Hey everyone! I'm back from DC! It was really fun! But now I can update! Yay! DC was a lot of fun! I bought 6 mangas while in the trip! I totally blew like all my money on manga! Haha! I'm so happy my friend Conor reviewed! And he really likes the story! I'm so happy! Ok, are you guys itching for another chapter? Well, here it is!

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Warning: None really. Language

Chapter 11: Apologies

"I love you."

Those words still rang in Amber's head as she sat on Patrick's sofa. After Duo had uttered those words to her, she had broken off the embrace and ran to Patrick's apartment. That had been two days ago.

"Amber! Will you go back to you apartment already? I can't keep lending you clothes!" After Amber had run into his apartment the second time in two days, Patrick had made her spill everything that had happened. "Amber! Listen to me! How do you think Duo feels right now? You just ran away from him again! He must really think you hate him now, even though you said you didn't!"

Amber gasped. Patrick's right. I need to straighten this out. Now. "Ok. I'll go back. You just keep looking for my parents."

"Aye aye Captain!" Patrick mock saluted her as Amber walked out of the apartment.

"Ah! Miss Amber! Your back!" Quatre jumped up from the couch and ran over to her. "We've been worried about you. Duo's at the park. I really think you should go talk to him."

"Thanks. I was looking for him. I'll see you later." Amber said, walking down the hall to the elevator.

Hmmmm. Where's Duo? Amber entered the park and looked around. Almost immediately, she spotted Duo sitting on a bench. He had his head in his hands with his elbows balanced on his knees. "Duo….."

Duo's head shot up. His eyes were bloodshot, like he had been crying for a long time. He stared at Amber, as though she were and illusion, and would disappear the moment he tried to tough or speak to her. "Amber?"

"Yes Duo. It's me." Amber looked away, ashamed that she kept running away from Duo. She ran over to the bench and threw her arms around Duo. "Duo, I'm so sorry! Please forgive. It's just that that was the first time anyone's told me they love me! I just kind of, panicked."

"Why would you panic?" Duo asked, returning the embrace.

"Because I'm afraid of being hurt and of hurting someone else. I'm sorry Duo. Now I understand my feelings. I love you too." Amber smiled then leaned in and kissed Duo lightly. Duo eyes shot open. Then he relaxed and kissed her back gently.

Suddenly a beeping noise interrupted the pair. "What the ?" Amber swore.

"Amber, what's wrong?"

"Someone set off the alarm in my room, which means someone's trying to break into it!"

Ack! Shortness! I'm sorry! But it's 5:38 AM! And I've been up since 2:30ish! Because my stomach hurts a lot and I just watched The Ring last night. It freaked me out but not as bad as The Shining did. The Ring was a pretty retarded movie. Everyone says I look like Samara when I put my hair in front of my face. Now that I've seen the movie, I can totally freak my friends out! Haha! This'll be fun! Anyway, please review! I'm going to start chapter 12 right now so it should be out today!(hopefully)