Amanda: You didn't ask for a certain numbuh of reviews yet it took you forever to update. What gives?

Lilli: Yeah!

Me: Well…I I'm a professional crastinator. *I giggle at the joke* sorry.

"…Now you know," He said in a low voice. Lilli barely heard him say it but when she did she looked up.

"This is dated thirteen years ago… you never went back…."

"No," Wallabee said. It's all he could say. His heart was heavy. He wanted to leave this in the past.

"Why not?" she asked. Her eyes blurring with tears. He didn't notice and stared at the floor.

"…I don't…." was all he could say.

"Why didn't you go back for me…." She said. This time he noticed the tears. He looked more struck then before. Now he couldn't move. Lilli couldn't either.

It's like time stood still.

"Lilli?" he finally spoke up. Her heart pounding in her ears. Her knees weakened.

As did his.

Lilli nodded.

Wally practically ran in her direction, moving with a swift motion and pulling her into him. And for the first time ever. She hugged her father. And He hugged back harder than ever.

I smiled at them.

Meanwhile

"Hoagie it's been a week!" Kuki exclaimed, "Where are they really?"

"I …uh….well," he stuttered.

You could call it saved by the bell as suddenly the phone went off. Kuki glanced at the caller Id before freezing stiff. She saw his name flash on it and with shaky hands reached for the phone. My dad smiled innocently.

"H-h-hello?" she asked.

"H-hey Kooks!" Wally exclaimed. We could see the buckets of sweat pour down him. It's been years since they last spoke.

"Wally did you just get amnesia or something?" she asked.

"Well I have the game. but that's not all I have!" he exclaimed trying to make it look better than it was.

"Smooth," I whispered jokingly.

"What do you mean?" Kuki asked.

"Mom?" Lilli asked into phone.

"Lilli?!" Kuki exclaimed into the phone. That is the last person she expected to hear. "What the heck Wallabee!"

"Yeah, that's her," Wally said. After finding out that Lilli wasn't really who she said he insisted they call her mother.

I think it was just an excuse to talk to her.

"Wallabee why do you have my daughter?" Kuki asked. Wally could hear the anger in her voice.

"Don't you mean our daughter?" Wally asked. He scratched his head nervously. Sure he had played out this conversation before. Many times in his head. It was the main reason he couldn't hold a job. He was so focused on what he would say. He didn't ever think he would say it though.

"NO I do not mean that!" Kuki screamed so loud that Wally had to move his head away from the phone even though he had it on speaker. "I mean- …never mind. I'm coming to get her."

Miss Sanban set down the phone and ran upstairs to pack.

"Hello?" my dad's voice asked. Wally stopped smiling with us and turned off speaker phone, pressing the phone to his head.

"Yes?"

"How are you?" My dad asked.

"Great…" Wally said. It had been a long time since they had talked.

"Did you get my letter?"

"Yeah…yeah I got it."

"And you didn't come back?"

Wally took the phone and walked out of the room. He left the apartment and went into the hall.

"No I didn't."

"And why not?" My dad asked. Practically yelling at him.

" …." He didn't answer his question. I'm not sure that my dad expected him too.

"You've kept her alive for a week. You could've done it for 13 years."

Wallabee nodded his head even though my dad couldn't see.

"Anyway I wanted to see how my daughter is,"

Wally suddenly got his voice back, "What?"

"Amanda." My dad said into the phone.

"Oh…" i could tell by his face when I peeked into the hall that he looked caught off guard, "Well she has your sense of humor."

I smiled.

"IS THAT WALLABEE BEATLES!" my mom's voice yelled so loud that I could it clearly and didn't have to ask my dad about it later.

"What?" My dad asked.

My mom took the phone.

"WALLABEE DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO NUMBUH THREE!" she yelled.

"Abby calm down," Wally tried to persuade her. Abby was usually a mellow person.

Usually.

But Kuki Sanban was her best friend and Wally just abandon her. She had a LOT of built up anger.

"CALM DOWN?" she yelled. "YOU TOLD HER YOU WOULD BE THERE FOR HER!"

"Well I…"

"AND THEN YOU WENT A KIDNAPPED HER DAUGHTER?"

"Hey! I didn't kidnap anyone!"

"I'M GOING TO PERSONALLY COME BEAT YOU WITH Kuki!"

Suddenly my dad whispered something to my mom.

"AMANDA'S THERE TOO?"

That's when Wally ended the call. He let out a long sigh and slid down the wall.

I took a seat on the hallway floor next to him.

"Were you there the whole time?" he asked not looking in my direction.

I nodded.

"I wasn't ready," he said. Out loud. I'm not sure why he was telling me but I listened.

"And Kuki was?" I asked. Out loud I called her Miss Sanban, but to Wally that wasn't who she was. She wasn't the soccer mom who volunteered at my school and cooked for the bake sale, she was just a girl who had no idea what she was doing.

He looked at me.

"No."

"Well then why did you leave?" I asked.

He opened his mouth to speak but i shushed him.

"Don't tell me."

"What?" he asked.

"I'm not the one who has been waiting to know for twelve and a half years."

Wallabee knows!

*gasp*

Next chapter will reveal the secrets of Wally and Kuki's relationship before he left.

:)

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