"I'm not a boy expert," I stated before giving her a confidence boost "but I can tell that Brennan really likes you. Anyone can see that"

She thinks for a minute before questioning "What if he doesn't want to be in a relationship?"

Shaking my head, I told her "These are questions that I can't answer. The only person that can is Brennan. There is no point of us to sit here and wonder what is going on in a guy's mind. Males are complex species. I don't think they even know what is going on in their mind. Although, I can’t say girls are any better."

"That is not very helpful." She informed me.

"Sorry." I said, "As I said I am not exactly the most qualified to give dating advice."

Biting another gummy bear head off, she frowned in disagreement "You went out with Chase."

I rolled my eyes and feel the need to justify myself "I never officially dated Chase. Now we are just friends. We get on good."

"Friends like you and Stone?"

"No." I affirmed instantly "Stone is different."

My reply lit up her entire face and she sings her next question "And why is that?"

It was nothing I could put into words, so I ended up responding with "I don't know."

"Maybe it is because you are actually attracted to Stone."

Trying to sound persuasive, I failed by sputtering my next words "I am not attracted to Lurch."

She hummed, unconvinced.

I moved the conversation on "Anyway back to you, are you going to ask Brennan about your relationship?"

"What am I going to do?" She whined "Write him a letter saying Do you still like me? Check yes, or no?"

"Don't do that."

She shoved five gummy bears in her mouth "Do you have a better idea?"

My imagination and train of thought were so weird that I surprised myself with the solution

I smiled at her "I have a great new theory that will test if you are on his mind."

"Your theories are always so random but okay..." She trailed off, sceptical.

"The Gummy Bear Theory." I announced like it was a big scientific discovery. Watching her munch the little bear-shaped candies and offer me a weird look, I described my new philosophy "So you ask him the question; if you are in a car driving really fast and you see me standing with two gummy bears on the road, one red and one purple. You realise that you can’t brake and that you can only avoid hitting one thing, who would you pick to save and why?"

She usually looked at me like I was an oddball but now she was gawking at me like I was from a different planet.

While still bug-eyed, she replied "That question is the most random thing I have ever heard.

"Just answer it"