AJ slowly walked down the sidewalk on the way to wherever his feet took him. He tried to contemplate thing in his head. "Way to go McLean," he mumbled to himself. A can was on the sidewalk. He violently kicked it down the street. "God you are such an idiot sometimes." AJ sighed and sat down on the curb. Just then, a black 1999 corvette stopped in front of him. AJ looked up and found Howie in the car.

"There you are. I've been looking all over for you. Amanda's worried sick."

AJ scoffed. "Amanda? Why would she care where I was? She broke up with me remember?"

"No, she didn't," Howie said as he got out of his car and sat on the curb next to AJ.

"What are you talking about D? You heard her. She said she didn't want to have anything to do with me. She said that we were through."

"I know she said that, but she was upset. She didn't mean it."

"How do you know?"

"Trust me I know."

"D, don't pull that crap on me, Tell me how you know that."

"I just got back from Amanda's place. The poor girl is heart broken."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

AJ sighed. "So now what do I do?"

Howie stood up and looked down at AJ. "Well, first you need to get off your butt and get in my car."

AJ got up and got in Howie's car. Howie got in and headed towards Amanda's apartment.

"So what do I do when we get there?" AJ asked.

"Leave it to Sweet D to come up with a smooth entrance."

AJ smirked. "What do you have in mind?"

Howie stopped at a floral shop. "Wait right here." Howie went inside and a few minutes later he came back with a dozen red roses. "Take these," he said as he got back in the car.

"Okay so now that we got the flowers do we go to Amanda's place?"

"Not quite," Howie said as he pulled out his cell phone.

"Now what?"

"When we get to Amanda's place you hide somewhere and I'll tell Amanda I talked to you and you wanted some time to think things through, Then when Nikki and I leave, you call Amanda on my cell phone and surprise her at the door."

"Got it," said AJ

Howie pulled into the parking lot and went to Amanda's apartment. He knocked on the door and Amanda answered it. Her eyes still shined from tears.

"Where's AJ?" she asked.

"He's not here," Howie said softly.

"Then where is he?"

"I promised not to tell. He told me to tell you to not worry and he'll call you later."

"Call me later? What do you mean call me later?" Amanda said almost frantically.

"Amanda calm down. He will call you later. I know he will. I suggest you relax and try to get a little sleep. It's the best thing for you right now," Howie said as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"Sleep? How do you expect me to sleep at a time like this?" Amanda said frantically.

"Amanda, I agree with Howie. I think you should try to get some sleep. It would really do you some good," Nikki said.

Amanda sighed. "All right I'll try to get some sleep."

"Good, I'll see you in class tomorrow morning," said Nikki.

"Okay," said Amanda.

Howie and Nikki said good-bye and left Amanda alone on her apartment. She went to her room and put on her white silk pajamas and crawled into her bed. For a long time she stared up at the ceiling and thought about AJ. Amanda looked at the clock, it was one AM and she still hadn't fallen asleep. She sat up and looked around her dark room. She could see a small shadow below her window. It was the bear that she had thrown earlier. Amanda got up and picked it up. She carried it with her to the couch in her living room. She sat on the couch and stared at the phone with the bear in her arms. After about minutes she had fallen asleep and was awaken by the phone ringing. She quickly picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey baby it's me."

Amanda smiled at the sound of AJ's sweet voice. "I thought you'd never call."

"Well, I did." AJ paused for a moment then spoke. "I have a surprise for you."

"What is it?" Amanda asked curiously.

"Open your door," AJ said softly.

Amanda slowly walked to the door and opened it. There stood AJ with the Howie's cell phone and a dozen roses. He hung up the phone and took of his sunglasses. Tears came to Amanda's eyes.

"Can I come in?" AJ asked.

All Amanda could do was nod. She let AJ in and he led her over to the couch. He stared her deeply in the eyes and kissed her gently on the lips.

"AJ, I'm so--"

"Shhh, don't talk, just kiss," he said as he began to kiss her on the neck.

"Mmmm," she murmured as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders.

AJ stopped and looked at Amanda with loving eyes. He studied her every feature on her face and ran his fingers through her soft brown hair. Their eyes locked with absolute passion. His lips curled into a slight smile. "I love you Panda," he said as he held her closer.

"I love you too," Amanda said in between tears.

AJ softly kissed every tear off her face. "Don't cry, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere," he whispered. AJ took her hand and led her to her room and they kissed ever so passionately until they grew tired and fell asleep in each other's arms.