A few days later at Marty's Melody Room.....

"Hey Marty get me a beer will ya?"

"Sure Vinnie." Marty said sliding him a beer.

"Put it on my tab."

"Ya got it!"

Vinnie took his beer and sat down waiting for the rest of the guys to come. He had called all of them the day before to meet him at Marty's at 5:30. He had to convince them to help talk Tony out of moving in with Kathleen. He knew it wouldn't be a problem. They all knew that Tony didn't belong with her much less loved her. He recalled the shock he felt when Sam called him a few nights ago.

Ring Ring

"Hello?"

"Hi Uncle Vinnie. It's me Sam"

"Sam!! Hi sweetheart. How are ya?"

"I'm fine. But.."

"But what?"

"It's Dad."

"Tony?! Is he okay? Was he in an accident?"

"No, no. he's fine. Well physically anyway."

"What's wrong then?"

"He's talking about moving in with Kathleen." she said sullenly.

"He's what?! Is he crazy?!"

"I've tried talking to him about it."

"What did you say?"

"That I'd hate it."

Vinnie laughed. "Straight to the point huh Sammy?"

"Hey a daughter's gotta do what a daughter's gotta do." she quipped. "But seriously I'm worried. Dad will be making the biggest mistake of his life if he moves in with her." she said her voice dripping with disdain. "and if they get married..."

"Whoa Whoa hold the phone! Tony is talking about marrying her?"

"Well actually from what Dad told Mona and me she's the one who wants to."

"Oh man this isn't good."

"I know." Sam sighed. "So I was just wondering if you and the rest of the guys could knock err talk some sense into him?"

"Ya got it honey and if I have to knock some sense into him well he deserves it after taking all my money at our last poker game."

"Thanks Uncle Vinnie." she laughed. "Bye!!"

"See Ya Sam!!"

Vinnie snapped out of his reverie when the rest of the guys arrived (sans Tony who Vinnie told to come at 6:00)

"Hey Vinnie what's up?" Tiny asked sitting down and grabbing a handful of pretzels.

"I'm gonna get some drinks." Eddie said. "Everyone wanna beer?"

"No, I want some fruity drink with a pink umbrella in it." Philly quipped.

Eddie rolled his eyes. "Fine Philly you want some little finger sandwiches too?"

"Nah but order a large pepperoni pizza."

"Got it."

"So is everything okay?" Joey asked.

"No, it's not. " Vinnie sighed and took a swig of his beer.

"Well what's up?" Tiny asked again.

"It's Tony."

"What about Tony?" Eddie asked as he deposited everyone's beers on the table. They all had a good laugh when they realized that Philly's beer had a pink umbrella in it.

"Courtesy of Marty." Eddie snickered.

"Thanks Marty!!" Philly yelled holding his beer up.

"Anytime!"

"Okay guys enough humor. What's the matter with Tony?" Joey asked drinking some of his beer.

"Well Sam called me a few days and told me that Tony is thinking about moving in with Kathleen."

Tiny choked on some pretzels, Philly spit out the beer he was drinking, and Eddie and Joey both sat there duel looks of complete shock on their faces.

"Is he..... Is he serious?" Tiny managed to gasp out.

"Well he's thinking of it. I'd say that's pretty serious."

"Wait wait wait." Philly shook his head. "How do you know about this?"

"Sam called me a few nights ago."

"Oh man. If he moves in with her it will be the dumbest thing he ever did." Eddie said running his hands across his face.

"Not as dumb as marrying her."

"He wants to marry her?!"

"Well according to Sam it was Kathleen's idea."

"Well let's just make sure it never becomes Tony's idea."

"Yeah. That's why I called you all here. Look we have all known Tony all our lives and it's obvious that he doesn't love Kathleen. Hell, he can't even call her his girlfriend."

"That's true. He always starts to but ends up saying something totally different."

"Yep, remember how he had no problem calling Marie his girlfriend when they were dating?"

"Oh yeah it was always my girlfriend Marie, my girlfriend, my girlfriend. " Joey smiled.

"Yeah, and remember how he always used to look at her?"

"Like she hung the moon."

"And how he used to talk about her?"

"Like she was the greatest thing since baseball was invented."

"And we know that Tony has never talked about or looked at Kathleen like that."

"Yeah, remember Vinnie when we came here and saw Tony and Kathleen here?" Philly asked.

"Oh yeah."

"Well what happened?" Tiny asked.

"Well Tony about jumped up and begged us to sit with them. It was like he didn't want to be alone with her."

"Well maybe they just had a fight."

"No, everything seemed okay. At least from her. Tony on the other hand seemed really uncomfortable."

"Not like he is when Angela is around." Philly said winking at all of them.

And there was the reason. Angela. They all knew that Tony had fallen in love with Angela. They noticed the looks he always gave her. The way his voice sounded when he talked about her. It was exactly the same way it was with Marie.

"Yeah, so anyway I called Tony here so we could knock some sense into him."

"Tone's not gonna like all of us ganging up on him."

"Would ya rather go to his wedding to Kathleen?"

"Nope."

"Okay. It's settled then. " Vinnie said glancing at his watch. "Tony should be arriving any minute now."

10 minutes later 1/2 the pizza was gone and they were all on their 3rd glass of beer (with 2 more pink umbrellas for Philly) when Tony arrived.

"Hey guys!"

"Hey Tone!"

"Hi Tony."

"I'm gonna get a beer. Leave me a few slices will ya?"

"We're not making any promises." Tiny grinned as he grabbed another slice.

"Okay guys here goes nothing." Vinnie said in a low voice so Tony wouldn't hear him.

"So guys what's up?" Tony asked sitting down and grabbing a slice of pizza. "Ummm Philly what's with the 3 pink umbrellas?!"

"I wanted them. You gotta problem with that Micelli?"

"Whatever makes ya happy Philip." Tony said cracking up. "So anyway is anything the matter?"

"You could say that." Eddie said giving Tony a serious look.

"Well what is it?"

"A very good friend of ours is about to do something really stupid."

"Okay. Who is the friend and what stupid thing is he about to do?"

"His name is Tony and he is thinking about moving in with the wrong woman." Vinnie said not mincing any words.

"How do you know about that?" Tony asked shocked.

"Sam called me a few nights ago."

"Look Tony we're your friends and we only want what's best for you and if we truly thought moving in with Kathleen was for the best we'd be happy for you
but....." Joey trailed off.

"But what?" Tony asked suddenly feeling very uncomfortable.

"You don't love her." Philly said in a rare moment of sincerity.

"Well, I mean we've only been dating for a few months and uh well there's a school and um work." Tony hastened to come up with excuses.

"So you don't love her?" Tiny asked.

"Well I well ummm" he stammered.

"Tony if you loved her you would have no problem saying it or calling her your girlfriend."

"I call her my gir..... hey Marty how about another beer?"

"Sure thing!"

"See Tony?"

"See what?"

"You always start to but then end up saying something else."

"You never had any problems saying that you loved Marie or calling her your girlfriend."

"Marie was different."

"Yeah she was." Joey smiled. "and that's how we know that you don't belong with Kathleen and that moving in with her would be a huge mistake."

"Why?"

"Because you don't look at or talk about Kathleen like you did with Marie."

"Come on. Marie was my wife."

"Yep and you always looked at Marie like she hung the moon and always talked about her like she was the greatest thing since baseball."

"Well she was." Tony said softly lost in thought.

"You see Tony we never thought in a million years we would ever see you like that with another woman again after Marie died." Eddie said gently. "But we were wrong. You do look at and talk about someone just like that."

"Oh really? Who?"

"Angela." Vinnie said once again not mincing any words.

"Angela?!"

"Yeah, ya know Angela. Blonde hair, brown eyes, owns her own Ad agency."

"I know who she is. But we're just friends and that's it."

"Oh really?"

"Yes!!"

"Okay then Tony tell us this: Why is it whenever you talk about Kathleen you always have this pained look on your face? But whenever you talk about Angela your eyes and voice fill with some sort of goofy love?" Tiny asked grabbing the last slice of pizza.

"Look guys Angela and I are best friends."

"Well then you are in love with your best friend."

"Guys look I know you are just trying to help but really I can take care of myself."

"We wouldn't be doing this if we weren't concerned about you. We just don't want to see you making a big mistake."

"And moving in with and possibly marrying Kathleen would be the biggest."

"How did you......let me guess Sam?"

"Yeah. She's worried Tony. We all are."

"But Kathleen is a nice girl."

"Yeah? So what? There are a lot of nice girls in the world. Are you going to move in with all of them?" Philly asked sternly.

"No of course not. Look I'm gonna go." Tony stood up and threw some money on the table.

"Tony!"

"What?'

"Just think about what we said okay?"

"Yeah yeah fine." Tony replied and walked out.

"Do you think we got through to him?"

"Only time will tell." Vinnie sighed.