Amanda sauntered into Marc's office at Mode and sat down on corner of his desk.

"Heeeeyyy!" She said, greeting him.

"Hey Mandy-pants." What are you doing here? Don't you have some celebrity to shine and buff?"

"Yeah. That's why I'm here. I need to go to the closet. I'm out of accessories and I need to borrow some. Is there anything new in?"

Marc jumped up and ran to block the door of his office so Amanda couldn't leave.

"You know I love you Amanda, but I can't let you do that anymore. Now that I'm a full fledge fashion editor, Mode is kind of my baby….I can't let you plunder my baby!" He said the last part forcefully.

Amanda grabbed his wrist and tried to pull him away from the doorway.

"Out of my way, queen!"

"No! I won't" Marc said standing firm. "I won't let you do it!"

"Nooooo Marc!" Amanda wailed like a junkie needing a fix. "Don't cut me off! Please don't cut me off!"

She yanked on his arm trying to get him to move. When that proved unsuccessful she got a malicious look on her face and said "If you cut me off I'll tell everyone about the time you made out with Fat Carol in the copy room."

Marc looked confused.

Amanda paused for a second, thinking about it and then she said "Wait…maybe that was me."

Marc nodded.

She got another tactic. "Maybe I could trade some information for some swag."

"What do you mean?" Marc asked.

"Well, I'm a stylist now and I hear all sorts of interesting gossip in my line of work."

"Like what?" Marc was intrigued.

"Like…just yesterday I heard that Lindsey is going back into rehab." Amanda said hopefully.

"Eh…" Marc scrunched his nose like he wasn't very interested.

Amanda continued. "The starlet who plays Nicolette on "As the Shadow Changes" is actually a lesbian!"

Marc raised his eyebrows a little but didn't move from blocking the door.

Amanda hung her head in despair. Then something occurred to her. She was desperate – she had to try.

"Daniel moved to London to be with Betty 'cause he's in love with her!" She said quickly.

"WHAT!" Marc yelled. "How do you know that?"

"Don't you read your own magazine?" Amanda asked

"Only the interesting parts."

"It was all over Daniel's last letter from the editor."

"That was about Betty?" Marc couldn't believe it.

Amanda nodded. Marc moved out of the way and they started walking down the hall. Clearly that had been enough information for him.

"So Daniel and Betty huh?" Marc's tone had softened. "Aww, it's like Mode's own little fairy tale…Beauty and the Burrito."

"Betty's the burrito, right?" Amanda needed to clarify.

Marc continued talking but stopped walking as if deep in thought. "Can you imagine if they had puppies?" Marc shuddered. "It would be the ultimate brouhaha for Mother Nature…the perfect genetic storm - a mix of sleek and sexy with frumpy and bleh." Marc was starting to get hysterical. "His charm…her chunk; his machismo…her myopia; his form…her fur; his baby blues…her…"

"Marc!" Amanda slapped him back into reality.

"Sorry. I guess I got a bit carried away there." They started walking again.

"I'll say. I don't think they're quite at that stage yet."

Marc was more sensitive. "Awww…I'm sorry Mandy. I know you used to have feelings for Daniel. Is this hard to talk about?"

"Not really." Amanda answered. "I kind of think the idea of Daniel and Betty together is sweet. They've always had this special connection…you know?" Marc knew – he nodded and Amanda continued. "I really can't blame Daniel…Betty has this way about her. At first you don't want anything to do with her but then she kind of grows on you and you can't imagine your life without her in it."

"Yeah…" Marc sighed adding sweetly "Like toenail fungus."

"Besides, I'm really into Tyler now. He's pretty hot."

Marc nodded agreement.

Amanda continued. "And he doesn't come with all Daniel's baggage…you know?"

"Yeah." Marc nodded "he's not lugging more than a tiny bit of rehab and a little attempted murder."