**The Next Morning**
Amber woke up to a beautiful, sunny day. Miraculously, she only had a few cuts and bruises. (Besides the skull fracture, that is.) All five of the guys were there, and she was still confused. She had no memory of how she got to the hospital, and she was getting very frustrated. “Hey beautiful,” Chris said, as he bent over and lightly kissed her on her forehead. They were all thankful to see her alive and alert. Her eyes were a light blue-green color, and they added a thoughtful look to her face. “Beautiful? What, are you kidding me?” she replied. “I’m surprised you can even see me through all of this crap. “Beautiful? Sorry, wrong answer.” For a second, all of the guys were taken aback by her reply, but as soon as they saw the expression on Chris’s face, they couldn’t help but laugh. That is, all except for Joey. He hung back, and just looked at her. It was amazing the way she came back so quick from such a horrible accident. But then again, she didn’t know she had been in such a horrible accident. Her eyes sparkled and made her already pretty face even more beautiful. But he couldn’t show her his emotions, not with everyone else around. He would just have to wait. And somehow, he managed to look nonchalant in spite of his screwed up emotions.