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This is gonna be tough.

Um... my sister means a lot to me.

I feel incredibly lucky and blessed to have you

not only as my daughter but as my very best friend.

Oh.

While Devery was growing up, many doubted

that the words "Devery" and "wedding"...

...would ever be used simultaneously.

If there's one important lesson my parents have taught me

to a great life and a happy marriage,

it's to always have a drink in your hand.

And since Seth is one of my best friends

and you just embarrassed Seth,

I got his back, and I'm about to embarrass Jillian.

And I saw Camille laugh, then I knew you were the one.

God bless you both. I love you.

I would like to propose a toast.

- Raise your glasses. - Cheers.

Cheers.

Cheers.

So...

here you are... getting married.

Ugh.

You always said I'd be the first to go,

but... I guess this makes sense.

It's just like the sleepovers we used to have.

We were young...

- but we were kings. - Ben.

A group of guys trying to stay up as late as we could.

Nothing could make us surrender our freedom.

- Ben. - Yes. Alice.

Sorry, but I have a question.

Why is this whole thing about sleeping children?

It's an allegory. Can you just let me finish?

Oh! Okay. Well, as an allegory, then this is amazing.

You promised you'd be supportive.

I am! I just told you it's amazing.

Keep going.

See, there are a couple of phases to every sleepover.

First there's the beginning of the night,

when everything's perfect

and it seems like no one's ever going to bed.

Then a few guys pass out, and everyone makes fun of them

for being weak and soft.

- Soft? - Okay.

But slowly, the rest pass out, and before you know it,

it's down to you and one other person.

That was always me and Matt.

Brothers in arms.

Well, that was fuckin' weird.

All right. The speech is good.

- You're just being a dick. - Um, I'm sorry, Ben.

Do you know what a best-man's speech is?

It is one man's heartfelt truth spoken publicly to another man

who happens to be getting married

and leaving me behind forever.

- Eesh. - I'm fine.

- Yeah? - I know how that sounded.

I'm fine. I'm happy for Matt.

- Clearly. - No, I-I really am.

And plus, I got someone to look forward to.

Jess Ramsey's in the house tonight.

Who?

Jess Ramsey. You know who she is.

Remember she came to visit our dorm freshman year?

She almost spent the night in my room.

We did that play in high school where we had to kiss,

but then, at the after-party, we actually kissed.

I'm really sorry, Ben.

I must have cleared out the memory of her

to make space for something else.

- Okay. This has been great. - I agree.

But I think it's time for you to go back to your room.

I don't like my room.

I got to get to my best-man duties.

- Come on. - Duties? What duties?

Pictures, mingling. There's a lot of mingling.

- Well, I've got zero duties. - Come on.

Ben, I'm trying to help you, okay?

A wedding speech is just making people laugh.

This Ramsey girl doesn't want to hear

your weird, jealous sendoff for Matt.

I'm not jealous.

You're a little jelly.

You're a little jellybean. Boop-boop-beep.

Okay. Bye, Alice.

Okay. Bye.

Your speech sucked.

Just tell them a funny story.

You'll thank me later.

Fuck.

But somehow Amanda still thought Matt was attractive after that.

So I'd like to raise a glass...

...to Matt and Amanda.

I love you guys so much. Congratulations.

- Great speech. - Thank you. Appreciate it.

Dude, get over here. That was amazing.

- Thank you so much! - You liked it? You liked it?

- Loved it. - Oh, good.

That was so good, Ben!

- Thank you. - Oh, my God. Of course.

Oh, it was so good.

I can't believe you told the hot dog story.

I had to tell it.

I'm sure Bubbe loved the hot dog story.

- I think she kind of did. - She had to hear it.

- Maybe? - All right.

Let's get that bride and groom out on the dance floor.

We'll see you in a second.

Yes. Go. Go. Have fun.

- Oh. Thanks, guy. - Dude, great speech.

Thank you. Thank you.

There he is. Best speech of the night.

Yeah. Thanks, guys, really.

Oh!

Looks like it wasn't such a bad speech after all.

You changed the whole thing 'cause of me.

I saved the speech.

I'm a hero. Mm.

Did you get blackout while I was up there?

Did you get blackout when you were up there?

Fucking hell.

Ben, that was so good.

Oh, my God. Thanks, Kelly.

- It was so sweet. - Really? It was?

Okay.

Whoo. Watch out.

Alice.

You're dancing all alone over here.

That's the name of my new book.

Hey. Hey. I know.

I have been so completely wrapped up

in all this wedding shit.

I was meaning to call you. But I heard about you and Nate.

- I'm so sorry. - Oh, fine.

Let's not talk about it here.

Oh, my God. Anne! My God!

Congratulations!

Ben King!

Jess Ramsey.

I have been trying to talk to you all night.

Here's the thing.

I'm the best man, so I'm a little busy.

- I have a lot going on. - I noticed. I did.

- And the speech was so good. - Oh, my God. Thank you so much.

Yeah, thanks. Took us forever to write it.

- Oh, you helped with the speech? - Yeah.

- No. - Just the good parts, though.

The pedophilia shit was all this guy.

Alice, I think there's another dance floor in the basement.

What?

There's another dance floor in the basement.

You should go find it.

You're a bad person.

Is that your girlfriend?

Her? N-No. No. That's just Alice.

She's my friend from college.

We're gonna slow things down here.

Uh, shall we?

Oh. Sure.

I got to warn you, I got some pretty great moves.

- How you been? - Good. I've been good.

You know, it's wedding season, so I've been kind of --

Depressed? Totally.

I was gonna say busy.

Yes. Busy. Busy is the word.

- Yeah. - Ben!

Ben!

Oh.

Looks like Alice found a new boyfriend.

Ben, come touch this kid's arm. He's so soft.

She's not usually like this. She's going through a breakup.

Is she okay? I mean, should you go help her?

Um, I-I think she's fine.

Ben, come touch him!

Oh, my God. It's gorgeous out here.

- Yeah. - I thought the inside was great.

Then I saw the outside and I'm like,

"What have I been doing inside?"

It's fantastic.

Are you sure Alice is gonna be okay?

Yeah, yeah. She got in the shuttle back to the hotel.

As long as she can make her way to her room, she should be fine.

I feel like that might be a challenge for her.

Oh, it's definitely up for grabs. Yes.

You totally could have stayed with her.

I'm just gonna get a car and head home.

No, no, no. I mean, I feel like I so rarely get to see you.

This was so great to just catch up.

- Yeah. - Yeah.

Alice and I, we're not even really that close.

She just needs a shoulder to cry on right now.

And you get to be the lucky shoulder.

Yeah. I feel really, um, blessed and honored.

That's one of the many gifts of being at the singles' table.

You get all the singles that come with it.

Yeah. It sounds like you need a new table.

Well, you got to be in a relationship for that.

That can't be a problem for you.

You're cute and charming and funny.