Eddie knocked on her door three times, no answer. She had to be home because she wasn't working, she wasn't with Hannah, and she wasn't with him. He knocked again a little louder. Still no answer.

"Janet I know you're home. Please answer the door. I need to talk to you!" At this point he was pounding on the door… "Janet! Don't make me break down this door."

She gave in knowing he wouldn't go away unless she opened it, "What Eddie."

"Hi. Wait, what's wrong?" He could tell she was mad but had no clue why.

"Why are you here and not with your other girlfriend?" She said it in an annoyed, hurtful way which he caught on instantly.

"Will you stop! You know you're my girlfriend… and you also know that Stacy and I have a past. Of course I was ganna talk to her when she came back." Eddie was still standing on the porch and Janet was just looking at him in the doorway. Of course she knew he was going to talk to her, but from what she heard, he didn't exactly mind the conversation they had at Best Friend Windows.

"Talk to her, flirt with her. And I'm sure there was a kiss too, right?"

"Kiss her?! What are you talking about, I didn't kiss her. Or flirt with her!"

"Yeah well that's not what I heard." Eddie was kinda confused because he did not kiss or flirt with his ex. And he didn't know who would tell her these things. "What did you hear and who told you?"

"Rooster said he saw you two in Best Friend Windows talking and laughing and seemingly enjoying your conversation for a long time…" Janet just glared and him; now Eddie started to get mad because he knew Rooster has a thing for Janet and exaggerated on the whole thing way too much.

"Rooster?! And you believe him? Janet, you know he likes you… of course he is going to stretch it out and make this thing into something it's totally not. I did not do anything to her except talk. Hell, I didn't even touch her, I waved goodbye to her!"

"Well I'm sure you saved the touchy feely stuff for later." She was really upset and Eddie could tell her mood was not going to change. He had to tell her now otherwise, he could lose her forever.

Janet was backing up as he started to walk towards her. He quickly pushed her more inside the house, grabbed her head and kissed her. Just like that. "I only plan on touching and feeling you up later."

She looked up at him being all sexy yet sincere. He smiled at her and she kissed him this time and then asked, "So why did you come here?"

"Oh. I uh, haha. Well, I just wanted to tell you about Stacy coming to town and uh, well she's gone now."

"Really? I mean I know you guys were close before and here she is, 10 years later, ready to pick up where you left off, looking even better than before…"

"Janet, you don't have to worry about Stacy, or me and Stacy, or competing with Stacy, or anything stupid like that. She's got nothing on you, I don't love her."

"Oh, ok."

"I love you, Janet."

(Did she just hear him say he loved her?!) By the look on Janet's face Eddie could tell she was completely blindsided. So, he wrapped his arms around her back and held her close enough to let her know in that moment, he wasn't thinking about anything else. But he made sure he could still see her face.

She whispered "What did you just say?"

He smiled and proudly answered, "I'm in love with you. I've been in love with you, forever. I just didn't know when to tell you, or how to say it, or if you would say it back to me. But you know what, it doesn't matter to me if you can't say it back because all I know is, after Stacy came here today and she was throwing herself at me, all I could see was your face. And all I wanted to do was tell you that I love you."

He paused and then continued on, "Everything that's bad or complicated in my life goes away when I'm with you. And when I'm not with you, every time my phone rings there's that split second of anticipation of it being you on the other end. And if someone asked me where I'll be in 10 years, the only thing that I could think to say is "I'll be with Janet, wherever I am." Because I am head over heels falling in love with you every second of everyday since we've been together."

Tears were rolling down her checks halfway through his speech and she would have fallen too if he wasn't holding her so tight. "You know, I thought of this moment… where we would be; when it would be; how I would react. But my dreams were nothing compared to what you just said. And all I can think to say right now is that, I'm in love with you too." Eddie had this huge smile on his face as he leaned over and put his forehead onto hers.

He whispered back "That's all I wanted to hear." And kissed her again, long and hard. Her tears were still coming down her cheeks so Eddie gently wiped them away with his thumbs. "You know I have to say, you are the only girl I know who looks amazing when she cries."

"Guess you got lucky." They both laughed and walked over to the sofa to sit down.

For the rest of the night Eddie and Janet just sat there, holding each other, talking about how/what made them fall in love.