Chapter 5

Later in the middle of the night, Kim is in prepping some apple cinnamon muffins. Everyone else in the apartment is asleep except Kim. She is unable to sleep because she misses her boyfriend. Amanda comes out of her bedroom and she goes into the kitchen wearing a robe and she finds Kim prepping apple cinnamon muffins.

"It's 2:00 AM. What are you doing?" Amanda asks.

"Prepping some muffins. You want one?" Kim replies.

Amanda tells Kim maybe she'll have a muffin later. She wonders why Kim is making muffins. Kim is making muffins because they're delicious and that anyone can eat them with a bagel. The girls are in the kitchen talking about their love lives.

"What's going on?" Amanda asks.

"I was having phone sex with Lorenzo but we lost the connection." Kim replies.

"I'm going to gain so much weight because your boyfriend's out of town." Amanda replies.

As Kim puts the batter in the pan, Amanda sits down at the table. She's rubbing her eyes trying not to fall asleep. Kim can see that Amanda is tired and needs some sleep. Amanda says that if she gains weight, she'll have to work out to be able to fit into her wedding dress.

"What are you doing up?" Kim asks.

"I couldn't sleep. I kept listening for Lena to come in." Amanda replies.

"She probably needed to take care of a few things." Kim responds.

Amanda's cell phone is ringing and she wonders who it is. The phone is in her robe pocket and the ringing isn't waking Jesse, Frannie and Declan up. Amanda grabs her phone and she answers the phone and it's Nate's mother to tell her that her friend is at her house and she's drunk.

"Hello? Who? Oh, Mrs. Davis. What's wrong?" Amanda asks.

"Lena's drunk and you need to come get her." Mrs. Davis replies.

"Oh, no." Amanda responds.

Kim wonders why Amanda is on the phone with Nate's mother. Amanda tells her to hold on a second so that she can tell Kim why she's on the phone with her. Both girls wonder what they should do and how to act quick.

"What?" Kim asks.

"Lena showed up at Nate's drunk. Mrs. Davis, I am so sorry. We'll be right there." Amanda says.

Amanda tells Kim that Lena's alive and Kim puts the muffins in the oven to cook. Amanda goes into her bedroom so that she can tell Declan that she needs to pick Lena up because she's drunk. She sits on the bed and she taps on him.

"Declan, wake up." Amanda whispers.

"Amanda? Is something wrong?" Declan asks.

Declan wakes up and he sits up in bed with Amanda. She takes her robe off and she puts on a NYPD sweatshirt. Amanda tells Declan that there's something that she needs to do but she wanted him to know before he could wonder where she went and she tells him that Lena's drunk.

"Lena got drunk? Lena?" Declan asks.

"Yeah. I have to pick her up." Amanda replies.

"Do you want me to come?" Declan asks.

"No, it's okay. You need your sleep." Amanda replies.

Amanda kisses Declan on his lips and she gets ready to pick up Lena. She takes her slippers off and she puts her flip flops on. Amanda wants to sleep in bed with Declan but she needs to get Lena before something happens to her.

"You'll come to bed after?" Declan asks.

"That's right. I'll come to bed after. I love you." Amanda replies.

"I love you." Declan says.

After kissing Declan's lips, Amanda leaves her bedroom and she goes into the family to find Kim getting ready to pick up Lena with her. She puts on her sweatshirt and flip flops. Amanda gets her car keys and driver's license.

"You get our cell phones and I'll drive." Amanda says.

"Okay. Let me put these muffins in the oven and I'll set a timer on my phone." Kim replies.

Kim puts her muffins in the oven and she reads the package to see how long the muffins need to bake for. She sets the timer for 25 minutes on her phone. As they get ready to leave the apartment. As the get ready to leave, Kim goes into the kitchen to check on the muffins. Amanda tells Kim that the muffins won't be done faster if she keeps checking on them. Kim says that she doesn't want them to get ruined.

"Relax, Kim. We'll be back before the muffins are done." Amanda says.

"I hope so. They look so good to eat." Kim responds.

Amanda and Kim leave the apartment and they get in the car. They drive and Kim falls asleep in the front seat of Amanda's car. Amanda is glad that Kim has changed her ways. She is relieved not to see Kim crying. A few minutes later, Amanda and Kim get to Nate's apartment building.

"Kim, wake up." Amanda says.

"Are we there yet?" Kim asks, sleepily.

Kim wakes up and Amanda tells her that they're at Nate's apartment building. They girls take their seat belts off and they get out of the car. They go up to Nate's apartment building and they find his apartment.