Kate so wasn't going to take any part in this conversation, either. She was just gonna watch it play out.

Though, it seemed there wasn't going to be much more of it. "He's worried about me," Tara said, lightly, looking the other way.

Max gave a ghost of a shrug. "Well, she does make it interesting."

And before anyone else had a chance to say anything, Neil's voice came on through the karaoke speakers. "Charmaine... Charmaine Craine?" he asked, and they all turned to look his way just as he started walking towards them, talking into the microphone. "Um, boy, we've... We've really had a lot of ups and down this past year. But, now that we're embarking on life's most rewarding journey, and... because I love you, and because... I can't imagine going through life without the world's most misleading Pictionary artist..." He gestured at Charmaine, paused for a laugh that didn't come. "Uh, I wanted to ask... Um..."

Was he going to get down on one knee? Oh yes he was.

"Charmaine, will you marry me?"

Everyone stared at him. Even Marshall and Lionel, whod circled around with their camera. And especially Charmaine.