Ruth isn't... wrong. It was also those things. Ruth is so smart and they work so well together, that even if their personal chemistry wasn't what it was Betty might have found all that effort worth it. And she's Betty's best friend. Not her only friend - Betty makes friends like it's a matter of survival - but her best one, a real one. No one really knows her the way Ruth does, and no one ever has.

Except where Ruth missed this one major thing. Differential geometry, Ruth! Because you made a horrible mathematical disaster sound beautiful. There had been moments of weakness when Betty had doubted. Months of dating, and they'd never kissed. Was she too subtle? Was Ruth one of those girls who didn't like kissing? If Betty had had girl-friends, if she had had anyone else in her life like Ruth, she would have moaned about it over drinks or food or at 1am when reason melted into misery like on a sitcom. And someone might have pointed out that this was Ruth Banner, and maybe words would be a good starting point. Not hypothetical words. Real ones. And "kiss her because you've run out of willpower" would not have been the plan.

"You're wrong, but you can have it." And Betty takes the liberty of wrapping her arms around her actual and official girlfriend who might be okay with kissing after all and squeezing her in sheer relief and happiness. "You said yes!" In case anyone wanted a reminder that that happened.