When we last left Tyler and Val they had just experienced their first kiss,
which everyone knew was coming for the longest time. Now since they were in
school it was not long before everyone knew about them and it was quite
clear that they were very happy.
Around the same time in a different state there was a girl who was talking to her mom and complaining to her that she didn't want to leave.
Her mother simply said, "Now honey you have to go back and stay there with them until we move there. This won't be, for a while." Unable to fight back with her mom she boarded the plane bound for a place which she hadn't been since her child hood. When she arrived she was picked up by a woman who looks strangely familiar to some who have seen her before and taken somewhere that everyone knew who lives there.
At school later that day Tyler and Val were in the hall trying to figure out a way so that their relationship would not interfere with their EMT work. Unable to do so and since the lunch bell had just rang they headed to the cafeteria to eat and think at the same time. They usually sat wit Hank, Katie, Jamie, and sometimes other members of the sports teams when Hank asked everyone if they had seen the new girl at school. Everyone replied no and just kept talking like this was not an important subject, when a stranger to the school walked into the cafeteria.
She was nervous because she had not spoken to this person in years and was careful not to alarm him and to make him run away or humiliate her in front of the school, so she carefully approached the table ready to say his name. "Tyler." She quietly spoke out loud.
He did not hear her so she said it again, "Tyler."
He turned around and looked at her and made no immediate recognition of her face.
Tyler asked politely, "Who are you?"
She replied, "Tyler it's me Amanda, the Amanda you played with as a child the same Amanda who would wrestle with you because you would steel my candy from me."
He made no connection to this reminder and embarrassed she excused herself from the table and walked away.
She ran down the hall to the parking lot doors and sat outside with tears in her eyes saying to herself, "Of course he would not remember me what has it been 10 years since I last saw him?"
A little shaken Tyler went back to eating when it hit him like a lightening bolt, it was someone who he has known since he was younger, and he politely excused himself from the table, gave Val a kiss on the cheek and walked quickly out of the cafeteria. He ran into a few of his friends and asked if they had seen a girl running down the hall maybe five minutes earlier. They told him yeah and pointed which way she went.
He went outside and saw Amanda sitting on the curb crying and on her cell phone saying, "Mom I told you this was a waste of time he didn't even remember me."
A few more words were spoken and she hung up her phone. Tyler called out a nickname he remembered from when he was younger, "Amanda the panda." Startled she turned around and saw Tyler standing there and wiped away a tear from her eye. Now being that his friends were naturally curious they followed him and Katie had a brief memory of someone who looked remarkably like the girl she knew when she was younger. Tyler gave her a hug and didn't let her go till she stopped crying.
When she was done he said, "Amanda how are you, it has been ages since I last saw you."
She told him the story and explained why she was back in Kingsport.
Katie unable to resist anymore went up to give her a hug and said with a smile, "Hello."
Amanda was a little shocked to see her and replied with a shaky voice, "Hi."
They gave each other a hug and talked like no time had been lost between them at all. Everyone including Tyler was a little confused so they had to explain that before Val had met Katie they were best friends and haven't spoken in ages. This was a very happy moment for all who knew Amanda the once quirky girl with crazy brown hair and short figure was now a beautiful young lady with straight brown hair cut just beneath her chin, a fuller figure, and no longer did she wear glasses but contacts that complemented her almond shaped eyes.
Tyler and Amanda spent the rest of the day together. He showed her around and when it was time for him to go be an EMT she went with him and spoke to Alex like she had met him before.
Around the same time in a different state there was a girl who was talking to her mom and complaining to her that she didn't want to leave.
Her mother simply said, "Now honey you have to go back and stay there with them until we move there. This won't be, for a while." Unable to fight back with her mom she boarded the plane bound for a place which she hadn't been since her child hood. When she arrived she was picked up by a woman who looks strangely familiar to some who have seen her before and taken somewhere that everyone knew who lives there.
At school later that day Tyler and Val were in the hall trying to figure out a way so that their relationship would not interfere with their EMT work. Unable to do so and since the lunch bell had just rang they headed to the cafeteria to eat and think at the same time. They usually sat wit Hank, Katie, Jamie, and sometimes other members of the sports teams when Hank asked everyone if they had seen the new girl at school. Everyone replied no and just kept talking like this was not an important subject, when a stranger to the school walked into the cafeteria.
She was nervous because she had not spoken to this person in years and was careful not to alarm him and to make him run away or humiliate her in front of the school, so she carefully approached the table ready to say his name. "Tyler." She quietly spoke out loud.
He did not hear her so she said it again, "Tyler."
He turned around and looked at her and made no immediate recognition of her face.
Tyler asked politely, "Who are you?"
She replied, "Tyler it's me Amanda, the Amanda you played with as a child the same Amanda who would wrestle with you because you would steel my candy from me."
He made no connection to this reminder and embarrassed she excused herself from the table and walked away.
She ran down the hall to the parking lot doors and sat outside with tears in her eyes saying to herself, "Of course he would not remember me what has it been 10 years since I last saw him?"
A little shaken Tyler went back to eating when it hit him like a lightening bolt, it was someone who he has known since he was younger, and he politely excused himself from the table, gave Val a kiss on the cheek and walked quickly out of the cafeteria. He ran into a few of his friends and asked if they had seen a girl running down the hall maybe five minutes earlier. They told him yeah and pointed which way she went.
He went outside and saw Amanda sitting on the curb crying and on her cell phone saying, "Mom I told you this was a waste of time he didn't even remember me."
A few more words were spoken and she hung up her phone. Tyler called out a nickname he remembered from when he was younger, "Amanda the panda." Startled she turned around and saw Tyler standing there and wiped away a tear from her eye. Now being that his friends were naturally curious they followed him and Katie had a brief memory of someone who looked remarkably like the girl she knew when she was younger. Tyler gave her a hug and didn't let her go till she stopped crying.
When she was done he said, "Amanda how are you, it has been ages since I last saw you."
She told him the story and explained why she was back in Kingsport.
Katie unable to resist anymore went up to give her a hug and said with a smile, "Hello."
Amanda was a little shocked to see her and replied with a shaky voice, "Hi."
They gave each other a hug and talked like no time had been lost between them at all. Everyone including Tyler was a little confused so they had to explain that before Val had met Katie they were best friends and haven't spoken in ages. This was a very happy moment for all who knew Amanda the once quirky girl with crazy brown hair and short figure was now a beautiful young lady with straight brown hair cut just beneath her chin, a fuller figure, and no longer did she wear glasses but contacts that complemented her almond shaped eyes.
Tyler and Amanda spent the rest of the day together. He showed her around and when it was time for him to go be an EMT she went with him and spoke to Alex like she had met him before.