"emma!" amanda called upstairs to her,"chris is here."

emma sighed and dabbed a little more makeup on the scar on her chest. she tied her scarf around her neck and left the end of it to cover up the scar. she grabbed her jacket and headed downstairs.

amanda glanced up and gave emma a look when she saw the scarf. emma just smiled innocently in reply and amanda rolled her eyes.

"chris this is emma. emma, chris."

"nice to meet you," emma said shaking his hand.

he smiled and nodded,"you too. you ready to go?"

emma nodded and the two of them headed to the restaurant.

"frick, i really dont want to meet this girl...." nick said as they pulled up to the restaurant.

brian shrugged and got out. he handed the parking attendant his keys and went over to nicks side while nick got out,"its too late. were already here."

nick sighed,"gee thanks."

"well, you already agreed to it, so its your own fault. besides, shes one of leighs friends, she cant be that bad."

"i guess you have a point."

they headed into the restaurant and were seated with leighanne and her friend who had been waiting for them at the restaurant.

nick leaned over and gave leighanne a kiss on the cheek,"hey."

"hey. nick this is my friend christina."

nick managed to smile,"nice to meet you."

she giggled,"you too. are you really a backstreet boy?"

"yeah...."

"wow....."

nick gave leighanne a look and brian tried not to laugh. nick glanced at him and mouthed,"you are SO dead."

brian just smiled innocently and concentrated on his menu.

emma and chris had only been at the restaurant for about 15 minutes when she heard the alarm on her palm pilot beeping in her purse.

"excuse me...i have to run to the restroom," she said picking up her bag.

he nodded and stood up while she got up and went to the bathroom. she took her medication and called amanda on her cell phone.

amanda picked up the phone after a few rings,"yeah?"

"omg i hate you!"

"damn...what?"

"that is the most boring man ive ever met! all he does is talk about himself and all the boats and cars and houses he owns!"

amanda started to laugh,"really?"

"its not funny!!"

amanda laughed,"i know im sorry. what can i do...?"

emma sighed,"...okay...call me back in about a minute and just totally disregard everything i say to you, okay?"

"um...alright."

"good. bye," emma said. she hung up and stuck the phone back into her purse. she made sure scarf was still in the right spot and headed back to the table. as she was rounding the corner she bumped into a rather hard shoulder and stumbled slightly.

"whoa..sorry about that...."

emma shook her head,"its okay." she looked up and stared at the guy who had run into her for a moment. "do i...do i know you....?"

"...i think so...i just cant figure out where..."

"thats odd." she remember she was supposed to get a call,"i should get back to my table..."

nick nodded,"...yeah..."

she nodded and headed back to her table, glancing back at him one last time before sitting down.

"everything okay?"chris asked.

"yeah its fi..." she started to say but was cut off by her phone. "excuse me." she answered her phone,"hello?"

"what up dog?"

emma tried not to laugh,"oh hi...what...? right now? im in the middle of dinner though...." she sighed dramatically,"alright. pick me up in front of sfuzzi. good bye."

she sighed and hung up her phone,"im so sorry but i have to leave. my...sister, shes sick and she needs someone to take care of her baby."

"should i take you?"

"oh no, thats alright. her husband is going to pick me up."

"are you sure?"

emma nodded and stood up,"yes, thank you. i had a nice evening."

he smiled and nodded,"so did i. it was nice meeting you."

emma nodded and escaped to the outside of the restaurant. she paced patiently outside the restaurant for about five minutes waiting for amanda to pick her up.

"excuse me..."

emma turned around and smiled,"hi."

nick smiled,"hi. i think this is yours." he said handing her a bottle of pills.

emmas eyes widened and she took the bottle,"thank you."

"no problem. is everything alright?"

emma jumped slightly, thinking he was referring to the pills,"what?"

"you left...i was just wondering if everything was alright..."

"oh...the date...yeah, he was just a little too boring for me."

nick nodded and they stood there silently for a few moments.

"well...uh...i should probably get ba--"

he was cut off by a rather loud horn honking. emma rolled her eyes,"that would be my ride."

nick managed to smile and extended his hand to her,"well it was nice talking to you. maybe we'll bump into each other again."

emma smiled and shook his hand," i hope so..."