Ben was working on his laptop at the dining table in his apartment, when Adrian walked in. Since the night they'd spent talking, Ben and Adrian had grown even closer and started spending almost everyday together.

"Hey." Adrian said.

"Hey, what's up?" Ben asked looking up from his laptop.

"Do you want to go out to dinner tonight?" Adrian asked flashing Ben a smile.

"I'd love to but I can't, I have this paper due in psychology and it's kicking my ass." Ben said.

"Why don't I help you with it. I'm amazing at psychology. I could help you with it in the evening and we could order a pizza or something." Adrian said.

"That'd be great, thanks Adrian." Ben said sounding relieved.

"You're welcome Benny. It's a date." Adrian said smiling at Ben.

Ben had just come out of class, when he heard someone calling out to him. He turned to see that it was Amy.

"Hey." Amy said smiling,

"Hey." Ben said.

"Do you want to go out for dinner tonight, I'm craving some hot wings." Amy said.

"Gee, I'd love to but I can't. Adrian's helping me with this psychology paper I have due tomorrow." Ben said.

"Oh." Amy said.

Seeing the change in her expressions, Ben asked, "What?"

"Nothing, I t's nice that you and Adrian are spending so much time together these days." Amy said, trying but not being able to sound geuine.

"Yeah, I think she's still hurting from her break up and I just want to be there for her." Ben said.

"That's really sweet of you Ben." Amy said faking a smile.

She just couldn't figure out why Ben and Adrian spending time together bothered her so much. She and Adrian had become friends and that's what her and Ben were, Friends. Right? She was so sure that they were just friends a while ago but being here, in New York with Ben was making old feels resurface that she'd been pushing away. Maybe she couldn't push them away anymore.

"Hey, how's the paper coming along?" Adrian asked as she walked into Ben's apartment.

"Better, now that you're here. You will help me right?" Ben asked.

"Yeah Ben, don't worry." Adrian said laughing a little.

It took Ben and Adrian two hours to finish the paper, but by the end of it, they were both satisfied with it . Once they were done, they finally ordered dinner.

"Hey Ben?" Adrian asked, taking a bite of her slice of pizza.

"Yeah." Ben said.

"Do you ever wonder how our lives would've turned out had Mercy lived?" Adrian asked, looking into Ben's eyes.

"Everyday." Ben said, looking down at his pizza.

"Do you think we'd have been happy?" Adrian asked.

"Sometimes." Ben said.

Neither of them said anything for a while. Until Ben suddenly said, "I'm sorry Adrian."

"For what?" Adrian asked.

"For saying some of the things I said to you, I should've been more considerate and for what happened to us. I was just so angry, angry about what happened to us and because I couldn't fix it. Fix us." Ben said.

"I'm sorry too Ben. But hey, we got through it and we're stronger for it, even though it doesn't feel like it sometimes."

"We did, didn't we?" Ben said smiling.

Ben somehow felt lighter talking to Adrian about what happened to them, despite everyone's best efforts, she was the only one who really understood what they went through. Talking to her made him realize, how much Adrian had grown and how lucky he was to call her a friend.

Adrian felt like she'd finally met someone who'd understood her. Sure, Ricky understood her but Ben valued her. She knew that if somehow, she could get Ben to feel the sparks, she always felt between them, he'd be hers forever.