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"Eddie Latekka you are being kidnapped. If you proceed out of this airport without making a scene and your wife is able to come up with out ransom demands then you will be returned to her in one piece." Owen said in a very deep menacing tone as he wrapped Eddie's arms behind his back.

"What the hell O?" Eddie looked around and saw Ikey and Nick on either side of him and Phil in front of him with a video camera. He also saw Hannah, Allison, Pizza Girl, Katie and his mom standing around with huge smiles on their faces.

"Do you want to see your beautiful wife again?" Owen asked and Eddie nodded. "Then remember what I said. No scene and no questions."

"You didn't say anything about no questions." Eddie quipped.

"Latekka." Owen growled.

"Okay fine."

"Here is everything that you will need to properly kidnap him." Janet told Nick handing him her carry on. She had packed him dry clothes, swim trunks, towels and his medications.

"You knew?" Eddie gasped and Owen tightened his grip on his friend's arms.

"May I kiss the kidnap victim goodbye? I may not be able to come up with the ransom and I may never see him again." Janet asked sweetly.

"I suppose." Owen released Eddie. "But don't make a run for it cause I've got my eyes on you." Janet took Eddie's hand and led him away from the group.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked her.

"I didn't want to ruin your surprise. The guys are really excited about today."

"What are we doing?"

"My lips are sealed."

"Are they now?" He asked with a grin, leaning towards her for a kiss.

"Well maybe not." He crushed his lips to hers and kissed her passionately. He shoved his tongue inside of her mouth, caressing the roof and cheeks, causing her to shiver until Owen came and pulled him away.

"Have fun babe." Janet called as her husband was led away.

"Help me." He called back with a smile. He knew whatever the guys had in store for him, it would definitely be fun.

--

"Dude you have spent more time on your ass then on the actual board." Ikey said with a grin as he helped Eddie back up. They were at the indoor water park, at the surfing simulation and everyone, even his dad, had managed to stay on their board, everyone except for Eddie. Instead of standing back up Eddie yanked Ikey down in the water with him.

"Now who is on his ass?" Eddie said laughing. The lifeguard blew his whistle and motioned for the two overgrown boys to remove themselves from the pool.

"You might as well give it up Eddie." Owen chided.

"Hell no. If you baboons can do it then I sure the hell can." With a newfound determination Eddie grabbed his surfboard and got in line again followed by Nick.

"How was the honeymoon?" Nick asked as they waited in line.

"It was great. We jumped off a bridge, we did some white water rafting and D.C., man it was totally amazing. The museums were like nothing I have ever seen before. Nick you need to take the time to go. You will not regret it."

"I've heard. And the sex? Did you guys have sex?"

"Hell yeah. Lots of amazing sex. I never knew that sex could be so damn good."

"I'm so jealous."

"What goes on with you and Hannah Jane?" Eddie asked. He wanted to his friend be as happy as he was.

"We're progressing."

"What the hell does that mean? Progressing?"

"It means that she wants to take it slow. She doesn't want to jump right back to where we left off ten years ago because I broke her heart so we are staring over."

"That kinda sucks."

"It does but it doesn't. We have both changed a lot over the years so we are getting to know each other again which is really good and in the process I'm getting to know my son."

"I want things to work out for you Nicky. I really do. I am so happy with Janet and I want you to experience the same thing."

"I want that to. When I said I was jealous I wasn't just talking about all the sex that you are getting."

"Are you jealous that I'm dying of cancer?"

"Not funny Eddie. I'm jealous that you have found the love of your life."

"Good. You should be because it freaking rocks." It was Eddie's turn. "All right. I am going to do this." He took his surfboard and this time he was able to stay up his entire time. When he walked out of the pool his friends and dad all gave him a round of applause.

"Thank you. Thank you all very much." Eddie said taking a bow. "I need a break. How about the lazy river?"

"Let's do it." Phil said. The guys ran like kids over to the lazy river, receiving many odd looks from other patrons along the way. The grabbed their tubes and bounded into the river.

"Ikey get over here. We need to have a chat." Eddie said as they all floated down the river. He grinned as Ikey paddled over to him.

"What's up dude?"

"What's going on with you and Katie?"

"What…um…what are you…talking about?" Ikey stuttered.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about. At the airport you guys were standing right next to each other and you were whispering and giving each other looks."

"I drove past your parent's house and I saw that they were moving her stuff so I stopped by and gave them a hand. After we were done I took her out to dinner and we stayed until the restaurant closed. Afterwards we went to the park and stayed out talking till the sun rose just talking." Ikey explained, somewhat fearfully. When Katie lived in town before Eddie always made it perfectly clear that Katie was off limits to his friends, which is why Ikey has made no attempt to kiss her even though he really wanted to.

"Ikey, you are one of my best friends."

"But?"

"But you can't date my sister. I have seen how you are with woman and you have no desire for a serious relationship and Katie…well Katie is just the opposite of you. She isn't a casual kind of girl. She wants a serious relationship. She wants marriage and kids. She wants it all and when you don't or can't give that to her she will be heartbroken. I'm sorry Ik but you can't date Katie."

"I know what I've been like in the past but I think I can change. Hell, man you changed. You never used to be with a woman for more than two weeks and now you're married. If you can change why can't I?" Ikey had a valid point.

"I don't want my sister to be the one that you try to change on."

"Eddie it's different. I have never talked to a woman before like I talked to Katie. That first night I was so disappointed when the sun came up because I didn't want the conversation to end and I haven't been able to stop thinking about her."

"What did you talk about?" Eddie asked softly. In all the years that he had known Ikey, he had never seen this side of him before.

"You, her life in Georgia, my life, hell man we talked about everything. It was amazing."

"Have you kissed her?" Ikey shook his head. "Why not?"

"Because I knew that you didn't want me to date her but believe me man, I really wanted to." They floated in silence for a few minutes before Eddie spoke again.

"If she wants to date your scrubby ass then I guess I'm okay with it but I swear to God, I may be dying of cancer but if you hurt her I will kick your sorry ass. Do I make myself clear?"

"Perfectly and I swear I won't hurt her."

"You better not." Eddie reached out and shook his friend's hand.

--

Janet and Eddie were sitting in the tub that was filled with bubbles sharing slow, sweet kisses when they heard knocking at their hotel room. "I'm going to kill them." Eddie mumbled into her neck where is tongue was currently licking. Janet let out a small moan when his hand cupped her breast.

"Maybe you should answer it." Janet suggested softly, biting her lip to keep from moaning again when he pinched her nipple.

"Maybe we should ignore it. I told them I would call them when we were ready."

"Eddie go answer the door. It's rude to keep them out there." Janet knew it wasn't his friends at the door.

"You go answer the door."

"It's easier for you. All you have to do is put on a robe."

"That's all you have to do."

"No. I have to wrap my hair up. Just go."

"Fine." Janet sat up and Eddie reluctantly pulled himself out of the tub, wrapped himself in a robe and grumbled his way to answer the door. "I thought I told you that I would…Sully what the hell are you doing here?"

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

"You came all the way to Boston to ask me if I've had breakfast?"

"No. There is something that you and I need to do but I haven't eaten yet and if you haven't eaten yet then I thought that we could have breakfast."

"What about Janet?"

"I think that she may already have plans."

"Umm okay. Give me fifteen minutes. Would you like to come in?"

"No. I'll meet you in the lobby." Eddie nodded, somewhat confused while Sully walked away. He shut the door and returned to the bathroom where Janet was getting out of the tub.

"You knew that Sully was coming this morning didn't you?" He accused playfully.

"Yes I did."

"Where are we going?"

"I've been sworn to secrecy."

"Nothing I could do to get you to change your mind?" He untied her robe and ran his hands skillfully over her body. She removed his hands and retied her robe.

"Nope. You better get ready. You know that Sully doesn't like to be kept waiting."

"How about a hint?" He begged following her out of the bathroom.

"You'll have fun." She said with a wink.

--

"Oh my God. I can't believe that I actually flew a plane. I mean I really did it." Eddie rambled excitedly. "For one whole hour I flew a plane by myself. It was one of the coolest things that I have ever done. My god, I really wish that Janet could have seen me. She would have been amazed. If I wasn't dying I would seriously consider a change of careers and become a pilot because I was that damn good. Sully how the hell did you know?" It was the first time that Eddie had quit talking since they left the airport.

"One night at the bar I overheard the guys talking about your list and what was on it so I made some arrangements." Sully simply said.

"When I made my list I didn't think that I would actually be able to accomplish everything that was on it. It was more like a wish list. Sul, how can I ever begin to thank you?"

"You don't need to thank me. You are like a son to me Eddie and I wanted to do this."

"After I'm gone can you watch out for Janet? She trusts you and she will listen to you. She'll need all the love and support she can get to get through it."

"You know I will." Sully responded sadly.

"What are we doing here?" Eddie asked when Sully pulled into the employee parking lot of Fenway Park.

"Isn't there something on your list about this place?" Eddie's eyes grew wide.

"You've got to be kidding me!"

"Nope."

"But how?"

"An old Navy buddy of mine works the grounds here and he owed me a favor."

"I wish the guys and Janet was here." Eddie said wistfully.

"Your wish may just come true." Sully laughed as Eddie became like a child again, anxious and excited. He rolled down the window and stuck his head out taking in all that there was to see. As soon as the truck was parked Eddie flew out and was dancing around impatiently.

"Come on old man." Eddie joked.

"Go through that door and follow the signs to the field. I'll catch up." Eddie started to jog away but when he got to the door he stopped, turned around and jogged back to Sully. "You okay?" Eddie answered his friend by grabbing him in a giant bear hug.

"Thank you so much." Eddie said tearfully as Sully squeezed him back.

"You are very welcome." Sully responded tearfully.

The two men walked together to the field, taking in everything around them. Eddie could not believe that he was walking through the part of Fenway Park that only the players ever got to go through. This was a dream come true for him. Even though the season was over and the locker room was empty it still was an amazing sight. When and he Sully stepped out of the locker room and into the dugout and Eddie saw his friends and family waiting for him he could no longer hold in the tears. Janet walked up to him and wrapped her arms around is waist and he buried his head in her neck.

"Janet…I…unbelievable." He mumbled.

"Shhh. It's okay." She lifted his tear stained face to hers. "No more tears. This is supposed to be a happy day." He nodded and wiped his face. "Good now let's play." They quickly pressed their lips to each other and then turned to their friends to start the game.

Everyone but Sully, who claimed he had a bad back, participated in the game. Everyone knew, with this crowd that this would be anything but a normal game of baseball. Eddie and Katie were made team captains and due to the flip of the coin Katie chose first and she chose Janet.

"Hey you can't pick my wife for your team." Eddie shouted at his sister.

"There is no rule against that." Katie shot back with a smirk.

"You're going down little sister."

"Bring it on big brother." And thus began the craziest game of baseball any of them had ever experienced.

The first inning was played relatively normal; three strikes; three outs per team. After that first inning Eddie began to feel mischievous. He figured that he was only going to be on the field of Fenway Park one time in his life and he was going to have fun while he was here so he started changing the rules. If someone could hit the ball they only got one strike. If they player wasn't so good they got as many swings as needed until the ball was hit. Since Eddie decided to change the rules everyone else did as well and eventually it wasn't a game at all. It was just a bunch of friends having the time of their lives. At one point when Janet made it to second base, the base that Eddie was covering, he decided that she was not moving on so he wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly until Nick brought the ball over and tagged her out. The next time Eddie made a hit Katie got him back by jumping on his back and Eddie had to run all the way home while he gave his sister a piggyback ride.

The baseball game soon turned into a baseball/football game. The guys tackled each other to keep the bases clear. Janet hit a ball to the outfield that would have easily been a homeroom but Eddie tackled her to the ground and sat on her until his mom retrieved the ball and tossed it to her son so he could tag her out. Of course Katie wasn't going to let that slide so when Eddie was rounding the bases again she jumped on his back and Pizza girl dove to the ground and grabbed his ankles and they were able to slow him down enough so Janet could tag him out. Two hours later, they were all thoroughly exhausted so they called it quits with no true winner. The day ended with a group of great friends that had one of the best days of their lives.

--

"Hi Eddie, Janet. How was the trip?" Dr. Turner asked with a grin when he walked into the room.

"It was awesome." Eddie reached over, grabbed Janet's hand and held it up, proudly displaying their wedding rings. "We got married."

"Congratulations. I am really happy for you both." Dr. Turner said sincerely.

"So doc what did my MRI show?" Eddie asked jumping right into the reason for his visit.

"No new spots since your last MRI in Vegas but the newest spot that was discovered in Vegas has grown a quarter of a centimeter while the others have remained stable."

"Is that bad?" Janet asked

"Well it's not horrible but the cancer is still growing." Janet wiped a stray tear away. "Eddie, last week a new chemo drug was put on the market that I think that you will benefit from." Dr. Turner said.

"I told you that I don't want chemo."

"It's not the traditional chemo. It's was made for people like you who don't want traditional chemotherapy. During the clinical trials it stopped the growth of the cancer in 75% of the cases for 4-6 months."

"I'm listening." Eddie said. Dr. Turner launched into how the medication worked, all of the technical jargon but what it really boiled down to was, it chemo in a pill form.

"Side effects?" Eddie asked.

"During the first week maybe two you will have the classic chemo effects, the nausea, vomiting, weakness, no appetite, fatigue, but after that the rough stuff it goes away and you are left with fatigue, some mild weakness, loss of appetite and possible erectile dysfunction."

"Excuse me? Did you say erectile dysfunction?" Dr. Turner nodded. "Nope. Sorry not doing it."

"Eddie please."

"Not happening."

"How about I give you guys a few minutes and something else to think about, the erectile dysfunction may be from the medication or it may be from the cancer and if it does happen there is medication that you can take to return blood flow to your penis." Dr. Turner smiled at them and walked out of the room.

"Are you really not going to take the new medicine because you might be able to get it up anymore?" Janet asked.

"I'm not."

"You're crazy."

"I'm not. I really, really, really love making love to you and if that is taken away what the hell is the point?"

"So what if you can't have sex? The point is you'll be alive Eddie. Four to six more months. Don't you want that?" Janet had tears streaming down her face.

"I do sweetheart."

"Then take the God damned medicine."

"But what if I…"

"The doctor said that there are medications that you can take Eddie."

"I'm not even thirty years old. I shouldn't have to take medication to have sex with my wife."

"Well you shouldn't be dying either but you are." Janet reached for his hand. "I love making love to you but I love you so much more and if giving up sex or waiting for a pill to take effect is what I have to do to have you around for six more months then dammit I am willing to do it. I'll do anything to keep you around longer." She stood up, cupped her hand around his face and kissed him softly. "Please Eddie, please take the medicine." She begged him tearfully.

"I'll do it."

--

"Mom don't get your hopes up. Dr. Turner said it might not work."

"But it might." Laura said tearfully. Eddie and Janet were on their way home from Boston and Eddie promised his mom that he would call her as soon as his appointment was over.

"Yeah mom it might."

"Do you two want to come over for dinner tonight?" Eddie was torn. He did want to see his parents because according to the doctor for the next couple of weeks he was going to be so sick he wouldn't be able to get out of bed but he also wanted to stay at home with his wife and have lots of sex before his penis stopped working. In the end he couldn't break his mother's heart and he put his penis on the back burner.

"Yeah we'll come over." He looked at Janet who nodded.

"Six thirty?"

"Okay. We'll see you then." Eddie disconnected his cell. "Is it okay that we are going over there?"

"Of course it is."

"I wonder if she invited Ikey. That would just suck." They both laughed and continued the remainder of the drive in comfortable conversation.

"I can't believe that we are home. These last two weeks have been surreal." Janet commented as they walked into their home for the first time as man and wife.

"Can we talk?" Eddie asked softly

"Of course." He led her to the couch.

"I was going to do it this week but since I'm going to be sick it will have to wait but when I'm better I need to go to the funeral home and to the hospice care center and I would like you to come with me."

"Why?"

"Why? Because I'm dying Janet."

"I know that." She snapped.

"I want to plan my funeral…you know pick out my casket, my plot, gravestone so you don't have to worry about it."

"Why hospice? I can take care of you."

"I know you can sweetheart but we don't know how bad things will get and I don't want to die at here. I don't want you living with that memory. Will you go with me?"

"You have more time now. You don't have to do it right away." She pleaded. Picking out his casket with him would make everything so…final and real.

"We don't if the medication doesn't work. I'm going to do this with or without you but I really want to do this with you. Please baby?" She nodded through her tears. "Thank you." He whispered kissing her softly. "Now we have a few hours before we have to be at mom and dads so how about we…" He motioned with his head upstairs.

"Not yet. There is something that you need to see and something that we have to talk about." Janet wanted to tell him about their baby in a romantic setting but she couldn't wait any longer. Keeping this secret was driving her crazy. She grabbed her purse off of the floor next to her, pulled out the pregnancy test and with a shaking hand, handed to her husband.

As Eddie stared at the pregnancy test in his hand he wanted to be happy, he wanted that more than anything but he couldn't make himself feel happy. The only thing he felt was anger. Anger at himself for getting Janet pregnant, anger at Janet for getting pregnant, and for the first time since the diagnosis he was furious with his cancer. Even if this medicine worked there was no way that he would be around to see his child born and it wasn't fair. He couldn't take his anger out on himself or obviously his cancer so he took it out on the only person he could; the woman standing in front of him; the woman he loved more than anything and the worst thing about it was he couldn't stop himself.

"What the hell is this?" He growled

"It's a pregnancy test." She whispered seeing the anger in his eyes.

"How the hell could you be so selfish?" He yelled and she burst into tears.

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