Once Amy returned inside she was again, mobbed my men. She talked to them
and almost knew those who she would eliminate and who would stay, but it
was fun talking to all of them while it lasted.
Chris Harrison walked out from the room behind the stairs with a glass and a spoon.
"Gentlemen, its time for Amy to come upstairs and make her decision, Amy." He said, inviting her up the stair to the Consideration Room.
Amy took a hold of his arm and began to walk up the step. When she was almost out of sight, she turned around, as told, and waved at the men. She caught one's eye. And he waved back at her and gave her a little wink.
She smiled at what Ephram had just done, then turned back around and continued up the stairs with Chris.
They walked into the Consideration Room. She looked at the pictures of all the men standing on a hanging counter on the other side of the room. But Chris instead led her to the couch. She knew the deal, a little talk for the cameras, then the decision.
While they waited for the cameramen to arrive and set up, Amy and Chris had another little heart-to-heart.
"So Amy, what did you really think of the 15 men of your dreams."
"Some of them were kind of weird. Like Adrian, I was a little freaked out by him. He wouldn't stop talking about himself and how good he was at his job of bartending. But some of them were nice. Tad was very gentlemanly. He talked about himself and he asked about me and he always knew how to say the right thing. And Ephram." Amy said, although she didn't know what to say about Ephram. All she knew was that she, as past Woman of Their Dreams had said, had "felt a connection". But the difference was, she had felt this connection for ten years.
"Yeah," Chris said. "I saw a connection between you two."
"Ok, ready in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." An abnormally thin cameraman with a bizarre looking goatee said.
"So Amy, what did you think of the 15 Men of Your Dreams?"
"They were all really great guys. I know I'm hard time choosing. I just hope I don't send the right guy home. There are just so many great guys and I don't know how I'm possibly going to choose." Amy said, knowing that it was what she should say, and didn't want to upset the producers.
"Well Amy, I'll leave you here to consider each man. I'm going to go talk to them and when I come back I hope you'll be ready to make your decision." Chris said, then nodded and left the room.
Amy watched him leave and as he did the camera crew stopped the tape and moved to the other side of the room with the pictures of all the men.
Amy walked over to the counter of pictures to begin her consideration but was interrupted by the cameramen.
"Could you just move a little bit to the left," a tall cameraman with graying hair asked her, as she moved to the left. "Now put your chin up a little and face the pictures. "
Amy did as she was told by the cameraman and began to think about each of the men and which ones she wanted to stay and which ones she wanted to go.
She looked and saw the picture of Tad, and that of Carter, and Josh and then her eyes came across the picture of Ephram and she started deeply at it and thought of their past. She thought of her junior year and of Colin and Tommy and her family and her brother and her grandparents and how Ephram was there at the end of it all. After all the bad stuff she had been through he was still there waiting for her. He had told her he had always been waiting for her. And she remembered the kiss. The kiss that would change her life.
The same rude cameraman interrupted her thoughts. "Perfect, thanks for the good consideration footage. We're gonna head downstairs to catch Chris and his usual speech. Now you really can consider all the men. And hey, if you don't like any of them, I'm always here." He said hopefully and Amy couldn't help but laugh. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. He reminded her of her dad. Annoying at first but then you get to know him and you can't stop loving him. Everyone always did in the end.
"Thanks." She replied, and waited for every single cameraman to leave the Consideration Room before she walked over and closed the door and returned to the pictures. She looked at the pictures of all the men carefully, even though she already knew the ones who she didn't want to stay. And after this careful consideration she finally decided on the final 10 men of her dreams.
* * *
Chris walked down the stairs with the tray of 15 white candles with a red candle on top of the pile. He placed the candles down on the small marble table and removed the red candle from the top of the pile and put it down on the table. He then gave each of the 15 men a white candle. To possibly be lit by Amy in just moments and then returned the red candle to the silver platter next to the matches in a silver matchbox. He then turned to the men.
"Now that you've met the Woman of Your Dreams. I'm sure you would all like to get to know her better. But if you could not see yourself marrying Amy, you can and should reject the flame from her candle." Chris said in his usual boring and speech-like fashion that he saved particularly for these speeches. And as usual, no one left or flinched.
"Now, I'll go get The Woman of Your Dreams."
A/N: Please read and review!
Chris Harrison walked out from the room behind the stairs with a glass and a spoon.
"Gentlemen, its time for Amy to come upstairs and make her decision, Amy." He said, inviting her up the stair to the Consideration Room.
Amy took a hold of his arm and began to walk up the step. When she was almost out of sight, she turned around, as told, and waved at the men. She caught one's eye. And he waved back at her and gave her a little wink.
She smiled at what Ephram had just done, then turned back around and continued up the stairs with Chris.
They walked into the Consideration Room. She looked at the pictures of all the men standing on a hanging counter on the other side of the room. But Chris instead led her to the couch. She knew the deal, a little talk for the cameras, then the decision.
While they waited for the cameramen to arrive and set up, Amy and Chris had another little heart-to-heart.
"So Amy, what did you really think of the 15 men of your dreams."
"Some of them were kind of weird. Like Adrian, I was a little freaked out by him. He wouldn't stop talking about himself and how good he was at his job of bartending. But some of them were nice. Tad was very gentlemanly. He talked about himself and he asked about me and he always knew how to say the right thing. And Ephram." Amy said, although she didn't know what to say about Ephram. All she knew was that she, as past Woman of Their Dreams had said, had "felt a connection". But the difference was, she had felt this connection for ten years.
"Yeah," Chris said. "I saw a connection between you two."
"Ok, ready in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." An abnormally thin cameraman with a bizarre looking goatee said.
"So Amy, what did you think of the 15 Men of Your Dreams?"
"They were all really great guys. I know I'm hard time choosing. I just hope I don't send the right guy home. There are just so many great guys and I don't know how I'm possibly going to choose." Amy said, knowing that it was what she should say, and didn't want to upset the producers.
"Well Amy, I'll leave you here to consider each man. I'm going to go talk to them and when I come back I hope you'll be ready to make your decision." Chris said, then nodded and left the room.
Amy watched him leave and as he did the camera crew stopped the tape and moved to the other side of the room with the pictures of all the men.
Amy walked over to the counter of pictures to begin her consideration but was interrupted by the cameramen.
"Could you just move a little bit to the left," a tall cameraman with graying hair asked her, as she moved to the left. "Now put your chin up a little and face the pictures. "
Amy did as she was told by the cameraman and began to think about each of the men and which ones she wanted to stay and which ones she wanted to go.
She looked and saw the picture of Tad, and that of Carter, and Josh and then her eyes came across the picture of Ephram and she started deeply at it and thought of their past. She thought of her junior year and of Colin and Tommy and her family and her brother and her grandparents and how Ephram was there at the end of it all. After all the bad stuff she had been through he was still there waiting for her. He had told her he had always been waiting for her. And she remembered the kiss. The kiss that would change her life.
The same rude cameraman interrupted her thoughts. "Perfect, thanks for the good consideration footage. We're gonna head downstairs to catch Chris and his usual speech. Now you really can consider all the men. And hey, if you don't like any of them, I'm always here." He said hopefully and Amy couldn't help but laugh. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. He reminded her of her dad. Annoying at first but then you get to know him and you can't stop loving him. Everyone always did in the end.
"Thanks." She replied, and waited for every single cameraman to leave the Consideration Room before she walked over and closed the door and returned to the pictures. She looked at the pictures of all the men carefully, even though she already knew the ones who she didn't want to stay. And after this careful consideration she finally decided on the final 10 men of her dreams.
* * *
Chris walked down the stairs with the tray of 15 white candles with a red candle on top of the pile. He placed the candles down on the small marble table and removed the red candle from the top of the pile and put it down on the table. He then gave each of the 15 men a white candle. To possibly be lit by Amy in just moments and then returned the red candle to the silver platter next to the matches in a silver matchbox. He then turned to the men.
"Now that you've met the Woman of Your Dreams. I'm sure you would all like to get to know her better. But if you could not see yourself marrying Amy, you can and should reject the flame from her candle." Chris said in his usual boring and speech-like fashion that he saved particularly for these speeches. And as usual, no one left or flinched.
"Now, I'll go get The Woman of Your Dreams."
A/N: Please read and review!