She saw his embarrassment and stopped laughing. "Come on, did you get offended? Well, I'll tell you secret, Lucas Scott. I do love you. But I'm not in love with you. You're my friend and I want you to be so forever. So there, happy now?" she said smiling at him. Then turned serious "We've had our chance, Luke, and we blew it, hurting all of our friends. And hurting each other too. I still remember weeks, months really, of us not talking, and I don't want to go through it again" she murmured sadly, her eyes cast down "And now take me wherever you want. I just want to spend some time with my best friend" she said, lightening up again.