead of Ben and that the hand holding she saw meant nothing. After getting Mal the lemonade, she stood smiling at Ben asking him if he wanted anything else, just for the boy to shake his head. The trio talked and ate with Celia coming around the table to try and strike a conversation with Ben a couple of times and even though the boy wouldn't encourage this the girl seemed to be set on getting at least a few minutes alone with him.

After one of the many times, Celia came around the boy groaned involuntary fueled with annoyance at how the girl was ruining this moment for him. Mal turned to Ben and asked him if he was ok. "Yeah, I'm fine. Do you guys want anything else or should I asked for the check?"

"I think we should probably leave before the waitress tries to kiss you." Ben went pale, and his eyes looked like they would pop out his face at any second, while Azis choked on his beer desperately trying to keep it from spilling over his friends making Mal raised an eyebrow at the boys. Ben stuttered trying to ask Mal what did she mean by that, sure he knew what she meant but part of his brain shut down the moment Mal said that. "Do you guys think I'm blind? Is evident that she likes Ben and that no matter the number of times he tries to make it clear that he is not interested in her she is not giving up.".

Ben began to apologize to Mal, but she kissed him stopping any argument he was about to make because she knew that he wasn't at fault here. However, the moment she started kissing her husband, Celia's voice came from their side and even though Mal couldn't understand what the girl was saying she was sure that the waitress wasn't enjoying seeing them like that. After she was sure the girl realized that Ben was with her, Mal was ready to end the kiss, but she felt Ben's hand bringing her closer to him while deepening the kiss and she couldn't find it in her to stop him.

Azis smiled at the couple and asked Celia for the check just for the girl to looked at him with daggers in her eyes and then walked to the patio completely ignoring his request. The boy laughed and stood going to looked for another waitress and paying the check, by the time he came back to the table Mal and Ben were laughing about something. The trio walked out of the restaurant with the couple walking hand in hand and Azis on their side smiling at the annoyance of Celia.

They went on to picked Azis car and together they made their way to the couple's hotel so they could pick up their luggage. Mal went to the reception while the boys went upstairs to for the suitcases. Azis made fun of Ben for the number of packages they had and also how cute he looked with his Disney theme suitcases. Once they managed to get everything in the car, they realized that one of them was going to need to take a cab because they wouldn't all fit in the car with everything inside and Mal blushed a little ashamed at the number of things she bought. Ben noticed that and kissed her cheek telling her that he wished they had time for him to go back to the park so he could buy himself a pair of ears making her smile.

Ben helped Mal into the car and then went on to look for a cab telling Azis that he would see them at the airport. Once inside the vehicle, Azis told Mal that he also loved to buy souvenirs every time he went away, and the fact that Ben and she were going to have things around their apartment that make them remembered of their honeymoon was going to be great. That made her smile, and the girl started to talk about the things she bought for their place and some gifts she had for her friends and the people in hers and Ben's office. "Wendy, Marshall, and everyone at our offices are such amazing people that I wanted to show them how much we appreciated them. They helped us make time to come here and have our honeymoon completely work free. I just couldn't go back without something for them; I would feel bad."

Azis smiled at the girl she knew from Evie and Ben's stories that Mal was this kind person that always tried to do right by people. At first, it was hard for him to believe it because the few interactions he had with her weren't exactly in the best terms or at least the ones that weren't good ones stuck with him more. The boy hoped that Mal knew that he thought she was a good influence on Ben and that he honestly was happy for her and his friend to be together for the long run.

"Hey Mal, I wanted to tell you that I'm glad that Ben and you are together. I know that you are aware that when we first met, I didn't have the best image of you, back then you were acting weird towards Ben because he didn't arrive in time for our dinner. Sure, then you two looked happy, but even then when he stayed back, I could see that you guys were having some issues. Then after you guys broke up I hated you, I kept hoping that Ben met someone that he like so he would move on and would forget about you. I had many conversations with Evie about that, and when Ben announced that you guys were talking again and then that you guys were back together I was worry about him." Mal stayed quiet while the boy went on to share how he changed his mind about her with the way Ben kept talking about how wonderful she was and how in love he was with her.

"I just want you to know that as someone that knows Ben since he was little I assure you that he is truly happy with you and I can see how important you are to him. The way his parents reacted to your marriage surprised us all, we don't understand the reason behind it, but we know that Ben wouldn't stand up to them if he wasn't 100 percent sure that you are the one. " Mal didn't realize when she started to teared up, but by the time Azis told her that he hoped they would be able to build a friendship of their own the girl couldn't stop the tears that came out like waterfalls.

They were looking for a place to park, and Azis started to freak out, asking Mal if she was ok. The boy finally found a space and parked the car and turned towards Mal trying to comfort the girl "I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm sorry."

Mal shook her head and assured the boy that she was happy that he felt that way, Azis looked at her with confusion making her laughed while she cleaned her tears. A text from Ben asking where they were broke the moment and Azis answer with their location a little worry about what his friend would think when he noticed that Mal had just cried. Azis managed to take all the suitcases out of the car by himself even though Mal tried to help him in several opportunities. By the time Ben found them Mal and Azis were making their way towards the terminal while talking about how he was going to move in with them until he found a place of his own.

Ben took a looked at Mal and asked if she was ok, and she smiled at him telling him that she was. "Azis said the sweetest thing to me, and I freaked him out crying out of pure happiness."

"Yes, yes she did," Azis said in a monotone taking the chance to give Ben one of the suitcases he was rolling and taking the one Mal had leaving the girl to carry only her backpack. Ben was confused about the conversation but decided that he was going to ask Mal about it once they were on the plane in case she still felt like crying. The trio made their way to the counter, and Ben paid for the extra luggage after hearing the representative said to him how he should think before buying so many things. Azis rolled his eyes at how rude the man was to his friend; the boy remembered his mother visiting and taking a lot of bags with her back, and nobody saying anything to her. Now if he was honest, his mother had the quality to intimidate people just by looking at them, so nobody dare said anything in any situation, not even his dad.

Finally, the boys made their way to the little stores around them ready to look for Mal. The girl checked in quickly and made her way towards the stores ready to look for something to eat and avoiding the speech about their suitcases. When they found Mal, she was looking at some magazines, and Azis took that opportunity to said goodbye promising the couple that he would be seeing them in July. After he was gone, Ben asked Mal what did she wanted to do; they still have two hours before their flight.

Mal read the information about the services around the airport, and they decided to go for a massage. After that, they walked around, and the girl kept looking at the beautiful designer's things they sold there admiring them and telling Ben how much she loved them but refusing to buy anything else because of the number of items she already purchased on the trip. The boy rolled his eyes for a while, but after the fifth store, he had it and told Mal to please choose at least one thing that he could gift her.

Finally, it was time for them to get on the plane and made their way home. Both of them had mix feelings about going back home, sure they missed their friends and the apartment but having this time alone made them realized how much they love spending time with the other. They were scheduled to arrive in New York close to eleven pm so they decided to watch movies so when they got there, they would be able to go to sleep making it easier for them to get their bodies to use to their new timezone.

Ben managed to find all of their suitcases and was trying to figure out what was the best way to move them when someone tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey, do you need help?"

Jay smiled at his friend once Ben turned his way and both boys hugged and when they let go Jay went on to say hi to Mal while Lonnie hugged Ben. The couples talked for a little while, and Ben asked his friends why they were there. "Azis text me that you were going to need help with your luggage and that I should come to greet you and also bring a big car. So here we are ready to help, how was your flight?"

The four friends talked while making their way to the parking area, and Lonnie smiled at the pictures Mal was showing her of the couple at the theme park. She especially loved the picture the couple took of them wearing the husband and wife hoddies and asked Mal to please sent it to the group chat so she could have a copy of it. Once at the car, the boys put the suitcases away, and while Jay went to the driver seat, Lonnie took the co-pilot seat leaving the couple to sit on the backseat.

Together they made their way back to the couple's apartment, and Jay helped Ben with the suitcases, they stayed and talk for an hour about the trip and how beautiful the park and the hotel were. Lonnie noticed then that Ben and Mal were fighting to keep their eyes opened and announced that she and Jay were leaving and that they would be seeing them the next night. "You guys rest and call us if you need anything."

Mal and Ben made their way towards their bedroom leaving their suitcases in the middle of their living room not having the will to move them out of the way. They change into their pj's and get into bed ready to sleep exhausted by the trip and time difference before their eyes close completely Mal managed to get close to Ben and kissed him. "That was the perfect honeymoon; thank you."

"I'm glad you liked it. I love you". Mal smiled at him, and after kissing him again, she snuggled against him getting ready to surrender to sleep not before telling him that she loved him too.

Notes

Honeymoon is over back to reality for these two.