Mikey was anxious as he waited for Stevie to arrive. He'd asked him if he wanted to hang out and Stevie had seemed happy to have plans for the evening.

"There's something I need to tell you anyway," Stevie had said to him. "But let's wait to discuss it later."

So Mikey paced around the apartment as he tried to think of what Stevie might want to tell him. Did it have to do with the android body? Were there complications? Or did it have to do with Amelia somehow? Maybe Stevie had heard that she was dating Arin now. Mikey felt sick with the thought of this. Almost anybody else would be better than Arin.

"Mikey, sit down," Toby said as Mikey paced by him. "I swear that stress will be your killer one day."

"I'm fine," Mikey said. "I'm just impatient. What if it turns out the android thing isn't going to work out?"

"You think I'm not worried about that, too?" Toby asked. "I'd hate to be stuck in this computer for the rest of my existence, but if it turns out that I can't have an android body then that will be that. Also, why are you so sure this is bad news?"

Mikey stopped pacing. "Huh," he murmured. "I, uh….I didn't think about that. I just kind of assume the worst when someone says they wanna talk about something."

"Maybe it turns out that my body will already come with lasers," Toby joked. "Then you'll have to promise me something even better if I can turn you into an extrovert."

"We'll see," Mikey said, trying to hide his smile.

There was suddenly a knock at the door and Mikey hurried to answer it. He unlocked it and swung it open to reveal Stevie in his usual black attire. Stevie smiled at him.

"Hey," he said. "Thanks for inviting me."

"Yeah, uh, come on in," Mikey said, gesturing for Stevie to enter.

Stevie looked around as he stepped into Mikey's living room. "Not much on decorating, huh?" he commented. "Not that that's a bad thing. My walls are cluttered with posters and whatnot. It's just a mess." He spotted the computer in the corner of the room. "Is this where Toby is?" he asked Mikey.

"Hey!" Toby called through the speakers. "I'm Toby! You must be Stevie."

"Yeah." Stevie had an amused grin on his face. "I'm guessing you can see me through the web camera, right? Very interesting. Are you excited about getting a body?"

"Pfft! Of course I am!" Toby said. "I've been ready for a while. It's about time I stretch my legs. When I get them, that is."

"Stevie, can I, uh, get you something to drink?" Mikey asked. He wasn't used to having guests at all. He wasn't sure if he was bothering Stevie by asking that or if he should've waited for Stevie to say that he was thirsty.

"Could I just have a glass of water?" Stevie asked. "Thanks."

"Yeah, I'll be right back." Mikey hurried into the kitchen and dropped a few ice cubes into a glass before filling the rest up with water. He returned quickly with the water and Stevie thanked him before taking a sip. "Uh, you said you had something to tell me, right?" Mikey asked awkwardly.

Stevie set his glass down on the coffee table and nodded. "Yeah, a couple of things, actually," he said. "First, that android body should be ready in the morning."

"Yes!" Toby interrupted. "Finally! I can't wait for the morning!"

"I'm going to go back to the labs later tonight so I can make sure all the kinks have been worked out," Stevie said. "But tomorrow morning—maybe around eight—the body should be ready for an AI to be downloaded into it."

"That's pretty good news," Mikey said, wishing he could feel relieved. "But you said you had other news?"

"Yeah," Stevie went on. "The other news is that I heard Amelia talking to Arin about something during lunch today. They were trying to be all secretive but I have very good hearing so I heard everything. She wants to go back into Aperture to retrieve Doug and Wheatley's lady friend."

Mikey raised his eyebrows slightly. "Oh," he said. "I, uh….Does she seem set on this? Wait, nevermind. I know she is. If she's willing to talk to other people about it then nothing will stop her."

"If she does go back, are you going to go with her?" Stevie asked.

"Of course I will," Mikey said. "I would do anything for her and I need to make sure she gets home safely."

Stevie grinned knowingly.

"Don't give me that look," Mikey grumbled. "Okay, yeah, I have a crush on Amelia. Don't go around telling everyone, though."

"Mikey, you can trust me," Stevie said. "I've got plenty of secrets on everyone in here, but you'd never know it because I keep them."

"Wait, so do you know secrets about me?" Mikey asked.

"Yeah, but I'll never tell you what I know."

"If you don't give away secrets then why did you let me know what Amelia had said to Arin?"

"I thought that you of all people should have a heads-up, you know?" Stevie said. "I think your thing with Amelia is adorable. I want you two to get together."

Mikey felt his face grow warm and he murmured something about it not being any of Stevie's business.

"I just think it's so romantic," Stevie continued. "I wish I had someone in here to feel that way toward."

"Do you think I should try to talk to her more?" Mikey suddenly asked. He knew this was a dumb question because he was already sure of what the answer would be.

"Yeah, absolutely," Stevie said. "I mean, you don't need to go confessing your feelings for her yet. You need to establish a strong friendship with her before you lay something so heavy on her."

"But…I mean….You don't think I should just let her go?" Mikey asked nervously. "You don't think that it's pathetic that I've had a crush on her for almost my entire life?"

"I already told you I think it's romantic," Stevie said. "If you still feel so strongly about her then I think you have something really special there. Just keep in mind to take things slowly at first. But not too slow. You know what I mean?"

"Yeah, I think so. Then what do you think my next move should be?"

"Well, when we show Toby to her, just try to talk more," Stevie suggested. "And make more eye-contact. She'll appreciate that."

Mikey thanked Stevie for the advice and offered to show Toby's code to him. Toby reluctantly allowed them to shut him off so that Stevie could review his code.

"Hey, uh, you said that you have secrets on everyone, right?" Mikey asked. "Do you have any about Amelia?"

Stevie grinned mischievously. "Of course I do," he said. "But there would be no fun in me revealing any to you. You'll just have to find out for yourself."

"Do….Do any of them have to do with me?" Mikey asked hesitantly.

Stevie made a motion of pretending to zip his mouth while still grinning.

As Stevie went through Toby's code, he asked Mikey to describe what the surface had been like when he'd gone to Aperture. Mikey described the smell of the flowers and the cool stream that ran through the forest. He recalled the dew in the grass and how chilly it had been in the spring air.

"That sounds so nice," Stevie said. "It would be great to go up and feel the sunshine again."

"Why don't you come with us when we go back to Aperture?" Mikey asked.

Stevie seemed a little embarrassed by this question. "I'm too scared to go in there," he said. "Wheatley made it sound like such a horrible place and I just….I can't imagine gathering up the nerve to go in with you guys. I'm not very fit, anyway. In a pinch, I'd just slow you guys down."

"Jon isn't all that fit either and I'm pretty sure he's going," Mikey pointed out.

"Still," Stevie insisted. "I have work I can do here. I can work on constructing a female android while Arin is away. I prefer to work alone so I'll get a lot more work done."

"If you say so," Mikey murmured.

"Just do me a favor while you're up there. Bring a camera and film whatever you can."