A loud knock at the door made me jump, as I quickly switched off "Dawson's Creek."  I opened the door to see Sophia's glum face staring back at me.  Just when she was about to get off my mind, she shows up at my house.

"AJ, we're married," she said, bluntly. 

"So?" I replied, calmly.

"Well you have to let me know if this can be worked out, or should I get some divorce papers?"

Ending our marriage was the last thing I wanted to do... "Well I really don't think this can be worked out Sophia.  Seems to me that you don't give a fuck about saving our marriage."

"Of course I do AJ.  But I can't keep sitting at Bri's house thinking about you!  I need to move on, whether it's with you or not."

"Ouch," I mumbled, moving aside so she could come in.

"Sorry - I didn't mean it like that.  There's nothing I want more than this to work out.  I regret ever cheating on you.  You're the only Backstreet Boy I want... and for some reason I can't make you understand that."

"You know why you can't make me understand it?" I snapped.  She gave me a questioning look, urging me to continue.

"Because this is the first time you've attempted to talk to me about it.  You let me walk out of the house the other night!  You know how much that hurt?  I mean, I thought you were gonna come running after me - but you didn't," I cried, beginning to feel all the pain I had felt that night.

"AJ, baby, I figured you needed some time alone.  You told me yourself that you needed time," she said softly.

"I wasn't actually serious.  I miss you like crazy.  It's so lonely here."

"Are you willing to forgive me?"

She was truly sorry, and I know she loves me.  I've been waiting to forgive her for awhile.

"Of course I forgive you.  You're my everything.  I can't go living life without my everything, now can I?" I smiled, taking her into my arms for a hug.

"You have no idea how happy I am AJ - I love you so much."

"I love you too.  Now why don't we pay a little visit to our bedroom," I grinned.

"Yes, that's a genius idea!" she giggled, letting me carry her swiftly up the stairs.

Brian's View

"No way Nick... no way at all," I said, shaking my head forcefully.

"Aw come on man!  Why not?"

"Because that's not right.  The last thing I wanna do is hurt her - and I know that's the last thing YOU wanna do."

"Yeah but she deserves it.  She's been treating us like shit lately, and I don't feel like taking it anymore," he replied, gulping down another can of Mountain Dew.

"So then YOU can do it - because I'm not."

"You suck Bri," he laughed, "You are such a goody-goody."

"Am not!  I just don't feel like hurting my best friend."

"Nooo you mean you just don't feel like hurting the love of your life," he corrected me.

"Same thing," I shrugged.

"Okay man, I don't get you.  I mean, it's not gonna hurt her!  It's a test to see if she really cares about you."

I was gonna kill this kid if he mentioned his crazy idea one more time.  He had been trying to get me to agree to it all day.

"Nick, I know she cares about me... she told me so."

"Oh wow, Col's word really means a lot," he mumbled, sarcastically.

"Anyway," he continued, "All you gotta do is start kissing her and acting all touchy-feely.  If you two end up doing it - she doesn't care about me.  And if she pulls away... she actually cares about me getting hurt by it.  It's genius!"

"So this is basically all about YOU!  What do I get out of it?"

"Some action!"

"Aw Nick shut up," I groaned, "Besides, how does her pulling away mean she cares about you?"

"Well you see B, I have this ALL figured out.  It goes like this:  she knows I love her.  So if she sleeps with you - then she doesn't care about how I'll feel about it.  But if she pulls away, then she really does notice my feelings.  Get it?"

"Yes but what if she just doesn't wanna have sex with me?"

"Shut up!  I have this all figured out.  So are you in?"

"Ummm..."

The thought of putting the moves on Colleen wasn't a bad thing... but what if she did pull away?  Would it mean she was in love with Nick?  The fact that she may be in love with him scares me.  I could never handle the two of them together.  But I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

"Yeah I'm in."

"You're the best dude," he smiled, popping open yet another can of soda, "Don't hurt me Col," he added.