Summer lay on her bed, her room was dark. She hadn't even bothered to open the blinds, or to turn the lights on. Even though she felt like crying, she hadn't shed a tear. She just wanted some peace and quiet. She tried not to think about today's' events, but when she closed her eyes, it all came rushing back to her anyways. Why did he have to leave? She knew very well that he had wanted to get out of Corinth ever since he entered, but she hadn't expected he still wanted to. Not now, now that he had made so many friends here. This was his home.

Sure, when he first came here he didn't feel at home, but they had all seen the changes in him, he became friendlier and more part of the team. In the beginning all he did was fight with Scott, their personalities had clashed, but it didn't take long for them to grow respect for one another and become real friends.

Maybe it wasn't so much the fact that he had left, that hurt her, but more so the fact that he hadn't asked her to come along with him. She really thought they had become close enough, for him to ask her that.

She had been there for him when he was having nightmares. When he had been afraid of turning into a robot and hurting his friends. And he, in turn, had stood up for her when her parents tried to force her to marry Chaz… Had that not been a sign?

That had been the moment she had realized that she liked him more than just a friend. That friendship had grown into something more for her. And him defending her like that, that had to mean something, right?

Was she destined to spend the rest of her life wondering how he was doing? Not knowing where he was or even if he was still alive? But above all, wondering if he had never felt the same way about her as she did about him..? She couldn't do that. She wouldn't. Somehow, someway she had to deal with the changes that had taken place in her life today. In all of their lives.

She shook her head. `I'm not the only one who had to say goodbye to someone dear to me, today… Ziggy lost his best friend, and I suppose the same thing counts for Scott, even though he won't admit it. I shouldn't be so selfish as to think I am the only one who'll miss him.` she thought to herself.

She sat up on her bed and looked around. Only now did she realize that when she had barged into her room and had thrown some of her stuff around in anger, she had broken a bottle of perfume and now her room smelled excessively like flowers. "Great… just great." she said, annoyed.

She stood up and started picking up the items that lay scattered all over her floor. She opened the blinds and blinked against the bright light that came in through the window. Today was such a sunny day, she really had to try and enjoy it. She opened the window and a fresh breeze brushed against her face. She turned to look at her room. "Well at least it looks the same as it did this morning, again…"

While walking back to her bed she noticed a book lying under her bed, she picked it up and suddenly felt like reading. She opened it and had just started to read the first line when there was a knock on her door.

"I don't feel like company…" she yelled. When she didn't hear anything after that, she assumed that whoever it had been, had decided to leave her alone, so she continued to read the first line of her book.

Suddenly her door opened and Scott came barging in, looking kind of bewildered. "Scott? What the.." she didn't finish her sentence because she could tell from the look on his face that he needed someone to talk to. And quite frankly, so did she.

"Hey…" Scott said. While lingering in the doorway.

"Hey…" Summer replied. "Come on in" she motioned for him to come sit next to her on the bed.

He closed the door and after having taken a few steps towards her bed, he sat down. He turned to face her almost immediately and started talking. "How are you?"

"Well that is a nice way of starting this conversation…" Summer replied. When she saw a desperate glint in his eyes, she continued; "Not that great, to be honest. How about you? Where have you been? I heard your car leave the Garage like 3 hours ago!"

"I've been driving around… I was going to think of something to say to you to make you feel better, but I ended up reminiscing about, well, you know, our past experiences as rangers and stuff." He shifted uncomfortably and looked down at his feet.

Then, without saying a word or giving any indication, Summer leaned over and wrapped her arms around him. After a few seconds she felt his arms wrap around her and they just sat there for several minutes. Finally, Summer spoke up. "There isn't much we can say, is there? We'll all miss him. All for different reasons, and some more than others… But he will be missed. We just have to learn to deal with it."

They let go of each other and Scott smiled at her half-heartedly. "I'll kill you if you tell the others about this, but he was probably the best friend I ever had."

"I know that, and I think the others do too… You guys hated each other at first, but you two are so much alike, you were bound to become friends sooner or later. But that doesn't mean you can't make new best friends." Then she stood up and placed her hands on her hips, looking at him with an innocent smile on her face. "Besides, he left. So there is no reason for us to not forget about him and move on."

"You're crazy" Scott laughed and stood up as well. "Let's go get a drink downstairs. Pick up where we left off."

(That last sentence is a spoiler for what's coming!)