Back at the house, Clemens was having some issues. 

Poppaea was nice and he liked her, but he never talked to Grumio and Grumio was always dodging Clemens and ignoring him. 

Clemens liked Poppaea, but he wasn't going to let her get in the way of his friendship with Grumio. If he knew one thing it was that some romances aren't forever, but friendships were for forever. 

He didn't want to break up with her, so he had to get them back together.

"Hey, Clemie!" Poppaea said, greeting Clemens at the market. She wrapped her arms around him, and pressed her lips into his. They were officially boyfriend and girlfriend by now.

 Poppaea pushed herself against Clemens, who stood there, not moving closer to her. Poppaea kept pushing her lips against his. Clemens pulled away, remembering that they were in public and that he had to get Grumio and Poppaea back together. Also, he didn't feel the same kissing Poppaea as he did kissing Lucia. It was as if their lips were puzzle pieces, and his clicked in when they were with Lucia, but didn't really fit with Poppaea.

"We should probably go back to the house." Clemens said.

"Good idea." Poppaea said, then winked at him.

They intertwined hands and walked home.

When they entered, they went straight to Clemens's room. Poppaea lay down on his bed and pulled Clemens to lay next to her. Clemens did, but he lay as far away as possible from her on the small bed. 

It was time to start getting Grumio and Poppaea back together.

"So, why were you and Grumio fighting?" Clemens asked.

"Oh, he said that I was one of the prettiest girls that he has kissed," Poppaea said. "Which implies that he had kissed several other girls, and that I wasn't the prettiest, that I was second or third! So then we started arguing. But that doesn't matter because now I have you, and you would never do anything to hurt my feelings."

Then Poppaea kissed Clemens and pulled him closer to her.

Oh, boy. Clemens thought.