"First official date." Stella said happily as the cold breeze picked up around them. They were stuck in New York for a couple of nights because of a really bad snowstorm.

"Think Ray will notice?" Scott asked.

Stella smirked. "We're practically rubbing it in his face. How could he not?"

"Are we?" Scott mused.

Stella looked at him. "What?"

"Nothing."

"You do realize that Ray might not actually be into you."

"Well, he could be hiding it."

"He's not. He's my best friend, I know him."

"Well, maybe…"

"I know him. I've known him since we were three years old."

"You haven't talked to him for a while."

"Doesn't mean I don't know him."

"I'm sorry. But…"

"I understand." Scott paused. He didn't want to offend Stella with his next sentence. "Do you think Ray might not actually like you?"

"Of course he does." Stella said flippantly.

Scott was frustrated. "Then why don't you ask him out?"

Stella frowned. "He's trying to mess with me, pretending he's not into me. He is though." Stella said confidently. "I'm not going to bow down to him."

Scott sighed. "You are making no sense. Why don't we just go for the beer already?"

"Okay."


Ray ground his teeth. Stella was getting to him. She wasn't. He was supposed to be have her bowing down before him. She was happy. Of course it was all pretending, but it was irritating.

She was obviously into him. He was going to ask her out. But then she and his supposed best friend just had to start going out.

What was Scott doing with Stella anyways? They had nothing in common. Except for being the only single members of the band. But it was not over, not yet. He would have to get Stella while not hurting Scott in the process.

He sighed. When did life get so complicated.


"Do you think Scott and Stell are going to be okay?" Olivia asked Wen as they took around the park. Central Park to be exact.

Wen was humming We Are Young and didn't answer for a moment. "I don't know. Stella's…not easy to handle."

Olivia chuckled. "Yeah." She sighed. "Mo was saying yesterday that there was something…off about them."

"Mo sees bad things everywhere." Wen said dismissively.

"I know." Olivia fretted. "But do you think…"

"That she's right? 'Course not. And even if she is, we can't exactly do anything about it. Stella and Scott are adults. It's not like we can tell them what to do. And what if they really like each other? What are we going to do then?"

Olivia laughed. "Mo was thinking about having an 'intervention'."

"An intervention?" Wen started laughing. "She's crazy." He snorted.

"Yeah, but, I just hope Stella and Scott are okay."

"They're grown-ups. Of course they're okay."