Soft music was playing and the lights were turned down low in Amanda's apartment. They were sitting at the table eating the shrimp angel hair pasta that AJ had made.

"How does it taste?" AJ asked softly.

Amanda smiled. "It tastes great. I really like it."

"Good I'm glad you do."

"So what's all been going on with the group and stuff?"

"Well, we've been rehearsing for the tour. We've also been working a little bit on the new album."

Amanda nodded. "So when does the tour start?"

"We leave in two weeks." Amanda's face grew sad. AJ got up and wrapped his arms around her. "Babe please don't be sad. We'll be okay."

Tears came to Amanda's eyes. "How long will you be gone for?"

"We'll be gone for a month then, we'll come back for two days due to Thanksgiving."

"And after that?"

"We won't be back until the week of Christmas."

"Then I suppose you won't be back until the spring after that."

"Unfortunately yes."

"Oh god," Amanda said as she began to cry.

AJ held her tighter. "Everything will be just fine. It won't be as bad as it seems." AJ stood up and led Amanda to the couch.

"I'm gonna miss you so much," Amanda said softly. A single tear trickled down her cheek. AJ lightly kissed it off.

AJ looked her deeply in the eyes and softly began to sing. "I'll never break your heart. I'll never make you cry. I'd rather die, then live without you. I'll give you all of me honey that's no lie."

"I love it when you sing that to me," Amanda said as she leaned against AJ.

"I know," AJ said softly then wrapped his arms around her. He kissed her lightly on the forehead. "Don't worry we'll be just fine. Maybe we can work something out to where you can tour with is for a little while. Would you like that?" Amanda nodded. "I'll see what I can do."

Amanda looked up at AJ and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I love you," she whispered.

AJ smiled and kissed her back. "I love you too," he said.

They were about to kiss again, but the doorbell rang. AJ groaned and rolled his eyes.

"I wonder who that could be."

"I don't know but I'm gonna kill them," AJ said with a chuckle. "I'll get it." He got up and answered the door. Outside the door stood Nikki, Howie, and Kevin. "What are you guys doing here?"

"We were on our way to the mall and we stopped by to see if you guys wanted to join us." Kevin said.

Howie peeked into Amanda's apartment. "Are we interrupting something?"

"You could say that," AJ said flatly.

Amanda came to the door. "Hey guys. What are you doing here?"

"We just wanted to know if you two wanted to come with us to the mall."

Amanda looked at AJ. "Do you want to go?"

"Sure, why not."

They all drove to the mall and met up at the food court. (*AUTHOR'S NOTE* I didn't know what to do with this line and the one before that. Help me out here)

"So, where do we want to go first?" Nikki asked.

"Let's go check out that new store called Ocean Pacific," said Howie.

"All right let's go," said Kevin.

They all walked over to the store and looked around. Howie and Nikki headed to the shirts. Kevin went and looked at the hats. AJ and Amanda tried on some sunglasses.

"Hey, these are cool!" AJ exclaimed as he put on a pair of black sunglasses with oval shaped frames.

Amanda laughed. "You look like a bug with those things on."

AJ grinned as he looked in the mirror. "I think I'm gonna buy them."

"Don't you have enough pairs of sunglasses?" Amanda asked.

"I can always use another pair," AJ said as he walked to the cashier.

Amanda laughed and wrapped her arms around his waist.

Howie put on a bright colored Hawaiian shirt. He turned to Nikki and smiled. "How do I look?"

Nikki bursted out laughing. "You look so stupid."

Howie pretended to be hurt. "Oh thanks so much babe," he said looking into her eyes.

Nikki quickly looked away and picked up another shirt. "Maybe this one would look better."

Howie grinned and took the shirt from her. Kevin walked up to them. He looked at Howie and laughed.

"A little early for Halloween don't ya think?"

Howie gave Kevin a sarcastic laugh. "Funny Kev."

"Sorry I had to say it. I'm gonna go down to the bookstore. I'll join you guys later."

"All right cool," said Howie.

Kevin left and walked down to the bookstore. He headed straight to the self help section. While searching through books, he accidentally bumped into a ladder. He heard someone gasp and looked up. On the ladder was a girl. He caught her before she hit the ground. He set her back down and blushed in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry are you okay?"

The girl dusted off her clothes. "Yeah I'm fine." She looked up at Kevin and froze. "Oh my..."

Kevin looked straight into her brown eyes. Wow she's really pretty, he thought. The girl began to hyperventilate.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"You're. . .you're," the girl stammered.

"Kevin Richardson from the Backstreet Boys," he said in almost a whisper.

"Yeah," the girl said.

"What's your name?"

"Sarah."

Kevin smiled. "Nice to meet you. I'm really sorry for bumping you off the ladder. I wasn't paying attention."

"No, it's OK really. It happens all the time."

"Really?"

"Well. . .no not really."

"Sarah get back to work," yelled a man.

"Sorry I gotta get back to work."

"It's okay I understand. Maybe I'll see you around."

"Yeah. . .maybe," Sarah said, then went back to her work.