"You sure you're okay?" You ask, slightly feeling annoyed that you're repeating the same process, and feeling pretty bad that you're annoyed.

"Yea… I think so…" The one difference between this time and last is the fact that this is Laura, and that was Rory. The one drawback to this situation is that you are really close friends with them both. It was all fine when they were dating, but now that they were broken up you were sure that things could get awkward.

"Well it could be a lot worse, right?"

"Yea… I guess so… I guess I'm still getting over the shock"

"What shock?" Laura looks at you oddly when you ask this,

"The shock of him breaking up with me…" When she says that you sit straighter,

"He broke up with you?" You had been thoroughly convinced that it was Laura who had ended the relationship.

"Yea…" Laura is speaking really slowly, as if trying to explain quantum physics to a child.

"It's just… I thought you had broken up with him..."

"Nope, the other way around."

"Do you know why?" You are slightly confused by the sudden urge to ask her that, but you dismissed it as concern for a friend.

"He said… he said he was missing someone…" Laura stares into her hands as your brow furrows.

"What could that mean?"

"How should I know?" Laura looks slightly hurt and you realize it's – yet again – time to go. You stand up,

"I'll be off now…"

"Bye…" Laura says quietly, and you leave her house in silence. You can't stop thinking about what she said though… He was missing someone? You wonder what he could have meant as you make your way home. Where you find none other than Rory himself waiting at your doorstep.

"What are you doing here? I told you to leave!"

"Yes, and to come back afterwards, which I did."

"That was just a few hours ago!"

"And?" Rory smirks and you roll your eyes, slipping past him.

"I'm not letting you back into my house."

"Oh come on…" Bouncing up and down a bit, Rory looks at you sadly. Innocently. In the way he knows that you can't resist.

"Oh, fine!" Rory breaks into a grin and you greet it with a scowl, "but you've got some explaining to do…"