I look at Amanda. She is still sitting on the couch and looks slightly disappointed. Alesha got a present from David for valentines day, but she didn't get anything. If I could just convince myself to give her the necklace I bought her. She doesn't know that I am in love with her. I don't want to risk a disappointment. She would reject me anyway... I am not her type. Alesha and David are making me even sader because they are showing off that they are a couple. I wish Amanda and I could be like that.  Just forget about everything around us for once. Does she even want that? I mean she is a really good friend of mine, but she never made it clear that she wants more. You are imagining things Simon. She clearly does NOT want you as a lover or boyfriend. You are not her type and never will be. I walk over to her and kiss her cheek after I sat down next to her. "Hey Si," she says and you can tell that she is sad. "Hey babe. Why are you so sad?" I ask. You fool. You know exactly why she is sad. "It's nothing important..." she says and looks away. I take her chin and turn her head to look at me. "No, it's important to me if my favorite judge ever is sad," I say and she smiles shyly. "It's just... I feel so foolish saying this while other people have real problems, but I feel so lonely. Alesha has David, David has Alesha, you have probably some girl and I... I have nobody besides my mom," she says and a small tear rolls down her beautiful face. "What makes you think that I am in a realationship right now?" I ask suprised. How did she get the thought of me having a girldriend?  "You were seen buying a necklace yesterday. Who should get it besides the gorgeous and beautiful girlfriend of yours?" she says and I can hear the jealousy out of her voice. "What about you?" I say and her eyes shoot from the ground up to look at mine. "What?" She asks surprised and shocked at the same time. "You heard right. I bought the necklace for you and not my non excisting girlfriend," I say and take the gift out of my pocket and hand it to her. She looks at the small box with tears in her eyes and then at me. "Why open it when you can stare at it for the rest of time?" I joke and she laughs embarrassed. She slowly unwrapps the gift and opens the box to reveal a beautiful diamond necklace. "God Simon that is so beautiful!" she says, with tears at the corner of her eyes. "Just as beautiful as you," I say and we look each other deep into the eyes, knowing exactly what the other is thinking right now. Our heads slowly move closer and short before our lips have the chance to connect some member of the crew comes running in the room, telling us that we are needed on stage. I sigh and help Amanda get off the couch. She smiles at me while we are lacing our hands together and slowly start walking towards the stage. This gorgeous woman next to me feels the same way for me as I feel for her. I am now sure of that. She stops and looks at the box in her other hand and says, "Simon I forgot to put the box in my dressing room. I can't take it with me on stage. People will start talking." I smile and say, "Let them talk." She sighs and says,"This will kill me socially. Everybody will talk about the slut that sleeps with her boss to stay on the show. Nobody will respect me anymore." I get her point, but I want to be with her and nobody can keep me away from my angel. Not anymore. "I don't care what people will say. And even if they say that you are a slut, which you are by far not, then what's the problem? People talk trash about us all the time and you never seemed to care. Last time you were alone and had to go trough the long journey of recovering from the cheating scandal all by yourself. This time you have me and I will be here every little step of the way. I will never leave your side if you want me to. I will take care of you and never ever let you go again. You will always have somebody, who buys you gifts for Valentines day. You won't be lonely anymore. So would you do me the honour of being my valentine?" I say and she looks at me with make up running down her face along with her salty tears. She pulls me closer and our lips crash together and our tongues start a heated battle. We stand there and neither of us wants to move away from the kiss. We totally get soacked into our own world and forget about where we are. Sooner or later we have to break away and Amanda looks at me with big eyes and breathes heavily. "Of course I want to be your Valentine."

The end.

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So let's all pretend it's still valentines day. I am sorry that this is so late but I am in a writers block and have an infection in my left hand, what leaves me typing with only one, what takes hours! Hope you all liked it and aren't mad because of the lack of updates over the past three weeks.

Kisses Kathi