007. "I Didn't Expect That!" {Em/Piper}

"I just thought," Piper said softly, "That maybe I could remain a Single anyway. There wouldn't be a Match for me, and I could just – "

She rested her head against Em's shoulder despairingly, wishing – not for the first time – that people were allowed into one another's homes; anywhere private would be better for such conversations than the gardens, where anyone could overhear.

"It doesn't work that way, does it?" asked Em hollowly. "I thought that at least when Xander was Matched, I would never have to see him so… happy… with some lucky girl. But of course it's Cassia."