Chapter 15: Meet Me Halfway

At Leslie's Office:

Amy was already sitting on the chair in front of Leslie's desk. She looked serious with her arms crossed in front of her. Leslie had half a mind to turn around and hide. At this point she is pretty sure that Amy knew that Ben was dating her and it could get them into big trouble.

"Amy. What a surprise." Amy looks up and gives her a deadpan stare. "What can I do for you?" Leslie says with a tight smile.

"For starters, maybe you can explain how you were able to steal Ben from me." Amy says with a cold voice.

"Please don't cause a scene." Leslie says trying to remain calm.

"Why? So, that your little secret doesn't come out?" Amy raises her eyebrow at Leslie.

"There is no secret. You can't prove anything."

"You know what pisses me off? Is that Ben is my one. I will not let him be the one that got away because of someone he has known for a month." Amy leans towards Leslie, "We were together for one year. And we broke up only because he wasn't ready to settle down in Indianapolis back then. And now I'm willing to move here in this pathetic little town just to be near him."

"Listen here, missy. Pawnee is not a pathetic little town. It is a very special place and you definitely do not belong here!" Leslie says defensively, "Also, it doesn't matter how long you were dating Ben, the fact of the matter is that, you are not together anymore."

"We were engaged." Amy says softly and a little calmer. Leslie looks shocked and speechless at this revelation. "It was a few days before our wedding that we decided to take a break." Amy looks sadly into Leslie's eyes, "I was hoping that there was still a chance for us." With that statement, Amy gets up and walks out of the office.

Leslie can't believe it. Right now, all she wants to do is find Ben and get more information about this.

At Ben's Office:

'Meet me at secret closet ASAP!' Ben reads Leslie's text message and gets excited. They had found a secret supply closet where they could do more than what they could do in Ann's office, plus there was no cameras. He pretends to fix some papers on his desk, gets up and walks towards the door. Halfway to the closet, he half trotted half walked trying to contain his eagerness and trying to look normal.

At the Secret Supply Closet:

Reaching the door to the closet, Ben takes a quick glance around him to see if anyone was looking before he enters. He sees Leslie's back is turned towards the door, he pulls her to him and turns her around. He gives her a passionate deep kiss. Leslie surprised by the sudden entrance momentarily forgets about her problems as she drowns under Ben's lips.

Leslie is reminded of the main reason she called Ben into the closet when he starts unbuttoning her blazer. She pushes him off and ends the kiss. "No wait. I need to talk to you about something."

Ben looks disappointed, "Oh, you wanted to talk."

"Yes, sorry. Just pause on the make out session for a minute." Leslie says putting her hand on Ben's chest to keep him at a distance. She couldn't concentrate when he was too near. "Amy was in my office earlier."

Ben raises his hands in the air, "What now?" He puts his palm on his forehead in annoyance.

"You were engaged to her?"

Ben's eyes widens. "Yes, we were engaged. But we broke up two months ago."

Leslie looks shocked, "What? So I'm like a rebound girlfriend?"

"No, no. That's not..." Ben stutters, "We got engaged to try to save our relationship. It was, it wasn't, I felt like we were on a plateau so I proposed to her thinking that it would revive the romance." Ben puts his hands on Leslie's arms. "It didn't. And we realized it before we walked down the aisle. It was a mutual agreement that we were over." Ben takes a breath, "I was sad but I wasn't devastated. You know. It felt right, like I know I wouldn't have been happy if we went through it."

Leslie looks him in the eyes and believes him. "She's just lonely and wants to get back what you had…"

Ben shrugs, "There's no chance that will ever happen." He takes Leslie into his arms and gives her a tight hug. Leslie rests her head on his chest and listens to his heart beat.

"Are we OK?" Ben asks after a few seconds of hugging.

"I seriously wish she would just go back to Indianapolis."

Ben kisses the top of her head, "I'm really sorry, babe." He lifts her face up to him. "I know the past few weeks have been a pain." He gives her a quick kiss. "But I'm with you. And nothing is gonna change that."

"Ugh, I hate it when you get so sappy." Leslie pretends to look disgusted.

"Oh really, you hate it?" Ben smiles and kisses her deeply.

"Now this I like." Leslie says in between kisses.

Ben's Star Wars themed ringtone suddenly plays and it rings for a few seconds before Leslie pulls away and gives him an exaggerated pout.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry." Ben says as he takes the phone out of his pocket and answers it. "Hey, Chris, what's up?" Ben pauses as he listens to Chris on the other line. "OK, I'll be there in a minute." He hangs up the phone and gives Leslie an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, I have to go back, Christ wants to talk about something." He fixes his hair and pants. "I'll see you later?" Leslie nods and gives him a goodbye kiss.

Ben slowly opens the closet door and takes a peek outside before stepping out and closing the door behind him. Leslie leans on the door counting backwards from 100 before she steps outside and heads back to her office.

- END SCENE -