Mercy stayed in bed all day, her locket still pressed against her chest. Last night's conversation with her grandmother still rung through her head even though Alice could've been lying. But, Mercy knew that her grandmother wouldn't lie to her, or at least not intentionally. Even if she was telling the truth, would Newt say that? Would he tell a woman he's only met once something so big, considering the first time they met, she wasn't exactly as friendly.

'Are you ever going to leave your room?'

Mercy sat up staring at Alice as she peered in from the hallway, she smiled slowly approaching Mercy's bed.

'I know it's a lot to take in' Alice spoke

'Did you really talk to him?'

'Yes'

'Did he really say what you said he said?' Mercy whined

'Would that be so bad?'

Mercy frowned laying back down, she held up her locket as she opened it, revealing a photo of her and Newt.

'Not really' Mercy whispered

'He really likes you, you know? He looked like he was going to breakdown when he talked about you still begin mad'

'I... I'm not mad, anymore. I don't think I ever really was'

'You can tell he knows he made a mistake' Alice whispered placing a warm hand on Mercy's knee, she faintly smiled.

'But, why wait four years? I told him where to find me and we agreed we were still friends--best friends'

Alice just sighed before standing up 'have you seen anyone since you two departed?'

'Yah, I've been out once and awhile' Mercy said

'I know he was your only friend, you said it yourself back at my apartment in New York'

'Yeah, so?'

Alice just smiled before walking out of the room. Mercy frowned letting out a loud sigh, Newt wasn't the only one who made a mistake.

Mercy got up, getting dressed quickly she ran downstairs. Alice was sitting in the living room drinking a cup of what Mercy assumed was coffee, she smiled at Mercy before taking another sip from her cup.

'I'm going out'

'Good for you!' Alice shouted 'wait, going out where?'

'Not sure'

Mercy yanked open the door and jumped out onto the snowy sidewalk. Running down the empty streets she realized she had no idea where she was going but it felt good to run, it felt good to be outside. Mercy felt alive running down the snowy side walk, she smiled trying to catch some snowflakes as they fell from the dark sky.

Eventually Mercy stopped playing around in the snow like a five year old, she calmed herself down and began walking towards downtown London. Getting closer to the middle of the city it slowly got busier, people were everyone trying to purchase items or just have dinner. Mercy walked into her favourite cafe, it happened to be empty with only employees wondering around the small space.

'Mercy!' A cashier yelled smiling

'Hey, Adam'

'Your usual?'

'No, can I get a peppermint latte?'

'Of course' he grinned turning around and began making her drink, 'haven't seen you in awhile'

'Well, lots of stuff happened'

'When was the last time you were here?' He asked turned around placing a lid on the drink 'you were with that man'

'That was forever ago, it feels'

'Yeah, it's amazing how time flies' he smiled handing Mercy her hot drink

'How much do I owe you?' She asked digging through her pockets

'It's on me'

'Are you sure?'

'Positive. Have a great day, Mercy. See ya around' he smiled grabbing a cloth before walking behind a door marked -Staff-.

Mercy rushed out of the small cafe and began walking down the cold streets taking small sips from her latte. Quickly she passed many building and shops before ending up in front of the London Eye. She thought hard for a few minutes about going on but heights were never her thing, they never would be. Mercy turned on her heel and walked across the street into a small shop, she wanted to get something for Alice. Wondering down multiple isles, she still couldn't find anything she thought Alice would like. Besides, Mercy didn't even know her well enough to know what she would like as a gift. Instead, Mercy decided to walk towards the pet section to by more things for her kitten, Archie.

An employee handed her an empty basket for her shopping, she smiled and thanked the woman before setting her attention back onto the wall of cat toys. Mercy picked out a small squeaky mouse and a laser pointer, she thought Archie would enjoy these, at least for now. She smiled to herself as she turned around, walking back to the cashier desks the door whisked open and a small bell sounded. Now Mercy wasn't the only person in the shop, she stepped on her tiptoes to get a better look at the stranger.

A relatively tall man walked in, he immediately looked at the floor and headed to the other end of the shop. Mercy payed for her things, as she turned around she noticed the man was staring at her. He looked away as she turned, Mercy felt strange, on some levels scared. She headed for the doors as she felt eyes burning at her back, she stopped and turned around once more before marching over to the man as he headed deeper into the store.

Mercy shook her thoughts from her head as she approached the man, he was focused on a dairy sign.

'Excuse me?'

The man didn't turn around, move or make any noise.

'Excuse me?' She asked again as she slowly turned around 'why were you staring at me?'

'Er... is that wrong?'

She stared at the man, astonished. It was Newt, he was actually standing in front her, he really was back in London.

'W-what are you doing here?' She stuttered

'Nothing' he mumbled walking out of sight as a loud crack sounded and he was gone. She stood there shocked, why was he avoiding her? She frowned before following his actions, she needed to get home and she didn't feel like walking.

Mercy landed in the living room, Alice was still sat on the couch. She jumped seeing Mercy.

'Another rose came' Alice said

'I saw him' Mercy shouted rushing to the kitchen, she picked up the rose and searched within the petals. This time not caring about putting the flower with the others, she needed answers. The note was folded tightly, it took her a few seconds to unfold it.

Mercy frowned, a tear slid down her pale cheek. She laughed at the thought of her crying over this, maybe she really did want him back in her life.