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Baby, you make me want to shout and scream out loud.

Oh, it's a thought. I'm on fire, so tell me again. You didn't say that all my

life. Show me again.

That's so good.

That's so nice.

Would

you?

Would you?

Would you?

When I got home, Michael had lit some candles and made some tea while he was

waiting for me to get there.

And I told him that I wanted to go to sleep.

And we snuggled.

You know, I reread in the book about how people kind of can't help cheating and

that it doesn't have to be a bad thing.

But after a couple of days, the guilt was killing me. You told him?

He walked out. He just needs time to process it all, honey.

There's that old pride thing with guys.

So we're going to be okay?

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

He loves you, Stella.

He'll forgive you.

But you didn't forgive David about Araminta.

That was different. David didn't want to be with me.

But it took you, like, six years to forgive Simone.

But look at me now. I'm going to her wedding.

Six years.

God.

Try to imagine if he'd had similar news for you.

Would you have known how to react right away?

He needs some time.

Don't anticipate what's happening before it's happened.

On the other hand, if you prepare yourself for being dumped, then at least

you're prepared.

Gavin didn't dump you.

I didn't sleep with Chaz.

You're not helping. I think there should be a rule about sisters giving sisters

advice. Especially when they're fat and hormonal. It's all about hormones, isn't

it? I mean, poor Stella.

I hadn't had sex in ages.

I had sex, just not intercourse. Don't make excuses.

All the oral sex in the world is not a substitute for good old -fashioned

humping. Damn right.

I mean, all that pressure.

He should have let you have a freebie. Ah, the freebie.

That's right, you freebied. How was it? It was fucking awesome.

There's no other way to describe it.

Did Jody and Martine?

Oh, yeah, they did.

So you watched the soon -to -be mother of your child making it with another

woman, and you were okay with it?

Yeah, well, you know, it wasn't, they just, you know, a little kissing. That

about it, and then we all fell asleep.

So where'd you get to last night?

I rode the 504 until I got kicked off, and then I walked around.

You know, I saw a lot of guys who looked like me last night.

Guys who weren't supposed to share gravity worked anymore.

Stella's pretty torn up about this.

Stella's torn.

I think he means she wishes she really hadn't done it.

Yeah, but she did.

With Chaz.

Once Jody and I snagged this date, he was kind of the only option.

So you think I'm overreacting?

My Stella sleeps with another guy and I should be okay with it?

Thank you. There was this little book that Ben wrote that said this kind of

thing is totally natural.

If you're a monkey, or a peregrine falcon, or a heart's wildebeest, or a

lobster, or addicted.

Look, I know all about the sperm competition, okay?

But I don't know how to deal with this feeling.

Like, I just want to kill this son of a bitch.

Take into account the fact that divorces peak after four years, which can be

considered a human breeding season long enough to bring a child through infancy.

It begs the question,

Why bother with more than four years?

Because you love somebody?

My two big relationships ended at four years.

David and I would have been four years this month.

Oh, come on.

You didn't end because of some predetermined biological four -year

ended because you were wrong for one another.

Plain and simple.

David was egocentric.

Condescending. Boring.

Humorless. Hairy.

And he cheated on you.

How come you never said anything before? Because you loved him.

It was all hormones. He was very type A. Did you ever cheat on him?

Because I stepped down on my boyfriends.

All of them, I think.

I still love them, but sex is sex, right?

Sometimes it just rears its ugly head.

What you did was perfectly natural.

Amen.

We're blessed in spirit, Michael.

Michael?

Driven to acts of betrayal and madness by our nature, redeemed by our abilities

to forgive and to love.

Good head, Dr. Shakespeare.

Love breeds changes, grows.

You can't cling to the way it was. You can't insist it stay the same.

Our individual spirits demand evolution as surely as nature does.

Ben, look, I know things have to change.

Bad times have to come.

And trust me, I am ready to be tempered in the bad times like a mace in a

forge. But you did betray me. Pick up the damn mace and start swinging text.

That's one option.

Forgive. And remember, there's always the freebie.

All that brave talk about him forgiving Simone and Maginder, I still think he

needs to go there with a hot chick.

Me too.

Oh, you mean me.

That thing that I said earlier about cheating on my old boyfriend.

You gotta know I would never cheat on Ben.

Well, I think we established that it'd be okay if you did.

I just don't want you to think badly of me. I mean, you're one of Ben's closest

friends. Oh, I don't. I don't.

Oh, good.

You think so?

Think what?

One of his closest friends.

Oh, yeah.

That, absolutely.

It's amazing that you two never got together.

We know each other too well.

It's true, isn't it?

You need a bit of mystery at the beginning.

So, ready for the petri dish?

What I especially want to observe is you. You're like the free radical let

in an environment of white blood cells.

When did you turn into a science geek?

When I started working with one.

Nice to know I'm rubbing off on you.

Admit it. Weddings are such a pheromone fest, you're hoping you'll meet somebody

here.

I have that reputation.

That's right.

You almost got lucky.

I did. You were Mr. Runaway of the Jungle with me.

I really used that line.

You wondered why I didn't want to work with you.

Ben? Oh, Jesus.

She's really marrying that guy. You can do this. No, I can't.

Come on, you and I came here as friends. Clearly you can do anything.

Can I go outside for a smoke?

You don't smoke.

Details.

Ben!

Buddy!

Kate!

So great to see you guys.

This is Hermit?

I've heard so much about you.

Delighted to meet you.

Do you have a cigarette?

No, we don't smoke.

We do.

Tell me. Yes.

And a single cup signifies that they are becoming one blood, one flesh,

and one family.

Simone and Magender, let this wine remind you that your love

is like a vineyard with many seasons so that

you may never lose hope during the dark times.

Because they'll come.

Vineyard can be wiped out in one season.

It only takes one good parasite infestation.

Or a killing frost.

You may now.

Offer the cup to each other, acknowledging the new bond between you.

Bond of an embarrassing metaphor.

What a great surprise to see you.

And you.

I forgot you and the gender were friends. Yeah, and the bride is Ben's

What a small world.

Very small.

Air Menses moved here, you know. And I noticed that you finally learned how to

recycle.

You returned that, right?

You haven't told her it's used.

No, and I would appreciate it if you would have seen it. I'm sure you would

have.

Don't worry, my lips are sealed.

See, you and Ben have taken up right where you left off.

That's right.

Me and old Monkey Boy were hard at it. I'm trying to be nice here.

Monkey Boy turned out to be quite a prophetic nickname.

Very primal. And there's all this... Thank

you

so much.

Statistically speaking, half the couples in here are divorced or will be. The

room one is a marriage council.

Yeah, but would you want to lie for a living?

You two can make it.

Everything will be all right. You're stronger together.

It's worth it.

Ben, Kate, I know you'll be happy forever.

Couldn't have happened to better people.

So, Ben, missed your opportunity when the minister asked if anyone had any

objections.

Madge, old buddy, relax. No objections.

Just some friendly advice.

Take a look behind the left knee. Works every time.

I'm gonna go to the ladies' room. Okay. I'll be in here looking, dashing.

You look very happy with her.

I am very happy with... Oh, Kate and I aren't together.

I'm living with someone, Olivia.

But we are very happy together.

You and Olivia, or you and Kate?

You deserve some happiness, Ben.

Whatever form it takes.

So do you.

I don't know what I was thinking. It's always been you.

Oh, David, knock it off. No.

You're the one.

I'm not here with Ben. I'm subbing for his girlfriend.

Honestly.

Hit me with another man and out comes a... Tired old Tarzan script?

Well, then what about all this monkey boy stuff?

Everybody knows monkeys aren't that big.

Yeah.

Now, Ben, on the other hand...

Do

you think I could have one of the good bottles of champagne? Of course. I think

it's in the green batch.

These events are so tedious.

I find them quite moving.

Oh, yes.

The sheer optimism of beating the statistics.

I suppose it could be seen that way.

So that's just an accessory?

Oh, David's such a romantic.

I told him I didn't need to get married, but he thought his blender band of gold

somehow made me his.

Well, congratulations.

It's a testament to his character, really, that he's not gun -shy after

went through.

That's David constantly rising above.

I love the artistic statement of the dress, by the way.

Form meeting content.

Oh, thingy.

Oh, hell no.

knows they look happy maybe the hell does anybody really know about anybody

anyhow just that nature and nurture are potent enough on their own all we can do

is hope that they mix well i like scotch and champagne so dr langford in the end

we're simply nature and nurture after all at the mercy of biological

and parental programming unable to change soon to repeat i mean

We entered this wedding as changed people. And revert entirely to form when

confronted with our old lives.

Totally.

So theoretically, at any moment... We'll start necking, just like when we first

met. Ha!

Exactly.

What's important all the time?

And we climbed right into it.

We can never do this. Again.

We really can't. I agree.

Although it was... Great.

Not just good.

I would say great.

That's what I was going to say.

I wonder when checkout is.

It's usually 11.

We're good, right? We're so good. And we're never... Never doing that again. I

mean, we were just both right there and bed was already messy.

The room was paid for. Exactly.

And we can still be that friends thing, right?

That's what I want. Me too.

Okay? Okay.

There's a lot of history.

Baggage. Between us.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah, like that.

You can't expect to put it to bed right away.

And these things can become so awkward at work.

Especially once we're finished.

Which we will be. Soon.

Yeah, very soon.

Probably today.

Absolutely.

One, five. You guys ready?

Coming!

Can we at least talk about what happened?

Another jumper?

Come on, stop it.

I have a right to know.

Get.

Get. This is not a joke to me, all right?

Oh God.

Thank you, dear. I love you.

Michael,

it's great you two worked it out.

We saw you on the roof.

You looked happy.

She broke my heart.

Stella, I don't want to talk about that.

Ben.

I know.

Goodbye.

I caught an earlier flight.

Oh, I missed you.

Me, you, too.

You look great.

Glowing.

You get lucky at the wedding.

Show me again.