you know you love me

Ben: I can’t believe we got a flat tire in that weather. A trip to the Mary McCarthy collection at the Vassar library is so not worth it. [Serena laughs] Ah. Why don’t you, uh, dry off and get something to eat? And i’ll go take care of that car.
Serena: What? Are you kidding? You’re not going back out there. You’ll drown.
Ben: The tire’s not gonna fix itself.
Serena: Yeah, but it’ll stop raining by morning. Maybe we could… get a room.
Ben: Serena…
Serena: Come on. You can’t act like you haven’t thought about it.
Ben: The ability to have thoughts and not act on them— It’s what seperates man from beast.
Serena: You’re not gonna quote your way out of this. I know what the stakes are for you, for me, too. But this is real on both sides, and if you deny it, you’re lying.
Ben: I’m not a liar. I’m not gonna deny anything. I care about you very much, Serena… Which is why i’m going to brave the weather and fix the tire. So I can drive you home, so you can sleep in your own bed tonight.
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Serena: You know, I think he was the only guy to ever say no to me. I was in love with him. Well, as in love as I had ever been at that point. After that, I didn’t know how to act around him, so… we, uh, we never really talked again.
Therapist: This must have been very disappointing to the sixteen-year-old adventuress that you were at the time. But when you tell this story now, what does it make you think?
Serena: That Ben Donovan was a pretty great guy.

(Source: meesters)