Mindy was searching the lounge area where she had been waiting with Casey. The scarf was nowhere to be found and the place was crammed with people so it was difficult to move around.

Desperately, she grabbed her phone to look at the time. She noticed a new message on her phone. It was a text from Danny. It read:

"I know what you meant."

Mindy caught her breath and blushed. All of a sudden she looked up from the screen of her cell phone and saw Danny there in front of her, holding the scarf.

"Looking for this?"

"What are you doing here? I though you guys had left" she asked with a low voice.

"Yeah, they did. I just…" Danny fell silent.

They looked at each other but didn't know what to say.

"I got your message" she said raising her phone.

"Oh, yes that…"

"Weird time to start talking about this, huh?" she joked.

"Kind of, yes… It took me a while to realize…" Danny fell silent again. Then he said "Umm, anyways, you should go. I don't want you to miss the plane on my account"

Mindy's smile fell a little. He handed her the scarf. She then moved closer to retrieve it, but in doing so accidentally touched his hand. Danny grabbed it and didn't let go. They both looked at their hands, clasped and only separated by the scarf in between.

"Do you seriously want me to leave?" Mindy asked him.

"Of course not, I mean the practice -"

"Danny" she sighed exasperated.

With a grunt he let go of her hand.

"I can't do this Mindy, I can't." he yelled, freaking out.

"Why not?"

"I can't promise you anything…Certainly not the kind of things that this guy is promising you." He pointed out.

"Whoa, hold on! I didn't ask you to" she said surprised, closing the distance he had opened between them.

"You're just confused by this "movie gesture". You want signs and confessions and…" he ducked his head.

She pushed her temple against his, nuzzling her nose against his with closed eyes.

"No, no, no, Danny…"

A few seconds of silence fell between them as they remained with foreheads pressed against one another, eyes shut.

"I just came here because, I don't know. It doesn't feel right, you know? You going away. I don't even know why… that is all." He said, resigned.

With pained eyes he backed away from her. She looked at him half expectantly, but nothing else came out of his mouth. She knew he was fighting the urge to let this go deeper. He didn't believe in these romantic displays (or at least not as strongly as she did), and mostly she knew he didn't want to lead her on.

He wasn't going to ruin this chance and this trip for her. Because that's who he was: a guy who cared.

He didn't look like it at first, but in this time being friends she had gotten to know the real Danny. He was a person who would rather eat up his feelings or downplay it if necessary, just as long as he knew she would have a better future with someone else. He just wanted her to be happy. That trait made both his charm and his weakness.

She had remained hopeful though because, in spite of all of this, he had come anyway. And he had let those damn words slip out of his mouth. Those were huge steps for him. Mindy was sure all that nothing meant something.

"I think you're better off leaving." He said with a croaked voice.

"I guess…" she said staring at the floor.

"This will pass, trust me. We just got confused, or temporarily mad or whatever. This distance… it will be good. We'll be fine." He stated with more confidence.

Suddenly Casey showed up behind them, and since they were apart he couldn't really tell something had happened. But somehow he felt like the third wheel. They both turned to look at Casey for a second and then back at each other.

"Hey Danny, I see you found the scarf! I'm sorry to interrupt but it's getting late... Are you coming, mama?"

Mindy nodded, still looking at Danny.

"Okay, I'll let you guys say goodbye and I'll meet you in the plane okay?"

"Yes, I'll be right there." She said with a weak smile

Casey left towards the queue and didn't look back. He didn't want to know if there was something going on there, and he certainly didn't want to feel like the odd one out again.

"Okay, so, you heard the man. Gotta dash!" she said in a fake British accent.

"Yeah" he said scratching the back of his neck.

The fake enthusiasm was palpable. Danny put his best poker face on, but it was not enough.

Mindy walked to him rather quickly and instead of kissing him on the cheek she shyly pressed her lips on the corner of his mouth. His composure fell within a second. His heart tugged at him like crazy, almost as if he had been stabbed.

"Bye" she whispered.

"Bye" he mused.

They both turned to different paths and started to part.

Mindy walked towards the line, looking behind her twice to see if there was any effect regarding her last move. Danny headed towards the exit, looking behind him too. But they were off in the timing; one looked back when the other one returned their gaze to the front.

Mindy sat besides Casey and he grabbed her by the shoulder, squeezing her a bit. He looked pretty excited and relieved she was now on the plane. Mindy covered her mouth a bit with the scarf that now smelled like Danny's perfume. She looked out the window with pursed lips, her eyes watering a little.