"I can't believe our honeymoon is over." Kirstie says sadly as she stands on the balcony of their hotel room, looking out across the ocean.

Avi walks up behind her and slides his arms around her waist.

"Just because we're leaving Hawaii, doesn't mean the honeymoon is over." Avi says as he kisses her softly on the shoulder. "We're just changing locations."

She hums as she leans back into his arms.

"It will be nice to go home, though." She says with a smile. "As the saying goes, 'There's no place like home', right?"

"Mhmm." Avi continues leaving a trail of light kisses up her neck until he reaches her ear. "I love you, Mrs. Kaplan." He whispers.

"I love you too, Mr. Kaplan." She giggles as she turns around in his arms to face him. "So much."

Avi leans in and kisses his wife. As he begins to deepen the kiss, Kirstie giggles as gently push him away.

"We have to finish packing or we'll miss our flight." Kirstie smiles as Avi pouts. "But I promise that we'll continue when we get home."

Avi smiles as he holds up his pinky finger. Kirstie giggles as she wraps her pinky around his.

"I am excited about going home, though." Avi says as they begin to finish packing. "I really miss the guys."

"I'm really curious about what Tim has to tell us." Kirstie says as she closes a suitcase and zips it up.

"No telling. Tim is a real mysterious guy." Avi shrugs. "I've known him for years and even dated him but I still find out new things about him all the time."

"Has Eddie opened his bar yet?" Kirstie asks.

"No, Esther said that he was waiting for us to get back to have a grand opening." Avi says as he sets the suitcases by the door.

"That's sweet of him." Kirstie says as she sits down on the bed. "You think Eddie and Esther will ever get married?"

"Sure, they'll probably be the next ones. Cause I can't see Tim ever proposing to Adam. I think he's developed a phobia about proposing." Avi laughs. "And it's really too early for the other guys."

They sat on the bed in comfortable silence as they waiting for the bellhop to come and get their luggage. The Uber would be there soon to take him to the airport.

"If I knew it was going to take this long, we could have done a quickie." Avi laughs.

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"So what time does their plane land?" Adam asks as he and Austin hang the 'Welcome Home, Avi and Kirstie' sign.

"About three, I think." Tim answers as he put the champagne on ice.

"I know it sounds crazy, but I missed them." Austin laughs.

"Yeah, me too. It's been way too quiet." Chris says as he and Chance filled balloons with helium.

"So when are you going to tell them about yall getting engaged?" Esther asks as she sat out the finger foods.

"Later." Tim answers. "This party is for Mr. and Mrs. Kaplan. So yall don't say anything about mine and Adam's engagement, alright?"

"Don't you think that they'll notice the ring or should I say washer?" Eddie chuckles.

"F*ck you, Eddie. This washer is worth more to me than my next breath." Tim growls.

"I offered to buy an actual engagement ring but he insisted on keeping that washer." Adam shrugs.

"Well, I think it's adorable and very meaningful." Esther says.

"Thank you, Esther. At least someone understands." Tim says as he shoots Eddie a not so nice look.

"You can always take it off until the party begins to wind down." Chance suggests.

Tim looks down at the ring not really wanting to take it off but not wanting to spoil the welcome home party for the newlyweds. He sighs as he looks around at Adam as if to ask if it was alright. Adam got the message and answers by giving him a smile and a nod. He slowly takes off the ring/washer and slips it into his pocket.

A short time later, Esther gets a phone call. She smiles as she ends the call.

"That was Avi. They just left the airport and will be here in about an hour." She announces.

About an hour later, they all gather in the banquet room awaiting the arrival of the newlyweds.

Avi and his wife pull into the driveway and eagerly get out of the car.

"Everything looks so peaceful." Avi chuckles as he looks at the lodge. "It's hard to believe a hit man and his gang lives here."

They walk inside the house and find all is quiet.

"Where is everyone?" Avi asks as he sets down their luggage.

"Look." Kirstie says as she points to an arrow that is pointing down the hallway.

"What the heck." Avi laughs as they begin to follow the arrows.

"I think they're leading us to the banquet room." Kirstie giggles as she sees a sign with 'You're getting warmer' written on it.

They reach the large double doors of the banquet room. A sign on the door reads 'Enter at your own risk'.

"This is exciting." Kirstie whispers.

"No telling what these insane people have planned for us behind these doors. I'm almost afraid to open them." Avi says quietly with a smile.

"Let's do this." Kirstie giggles as she takes ahold of one of the door handles and Avi grabs the other. "3, 2, 1."

They open the doors.

"WELCOME HOME, KAPLANS!!!" Everyone yells as confetti falls from the ceiling right above the newlyweds' heads.

"HOLY MOLY!" Avi laughs loudly as confetti covers them. Kirstie squeals with excitement.

Avi had missed his friends. He loved them so much. But there was one that he missed a little more than the others.

"TIMBO!!" Avi yells as he dashes across the room and jumps into Tim's arms.

Tim grunts as he catches his lunatic little friend and stumbles backward falling into a chair with Avi in his lap.

The others were laughing hysterically. They all had expected something like this from Avi.

"I missed you so much." Avi says as he flowers Tim's face with sloppy kisses.

"Will you get your ass off me!!" Tim growls as he tries to push the clinging man away. "KIRSTIN!!"

"I know, Tim. You want me to put a leash on him." Kirstie laughs.

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