It's stupid -- he never asked, after all, always too sure she was too much better than him -- but Russell feels a little swell of jealousy at the idea of Chase and Natalia going out. He recognizes that it's not fair, that it's his own fault, and he pushes it down. Right now, what matters most is that they're both going to miss her if she really is gone, and they're friends. That's more important.

"It's hard for some people just to put up with a work schedule like yours or mine," he says. "Even if you weren't a workaholic." He gets it and he's never held it against anyone. It can be hard to have a relationship when the person you want to have one with is never available.