5 weeks later

"Today is the day!" Erin proclaimed as she entered Kim's apartment.

"Thank goodness" Kim said sitting at her table drinking a cup of coffee and trying to scratch down the cast on her leg with a ruler.

"So what are you going to do one you have two free legs?" Erin asked as she joined Kim at the table.

"The first thing I am going to do is march over to the district and demand Adam explain himself." Kim stated.

Erin rolled her eyes. They have been having the same conversation for the last five weeks. Since Adam sent Kim the cookies and the note it had been radio silent from him. Everyday was some sort of complaint about how he could send that and then continue to pretend she didn't exist.

"No we are getting lunch. And we all have off today so he wouldn't be there anyway." Erin explained.

"I just want some answers. How can he write that note and then not care to check up on me or answer my text for 5 weeks!?" Kim asked.

"He cares, Kim. He asks me and Atwater everyday how you are." Erin admitted.

"Why are you just telling me this now? I would have been less annoying if you told me this earlier." Kim told Erin.

"You annoying? No way." Erin said sarcastically. "I probably should have told you this earlier too..." Erin started.

"What?" Kim asked.

"I sort of told Adam some stuff." Erin said with an apologetic tone.

"What stuff?" Kim asked only imagining how bad this was going to be.

"The whole Roman manipulated you, you were gonna transfer districts after ending the engagement, and you regretted not talking to him kind of stuff."

"YOU WHAT?! WHEN?!" Was all Kim could get out.

"Some of it the night before the accident, and then some while we were waiting for you in surgery." Erin said. "I'm sorry Kim. But he needed to know."

"I will yell at you about this on the way to the doctor. I don't want to be late getting this off." Was all Kim said as she got up and grabbed her crutches to head towards the door.


Atwater walked into Ruzek's apartment and found Ruzek on his couch watching TV. "Hey, man. Get up! We are going out." Atwater told him.

"I'm not really feeling up to it, man." Ruzek answered as he turned off the TV.

"I don't care. Get up and take a fast shower. Then we are going to meet Shayne and her friend for lunch." Atwater told Ruzek.

"Are you trying to set me up? You know I don't want to date." Adam told him finally getting off the couch.

"Its not a date. Its lunch. If it was brunch then maybe it could be a date but lunch ain't a date. Please, man." Atwater begged.

"Fine. Let me shower. But you are paying." Ruzek teased his friend and headed to the bathroom.

"Not a problem, man." Atwater said with a chuckle.

Atwater sat down on the couch and sent a message to Lindsay.

We are good to go.


Half an hour later Ruzek and Atwater walk into a small bistro and sat at a table for four.

"Shayne said they will be here in a few minutes. I'm going to run to the bathroom before they arrive." Kevin said as he headed towards the bathroom.

Adam sat down and looked at his phone. He looked at his messages. He still had the one from five weeks ago Kim sent him.

Thanks for the cookies. It really meant a lot.

He wanted to respond. He tried to make up a good response but he couldn't. And then it was too long so he just didn't answer. Then he started thinking that was his chance. That message was his chance. And he blew it. Again.


"I feel like when Ariel got legs, right now." Kim joked as she said around moving her legs around in the passenger seat of Erin's car.

Erin laughed and said, "Here we are. I'll drop you off at the door since you're new legs are still wobbly and then I'll park the car and meet you in there."

"Sounds good. Thanks Erin." Kim said as she opened the car door.

Once Kim closed the car door, Erin pulled away from the curb looking like she was headed to find a parking spot. As soon as Kim was inside, Erin kept driving to head home to get lunch with Jay.

Kim walked into the small bistro and was shocked for who was sitting there.

"Adam." She choked out. And he lifted his from his phone.