"If you throw yourself on my couch like that one more time then you're gonna buy me some new furniture." Xandra shouted at Nick from the kitchen where she was mixing a few new drinks for the guys. Nick, AJ, and Howie had taken Xandra up on her offer to hang out at her place and were having a great time.

"Need some help in there?" AJ offered as he slightly staggered into the kitchen. Xandra took note of his condition and leaned backwards to look into the living room. Nick was standing on top of the coffee table dancing with a fake rose in his mouth while Howie talked on his cell phone telling the other person about Nick's "Tango". Xandra giggled and shook her head as she tried to ignore the feeling of being under a penetrating gaze. "Do I bother you?" AJ asked as he walked slowly towards Xandra. Xandra shook her head as she poured a few drinks. AJ stood close to Xandra as he tried to get her to look into his eyes. "Alexandra." He stated quietly. She hesitated for a moment until she finally gave in and turned her head. "You okay?" He asked. She fought with her mind and body not to look into his eyes but realized that it was fruitless. She averted her eyes to look at his forehead, instead. "I'm fine, AJ." She smiled as she handed him two drinks. She grabbed the other drinks and walked into the living room with AJ on her heels.

"I'll keep giving you alcohol if you two, I mean if you three agree to one thing." She stated as she stood facing Howie and Nick. AJ stood closely behind her, so closely that she could feel his breath on her neck. "Okay...I agree." Nick stated as he reached over to grab a drink from Alexandra. She quickly jumped back away from him and almost knocked down AJ. He acted quickly and put an arm around her waist to steady himself. The feel of his body so close to hers made Alexandra light headed. 'Damn, Keely!' Xandra cursed when she realized that her friend was right; it had been a long time since she had been with a man. "You didn't spill any of that on the carpet, did you?" Xandra asked AJ when she realized that he still had a drink in each hand. "Nope." He replied into her ear, aware of the effect that he had on her.

"Let me guess..." Howie's voice broke in Xandra's thoughts. She smiled gratefully at him as he continued to speak, "you don't want us to drink and drive." He replied. "Yeah." She said as she handed a drink to Howie. "Well, my car's parked a block away. I really don't want to leave it over there but I've already been drinking. So has Nick, and well, AJ? You wouldn't want him to drive your car even when he's sober." Howie explained while AJ shot him a glare. "Give me your keys. I'll park it in my driveway if you tell me which car it is." Xandra offered as Howie smiled at her while retrieving his keys from his pocket. "It's the purple Corvette that's three streets away on Elmer near the corner. You'll see it." Howie said as Xandra walked to the frontdoor. Howie winked at AJ as he tried to tell him to follow Xandra. "I'm goin'!" AJ replied as he ran towards the door. "You shouldn't walk alone at night." He explained while Xandra looked at him with one eyebrow raised before she shrugged in agreement.

They walked silently down the street while AJ tried to think about what he wanted to ask her. He was used to being with many women in the past but this woman was different. He wanted to know her. Know her in ways that he didn't understand yet. Maybe it was the challenge that appealed to him or maybe it was the alcohol that flowed through his blood. Something about her made his hair stand on end, but whatever it was, he was determined that she would be his by the end of the night. "You know what I've noticed?" AJ asked as they kept walking down the street. "No, what?" Xandra asked back without looking in AJ's direction. "I've noticed that something's up with you. You're like a flower. You were open when we first met but now you're closed. Why?" He asked. Xandra stopped walking as she stood under a street light. "It's nighttime. Flowers are asleep at night." She pointed out while AJ rolled his eyes. "That's not exactly what I meant." He stated. "I know, I know." She exhaled deeply as she looked down at the ground. "I'm brutally honest with people I don't know and I usually tend to clam up around the people I do know." AJ couldn't understand where she was going with that. She sensed his confusion and continued to talk. "For some reason, you bother me. Maybe it's because all I want to do is have my way with you or because I want to get into your mind. I haven't figured out which one I want more, yet. God knows I'm not looking for anything serious because each guy I date ends up stomping on my heart. I don't think I can handle that if it happened again. I'm not saying that I expect us to date or anything but I just don't think that we'll..." Xandra stopped talking when AJ put a finger up to her lips to quiet her.

"I'm not like John or any other guy for that matter." He stated. He continued to stare into her eyes as his told her everything he wanted to say. AJ realized that she felt the same way he did. He hesitated for a moment as his lips were centimeters away from hers. He didn't want to give her the wrong idea but in all honesty, he wasn't sure what he felt for her. Was it purely sexual or was it more? When his thoughts became more clearer the kiss was ending. Xandra looked into his eyes and grinned slightly. He pulled her close again and kissed her softly. He felt her body grind against his as she separated his lips with her tongue. He knew where he wanted that kiss to lead but they had to stop when someone shouted from their balcony to get a room. Xandra giggled at the physical state she left AJ in as she continued to walk down the street to Howie's car. "You coming?" She shouted to him as he stood in a daze under the street light. She turned around before he could reply to run towards Howie's car. She could hear the sound of feet hitting pavement not too far behind her and knew that AJ was close behind. She saw Howie's car a few yards away and laughed as she got closer to it. Before she reached for the door handle she felt arms wrap around her waist, pulling her back. She felt his lips on the back of her neck and knew that if he continued with what he was doing then she would be at his mercy.

AJ knew what he was doing as he turned Xandra around to face him. He continued kissing down her neck. Using the tip of his tongue, he outlined her collarbone which caused every hair on her body to stand on end. He dusted kissed down her upper chest until he reached the cloth of her shirt. She sighed quietly as he pulled her shirt up. He continued kissing, licking, and nipping at her neck and chest until he reached her breasts. He pushed her bra straps down and smiled when he realized that they were outside in someone's frontyard under a street light. He pushed down her bra and smiled at what he was about to do. He looked up and noticed that Xandra's eyes were closed while she bit her bottom lip as she tried not to let out any audible gasps or whimpers. AJ continued to kiss around her breasts before he started to outline her nipple with his tongue. Xandra gasped loudly as he took her breast into his mouth and sucked lightly. "Come on, D's gonna wonder where we went." AJ stated as he quickly stopped, stood up and stretched. Xandra's eyes flew open when she realized what he had done. "Was it as good for you?" He joked as he picked up the car keys that Xandra had dropped on the ground while he was putting her in ecstasy. "You jerk!" She laughed as she kicked him in the ass. He turned around and smiled while he watched as she fixed her bra and shirt. "Now you know how it feels." AJ stated as he nodded down the street where she had left him minutes before. Xandra rolled her eyes as she opened the car door. AJ hopped in on the other side as Xandra started the engine. "I hope you let this thing warm up. Howie would be pissed to know that you drove it while it was cold." AJ stated. Again, Xandra rolled her eyes. AJ smiled to himself as he stared out the window remembering what he had just done to Alexandra. If he had continued on with what they were doing, they would have been arrested for indecent exposure and for committing a lewd act in public.