"Please-Please!" (1250). Laura seems to be the sort of mediator between Tom and Amanda. When the reader first meets her, she seems very shy and not like she'll be a big part of the play. Since she has an ailment, she thinks that everyone looks at her in a different light, and a negative light in that. However, as it turns out, she isn't all too shy. She worries often, but she does actually have a personality, and she does have a backbone, at least towards her brother and mom. She knows that they do actually love each other, but she also has to sometimes remind them of that.