Banding Together

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I groaned as I blinked open my eyes, the sun shining into my bedroom through the window. I turn my head and see Veneer fidgeting with the quilt, I sit up and wrap my arms around him and kiss his cheek. "Good morning."

He smiled and planted a kiss onto my forehead as he hugged me back. "Morning."

He pulls me closer and I bury my face in his shoulder. "I'm tired."

"Me too." He murmurs in my ear, his soft voice laced with love.

I connect our lips in a long, passionate kiss, my fingers curling in and clutching his pajama shirt. I wished we could've stayed like that forever, but when there was a knock on the door, our lips were unlocked.

"I'll get it." I say, standing up.

He follows me to the door, and when I opened it, I almost slammed it shut again.

It was Lenny.

My sister.

"Oh my God." I said.

"Uh... hi, Ritz." She said nervously, fidgetting with the collar of her pale gray dress.

"What the hell are you doing here?!" I exclaimed.

"Ritzy what's-" Veneer walks over, resting a hand on my hip and peeking out. "LENNY?!"

"Um... hi Veneer." She says. "Wait why are you wearing pajamas?!"

"I just woke up." He says, raising an eyebrow at her, giving her a "Isn't it obvious?" look.

"At my brother's house?"

"At my house."

Lenny didn't take the hint, she just stared at us with the most confused expression on her face. "But... WHAT?!"

"Oh my God, just, come in." I rolled my eyes and stepped out of the way so that she could come in.

She walked in and just stood near the dinning table as I shut the door and turned to glare at her. "Why are you here?"

"Oh boy..." She breathed.

"Well?" I promted.

"Um... so, you remember the last time we saw each other?" She asks.

"Duh." I say.

"Well... about a year after that happened, I went to a bar, I met a guy, got drunk, and kinda... um..." She fidgeted with her hands nervously. "Had sex with him?"

"And I need to know this because..." I give her that sorta "Explain." look and she bit her lip.

"Um... because... I kinda ended up graved?" She says embarrassedly.

I drop the cup of water I was holding, my mouth hanging open and my eyes wide.

"Hehe..." She gives me a half smile with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Okay, why are you telling me about something that happened almost fifteen years ago?" I question.

"Because..." She squeezed her eyes shut before squinting at me. "They kinda got captured by two Rageons?"

"THEY?!" I exclaim. "Lenny how many?!"

"Geez Ritz four!" She says, rolling her eyes.

"FOUR?!" Both me and Veneer yelled.

"Four what? Why are y'all yelling?" Paris walks in, rubbing her purple hands against her tired eyes. She looks at Lenny with a confused face. "Who are you?"

"I could ask the same question..." Lenny says quietly, starring at my daughter with an equally confused expression.

Paris looks at me, raising an eyebrow. "Seriously Dad, who is she?"