Amanda opened the door to her apartment and slammed it shut when she got in. She went to her room, collapsed on her bed and sobbed. "That jerk!" Amanda shouted as she tossed the bear he had given her across the room. "How could I have been so stupid and fallen for such an ass!"

She sobbed some more and soon fell asleep. She was awoken by the sound of the doorbell. Amanda sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She slowly got up and looked through the peep hole of the door. There stood Nikki and Howie. Amanda opened the door to a small crack.

"Amanda can we come in?" Nikki asked.

"Is AJ with you?"

"No," said Howie.

"Okay then you can come in." Amanda opened the door and let them in. After she shut the door she sat on the couch and the tears began to flow again. Nikki sat next to her on the couch next to her.

"Aww Hon please don't cry. You're making me sad," Nikki said as she hugged Amanda.

"I can't believe he lied to me," Amanda said in between sniffles.

Howie went to the bathroom and came back with some tissues. He handed them to Amanda. "AJ didn't lie to you," he said.

"What are you talking about?" "He was telling you the truth Amanda. We were only at the studio for about an hour. So we all decided to go see a movie."

"But why didn't he call me?"

"He did call. You weren't home. Check your answering machine."

Amanda slowly got up and walked over to her answering machine. The little red light was blinking. She hesitated for a moment then finally pushed the play button. It rewound and then played the single message. "Hey baby, said AJ's voice. "Well, I'm at the studio. We finished early and the guys wanted to go see a movie. I just called to see if you wanted to come with us, but you're not home. Well, the movie will be over at around ten or so. I'll be home around eleven so give me a call. Love ya!"

Amanda stared down at the answering machine and started crying. Nikki came up to her and hugged her. "Oh my god I am such a jerk!"

"No, it was all just one big misunderstanding. Just call him up and apologize. AJ loves you, he'll understand."

Amanda picked up the phone and dialed AJ's number. She waited a few minutes and got his answering machine. "AJ it's me, "Amanda said with her voice quivering. "If you're there pick up the phone. I wanna talk to you. Well, I'll be home all night so call me when you want to talk." Amanda hung up the phone and helplessly looked at Nikki. "What am I going to do?"

Nikki hugged her again. "Don't worry everything will be just fine." Nikki turned to Howie. "Do you think you go talk to AJ?"

"Yeah, I'll head over to his place right now."

Amanda gave Howie a hug. "Thank you so much."

"No problem. I'd hate to see you two be apart when it can be fixed." He kissed Amanda on the cheek. "I'll be back later."

"Bye," said Amanda.

Howie winked then headed out the door.