It was a few days after the break in.

Now that Miles had recovered from his head cold, he and Tristan were extra eager to make up for their lost make-out time due to those pesky germs. After a rather satisfying session of endless kissing and a hickey or two, the two curled up on the couch to watch a horror movie. Tristan was supposed to be concentrating on how nice it was to have Miles sitting on his lap and how good it felt to have his arms wrapped tightly around the brunet's waist. He was supposed to feel giddy from the way his boyfriend had his arms looped around his neck and face burrowed deep in his the collar during the scary parts. But Tristan couldn't get the conversation he had with Zig earlier that day at school out of his head.

"Hey. Mind if I sit?"

"It's a free country, Novak."

"Look. You need to start talking to Maya again."

"I don't have anything else to say to her. Even if I did, she'd use it as an excuse to go all cray-cray stalker on my boyfriend, and nobody wants to watch you drag her off again like an episode of Cops."

"Tristan, come on. This is serious."

"Because she seriously thinks she can win him back?"

"See, I'm not sure this is really about Miles."

"Who is it about, then…?"

"… do you even ever think about him?"

"A-about Miles? Of course I-"

"Don't do that, Tristan. You know who I'm talking about."

"I mean, how often am I *supposed* to think about him?"

"Maya really cares about you. If you want the truth, that's pretty much all she ever did. Just talk to her, okay?"

Tristan didn't understand why he was letting Zig's words tumble relentlessly in his mind and plague his thoughts. Maya was acting out because she was regretting her decision of letting Miles go. Obvi. Because she got over Cam. A long time ago. God knows that he tried to wiggle out a conversation or two about that subject only to be brushed off. Why should all of this be bubbling up now instead of when it happened? It's not as if he wasn't there for her.

But was he?

Tristan couldn't ignore the twang of guilt niggling at his conscious. He remembered very well being Tori's rock. Because his best friend was so expressive with her feelings, his nurturing side took its course and he knew exactly how to take care of her. She couldn't stop crying and would crumble at the slightest trigger. He had to admire her bravery for choosing to go travel to before Cam committed suicide as the topic of their "if I could go back in time" French oral and he was there for her the second she broke down. Under Tristan's care they healed together until they got past their grief. The next crisis in their friendship would be when she received the news that her family was moving away. All hail Skype for helping them stay in touch.

Maya on the other hand was an enigma that couldn't be cracked. She put on a brave face and was more than ready to move on, even if her initial plan of going wild at that party had her moving in the wrong direction and blew up in her face. But she took it all in stride and to his knowledge, she put the past firmly behind her. The only thing that has changed to cause her antics is that he was now dating Miles.

Unless there was something that she knew about his own boyfriend that he didn't?

A sharp nip at his neck brought him back to reality. He was face to face with a playfully annoyed Miles who clearly noticed that Tristan was distracted, and wanted to get his attention back. In response, the blond leaned forward to give him a warm, soft kiss. He knew that he was forgiven the moment he heard the boy moan in appreciation and shiver in delight.

Nah, Miles would never keep secrets from him. Ever since the fake steroids debacle, the two of them have gotten close as friends and they've shared many heartfelt conversations. And when their friendship turned into a relationship, it only made the bond stronger. There was no problem. Maya is the one who just has deal with her problem of getting over her ex.

After all, he and Miles were happy.