#andmanda

Andy,

Kyle's finally caved and agreed to leave with me. I can tell he doesn't want to though and I have half a mind to tell him to just stay here, but he'd never let me go out on my own. Despite the fact that I'm more than capable. 

I'm sorry I've been... not around lately. It's funny how we all promised to always be there for each other, to always stick together whenever things got rough and now... Well, you know as well as I do that that's not exactly what we've been doing, huh? At least I know I haven't. I'm sorry for that. Leila was the glue that kept us all together. She always was better at that than me.

We'll probably be gone for about a week, week-and-a-half tops. We're headed to Kyle's garage, but I'm going to try to see if I can possibly slip away to scavenge for food. God knows we need it. And I know you're bored shitless without something good to cook. I'll try to find you something better than rice and beans. Promise.

Look after everything and everyone. Take care of the boys - if you can find them. Especially Jace. He tries to deny it, but he cares about you like a brother and if he ever needed his brother, it's certainly now.

I hate to put the entire Outpost on your shoulders and leave you with all this responsibility... Maybe I'm being selfish, I don't know... But I know you can handle it. You're a lot stronger than you think you are, Muppet. Give yourself a little more credit. And do me proud. I know you will.

Be back before you know it. A fact you'll hate, I'm sure.

Amanda Shortstack

They hadn't seen much of each other in a while. Only in passing really. Which was strange for them. Very strange. But with Jace getting bit (Amanda still couldn't quite come to terms with the idea), the food shortage, all the new survivors pouring in through the gates… Maybe it shouldn't come as such a surprise that they've been seeing less and less of each other.

When she finds out he's not been eating much, that he's been giving his rations away, she wants to yell. Maybe even give him a smack for being so foolish. Instead, she just sighs exasperatedly, retrieves the leftover pancakes from her fridge, and pops them in the oven to warm.

After about fifteen minutes full of pacing and picking at her fingers and biting at her nails, Amanda finally works up the proper amount of whatever she'll need to make the trip upstairs. There was probably a fair amount of things that they needed to talk about…

She reaches the door and knocks gently before opening it and stepping inside. He knows she's coming up and they're used to just walking into each other's place by now. Why she even bothered knocking at all is beyond her.

Heyyy

Shortstack.

Also the answer is me because we’re obviously in love