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***RECAP: ....there had been an awkward silence. "Good," she answered, as the silence continued. She didn't exchange any words with AJ. Soon, Nick's stuff was collected and the attendants wheeled him to the exit.***
"Come on," coaxed Brian over the phone, "we never hang out anymore....Kevin thinks ya don't like him anymore!"
Lauren smiled despite herself. Brian had called her up and invited her over to Kevin's house to watch a few movies, but Lauren had said she couldn't come. She still didn't know how to handle the situation with AJ.
"I don't know..." she said, biting her lip. "Please?" asked Brian, "for old times sake?"
Lauren sighed. It was so hard to pass up the opportunity, especially when she realized these guys were probably the best friends she could ever have. "All right," she finally said, giving in. "Yes!" exclaimed Brian, "be at Kevin's by seven...and we will start the movie's without ya so you better be on time!"
Lauren hung up the phone and sank back down onto her bed. She couldn't help thinking that she had gotten herself into a pretty bad situation.
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"Well look who it is!" announced Brian, as Lauren walked timidly into Kevin's living room, after being let in by him, "hey stranger! How's it going?!"
"Good," Lauren smiled, as he bounced out of his seat on the couch and greeted her with a hug, "it's been a while, huh?" The truth was, it had been a good week since they had seen each other at the hospital.
"Yeah!" agreed Howie, "how come ya never hang out with us anymore?"
"I've been busy," she lied, trying not to look at AJ.
"Well we all miss bein' with ya," AJ said, winking at her. Lauren smiled sickly at AJ, hoping nothing was going to happen. "So, what did you guys rent?" she asked quickly, trying to change the subject.
Kevin popped the first movie into the VCR and they all settled down to watch it. Lauren sat in between AJ and Nick, and kept her eyes looking straight ahead at the TV.
Everything seemed to be going okay, until Lauren noticed that something was touching her back. It was AJ's arm, which was resting across the back of the couch, inching closer and closer to her shoulders. She glanced quickly over at Nick, who had apparently noticed the moves AJ was trying to put on her. However, he kept his eyes on the TV and tried not to pay attention. Lauren could tell, though, he was kinda upset. She was too.
"AJ," she said softly, shrugging his arm off of her shoulders, "I can't......."
"What's wrong?" he asked, looking into her eyes, "what is it?"
Lauren could feel tears well up in her eyes as she said, "It...it just can't happen..."
"Why not?" he asked. By this point Kevin had put the movie on pause and all the guys were looking at them. "I....I...." she stuttered as she stood up, her voice quavering, "I gotta go..."
"Lauren, wait!" AJ exclaimed, grabbing her hand, "please don't leave! First, tell me what the problem is!"
That's when the tears began to fall. She looked at Nick, who looked at her confusedly, and glanced at the other guys. "AJ, I just can't..." she bawled. "Please just tell me," he coaxed.
Lauren looked at the guys, sitting there watching her cry her eyes out. That's when she realized the truth needed to be told. "AJ," she sobbed, "I....I'm your sister."
The room was silent. AJ dropped her hand, as his eyes widened. "What?" he said in a barely audible voice. "I'm your sister," she repeated, watching a horrified look appear on his face, and seeing the surprised reactions on the faces of Kevin, Howie, Brian and Nick.
"No you're not!" AJ said, forcing out a fake laugh, "that's impossible! There's no way....."
"It's true!" she cried, as more tears fell from her green eyes, "I'm telling you the truth....my mother used to date your father...OUR father...before you were even born...she got pregnant but they split up before I was born....I never met him until a couple weeks ago when I came out to Orlando to find my family."
"But that's impossible!" he said again, his fake laugh turning into a strange tone. Lauren shook her head, as the tears continued to fall. "My mother moved out to Toronto, where I was born, and your father stayed in Orlando and met your mom and had you....this all took place in the span of less than two years, but the fact is we're half-siblings," she finished, still crying.
The silence in the room was thick enough to be cut with a knife. AJ just sat there, staring at her, not moving or saying anything. "AJ, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before, but you have to understand this has been really hard for me....and I didn't want to bombard you with the information at the wrong time..." she rambled on and on.
AJ still said nothing. Lauren could see tears forming in his eyes, but nothing fell. She glanced at the other guys, who looked as shocked as ever. "I'm just so sorry..." she repeated, grabbing her purse from the table, "I think I'd better go," she added, walking through the house, out the front door.
AJ sat, still speechless and motionless on the couch. "AJ, buddy, are you all right?" Kevin asked softly. "She's my sister...." he responded quietly, but then his voice rose, "she's my fucking sister!! Why the fuck wouldn't she tell me when we met?!"
He jumped out of his seat on the couch and ran out the front door. "Whoah," said Howie, after the fiasco was over, "I can't believe it!"
"This is just too much," agreed Brian, "I think we better just let them both cool off for a while."
Nick nodded in agreement, but inside all he felt was some sort of happiness. He wasn't happy that one of his best friends was hurt, he was happy that now he felt as though he had a chance.
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