The redhead knew her face was burning as bright as her hair by the time she reached the women's locker room.  She let herself in and stood with her back against the door for a beat, her breathing heavy.

Of course, Dawn Marie and Nidia were both in the room, and the two brunettes contributed to her further embarrassment by hooting and applauding loudly.

"Wow..." Dawn said, giving her friend a smile of appreciation.  "That was some liplock you planted on Adam!"  She giggled her girlish little laugh, and Nidia joined her.

"All I've gotta say is 'you go, girl!'" the younger, shorter woman exclaimed.

Amy moved away from the door as she suddenly remembered her angel wings.  She hoped she hadn't crushed them.

"Oh, God..." she moaned.  "What the hell was I thinking?"  She buried her face in her hands, and Dawn Marie came over and put an arm around her.

"I think we all know what you were thinking..." she cracked.

Nidia laughed again, but the redhead didn't as she looked into Dawn's face.  "That's not funny!  I'm serious..."

"Oh, calm down, Amy!  Adam is so in love with you!  Do you really think he minded?"

"Oh, God..."

There was suddenly a knock on the door, and Nidia bounded over to answer, her already happy smile growing even wider as she saw who the visitor was.

Amy looked up into Adam's intense emerald eyes as he stepped into the room.

"Adam, I am so sorry...I didn't mean-"

The tall blond man didn't say a word as he came even closer, his gaze still locked on hers.  Then, before either she or Dawn Marie could react, the brunette barely getting the chance to move away, he pulled Amy to him and kissed her.

Dawn and Nidia exchanged surprised and delighted glances, then eyed the pair again.  Then, the elder of the two women stepped toward the door.  She reached out and grabbed Nidia by the arm, pulling her out of the room with her and shutting the door behind them.

Amy kissed Adam back fervently, all the surprise pushed out of her as she felt his hot tongue explore her mouth, his strong arms around her waist, pulling her even more tightly against him.

The redhead raised her hands up to the Canadian's long blond hair, curling her fingers into its silkiness, sighing as the kiss went on and on.  God, the intensity of it was nearly overwhelming.  She'd known it would be that way with Adam... And she knew it could only get better from here...

Finally, the handsome Canadian raised his head from hers to gaze deeply into her eyes.  A gentle smile played at his full lips, his arms still clasped around Amy's waist as she gazed up into his eyes.

Adam chuckled a little before finally speaking for the first time since entering the room.  "I guess you can call that my response to you kissing me out there..."

The redhead let out a nervous little laugh but was dismayed to realize it came out more as a giggle.  She felt a slow blush creep its way into her cheeks and bit her lip shyly as she averted her gaze from him for a second.

"God...I was so...so embarrassed out there!  When I kissed you-"

"Why?" the blond man asked curiously, his eyes never once leaving her face.

"Well, because...because..."  Amy felt mortified that she was suddenly so shy and uncertain around him.  She'd never really been that way before.

"Ames, why did you run away after you kissed me?" the Canadian asked softly, one of his hands coming up to gently stroke her hair.

"I don't know," she admitted, glad that, for once, she was finally a bit more composed.  "All I know is that I'd been wanting to do that for the last two weeks...kiss you, I mean - not run away from you."  She grinned, beginning to laugh softly at what she'd just said.

Seeing the bright smile on her face, hearing her cute little laugh, the way the diva's hazel eyes were sparkling, made Adam grin as well.  He pulled her close in his embrace, hugging her tightly, not mindful of the angel wings on the back of her Halloween costume.

After a beat, he held her back a bit so as to meet her eyes again.  "I'm so glad you did," he admitted.  "Lord knows I've waited a long time for that..."

"You have?"  She cocked her head and eyed him questioningly.

"Yeah," the tall blond Canadian admitted.  "Back when you and Matt started dating, it was so hard for me.  In fact," he continued, raking one hand through his long hair, "I totally hated it...but it was all my own damn fault for having missed chance after chance of telling you how I really felt..."

Amy blinked, her heart tugging in her chest as she gazed up into his handsome face.  "So...you don't mind that this happened after only two weeks of my breakup with Matt?" she asked.  "I thought you said...rebound...?"

Adam laughed softly.  "No...never, Ames.  Of course I don't mind!  Besides, you're not the rebound type.  But all of that is behind us now."

The redhead smiled.  "I remember how unbearable you were when Matt and I became a couple..."

He smirked.  "Yeah, well, how fair was it that he ended up with you when I'd fallen in love with you a long time before he did?"

Amy's breath caught in her throat at his words... He was in love with her.  She felt as though she could just start crying tears of joy at any moment because of that, but she managed to keep it all in.  She gazed up into his green eyes wordlessly for a moment, her heart pounding furiously.  Then, standing on her tiptoes, she reached up, pulling his head down to hers, and they kissed again.