"Hey D, it's Bri. It's about 5pm over here. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Give me a call when you get the chance. I'll be at the awards show tonight so leave me a voice mail if you want. Take care, man! Later." Brian hung up the phone and sighed to himself. His friend didn't deserve to be going through all that pain again. His thoughts were soon interrupted. "Daddy! You're not listening to me!" Thomas complained as he tugged on his fathers shirt. "What? Oh I'm sorry Tommy. Dad was thinking." Brian replied, picking up Thomas to place on his lap. "Do I get to go with you and mommy to the show tonight?" Thomas asked while looking down, playing with Brian's hand. "What did your mom say?" "She said to ask you. So, can I?" Thomas pleaded. Brian sighed and put Thomas on the bed. "Mom always does this to dad, doesn't she?" Thomas looked at his dad sideways not comprehending what he meant. "Fine, if you take an extra long nap right now. I'll be back in 20 minutes so you better be asleep. If you're not, then you get to stay here tonight while mom and me go out partying." Brian teased his son. "Daddy!" Thomas whined. "Thomas. Sleep. If you go with us we're not going to be back here until late tonight. You need your sleep." Brian stated in a fatherly voice. Thomas spoke to himself under his breath while crawling into bed. "See you in a little bit." Brian replied, smiling to himself as he closed the door behind his back.

"Bribing our son, are we?" Izabel teased as she watching Brian close the bedroom door. "Shit! Don't scare me like that!" Brian stated, with his hand over his heart. "Sorry!" She smiled at him. "Prove it." Brian replied with a sly grin spreading across his face. Izabel sauntered towards him placing her arms around his neck. He leaned in and slowly kissed her lips. Izabel let out a small sigh as Brian started to kiss her neck. He nipped at her neck for a few minutes and returned to her lips. Izabel made a small whimper and threw Brian up against the wall in the hallway. She started to rip off his shirt as he picked her up by the waist. She wrapped her legs around his waist as he turned around placing her back up against the wall for balance. After a few more seconds Brian heard a clicking sound. He froze in his tracks when he realized it was the bedroom door. Brian tossed Izabel onto the hall floor and grabbed the bedroom door knob. "You...sleeping? If you're....not...we're not....going to....the awards...show." Brian managed to say into the door, completely out of breath. "K, daddy!" Thomas replied from his bed. "The joys of having children!" Izabel mussed as she walked away. "And remember the other day you said you wanted more!" She added. "Oh man! I'm never gonna get lucky again." Brian said to himself, leaning against the wall. "If you want to *get* anything, you have five seconds to get your ass in here." Brian's eyes widened as he jumped up and ran to the bedroom. Izabel laughed at his antics. With everything that had happened to them in the past two years, Brian and Izabel were happier than ever. Thomas was 3 and a half and a healthy, happy little boy. He was the apple of his fathers eye and was hardly ever away from him. Izabel wondered how she got so lucky with Brian. They were dating for barely 3 months when she got pregnant and broke up with him. Two years later they met again and picked up were they left off. She knew that if he were some other guy none of that would have happened. She would have been a single mother barely making ends meet. She thanked God for everything that had come her way and cherished every moment spent with her son and fiancée. "How did I ever get so lucky?" Izabel thought to herself as Brian kissed her stomach. Her thoughts and his actions were interrupted when Nick came running down the hallway, pounding on their door. Izabel tossed a sheet over her half naked body as Brian annoyingly put on some lose sweatpants that were lying on the floor. "Hey! Thomas is asleep!" Brian whispered loudly. Nick shrugged. "Sorry man but you forgot somethin'. What are we wearing to the award show tonight?" Brian looked at Nick like he was crazy. "Frack! You bother me because you have no clue what to wear? A suit. A tux. Whatever you want!" Brian was about to close the door but Nick put his hand on it. "Dude, think again. What are *you* wearing?" Before Brian could answer Nick replied "We have nothing to wear. I didn't pack anything and I know for sure that you didn't either. We gotta go get some suites and it's already 5:30. We have two hours to get a suit and half an hour to get ready." "Shit!" Brian mumbled when he realized Nick was right. "Iz, I gotta go." Brian said, turning to face Izabel while she lay in bed. Izabel nodded and gestured for him to leave. "Hey Izzy!" Nick shouted from the door, unable to see Izabel because the bed was behind the door. "Hi Nick!" Izabel shouted back as she got out of bed with the sheet wrapped around her body. "While you're at it, pick up something for Thomas. I just realized that we didn't bring anything for him either. I didn't know we were going to take him to the show." Izabel stated as she walked towards the bathroom to take a shower. "Thomas is going?" Nick asked in disbelief. Brian looked to see Izabel close the bathroom door before letting Nick into the bedroom. "Yeah, we're going to use D's ticket for him. He's been dying to go to one of these things for years." Brian replied as he got dressed. "Uh Bri, man...Tommy hasn't been around for years."

After Brian finished getting dressed, he and Nick took off to the nearest men's clothing store in uptown London. Brian quickly picked out a black suit with a red button down shirt and black undershirt. When he came out of the dressing room Nick took one look at him and burst into laughter. "What?" Brian asked accusingly. "It's the Grammy's all over again!" Nick laughed. Brian looked down at his outfit and laughed. "Man, that was almost 6 years ago. No one's gonna notice." Brian stated. "Anyway, we don't have time to look for anything else." Brian motioned for the tailor to fix his pants while Nick figured out what to he wanted to wear. He finally settled on a black suit similar to Brian's with a white button down shirt. Brian looked at him and nodded his head. "Looks good." Brian stated as the tailor finished working on his pants. "It better look good. It's gonna cost me a fortune." Nick stated as he glared at the price tag. "Oh c'mon! It's not like you can't afford it." Brian teased. "Eh, it's Armani. I guess it's worth it." Nick mumbled, staring at his reflection in the mirror. "I think Nat will like it, too." Brian stated. "Really?" Nick squeaked. Brian laughed at his friend. Nick had been with Natasha for two years already and he was still crazy about her. It was as if they were two school kids in love for the first time.