Molly made her way over to a smiling Luna who sat on a bench in Town Square. She had a slightly mischievous look on her face that made her wonder what her friend had been doing.

"Heya Molly!" Luna exclaimed. Molly smiled and sat down next to her. She enjoyed these lunches with Luna. "So did he kiss you last night?"

"No," Molly sighed. "We are still taking things slowly. And that whole interruption with Maya, has him a little gun shy I think."

"Slow was a few weeks ago," Luna teased. Molly rolled her eyes, but giggled at her friend's remark.

"Okay, enough about me, tell me about you and Gill," Molly probed. Luna coyly smiled.

"Well apparently he had noticed my flirtation with Luke, he got all huffy with me one day in the shop. Well I wasn't going to take it, so I stormed into town hall demanding that we settle this once and for all," Luna explained.

"And he responded to you?" Molly asked.

"He came out here with me, and before I could say a word he kissed me," Luna said dreamily.

"Wow," Molly breathed. "How was it?"

"Amazing, we ended up spending the rest of the afternoon together. He said that seeing me around Luke was driving him crazy," Luna giggled. Molly shook her head.

"Was that your plan from the beginning?" Molly asked.

"I can't believe you'd ask me that!" Luna exclaimed with faux hurt. Molly lightly punched her. Luna exploded into giggles again.

XxXx

Gray made his way to Mount Gelato, it was the best place he could think of to get away from everyone. He stood on the edge of Mount Gelato looking out into the vast ocean. The large cliff had jagged rocks, and the rough ocean water splashed up against the cliff. He wondered briefly what it would be like to hurl himself off the cliff, and into the ocean. He wondered if anyone would actually truly miss him? How had his life come to this, how could he be contemplating the thought of jumping off these rocks? He had been blissfully happy just a few years ago.

He stared at the photograph in his hands, she had been laughing when the photographer had snapped the shot on their wedding day. Her beautiful eyes had twinkled in the sunlight, and she'd had Moon Drop flowers in her hair. That had been the happiest day of his life. His hand clenched and the photo crumpled into his fist. Why had he still kept this old photo? Then there was Angela. Angela with her doe-like amber eyes, and serious yet expressive face. The way she made him feel was comfortable, even more so than Popuri ever had. He was starting to develop feelings for her, which was dangerous.

Angela had a past of her own. He could sense that. She wasn't ready to share her past yet. He sensed it was too fresh of a wound for her. She had been hurt, just as he had. She consumed too much of his time. He found himself thinking about her way too much, he wasn't sure about these feelings, so he decided that the best thing to do was avoid contact with her for the time being, at least until he could get his thoughts under control.

XxXx

"Can I walk you home?" Chase asked Molly after the bar was closed. Molly smiled up at him.

"Of course!" Molly said. She liked being with him. Even if it was going slowly. They said goodbye to Hayden then left hand in hand. Molly felt giddy holding his hand, and was no longer afraid to show that side of her.

"You are smiling way too much," Chase remarked. She could hear the teasing in his voice. Molly made an exaggerated frown appear on her face. But then dissolved into laughter. Chase stopped and pulled her into his arms. "Do you know how adorable you are?"

"I never tire of hearing you say things like that," Molly whispered. She nuzzled her face against his neck. It didn't really bother her how slow things were going when they had moments like this. Chase pulled slightly away from her. Molly was about to protest, when he lifted her face gently with his finger. Before she knew it, his lips were pressed softly against hers. Molly felt herself melting into his kiss. She felt breathless. When Chase pulled away she looked down at the ground.

"Look at me," Chase said softly. Molly lifted her face to his, she was blushing again. "You are beautiful." Molly smiled.

"Thank you," she whispered. She turned away from him once again, struggling to gain control of her racing heartbeat once again.