Right Place, Wrong Time
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everwood characters; they all belong to the WB.
PG
A/N: This is the sequel to Hanging by a Moment, I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this yet, but it should be pretty good. I will ask for your help in later chapters.
Ephram awoke as the smell of something burning tickled his nose. He knew immediately that his father had to be cooking. He was lying in bed, now wide awake, but not attempting to get up, because he knew what waited for him down in the kitchen. It was the breakfast from hell.
Ephram decided he would get up, knowing he would eventually have to move. He slowly crawled out of bed, grabbed the sling for his arm, and walked toward the door.
Ephram was recovering from a hiking accident that had happened only two weeks before. He was still very sore, and it still hurt to breathe, but only a little. He took small steps in the direction of the stairs, and slowly walked down them.
The smell of whatever his dad had ruined was beginning to make Ephram want to gag. He had told his father when they first moved to Everwood, never to cook, ever again. Apparently Dr. Brown forgot about that.
"Dad, what did I tell you about cooking? You're going to kill us all if you keep this up!" Ephram reached the kitchen, to see his dad setting a pan in the sink.
"I should have listened to you Ephram. I wanted to see if my bad luck with cooking was over, but I guess not." Andy wiped his hands on a dish rag hanging from the oven handle.
"If you ever want to cook, you're going to need a miracle, not good luck." Ephram pulled out a chair at the table and sat down.
"So, what kind of cereal do you want?" Andy pulled three choices from the cabinet, "We have, Capt'n Crunch, Smacks, or, oh look! You can go coo coo for Cocoa Puffs!"
"I think I'll just stop by the diner and pick something up." Ephram grabbed his backpack and walked towards the front door.
"Are you sure?"
"Trust me; I do it every time you cook!" Ephram closed the door behind him, got on his bike, and headed towards the only restaurant in town.
******
Ephram got to the school parking lot and put his bike in one of the stands they had there. He looked toward the doorway, and saw that Amy Abbott was waiting for him. He advanced toward her, and could see that she was smiling bigger with every step he took.
"Is something funny?" Ephram reached his destination, "Why are you smiling like that?"
"I don't know, I'm just glad your back." Amy grabbed his hand and they walked in together.
This was Ephram's first day back at school since his accident, and he wasn't too excited. He was dreading seeing all of his teachers again, considering they all hated him. He rounded a corner and looked up to see a huge banner that read: WELCOME BACK EPHRAM! WE MISSED YOU!
It was signed by his classmates, which surprised Ephram, since they hardly ever spoke a word to him.
"What's going on here?" He never liked being the center of attention, "Why did you do this?"
"Me? This wasn't my idea, it was Bright's." Amy gladly gave her brother the credit.
"Bright came up with this? I thought he hated me."
"Not since he found out..."
Ephram interrupted her, "We were dating? Is anyone else going to treat me differently now that we are together?"
"Of course not silly, why would they do that?" Amy knew what was coming next.
"Because we are together." Ephram walked to his locker, letting go of Amy's hand. He put in his combination and opened the metal door. Rubber snakes popped out of it right once he did. He jumped back, tripping over himself and falling to the ground.
He winced as his back hit the ground, making his chest hurt more than it already did, "That wasn't funny." He managed to say through small coughs.
"That wasn't my idea either." Amy said as she kneeled beside him, "I don't know why Bright did that, I am so sorry."
"No, no don't worry," He spoke louder as she helped him up off the ground, "If you had nothing to do with it, you have nothing to be sorry for." He rubbed his chest for a minute, letting the pain ease a little as he organized his books and papers for class.
Bright walked up, smiling and laughing a little, "I'm sorry dude, I had to do it. I mean, you're cool with me, but I couldn't go without one last prank."
"I don't blame you, but you do know I will retaliate." Bright gave him a confused look, "I can't believe you don't know what that means. I meant I'll get you back for those snakes."
"Why did you jump so much?" Amy had never seen Ephram so scared, except for when he was on that cliff.
"I hate snakes," Amy smiled at him, "I just do, okay?"
The bell rang, telling the trio they had to get to class, fast. Ephram finished gathering his things, hugged Amy goodbye for now, and headed for homeroom.
******
The day dragged on as Ephram agonizingly went through his classes, turning in home-work he had done over the past two weeks. Every teacher gave him a smile, but treated him the same as before. He knew it was going to be like this forever, and he was learning to deal with it.
Finally the day had ended, and Ephram headed for his locker. When he got there Amy was walking up, "Hey Ephram, how were your classes?"
He knew she knew the answer to that question, but decided to answer anyway, "They were all the same. Teachers giving me bad looks and snares, every class, every day." Ephram hated school, but he was learning to deal with that, too.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Amy gave him a sympathetic look.
"Yeah, so am I." Ephram closed his locker and headed outside.
"Do you want to do something later?" Amy followed him to his bike, "We could hang out at my place."
Ephram kicked his kickstand up and looked at her, "I've had enough time inside houses, and I'd rather do something outside...Anything but hiking." He added.
Amy laughed and then looked at him, "Okay, well, it won't be outside, but it will be away from your house. It's actually not even in town."
Ephram was surprised to even think about going somewhere out of town, but he didn't mind, "Where is it?"
"It's in the next town over. Bright and I used to go there all the time, but something happened, and we just quit going, I'm not sure why." Amy started to get that look like she was in her own little world.
"Um...Earth to Amy." Ephram snapped his fingers in front of her face. She jumped a little but came back to him, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking about stuff." She couldn't even really remember what she had been thinking about, so 'stuff' is what she had to tell him.
Bright walked up to them a minute later, "Hey guys, what's up?"
"Nothing much, Amy is just talking about taking me someplace out of town, but she won't tell me where." Ephram looked at Bright, and all of a sudden there was a smile on the jocks face.
"Oh, you mean that teen's club in the next town over, yeah, that place is cool. I think it was called Clix, don't ask me why." Bright grabbed Ephram's handlebars, "I can take you two if you'd like?"
Amy started to smile and nod a lot, which meant they were going. Ephram wasn't as enthusiastic as she was, he didn't even know what he was in for. Actually, none of them did. Ephram was being taken there for a good time; he would be leaving wishing he had never left his house that morning.
All of them were in for a big surprise, but Ephram would be getting the biggest one out of all of them. No matter how much he would hate it want it, he was going to get it.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everwood characters; they all belong to the WB.
PG
A/N: This is the sequel to Hanging by a Moment, I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this yet, but it should be pretty good. I will ask for your help in later chapters.
Ephram awoke as the smell of something burning tickled his nose. He knew immediately that his father had to be cooking. He was lying in bed, now wide awake, but not attempting to get up, because he knew what waited for him down in the kitchen. It was the breakfast from hell.
Ephram decided he would get up, knowing he would eventually have to move. He slowly crawled out of bed, grabbed the sling for his arm, and walked toward the door.
Ephram was recovering from a hiking accident that had happened only two weeks before. He was still very sore, and it still hurt to breathe, but only a little. He took small steps in the direction of the stairs, and slowly walked down them.
The smell of whatever his dad had ruined was beginning to make Ephram want to gag. He had told his father when they first moved to Everwood, never to cook, ever again. Apparently Dr. Brown forgot about that.
"Dad, what did I tell you about cooking? You're going to kill us all if you keep this up!" Ephram reached the kitchen, to see his dad setting a pan in the sink.
"I should have listened to you Ephram. I wanted to see if my bad luck with cooking was over, but I guess not." Andy wiped his hands on a dish rag hanging from the oven handle.
"If you ever want to cook, you're going to need a miracle, not good luck." Ephram pulled out a chair at the table and sat down.
"So, what kind of cereal do you want?" Andy pulled three choices from the cabinet, "We have, Capt'n Crunch, Smacks, or, oh look! You can go coo coo for Cocoa Puffs!"
"I think I'll just stop by the diner and pick something up." Ephram grabbed his backpack and walked towards the front door.
"Are you sure?"
"Trust me; I do it every time you cook!" Ephram closed the door behind him, got on his bike, and headed towards the only restaurant in town.
******
Ephram got to the school parking lot and put his bike in one of the stands they had there. He looked toward the doorway, and saw that Amy Abbott was waiting for him. He advanced toward her, and could see that she was smiling bigger with every step he took.
"Is something funny?" Ephram reached his destination, "Why are you smiling like that?"
"I don't know, I'm just glad your back." Amy grabbed his hand and they walked in together.
This was Ephram's first day back at school since his accident, and he wasn't too excited. He was dreading seeing all of his teachers again, considering they all hated him. He rounded a corner and looked up to see a huge banner that read: WELCOME BACK EPHRAM! WE MISSED YOU!
It was signed by his classmates, which surprised Ephram, since they hardly ever spoke a word to him.
"What's going on here?" He never liked being the center of attention, "Why did you do this?"
"Me? This wasn't my idea, it was Bright's." Amy gladly gave her brother the credit.
"Bright came up with this? I thought he hated me."
"Not since he found out..."
Ephram interrupted her, "We were dating? Is anyone else going to treat me differently now that we are together?"
"Of course not silly, why would they do that?" Amy knew what was coming next.
"Because we are together." Ephram walked to his locker, letting go of Amy's hand. He put in his combination and opened the metal door. Rubber snakes popped out of it right once he did. He jumped back, tripping over himself and falling to the ground.
He winced as his back hit the ground, making his chest hurt more than it already did, "That wasn't funny." He managed to say through small coughs.
"That wasn't my idea either." Amy said as she kneeled beside him, "I don't know why Bright did that, I am so sorry."
"No, no don't worry," He spoke louder as she helped him up off the ground, "If you had nothing to do with it, you have nothing to be sorry for." He rubbed his chest for a minute, letting the pain ease a little as he organized his books and papers for class.
Bright walked up, smiling and laughing a little, "I'm sorry dude, I had to do it. I mean, you're cool with me, but I couldn't go without one last prank."
"I don't blame you, but you do know I will retaliate." Bright gave him a confused look, "I can't believe you don't know what that means. I meant I'll get you back for those snakes."
"Why did you jump so much?" Amy had never seen Ephram so scared, except for when he was on that cliff.
"I hate snakes," Amy smiled at him, "I just do, okay?"
The bell rang, telling the trio they had to get to class, fast. Ephram finished gathering his things, hugged Amy goodbye for now, and headed for homeroom.
******
The day dragged on as Ephram agonizingly went through his classes, turning in home-work he had done over the past two weeks. Every teacher gave him a smile, but treated him the same as before. He knew it was going to be like this forever, and he was learning to deal with it.
Finally the day had ended, and Ephram headed for his locker. When he got there Amy was walking up, "Hey Ephram, how were your classes?"
He knew she knew the answer to that question, but decided to answer anyway, "They were all the same. Teachers giving me bad looks and snares, every class, every day." Ephram hated school, but he was learning to deal with that, too.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Amy gave him a sympathetic look.
"Yeah, so am I." Ephram closed his locker and headed outside.
"Do you want to do something later?" Amy followed him to his bike, "We could hang out at my place."
Ephram kicked his kickstand up and looked at her, "I've had enough time inside houses, and I'd rather do something outside...Anything but hiking." He added.
Amy laughed and then looked at him, "Okay, well, it won't be outside, but it will be away from your house. It's actually not even in town."
Ephram was surprised to even think about going somewhere out of town, but he didn't mind, "Where is it?"
"It's in the next town over. Bright and I used to go there all the time, but something happened, and we just quit going, I'm not sure why." Amy started to get that look like she was in her own little world.
"Um...Earth to Amy." Ephram snapped his fingers in front of her face. She jumped a little but came back to him, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking about stuff." She couldn't even really remember what she had been thinking about, so 'stuff' is what she had to tell him.
Bright walked up to them a minute later, "Hey guys, what's up?"
"Nothing much, Amy is just talking about taking me someplace out of town, but she won't tell me where." Ephram looked at Bright, and all of a sudden there was a smile on the jocks face.
"Oh, you mean that teen's club in the next town over, yeah, that place is cool. I think it was called Clix, don't ask me why." Bright grabbed Ephram's handlebars, "I can take you two if you'd like?"
Amy started to smile and nod a lot, which meant they were going. Ephram wasn't as enthusiastic as she was, he didn't even know what he was in for. Actually, none of them did. Ephram was being taken there for a good time; he would be leaving wishing he had never left his house that morning.
All of them were in for a big surprise, but Ephram would be getting the biggest one out of all of them. No matter how much he would hate it want it, he was going to get it.