A/N: Thanks for the reviews, they're great. BTW, the first thoughts are Eric's.
"Maxine?" Greg asked, holding a hand to his stinging cheek.
"Maxine?" Eric and Calleigh asked in unison.
Ohhh, that's what the M stands for.
"You bastard," Valera shrieked, causing everyone in the restaurant to turn their heads.
Ryan approached the table.
"Hey guys," he greeted sheepishly.
What's he doing here?
"Ryan?" Calleigh asked in confusion. She turned to Valera. "What the heck is going on?"
"Greg is married," Valera exclaimed, "To my sister."
Hey?
Eric turned to Calleigh. "You're dating a married man?"
Shit
"Your married?" Calleigh roared.
Valera short a glare at Angela.
"How could you let him get away with this? You're my friend, you came to the wedding? Why didn't you stop him"
"Oh," Greg replied, "So that's why you were kicking me under the table."
Angela frowned at Greg.
Eric cleared his throat. "Uh, no actually, that was me."
"Eric," Calleigh fumed, "What the hell is going on? You never told me Krystal and Valera were friends."
Ryan, who had been relatively quiet, cleared his throat.
"Can I explain, Valera?"
She nodded.
"Oh, and for the record, the only reason I came here was to stop Valera from making a fool out of herself if things didn't go to plan."
"A lot of help that did," Eric grunted.
"Ok, so here's how it goes. One fine day Eric realises he should end his relationship with the lovely Krystal because hey, he's in love with Calleigh. So Eric comes late to work because he was busy breaking the poor girl's heart. When he finally comes, Calleigh, who is extremely jealous of Krystal, no offence, gets mad because she just knows Eric was with Krystal, most likely fooling around. So all day she's mad at him, but then suddenly, she decides she wants to make peace with him, ya know, cause she's in love with him and all."
All eyes are on Ryan as he continues his story.
"So, Calleigh brings up the crazy, and I'm sorry, most stupid idea in the world, to have a double date. Because really, the thought that someone would actually want to spend their night staring at a groping couple who can't keep their hands off each other is just beyond me."
"Uh-," Calleigh opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by Ryan.
"Please, let me finish. So anyway, they both decide a double date would be 'fun'. And this is where the problems really start. After snapping out of his 'I'm gonna see Calleigh all dressed up' fantasy, Eric realises that he broke up with Krystal. And Eric being Eric, decides that it would be much easier to find a new girl pretending to be Krystal rather than apologise to the girl, so he asks Valera for help. Now Calleigh, I'm sure that from the lab to the car park she suddenly remembered, 'Oh yeah I don't actually have a boyfriend. What, with working and fantasising about Eric all day, I've just had no spare time.'. Come Friday night, Eric is training Angela, that's right Krystal is not her real name, to be the perfect girlfriend and Calleigh, well I can only guess that she picked this guy out of a bar and decided he would be a likely candidate for "Calleigh and Eric's double date from hell"."
Ryan takes a sip of wine.
"So everyone plays along, while Valera and I watch from afar. And it's all going great, for me that is. I'm on a date with a gorgeous woman and we are both having a great time. Until, Valera picks the absolute most worst time to turn around. Because, yes, as she turns her head she recognises the man covered in red wine as her brother-in-law. And then here we all are, standing around, listening to which has to be the most boring story I've told, with all eyes and ears on us. Yes that's right, I'm talking to you who atr prtetending to eat and mind your business when you are really listening intently."
Ryan took a deep breath, swallowed a mouthful of wine, and sat down.
Valera opened her mouth to speak but shut it straight away.
Greg looked at the ground, avoiding all eye contact while Eric and Angela sat gob smacked.
Calleigh stood up. "I do not sound like that sound like that," She said sternly then looked at Eric.
"I'm leaving," she said shakily, before grabbing her purse and walking away.
"Cal wait," Eric pleaded, but was stopped by Angela.
"I think I'm gonna go too. I can't say this was my best night ever."
What did I do?
"Uh, I should," Greg said, getting up to leave.
"Uh-uh," Valera said standing up, "You're coming with me."
Valera viciously dragged Greg out of the restaurant leaving Eric and Ryan behind.
"Well done wolfe," Eric said sarcastloically.
"Sorry. Guess I did get a little carried away."
Duh"Guess there's only one thing left to do."
"What's that?"
"Get pissed"
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