Troy sat in the kitchen the next day with Chad and Zeke as they waited for Tina. Grandma took a swig of her beer and then looked at the three of them sitting in the kitchen each of them with long faces.

"What's done is done." She said with a sigh. "No use pouting over something already decided."

Troy looked up at her, his eyes a duller shade of blue. Today Uncle Ted and Harold would not be joining them, it was just the four.

"She asked me not to ask her to marry me?" Troy said in a low voice.

"The restaurant is going to crash and burn." Zeke said in a low voice.

"Or become another one of the food chains in the business." Chad also said in a low voice.

"And I'm going to grow older and die." Grandma said propping her hip up to the side. "Honestly we have a young lady coming here at any moment." She said. "Do you think she's going to feel good if you boys greet her like three bummed frogs on a log?"

"What's the point?" Troy said with a shrug.

"There isn't one I suppose." She said looking down at the pot of pasta salad. "But we have to make the best of it." She said "It not fair to Tina if we don't"

"All things aside would you even consider marrying Tina?" Chad said with a half smile.

"No." Troy said leaning back in the chair. "She's cool, she's just not…"

"Gabriella." Zeke finished for him.

"Right."

Confessional Scene.

"He won't last with Tina." Chad said with a sigh. "With Gabriella he has a chance." He was quite for a moment. "I think I have a plan B." Chad said leaning back in his chair.

Fade out and Zeke fades in.

"I can't believe everything is just going so bad." He said leaning back and looking at the camera. "I just want him to happy and man poor Gabriella." he said shaking his head. "She'd never come back to the house after yesterday."

Fade out.

The men sat at the table eating as Tina laugh with Grandma about the time Troy tired to give the fishes in his father's fish tank orange juice because he thought they need vitamin C.

"Honest mistake." Troy said forcing himself to laugh.

"Oh my god." Tina said with a giggle. "My father would have killed me." She said looking over at Chad who was smiling at her with kindness.

"Well his father never emptied out a fish tank I'll tell you that." Grandma said waving her hand.

Troy smiled as Tina leaned over and nudged him a bit. Troy smiled and looked over at Zeke and Chad who were smiling at him in return.

Confessional Scene.

"I know what woman he's thinking about right now and I got 2 grand it's not the tooth pick sitting in that chair at the dinner table." Grandma said pointing off camera. "I not saying she ain't got a shot but she ain't even close to making him as happy as Gabriella did."

Fade out and Troy fades in.

"My grandma is the world to me and at the end of the day she is going to tell me what she think wither I want to hear it out not." He said leaning forward. "I have one last date with both girls after this and as I see one last chance to convince Gabriella that giving us a try might be worth it."

Fade out.

The next afternoon Troy was sitting in the living talking to Tina, while his Grandmother was in the kitchen making lunch.

"So things go bad with Gabriella visit." She said looking at him and leaning back on the couch.

"Kind of." He said with a shrug to his shoulders.

"Want to talk about it?"

"No." Troy said with a smile. "It's alright."

Tina let out a sigh and lean into him resting her head on his chest. "I never would have guessed I'd be in the final two." She said

"Well you're a good person with a good heart." Troy said with a smile.

"I think what your uncle is doing to your fathers restaurant is horrible." She added. "The nerve of him."

"Yeah I know." Troy said leaning back and settling a bit more. "he just doesn't understand that not everyone wants to eat a different version of some Boston Market or McDonalds."

"Well I understand" she said placing a hand over his stomach and rubbing a small circle. There was something about her that was comforting and inviting. She was easy to talk to.

"does the terms of the will bother you?" he asked.

"Not at all, I mean you said so yourself you're not letting it rule your decision." She said with a smile. "I think as long as you stay true to what your heart wants and be honest that you'll be fine."

Troy winced as he looked away from her and at the floor. "You're right." He said with frown

"I wish I wasn't" she whispered.

"What?" Troy looked down to see Tina looking up at him with sad eye. "I know your heart belongs to someone else and I know picking me would just be a good Business move." She said with a sigh.

"I'm so sorry?" Troy said looking at her with a heavy heart.

"Don't be things happen people fall in love if it's not meant to be it's not meant to be." she said with a wave of the hand.

Confessional Scene.

"It's a reality show people." Tina said looking at the camera. "The chances of finding real love, is like a needle in a hay stack." Crossing her legs she leaned back. "Besides if I get in-between them I'm sure I'll be the most hated person in America right now." She said shrugging her shoulders. "Who am I to f*** with god design."

Fade out.

Troy was sitting out by the pool with his feet in the water when Brad came up to him with the days agenda.

"Okay buddy you ready for the long home stretch?" He said crouching down to be at eye level.

"Sure what's up?" Troy said looking up at him with curiosity.

"Today you have a date with Tina at noon for lunch. Then you have a date with Gabriella for dinner." Brad said marking off some things on his clip board. "Tomorrow aka the big finally you're going shopping for a ring and then later that night." He said leading off and smiling at Troy.

"Seems like everything going to be smooth sailing." Troy said nodding her head slowly.

"Hey I know it's hard and your shitting bricks but trust me this is all golden baby." He said with a bright smile. "say a few charming things give a good kiss good night and she'll be eating out of your hand when you pop the question."

"I don't think it's going to go that smoothly." Troy said with a nervous look.

"Well we do what we can." Brad said standing up again. "Why don't you go over to wardrobe and have them fix you up for this afternoon alright."

"Right."

That afternoon Troy and Tina were talking about dogs and cats as they ate their lunch.

"Oh man as soon as I get back home I'm getting a cat."

"Cats are mean. you'll be better off with a dog." Troy said pointing his fork at her. "I mean Dogs are loyal and friendly creatures."

"So are cats."

"No cats turn women into old maids with cat issues." He said leaning forward. "Never seen a women with dog Issues."

"I'm not buying it." Tina said shaking her head. "I think cats are warm cute and fuzzy."

"Next thing you know you'll be telling me Rattle snakes are harmless."

"Well."

"Oh my god." Troy said with a laugh.

Tina broke out into a laugh as well and the both of them smiled at each other.

"You know the greatest thing about you is that your east to talk too." He said with a smile.

"The greatest thing about you is that you like making other people smile." She responded.

Leaning in he gave her a chaste kiss on the lips.

"No sparks." Tina sighed as she looked at him with forced smile.

"Things would be a lot easier if there were." He said leaning back in his chair.

"I don't think that there suppose to be easy." Tina said shrugging her shoulders "My father told me that as long as you're willing to fight for something you believe in even the hard stuff will pan out in the end." She said tilting her head to the side. "Do you have any idea what to say to her yet?"

"Not a thing." Troy said running a hand through his hair as he looked away.

"Well what about just telling her how you feel."

"Already tried too," he said shrugging his shoulders. "it's not that easy."

"Nothing worth it ever is Troy."