Inside Amy's Car:
Sitting in the passenger seat of Amy's car, Leslie sits quietly in a pensive mood. It was late and they were heading back to the office. Not wanting to admit that she had a really good time showing Amy the parks around Pawnee, but unfortunately Amy was really easy to talk to. Leslie couldn't help but feel pride in all the parks she'd shown Ben's ex. She had been so engrossed that she'd forgotten to ask about Ben's past.
During lunch, Amy talked about her work and Leslie hated that she was starting to admire the attractive brunette girl sitting in front of her. She can clearly see what Ben found attractive in her. Amy is beautiful, smart, bubbly, funny and confident.
Leslie's phone had been buzzing all day from all the text messages Ben kept sending. Now that they were in the car, the vibration is very noticeable.
Without taking her eyes of the road, Amy asks,"Are you going to reply to those messages?"
"No. They're not important." Leslie says through clenched teeth.
Amy could feel they were important, but she didn't want to pry. "I really appreciate you coming with me to all the parks. I think out of the ten, I may have chosen the park that we'll use as a venue."
"And we finished early enough for you to get back to your hotel and prepare for your date with Ben!" Leslie says, suddenly remembering to get as much information from Amy about her past with Ben. "So, you and Ben huh?"
"Oh... well, it was Chris's doing. Ben and I used to date back when they were staying in Indianapolis. But he moved around so much that our relationship couldn't keep up." Amy looks over to Leslie and notices her miserable face.
"Leslie, can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, shoot." Leslie says. She has been feeling down since finding out that Ben and Amy were going out on a date tonight. She was angry at first but the target of her anger was currently not present so that would have to be put on hold.
"Do you like Ben?"
The question surprises Leslie and she chokes a little bit and coughs after hearing the question. She recovers in time to remember that they were dating in secret. "What? No. Feelings for the nerdy accountant?" Leslie lets out a snort, "God, no!"
"Leslie, I wasn't born yesterday. I think you like him." Amy says. "But I want to give you a fair warning though. I like him too. And I think his past feelings for me are resurfacing." She doesn't take her eyes off the road and was not able to see Leslie's face turn sour.
Anger, jealousy, shock and a couple of other emotions register on Leslie's face. She stops herself from yelling that Ben likes her and that they had made out after breakfast before heading to work this morning. And that Amy can go suck it.
Amy continues, "I'm just telling you so that you don't get your hopes up. Ben and I have a long history. And we've stayed as friends even after we broke up. I really think we can rekindle our relationship."
Leslie turns her face towards the window and stares at the blurry objects that fly through her vision, trying to hide her face from Amy. She bites her lip to prevent herself from saying anything stupid.
"He even recommended that I stay longer here in Pawnee so we can hangout more and so, I could see how special this town is." Amy doesn't realize how her words are affecting Leslie.
"Uh huh." Is the only reply that Leslie can come up with. Leslie thought she would get the 411 of their past relationship, not the 411 of what Amy was planning to do to get back together with him. She's only been with Ben for four weeks, it was nothing compared to years worth or memories that Amy and Ben shared.
"I don't know why I'm telling you all this," Amy laughs nervously. She suspects she's saying all this to Leslie because she doesn't believe that Leslie is telling the truth when she says she doesn't like Ben. She wanted to make sure that Leslie would not get in the way of her plan to reconnect with Ben.
They reach the entrance of City Hall and Amy drops off Leslie. "Bye and thank you again, Leslie. You're the best." Amy smiles, unaware of the mixed emotions she was causing Leslie to have.
Standing at the entrance of City Hall, Leslie looks down on her phone and hits reply to one of Ben's messages. 'Please tell me you can get out of this date with Amy.'
The phone buzzes and she reads Ben's reply. 'I can't get out of it without making Chris suspicious... I'm really sorry, Leslie.'
Leslie sighs and decides to head back home instead, she didn't feel like working or talking to anyone for the rest of the day. She glances at the camera with a deflated look and then heads to her car.
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