"Ok, one, two, three go." Grace yelled throwing tequila down her throat.
"Grace this is no fun when you can't drink, do you have to keep doing that in front of me, one more time and I'll knock you out and down the bottle." Karen moaned sipping on her diet Coke.
"Sorry Karen I keep forgetting you aren't suppose to drink, one more then I'll promise I'll stop." Grace quickly necked the last of her tequila and turned her attention to her friend.
"Come on then lets have some gossip, how's things going with Jack?" She asked.
"Ah, Jackie." Karen said dreamily starring off into space.
"Look at you, all in love." Grace laughed, "it's not fair I want that."
"Oh honey you will one day, when you've sorted your hair out and stopped wearing orange, what's this honey…no, orange and red should be shot dead, remember, we talked about this." Karen said referring to Grace's red hair and bright orange top.
"Don't you worry about Jack going to gay bar, I mean come on you know Jack he was never without a flock of men following him around, I'm not sure I'd be to comfortable with him going." Grace said changing the subject.
"No honey it doesn't bother me, Jack's bi so of course he's going to check other men out, I mean I do, but I also know he's coming home to me, and the Karen love is not something you forget if you follow me." Karen replied with a wink.
Grace envied her friend, she always seemed so confident with herself and her relationships. Grace could never be so secure within a relationship, 'perhaps that's why I'm alone' she thought to herself.
What she didn't know was that Karen was worried, not that Jack would cheat on her, but she had figured that this was the first test of whether he really was fully satisfied within there relationship. She had always feared that the time would come when she wasn't enough for him and as much as she wanted and tried to push these thoughts out of her mind, she couldn't help but wonder.
Across town Will and Jack were downing shots of aftershock, both very tipsy they found a quite corner and collapsed onto a sofa.
"Don't you miss this Jack?" Will slurred.
"No, well maybe a little but I just have to look at Karen and I know I've made the right decision." He shouted back trying to block out the loud pounding of the music.
"Karen is pretty amazing, but the sex thing, no couldn't do it." Will laughed.
"Hey don't mock until you've tried it."
"I have Jack, remember."
"Oh yes, but you've not tried it with Karen, and don't be getting any ideas missy." Jack said wagging his finger in will's face.
"Will, I think I might be drunk." Jack said feeling his head spinning.
"You know what, I think I'm drunk too." Will replied seriously causing them both to fall about in hysterics.
"Who were you texting earlier?" will asked.
"Oh Carl, he was a English Guy I met a full months ago, he said to text if I was ever in town. And look at me here I am." Jack laughed but Will didn't join in he suddenly felt slightly more sober.
"Jack why did you get in touch with him, he's one of your many ex's, you're here with Karen why would you text him?"
"Well he text me, he saw me in one of the shops, said he might meet me here." Jack replied in innocence.
"Jack! You're here with Karen, your girlfriend, what is with you, after all you two have been through to get to this stage your willing to risk meeting up with some guy."
"Hey, wait a minuet, wait a minuet, wait a minuet, I can't think straight, Will I didn't text him to meet me, I thought I could hook you two up, he's just your type, boring and does some tedious office job like you."
"Oh" Will replied looking away in embarrassment.
"Yes oh, as much as you and Grace don't think I'm capable off being faithful, or in love I will have you know that I am completely serious about Karen, I just wish you would stop watching my every move, I love her ok?" Jack shouted making a move to leave.
"Jack I'm sorry, it's just I feel protective over Karen, you know what a mess she got in, I just don't want to see her hurt."
"Will I'm not going to hurt her, now I'm going back to the hotel, see that blonde over there, tall handsome probably out of you league but you can give it a try, that's Paul, have a good evening." Jack waved Paul over introduced him to Will and left heading back to the hotel.