Hello everyone!
This is my first fanfic ever. So please be nice. I have thought for a long time that I couldn't write but writing this chapter was actually quite easy and I enjoyed it. Now I hope you like my story too. I am looking forward to your reviews. Please tell me if you would like updates, where you would like the story to go and what I could do better in the next chapters. Who would you like Ephram to end up with…Amy or Jenna? Even though I totally love Ephramy, I somehow like the idea of a new love for Ephram. Everything is possible. Muahahaha. What do you think?
By the way, English is not my mother tongue, it's German, so I apologise in advance for all mistakes I make. To all Americans: I am writing this story in British English, because that's what I learned at school, hope you don't mind.
Disclaimer: I do not own Everwood or its characters. They were all invented by the fabulous Greg Berlanti.
What happened before: 1st season like in the series, but: Colin survives the second surgery. After a few months Amy breaks up with him. 2nd and 3rd season like in the series (Ephram is with Madison, she gets pregnant, Ephram doesn't know. Ephram and Amy get together; they break up after Ephram finds out Madison had his baby. Ephram leaves for Europe.) While he is gone Amy starts to have feelings for Colin again and they get back together. Rose never has cancer. After the summer Amy and Colin go to New York to study at Columbia University. Meanwhile Ephram has returned from Europe and with the help of a famous piano player he met in London he gets another Juilliard audition. Luckily he gets in. There he meets Jenna, a young drama student from Hamilton, Colorado. With two other people they share an apartment and they soon become friends.
Chapter One: Snowed In
There they were…four young people in a small town in the middle of Iowa. Outside snow was falling heavily. It was one of those days, when Everwoodians would get out their emergency blankets and tooth brushes for guest that were forced to stay because they were snowed in. Amy Abbott, Colin Hart, Ephram Brown and Jenna Adams had all agreed to share a car to go from New York back to Colorado for the Christmas holidays. The weather forecast had been promising and their moods had been brilliant, except for a few jealous glances Amy had shot at Jenna. But no one had noticed them, not even Amy herself. Because they all had been hungry after the long drive they had left the highway to get some lunch at a burger restaurant. They had been chatting and laughing over their burgers and hot drinks when suddenly dark grey clouds covered the sky. And before they even noticed an angry snow storm had started.
Within a few minutes the world outside the little restaurant seemed to have changed completely. The big fir trees were soon covered in snow and so were the roads. "We should probably leave soon, if we want to be home before dinner", Ephram said. "You are so greedy, you just had food for ten", Colin said jokingly, throwing his napkin at him. "No one will go anywhere anymore today, I am afraid", said Sarah the waitress, looking out of the window astonished. Then they suddenly realised…the roads had become impassable; they would have to find a place to spend the night. Somehow reading their thoughts Sarah said: "There's a Motel just five minutes up the road from here. You could leave your car here and get it in the morning. By then this storm should have stopped and Mr. Jenkins should have cleared the road towards the highway. He is the local winter maintenance worker you know."
"Well, we don't really have another option, do we?" Amy said obviously upset. She had been looking forward to seeing her parents and her brother Bright and now she would have to wait another day. After all she hadn't been home in Everwood since her grandmother's and Irv's wedding at the end of September. It had been the day when Ephram had surprisingly come back to Everwood, telling everyone he would go to Juilliard. A few days later Amy, Ephram and Colin had left for New York. Sarah nodded understandingly: "you don't have to go over straight away. You can stay here as long as you want to. We got a pinball machine over there." "Cool", Ephram and Colin said simultaneously. Then Sarah went on: "Mr. Jones the Motel owner is a bit grumpy. But apart from that the place really isn't that bad. It's clean and cheap."
"Thank you Sarah", Jenna said. "No problem", Sarah replied, "Call me if you need anything" and with that she went back into the kitchen. "Aww, don't be upset Amy. I know you wanted to see your family today. But you will see, we will just make ourselves a nice evening and tomorrow we will be home in no time," Colin said pulling Amy into a loving hug and kissing her cheek. Amy smiled weakly. "That's better", Colin said giving her another kiss.
Ephram could understand Amy. She had always been very close to her family, especially to her father. It was only understandable that she was disappointed. He on the other hand wasn't looking forward to seeing his father at all. Sure, he wanted to see his sister Delia. She had begged him in her emails to come home for Christmas and he had promised her to do so. But if it wasn't for her he would never have gone. In the few days he had been at home before he went to New York, he and his father had not spoken at all, not that Ephram had wanted to. He still hadn't forgiven him for not telling him about Madison's pregnancy. He didn't know if he ever would.
The four friends spend the next two hours drinking strawberry milk shakes and playing pinball. The girls couldn't help laughing over the boy's enthusiasm with the pinball reminded them of little boys in their attempt to beat each others records. They had entirely lost track of time when all of a sudden Sarah spoke to them: "I really don't want to kick you out guys, but it's getting dark outside. You better get going now. Fortunately the snow fall has weakened for a bit now." "It's alright, Sarah. Thanks again for your help", Amy answered.
Five minutes later they had dressed and went outside. Amy cursed herself for having decided to wear her sneakers on the way home instead of her knee high boots. Indeed, the snow on the road was almost knee high now and Amy knew her feet would be soaking by the time they reached the Motel. "Let's go, love", Colin said taking her hand in his. Slowly they started walking towards the Motel. Colin and Amy hand in hand and Ephram and Jenna walking behind them.
When they finally arrived there after fifteen minutes instead of five like Sarah had said they felt relieved. Standing in the entrance hall they had a good look around. The Motel did really look very clean and through the door to their right they could spot a cosy looking common room that had two couches, a little table with a stack of board games and even a lit fireplace. Mr. Jones, on the other hand, was visibly not pleased about their unsuspected arrival, even more so because they had disturbed him from watching his favourite daily soap. So he only reluctantly gave them their keys for two double bedrooms.
"Okay guys, I would say we go to our rooms now and then meet in an hour or so for a game of Monopoly." Colin said taking Amy's hand again. "What…why…" Amy said confused "I thought Jenna and I would..." Amy never had thought about sharing a room with her boyfriend. Not that she hadn't done it before; it was more the fact that in that case Ephram and Jenna would be staying together in the other room. For some strange reason that thought made her jealous. "Oh come on, they practically live together", Colin said "it's not like Ephram would take advantage of her." "Yes ok", she said even though she still didn't like it. What the hell is wrong with me? she thought.