Inside Mystique the smoke machines were on full force as the firemen danced with the bachelorettes. Delinda was in the middle of the floor and Mary watched, laughing, from the bar. Mike approached her cautiously.

"Mary?"

"Mike!" She turned and hugged him.

"Good, so you're not mad at me."

She punched him lightly. "Why would I be?"

"Well, Danny's ticked."

"Oh. Why didn't you tell me he was in Vegas?"

"I though you knew. Where else would he be?"

"The Marines! Anywhere but Vegas."

"Well, Big Ed learned about him and offered him a lot to come back."

Mary sighed.

"Sounds like you think this is a bad thing." Mike added.

"I just wasn't expecting to ever see him again."

"Mary, what happened between you two?"

"What? Nothing, not a thing."

"You were so close and then he joins the Marines and you disappear. I know something happened."

"Nothing happened. Besides how would you know what was going on, you were off at M.I.T."

"Hey…"

"I'm kidding, Mike. How is that engineering degree working out for you?"

Mike laughed. "I like being a valet. I meet everyone and I know everything."

"Do you remem…" Mary stopped, staring at the entrance. Danny stood there, peering through the smoke. "Mike, I can't talk to him. Not now, not today."

"Go to the backroom. I'll talk to him."

Mary hugged him again and hurried off. Mike walked to Danny and pushed him out of the club.

"What are you doing here, man? You ain't a stripper or a bachelorette, are you?" Mike laughed.

"Very funny. You know I'm looking for Mary." Danny tried to push past him.

Mike pushed him back. "She doesn't want to see you." Danny paced in anger and frustration.

"Mike, its Mary. Five years ago she disappeared. She just left a note for my dad and took off. I deserve an explanation."

"No, you don't. You were already gone. The only person who deserves anything is your dad."

Danny spun to face Mike in sad anger. "Do you know that the one thing she left behind was the prom dress I bought her? That the only thing I took with me to the Marines was her picture?"

"Did you ever tell her that?"

"No, because she left!" he whisper-shouted.

"You left first." Mike tried to calm Danny down. "Look, maybe this can be your second chance. But you have to give her space. Let it be in her time. C'mon, I'll drive you home."

"Okay," they walked off, "Wait, no, take me to my dad's house."