Bee's summary of "Ben was here"

The episode opens with Felicity and Greg arriving at the Bed &
Breakfast. They smooch and talk about how great it is to be away.
Ben pulls up in a cab. He gets out and as he does, he sees Felicity
and Greg come out of the B&B. He hides behind the cab until they
are out of site. Sean and Javier are working together at Dean &
Deluca (Sean took Ben's shift for him). Sean is trying to sell Javier
on "Sream," a cube that consists of both sugar and cream. Ben
calls. Sean yells at him for using his cell phone and tells him to
answer his phone with "Blumberg Productions" because Sean is
expecting a call from the Independent Film Channel regarding
"Docuventary." Javier tells Ben that Sean is a 10 times better
worker than Ben and also tells Ben to tell Felicity he loves her.

Meghan is in her dorm room putting on her makeup. A pipe starts
leaking down on her. She takes her gum out of her mouth and stops
the leak with it!

Julie and Elena are in Elena and Noel's apartment. Julie is asking
about Noel and Ruby. Elena tells her that Noel still likes Ruby and
says that if Ruby wasn't pregnant, they'd still be together. Julie
says, "Ya, probably." Tracy walks in with some industrial renovation
company guy named Vincent. He says they are there to take down
the wallpaper and paint the apartment. He tells Elena to pick a color
and says that the work will take three days. Elena protests, but
Tracy calls her "baby" a lot and she gives in. Julie says, "Wow,
nobody ever bosses Elena around like that." Elena says, "He is not
bossing me around." Tracy says, "Ya, I am. You're right. I'm the
man." Elena says, "WHAT??" Tracy says "Vince, who's the man" and
Vince says, "You are." Tracy justs grins at Elena.

Greg and Felicity are in a canoe. Ben is on the shore watching them
and talking to Sean on Sean's cell phone, again. Ben tells him that
they look happy and he doesn't want to just barge in on them. Sean
wants to know if he has gotten any messages and he tells Ben to
complete the mission.

Sean wants Javier to talk to the Dean & Deluca people about
"Sream." Javier says he shouldn't because he doesn't know how
much longer he'll be there because he is applying to college.

Ruby and Noel come back to the dorm after studying together. Noel
asks about Wade, the baby's father. Ruby says she is nervous
because Wade is coming. She says it's weird for two people who
don't know each other to be going through the most important thing
in the world together. Noel tells Ruby that she can call him with
anything, anytime. Meanwhile, Meghan is in her dorm room when
water starts gushing from the pipes. She comes out the room, slips,
then tells Ruby and Noel that a pipe just blew up.

Greg and Felicity are drinking wine in their B&B room after the dinner
that Greg cooked (using a recipe he had his sister fax to him). Greg
tells her he understands about them not rushing things but he
thinks they should still build a fire. He offers to go get wood from
the main house and says to Felicity, "I hear there's a madman out
there in the forest." After he leaves, Felicity goes to the kitchen. As
she is putting the dishes in the sink, she looks out the window and
sees Ben. They both jump.

At the door, Ben tells her he came to tell her something. She yells
at him for telling Richard Greg had a drug problem and for lying to
her about it. She tells him, "I want you to leave." He says, "Listen,
could you just wait a second. Let me just say something." Felicity
replies, "No, I don't want you in my life anymore" and she slams the
door on him. He stands at the door looking really sad. As he walks
away, the cell phone rings. It is Sean, testing how Ben answers the
phone. Ben passed. Ben hangs up on Sean without saying anything.

Greg is back and he is building a fire. He and Felicity start kissing.
Felicity stops. she says she's not fine and tells Greg it's not him, it's
Ben. She tells him that Ben showed up. Greg says, "that's psycho."
She tells him that she told Ben to leave and that she told him she
didn't want him in her life anymore. He asks her, "Why aren't you
celebrating? Why aren't you happy about that?" Felicity says, "I just
can't stop thinking about it." Greg says, "You can't stop thinking
about him." Greg decides they should just go home.

Noel, Elena and Julie arrive at E & N's apartment. It is a mess, it
stinks, and the air is hazy. Julie asks, "What's that smell." Elena
replies, "The death of a relationship." Tracy comes out in clean up
clothes, including a mask! He tells them that they made a couple of
mistakes. Elena is mad because their apartment is unliveable. Elena
rejects Tracy's offer to stay with him. Julie offers to let Elena and
Noel stay at the loft and they accept.

Felicity arrives back at the dorm. The floors are flooded and
everyone is moving out. Meghan is in their room packing. She asks
Felicity what happened with Greg. Felicity says "nothing" and
Meghan says "Huh, really." Meghan says she is going to stay with
"Swain" (some guy from the mailroom) but Felicity has to stay in the
cafeteria. Meghan leaves and Felicity goes to her closet to start
packing.

Sean in in the loft with Julie, Elena and Noel. He is showing them his
latest invention -- an electronic marshmallow roaster. Ben walks in.
Sean asks, "Mission failure?" Ben replies, "I don't want to talk about
the mission." Julie tells Ben that Felicity called from here (not the
B&B) to tell them what an idiot Ben is. Ben says, "She came back."
Julie sats "yes" and tells him about the flood in the dorm. Elena tells
Ben not to go to the dorm to see Felicity and he says he won't. Ben
looks at Sean and again says, "She came back." (He seems really
struck by this.)

All the dorm residents are camped out in the cafeteria. Felicity is
there when she spots Greg across the room. He was called in to
help out. She invites him to dinner tomorrow night. Greg says,
"What about Ben?" Felicity replies, "Ben is from my past. And he's
over and he's not gonna get in the way of my life anymore." He
agrees to have dinner with her.

Later that night, Ruby and Felicity are sitting up in the cafeteria
talking. Ruby asks Felicity about Ben, Felicity following Ben to NYC,
and what Ben wrote in Felicity's yearbook. They have an amazing
talk and later, as everyone is sleeping, Felicity looks at Ben's
message in her yearbook. (Jesabel, check out everyone's posts on
the two episode threads to get a feel for what this was about... it
was really special!)

Felicity is working at Dean & Deluca with Javier. Javier tells her that
she is blind to the new Ben and puts his glasses on her so she can
"see" the "new Ben." Julie comes in and invites Felicity to stay at
the loft. Felicity accepts and asks if Ruby can come, too. Julie says
yes.

Noel and Elena are in the loft doing laundry when Julie comes in with
Felicity and Ruby. Ben comes from his room to get a book. He and
Felicity say hi and Felicity and Ruby thank him for letting them stay
at the loft. Sean comes in and announces that tonight is "Game
Night." Tracy arrives and tells Noel and Elena that he's got someone
working on their apartment. He says he'll stay for game night.
Meghan walks in with all of her stuff and says that Swain is "a giant
SOB." She tells Sean that he owes her for the tour of the dorm she
gave him and that this way they'll be even. Everyone is playing
games together. Ben and Felicity give each other "looks" and Sean
gives Julie a "look."

Sean's cell phone rings. The Independent Film Channel wants to buy
"Docuventary." He grabs Julie and kisses her in front of the whole
gang. She gets up, stunned. Everyone tries to play it off, but Julie
says, "Sean just kised me." They all laugh. Just then there is a
knock on the door. Ruby jumps up and Julie, Ruby and Felicity go to
get ready. It is Wade, the baby's father. He asks for Ruby and Noel
just stares at him. Meghan blurts out, "So, you're the guy that
knocked her up." Everyone yells, "Meghan!!" Meghan says, "What,
someone has to say what we're all thinking." Noel gets up and
shakes Wade's hand. Those two kind of size each other up. There is
another knock on the door. It's Greg. Meghan is all excited until
Greg tells her that he's there to meet Felicity. Greg and Wade shake
hands. Felicity comes out and shakes hand with Wade. Ruby walks
out and greets Wade. They are all standing around, really
awkwardly. Meghan says, "Somebody leave!" Ruby and Wade and
Felicity and Greg leave.

Elena and Tracy leave for dinner. Meghan and Sean are left alone
and they start playing "Operation."

Ben comes out of his room while Sean and Meghan are playing
Operation. Meghan tells Ben to go get Felicity because Felicity
wants him, too. Ben wants to know how Meghan knows this.
Meghan says she has inside details --"insight" into Felicity because
she is her roommate. She tells him about her "Sarah McLachlan
Theory" ... how Felicity always plays S.M. music when she has the
hots for Ben. Ben doesn't buy it, but when Meghan tells him that
Greg knows how to work it and that if Felicity spends too much time
with Greg, "Sarah's going back on the shelf," Ben heads for Greg and
Felicity.

After Ben leaves, Meghan goes to the bathroom. Julie comes out to
talk with Sean. She asks him, "What exactly was that kiss?" He tells
her, "Sorry. I got excited about my movie," but after Julie asks if
that was all it was, he finally says, "I am totally, madly, insanely,
passionately in love with you and I have been for a long time. And
before you ask, no, I'm not kidding." Julie says nothing.

Felicity and Greg are at dinner. Greg tells her that Ben came to
apologize to him today. She says, "good." Later, she is distracted.
Ben comes in. Thanks to annie225 (who previously posted this
exchange), this is what happens:

"B- I've gotta say something, so please just let me say it. I've made
a lot of, lot of mistakes. And nobody knows that more than you do.
But the biggest mistake I ever made was letting you go. What I
should have done is realize that being with you made me the
luckiest guy on the planet. What I should have done is treat you
with respect. I should have done a lot of things I didn't do, and I
didn't do them because I was afraid. I was scared.

F- Ben, I'm on a date right now.

B- No, please just let me finish. You and I should be together. And
the reason I'm saying this now--the reason I'm not waiting--is
because I don't want to risk losing you again. And the only
difference now is that this time you're the one who's afraid.

F- I'm afraid?

B- Yeah, because you don't trust me anymore.

G- Why do you think that is, Ben?

B- Please, can you just give it a second?

G- No, you know what, you had your chance.

B- Felicity, I'll do whatever it takes because the only thing I'm
afraid of now is that you're not willing to take the chance too.

F- Ben, you can't do this.

B- I can't do what?

F- Just show up, and make these little speeches. I mean, that's not
how it works, okay? You did the exact same thing last year.

B- No, that's not what I did last year. It's not the same thing at all!

F- It's exactly the same thing. I was leaving to go with Noel, and
you just show up and you make these overtures. I mean this is how
you operate!

B- It's not how I operate. It's how I feel about you.

F- No, it's this thing you do. It's this pattern. You know, it's not
about me, it's about the chase.

B- That's not true. It's not!

F- It is true, that's all this is.

G- Why don't you just get the h*ll out of here?

B- Because we're not done."

Greg gets up and punches Ben. Ben falls to the ground. Felicity
bends down to make sure Ben is okay. Greg says he wants to go.
Felicity gives Ben some ice. Felicity runs after Greg. Ben is left
alone. He rolls over and the show ends with him and "that look" on
his face.