" Man, I'm tired, hey Aj wanna go? let's leave those morons, just let them drink till they pass out"

"Fine be me" he said as he got his jacket and walked by the guys table

"Yoh, we going now" Aj said as Nick got up and tried to hug him

"AJ, my man... you getting so boring, c'mon, stay a little longer"

"Nah, you guys have fun, and D. good luck for tomorrow"

"Tomorrow, I'm so horny right now that the big night is gonna be this one, you'll see when I get home... man I'll fuck her brains out ha ha ha" He said drunk as Kev and Nick laughed hard

"And I drink to that my brotha" Kevin said

"To D. fucking Trish till her brains comes out!!!" Nick said as he got his glass up

AJ felt a new wave of anger burning inside of him.

"Man you gotta be drunk, man, she's gonna be your wife"

"Yeah, my wife, but sure knows all the tricks on the book, that's for sure, damn woman" he said laughing hard "ha ha... and I'm gonna enjoy every moment of that" he said

Aj couldn't take it no more, before he knew it, his arm flew right to Howie's face smacking him hard, making his bottom lip bleeding a little.

"Fuckkkk" Nick said as he got up

"AJ!!!" Brian said as he hold him

Howie slowly got up, and reached with his hand to his bottom lip noticing he was bleeding.

"Now you show some respect to her!" Aj said angry as he turned around and walked away, with Brian right behind him.

"Fuck, what the hell was that?" Kevin asked as he saw Howie sitting back down, and taking another sip of his drink

"I don't know and I don't wanna fucking know" he said as he drank it all at once

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ring ring.... ring ring...

"Shit... damn... who is it?" Trish said as she reached for the phone

"T, it's me again.. man sorry, but I'm worried, haven't they give any news?"

"Linda.. listen. they are out there, having fun, you can bet his ass is coming home drank, but it's nothing to worry about girl... chilll, and let me sleep, for God's sake!!! I'm getting married tomorrow and I need my sleep!!"

"Sorry... but I'm worried about him, and if he gets too drunk and like drives"

"Hey, I'm sure they'll get a cab"

"man, I know it's silly, but I can go back to sleep till he comes home"

"Fine, but just please let me go back to sleep"

"Ok, ok, sorry"

"Ok, and don't worry so much"

"I'll try, bye"

"Bye"

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A couple of hours later the guys were totally, and completly drunk. Telling dirty jokes, laughing just 'cause a fly went by, DRUNK!

"ha ha.... like that shit is funny" Kevin said laughing at a joke Howie had just tell

"Man... funnier than that just your face when AJ smacked you in the face" Nick said as he and kev laughed and Howie suddenly got quiet.

"Man, I fell like a coward, he is always superior than me, and man I never get the guts to actually face him"

"You got her! that's one thing he doesn't have.. ha ha ha" Nick said laughing as Kevin and Howie looked back at him

"Trish??" Howie asked

"Yeah, he wanted her too, but you got her! That shows who's the best! ha ha ha"

"he wanted her what's that shit??" Howie yelled as he got up and got Nick by the T-shirt

"Oh shit... man, I talked too much.. damn, stupid, stupid" he said as he smacked himself on the head

"Now, you're gonna tell me the all story, I don't care, I knew something was up, what's that shit, c'mon, spit!" he said shaking Nick

"Hey, Howie, calm down" Kevin said holding him

"Ok, ok, I always thought you should know... I'll tell, now let me go, ok?"

"Ok, now start speaking" he said as he calmed down a little and sat by the chair

"Trish... He and Trish had a thing going on, and well it was after you too met, and, man... honestly he didn't knew, till the day she broke up with him, and told him that she  was with you"

"damn" he mumbled as he covered his face with  his hands.

"You mean she lied to him a l this time?" kevin asked not believing what he was hearing

"She felt committed to me, I was always pressing her, it isn't her fault, don't judge her" Howie said

"Yeah, he's right" Nick said

"And all this time, always insisting, she couldn't have this baby with me, that it wasn't right.. damn, and I never knew" he said as he started crying silently

"Damn, Howie, I'm sorry" Kevin said as he put his arm around Howie's shoulder

They stood there for a while just listening to Howie's cry, not sure of what to say.

"... so D. what do you intend to do?" Nick asked as Howie looked up at Nick then at Kev and then looked back down at the table.

"I don't know... I just don't know" he said shaking his head as he cried some more