A/N: Sorry that these stories aren't necessarily in order! I just write them as I think of ideas. Thank you for all of the great comments and suggestions!

Sean paced back and forth in front of the fountain in the park, his heart pounding in his chest as he waited for Sue to arrive so that he could finally confess his feelings for her. Over the past week, he had been placing little gifts at her front door hoping to woo her and after each gift, he waited not so patiently for Sue to say something...anything...but he hadn't heard from her. When he dropped off his second gift, he waited by his living room window to see Sue's reaction, but he felt pretty stupid when he saw Brick intercept the balloons and watched as Brick released them all into the air. He spent the next afternoon composing a handwritten note to include in a bouquet of flowers, which brought him to the park to wait for Sue to meet him. He stayed there for over an hour but no body ever came except for a tall girl, who looked familiar to him but he couldn't remember her name. He thought he remembered her from the Heck's house, one of Brick's friends...but he was too distracted to make small talk. Eventually, Sean decided that she wasn't coming and he started to walk home. He wondered if she got the flowers or any of the other gifts. He thought the kiss they shared on Christmas Eve and how he felt like he was punched in the gut when he saw Aiden kiss her on New Year's Eve. He wondered if her and Aiden were still together and if that was why Sue didn't show up. Luckily, they had already planned to have pizza for lunch together that upcoming Wednesday, so he would try to gauge her feelings then.

It seemed like an eternity for Wednesday to arrive and Sean found himself nearly running to Sue's apartment carrying the pizza that he agreed to pick up for their lunch 'date.' When he arrived, Sue warmly greeted him with a hug and ushered him into the kitchen. She seemed to be acting completely normal, which made Sean feel even more confused. While they ate, they talked about their classes and Sue mentioned that she was counting down the days until summer. Sean was elated to find out that Sue would be spending the summer in Orson this year and not going back to Dollywood like she had talked about in the past. Suddenly he was fantasizing about spending summer vacation with Sue when he was snapped back to reality with a hand waving in his face.

"Earth to Sean...Earth to Sean...can you hear me?" Sue asked as she waved her hand in front of his face. Sean laughed and took another bite of his pizza.

"Sorry Suzy Q. I was just thinking..." He said, covering his full mouth with his hand as he spoke to hide his chewed up food.

"Clearly." Sue laughed. "What's on your mind? Oh...God...you're not thinking about this mess are you? I didn't mean to leave all of my clothes sitting around but the dryer stopped working this morning and I didn't have anywhere else to..." Sue blabbered and Sean stopped her.

"No, no...that's not it at all." Sean defended as he considered just telling her the truth right then and there. He didn't know if the moment would ever really be perfect, so he thought that maybe he could at least try to get a little bit of information from Sue. "Actually, I was just thinking about...how much I love...Snow Drifts. Yeah. I could really go for a Snow Drift right about now." Sean said, hoping Sue had received the gift on her front porch and would finally say something.

"Snow Drifts? I LOVE those! I wonder if they have any at 7/11. We could TOTALLY go and get some!" Sue suggested eagerly. It was pretty clear that Sue didn't catch onto his clue and he figured that the first gift was intercepted too.

"Figures." He accidently said out loud.

"Hmm?" Sue wondered. Sean shook his head.

"I...uh...I just meant I should have known you would like them. Who doesn't?" Sean laughed awkwardly.

"I know, right?" Sue agreed. "It's funny that you brought that up actually." Sue continued.

"Oh?" Sean questioned. This was it. She must have known that he left that gift for her.

"Yeah. Brick was eating Snow Drifts the other day and I thought about getting some for myself. I just love how they remind me of Christmas..." Sue said but then almost regretted mentioning Christmas. She so desperately wanted to talk to Sean about the kiss but neither of them ever brought it up. It was almost as if they were trying to act like it didn't happen even though Sue thought about it everyday, not knowing that Sean thought about it constantly as well. Sean's eyes widened and he waited for her to say more, but she didn't.

"Christmas." Sean said quietly, trying to keep the conversation going. "I actually wanted to talk about what happened...on Christmas..." Sean bit his lip and tried to avoid eye contact, in fear of rejection.

"Really? Me too...I'm sorry that I didn't..." Sue was interrupted by the front door suddenly swinging open. Lexie cheerfully entered the apartment and threw her backpack onto the floor next to the couch. She made her way into the kitchen while Sean and Sue shared a look, both wondering what the other was thinking but unable to say anything now that they were no longer alone.

"Hey guys! Aren't you getting sick of having pizza almost every week?" Lexie joked as she pulled a slice out of the box. "Oh, who am I kidding?" Lexie continued as she took a bite.

"Hey Lex." Sue said, the disappointment was clear in her voice and Sean took notice.

"Everything okay, Sue?" Lexie asked. "If it's about Aiden I actually just ran into him on my way home and he wanted me to tell you he was sorry about blowing off your date tonight because of the last minute gig that he got. He said he really needed that ten bucks." Lexie shrugged. Sean's heart sank when he heard Aiden's name mentioned. Sue was equally annoyed because while she agreed to give Aiden a chance, she just wasn't really feeling it and she knew deep down that her heart belonged to the guy sitting across the table from her. In an attempt to change the mood in the room, Sue tried to wave it off like it was no big deal.

"Eh...I didn't really want to go out tonight anyway..." Sue said. "Or any night for that matter." Sue mumbled under her breath so that no one could hear her.

"Your loss, he is pretty cute." Lexie continued.

"Can we NOT talk about this right now?" Sue nudged Lexie and understanding flashed across her face.

"OH. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...I'm just going to go eat this in my room." Lexie stammered. Sean stood up and carried his plate to the sink.

"No, it's okay...I should...get to the library so I can study for my exam." Sean started to walk toward the door and Sue followed after him.

"Do you have to go already?" Sue asked, wanting to continue their conversation but knowing that wasn't going to happen.

"Yeah, I really should. I'll see you around Suzy Q. See you later, Lexie." He said as he waved to both of them and stepped out. When the door closed, Sue leaned against it and let out a deep breath.

"Lexie! I think he was THIS close to finally saying something and you blew it!" Sue squeezed her thumb and index fingers together for emphasis.

"I'm soooo sorry, girl!" Lexie cried as she ran over to hug her friend. "To be fair, I didn't know you still...I mean you're with Aiden now..." Lexie suggested.

"I know I know, don't remind me." Sue rolled her eyes. She knew she really had to let Aiden go.