"So this is what hockey rink looks like?" Ephram cited when the group consisting of Amy and Aaron, Gabe, Seth, Josh, and of course, Ephram sat down at their seats in the hockey rink. Ephram, being the only person brave enough to talk, not to mention the only one who Amy was in love with, was monopolizing the conversation. Well, him and Amy were together. It was more of a private conversation between them, although they still were pretending to barely know each other. "I can't believe you've never been to a hockey rink. I thought you were the New York rich kid who went everywhere and saw everything." Amy joked with him. They weren't very good at pretending they didn't know each other. "You know sports weren't really my thing, that's Del- I mean, my little sister Delia's thing." Ephram said, catching himself just in time. However, this seemed to break them out of their dream world and told Amy to talk to some of the other men, although she was now seated comfortably between Ephram and Aaron. She had sat next to Ephram in the limo too. She hoped they weren't too obvious. "So, Aaron, you're from California?" "Yep, the Golden State. Actually it is not quite so Golden anymore. I mean, Ahhnald isn't doing much for us, and I thought the Forty-Niner's used to be good." Aaron said laughing, and Amy laughed with him, he was a funny guy. The class clown type. "Well the Rockies were never exactly good. Wait, that's baseball." Amy said, correcting her mistake she had made on purpose for conversational issues. It worked. "It doesn't matter. I have this great Rockies hat anyway, I think the Rockies' colors look best on me don't you think?" Aaron said, mock-striking a pose as Amy laughed. "Definitely your colors." Amy managed to say amidst her giggling. She liked him, but already she saw him as just a friend. "And you own a real estate company. That's pretty big for a guy who's only twenty-eight." "Well, I inherited it from my father, who was a big real estate mogul in Fresno, and when he died, he passed it on to me. And given I was only 15 at the time, my mom ran the business until I got out of college and was ready to take my dad's place." "I'm sorry about your dad." Amy replied respectfully and felt closer to him than she had before. "It's ok, it was thirteen years ago after all. And he and I never were really that close. He was always working and he was a hard drinker..." He said, trailing off, and Amy could tell that he was holding in some tough memories that she didn't feel needed to be divulged on at this point in their relationship, or whatever it was that they were doing. Getting to know each other maybe. That was at least how she liked to put it at the time-being. Not knowing what to say, Amy turned to watch the hockey game, which had just begun. It was the Los Angeles Kings versus the Colorado Avalanche, making it an interesting game for Amy. She pretended to root for the Kings, but her and Ephram secretly smiled at each other every time the Avalanche made a really good pass or a goal. She would always be a Coloradonian, and Ephram, after his first year in Everwood, would always be one at heart. Amy she only talked briefly with Gabe, Seth, and Josh throughout the game. She didn't really have anything to say to most of them, mostly just stuff like "That was a good pass," and "Nice shot!". There was just no click between her and any of the three other men on the date.

After the game, the crew, packed up, like they had at the rodeo date, and let Amy and the five men have their own private dinner date. Again, she sat next to Ephram and hoped that no one had noticed that he was the only one that she was really talking to and that he was always the closest to her and that he was the only person who really made her cheeks turn bright red. And she was glad they did. She loved the feeling. It was a feeling she hadn't felt since high school. A feeling she hadn't felt since the last time she'd seen Ephram.
They went through dinner talking to each other, and occasionally stopping their conversation abruptly, looking each other in the eye, and trying to cover up their secret by immediately turning and talking to someone else. If you knew and were watching, it was a funny sight, and they felt pretty foolish doing it, but knew they had to.
And luckily, no one noticed them. At least for the time being.
During their one on one time, back in the RV that had driven them there, complete with bedroom, kitchen, dining room, and living room, they tried not to show to the cameras how much in love with each other they really were. And they didn't kiss once, although they both could tell from the look in each other's eyes how much they both wanted to. And Amy didn't go anywhere near getting physical with any of the other men. She didn't ever want to. She found her soul mate, and she never wanted to even touch another man. And it wasn't a problem, she wasn't supposed to be kissing anyone yet anyway. Although her heart told her to just kiss Ephram in the back of the RV, without anyone knowing except her, Ephram, and the cameramen that were filming them. But she decided against it, she didn't want anything she did to come back to haunt her later.
And that night at the hotel room, all the passion that had built up over the course of the day made that night one that they would never forget. And one that reminded them they truly were soul mates.

A/N: Hey guys. I'm glad you're still with me. I haven't been updating as frequently as I would like to. But I'm trying. But I want to ask you guys a question. And answer honestly. Do you think this story is getting boring, what with it having almost no conflict. I already have a twist prepared if that's what you want, and it was suggested by one of my diligent readers. So just read and review and tell me what you think. I'm a writer by the people, for the people. I'll write what you want.