Giggling. That's all Ray could hear. Giggling. Barnett was out for a coffee run when he saw Tony and Neela on line for the cashier. It was painful to watch the two of them together, knowing that they…did stuff. But getting a free peep show was excruciating. Ray wanted to be the person who was kissing Neela's neck and had a protective hold around her waist.

'I really don't need this right now. God, this hurts', he thought and then turned to leave the deli. But apparently fate didn't believe in smiling down on Ray.

"Oh, Ray, hi!!"

Rolling his eyes and cursing the universe, the punk rocker turned around and faked a surprised, "Hey Neela! Gates."

Clearing his throat Tony asked "Ray…is it? Yeah Mayday was telling me all about you frat-style roomie situation. Sounded like fun."

Barnett tried hard not to, but he smiled in spite of himself upon remembering the times with Neela. "Ah, I'm sure that you two will have some wild and crazy times soon. Then our Roomie days'll be nothing compared to that."

Looking Ray straight in the eyes and laughing, which in his opinion made Neela look too beautiful she said, "Well that's just not possible. Nothing will ever beat our horror movie fest."

Recalling a previous conversation he had had with his colleague, Ray effortlessly joked, "It was just the devil ones. Remember, I'm too scared to watch them alone."

Neela sighed dramatically and asked, "Now why does that not surprise me?"

For the first time in a week Barnett laughed, which was surprisingly more of a stress relieve than he had earlier thought.

Tony watched the goings on in amused observance. While he had never been a romantic before, Gates couldn't deny the love between Neela and Ray. Normally the med-student would've been pissed off by some other guy flirting with his girlfriend, but there was such a bond between those two- what was it, 'roomies'.

Plus, being the guy that he was, Tony was 75 in this relationship for the sex. The other 25 was out of a need to help a friend through tough times. With that reason, that other 25, came the understanding that he was just a stepping stone for Neela, and aide to help her find that special someone.

Gates could not, and would not get in the way of what seemed like fate. Tony made a decision at that moment, amidst the joking and banters of the Roomies. He would formally bow down to Ray, just for the sake of chivalry.

But God help him, the paramedic would do his best to get those two love challenged people together. They just couldn't find out that Tony had anything to do with the match-making….or they'd kill him.