Amber woke up to the smell of coffee, sausages, and eggs being cooked. It reminded her of the mornings she and her mom ate out for breakfast. Unlike Tammy's mom, her mother never cooked. Boiling water was probably too much work for her. She stopped complaining about it a long time ago and now she figured her mom was too busy to cook. That is if you considered sleeping around with your daughter's boyfriend plus countless other guys begin busy. Amber got angry all over again at the mental vision of Link and her mother together. How could her mom do that to her? Sure, she was obviously nothing but a raging nymphomaniac but she should have had the will power to stay away from Link. How could Link do this to her when he was supposed to love her? She didn't care if she ever talked to either one of them again. Amber got out of bed to start what she knew was going to be a bad day. She had to face her mother and Link today and she knew it wasn't going to be easy. When she got to Tammy's house last night she had just told her that she and her mom had a bad fight and she needed a place to sleep. She was too ashamed of the real reason she showed up on Tammy's doorstep in the middle of the night. Tammy kept trying to get her to talk about it but she couldn't bring herself to tell her best friend the truth.

She was in the kitchen eating breakfast with Tammy and her little brother when the doorbell rang. She heard Tammy's mom open the door and a second later her own mother's voice. Velma came into the kitchen and spotted Amber. "Amber, we need to talk."

"Mom I don't want to talk to you." She said with out even turning around.

"Come on Amber don't be childish. This is really no big deal." Amber finally got up and turned around to face her mom. "Are you serious, mother! You think this is no big deal? I see you with…" Amber stopped when she realized Tammy's family was looking at them like they were watching some soap opera.

"Get your things and get in the car Amber" Velma said. Amber just stood there. She didn't want to go with her mother. She didn't even like her coming for her like she was a concerned parent or something.

"Amber, don't make me tell you twice." Velma said sternly.

Amber bowed her head in defeat and went to get her thinks. A few minutes later when they were driving along Velma finally spoke up. "I know you're mad at me but we have got to get through this. Let me explain what happened."

"Mom I know what happened you couldn't help yourself you never can. You don't have to sleep with every guy you lay eyes on you know."

"Amber you know that's not true. Link came over looking for you and it just happened."

"Whatever mom." Amber said and looked out the window. Velma knew there was nothing she could say to make things better. She had really hurt Amber and no amount of apologizes was going to make up for that. She always thought Link was cute in a boyish type of way but he was her daughter's boyfriend so she tried to turn the other cheek. He came over yesterday looking for Amber and she wasn't there. At first his intention was to just wait for her to come back an then he flirted with Velma telling her how pretty she was and how she looked more like Amber's older sister instead of her mother. Velma loved it when men told her how youthful she looked. She had kissed him to thank him for the compliment and then one thing led to another. Amber wasn't even supposed to find out about it. Now, she hated her. The only person Velma loved more then herself hated her all because she couldn't resist Link Larkin. She could have said no at any time but she didn't.

"Amber, can we please talk about this?" Velma said trying one more time when the pulled up to the high school.

"No mom we can't." Amber said and grabbed her things.

"Fine, we'll talk later when you come home."

"Mom, I'm not coming home." She said and then got out and slammed the door before Velma could say anything else.

Amber walked to her locker and saw Link standing up against it. She acted like she didn't see him and kept walking.

"Amber wait!" She heard him say but he kept walking. "Amber let me explain." He said catching up with her. "There's nothing to explain Link you slept with my mother. I never want to speak to you again."

"You know it's hard to say no to your mother."

"Like that explains it? It's over Link. You and my mother can both go to hell!"

"What do you mean it's over?"

"I mean you're a free man Link. Are you going to run back to my mom now?" She turned and walked in the opposite direction before he had a chance to answer. She was glad to see he wasn't following her. She went through the rest of the day in a daze. She didn't talk to anyone and tried her best to avoid Link. She went home to get some of her things since she knew her mom was still at work. She was planning on staying at Tammy's house until she could figure something out. She started crying again. She still didn't get why her mother did this to her. Link was another story. She knew he wanted to have sex with her and was actually threatening to leave her if she didn't but she didn't know he was desperate enough to turn to her mother, though. She wiped her tears away and walked out of her room with her suitcase in her hand. She heard the front door open.

"Amber!" She heard her mother call from downstairs. She didn't answer back and quickly went back to her room and closed the door except for a little crack. If she didn't think she was at home, Amber figured she would just leave. She heard her mom calling her name again. A moment later she heard her mom say, "She's not here. Let's go up to my room" Amber was surprised. It didn't seem like her mom was broken up about what happened at all. She was about to have sex with another man, or maybe she was with Link again. She heard them walking up the stairs and prepared to confront them again. She opened her door a little farther and saw her mother coming down the hallway and Corny walking behind her. They stopped in front of Velma's bedroom door and started kissing.

"Are you sure Amber isn't going to come in?" He asked her.

"Don't worry about her. I don't think she's coming back today." She said and they kissed again before walking into the bedroom and closing the door. She knew her mom and Corny were together but until now she didn't know if it was still going on but why wasn't she trying to make up with her instead of being with him? Her mom was more selfish then she thought. She waited a minute before tiptoeing downstairs and out the door.

"What's the matter with Amber, anyway?" Corny asked Velma about an hour later when they were sitting in the living room together. She hadn't seen Amber since this morning and figured she just needed to cool off. She hoped she would have at least called or came home. "We just had a fight. I'm sure she'll be fine." She told him. She didn't want to tell him the truth about Link. He'll probably be disgusted by it and leave her, and she didn't want that. She really did love him and she never loved any man before, not even Amber's father. She had flings and one night stands with lots of guys but it was always meaningless. They all just wanted one thing from her, and really didn't care about. Corny cared about her though. He wasn't just after one thing; all he wanted was to be with her. He took her out to nice restaurants, complimented her and bought her sweet presents. She had been dating him exclusively for almost two months and she didn't want it to end.

"Did you tell her about us? Is that was the fight was about?"

"No, she still doesn't have a clue." She said. She never told Amber about her men and she didn't think she had a clue until last night. Amber knew about a lot of the guys she was with but she didn't know if she knew about Corny or not. She hoped she didn't. She didn't want Amber or anyone else to know the truth right now. IT would just start more nasty rumors about her. People already thought she was a slut, and she didn't want them to know she was with a guy that was at least ten years younger then her but if Amber told someone about Link it could be worse then that. Plus, she didn't know how Amber would feel about her and Corny.

"When are you going to tell her?"

"I'm not sure yet."

"Don't you think you should tell he soon? It's been two months"

"Well now isn't the right time. She's already mad at me."

"Velma whatever it is she'll get over it but I'm tired of sneaking around. I love you and I want everyone to know it."

She wanted to tell everyone too but she had to straighten things out with Amber first. "Let me fix things with Amber then I'll tell her. I promise." She said and then kissed him.

"Great I hope you tell her soon because I've been thinking a lot and you are the most wonderful woman I've ever been with and I'm madly in love with you." He said and ran his hand through her blonde hair and kissing her on the cheek.

"Thanks, that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me." She said almost crying. Why was he being so nice to her when she didn't deserve it? She was an awful person who slept with her daughter's boyfriend.

"Corny I have something to tell you about Amber." She said deciding to come clean no matter what the consequences might be. He deserved to know the truth and if he broke up with her because of it she knew she deserved it.

"Let it wait because I have something to ask you." He said then pulled a little velvet box out of his pocket. He opened it and Velma saw a diamond ring inside. He bend down on one knee and grabbed her hand and said "I love you Velma and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes I will!" She exclaimed forgetting all about her problems with Amber.