Amanda thought it would be delicious to toy with Robert a little, so she used the gun to undo it's amazing gifts. The feeling of losing all that strength was nearly enough to put her into a depression - but the thought of what she had planned for Robert helped.

Going to the top of the stairs she called down to him "Robert? Are you down there? Who was just here?"

She could still hear Robert crying, but when he heard her voice he bounded up the stairs. "Amanda - a friend of yours was just here, but she didn't leave her name? We're you expecting someone? What was her name? I think I should know who was just here, don't you?"

Robert was rambling a mile a minute and Amanda had to withhold her laughter to not give up the game. "Oh, that must have been Carol's kid sister Marsha.", Amanda replied.

"Who care Carol and Marsha?", Robert asked.

"Oh, I guess you haven't met them. Carol's in my grade, and Marsha's a year behind us. Poor kid, always having to live in the shadow of her older sister.. I guess figuratively and literally.", Amanda let a smirk out as it would appear to be at her own little comment.

"Carol's.... bigger than Marsha?"

"Well yeah, she's the older sister. It would be kind of odd for her to be smaller. I mean, come on - especially now that Carol's actually started to train with some weights it's not like Marsha's going to catch up with just her natural growth."

"No, I think that has to have been Carol that was here."

"Nah, can't have been - I was on the phone with Carol - her sister was supposed to be bringing some notes for me. Where did she leave them?"

"Notes, what notes?"

"You mean she just came and left without leaving the notes? What were you two up to down here all that time. I'd swear I heard her come in a while back and only leave a couple minutes ago."

"Nothing, ummm, we talked a bit. Her and Jess talked - they both left.", Robert decided to use his now ex as an excuse.

"Alright, I guess I'll just have to go call Carol and get her to bring the notes I needed. Look, I'll be upstairs - answer the door when Carol gets here."

"Why should I answer the door for your friends?"

"Fine, I'll..."

"No, forget it. I'll do it, don't whine about it.", Robert tried to make it seem like he was put out by this offer.

Amanda in the meantime headed upstairs. "OK, freak - whatever."

She had to restrain herself from running to her room and creating the look of Carol she was envisioning in her head.