Chuck sat at the counter a few seats down from where Olive was. She didn't want to seem jealous, but in truth, she had never felt this emotion stronger. Olive got up to start the coffee machine before the first customers arrived, but her mind was elsewhere. Her mind was still back at the counter eating pie with Ned. She had started the morning with sorrow in her heart, but now not even Chuck could bring her down.

Ned was back in the kitchen making more pies for the day when he saw Chuck take her seat. He once again noticed that it looked like something was bothering her. He knew that he should go over and ask what it was, that's what he was supposed to do. His mind was also still at the counter with Olive. He didn't know why he kept thinking about her, and he often felt bad about it because of Chuck. After a few moments of hesitation, he finally set the pie aside and walked over to her. Olive saw him and once again realized that he loved Chuck and not her.

"Hi Chuck," he said quietly. She looked up at him sadly

"Hello Ned," her voice was more formal than normal, but it still had the capability to keep Ned in suspense as to what had changed in the last few hours.

"Chuck, is there-." He stopped and saw the questioning look in her eyes. "Has there been something-." he paused again, not exactly knowing how to approach this. "Has there been something bothering you?" Chuck sighed dramatically, and that said it all.

"Oh Ned, it's nothing. Really." Ned was pretty sure she was lying. In fact, he knew that she was hiding something from him. He reluctantly decided to ask again.

"What's wrong Chuck?" She sighed again even more dramatically than the last time. Olive noticed and looked up from the coffee cup she was filling, letting it over flow just slightly. It nearly drenched the customer with scalding hot liquid. Ned looked at Chuck sincerely. "It's ok, whatever it is. Just tell me."

Olive quickly wiped off the table she spilled on and took a detoured route back to the coffee maker. If no one would tell her what was happening, she was going to find out herself. Nothing was going to get in her way.

"Well I don't know if now would be the right time," Olive over heard Chuck saying to Ned. She saw her look around the Pie Hole, "Or the right place." Olive was very intrigued now. She not only wanted to know what was happening, she needed to know.

"Now is certainly the right time," Ned was beginning to ramble. "There is never a wrong time to discuss a potentially good or potentially bad thing. However hiding things from people you shouldn't be hiding things from is never a good thing. Take it from someone who's had to keep a lot of secrets in his lifetime. And in regard to the place, places can be changed as easy as a blink of an eye, or rather a few swift movements." Ned's quick speaking abilities had helped him achieve his incredible rambling skills, but it also made him ramble whenever he was nervous. Chuck agreed with everything he had said and stood up from her chair.

"I guess that would be alright. We could go back upstairs for a bit." As Olive heard this she felt her heart sink. She watched them walk towards the door feeling completely abandoned. The morning had started off so well, but things can change so quickly whenever the heart is concerned.

"Olive," Ned called out to her from the door.

"Huh?" she replied, quickly deserting her thoughts of heartbreak.

"I'm going out for a while. I don't think I'll be gone too long." Olive nodded and smiled as they walked out the door, once again leaving her alone at the Pie Hole. This morning, Olive was happy as a clam because of the pie-maker. Now, she felt as if her heart was breaking for him all over again. She couldn't even count the number of times this had happened since she met him.

As Ned and Chuck made their way up the stairs, Ned felt his anticipation building. Chuck wasn't as nervous as he was, but they both knew this "confrontation" had the possibility of a bad ending. The walk was a slow and silent one, filled with much emotional stewing. Olive still waited alone in the Pie Hole.

"So what is it that's bothering you Chuck?"

"Well, I feel a little bit silly even bringing this up because I think, well I don't know. It just seems like you and Olive are really close, closer than you ever have been before. I don't mean to say that you shouldn't be friends with Olive, because I'm not. I'm friends with Olive too and she a great person. I just, I don't know…" She trailed away with her thoughts waiting for Ned's reaction.

"Chuck, are you jealous, of Olive?" He was flabbergasted. The only time he and Olive had been any closer than normal in the recent past was that morning. Chuck hadn't been there then, or so he thought.

"Maybe I am, just a little bit. Ned, you are able to touch her, and you can't even hold my hand or hug me." Ned's head was filling with thoughts of Olive. They had known each other for a number of years and they had become good friends over that time.

"It's Olive, she's just my friend. Chuck, you know that you're the one I really care about in that way. Olive and I could never be anything more than friends…" As Ned continued to ramble, trying to convince himself more than Chuck, he had no idea that just outside the door was Olive Snook herself. As soon as she heard that Ned could never think of her as anything more than a friend, she ran, faster than she ever had before. Her heart was not only broken, now it was shattered. She couldn't stand to listen any longer.

Back in his apartment, Ned was still rambling. "You have absolutely nothing to worry about."

"Really?" Chuck looked at him hopefully.

"Of course. You know I love you Olive."