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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you for their first dance, Mr.

and Mrs.

William Dent.

Thank you.

not be a bribe, but baby steps.

Hey!

Congratulations! Yes, you guys, the ceremony was beautiful.

And thank you for the vegan hors d 'oeuvre tray, but, um, does this guy

follow me everywhere?

Lynn, you're the only vegan here.

Okay.

Come on, Bill.

Go to the bar.

Peculous ceremony, gents.

Monica. Congratulations.

Clayton, you're getting closer.

Congratulations, William.

Thanks, Don. Oh, listen, thank you. Thank you for putting off your honeymoon

finish nailing down this merger for me.

No, no, and my apologies for that, too, Mrs.

Dent. No apologies necessary, Don.

William and I are a team now, and it's important to me that William's most

important client gets happy.

Well, if you really want me to be happy, you'll come to the shareholders' dinner

on Wednesday.

What do you say?

We witness it. Excellent. See you later.

Thank you.

You got yourself a good one, Dent.

Don't mess it up.

The hell, I'm kidding myself. Enjoy it while it lasts.

All right.

I swore that I would never be a bridesmaid again, which is why I stand

you as a maid of honor.

Good looking out, Mon Mon.

Nica.

But, no, really, I am truly honored to be a part of this wedding because

is like a brother to me.

And Monica, like a brother's wife to me.

But seriously, Monica

has become a sister, a pal, a confidant.

And I just thank you for being my friend.

Both of you.

So, to Monica and William!

Yay!

Okay,

when I met William, I thought to myself, this is one corny dude.

And then when I met Monica, I thought, this is one beautiful, scary lady.

But now that I know them both I can see that they're two really special people

and that they're gonna produce some really beautiful scary corny ass kids

Mostly

I want to thank William for giving

me the happiest day of my life.

We've been through some ups and downs baby, but I'm finally

And I'm finally Mr.

William then.

I'm so happy.

Oh, baby. I love you, Monica.

Thank you. I love you.

Thank you too, Darnell.

You know, you really are my best man.

I don't think a brother would have made it up here without you, dog.

You know, all those months of me thinking, oh, this is the biggest

life. What am I doing?

I'm so unhappy.

I've got to get out of this.

You got me through it.

Ooh.

What?

Excuse me.

John, you're the maid of honor. Do something. Do something.

Are you okay? Of course I'm okay. Why wouldn't I be okay?

Because William just humiliated you. And on your wedding day.

Len! What? She was there, she not?

Well, you're wrong. I wasn't humiliated.

I just came to put on a new face.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

A new face?

More like pick the one she's got up off the floor.

Monica, wait.

Monica, please, let me explain. I knew something was wrong all this time, and

every time I asked you, you lied and said you were fine.

Monica, I love you. That was just cold feet.

But I've worked through it. I've talked to my therapist and to Darnell and to

Joan. The cheese guy at Whole Foods was very insightful.

It's very comforting to know you talk to everybody under the sun but me. Now, if

you'll excuse me, I have a bouquet to toss.

You'd better wait for Joan.

If she doesn't catch it, this wedding's gonna get ugly.

I

just

can't stop thinking about poor Monica.

Yeah, I know.

Must have been hard being the second prettiest woman at her own wedding.

Whoa.

What's the matter, baby? I thought weddings made you ready to go.

It's red to go.

Off on you.

Me?

What'd I do? You knew William was having doubts and you didn't tell me? No, no,

no. We are married. Gossip is all we got left.

My boy confided in me.

I can't give him up.

Oh.

Okay.

I can't get this.

So I'm being punished for keeping a secret. That's right.

I do.

No, prettier.

I do.

Monica?

Wait, what are you doing here? This is your wedding night. I left William.

Is this about what William said at the reception? Because you said you were

okay. I was pretending to be okay in an effort to limit the humiliation.

But I didn't come here to talk about my feelings.

I just came to get back the Ferragamo pumps I loaned you when I thought you

my friend.

So I...

am your friend.

If you were my friend, Joan, you would have told me William was having serious

doubts.

Monica, come here.

I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to get upset over nothing.

And to think I had your back.

When William wanted to invite Tony to the wedding, I scratched her off.

What?

Monica, William really loves you. He obviously doesn't give a ding -dong

me, but he loves you.

He was scared.

He never meant to hurt you.

So the destruction of my life was unintentional. Yes.

So let's get you two crazy kids back together.

No, Jo.

I'm going to go off and spend the rest of my long, lonely days.

Oh, I can't do this.

Self -pity just doesn't become me. How you do it, Jo?

The pity?

No.

Being alone.

And being okay with it. Oh, sweetie, I'm not alone.

I have my friends, and I have Aaron.

He wasn't at the wedding.

Because you didn't give me a plus one. Because as the maid of honor, your focus

is supposed to be on me.

Right, and my focus is on you now.

Monica. What?

Why don't you just stay here with me until we sort this out?

that we stopped working out a half an hour ago.

Hello.

Okay, I'll ask her.

Again?

Is she going to get the same answer?

Again? No, I don't want to talk to him.

Told you.

What?

Okay, I'll ask her.

Monica, will you let him talk to you because he's outside on the front porch?

Go!

Damn, you bold.

Come on.

Monica, he wants to know if you will at least go to the shareholders' dinner

with him.

Hell no.

Yeah, that's not looking good.

Um, hold on, sweetie. I'm coming out, okay?

Oh, my God.

William, you look terrible.

They don't smell too hot, either.

How's Monica?

I think you're going to need to give her a little time.

Monica! No, it's me, dummy.

How's it going, boo?

Awful. How's Monica?

Oh, she's great.

I mean, I mean, I'm sure it's all just a friend.

Monica!

Hey, William.

Are you okay?

Do I look or smell okay?

No.

Oh, and it burns.

I'm going to do without her. If you don't get off this porch right now, I'm

calling the police.

I think I spelled the start of a dialogue.

No, this is brilliant.

Monica, if he didn't love you, he wouldn't be suffering like this. I'm

you. He can't eat. He can't sleep.

Phil?

Okay, I'm done. Lynn, your turn again.

Why are you going with the book? Drop a chapter.

Let me break it down for you, girl, okay?

I was divorced.

I've been where you're going, and it's cold out there.

You got a good one. Now, William may have had cold feet, but he has a warm

heart. Monica, if nothing else, just talk to him. You know you love him.

He's sorry, he's hurting, and he's killing my ficus with that acidic funk.

If I recall, my second wife made me happy.

No, it was my third wife.

It was the mistress I was seeing while I was married to my third wife.

Come on, what's the matter, William? Married life got you down already?

Where's your lovely wife? I don't think I've seen her yet tonight.

Oh, um, you know, well...

She's

right here.

Oh, Monica, you remember Don.

Of course I do. Of course. The second most important person in your life right

now. That's right, William. The new bride always comes first.

Say, listen, I'm happy just to be second. Oh, just don't tell his mama.

Oh, there goes the most important person in my life right now. Hey, yeah, you

hold on with the mushroom caps. Thanks for coming.

Nice, the way you handle clients, Monica.

You're a lucky man, William.

Excuse me.

Slow down there by me.

Monica, did this mean that you... No.

I promised your client I would be here, and unlike you, I'm not a big fat liar.

But tell me what I have to do to fix this.

Do whatever it is that you want. What I want is to get through this evening

without cutting your lying tongue out of your deceitful mouth.

William, Monica, how are you two getting along?

Just fine, Charlotte. Monica, you remember...

Charlotte McDonald, Nadelson Lee, the senior partner's wives? Of course. A few

of us wives are getting together to see that new show at the Amundsen. You'll

have to join us.

We'll miss it.

So where are you two planning to honeymoon?

Oh, we found this lovely villa and the...

Excuse me.

Um, she's got a...

Really bad rash.

You know, in her armpit.

Nothing contagious.

Just requires a frequent and urgent application of ointment.

Oh, Mr. and Mrs. Hall.

Lovely night, isn't it?

Monica!

Monica!

I covered for you, I asked you right out.

But the next time when you see him, scratch your armpits a lot.

What can I do?

Nothing.

Nothing I believe in anyway, William.

This was supposed to be my life with you.

On your arm, in love.

But it was all a lie.

No, it wasn't.

I want to believe you, William, but I can't.

I just don't trust you.

I should have come here.

Hey.

Look, I know last night doesn't mean you've forgiven me.

Nor does it.

You know I can do the thing in the spot.

Look, Monica, you know that life that you wanted, the life that I promised

I want it, too.

So tell me, how did we get there?

I don't know, William.

I don't know.

Monica, I'm not...

You're talking to a guy who married Lynn, who thought he was in love with

Oh, okay, you're nuts.

Oh, I thought finding the right woman would make me a little less nutty.

But it didn't.

So then I thought that maybe you weren't the right woman.

And I didn't know how to share my doubts with you, so I didn't.

You should have just told me, William. I know, I know. Communication and honesty

have been a problem.

But you can trust me.

I can change.

I want to change.

Because now I realize that my crazy has nothing to do with anybody else but me.

And if my choice is between being crazy with you or being crazy without you,

that's not even close.

I want to be crazy with you, Monica.

Cool.

Hey,

Monica, I thought you were still in bed.

No, I didn't come home last night.

William and I patch things up.

So I just came to get my things.

Oh, my goodness!

That's so great!

Congratulations.

I am really impressed, girl.

You're willing to make this work.

Honey, most people wouldn't be able to bounce back from that kind of

of a child.

Or put it all behind them and trust them again, or anybody else for that matter.

I wouldn't. I'd be waiting for that same behavior to crop up again and again and

again and again.

And that is why you are still single. Uh -uh.

No, I have Aaron.

For now. He's starting to get that shell shock look.

You want to talk with man a minute?

Please. I don't want no steady man in my life.

I know for a fact they're all liars, cowards, and backsliders.

Not my man.

Oh, hell, who am I kidding?

Don't change the bed. I just had to adjust my attitude.

Maya, you can't expect big changes. I mean, you know men.

Once they're out of their 20s, those patterns are set in... Don't. Oh, my

But not you, Monica. Your faith in William is inspiring.

You put history and logic and all that aside and took that blind leap of faith,

and I say you believe, girl, because miracles can happen.

I'm really happy for Monica.

Yeah, she's really lucky to have William.

She's lucky to have us.

That's true.

I mean...

Where would she be if we hadn't picked her up and made her feel good about her

situation? You guys, that's real friendship.

We should take our sister circle on the road and help other lost, poor,

unfortunate souls.

You know what? We wouldn't even have to charge him anything.

Okay, maybe a little bit.

Who am I kidding?

Lonely women, we could make a fortune.

Joan, how much would you pay?

I have Aaron.

I'm sorry, where is it?

What in the hell did you have to say to Monica?

I'm sitting at home waiting for my happy ever after, and then she comes crying,

talking about patterns and history and logic and how men don't change and how

she couldn't spend her life not being able to trust me, and then she left.

And how come it's something we said?

Oh, that is always a pattern with men. Place and blame without history or

Well, I can maybe see how she...

might have been construed.

Hey, baby.

Hey. Where you been?

Having a drink with William.

Consoling him. Oh, God, I know.

I know.

Isn't that horrible what happened between them?

That's why I am so lucky to have you.

Oh, uh -uh -uh.

No, Maya, I'm not feeling you right now.

You and your sister circle busted up a man's marriage.

And that ain't right.

Wait a minute.

Come on, baby.

No, no, no, no, no, no. You are not going to let this thing between William

Monica bust up our good thing, are you?

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