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The character of Ben Devlin was introduced in Season 7, as a briefly recurring role where he was a newspaper editor, a writer, and intellectual equal to Jessica. However, his character was arrogant, brash, and abrasive and I took issue with him from the moment Jessica confronted him in his office for having the paper run the story about her bicycle accident. A friend and I discussed our mutual dislike of him on a different site where I originally posted this and what would happen if they had dated. This story is the result. Most of this story takes place around the first two episodes’ air dates, with it wrapping up in December. Small pieces of the story lines and a few comments by Ben are used to aid in the plot to provide setting and context. I borrowed the details of Jessica's dress from S7E10, which was a bookend episode, where she and Ben start talking about Dennis Stanton, and then Dennis is the focus of the episode. So, when Ben makes his exit in this story, and Seth comes to the forefront, in my mind that takes place from the middle of November to Christmastime. I borrowed Wylie to suit my purposes, even though his character only appeared in season 3.

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