Chris returned on his third steps down the stairs of the night with
Amy by his side, her arm crooked in his. He led her to the table and
directed her to pick up the red candle. He silently lit her candle with one
of the matches.
"The light represents Amy's feelings for you. If Amy does have these feelings, she will give you a little bit of those feelings." Chris said, giving the men a little bit of background information on the "ceremony". "Amy, when you're ready." He said, and then left the room for the side room behind the stairs.
"It was great getting a chance to talk to all of you tonight." Amy said, beginning her speech. "And I can see myself falling for each and every one of you. But unfortunately, I have to send five of you home tonight. It was a really hard decision for me but I hope I made the right choice." Amy said, wrapping up her speech.
With that, Amy straightened her back and began the ceremony.
"Ethan." Amy said, giving the first of her light away. Ethan smiled when he heard his name and walked towards Amy.
"Ethan will you accept this light?" Amy asked, as she knew she must.
"Yes, I will, thank you." Ethan replied, smiling despite him self as Amy lit his candle.
When Ethan's own mini ceremony was over he walked back to the rest of the men and went back to his place. But you could tell he was considerably happier, not to mention the light glimmering off of his candle.
Amy's emotions were nothing like Ethan's. She continued the ceremony exactly as she had when she started.
"Carter." She said, stating the next name that she was giving some of her light to.
Carter, like Ethan walked up to Amy and received the light, then rejoined the men and looked cheerful, unlike all the rest of them, except for Ethan.
This went on for Nathan, Shane, Aaron, Gabe, Seth, and Tad. Ephram was beginning to wonder. He knew that she only had two lights left to give. Maybe, he thought, that her strategy for the producers not to know that she knew him was to not keep him for future rounds.
Ephram's worries seemed to be confirmed when Josh was given Amy's second to last light. Ephram just stood there as Amy lit Josh's candle and looked as nervous as the rest of the men with unlit candles.
Chris Harrison then walked in from the side room saying another of his speeches.
"This is Amy's final light of the night." Chris said, ignoring the rhyme that Ephram would have laughed at had he not been so nervous. Then he left.
Amy then straightened her back like she had at the beginning of the ceremony and took a deep breath to prepare herself for what she was about to say.
"Ephram." She said.
Ephram didn't even try to deny his happiness when he walked up to Amy and waited for her to light his candle. And as she did all his fears seem to melt away along with the melted wax from the candle.
As he walked back to his place in the "lineup" and felt like he was a sophomore in high school again. Falling for the beautiful girl. But he knew the truth, he had never stopped falling for her. Ever. Not even for a minute.
Chris Harrison walked out from the room behind the stairs for the last time that night and said what would be his last message, to the five men who were leaving.
"Gentlemen, if your candles were not lit, I'm sorry to say, but this dream is over. Take this time to say your goodbyes.
The men, who weren't really the hugging type, didn't exactly know what to do. Amy was again surrounded by men, all of which she had rejected. They all hugged her goodbye and politely hugged each other goodbye for the cameras, and politely, the cameramen turned off the cameras without telling the people being filmed, so they could have this moment.
The rejected men walked outside to talk to the cameras waiting for them and the men who stayed had to wait for their limos to return so they could go back to their hotel that they had been staying at until they moved into, what the show called, "Any Man's Dream House". They also had to wait for the toast for the "Final Ten Men Toast", for which the glasses of champagne were currently being given out.
When everyone had their glasses, the men and Amy all gathered in a circle, with a few cameramen around them of course. All the men waited for Amy to make her toast.
"To getting to know you all much better in the next few weeks." Amy said. "Cheers."
"Cheers" Everyone else replied, and they clinked glasses and took a sip of their champagne. Then the men proceeded outside to wait for their cars, considering the rejected men had already left to go pack.
Amy stood at the doorway and waved to them as Chris Harrison closed the door for her.
"You did a good job." Chris said. "Most of the women freak out and we have to either start over or edit it out."
"Well you guys mask it up well." Amy said, glad she had him as a friend, considering she'd probably be spending more time with him than time she spent with the men.
"C'mon upstairs, "I'll show you to your room. You must be tired after a long day like this."
"I'm dead Amy said, I could sleep for all of tomorrow."
"Sorry about that. Wish you could but at six A.M tomorrow you have to wake up so we can shoot the video invitation and so that I can show it to the men by 11."
"Will I be getting any sleep when I'm here?" Amy asked jokingly.
"Nope." Chris said, as he led Amy upstairs to her bedroom.
A/N: Please read and review. And tell me what you think of the candle ceremony. I didn't want it to be exactly like the Bachelor and I thought long and hard about what it would be instead. So tell me what you think.
"The light represents Amy's feelings for you. If Amy does have these feelings, she will give you a little bit of those feelings." Chris said, giving the men a little bit of background information on the "ceremony". "Amy, when you're ready." He said, and then left the room for the side room behind the stairs.
"It was great getting a chance to talk to all of you tonight." Amy said, beginning her speech. "And I can see myself falling for each and every one of you. But unfortunately, I have to send five of you home tonight. It was a really hard decision for me but I hope I made the right choice." Amy said, wrapping up her speech.
With that, Amy straightened her back and began the ceremony.
"Ethan." Amy said, giving the first of her light away. Ethan smiled when he heard his name and walked towards Amy.
"Ethan will you accept this light?" Amy asked, as she knew she must.
"Yes, I will, thank you." Ethan replied, smiling despite him self as Amy lit his candle.
When Ethan's own mini ceremony was over he walked back to the rest of the men and went back to his place. But you could tell he was considerably happier, not to mention the light glimmering off of his candle.
Amy's emotions were nothing like Ethan's. She continued the ceremony exactly as she had when she started.
"Carter." She said, stating the next name that she was giving some of her light to.
Carter, like Ethan walked up to Amy and received the light, then rejoined the men and looked cheerful, unlike all the rest of them, except for Ethan.
This went on for Nathan, Shane, Aaron, Gabe, Seth, and Tad. Ephram was beginning to wonder. He knew that she only had two lights left to give. Maybe, he thought, that her strategy for the producers not to know that she knew him was to not keep him for future rounds.
Ephram's worries seemed to be confirmed when Josh was given Amy's second to last light. Ephram just stood there as Amy lit Josh's candle and looked as nervous as the rest of the men with unlit candles.
Chris Harrison then walked in from the side room saying another of his speeches.
"This is Amy's final light of the night." Chris said, ignoring the rhyme that Ephram would have laughed at had he not been so nervous. Then he left.
Amy then straightened her back like she had at the beginning of the ceremony and took a deep breath to prepare herself for what she was about to say.
"Ephram." She said.
Ephram didn't even try to deny his happiness when he walked up to Amy and waited for her to light his candle. And as she did all his fears seem to melt away along with the melted wax from the candle.
As he walked back to his place in the "lineup" and felt like he was a sophomore in high school again. Falling for the beautiful girl. But he knew the truth, he had never stopped falling for her. Ever. Not even for a minute.
Chris Harrison walked out from the room behind the stairs for the last time that night and said what would be his last message, to the five men who were leaving.
"Gentlemen, if your candles were not lit, I'm sorry to say, but this dream is over. Take this time to say your goodbyes.
The men, who weren't really the hugging type, didn't exactly know what to do. Amy was again surrounded by men, all of which she had rejected. They all hugged her goodbye and politely hugged each other goodbye for the cameras, and politely, the cameramen turned off the cameras without telling the people being filmed, so they could have this moment.
The rejected men walked outside to talk to the cameras waiting for them and the men who stayed had to wait for their limos to return so they could go back to their hotel that they had been staying at until they moved into, what the show called, "Any Man's Dream House". They also had to wait for the toast for the "Final Ten Men Toast", for which the glasses of champagne were currently being given out.
When everyone had their glasses, the men and Amy all gathered in a circle, with a few cameramen around them of course. All the men waited for Amy to make her toast.
"To getting to know you all much better in the next few weeks." Amy said. "Cheers."
"Cheers" Everyone else replied, and they clinked glasses and took a sip of their champagne. Then the men proceeded outside to wait for their cars, considering the rejected men had already left to go pack.
Amy stood at the doorway and waved to them as Chris Harrison closed the door for her.
"You did a good job." Chris said. "Most of the women freak out and we have to either start over or edit it out."
"Well you guys mask it up well." Amy said, glad she had him as a friend, considering she'd probably be spending more time with him than time she spent with the men.
"C'mon upstairs, "I'll show you to your room. You must be tired after a long day like this."
"I'm dead Amy said, I could sleep for all of tomorrow."
"Sorry about that. Wish you could but at six A.M tomorrow you have to wake up so we can shoot the video invitation and so that I can show it to the men by 11."
"Will I be getting any sleep when I'm here?" Amy asked jokingly.
"Nope." Chris said, as he led Amy upstairs to her bedroom.
A/N: Please read and review. And tell me what you think of the candle ceremony. I didn't want it to be exactly like the Bachelor and I thought long and hard about what it would be instead. So tell me what you think.