Jay has left and Dee went with Patch to the hospital, weary of his lopsided half-baked "cookies". Salene is in the kitchen washing dishes while Pride sits at the table drinking a glass of water.

"Did you notice that Leigha was acting strangely when she first got back?" Pride asks suddenly.

Salene sighs loudly and angrily clanks a plate to the bottom of the sink. "Well, I wouldn't know, I just met the girl," she says, she coughs, "AND, you would think someone would act strangely after two years of testing"

"You're right, you don't know her. I do. She's a strong girl, I don't think some Techno testing could change her"

Salene doesn't say anything; she hates it when Pride snaps at her.

"Maybe it was me," he wonders out loud, Salene sighs angrily, "But she knows me..."

Salene slams other dish hard onto the counter and turns around. "Pride, you're thinking too much into this"

"Maybe, but I just don't see how she could just treat me differently than before..."

Salene dries her hands on a dishcloth and sits in a chair opposite of Pride. "You've changed from before and she knows that. Things between you two won't be the same. Not ever"

Pride frowns. "I haven't changed. Nothing's changed"

Salene sighs again and swallows. "You've changed in the two years that she's been in. Her life and her world was put on a pause and we should be grateful that when it started up again she tried to get used to it. You, on the other hand, have become more of a leader than ever, you're almost like a father figure to the kids, you think deeply about things, and you fight for what you believe in. People and feelings change, Pride. You can't expect them not to"

Pride sighs. She's right. Whatever he had with Leigha, it wasn't there anymore.

"And I know that you keep saying that you always cared about her, even when she went in, but you didn't. When she went in, it was like she died in your mind. You almost totally forgot about her. Like Lex and Tai- san, you believed you would never see her again"

Pride shakes his head. "No, you're wrong"

Salene leans closer to him. "If I'm wrong, and you cared only her for the last two years, then how come there was an 'us', Pride? A you and me?"

Pride thinks about this. "Leigha knew that was going to happen, Pride, that's another reason why she was acting different. She's not like she used to be"

Pride almost laughs and remembers something, when he found Leigha in the room with Jay. "Tell that to Jay"

"And anyways," Salene says, continueing, "You're more like a brother figure to Leigha"

Pride smiles and places his hand over Salene's on the table. She smiles back. He looks up into her eyes and looks down again. "All this reasoning and persuasion. I think all this plays a part in why I fell in love with you to begin with..."

Salene smiles and looks at him. He leans across the table and kisses her lips softly. Salene is about to pull away when they hear a cough behind them. They pull away and look up. Lex is standing there with Siva and she's smiling, her hands clasp in front of her.

"So, does that mean you two are back together?" she asks quickly.

Pride and Salene quickly glance at each other and Salene nods. Siva smiles and looks at Lex. All this mushy gushy love stuff's got him looking nauseous and sick.

"Well, we should celebrate," Lex says flatly without a certain tone, "Where's Patch for the congratulatory cookies?"

Siva rolls her eyes at his sarcasm. She looks at him again. There's no doubt in her mind that she made a mistake leaving Ram; she did,in turn, fall more in love with Lex by it.