TITLE: What Went On?
AUTHOR: Hayley
E-MAIL: preciouz_angel18@yahoo.ca
RATING: PG-13
DISCLAIMER: I own no one
DISTRIBUTION: ask first please
CHAPTER 12
The plane touched down as Amy slowly woke up and looked out her window. Home sweet home... she thought as it was late in the afternoon, the Florida sun beaming down on them and the sky was bluer than ever. She got off the plane and was greeted by her mom waiting for her.
"Amy!" Her mom squealed in delight as she hugged her only daugher. "How are you? Flight okay? You hungry?" Her mom rambled off asking her all these questions. Amy just laughed and nodded as her and mom walked out of the airport and into her mom's car. "So sweetie, how come you decided to come visit me? No problems are there?" Her mom asked happy to see her daughter as they drove on the freeway and her mom waited for her exit.
Amy was silent, she didn't really feel like telling her mom just yet, hell she didn't even wanna admit it to herself let alone her mom. Her mom hadn't noticed as she started asking which restaurant Amy wanted to go for a late lunch. They decided on Outback's just because it seemed closer.
The ride went on, her mom babbling on and on about how she did some gardening before Amy landed, she cleaned up Amy's room so she could stay there and so forth. When they finally reached Outback's, Amy grabbed her purse and cellphone as her and her mom walked into the restaurant. Finding a booth, they both sat down and looked at their menus.
"So Amy, you've been awfully quiet. What's been going on with my famous daughter?" Her mom seemed so proud to say that and Amy half-heartedly smiled back.
"Um, well I got a week off so...here I am?" She questioned herself as to whether her mom would believe that.
"Yeah, and? Where's Matthew? I haven't seen him in ages. He's not sick or anything is he? Or worse hurt...?" Her mom started panicking. She was so 'protective' in a sense of Matt. He's supposed to be the future son-in-law and she was so glad that it was him. At least he was supposed to be.
"Uh, *ahem* yeah, no he's fine. How's work?" She asked quickly getting the subject off Matt.
Her mom frowned, usually Amy jumped at the chance to talk about Matt. The two would always talk hours on end about the guy. "Fine, thanks for asking. So," Her mom said switching the subject back, "How come you didn't bring Matt? Sick of each other yet?" Her mom laughed jokingly.
"Uh...yeah," She smiled pretending to be sarcastic, "That's it."
"Well, that's good. A little time apart, and when you get back, he'll be celebrating your return. It always happens sweetie ya know? Guys are so dependant, let's hope he doesn't kill himself being stupid before you get back." Her mom laughed lightly, "Men. Never leave them unattended." Amy put on a fake smile to show her mom everything was ok. As they ordered and waited for their meals, Amy's mom sat there studying her daughter.
"What?" Amy asked nervously at the sight of her mom examining her. "Something wrong?"
Her mom shook her head, "Uh, no, no. Just that..." Her mom couldn't quite put her finger on it, "You seem...I dunno.... different. Ya know?"
Amy squinted, "Really? What?" Amy asked playing dumb. Please don't do this... she pleaded in her head.
"Hmm...." Her mom said stumped. "I dunno, your hair different?" Her mom said not really knowing what it was.
"Yeah! That's it mom, thanks for noticing..." She replied 'happily'.
Their food came, and as they ate, her mom would periodically look up and Amy, as if to say something, but didn't know how to actually come out and say it. Amy tried her best to ignore her, and to not snap and start yelling at her mother. As they finished up, Amy ordered the check and pulled out some cash when her mom interrupted.
"Sweetie..." Her mom laughed putting Amy's money away, "This is my treat. It's not everyday my daughter come's home now is it?" Amy's mom said as she paid for the check. Amy smiled her thanks as they got up and back into her mom's car.
They drove around Florida like old times, stopping by outlet stores and stuff like that as the smile on Amy's mom's face never left. She seems so happy to see me... Amy thought as they stopped at a red light. It was now 9:00 and the car was filled with Amy's luggage and some clothes they picked up on their drive.
"Sweetie, you must be tired. Afterall that was probably a long flight yes?"
"Uh, yeah sorta."
"Well, let's get you home clean and freshened up. We can relax and talk about Matt, sound fun?" Her mom winked knowing it was Amy's favorite topic. Again, key word being was.
Amy groaned as she looked out her window. I can't wait for that...she thought sarcastically as she thought of a way to get out of it.
They pulled up into the driveway and Amy's heart smiled. Regardless of what complicated things were going on in her life right now, the feeling of being home was just a pleasant feeling. She grabbed her bags and headed up the driveway. As she walked in, all these pictures of Amy and Billy surrounded the living room.
"I'm so happy you decided to visit, you have no idea." Her mom smiled. "We have so much catching up to do. I'll let you unpack first, shower and whatnot and I'll be waiting for you out in the back okay? Take your time, we have all night." Her mom squealed like an excited kid. Amy smiled and nodded her head, as she headed upstairs with her bags. As she did so, she looked at the plaques on the walls, mostly her swim awards. Amy smiled and got caught up with emotion she stopped walking to admire her plaques.
She finally made it up to her room and everything seemed to be in the same place she left everything since the last time she was here with Matt. She unpacked her stuff and walked into her bathroom to clean up. She finished half an hour later as she brushed her hair and took in a deep breath. She slowly walked down the stairs, hoping her mom wasn't serious about catching her up on Matt.
"Amy, I'm out here!" Her mom yelled as she sat on the patio deck with two drinks on the table.
Amy braced herself as she stepped out onto the patio and sat down in 'her' seat.
"Is everything alright? Room okay?" Her mom making sure Amy's stay was as comfortable as possible.
"Perfect." Amy smiled as she looked out onto the backyard. The sky was dark, the cooler night air supplied a relief to them since the day had been so hot.
"So why you really here?" Her mom asked more seriously than Amy had heard her mom all day.
"Whadaya mean? I had a week off, it's not that often and I never get to see you. You're alright with me staying here right?" Amy asked as she nervously took a sip of her drink.
"Amy..." Her mom said in that motherly tone.
"I'm telling the truth!" She said sounding like a melodramatic teenager.
"Amy..." there was the motherly tone again and Amy bit her lip.
"I had a fight with Matt. Alright?" She said not telling any details.
"Is that why you've been so distant today?"
"I haven't been distant." She pouted.
"Fine. Don't think we won't talk about this later..." Her mom said knowing that it wasn't a 'fight with Matt' that was bothering her.
"Mom, it's nothing. He told me he was going to come down here with me but he said he was really burnt out from being on the road so much and wanted to rest and might come down later. I got all mad at him and that's the reason I seemed 'distant' as you would put it." She lied through her teeth and her mom didn't fully buy it. "Is that a good enough reason for you?" She asked more softly, she really didn't want to fight with her mom, now was not a good time to add another person who's mad at her to her list.
"Fine, good enough for me." Her mom smiled, knowing full well that the conversation will still happen later. "So, you have any major plans while you're down here?"
"Uh, I might visit Alanah and Denise, you remember them right? Adam and Jay's wives."
"Ah yes, I remember." Her mom said nodding her head.
"And ya know, just do some shopping, sleep, go to the gym, hang out at the beach. Nothing big." Amy said lightly.
"How long are you planning on staying?"
Amy paused and thought about that one. Honestly I have no freaken idea... "Um...haven't decided yet." She said softly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bad place to end i know, boring chapter? it's moving the story along so...what are ya gunna do? sorry, i'm so tired so R/R. now that she's where i want her to be in the story, something's going to happen and some of you may not like it. but hey, it add's drama right? R/R!!! thanx!
AUTHOR: Hayley
E-MAIL: preciouz_angel18@yahoo.ca
RATING: PG-13
DISCLAIMER: I own no one
DISTRIBUTION: ask first please
CHAPTER 12
The plane touched down as Amy slowly woke up and looked out her window. Home sweet home... she thought as it was late in the afternoon, the Florida sun beaming down on them and the sky was bluer than ever. She got off the plane and was greeted by her mom waiting for her.
"Amy!" Her mom squealed in delight as she hugged her only daugher. "How are you? Flight okay? You hungry?" Her mom rambled off asking her all these questions. Amy just laughed and nodded as her and mom walked out of the airport and into her mom's car. "So sweetie, how come you decided to come visit me? No problems are there?" Her mom asked happy to see her daughter as they drove on the freeway and her mom waited for her exit.
Amy was silent, she didn't really feel like telling her mom just yet, hell she didn't even wanna admit it to herself let alone her mom. Her mom hadn't noticed as she started asking which restaurant Amy wanted to go for a late lunch. They decided on Outback's just because it seemed closer.
The ride went on, her mom babbling on and on about how she did some gardening before Amy landed, she cleaned up Amy's room so she could stay there and so forth. When they finally reached Outback's, Amy grabbed her purse and cellphone as her and her mom walked into the restaurant. Finding a booth, they both sat down and looked at their menus.
"So Amy, you've been awfully quiet. What's been going on with my famous daughter?" Her mom seemed so proud to say that and Amy half-heartedly smiled back.
"Um, well I got a week off so...here I am?" She questioned herself as to whether her mom would believe that.
"Yeah, and? Where's Matthew? I haven't seen him in ages. He's not sick or anything is he? Or worse hurt...?" Her mom started panicking. She was so 'protective' in a sense of Matt. He's supposed to be the future son-in-law and she was so glad that it was him. At least he was supposed to be.
"Uh, *ahem* yeah, no he's fine. How's work?" She asked quickly getting the subject off Matt.
Her mom frowned, usually Amy jumped at the chance to talk about Matt. The two would always talk hours on end about the guy. "Fine, thanks for asking. So," Her mom said switching the subject back, "How come you didn't bring Matt? Sick of each other yet?" Her mom laughed jokingly.
"Uh...yeah," She smiled pretending to be sarcastic, "That's it."
"Well, that's good. A little time apart, and when you get back, he'll be celebrating your return. It always happens sweetie ya know? Guys are so dependant, let's hope he doesn't kill himself being stupid before you get back." Her mom laughed lightly, "Men. Never leave them unattended." Amy put on a fake smile to show her mom everything was ok. As they ordered and waited for their meals, Amy's mom sat there studying her daughter.
"What?" Amy asked nervously at the sight of her mom examining her. "Something wrong?"
Her mom shook her head, "Uh, no, no. Just that..." Her mom couldn't quite put her finger on it, "You seem...I dunno.... different. Ya know?"
Amy squinted, "Really? What?" Amy asked playing dumb. Please don't do this... she pleaded in her head.
"Hmm...." Her mom said stumped. "I dunno, your hair different?" Her mom said not really knowing what it was.
"Yeah! That's it mom, thanks for noticing..." She replied 'happily'.
Their food came, and as they ate, her mom would periodically look up and Amy, as if to say something, but didn't know how to actually come out and say it. Amy tried her best to ignore her, and to not snap and start yelling at her mother. As they finished up, Amy ordered the check and pulled out some cash when her mom interrupted.
"Sweetie..." Her mom laughed putting Amy's money away, "This is my treat. It's not everyday my daughter come's home now is it?" Amy's mom said as she paid for the check. Amy smiled her thanks as they got up and back into her mom's car.
They drove around Florida like old times, stopping by outlet stores and stuff like that as the smile on Amy's mom's face never left. She seems so happy to see me... Amy thought as they stopped at a red light. It was now 9:00 and the car was filled with Amy's luggage and some clothes they picked up on their drive.
"Sweetie, you must be tired. Afterall that was probably a long flight yes?"
"Uh, yeah sorta."
"Well, let's get you home clean and freshened up. We can relax and talk about Matt, sound fun?" Her mom winked knowing it was Amy's favorite topic. Again, key word being was.
Amy groaned as she looked out her window. I can't wait for that...she thought sarcastically as she thought of a way to get out of it.
They pulled up into the driveway and Amy's heart smiled. Regardless of what complicated things were going on in her life right now, the feeling of being home was just a pleasant feeling. She grabbed her bags and headed up the driveway. As she walked in, all these pictures of Amy and Billy surrounded the living room.
"I'm so happy you decided to visit, you have no idea." Her mom smiled. "We have so much catching up to do. I'll let you unpack first, shower and whatnot and I'll be waiting for you out in the back okay? Take your time, we have all night." Her mom squealed like an excited kid. Amy smiled and nodded her head, as she headed upstairs with her bags. As she did so, she looked at the plaques on the walls, mostly her swim awards. Amy smiled and got caught up with emotion she stopped walking to admire her plaques.
She finally made it up to her room and everything seemed to be in the same place she left everything since the last time she was here with Matt. She unpacked her stuff and walked into her bathroom to clean up. She finished half an hour later as she brushed her hair and took in a deep breath. She slowly walked down the stairs, hoping her mom wasn't serious about catching her up on Matt.
"Amy, I'm out here!" Her mom yelled as she sat on the patio deck with two drinks on the table.
Amy braced herself as she stepped out onto the patio and sat down in 'her' seat.
"Is everything alright? Room okay?" Her mom making sure Amy's stay was as comfortable as possible.
"Perfect." Amy smiled as she looked out onto the backyard. The sky was dark, the cooler night air supplied a relief to them since the day had been so hot.
"So why you really here?" Her mom asked more seriously than Amy had heard her mom all day.
"Whadaya mean? I had a week off, it's not that often and I never get to see you. You're alright with me staying here right?" Amy asked as she nervously took a sip of her drink.
"Amy..." Her mom said in that motherly tone.
"I'm telling the truth!" She said sounding like a melodramatic teenager.
"Amy..." there was the motherly tone again and Amy bit her lip.
"I had a fight with Matt. Alright?" She said not telling any details.
"Is that why you've been so distant today?"
"I haven't been distant." She pouted.
"Fine. Don't think we won't talk about this later..." Her mom said knowing that it wasn't a 'fight with Matt' that was bothering her.
"Mom, it's nothing. He told me he was going to come down here with me but he said he was really burnt out from being on the road so much and wanted to rest and might come down later. I got all mad at him and that's the reason I seemed 'distant' as you would put it." She lied through her teeth and her mom didn't fully buy it. "Is that a good enough reason for you?" She asked more softly, she really didn't want to fight with her mom, now was not a good time to add another person who's mad at her to her list.
"Fine, good enough for me." Her mom smiled, knowing full well that the conversation will still happen later. "So, you have any major plans while you're down here?"
"Uh, I might visit Alanah and Denise, you remember them right? Adam and Jay's wives."
"Ah yes, I remember." Her mom said nodding her head.
"And ya know, just do some shopping, sleep, go to the gym, hang out at the beach. Nothing big." Amy said lightly.
"How long are you planning on staying?"
Amy paused and thought about that one. Honestly I have no freaken idea... "Um...haven't decided yet." She said softly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bad place to end i know, boring chapter? it's moving the story along so...what are ya gunna do? sorry, i'm so tired so R/R. now that she's where i want her to be in the story, something's going to happen and some of you may not like it. but hey, it add's drama right? R/R!!! thanx!