Some Observations

"Really though?" Ana mumbles aloud, after Summer interrupts them and greets Fen.

"Oh, my gosh, you're back, I haven't seen you in forever!" Summer exclaims.

Fen stands up and gives her a hug, while Ana watches with a look of disbelief and annoyance plastered across her face. Fen and Summer end their hug and Summer looks down at Ana and smiles.

"Hey girl."

Summer grabs a chair from the nearest table and pulls it up to their table, sitting down in it. Summer puts her purse on the floor, and then puts her arms on the table.

"What are you guys up to?" She asks curiously.

"Well, we were going over songs until you came over." Ana informs her pointedly.

"So, nothing too important." Summer jokes. She turns to Fen. "I'm sorry, to interrupt you guys, but I just had to say hello to you. I haven't seen you since before you went on tour."

Fen nods sitting back a little in his chair. "It's been a minute."

"Yeah." Summer leans over and puts both of her hands on the table and looks Fen over.

"You look great though. You are looking kind of hot. I'm digging the scruff." She admits openly.

She turns to Ana. "Doesn't he look hot, Ana?" She asks slyly.

Ana smiles sheepishly, caught off guard at the question. "Well, uhh…" She stammers. Fen looks at both young women and raises an eyebrow and flashes a cheeky grin.

Summer laughs and turns back to him. "You really do look great." She states again. "I'm glad you're back."

She then pauses, a big smile breaking across her face. "I have some big news to share with you."

Fen sits up, a knowing look spreading across his face. "Yeah, I heard your grandmother and Aunt are going to have the charges against them dropped."

He looks at her and smiles. "I heard about JT showing up and proving that they really didn't kill him." Fen lets out a breath thinking about the news. "My dad was floored when he heard that they had escaped prison and then encountered JT…"

Fen taps his head with his fingers, before he continues. "It looks like he had a tumor that contributed to his behavior."

He looks at Summer and then across the table at Ana. "It's a really crazy story, but it looks like all will end well for the Newman women."

Summer eyes widen and she smiles. "Yes, of course." She throws her hands up. "And me and the rest of my family are just thrilled at this news. Especially Faith." She shrugs. "It's kind of a miracle really."

Fen nods. "It really is."

Summer sits up straight and looks at Fen. "But actually, that isn't the news that I wanted to share with you."

Fen also sits up straight and looks at her. "Oh yeah?" He asks inquiringly.

"Yeah." Summer looks at him and folds her hands on top of each other. A sparkle appears in her eyes. "I recently got married!" She declares happily looking at Fen.

Fen gets quiet for a moment, looking down at his glass. Ana looks at Summer and then at him, trying to gauge his reaction to Summer's news.

Fen looks up at Summer and gives her a little smile. "Yeah…, I know. I saw it on Instagram." He pauses again. "Congratulations. I'm happy for you, really I am." He assures her. "It's a bit… fast, but…I'm happy. Congrats."

Summer happily sighs and beams at him. "I'm glad you're happy for me. And I would have invited you, but you were on tour."

She reaches into her purse and looks down at her phone, hoping to see a text from her husband Lincoln. He was away on a business trip and usually texted her this time of day. She was a little disappointed to see he hadn't texted her yet. She looks back up at Fen.

"It was a great wedding. I really would like you to meet my husband Lincoln." She gushes. "He's awesome and I actually think you too would like each other."

Fen gives a look. "Okay." He looks down at his plate. "Well, I guess I'm done." He looks around the room, not seeing the server. "I'm going to take this plate up to the counter and pay for my bill."

He then looks at Ana. "Are you sure you don't want me to buy you any food?"

Ana moves her head to the side thinking. "Well, maybe a muffin."

"Double chocolate chip? Your favorite". Fen asks knowingly.

Ana smiles. "Yeah get me one of those."

"I got you." Fen winks at her and takes his plate and silverware up to the counter.

"So…" Summer turns to look at Fen standing at the counter and then back at Ana. She lowers her voice. "You really think he's happy about me getting married?" She asks and puts her hand on her face looking thoughtful.

"I mean I know the last time around, he wanted to get together. And I shot that down. And he seemed at peace with it, but I wonder…" Her voice trails off.

Ana firmly taps the table with her hand, interrupting Summer.

"I don't know Summer." She expresses in an annoyed tone. "Maybe you should just take him at his word and leave it at that."

Ana picks up her notebook flipping through the pages and sighs. She really didn't like that Summer had interrupted her and Fen's moment. She was also definitely not in the mood to speculate with Summer about Fen still possibly having feelings for her.

"Okay." Summer says sitting back a little, noticing that Ana seemed a bit uptight.

"Okay, well…, maybe he is over it." She speculates. She then smirks. "And you and he seemed kind of cozy before I came over here."

"We were having a conversation." Ana states curtly continuing to flip through the pages in her notebook.

"He was holding your hand." Summer points out astutely.

"Something going on there?" She asks teasingly. Ana looks up from her notebook, and sighs. She rubs at the bridge of her nose and closes her eyes for a moment, continuing to feel annoyed. She opens them again.

"Summer…."

"Whaaat?… I'm just asking." Summer declares innocently. "Because from my view that is what it looked like." She puts her hand on the table and leans toward Ana.

"And I want you to know if that's the case, I totally approve." Summer purses her lip and then puts her hands together.

"I may not have wanted Fen like that, but I do care about him. I want him to be happy." She voices sincerely. She looks at Ana, taking her in.

"And though, I don't know you that well, I do think you would be good for Fen. I think he's matured since he's met you." Summer pauses thinking more about the change she sees in Fen.

"Well, I'm glad I would have your seal of approval." Ana replies sarcastically. She then pauses and her expression turns serious for a moment reflecting on Summer's comments. "If that were the case…."

"It's not?" Summer asks curiously.

"Well…" Ana voice trails off as she sees Fen making his way back to the table.

"I'm back." Fen comes back over to the table. He walks to where Ana is sitting. "Here's your muffin. And a bottle of water in case you get thirsty." He hands the items to Ana and she looks up at him and smiles.

"Thanks Fen." Ana says taking the items from him. Summer watches them amused. Fen makes his way back to his side of the table. Just then Summer phone buzzes. She looks down. "Oh, it's Linc." She reads his text. "Okay, I have to go. I will see you guys later."

She stands up and hugs Fen again before he sits down. She then looks down at Ana and smirks.

"See you girl. Remember what I said." She winks at Ana and leaves.

Fen observes this exchange, amused.

"What was that about?" He asks curiously, pulling out his chair and sitting back down.

"Summer just being Summer, I guess." Ana says brushing off his question. She changes the subject. "So, are you ready to go over one more song, and then we can call it a day?" Fen nods and Ana puts her notebook on the table. They finish discussing their last song for the day, before they leave to go home.