"Amanda?" We both turned and saw a drunken Bill standing behind us. He smiled when he saw her face. "It is you! How are you?"
"Wow, you are wasted," is the first thing Amanda said to Bill. He just laughed and gave her a hug. She let her arms dangle by her side while his arms were wrapped around her. "Where's your wife?"
"Laura? Well-"
"Of course Laura, who else?" Amanda said angrily. Bill let out a sigh.
"I don't know what it's going to take to convince you that I'm dedicated to her." Amanda just huffed and crossed her arms. "You smell like smoke. Have you really been smoking in here?"
"Maybe," Amanda said with a carefree attitude.
"You are the complete opposite of your sister-"
"Wow, it's almost if people are not all the same, or something like that," Amanda said sarcastically. It looked like Bill wanted to say something, but he held his tongue.
"Nice to see you too, Amanda."
"Seriously, where's your wife? There is some alarming information-"
"Amanda?"
"That's my name," Amanda responded sharply. She drops the attitude when she saw it was Laura standing behind her. I looked for Cal, but didn't see him near us. "Laura!" Amanda ran up to Laura and wrapped her arms around her. Laura looked caught off guard and stiffly wrapped her arms around Amanda.
"Amanda?" Laura asked for the second time. Amanda nodded excitedly.
"Man it's been a long time."
"It has... I didn't think you were going to show up." Amanda smirked at me.
"I figured." I froze.
"This is your sister?" Amanda nodded while Laura froze. Her eyes got wide when they landed on me. "Laura?"
"Rory?"
"Funny story, Laura." Amanda giggled a bit. Bill stood there looking confused while taking drinks every so often. "Rory here thought I was his mother. Any reason to that?" Laura bit her lip and fuddled with her hands.
"I'm wondering as well?" I asked. I paused and thought something over. "Amanda, is Laura your only sister?" She nodded and smiled back at her sister. "So you mean-"
"Uncle?" I was interrupted by Noah coming over to us. Bill placed a hand on his nephew's shoulder. "What's going on?"
"I'm not sure," Bill answered while his eyes flickered between the three of us. Amanda giggled and raised her hand.
"I know. Rory here is finding out that 'you are the father.'" Amanda found herself cracking up while I stood there confused at her reference. Both Noah's and Bill's faces contorted into confusion. "But, hey Noah! Little dude! It's been so long since I've seen you. Man, he should have let you stay with me instead." I was confused with everything she was saying.
"Amanda-"
"What's going on here?" Bill asked; a bit outraged at Amanda's behavior. Laura looked like she wasn't going to answer, so Amanda stepped in again. "Please explain in a civil way."
"No problem. You have a son, my least favorite brother-in-law." This time it was Bill who burst out laughing while Noah's eyebrows shot up.
"Amanda, I think you've had too much to drink. You should consider getting yourself a room at this hotel-"
"She's not joking, Bill," Laura informed him while looking down at her hands. Bill, Noah, and I were all caught off guard by her confession.
"You're not saying Rory is-"
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Insomnia
Teen Fiction"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." - John Lennon Being separated from everybody your entire life is both frustrating and lonely. At least, that's how Rory would describe it. Rory's lived in the forest his entire life and doesn't have even a t...
