"Good evening and welcome to The Bachelor. I am your host, Alex, and I will guide you, as well as our Bachelor, through the exiting journey to find the love of his life," said a short, dark haired man with a surplus of charm. The guy had smooth leaking out his ears.

It cut to a magnificent mansion where the stars would be staying, then back to Alex. "And our lucky Bachelor for the sixth season is..." the picture now displayed was of an incredibly handsome and casually dressed man, "Alec Stevenson! He is 21 years old and a dedicated worker in the business field and lucky for our 25 women, single! Hopefully not for long though. Now, let's meet the 25 women that will compete to win his heart!"

The screen now began to scroll through numerous pictures of beautiful women - blondes, brunettes, red-heads and jet black haired beauties. It settled on the first, a stunning and perky looking girl with short blond hair.

"This is Kristy, a 20 year old dancer in the Rockettes," came the commentary.

Next was a pretty but plain girl with brown, mousey looking hair and a shy complexion. "This is Sarah, a 22 year old Art Major." Said Alex.

After that came the feisty red headed Harvard graduate - Riley, the dirty blonde teacher named Tanya, the exotic Japanese girl - Yuki, the athletic, brown haired lacrosse player named Melissa, and the cute, auburn haired secretary by the name of Kelly. The professional horse trainer with bushy brown hair was named Holly, the adorable farm girl with bright red hair was Anne and the honey haired florist was Loretta.

The smart, brown haired scientist was Tori, the motivational speaker with black hair was Meredith, the light brown haired carpenter was Amy, the dark blonde singer was Angela and the blonde pageant winner was Ruby Jane. The radio personality with rich brown hair was Terri, the black haired lawyer was Whitney, the blonde dancer was Candy, the black haired swimmer was Colleen and the blonde telemarketer was Shelly.

The brown haired firefighter was Trisha, the Chinese martial artist was Faye, the computer programming girl with black hair was Michelle, the blonde innkeeper was Hope and the black and red haired delivery professional was Max.

~*~*~*~

Alex stood next to the calm bachelor beside him, awaiting the limousines. "Excited, Alex?"

"It's Alec. As in not you."

"Right, Alex. The limo will be here shortly. Are you ready?"

The other man simply growled and ran his hands through his hair.

"Now this is reality TV! Oh, here they come. Good luck Alex!" Alex said to Ale c cheerfully. Alec glared and nodded and the other man slipped away just as the first limo pulled up and a perky blonde skipped to Alec.

"Hi there! I'm Kristy!" she chirped as she friendly sticks out her hand. Alec shook it and replied smoothly. "Hey, Kristy. I'm Alec, where' you from?"

"New York! I dance in the Rockettes! Isn't that cool?"

"Yeah, it is. I'm from L.A." she nods happily and walks up the stairs.

~*~*~*~

"Not his type." Cece said, acting bored.

"Are you kidding? That is so his type. The stupid ditzy kind." Biggs said.

"So? And look at this girl! Sarah? Plain name for a plain face. I don't like her."

~*~*~*~

A stunning red head stepped out of the limo and made her way to Alec and outstretches her hand. "Hey, I'm Riley from D.C."

"I'm Alec, from the City of Angels."

"I can tell."

There gaze caught and held, till she smiled and walked into the mansion.

~*~*~*~

"Oh, what, that's the teacher, right? Gawd, can't she fix her hair up for such an occasion?" Cece complained.

"I think it is fixed... or something died in it." Biggs contemplated and peered at the screen. "Or both."

"And what about her? She can't hardly speak English!"

"Ooo, check her out..." Biggs said, ignoring his friends criticisms.

"What, Melissa, the lacrosse player? Yuck."

"She's cute too." Biggs supplied.

"Kelly? Not really."

"Hey! She kissed him! Score one for my man!"

"She like raped him! And eeew! Uni-brow!"

~*~*~*~

"Hi, I'm Anne." A cute red head said to Alec.

"I'm Alec and I like your accent. Where're you from?"

"Tennessee. I live on a farm."

~*~*~*~

"Loretta? What kind of freak name is that? And Tori the 'Scientist'!"

"Mmm, Meredith can motivate me anytime..." Biggs rumbled appreciatively at the beauties on the screen.

~*~*~*~

"Hi, I'm Amy."

"I'm Alec. So, where are you from?"

"New Hampshire. I'm a carpenter."

"I'd love to see your tools sometime.." Alec said, licking his lips and using innuendo to it's strongest. Amy giggled and walked inside.

~*~*~*~

"Shut up, foo! Look, it's that singer? What's her name?" Original Cindy asked Sketchy.

"Angela! She's *hiccup* heavenly," Sketchy drooled.

"Hmm, hey, check her out, I can see why.. 'Ruby Jane' won so many pageants..."

~*~*~*~

"Good Evening! I'm Terri."

"Nice to meet you, Terri. I'm Alec. Where are you from?" "Ohio. I'm a Radio Personality." She answered.

"Can't wait to get to know your personality then." Alec replied with a wink.

~*~*~*~

"Check a sista' out. That Whittney's got it going on."

"I want Candyyy" Sketchy sang off key as the dancer made an appearance on Crash's TV screen.

"Hmm, Colleen. Girl's got some muscles from all that swimming. I like." Original Cindy appraised the girls on screen.

~*~*~*~

The blonde tripped on her way from the limo to Alec, but laughed... snorted it off.

"Hi! I'm Shelly!" she said enthusiastically while almost hitting him in her eagerness to shake hands. Alec did so cautiously.

"I'm from North Dakota, and I'm a telemarketer and they told me all about you, and your name is Alec and-"

"Yeah, you should get to the party..."

She pouted.

"I promise I'll talk to you later.." he said as a last ditch attempt. A smile erupted on her face and she gave him a peck on the cheek and skipped off, tripping once again.

~*~*~*~

"Mmm, fight my fires Trisha..."

"Hah huh hah.. May's hot.." Sketchy said through a drunken haze.

Smacking sound.

"It's Faye, foo'!"

~*~*~*~

"Michelle's such a nerd. I mean, computer programmer?"

Biggs sighed.

"Hope is a stupid name."

Biggs groaned and pointed the remote at Cece, frantically pushing the mute button.

~*~*~*~

Alec sighed and ran his hands through his already messy hair. That was 24 women, all waiting for him to date, and only one to go. And here she was, slowly getting out of the limo.. nice legs, blood red dress, black with red highlighted hair... and she was gorgeous.

Max carefully walked to where the guy was standing, concentrating too much on the hip sways Original Cindy had taught her to notice the guy she was about to meet - and possibly marry. The worst part was her being an X5. How the hell would he take that?

"Hey.." Alec breathed.

"Max." she offered a delicate, strong hand, which he brushed with his lips.

"Alec."

She smiled, uncertainly, and he smirked in return. The hesitant smile turned into an expression of someone who's just been offered a challenge they can't possibly refuse. With a wink, she made her way to the party.

"Well, Alex, that was your 25 women! What do you think?" said the annoyingly cheerful host.

~*~*~*~

"She's ugly."

There was a simultaneous "Aaaarg" from Biggs at the impossibility of Cece, the groan of impatience from Alec about his mistaken name and from Sketchy's lunch coming up.