Ben's Ex-Girlfriend (Parks and Rec | Ben and Leslie)

Chapter 6: All Apologies

At Leslie's House:

Ben knocks persistently on Leslie's door. "Leslie, I know you're in there." He presses the doorbell a couple of times. "I'll break down this door if I have to." He warns as he continues knocking.

The lump on the sofa, hidden underneath a huge quilt, moved and Leslie's head pops out. She drags herself out of the couch still wrapped in a quilt, the rest of the cloth just dragging behind her, slowly makes her way to the front and opens the door.

"First of all, you can't possibly break my door down even if you wanted to," she tells Ben, blocking him from entering the house. "Ron made it and I'm sure nothing in this world can break it. Second of all, I am not really in the mood to talk. Last but certainly not the least, I'm not really in the mood to talk." Leslie turns her back on him and walks back to the couch. Ben follows behind her and shuts the door.

Leslie crashes into the sofa and wraps herself tightly with her quilt. Ben sits on the corner of the couch and pulls her towards him. He keeps silent, waiting for Leslie to unleash hell on him. A few seconds pass and finally, Leslie slides her legs on Ben's lap and rests her head on his chest, he wraps his arms around her and buries his face in her hair, happy that she wasn't as angry as he imagine she'd be.

They always loved cuddling in this position. Leslie couldn't stay angry at Ben. She spent all evening thinking about all the things she wanted to say but in the end she knew this whole thing wasn't his fault.

"I'm so sorry." Ben says softly, kissing her on top of her head.

"This is a nightmare, Ben. I don't think I can take it if you have another date with Amy."

"I've told Chris to stop setting up any more dates for me. This should be the last one."

"By the way, Ames wants to get back with you. She basically told me today that she wants to rekindle," Leslie lifts one hand to do an air quotation mark gesture, "your romantic relationship."

Ben cringes when Leslie uses Amy's nickname. He must have mentioned it once in front of Leslie and he wishes he could take away her jealousy. "I know. She brought it up during dinner. I made it clear to her that I just wanted to be friends." Ben assures her. "Which she then proceeded to ask if I was in a relationship with you. And I convincingly denied. And then I ate really fast and headed straight here."

"Ugh, we are so screwed and going to get fired if she tells Chris."

"I'd like to think that I lied to her pretty well."

"Don't be so sure, Ben. You are the worst liar I know." Leslie declares. "You stutter and you can't make up the next words to say and you never look straight in the eyes and you change the subject to something so unrelated."

"Yeah... You're right. I think we're fucking screwed then." Ben says making Leslie laugh. "I guess we'll have to make this night memorable, seeing that it could be our last..." Ben gives her a quick kiss.

Mmm... The sound comes out of Leslie after the sweet short kiss. "Do it again."

"Oh, you liked that, huh?" Ben teases as he kisses her again.

"Well, I can't really tell. I think it should last longer than a second."

Ben's hand slides to the back of Leslie's head as he pulls her closer to him for a deeper kiss. Exploring her mouth with his tongue and making Leslie's stomach flutter. After what felt like minutes, Leslie pulls away, her face red from the heat of their kiss.

"Oh yeah. That was way better. I like what you do with your tongue, mister." She laughs and gives him another short kiss.

"I've been practicing." Ben declares proudly, giving her one of his quirky grins.