It was eleven fifteen on a bright Wednesday morning as Amanda made her way to the café. Passing by some street vendors, she stopped to purchase a newspaper to read should she have to wait for Amy.
Upon reaching the café, Amanda scanned the room for Amy. Realizing that she wasn't there yet, Amanda took a seat out at one of the terrace tables to await the arrival of her sister. It had been one hour since Amanda arrived and still she had seen no sign of Amy in the lunch rush. Amanda was determined to wait.
"Fifteen minutes is not that long. I'm sure she'll be here." As she read her paper the crowd thinned as the lunch rush began dispersing, a waiter approached for the third time and asked if he could get her anything.
"No thank you sir, I'm still waiting for my sister, she will be here soon."
As the waiter walks away Amanda engulfs herself in the funnies page slightly smirking while sipping on a glass of water that the waiter had brought her earlier.
Amanda read her paper quietly and was beginning to fear that she really had been stood up, when at that moment she heard a faint voice say in almost a whisper.
"Amanda?" lowering her paper Amanda locks eyes with another female hedgehog a few inches shorter than her and with strawberry red hair sporting a pink dress & boots.
"Amy is that you? My lord look at you! You've grown up so much…"
As Amy took a seat across from her, Amanda folded her paper and set it to the side and folded her hands in front of her.
"Amanda, I'm only here because Tails said you've changed and pulled the favor card. To be honest I was debating on even coming out today but if anyone is a good judge of character, its him" Amy takes a deep breath and lets out a sigh before continuing. "I was so angry with you when dad left mom, I blamed you and it grew into hatred, to be honest, when Tails and I had set up this lunch date I spent all that night thinking of everything I would say to you and tell you how much I hated you… but as the time grew closer I began to realize that I was holding onto this for so long that it had made me numb to it, I didn't know what I felt until I looked at mom's old album of the better days. You and I were riding bikes in the yard. and they were sitting under the oak tree that our great granddad planted… it was like a breath of fresh air to me Amanda, it made me want… it made me want my sister back. And when I seen you here today, I was afraid to talk to you… so I left in the rush hoping that you hadn't seen me…I know, it was childish but I didn't want to take the chance of letting you in and getting hurt again."
As Amy said this she began tearing up, Amanda began to as well as she replied.
"Amy you had every right to think of me like that, I was the worst sister ever, I was wrong in what I did, I was manipulative and I cared about number one and no one else… I was horrible. But Amy, I am different, I know if there is anyone who has every right to disbelieve me it's you. But I swear, on all and everything I am, I have changed. My world doesn't revolve around me anymore. I don't care if I'm number one or anything, I made a change and I want you to understand that I'm not the old me, you don't have to believe me, but I had to at least try to tell you." Amanda covered her face and began to tear up as Amy sat there silently staring at the glass coaster in front of her.
"I… believe you… Tails was right about your change. I can see it clearly. I don't get the faith stuff that he said you based your change on, but all I know is that you are different now. But now it's time for me to do some apologizing. Ever since the divorce, I blamed you… I wanted you out of my life forever because I held you responsible for mom and dad's split. I eventually grew to understand that this wasn't the case. Even after dad and I reconnected and he tried to repair our relationship I refused…At that point the anger was all I knew and I was afraid to let any other emotion be felt in the event that you would…hurt me. When you came to me on that Christmas Eve night, I wouldn't allow myself to believe that you changed. But in all honesty I wanted to so bad, I wanted my sister back because I was tired of hating and, tired of being an only child. I'm so so so sorry Amanda. I forgive you, and can only hope that you can do the same, what do you say? Sisters again?"
Amy was clearly panicked as she spilled her heart trying to work out her thoughts in the best words she could. Amanda on the other hand remained silent listening intently to her little sister. And when Amy had finished her apology, Amanda stood without hesitation and pulled her younger sister into a strong embrace as the two began to shed tears over the impact of emotion felt that day.
At the beginning of the day there was hatred and anger however as the day drew to a close, the two reunited sisters walked side by side out of the cafe and onward to a new and better tomorrow.
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