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

Chapter 13: Who's That Girl?

At the Snakehole Lounge:

Amy and Ben are sitting next to each other in front of the bar. Ben with his lite beer and Amy with a cocktail of some sort. They'd been talking for a few minutes now and Ben has been trying to think of how to start the conversation of him not hanging out with her anymore. He hoped that a few more drinks would give him the courage to end their friendship. Amy was a sweet girl and he knew that she would feel bad if he told her that they couldn't spend time with each other anymore.

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At one of the tables in the Snakehole Lounge:

"Ben is a jerk." Leslie declares drunkenly. Ann had suggested that they get drunk when Leslie told her what happened with her and Ben earlier in the office.

"He is. He is. I completely and bestfriendly agree that he is." Ann says after downing another shot.

"He thinks that just because he's cute and he has a cute butt that I will back down?" Leslie slurs her words.

"No! Never back down, Leslie! NEVER!" Ann yells it like a battle cry. She raises her glass to Leslie.

"Just because I miss him so badly and that every time I see him I just want to make out with him and take him somewhere private and have my way with him..." Leslie goes silent and stares blankly as her imagination starts running.

"Leslie. Leslie. Be strong." Ann cups her face in her hand and breaks her day dream. "You are a strong lion. There are many cuter butts out there."

"But I only want Ben's butt..." Leslie whines. She puts her head on Ann's shoulder and starts bawling. Ann tries her best to comfort her best friend. She knows how much Leslie likes Ben and she was really angry that Ben wasn't doing much to fix this problem. "Leslie, stop crying. If he doesn't see that Amy is ruining your relationship and if he doesn't do anything about it then he can go kiss his own butt."

"Am I being unreasonable, Ann? Should I just sit here and let Amy steal my boyfriend right from under my nose?" Leslie looks at Ann teary-eyed. "Am I too paranoid and is she really just a nice girl that just wants to be friends with Ben?" Ann rubs Leslie's back, letting her rant, too drunk to give a sound advice, just making sure that Leslie drinks her beer.

Ann glances around the bar looking for a waiter to refill their drinks. She freezes when she sees Ben and Amy. "Oh God!" Leslie looks up and sees Ann staring wide-eye across the room. She looks over and sees Ben and Amy sitting awfully close to each other.

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Back in Ben's corner:

"Amy, listen... It's been really fun catching up with you. But, um. We need to talk about the future of this friendship..."

"I completely agree!" Amy says, delighted that they were finally going to talk about their future.

"I think we should stop hanging out." Ben says at the same time as Amy blurts out, "I think we should be more than friends again."

They both look surprised and ask each other in unison, "What?"

Ben starts talking first motivated to clear up what he meant. "It was really nice to see you again and you have always been a good friend. But I'm seeing someone. I really like her and she's funny and sometimes scary and most of the time sweet and she's not comfortable with me hanging out with you a lot." Ben says, hoping that he was making sense.

"I still love you, Ben." Amy says desperately. "Whoever it is you're seeing, it can't be serious. You won't even tell me who she is. You've never even mention her whenever we go out!" Amy moves closer to him. "I think we can rekindle our romance."

Ben is mortified at her confession. Leslie had been right all along. Amy still wanted to get back together even when he told her that they could just be friends at the start. He berated himself mentally and now all he wanted to do was go find Leslie and apologize. Amy seeing the display of emotions on Ben's face mistakes it for his realization that he loves her too. She leans in and kisses him deeply. Ben is frozen on the spot too surprised and too drunk to react properly, which is the only reason that the kiss took longer than it should. Long enough for Ann and Leslie to see from across the room.

"BENJAMIN WYATT! YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!" Leslie's voice rings out above the music. Ben looks at their direction, his jaw falls open when he sees Leslie and Ann. He jumps up and tries make his way to their table, leaving a confused Amy behind. Leslie sees him heading over and she stands and pulls Ann with her trying to get away.

As he closes the gap, Ann stands in between him and Leslie. "NO! Stay away from her, Ben!" She gives Ben a push and follows Leslie out of the bar.

"Ben, what's going on?" Amy asks standing at his side, she tries to take Ben's hand, but Ben instinctively pulls it back.

"Amy. No, no more touching. No more kissing. I'm sorry. I'm not in love with you. I just wanted to be friends." Ben says running his hand through his hair. "This is all just one big mess now." He puts his palm on his forehead. "And I think now, we can't be friends at all." Amy looks crushed, she is not expecting that Ben would reject her.

Ben leaves the bar and grabs a taxi, determined to find Leslie and beg for her forgiveness.

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The next morning...

At some Hotel Room:

Ben opens his eyes and a sudden wave of pounding headache hits him. His hand immediately reaches for his head as he tries to massage the pain away. He groans and starts to realize that he doesn't know where he is. He is on someone's unfamiliar bed. He starts noticing bits and pieces, like the fact that he is shirtless and possibly bottomless too... He looks to his side and notices a lump under the comforter. He had no idea who was under there as it was completely covered. He was about to take a peak, desperately hoping it was Leslie, when the phone on the dresser next to him starts vibrating. He picks it up and squints as he tries to read the caller ID.

"Leslie..." He reads the name on his phone out loud. His blood freezes over. The realization of Leslie calling him on the phone, makes him panic as he wonders who is the person sleeping beside him.

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