“But?” AJ urged her to talk more if she wanted.

“No… no buts… no dwelling on what could have been. How about we go watch that movie now?” she suggested as she dried her eyes and got up to leave the room. AJ stopped her by grabbing her hand.

“Wait a second, Ciara… let’s talk about this.” AJ stated. He was concerned. As much as they were angry with her mother for keeping them apart, that was still her mother that was just in a car accident and committed to the psychiatric ward of the hospital back home. He had expected more emotion out of Ciara than what she gave him.

“I don’t want to talk about it AJ. There’s nothing I can do about what’s happened except to move on and I’m trying… I really am… I’m trying so hard to piece both pieces of me into one persona and that’s really, really hard to do. So much has happened in these past several days, Alex. Hell, two weeks ago, I didn’t even know about my pre-teen years from my point of view and all I knew of you was that you were the rebel of a boy-band. Please, you just said that I should relax… put things right and get my memory back so let’s do that, okay? Please… for me???” Ciara begged. She didn’t move from where she was standing as she spoke to him.

“All right… so you wanna watch a movie… let’s go see what I’ve got downstairs…” AJ held out his hand and led her down to the TV room.

“What are we in the mood for?” AJ asked as he opened one of the doors on the TV cabinet to reveal lots of movies.

“How about the Leathal Weapon series?” Ciara asked. Mel Gibson movies always took her mind off her troubles.

“Mel Gibson fan, eh?”

“Love him in these movies.” Ciara replied as she sat down on the couch.

AJ and Ciara spent the rest of the afternoon and evening watching all four Leathal Weapon movies and laughing and talking. They stopped long enough to warm up some left over pasta before finishing watching the movies. After the movies were over, Ciara turned to AJ.

“We forgot to go over for pie.” She said.

“It’s okay, I called Mrs. Wilson during one of the bathroom breaks. She understands.” AJ replied. “You okay?” AJ asked.

“Yeah, this is perfect… what I needed, thanks AJ.” Ciara replied.

“We go back tomorrow night you know.” AJ was hesitant to tell her. He really liked it being just the two of them.

“So soon?” Ciara sounded disappointed, “Could we stop by my father’s grave before we go to the airport so I can say goodbye?” Ciara asked.

“Certainly.” He replied.

"How about a cup of tea and then we make our way up to bed?" AJ suggested.

"Sounds like a plan." Ciara smiled for him.

"Good. I'll go make the tea. Don't go anywhere." AJ kissed her before jumping over the couch and heading for the kitchen.