"That's nothing try telling a girl's dad you got his daughter pregnant and then married her without telling anyone, all the while your new wife and her mother are arguing about their sex lives" Ronnie added
"Their cool with it now, though right" Nick asked
"Yeah, they could care less about what me and Lacey do, they just want our first born especially after what I did" Ronnie said half laughing half serious
"What did you do" Owen asked grabbing another glass of champagne
"You think that's bad you should have been at my house the night Sully joined us" Ronnie told them
"Dad told me you fell in the shower, I knew you drank to much " Nick replied
"Lacey screamed and I tripped, passed out so Lacey called Jerry and the Commander"
"So, what's the big deal" Ickey asked
"They brought Lacey's mom and Lesley and they all thought I fell because we were doing something and then had a fit because the Commander managed to dump all of Lace's unmentionables on the floor in front of her dad, so of course that made me a pervert seeing how I didn't have any under ware on at the time and that's where the alcohol took effect"
"You developed a case of the foot to mouth diease didn't you" Ickey shoved another shrimp down his throat
"I kind of kicked them out of the house then told Lesley and Margaret to go home and put on something a little more inviting and give our dad's some so they would remove the boot from their asses and I could get some from Lacey" Ronnie explained
"Dude, you didn't" Nick chuckled
"I think they may have listened" Eddie pointed towards Robert and Lesley who seemed to be in their own little world dancing and whispering in each others ears.
"You better hope the Stevenson's took your 'advise'" Owen informed him "Ohh, they did Chad called this morning" Ronnie laughed
"Mom walked in on me and Darcy, and I promise nothing kills the mood as fast as your mom giving you pointers" Ickey told the group
"Why do you think I bought a house" he asked
"You bought a house because you're in love with Darcy not because you don't want your mom to see you naked" Eddie picked at him
"Big O's married with two kids, Ronnie's married and has a baby on the way, Nick's living with Aubrey and has Sam, Darcy lives's with me, Pizza Girl moved in with Phil so when are you going to ask Janet to move in or you could just move in with her" Ickey asked
"I'm not so sure Janet's in that big of a hurry" Eddie answered
"Well you could have fooled me" Owen said and Eddie turned around to see what he was talking about. Janet was holding Lacey's nephew and all the girls were playing with him.
"He's going to be addicted to women before he starts school" Nick commented watching the girls play with the baby
"She said she wanted to wait" Eddie mumbled to himself under his breath
"For what" Ickey asked
"To have kids" he looked dazed
"You and Janet have been broken up and fighting for months, and somehow between jail and now you managed to discuss when your having kids" Nick asked shocked
"Actually it was more of a how not to" Eddie was still staring at Janet
"At least you don't have to worry about that for a few more months" Owen patted Ronnie on the back
"I would have thought you two would already know that" Ickey said to Eddie
"We were having a little fun and I reminded Janet what time it was and she nearly killed me getting out of the bed so I made this crack about it being a great way to prevent it and we ended up talking about Ronnie actually, the difference between knocking a woman up and making a baby"
"How did she hurt...unless she was" Ickey started to laugh
"Don't go there man" Eddie ordered with a guilty grin
"Come on, we all know if she's with you, she's not completly innocent anymore" Nick joked and even Eddie had to laugh a little then became lost in thought watching Janet as the guy's carried on.
"I've got to take care of something, care to join me Big O" Eddie asked and his face told all
"Nahh, I'm good...I kind of like being where people can see me" Owen knew what Eddie wanted with him from the sway he downed the glass of champagne and stared at him
"O, we need to talk" Eddie insisted and Owen followed
--
Janet joined the bridal party for pictures but kept scanning the room for Eddie. She didn't get much time to talk to Hannah but they could gossip when she got back from her honeymoon. Janet really didn't care, all she wanted was Eddie.
"When did she tell you" Owen asked Eddie when they got outside
"Last night" Eddie answered
"How much did she tell you"
"Not a lot we kind of went through it rather quickly" Eddie held a sarcastic grin
"Not one of my proudest moments" Owen chuckled
"I guess that makes me a hypocrite, doesn't it" he added
"You should have told me, but it's not the same as what happened with Ickey not even close"
"When you told me you were taking Janet to homecoming, I started to but you looked so pitiful when you thought I was going to say something about her...I couldn't and it's not like it's something I think about" Owen explained
"I'm not buying you forgot"
"Of course I didn't forget, it might have been short lived but it was..." Eddie looked at Owen warning him not to finish his thought
"I know what being with Janet is like, I don't need you or anyone else to tell me" Eddie was harsh
"What's really going on" Owen asked
"I'm the hypocrite, I can't stand the thought of another man having touched her, isn't that a joke coming from me of all people" Eddie told him
"How does Janet deal with knowing about all the women you've been with" Owen asked
"She doesn't like it..says it makes her feel insecure like she's got to compare so I don't think about being with them...she knows I don't feel that way there is no comparison...being with Janet makes all of the others seem like something to pass the time"
"Maybe she feels the same way...look I know how you feel, trust me I do but you have to remember that you're the only one that knows what it's like to actually be with Janet not just have sex with her" Owen comforted him
"Is that why you forgave Allison and Ickey"
"Yeah, it is" Owen suggested they join the group again
"Go ahead I need to make a phone call" Eddie did just that and was hanging up when Janet wrapped her arms around him.
"Dance with me" she asked
"Here" Eddie said surprised. He had always been willing to dance with Janet anywhere but in front of people they knew. Eddie Latekka didn't dance.
"Yes, right here right now"
"I suppose your going to accuse me of not being man enough" Eddie grinned
"Maybe" Janet flirted
"I'd be an idiot to pass up the chance to hold such a beautiful woman, in public no less" Eddie let Janet pull him to the dance floor.
"You'd be an idiot to pass up the chance for everyone to see a beautiful woman, hold onto you" Janet grinned and Eddie danced with her properly. Arm around her waist and holding her hand in his. Though he did hold her as tightly against him as possible and his hand soon drifted lower down her back
The guy's were already on the dance floor and started shuffling the girls around so they could talk to each other about Eddie being on the dance floor.
"Check it, E-dogs whipped" Ickey said as he hurried towards Nick stepping on Darcy's toes
"Leave Eddie alone, he's acting like a gentleman" Aubrey scolded
"Which means he's whipped" Nick laughed knowing his hands were lower than they should be, Lesley had already corrected him once
"Maybe but he's a better dancer than either of you two will ever be" Darcey picked at them and they turned to see Eddie floating Janet across the dance floor
--
"So are you going to tell me who taught you how to dance" Janet asked
"What makes you think someone taught me" Eddie showed off another move
"You didn't just learn how to dance by watching other people and I'm pretty sure you didn't take women home to dance either" Janet played with him
"My mom" Eddie spun her
"She taught me when I was in high school, Dad use to take her dancing all the time but when they started having trouble they stopped going and Dad started spending more time at work so I let her teach me..it made her happy"
"James Edward Latekka such the gentleman" Janet smiled
"If you call me James Edward again, I want be for long"
"You've never complained about me calling you James Edward before" Janet felt bad
"And I'm not now...it's just that..." Eddie whispered into her ear about how much it turned him on when she did
--
"You think so" Ickey said flirtatiously and dipped Darcey dropping her on the floor
"What that girl sees in him, I'll never know" Eddie laughed as they watched Ickey beg for forgiveness
"His hearts in the right place" Lacey said as her and Ronnie waltzed up to Janet and Eddie.
"That's the only thing" Ronnie chuckled
"Cut him some slack, he's one of your best friends and though Eddie was the one who funded you're 21st Birthday, Ickey's the one who took both of you're drunk butt's home that night" Janet reminded them
"I was hoping you would get drunk enough to take me home with you" Eddie flirted
"And I was hoping I would get a pink pony for my 6th birthday to" Janet laughed back at him
"I wasn't nearly as drunk as you thought I was" Janet picked
"Yes she was, Eddie started buying her shots as soon as we walked in and they were both still drinking when I passed out" Ronnie told Lacey "How did you get home" Ronnie asked Eddie
"Ickey drug you to the truck then I helped him talk Eddie into going...it wasn't easy" Janet laughed at the thought
"Yeah well I was just playing hard to get" Eddie laughed knowing he felt Janet up on the way to the truck.
"Whatever, Big boy we both know you were just drunk and horny" Janet, Lacey and Ronnie all three had a good laugh at Eddie's expense.
--
"They look happy" Allison commented to Owen as they danced
"They are" Owen replied
"Are you" she asked
"I still wish I didn't know a few things but yeah I'm happy" Owen kissed her in front of everyone
--
"You were in love with her" Darcey said softly as she watched Ickey when he saw Owen kiss Allison
"I was stupid I didn't have a clue what love really was, and what they've got is the true thing, like Eddie and Janet, baby bro and Lacey even Nick and Lolly, course he don't got a clue yet but he done fell off the deep end with that one and Phil well that's an easy one Pizza Girl's weird enough they have to be together" Ickey told Darcey
"What about Ickey" Darcey asked
"Well you see he's a special case, cause he's a complete dope and manages to screw everything up, then one day there was this beautiful woman who just turned his heart to mush...no kidding she worked in a hardware store so she had plenty of access to a hammer..anyway like a idiot he asked the woman out and apparently she had fallen off of a ladder and hit her head cause she said yes, but turns out she didn't hit her head nearly as hard as this guy thought cause she gave him a chance all be it a very small one that she covered with duct tape but she did. But the guy had a secrete weapon he was friends with a woman that knew this beautiful woman and she helped him out, we'll call her Janice for the sake of the story..."
"Jancie" Darcey giggled
"Just listen...so he manages to rip off some of the duct tape she was using to keep from anyone taking a hammer to her heart and then ended up going home in a bad mood not because he didn't enjoy his evening but because he enjoyed it a little to much"
"From what I hear she offered to put him in a better mood" Darcey laughed at him
"Yeah but he couldn't fit her pipes until he was sure she was happy with her choice of plumber...Darcey laughed...anyway when he finally did take care of that particular job"
"Hold on that's not the way it goes...she's the one who laid out those blueprints"
"Yeah but he read 'em like a pro"
"That he did" she agreed
"But somehow he managed to make a mess with the glue and they got stuck together, I hear he kind of likes it" Ickey flirted
"I hear she kind of likes it to"
"Well I guess they make a good fit then" Ickey pulled her closer and kissed her "I love you, Darcey" he whispered against her lips
"and I love you, David Elvis Eichorne" Darcey whispered back
"Who told you...I thought you and mom hated each other" Ickey hated his middle name
"Yeah well, she comes over sometimes when your not home and we get to talking, she's pretty funny when you get to know her" Darcey laughed
"You can't tell anybody, I ain't in the mood to explain what that woman was thinking when she named her only son after some man she had the hots for"
--
"I need to tell you something, I should have told you a long time ago" Owen said to his wife
"What is it"
"Not here" he replied
"I already know about your night with Janet" Allison wrapped her arms around his shoulders
"How, Eddie didn't even know until last night" Owen asked
"Janet told me when things got serious between her and Eddie" Allison replied
"You didn't have a problem with it" Owen asked
"I don't really see where I have a right to be upset about it" Allison said honestly and she wasn't just referring to her affair. It happened months before her and Owen ever met.What she didn't know was that Owen had no intentions of ever telling her about Janet he wanted to talk to her about what he did in NYC before the guy's came to get him.
--
Once they all finally took a break from dancing. Owen told Eddie that Janet had told Allison months ago, Eddie wasn't all that surprised. Janet was fiercely loyal to her friends and with the exception of their horrible misunderstanding she was loyal to him to a fault really, that loyalty is why she confessed her sins to him in the first place. And he to her.
