"Duncan, how are you and Gwen?" Courtney asked the question that has been weighing on her mind all night. "Good, were fine" He hoped she couldn't hear how uncertain he was with his new girlfriend. 'What the hell is wrong with me? I have a girlfriend that is perfect for me. Yet just being in this room with Courtney has made me feel more than my whole relationship with Gwen' He thought disgusted at how easy it is to but Gwen in the back mind and how much he wanted Courtney. "That's great I'm happy for you" She didn't know why she even asked, any information about him and her would only hurt her more. "Did you find anyone?" He selfishly hoped not, the thought of anyone touching her killed him he wanted to kill that dick AL on the show. "Not at the moment I'm way too busy for a boyfriend" He saw the pain in her eyes, he hated that he was the one that hurt her. It was easier to pretend he didn't care when she was loud and mean but seeing her vulnerable and knowing what he knows now he finds it hard to stay mad at her. 'You broke up for a reason remember that, remember Gwen' He said to himself, but it didn't stop his heart from pounding or the way his hands wanted to touch her. He got up and crossed the room to stand near the door.

"God dammit Courtney why did you have to come here? I'm fine with Gwen I am happy!" more to himself than to her "I was just asking a fucking question" She was so tired to playing "What the hell is your problem? One minute you look at me like you want me, and the next minute you want to bite my head off for asking a question?" She said couldn't win with this guy "I don't know. Months ago all I wanted was to get the Hell away from you, now I'm in the same room and I still don't feel close enough. Why did you have to come back?" He ran his hands through his hair, while trying to hold onto his sanity "You think coming here was easy. Do you really believe that seeing the guy who broke my heart is easy? The only reason I'm here is because my stupid therapist told me that this would finally help me get over you. That 'closure' was what I needed" she put air quotes around closure. "Don't do that, don't play fucking victim again. You left me remember" He went back on the defensive "Yes and I'm sure you remember because I have brought it up like ten times already, YOU CHEATED ON ME ON NATIONAL TV!" She yelled "Because you drove me crazy every moment you reminded me that I wasn't good enough so I met someone who thought I was, I was going to apologize before you went crazy on me again." Duncan defended "Where were all these apologies months ago?!" He yelled ""I could ask the same thing?" she replied. "I know… I was going to apologize see if we could have talked it out but every time we were near each other we ended up fighting all over again and I just never bought it up" He said not letting his tone reflect his shame. "You just never bought it up, Well isn't that just perfect" She replied with heavy sarcasm "I'm so happy to know just how little of a shit you gave about me!" She screamed through her tears, she was just so tired of this emotional rollercoaster she just wanted to go home and chalk this up as another mistake. "You mean everything to me your all I thought about for months, you're the one who gave up on us and went chasing that bitch Alejandro!" He yelled.

Courtney just stood dumbstruck did he really just say 'She means everything to him'. At that moment Courtney was done, done running, done crying, done arguing all she wanted now was to know the answer to one question. "Duncan, Do you love me?" she didn't know why she asked, she just had to know that she wasn't the only one that still felt something, she knows he heavily alluded to still having feelings but she needed to hear him say it to her eyes begged him to answer her. SLIP. One more letter appeared