"And cut!" The bell sounded after Directed Lee's voice to signal the break. Immediately, Brian's eyes fell onto Suzy's, who was underneath him.

"You wanna let me up, Brian?" She smiled, confused as to why he was still hovering over her body like that.

"Ah yeah, sorry." He rolled over, sitting up next to her on the bed. "Why..?" He started, stopping her in her tracks. "Why are you so different today?" He asked with a confused smile.

"I-" She scoffed her way into a laugh which brightened Brian's day to see her smile again. "I've had an epiphany." She shrugged.

"Care to tell me that epiphany?" He asked, propping himself up on his hand to support his head as he looked over at her.

"If I did, you'd lose." She said with a cheeky grin.

"Lose what?"

"The bet." Raising her eyebrows, he chuckled to himself.

"You're still stuck on that, huh?"

"Yes, I really wanna know."

"Alright. I promise that, no matter what, I'll tell you when this movie is over - on the night of it's premiere." She sighed, throwing herself backwards against the headboard, pouting. "I promise." He repeated.

"Fine." She huffed, arms crossed.

"You're so cute when you're upset." He seemingly whispered to her, catching her attention. When they locked eyes, he reached his hand up to her lips, softly brushing over them with his thumb before smiling down at the sheets. "So," he started again. "What's this epiphany that you were talking about?" He piped up again. She grinned.

"I guess I'll tell you now.." Rolling her eyes, she sighed. "I just realized that things only changed between us because I did. I was the only one finding issues with the scenes we have together and not being mature enough to identify and deal with my feelings. And now that I've officially dealt with them, I can move forward now."

"And, out of curiosity, how did you plan on moving forward?"

"Just move forward like we always have." She shrugged. "There really is no plan this time."

"Hm." He nodded, thinking to himself for a moment.

"What?" She asked in confusion upon seeming him suddenly get up and throw his robe back on.

"Nothing." Confused, but not wanting to argue, she nodded to herself as she reached for her robe as well. "Wanna go out for lunch?" She turned around to face him as she closed her robe.

"Look at you.." She grinned, crossing her arms. "Pervert!"

"What?"

"I saw your eyes dart down to my body when I turned around. Don't try to be slick." He laughed lightly, covering his face with his hand. "But yeah.. I'll go - if you promise not to be a pervert."

"I'm not a pervert, Sue. I'm a man." He laughed. "Men naturally look at what looks good to them." Speachless, she just gave a snide grin before turning around to head back to her trailer.

~

When she came out, he was already outside her door waiting for her. Shocked to see him standing there, she laughed before walking with him to the car. Upon starting the engine, she looked over at him, asking, "So where are we going?"

To which he responded, "You'll see." Smiling and saying nothing else to each other, they drove in silence. Upon arrival, her smiled dropped.

"Brian!"

"What?" He laughed at her expression.

"This is an expensive restaurant."

"Yeah, I know. I picked it." He nodded. "Come on, let's go inside." Once inside, they were seated at their reserved table, causing her to look at him oddly.

"You planned this?" She said in a matter of fact tone. Chuckling, he evaded her gaze with the menu.

"I might have."

"Are you try'na play me, boy?" Her serious tone was followed by laughter.

"No. I could never play you." He smiled, putting the menu down. "I just wanted a quiet place to talk and to treat you out somewhere."

"Ocassion?"

"None. I just wanted to talk."

"About?"

"Are you both ready to order?" The waiter asked. Brian looked over at Suzy.

"Are you ready to order yet?"

"Ahm.." She hummed, looking over the menu. "You go ahead first. I'm still looking. What's my limit?"

"You don't have one. Just don't bleed me dry." She raised her eyebrow at him once more.

"Did you kill somebody?" She joked.

"No, Sue." He chuckled. "I'm sorry, I'll have the steak." He said to the waiter.

"And what would you like to drink, sir?"

"Just a water, please " Handing the waiter the menu, the waiter turned his attention to Suzy.

"And you, Miss?"

"Oh, um. I'll just have a water too, for now."

"Alright. Two waters and a steak. Is that all?"

"Mmhhmm." She nodded.

"Alrighty then. I'll be back in about ten minutes with your drinks." When the waiter disappeared, Brian leaned towards Suzy, who was obviously not looking for something to order off the menu.

"Sue, what are you doing? I told you you could have anything you want!" Brian asked in pure confusion.

"I just.. I don't know. It doesn't feel right to do this. You're my friend." She didn't realize how powerful those words were. He leaned back in his chair, watching her with his hand on his chin.

"A friend " He mumbled to himself.

"What'd you say?"

"Has it ever occurred to you what might happen if we did get together? Like, have you ever pictured it?" She let out a breath, scratching her head.

"I mean, I know I've done it at least once before. Why?"

"I just wanted to know what your ideas of us would look like, is all." He shrugged. Scoffing, she furrowed her eyebrows.

"Is that what this is about? You took me out to a nice place - that should actually be for dinner dates - just so we can talk about a relationship that's never gonna happen?" Time stood still as she thought to herself.

Poor choice of words..

He slowly nodded. "Yes." His calm demeanor was seemingly a threat to her, but she kept her cool. "Elighten me on what we would look like in your mind and why we would never work. I truly want to know your thoughts as to why we're just better off as staying friends." Chewing on her bottom lip, she nodded.

"I have to start in a very cliché way, unfortunately, where I say that it's not you I'm worried about - it's me... I can see us being a whirlwind couple. We would fight constantly and hurt each other because of my problems, my issues and other things like that. And I just feel like if we were to break up then, we would never be as good of friends as we are today." She looked back up at him. "And quite honestly, I never want to lose that. Why should we have to risk losing years upon years of progress when we can just keep it all safe and sound right here?" She continued. "And besides, I know this isn't good marketing, but I truly don't think I'm a good fit for you. In fact, I don't think I'm fit for any man because I know how messed up I am and how crazy I can be." She chuckled to herself, casting her gaze to the silverware she began messing around with.

A moment of silence followed.

"You know what I think?" He started, catching her attention. "I think that you amplify the unnecessary things." He leaned forward towards her. "Has it ever occurred to you that being your friend all of these years means that I have already seen your good, bad and crazy? And yet, despite seeing all of this, I still believe with my heart and soul that I can handle you?" Locking eyes, she sat speechless.