Authors Note: I would like to say that I am sorry for all those of you who love Vanavi or BennyxNina but hey... the original script did have Vanessa cheating on Usnavi... so...

Disclaimer: I sadly am not Lin-Man so I do not own the rights to Heights (Hey look I rhymed =)

It is almost winter. The power has only been back on for about 3 weeks. Nina will be back in a couple weeks. This time, the Rosarios are sure that she didn't drop out. My hands slowly work their way back and forth across the counter with a soapy rag as I close up shop for the day. I step out to the street and begin pulling down the grate for the night. A sound comes to my ears. Laughter. I look up to find where it is coming from.

Benny's apartment?

But Nina won't be back for a couple weeks... Wait... That's not just any laughter... That's Vannessa's laughter. No. But... just this morning she seemed perfectly in love with me. But was she? And Benny. He was always my best friend. He would never do anything like this. But he was only in the Bodega this morning for long enough to grab his coffee and run.

I looked up again at the window and saw the figures making their way to the window. I step into the shadow of the awning, still watching the fire escape intently. Sure enough Benny steps out onto the fire escape leading Vanessa by her hand. Benny points to the Bodega and she giggles. Are they making fun of me? No. He steals my girlfriend and then makes fun of me to her? This is not okay. And he was the one who always urged me to ask her out in the first place...

I run out of sight and back to my apartment to think things over. What about Nina? Her and Benny seemed perfectly happy. And no one will have the guts to tell her until she comes back.

I step into my dorm room at Stanford once again. My room mate is still out of the house, most likely partying as she always does. So many people here do not understand just what it means to have to work for the things you love. Love! Benny will be calling soon. Let's see... the clock says 8:15... he should be calling any minute now.

Well in the meantime time to work on that paper for Ms. Casousky. I certainly cannot afford another bad grade. I pull out the old laptop and begin typing the paper. I look up again 8:40... Benny should have called by now... But he didn't.

Ah! There is the phone. He must have just been busy at work a bit longer than normal or something... I pick up the phone excitedly.

"Benny?"

"Hey Nina... It's Usnavi."

"Usnavi? But Benny always calls on Friday nights..."

"Well I don't think he will be calling tonight."

"What? Is he in trouble or something"

"Or something..."

"'snavi... tell me"

"Um...I don't even know how to say this..."

"Just say it"

"Benny... and Vanessa were on his fire escape and..."

I can't even wait to hear the end of what he was saying. I drop the phone to the floor as I feel the tears welling up behind my eyes. Muffled on the other end of the phone I hear Usnavi calling my name. I manage to grab the phone.

"Thank you for telling me Usnavi"

"I couldn't just let it go..."

"If Benny isn't going to call me... Well... I still want to hear from home sometimes."

"Uh...Sure Nina... Friday nights?"

"Yeah... well... Adios"

"Adios"

I barely manage to stumble back to my bed and hide my head in my pillow before bawling. Benny! He was always so perfect! And Vanessa had been my best friend for as long as I could remember! I would never expect either of them to do this... but both? Together? No. I don't even hear my roommate come in and she always just leaves me alone anyways. She walks by and collapses on her own bed.

"You okay?" She asks, seemingly genuinely concerned.

"No" I manage to sob.

"Ah... Anything I can do?"

"No."

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