Bex walked out of the cinema feeling pleasantly satisfied. "So what did you think?" Bowie asked her. "Of the movie?"

He nodded.

"It's not usually the kinda stuff I'm used to but it actually wasn't bad…for a cheesy rom-com." Bex said.

"The guy was trying way to hard though," Bowie said, as they continued moving along the sidewalk.

"Not necessarily, I thought it was sweet that he took her to Paris to propose." Bex admitted.

"Nah, it put too much pressure on her. Going away together was enough. But a grand gesture like that? It makes it hard to say no even if you don't want to." He paused, realising slowly that he probably wasn't that much different from the main character in the movie.

"But she did want to, Bowie. She loved him. Despite all their crazy ups and downs he was the guy that was always in her heart." Bex said.

"Do you want to get something to eat? That popcorn was not filling at all!" Bowie asked, gesturing to the restaurant which was a little in front of them.

Bex turned to face him smiling, "Pizza?"

He grinned back, "Pizza."

They sat at a table in the restaurant, sharing their large meat feast pizza. "Ohhh gawsh…I actually love food so much," Bex moaned as she ate.

"I can see your appetite is still the same even after what…14 years?" Bowie teased.

"Can you blame me? When I went away travelling the world there were all these different things I got to try." She stopped, finishing a pizza slice. "I tried taking the recipes for some of the dishes I had but…there was literally no point because I suck at cooking. Unlike you, Chef Bowie, I would make a terrible housewife!"

"Mmmmm…I'm not sure about that," he said, chuckling.

"About being a housewife or a chef?"

He took a second to consider. "Both." They laughed.

"This is nice," Bex confessed after they had finished eating.

"Yeah it is," Bowie agreed and instinctively took Bex's hand in his.

She squeezed his hand affectionately and took his other one. Then snapping out of it she abruptly let go. "What are we doing?"

"Having pizza, talking-" Bowie replied innocently.

"No, I mean, what is this?" Bex asked, using her hands to point to the two of them.

"Just two old friends hanging out, with their no longer secret baby." Bowie chuckled but this time Bex wasn't amused.

"Maybe we shouldn't hang out unless Andi's around."

"Are you serious?"

"I just don't want you to get the wrong idea."
"Okay…so what is the right idea?"

"Huh?" Bex's face was furrowed in confusion.

"What do you want Bex? One minute we're hanging out and everything's cool and I feel like we're getting closer. Then you suddenly go cold on me."

"It's no use reliving the past,"

"Who says we have to do that?"

There was an awkward silence until Bex spoke. "How could we start over, we have a kid. A kid that is a teenager and is changing and growing and needs stability and support. I just don't know if I can count on you."

Bowie took a deep breath. "Why don't you just give me a chance?"
"I can't get let down especially because of Andi,"

"I still love you Bex, I never stopped. All I'm asking is that we try again. I want to be a family with you and Andi. I left the band so I could." Bowie confessed.

"I never asked you to do that."

"It doesn't matter, it was worth giving up."

Bex suddenly felt as if she was going to cry. She quickly dabbed at her eyes with a tissue.

"What are you going to do now?"

"I mean…I have a few ideas and I've-"

"Just ideas?"

"No, Bex, I-just let me explain,"

"No, no, Bowie. I can't. All you have are promises and ideas and I can't work with that. It's either you prove that you're 100% committed to being a part of our family or just, don't say anything at all."

Bowie bit his lip. He knew on some level this was coming, he just didn't think it'd be so painful.

"You'll always be in Andi's life," Bex tried to assure him.

Just then, Bowie's phone buzzed. He turned the screen to show Bex. "It's Andi, the school dance is over. We can go pick her up. Unless you prefer to go alone?"

"It's okay, we can go together."

"Alright then," he agreed.

As they left the restaurant, Bex knew that what she'd said was harsh but she was sticking up for herself, setting boundaries before things got too messy. Bowie knew that until he proved to Bex that he was dependable she wasn't going to let him in. They had a long way to go and the future seemed so uncertain. But they'd figure things out eventually, for Andi's sake at least.