Andrew and I started spending a lot of "quality" time together. Okay he started spending like every night at my house, but that wasn't a bad thing was it? No of course not. So three months later I found myself making my bed with Andrew on an early Saturday morning, nothing really special. I, of course wasn't even paying attention when Andrew had stopped making the bed and was starring at me.

"I love you Serena," he said all of a sudden.

I stopped for a moment feeling my heart pound in my chest. 'Did I just hear him right?' I thought to myself.

 "I love you too, Drew," I answered. I saw the biggest smile spread over his face after that and it was certainly the greatest feeling I've ever had. Things were looking good in my future.

"He said the 'L' word!?' Mina cried at the table we were sitting at in our usual dining spot.

"God Serena you are so lucky! Usually it takes guys like a year to say it and usually they're on top of you so it doesn't really count."

I laughed listening to my friend. She certainly was my best friend for all the right reasons.

"So you think he really means it?" she asked chewing on a French fry.

"Yeah I think he would when he asked me to move in with him," I smiled like a ditz, but I didn't even care.

"He asked you to move in with him!? That's great Sere, God I'm so jealous," she said while leaning over the table to hug me.

"So what about this Anne girl?"

"Well he's telling her tomorrow that they're through so I'll find out at work tomorrow."

"What did you say when he asked you to move in with him?"

"Gee I think it might have been yes, because I called my landlord and gave her my thirty days notice. And besides we're leaving work early today to look at apartments."

 "Sere I have to tell you I seriously hate you," she smiled at me.

"I know," was all I answered back.

 Andrew and I walked up the huge staircase to the apartment we were looking at. Of course the lady who was showing us the apartment was way ahead of us because we kept stealing kisses from each other on the way up. Once we got into the place we thought it certainly was beautiful, actually I loved it! It couldn't have been more perfect; nice and spacious with big windows. The best part had to be when we were out on the balcony where we could see the entire city stretched before us. We remained quiet for a moment and the sales lady left us a lone to think about it.

"Oh my God Andrew I love it!" I said jumping up and down.

"It's so perfect!" he cried at the same time.

 "So we'll defiantly get it?" I asked.

"Defiantly," he smiled and gave me another yet sweet kiss.

 The next day at work I was blabbing away yet again on my cell phone with Mina about the great apartment we had found.

"Has he told her yet?" she asked all of a sudden about Anne.

 "Yeah he told her last night. I'm waiting for him to come in and see what happened," right as those words came out of my mouth Andrew appeared in my window looking like he had just woken up and possibly hit by a bus on the way over.

"Good Lord. hey Mina I'll call you back," I said quickly and hung up the phone as Andrew came in and shut the door.

"Hey how did it go?" I asked trying to sound comforting.

"It went...good," he said it in a somewhat hazy way.

"And she reacted okay?" I said trying to get more information.

"She seemed okay…it was more like an eerie silence."

"And what did she say about us moving in together?"

 "Well...I didn't tell her about us." I got a confused look on my face for a moment.

 "What do you mean you didn't tell her?"

He leaned forward in his seat quickly. "I just didn't think I needed to hit her with all this stuff right away, I mean after three years that's hard for someone to take."

 "Yeah I understand, but your happy right? This is what you wanted?"

"Yeah this is what I want…I'm happy," he said none too convincingly.

All I could do was try and smile my best.

So how did Andrew slowly fade away from my life? Well, I didn't see it too much at first. Okay well I didn't want to see it. I was at home packing my things one day and I had been trying to get a hold of Drew all day and finally just left a message on his answering machine.

"Hey honey it's me Serena. Look I just wanted to let you know that we have to get in and sign those papers by Monday and I know your lawyer wanted to look at the contract, but my apartment has been re-rented and I need to be out of here so *beep*" the machine cut me off. I looked at the phone for a moment and then threw it down it frustration.

Later that week Drew had called me up to have dinner with him, but dinner didn't seemed to be going to well while we sat there and starred at each other so I decided to bring it up.

"Listen Drew I need to know what's going on, I mean we lost out on that great apartment because your lawyer supposedly didn't get it together, which is fine! But still we haven't been alone in almost a week, we hardly talk, I mean what's going on?" I finished waiting impatiently for his answer.

He sat there for a moment not saying anything. "I don't think I can do this anymore," he said flatly.

"What do you mean?"

 "Us. I don't think I can do it Serena."

 "What! Why?" I said now close to tears.

 "I just think we need to take a step back and breathe for a moment."

 "But I don't understand! Things were going so great. What happened?" I said my face turning red.

 "I'm sorry Serena I can't give you the answer you're looking for, because I just don't know, but I still want us to be important to each other."

 "Don't! Don't even do that," I said tears coming down my face now.

 We remained silent for a moment until I took a deep breath to regain my composure.

"Please leave." He sat there for a moment longer, but then realizing I was about to kill him he silently got up and left.

 I was so tired the next day from crying all night I nearly fell asleep at the coffee machine while I was filling my mug. I had really messed up this time thinking I had found something great when in fact, I had been living in a dream world.

I hardly even felt the tapping on my shoulder. "Hey Serena," Andrew said. "You all right."

"Why? Don't I look all right?" I said taking my cup out from under the machine.

 "Yeah....of course you do."

 "It's not like you don't have to worry about where you're going to be living."

"Morning guys," Darien suddenly said as he came up to the coffee machine between Andrew and me.

"Oh hey Darien." Andrew said quietly. Suddenly I was struck with a brilliant idea.

"Hey Darien," I said trying to sound more cheerful.

 "I was wondering if you ever found a roommate. See the place I was going to move into suddenly didn't work out," I said turning to face Andrew.

"Uh...actually no I didn't," he said drinking out of his cup.

 "You're moving in with Darien?" Andrew suddenly got loud.

"How big is the place?" I asked ignoring Andrew.

"It's a two bedroom loft, kitchen, living room, lots of windows."

 "Perfect. When can I see it?"

 "You're moving in with Darien?" Andrew said again, but was ignored once again.

 "How about tonight?" he said putting cream in his coffee.

 "Great. I'll see you tonight then," I smiled and walked out of the coffee room.

Darien stood there for a moment wondering why Andrew was starring at the wall.

 "You okay man?" Darien tapped him on the shoulder.

 "Huh? Oh...yeah."

 "Whatever you say," and Darien left him to his thoughts in the coffee room.