"Nice talking to you Terry."

Terry smiled and wiped his hands on a damp dish cloth and started to make another cup of steaming hot coffee for Nicole no less.

Ana smiled back and slowly rose off the stool that stood behind the marble counter and with great caution she carefully took each cup with her hands and started to walk towards the television store a few stores down.

"Don't spill!" Terry warned her as she slowly shuffled towards the store. Ana smiled knowing he was just trying to make her even more nervous about spilling.

"I won't!" She called back with a soft giggle and then entered the store.

Right away her bare feet felt the soft carpet and she smiled as the blast of the A. C hit her...summer was coming on horse back and she was still grateful that the power was running.

Inside she found Michael pulling one of the large leather couches closer towards the big screen T. V in the center of the store. She smiled the minute she caught sight of him and he looked up at her with those wide gray eyes and flashed a grin.

"Ready for the movie?"

"What are we watching?"

Michael then reached down and picked up the DVD, He smiled and held it against his chest.

"Only the best movie I've seen since high school..."

Ana saw the title and burst out into laughing as she walked over and handed him his cup of coffee.

Michael took the cup in his free hand and smiled back towards her.

"Thanks Ana."

Ana smiled back and started to get the butterflies again...she just couldn't help it.

"Ah it was nothing...Terry whipped them together."

Michael took a small sip and smiled back at her.

"Well, it's been a while since I had a good cup so thanks to the both of you."

Ana giggled again and then walked over to the couch and sank down into the soft leather pillows behind her...she held her coffee tight in one hand and watched Michael pop the DVD in and then sit right beside her.

Both started to drink their coffee and agree about how good it was.

Once the movie started both couldn't seem to stop laughing...such stupid jokes and bad acting came from it...but both needed a good laugh and take some time away from the worries outside.

During the movie both talked and seemed to find out a few new things about each other.

Ana talked about high school and how she tried out for cheer leading, Michael talked about base ball and his very first car.

Both like hearing about each other...somehow it made them feel closer.

When the movie finished both wiped the tears that had fallen from their eyes from laughing so hard and then Kenneth popped in and asked in Ana wanted to play "Hollywood Squares with the others on top." Ana agreed as Michael went off to play cards with Monica, Norma and Nicole.

Before heading up the stair well with Kenneth Michael waved to her and Ana felt ten times better...somehow she felt like she was seventeen again and flirting with the football quater back.

She smiled as she walked up and Kenneth noticed.

"What is it?" he asked...but Ana brushed it off and put her arm around him...somehow the two also had became closer, almost like a brother and sister relationship.

The roof top was run for a while, everyone watched Andy blast away the so called "Zombie look a likes," and then Ana felt like she had seen enough and headed back down the stair well.

While going down and caught sight of Michael who was now heading up the stairs to check out what was going on.

Michael laughed when he saw her and asked if they were still playing the game.

Ana stopped and told him that now it wasn't bothering her as much.

Michael then explained to her it was better they took out all that stress on "Those things," better then each other. Ana smiled and had to agree...but at the same time remember that they were once people.

"Not any more." Michael said...she then stopped and both seemed to have a moment as they looked over each other and then snapped out of it.

The feeling made Ana's heart jump.

He then started up and she started down...but as they crossed they took hands for a second and then broke away.

Ana was on the third landing when she stopped and it dawned on her that they were just holding hands.

She then heard his footsteps climb higher and higher and then the door.

A warm smile spread across her face and she kept walking.