Disclaimer: I do not own the Days of our Lives characters. Do not sue me... please. I am a broke college student. I do own Andrea... I guess you could say I am borrowing the last name... oh well.

Sand and Water... and a million years gone by.

She opened the window to get some air in the large room. Checking to make sure no one was around, she sat down on the bed and rolled up her right pants leg. Examining the burns on her leg, she began singing... partly to keep her mind off of the pain.

"All alone I didn't like the feeling
All alone I sat and cried
All alone I had to find some meaning
In the center of the pain I felt inside

All alone I came into this world
All alone I will someday die
Solid stone is just sand and water, baby
Sand and water, and a million years gone by..."

"Andrea..."

Her head jerked up, and she howled in pain. Catching her breath and pulling the pants leg back down, she responded: "Tony... didn't hear you come in...." She knew something was not right.

Tony walked quickly over to the bed, a look of concern on his face. "Are you all right? What happened?" He didn't want to reveal that he knew about the fire until she was ready to tell him. Deep down, he knew she hadn't started it. Sitting down beside her, he examined her leg.

"It's nothing. I went camping and got a bit too close to the fire..." Andrea tried to cover.

"Uh huh, uh huh..." He gently ran his hand over her bare skin. "Well, they could be second degree, but from the looks of them, they are probably first."

She shivered slightly at the touch of his hand and nodded. No, Andrea, you promised yourself you wouldn't fall for him again!... but it's been such a long time... he doesn't even know....

Tony felt her shiver and smiled. "Are you cold?" He moved closer to her and took her in his arms. It just feels so right... I wish I could hold her like this forever....

Andrea smiled and relaxed in his arms. I wish he would hold me like this forever.... She briefly closed her eyes and then looked up at him. His dark eyes were looking deep into hers. Neither of them spoke as Tony leaned in and gently pressed his lips to hers. They could both feel the electricity surging throughout their bodies...

Then, as if right on cue, the doorbell rang.

Andrea pulled away slightly and whispered: "You have a visitor..."

"Eliana will get it..." he whispered back, and leaned in to kiss her again.

She put two fingers up to his lips. "You should go see who it is..."

Without a word, Tony got to his feet and slowly walked towards the bedroom door. Pausing for a moment before exiting, he put his fingers on his lips and looked back at Andrea, who was staring out the window. Then, he exited silently.

Andrea, sensing he had left, lay back on the bed. GRRRRRRR! Andy, you did just what you weren't supposed to do! You know you can't be with him! It goes again Stefano's plan!...... but that kiss was sooo perfect... so... "GRRRRR!," she exclaimed aloud. "That was stupid, Andy! Now I'm going to have to talk about it with Tony.... Perhaps I can avoid it for a while, but sooner or later we're going to have to talk about it...." She angrily got up off the bed, threw some clean clothes on, and made her way downstairs...

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