A/N: Hey guys! I'm back again, and this is actually a second part to another fic I have written.

So if you want to read Part 1 check out my series, How We Could Have Met 2, chapter 16 (titled: A Kind of Night)!

I hope you guys read that one first, just to see the connections in this one,

So hope you enjoy:

The sun burned brightly, beams filtering through the curtains and into the room. The world was warm with light and bustling with activity. And there she stood in the middle of it all in quiet contemplation.

It was that kind of day.

Maybe getting the day off was not a good thing, she thought, as she finished her lunch. Inadvertently it gave her a lot of time to think. And thinking wasn't always the best course of action for her.

The sudden surplus of free time left her not knowing what to do or how to fill it.

The sounds of the city, the sounds of life, also flowed through the window and all she could do was sit and stare. It was so easy to just remain here. So easy to just get back in bed and-

She forced herself up. She forced herself to walk to the living room. She forced herself wear her shoes, grab her keys and walk out of the apartment.

No point in falling back into old habits.

And so she walked around without a particular destination in mind and allowed her thoughts to take a positive turn.

She ended up walking past the bridge. It was really pretty in the daytime, actually kind of quaint with details craved into the stone that made up the sides and railing. Kids ran along chasing away ducks with harried parents or babysitters sunning after them.

It was so full of life.

Life. What an interesting term. It meant, at its core, an existence. An existence that involved growth.

And looking at the spot where she had one been, she considered the growth of how far she had come. Not necessarily all alone, but with the help of those who cared about her. A surprising number of people really, she hadn't realized it before.

And of course, Percy.

Percy was an entirely other thing. Percy who had quickly grown into her closest friend, Percy who stood by her through the roughest patches. Percy, whose name brought a warmth to her heart and whose smile brought butterflies to her stomach.

She left the bridge with a smile. She didn't know when this had started but more and more she had found herself loving the way he grinned sheepishly when he showed up late and the way he ran his hand through his hair when he was nervous and the twinkle in his eyes when he teased her.

Maybe she shouldn't have those feelings, maybe it wasn't right. Maybe she should just hold it in because it'll ruin things. Maybe she's reading too much into the situation, maybe she's just being stupid maybe-

She forced herself to stop.

If you want to play the maybe game then how about this, she told the thoughts, maybe he returns the feelings. Maybe it leads to something more and maybe they end up cuddling on the couch with a kiss.

But-

She physically stopped this time. But the thoughts didn't. Uncertainty and anxiety started to take over her brain and she huffed in frustration because she was trying to hard to fight it and she had come so far and she didn't want to lose all that progress.

And with tears starting to form she started to run. Trying not to think she ran and ran until her legs stopped in front of a door.

She blinked away the unshed tears and stared at the door.

She forced herself to knock.

A second later it revealed messy raven hair and concerned green eyes.

He moved aside to let her in without a word. She sat down on the couch and he came back with a glass of water and a hug.

"What's wrong?" he finally asked when she finished the water.

"Nothings, just…thoughts." She shrugged. What else could she say.

"That's okay, we'll work through them," he replied patiently.

She looked up at him, the tears starting to reform. "I've gotten so far, I don't want to mess it up now."

He gave her a smile. "You won't. A setback doesn't negate your progress. They're bound to happen, but it's okay, you work though it and keep moving forward."

She marvels at how he manages to understand her and seems to know what to say to reassure her. He's really amazing like that. It makes her love him that much more.

Right, she loves him.

She forgot about the original train of thought that had led her to this point. She glanced at him, his eyes full of worry and care, his encouraging smile, the warmth of his hand on her shoulder.

Maybe-

No, she was done with the maybes. There was no way to know for sure unless she actually said something. Maybes were just that, a maybe, a perhaps, a possibility.

And she had lived too much of her life contemplating a maybe. And she had almost lost that life because of it.

She wasn't going to wait anymore. What happened would happen, and at least she would know. Besides, a good friend wouldn't let something like this ruin things. If you truly care about someone you don't cast them away for something like this.

"Percy, I-" the words stopped for a moment. She looked at him and he nodded encouragingly.

No more waiting, life was an existence with growth. There would be no growth if she kept waiting.

"I love you."

There was a silence.

The sun burned bright and the beams filtered through the curtains and into the room. The world was warm with light and bustling with activity. And there they sat in the middle of it all wrapped up in a kiss with smiles on their faces and a flutter in their hearts.

It was that kind of day.

A/N: So what did you think? There were a lot of messages in this one too, and I'll leave it to you guys to dissect, but I'd like to mention that getting better, or recovering from something is not an easy thing, it's okay if you have a bad day, you just need to keep getting back up. And nothing ventured nothing gained right? So don't let things stop you from doing something you want to do.

That said, I really hope you guys read the first part of this fic from my series How We Could Have Met 2 (chapter 16)!

And if you're from that series, hello, welcome to my drabble series that gets updated every Monday (usually) and has a lot of thought-provoking (well I try anyways) content!

Please Review! I'd love to hear your thoughts! Especially on this and how it connects back to the other one!

And as always, thanks for reading!

See ya! :)