Ben had just come home from college, exhausted. He was in the kitchen making himself a sandwich when Amy walked into his apartment.
"Hey." Ben said as he put ham in his sandwich.
"Hey, where's Adrian?" Amy said looking around.
"Oh, she's gone out with Grace." Ben said.
"Grace is in town?" Amy asked, taking a seat on the stool by the kitchen counter.
"Yeah, she's here for the weekend. She and Adrian needed some girl bonding time so, they're spending the day together." Ben said.
"Oh, if Adrian is gone, why don't you and I go out to dinner?" Amy asked.
"Sure, I'd love to. Around seven?" Ben asked.
"Sounds perfect, it's a date." Amy said biting her lip.
Ben just smiled. He tried not to overthink the fact that Amy just called them having dinner together a date. Maybe she didn't mean it that way.
"Well, I better go get ready. I'll see you at seven." Amy said, smiling as she left.
Amy couldn't help but feel excited, she'd known that she was in love with Ben for a while but now, she was finally ready to admit it. She wanted to see how dinner went, to gauge if Ben still felt the same way and with Adrian out, it was the perfect opportunity.
Ben picked out his best sports jacket for the night, even if it wasn't a date date, the least he could was look nice, right? Amy was at his apartment at seven sharp, something Ben didn't expect. It was funny, Amy never ceased to take his breath away, she was dressed in a white off shoulder dress, that made her legs look like they went on for miles. But it wasn't the dress, but the smile she gave him when he opened the door that made his heart race.
"You look beautiful." Ben said.
"You don't look so bad yourself." Amy said biting her lip.
Ben smiled, blushing a little.
Ben had called a car for the evening and they decided to go to the place that had amazing wings. It was a lot like Jeff's, they'd become regulars there. Dinner felt like they were back at Valley Gen, eating at Jeff's for one of their date nights. Ben and Amy somehow never ran out of things to talk about, even though they didn't say it, slowly but surely, they'd become each other's person.
"I had a great time tonight." Amy said as they walked up to Ben's door.
"Me too, except shouldn't I be dropping you to your apartment?" Ben asked, a little embarrassed.
"Hahah, it doesn't matter. I wanted to drop you. Plus we live in the same building so it makes no difference." Amy said laughing a little.
Ben just smiled and looked into Amy's eyes. He knew that no matter what he'd do, he was never going to escape the spell Amy had cast on him the first time he saw her. He was trapped, happily.
There was a lingering moment between Amy and Ben. Ben just stood there contemplating whether or not to kiss Amy. He really wanted to but he didn't want to push her away. Amy could feel the sparks too. She was just starting to lean in to kiss Ben when Adrian opened the door.
"I thought I heard you guys! Why don't you come in, even Grace is here." Adrian said.
"No thanks, it's getting late, I should be going." Amy said sheepishly.
"Oh come on Amy, it's Friday night. What difference is ten minutes going to make?" Adrian said.
Amy just smiled embarrassedly and came in. She was trying to hide her frustration and so was Ben. They were so close but Adrian had to come in the middle. Maybe getting Ben back wasn't going to be so easy after all.