~~~~~~~Christmas~~~~~~~
The guys, Katie, and Katrina came over to Stephanie's house and then everybody left to go visit their families. Brian and Kevin were flying back to Ketucky and Katelyn was going with them. Howie was taking Katrina back with him and Nick was going back to see his family. AJ and Stephanie stayed at Stephanie's house for a couple of minutes after the rest of the guys left. Then they left. AJ was taking Stephanie back to meet his mom.
~~~~~~~In the car~~~~~~~
"I've decided that I'm going to stop torturing you." Stephanie said to AJ. "Really?" "Yeah." "So your not going to put syrup on my face again?" "I wouldn't push it."
AJ looked over at Stephanie and then smiled. Then he took her hand in his. She smiled back at him. Then she said, "AJ, I love you." "I love you, too."
~~~~~~~At AJ's mom's house~~~~~~~
Stephanie and AJ got out of the car and Stephanie said, "Geez. You got a big family."
"This is only my mom's side." AJ said.
AJ took Stephanie's hand and they started walking up to the door. All of a sudden, Stephanie stopped.
"Honey, What's the matter?" AJ asked. "There's somehting I have to do." "What?"
Stephanie kissed AJ.
"You won't believe how long I've been waiting for you to do that." AJ said. "Yeah, I do."
Then they finished walking up to the door. When they got to the door, AJ rang the doorbell. His mom opened the door.
"Hey, mom." AJ said while giving his mom a hug. "And this must be the girl, I'm always hearing about." "Yeah. This is her." AJ said while Stephanie had her arms around AJ's waist. "Hi, Mrs. McLean. I'm Stephanie." "Please. Call me, Denise.
Stephanie smiled as her and AJ walked inside.
