Derek/Nell
Suddenly Brian's warning about staying if he wanted, but didn't have to made a lot more sense. Not that Derek had gone to many bachelor party for straight or gay men back home. Parties meant slightly better food for the groom and maybe a bottle of the better homemade alcohol. It was nothing like this, but Derek wasn't too bothered. They were cocks, he had one, he wasn't interested in more, he ignored them. It all worked.
There was one person who might not share his attitude toward the party and he found himself finding Nell with his eyes more times than not, until he decided that subtle was not his thing and walked up to her. "We were invited to an after party." More like Brian had told him that they were going to have another night like Nell's party and Nell was the only woman. "I don't know what he told you, but we don't have to stay. Not that there's a 'we', but you know what I mean." It wasn't what he'd meant to say, and he certainly didn't mean it to sound like that, but this was still a soft spot for both of them and straight to the point seemed better than trying to play coy.