"See you tomorrow." Amber said to Tammy as she drove off. Amber grabbed her shopping bags and walked up the driveway to go into the house. She was anxious to try on the new dress she bought to wear to the school dance. It was a pretty sapphire blue color, which she knew Link would like and had spaghetti straps and a full skirt. She was dying to show it to her mom as well. She knew her mother would like it. Sometimes she felt like her mother was her only friend and the only person who truly looked out for her no matter what. She struggled with the door as she opened it. She had hoped her mother was downstairs when she walked in so she could help her with her bags but her mom was nowhere to be found. Her car was in the driveway so she thought she was at home but she guessed some guy must have picked her up. Her mom was the biggest hypocrite she was always telling her not to let Link pressure her into having sex and to safe her self for marriage.

As hard as her mom tried to keep her sex life away from Amber, she still knew about it. She knew about all of the guys Velma was with. She knew about the affair with Shelley's father who was married but she tried to act like she didn't know even when she and Shelley argued, she always bit her tongue. She knew when it started and she knew when it was over. She also knew about her recent fling with Corny, but she wasn't sure if it was still going on or not. She pretended like she didn't see him sneaking in the house when they both thought she was asleep and back out before it got light. She walked in on them in his dressing room. She wasn't a priss but when she saw her mother's head between Corny's legs she couldn't help but thinking that was disgusting! Once again she played clueless and acted like she didn't know her mother was a slut who would probably do anything that walked. Despite this, Amber still loved her mom. She knew you could choose your friends but you couldn't choose your family so she had to deal with her mother's lifestyle. Sometimes it came in handy. Her mother's night with Mr. Spritzer was how she became the station manager in the first place and if her mom didn't have that job she wouldn't be the lead dancer on the Corny Collins show.

She struggled up the stairs with her bags and took them into her room. She threw everything on her bed and headed downstairs to grab a snack. She passed her mom's room and heard her giggling followed by a male's voice. Amber sighed. Great, not again! No wonder she didn't know Amber was home she was too busy with one of her men! She went back to her room to pack her overnight bag. She was going to spend the night at Tammy's house and call her mom from there. As she packed her bag, she heard her mother scream out in pleasure. She packed faster. The sooner she got out of there the better off she would be! She didn't want her mother or her lover to catch her. She wasn't even sure who was in there. It might have been Corny or maybe some other anonymous guy whose last name she wouldn't even remember. She quickly walked down to the kitchen and grabbed a cup of juice before she left. She put a bag of chips in her bag and headed for the door. She almost ran into her mother who was shocked to see her. Her blonde hair was tousled and she was wearing her bathrobe.

"Amber…what are you…doing…here?" Velma sputtered out pulling her robe tighter and looking nervously out the door.

"I just got back, but don't worry I'm leaving you and your boyfriend alone." Amber snapped.

"What are you talking about Amber?"

"Mom don't play innocent you aren't good at it! I know about your many lovers mom and I know there is a guy up there now. I heard you!" Velma looked down guiltily.

"Okay, honey you are right. It's one of my flaws but I can't help it. I like being with guys. Why don't you go and spend the night at one of your friends house and we will talk about this in the morning," Velma said and then tried to push Amber out the door. She didn't know why her mom was rushing her.

"Mom, why don't you kick your boyfriend out and we'll talk right now. Why do you do this mom? You are better then this!"

"I know but we will talk about it tomorrow. We'll go to lunch before you go to the dance. What do you think?" Her mom said frantically.

"What's wrong mom why are you rushing me out?" There was a moment of silence but before Velma could answer they both heard someone coming down the stairs. Velma looked afraid and Amber looked up curiously. She was shocked by who she saw.

"Velma, what's taking you so long?" Link said. He was only wearing a pair of boxer shorts and he looked up and was just as shocked to see Amber standing there.

"Amber, I can explain…" Link started.

"Don't bother! You sick bastard!" Amber screamed at him and throws the glass she was holding at him. He moved out of the way and the glass hit the wall and broke.

"Amber come on be reasonable." Velma said trying to calm Amber down.

"Reasonable? Reasonable?! Mother, are you fuckin serious?"

"Amber watch your language! Look this just happened. I couldn't help myself." Velma said like that was a good excuse. Amber couldn't think of anything else to say to either one of them. She turned and walked out the door slamming it behind her. She cried as she walked down the driveway. She had never been so betrayed before by two people who were supposed to love her more then anyone else.