I guess it's two for the price of one tonight. Enjoy.

—The Talk—

His smile didn't seem so fake anymore, and it killed her.

He had his arm around Sandra as they were talking to Bob Jackson, and she was becoming aware that she had been staring at the pair for way too long. It had been bearable before, when from a mile away she could tell that he was feigning happiness—he didn't look in love with her, he didn't even seem particularly interested in what she had to say.

But now. She could a sparkle in his eyes when he looked at her. He was being openly affectionate towards her. He was standing next to her and his eyes weren't wandering off- usually to end up staring back at Andy-, he was listening to her, smiling at her jokes.

''My grandma used to say that people who stare are in love,'' Nick said as he came up behind her, looking over her shoulder at Milo and Sandra as well.
''He looks happy, doesn't he?'' Andy asked him, not taking their eyes off of them.

''He does,'' Nick concurred. ''Maybe he's faking it,'' he said in hopes of cheering her up. Their relationship mostly consisted of a once of week- or whenever they had time- roll in the hay, but slowly they had started to talk more. He had felt kind of obligated to offer emotional support in order to get her to stop crying after sex, but he honestly didn't mind. He had come to appreciate their talks.

''He's not, I'd be able to tell,'' Andy said, finally turning towards Nick, hoping to put Milo and Sandra out of her brain.

For the most part it was hard to ignore the very existence of the woman, but gatherings like these made it difficult. She came to every hospital function- boring fundraisers included- and that included a weekend trip to Dr. Jackson's fishing cabin. A bunch of people had been invited, and most of them had brought people along.

Corrina had agreed to sleep over to watch the girls, and Andy had decided that a getaway was the perfect way to get her mind off of how things were going. Seeing Milo and Sandra together here though, as well as Lu and Jonas... she couldn't say she was particularly thrilled with the current state of affairs. Nick's clinginess when drunk certainly didn't help either.

She would go home but she didn't want Milo to think that he was getting to her. They hadn't uttered a single word to each other in months now, and all she wanted to do was go over to him and tell him everything and have him tell her everything. Have it be like the olden days.

It wasn't that she wasn't grateful to Nick for listening whenever she needed to unburden herself of her feelings towards everything, but it wasn't the same.

''Come on, we're going to play seven minutes in heaven,'' Nick said as he grabbed her by the hand and pulled her towards the group of people forming in the corner of the room.
''Seven minutes in heaven?'' Andy asked, ''are we twelve?'' Her protests were only verbal though, as she sat down next to him in the circle. She looked around at the other people and couldn't imagine a single person she would want to spend seven minutes alone with.

Not even Milo, not Lu, not Nick. Maybe herself.

Every few minutes someone spun the bottle, and two people would go off into one of the rooms. It was a slow game for the most part. No one landed on her, and no one landed on the people she didn't want them to land on.

She was halfway dozing off when Nick nudged her, ''looks like you're up,'' he said. She opened her eyes, dreading finding out who could have possibly landed on her when he directed her gaze toward the opposite side of the circle where Jonas was looking wide-eyed. She could see Lu shrink down; it was she who had spun the bottle.

''Absolutely not,'' Jonas said before Andy could even react to what had happened. He turned to Lu, ''no way.'' A silent fight, where they mostly just made faces at each other, broke out.
Andy watched them for a little bit before deciding to put an end to it. ''Why don't I just spin it?'' She suggested. She had to repeat it a few times before the arguing couple took notice.

Half the room was confused by what had just happened, and the other half didn't seem to care. Andy took the bottle, looking around at the dozen people around her. It wasn't so much that she was trying to land on Milo, it was more that she was trying not to land on any of the other eleven people. Either way, it didn't work. She was close though. Her eyes looked up from the direction of the bottleneck, straight into Sandra brown eyes.

The other woman jumped up, grabbing Andy by the hand and dragging her off—seemingly excited to finally be able to play. Andy was more concerned with what would happen next. The person next to the one that got landed on- Milo in this case- was to go next. She mostly just wanted to know who he would be spending his seven minutes with.

''This is so exciting,'' Sandra said, ''I've never played before. Have you?'' She asked as she closed the door behind her.
''Yeah, in middle school on a class trip,'' Andy said as she sat down on the desk chair in the room.
Sandra bounced down on the bed, ''so what do we do?''

''You're supposed to make out with each other,'' Andy informed her, shocked that Sandra was this excited about a game she didn't even know. She could see the other woman's face change. ''We can just talk.''
Sandra nodded, taking a moment to find a suitable topic, ''so… are you seeing anyone?''

For a brief moment Andy considered telling her that she and Nick were together, it wasn't a complete lie but she knew that the fact that they weren't sharing a room would just lead to questions. ''No,'' she said. After a brief moment of silence she decided it was best to somewhat address the elephant in the room. ''I never congratulated you on your engagement.''

''Thanks,'' Sandra said. ''Yeah it's quite exciting,'' she seemed to glow talking about it. ''We're planning to get married in June, so we only have two months left to plan everything—it's very stressful but… I just can't wait to get married. Do you know Dr. Morton well?''

The question surprised Andy, she had figured that Sandra knew about their past. She hesitated, ''I used to, but we don't talk much anymore.'' It wasn't a complete lie, actually it was quite truthful, but Andy still didn't feel great about it. ''How did you guys meet?''

''My parents are old friends of his parents, so we knew each other when we were little. We just ran into each other at a restaurant and got to talking and it was love at first sight,'' she said, smiling widely. ''He was apparently just getting out of a relationship and so was I so we helped each other get over it, and now… I just can't believe my luck. He's such a wonderful person, so kind and generous…''

Andy could feel her heart break even more into two. She couldn't help but echo the sentiments. He was all those things; it was some of the qualities that had attracted her to him, but hearing how in love Sandra was. ''I've heard that,'' Andy said as she got up and walked over to the window. It was difficult to face Sandra right now, plus the scenery wasn't bad to look at.

''Yeah,'' Sandra leaned back on the bed. ''Doesn't hurt either that he's good in bed…'' she added as a blush spread across her cheeks.
''Is he now?'' Andy asked, trying to tune Sandra out because she wasn't sure she wanted to hear the answer, but she didn't want to risk tipping Sandra off to how she felt.

''Oh you have no idea,'' Sandra said, getting up and walking over to Andy. ''I mean, we stopped… you know… when we got engaged, we're waiting to again until we're married, but…'' she leaned in close and whispered, as if anyone else could hear them, ''he can fuck the paint off the walls.''

Andy looked at her with open mouth, ''excuse me?''
Sandra put her hands up, ''I'm just saying,'' she said, ''you don't know good sex until you're with the right person.''
''Is that so?''

''Yeah,'' Sandra said as she sat back down, ''especially once he got over calling me by his ex's name.''
Andy spun around, ''his ex's name?''
''Yeah, Anna. Do you know her?''

Andy shook her head, ''no…'' She sat down as well. ''Why are you telling me all of this again?''
''Oh look at me, I'm just blabbing on aren't I?'' Sandra looked away, ''I just figured that since we're not doing the original seven minutes in heaven thing, we might as well talk about something interesting.''

''Hmm.'' Andy couldn't say it wasn't interesting, but that didn't mean she wanted to hear it.
''Plus, you've been so quiet all weekend, I figured you could need someone to talk to,'' Sandra added. ''This seemed like the perfect opportunity to talk.''

Okay, so they didn't exactly end up talking all that much. Soon after Sandra said that she wanted them to their seven minutes were up and they returned to the living room, only to find Milo and Lu missing from the circle.

She spent the rest of the night hanging back, processing her feelings about Sandra, as well as wondering what Lu and Milo had possibly talked about. Andy knew they had somewhat become friends but she couldn't imagine them actually hanging out and talking about anything more than the most superficial topics.

It kept her from her sleep that night, not that she ever needed much sleep anyway. It was almost three in the morning when she decided she might as well get up and try to kill some time before going back to sleep. It was then that she found Milo sitting on the porch overlooking the lake. ''Couldn't sleep either?'' She asked as she stepped outside, wrapping her blanket tightly around her.

He turned around to look at her, surprised by the sound of her voice. ''No,'' he said, ''these lumpy old mattresses don't exactly make it easy.''
Andy smiled at him, ''I talked to Sandra today,'' she said, knowing that he already knew.

''I know,'' he said, recalling the dread he felt when he saw them head off together. ''I hope nothing happened between to you,'' he said, only half joking as he took a swig of his bottle of water.
She laughed at him, ''Oh come on…''

''Well, women do have the tendency to cheat on me with other women, so it's not completely out of the question,'' he told her harshly.
''You know I wouldn't do that,'' Andy argued.
''Now isn't that considerate of you,'' Milo said. ''You won't try to steal my fiancée away from me.''

They were silent for a little while, neither wanting to open their mouth and risk letting the other know just how much they had hurt them. ''Milo, I would never intentionally try to hurt you,'' Andy said, sitting down on the reclining chair next to him.

''You mean except when you do,'' Milo said, taking his gaze off of her. ''For months you lied to me, and then tried to guilt me into going back to you.'' Andy looked at him confused, and he knew that she would never see it from his perspective. ''You said you didn't have feelings for Lu, even though you were in love with her.''

''Who said I was in love with her?'' Andy asked.
''Lu did,'' Milo said and he could see how betrayed Andy felt on her face. ''Not directly, she even tried to lie about it, but when I asked her about it… You can't live in denial about that,'' he said. ''And then when I finally move on, get engaged, you come to my office and tell me that you love me?'' He shook his head in disbelief.

Andy buried her face in her hands, needing a moment to gather her thoughts. ''Okay so what?'' She asked and Milo looked back at her. ''I was in love with Delgado. And I lied about it, because I love you more and… I don't know, maybe I didn't want to admit it to myself. But it doesn't change how I feel about you. And yes, I should have chosen a better time to tell you that, and if I made you feel like I was trying to manipulate you then I'm very sorry, but…'' she wasn't even sure where she was going with this.

''But?''
''But I do love you,'' Andy said. ''I loved you then and I love you now, and I know that you hate me but-''

''I don't hate you,'' Milo interjected.
''Even if you did it wouldn't change how I felt,'' Andy said. ''I love you and I want you to be happy, and I think Sandra makes you happy. And, I mean, I met her, and she sounds lovely, if not incredibly open about her sex life.''

Milo chuckled, his anger already subsiding, ''yeah, discreteness is not her strong suit.''
''You don't say,'' Andy said sarcastically. ''In case you're wondering, she thinks you're a sex god.''
''She said that?''
''It's what it boiled down to.''

Andy looked at him, glad that for the first time in months he was smiling because of something she had said. Glad that for the first time in months they were talking at all. ''She also happened to mention an ex of yours… Anna?''

''Oh yeah, I forgot about that,'' Milo said, looking slightly embarrassed. ''I started saying your name and decided it was best she didn't know.'' He remarked offhandedly.
''What does it matter if she knows we used to be together?'' Andy asked with a frown. If he tried to hide it from Sandra, then that must mean he felt there was something to hide. If he was truly over her then why would he care?

Milo waved it off, ''it doesn't matter.''
Andy took a deep breath, ''so why hide it?'' She asked. He didn't answer, and given their current relationship Andy figured it was best not to press the issue. ''Do you ever miss me?''

He looked at her intently, as if trying to figure out if he should answer that. His jaw relaxed, ''sure.'' When she didn't respond he continued. ''We were together for quite some time, it's natural to miss some things… I miss even just working together.''

''We were a good team.''
''Yeah,'' Milo said. ''And of course the other stuff too. You never hesitated to disagree with,'' they both chuckled, ''stealing moments here and then, like preparing for surgery together. I miss sleeping next to you. I miss Jesse and Lizzy…''

''They miss you too,'' Andy said, watching him as he seemed to relive their better moments in his head.
He was tempted to ask her if she missed him- even though he knew the answer- just to hear her talk more about them together. ''I miss us, sometimes.''

She couldn't say the sometimes part of that sentence didn't hurt, but she'd take it. Just to hear Milo talk, about them, and admit that he missed her from time to time… it was more than she had expected from a work trip. ''So what'd you and Lu talk about?''

A look of embarrassment crossed his face for a second, and it only made her more curious. ''Ehh, you know, some of the stuff that happened between us, and between you and her.''
His attitude somewhat surprised her, he was usually very upfront about stuff like this. ''So what about it? I dated you and her,'' she almost immediately wished she could take those words back, she never actually dated Lu, ''and now you two are going to get together?'' She asked, drawing a heart in the air with her finger.

He shook his head at her with a smile. ''I don't see that happening,'' he said, and after a second it's like he suddenly remembered Sandra, ''plus, I'm getting married.'' As if she didn't remember that. ''No, she just said that if we ever get back together we should have a threesome, make the whole thing full circle or something.''

''How is that making it full circle?'' Andy asked, desperate to focus on just one part of what he had just said so she could ignore the rest.
''I have no idea.''

''Is that what you were trying to accomplish? You know, when you told me about your fantasy,'' Andy said.
''I didn't think you'd ever act on it,'' Milo told her. ''I just wanted to see what would happen, not that I would have turned it down, but…''
''So if instead of it just being me and her, if we had invited you to join then…''

''Then maybe it would've been us walking down the aisle in two months,'' Milo said.
Andy looked away, needing a moment to gather herself. ''But instead you're marrying Sandra,'' Andy said, hoping that her emotions weren't audible in her voice. ''And you're not even sleeping with her at all.''

''She told you that, huh?'' He asked.
''No, I just guessed,'' Andy said sarcastically. ''Yes, she told me. It kind of surprised me, you never struck me as the kind of person who would volunteer to be celibate, and I thought I knew you pretty well.''

''It's only for five months,'' Milo shrugged. ''If I can't even last that long…''
Andy wasn't sure what to say. ''Don't you miss it?'' He didn't answer. ''You know, having sex in your car 'cause you can't wait until you get home. Having sex on your desk in your office, against the wall in the hallway of your apartment… Buying a book with sex positions and trying them all.''

It was mostly just recounting what the two of them had done, she didn't actually know what Milo and Sandra did in bed together nor did she want to know, but seeing Milo's reaction made it worth it. She could see him shift in the chair, trying to hide his erection. If that did it for him it really had been too long.

''Sandra is not really like that,'' he admitted, clearly uncomfortable. ''Well, how about you?'' He asked, turning it around to hopefully get the focus off himself.
''What about me?'' Andy asked as she sat back with a smile.
''You're not seeing anyone are you?'' He asked. He knew that she and Lu hadn't slept together in months- and he had been more than glad when he heard that news- but he didn't know what she had been up to since then.

For a second she considered telling him about her and Nick, but it didn't seem worth it. ''No, I'm not,'' she lied, knowing that one way or another it would eventually come back to haunt her. ''I'm still looking for 'the one','' an even bigger lie, she knew who the one was and he was sitting right next to her, ''something like you and Sandra have.'' That hurt to say.

''She's great, isn't she?'' He smiled, looking over at her. ''So what do you think of her, honestly?'' Milo asked.
She hesitated for a second. ''Seems nice, very bubbly. Very talkative,'' Andy said, ''probably never stops talking.''
''Sounds about right,'' Milo commented as he got up.

''She said you two are getting married in June,'' Andy said, Milo turned around to look at her.
''Yeah?''
''We were together for two and a half years,'' Andy said. ''You started dating her not a month after we broke up, engaged six months later…'' She looked at Milo questioningly, he was standing at the railing with his hands in his pockets.

He shrugged, ''when you know you know.''