A/N Ok, so I miss-posted, and I skipped a chapter, so this was supposed to be chapter 10. I recommend going back and reading chapter 9.

Thanks.

havah

Rebecca's day went normally, though sadly, she didn't see Peter for the rest of it. All that she was go to the store buy the absolutely necessary groceries, and hang about with Constance. Constance was a good enough friend, but somehow Rebecca knew that telling her about the people trying to kill her was not the best idea anyone had ever ad, so instead, she endured Constance's talk, and raving about Bryan as they walked back to Rebecca's after getting her groceries. "He is so wonderful, I'm so glad that I met him, I'm sorry that I've been kind of busy lately, but we just seemed to connect, and it's nice to be around him." Constance smiled pleasantly, and Rebecca let a small smile creep onto her face.

"I understand, I'm glad that you're so happy. This is kind of rushed though, I mean you pretty much just met, and you're giving him all of your free time. I'm perfectly happy, don't get me wrong, just don't get your heart broken." Rebecca knew that Constance was probably fine, but she didn't have anything else to say.

"You're telling me that I'm moving to fast, yet you take one look at this Peter boy, and you two are all over each other!" Constance made fun of Rebecca's uniting with Peter just to make her shut up.

"I told you, we've known each other since we were much younger." Rebecca was slightly annoyed, but not annoyed enough to worry about it.

"You've known each other for some time, but you hadn't seen each other in a while, I think that merits a don't go looking for a broken heart warning. The two of you have been spending quite a bit of time together, at least that's what Bryan says David says Susan says." Constance had to stop and take a deep intake of breath after that last sentence.

"It probably does, but I gave it first, so you have no right to say that to me." Constance laughed when she recognized the sense of joking in Rebecca's voice. "Just be careful, Peter says Bryan's wild about you, so I don't think you have much to worry about, at least not right now."

"What did he say Bryan said about me?" asked Constance excitedly.

"Well, he honestly, Peter didn't tell me much, but he said that Bryan thinks you are the prettiest girl he has ever dated, and though Peter said there hadn't been more than three others, but Bryan tends to do pretty well, he's quite good looking." Rebecca felt a little as thought she were rambling. And she probably was, but she didn't care.

"You think I don't know he's good looking?" asked Constance, slightly angrily.

"Oh, well, you probably did, but hey, what the heck, I was just telling you what Peter had told me, and what I had observed myself."

"Well, just don't try to steal him from me, if you did that, I might have to kill you." Constance kidded around, but Rebecca knew she didn't want anyone to take Bryan.

"I would never leave Peter, not for anyone." Rebecca said what she was thinking, but decided that maybe that had been the wrong thing. "I mean, I would never try to come between you and your man."

"Go back to what you said before, I didn't realize what you and Peter had such a serious relationship, I mean, what you said sounded pretty intense." Constance noticed the seriousness in Rebecca's statement, and was slightly taken aback.

"No, it's not like that, it's just…" Rebecca trailed off mid sentence, well, actually, it is like that, she thought.

"Just what?" asked Constance.

"Nothing, he's just really nice, and we get along well, nothing else is going on, it probably won't last too much longer." Rebecca lied, and she knew that Constance could probably tell, but she didn't really care, right now the important thing to her was getting this awkward conversation over with.

"You do realize that I don't really believe you right?"

"I figured as much, but it was worth a try." Rebecca sighed; she knew that that part of the game was up.

"Just tell me what's really going on!" Constance begged.

"I can't right now, but it's not like it sounds, we just really like each other, and we're trying to take things slowly after so long."

"Were you two really serious before? I mean before you were separated?" asked Constance.

"No, not really, but being apart made us realize how much we really did like each other, it's amazing what a few weeks, then months, and of course, years, can do to a person's feelings."

"I may not know exactly what you mean, but I think if I know how it might feel to be in your situation, but I don't really know." Constance smiled at Rebecca, and Rebecca felt better.

"Yes, well, I don't know about that either, but hey. You do a very good job of getting boyfriends, and dates; you don't usually have much of a problem. Even if someone left you, you'd probably be able to get someone even better if you tried, because anyone who would leave you isn't the best person for you." Rebecca was trying to switch focus back to Constance, and she hoped it had worked.

"Do you think that Peter's the right person for you?" asked Constance.

"Do you mean do I think that he'll ever leave me without premise, or are you asking if I think we'll be together forever?" asked Rebecca, slightly annoyed that the conversation was back on her.

"I don't know, both I guess."

"Well, I think that if he ever leaves me, it'll be for a very good reason, but I don't think he's going to leave me any time soon. And I don't know if we'll be together forever, I mean, people change with time." Rebecca tried to sound nonchalant, but she knew that she wasn't doing a very good job.

"What is it with you Becca? You are being a little bit weird about this, you know."

"I don't know, maybe we should talk something else, I'm getting confused." Rebecca finally had a feasible reason to change the subject.

"Alright, well, let's see, what are you reading?" asked Constance, politely agreeing with Rebecca though she wanted to hear more about her friend's rapidly paced romance.

"I'm not reading anything."

"Alright, it's time to see a doctor; you've always been reading at least one thing, more often then not multiple things. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine; don't be so shocked, I've just been really busy."

"With what?" asked Constance, hoping to inconspicuously turn the focus of the conversation back to Peter.

"You know my job at the bookstore, and taking care of myself entirely, and what you were hoping to hear, Peter." Rebecca groaned as Constance smiled.

"Oh, I have to go, I'm meeting Bryan, we're going to go dancing, do you and Peter want to go?" asked Constance politely.

"No, you guys go, I have work later, and I think Peter's busy." Rebecca lied on both accounts to have an excuse not to go; she didn't really want to be a third wheel on their date.