Hanging by a moment
Disclaimer: I do not own Everwood or any of the characters in this story. They are all property of the WB.
Rating: PG, slight cussing.
A/N: Amy and Ephram go on a hike, but when it takes a turn for the worse, what will Amy do to help?
"I'm gonna go hiking with Amy, dad. I should be back later tonight." Ephram opened the front door, but stopped when his father's voice called him.
"Ephram, why aren't you telling me this until now?" Andy faced Ephram from he seat on the couch.
"I was just told she wanted to take me hiking this morning." Ephram advanced out the door, closing it behind him.
"Oh, so that was that phone call at 6:00am. I was wondering who had the idea to wake the household up that early." Andy realized he was talking to himself and stopped before another word left his lips.
******
It was a clear Saturday morning in Everwood, Colorado. Ephram walked to Amy Abbott's house and gently knocked on the door, "Coming!" He heard his companion say, "Hey, Ephram! I'll be ready in a minute, why don't you come in and have a seat?" Amy opened the door wider for him.
"I'll come in, but I'm not much of a sitting person." Ephram bobbed his head a little as he spoke.
"That's fine, wait right here." Amy pointed to an archway separating the entry from the family room. Ephram leaned up against one of the posts and stood patiently.
Amy returned moments later, her backpack in hand, and smile on her face, "Ready Grover?" She headed towards the door.
"Ready." He smiled back at her, even though she wasn't looking.
They reached there ascending point about 30 minutes later, "Are you sure about this?" Ephram tilted his head up to try and see the tip of the mountain. It was no use, it was much too high.
"Of course! You aren't scared, are you Grover?" Amy nudged his arm.
"Huh? Oh, no, of course not. I just haven't ever climbed a mountain this high. Compared to this they were molehills." Ephram laughed under his breath at that joke. He didn't even mean to say it.
"You've been climbing before?"
"Once, with my mom. It was for my 13th birthday. She had made plans for all the family to go, but Delia was too young, and my dad, well, my dad never showed up. We left Delia with my grandparents and spent the weekend wherever we were, I can't remember." Ephram walked past Amy to go to a sign sloppily pushed into the ground, "Warning, steep incline and rock slides. Proceed with caution." He read.
"Ignore it. It's been there for at least 5 years and nobody has reported anything about it. We'll be fine." Amy walked past Ephram this time; he was getting skeptical about going through with this hike. But, since Amy Abbott was going to go, he might as well, too.
******
"Daddy, where did Ephram go?" Delia walked downstairs.
"He's gone hiking with Amy; he said he would be back later today." He repeated his son's words.
"Oh, well I hope he was telling the truth. He promised me he would watch a movie with me later." Delia joyfully skipped into the kitchen to get a snack.
"Don't get Willy Wonka an..."
"I know dad. I don't plan on it. Last time you weren't there." Andy watched Delia prance back upstairs. He felt ashamed that she would still be holding something like that against him.
"Don't break this promise, Ephram. Your sister loves you too much." Andy whispered into the air and sending the words in Ephram's direction. That was the last calm feeling Andy had about Ephram that day.
******
Ephram and Amy had been walking for two hours now. Ephram was become more at ease with the mountain. He hadn't encountered any rock slides, but there were a lot of steep inclines. It wasn't too difficult climbing up, though.
The one thing he was never good at, was watching where he was going. He made that mistake just now. He was watching Amy instead of where he was placing his feet. He never saw the loose patch of dirt on the trail. He stepped on it and immediately fell. He started falling backwards since the mountain was so steep, the thing that should have stopped him was the fence at the edge, but it didn't. Ephram flew right through.
His eyes searched frantically for something to grab onto, and luckily he saw a sturdy looking root sticking out the side. His hands barely gripped it in time, and when they did, he felt immediate pain shoot through them. He knew they were scratched up. There was no doubt about it.
"Ephram!" Amy yelled at him as she ran down to him.
"Yeah, I'm here!" He responded slowly, careful not to make the mistake of looking down.
"Are you okay?" She reached the edge, sticking her head far enough out so she could see him, "Oh God, that isn't going to hold for long."
"Thanks for telling me!" Ephram began to freak.
"It's okay; I'll go get some help."
"NO!" He screamed before she got the chance to stand, "You can't leave. You just said yourself that this won't hold much longer, so if you leave, I'll probably be dead when you come back." Ephram was grasping at the root now. Trying not to fall further down.
"Okay, okay. I won't leave. I have to go back and get my cell phone, though. I left my pack where I was before you slipped." Amy quickly retrieved her belongings, and Ephram's, and then made her way back down.
"Call my dad! He'll be here with a helicopter in no time!" Ephram had no idea what he was saying. His dad was the worst person with directions, "On second thought, maybe your dad would be more help."
"Good idea." Amy dialed as fast as she could, "Hello daddy?" Amy spoke into the tiny phone, "Yeah, I think we've run into a little problem on the mountain." Amy paused for a second, "Um, Ephram is kind of about to fall off."
Ephram could hear Dr. Abbott's voice from where he was. He was laughing mentally when he actually thought that the guy might actually care about him. He was jerked out of that thought as the root was being pulled from the dirt it was lodged into.
"Amy, I'm going to need help here soon!" Ephram called up to his panicking friend. Amy nodded with tears in her eyes as she hung up with her father.
"He said he'd be here a soon as possible." She pulled rope out of her backpack and lowered it to Ephram.
"Why didn't you think of this before?" Ephram scolded.
"I was too scared to think then." Amy fastened it around her and laid down on the ground, "Wrap it around you, I'm going to try and pull you up."
Ephram did as he was told, but it wasn't easy. He had to secure himself with one hand the whole time. When he had finally managed his feat, he looked at Amy with high hopes. Deep inside he knew he was too heavy for the girl, but he still had wished it was possible.
"I can't do it!" Amy said with a shaky voice, "This isn't going to work!"
"Don't freak out, Amy. Keep trying!"
It was funny. Ephram was telling her not to freak out, and yet, he could barely keep himself calm.
******
RING!! Andy ran to the phone and picked it up after the 3rd ring, "Hello?"
"Andy, this is Harold Abbott. I'm afraid I have some bad news."
******
"I'm sorry, Ephram. I can't pull you up." Amy was out of breath and very weak from pulling.
"Don't strain yourself, Amy. Just keep the rope held so I don't fall. I'm too far past the root to grab onto it again, so if you let go, that's bye, bye to Ephram." He didn't even want to think about that.
"Do you mind if I sing right now? There's one song that always makes me feel better when I'm scared."
"Can you carry a tune?" He joked.
"Very funny, Ephram."
"Grover."
"What?"
"My name is Grover."
******
"Oh my God." Andy dropped the phone he was holding, "This can't be happening." Andy sat on the couch and let it sink in. Delia came downstairs at the sound of her fathers despair.
"What's wrong?"
"Delia, sweetie. Sit down." She did as she was told, "I don't think Ephram will make it to your movie date."
******
"Sure, go ahead and sing!" Ephram answered, "I could use that right now!"
Amy cleared her throat, "You can't laugh if I sound bad."
"Me laugh? Never." Ephram was holding on as tight as possible.
"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you"
"That isn't the song to be singing right now!" Ephram didn't want to upset Amy, "But keep going. Actually, start over if you don't mind."
"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
forgetting all I'm lacking
completely and complete
I'll take your invitation
you take all of me
now.. I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
I don't know what I'm diving into
just hanging by a moment here with you
there's nothing left to lose
nothing left to fly
there is nothing in the world that can change my mind
there is nothing else
there is nothing else..
Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
I don't know what I'm diving into
just hanging by a moment here with you
just hanging by a moment
hanging by a moment...
hanging by a moment...
hanging by a moment here with you.."
Amy kept singing that song over and over again. She never once seemed to tense up when she looked at Ephram dangling. He was glad she was happy, and glad to still be alive at that moment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Everwood or any of the characters in this story. They are all property of the WB.
Rating: PG, slight cussing.
A/N: Amy and Ephram go on a hike, but when it takes a turn for the worse, what will Amy do to help?
"I'm gonna go hiking with Amy, dad. I should be back later tonight." Ephram opened the front door, but stopped when his father's voice called him.
"Ephram, why aren't you telling me this until now?" Andy faced Ephram from he seat on the couch.
"I was just told she wanted to take me hiking this morning." Ephram advanced out the door, closing it behind him.
"Oh, so that was that phone call at 6:00am. I was wondering who had the idea to wake the household up that early." Andy realized he was talking to himself and stopped before another word left his lips.
******
It was a clear Saturday morning in Everwood, Colorado. Ephram walked to Amy Abbott's house and gently knocked on the door, "Coming!" He heard his companion say, "Hey, Ephram! I'll be ready in a minute, why don't you come in and have a seat?" Amy opened the door wider for him.
"I'll come in, but I'm not much of a sitting person." Ephram bobbed his head a little as he spoke.
"That's fine, wait right here." Amy pointed to an archway separating the entry from the family room. Ephram leaned up against one of the posts and stood patiently.
Amy returned moments later, her backpack in hand, and smile on her face, "Ready Grover?" She headed towards the door.
"Ready." He smiled back at her, even though she wasn't looking.
They reached there ascending point about 30 minutes later, "Are you sure about this?" Ephram tilted his head up to try and see the tip of the mountain. It was no use, it was much too high.
"Of course! You aren't scared, are you Grover?" Amy nudged his arm.
"Huh? Oh, no, of course not. I just haven't ever climbed a mountain this high. Compared to this they were molehills." Ephram laughed under his breath at that joke. He didn't even mean to say it.
"You've been climbing before?"
"Once, with my mom. It was for my 13th birthday. She had made plans for all the family to go, but Delia was too young, and my dad, well, my dad never showed up. We left Delia with my grandparents and spent the weekend wherever we were, I can't remember." Ephram walked past Amy to go to a sign sloppily pushed into the ground, "Warning, steep incline and rock slides. Proceed with caution." He read.
"Ignore it. It's been there for at least 5 years and nobody has reported anything about it. We'll be fine." Amy walked past Ephram this time; he was getting skeptical about going through with this hike. But, since Amy Abbott was going to go, he might as well, too.
******
"Daddy, where did Ephram go?" Delia walked downstairs.
"He's gone hiking with Amy; he said he would be back later today." He repeated his son's words.
"Oh, well I hope he was telling the truth. He promised me he would watch a movie with me later." Delia joyfully skipped into the kitchen to get a snack.
"Don't get Willy Wonka an..."
"I know dad. I don't plan on it. Last time you weren't there." Andy watched Delia prance back upstairs. He felt ashamed that she would still be holding something like that against him.
"Don't break this promise, Ephram. Your sister loves you too much." Andy whispered into the air and sending the words in Ephram's direction. That was the last calm feeling Andy had about Ephram that day.
******
Ephram and Amy had been walking for two hours now. Ephram was become more at ease with the mountain. He hadn't encountered any rock slides, but there were a lot of steep inclines. It wasn't too difficult climbing up, though.
The one thing he was never good at, was watching where he was going. He made that mistake just now. He was watching Amy instead of where he was placing his feet. He never saw the loose patch of dirt on the trail. He stepped on it and immediately fell. He started falling backwards since the mountain was so steep, the thing that should have stopped him was the fence at the edge, but it didn't. Ephram flew right through.
His eyes searched frantically for something to grab onto, and luckily he saw a sturdy looking root sticking out the side. His hands barely gripped it in time, and when they did, he felt immediate pain shoot through them. He knew they were scratched up. There was no doubt about it.
"Ephram!" Amy yelled at him as she ran down to him.
"Yeah, I'm here!" He responded slowly, careful not to make the mistake of looking down.
"Are you okay?" She reached the edge, sticking her head far enough out so she could see him, "Oh God, that isn't going to hold for long."
"Thanks for telling me!" Ephram began to freak.
"It's okay; I'll go get some help."
"NO!" He screamed before she got the chance to stand, "You can't leave. You just said yourself that this won't hold much longer, so if you leave, I'll probably be dead when you come back." Ephram was grasping at the root now. Trying not to fall further down.
"Okay, okay. I won't leave. I have to go back and get my cell phone, though. I left my pack where I was before you slipped." Amy quickly retrieved her belongings, and Ephram's, and then made her way back down.
"Call my dad! He'll be here with a helicopter in no time!" Ephram had no idea what he was saying. His dad was the worst person with directions, "On second thought, maybe your dad would be more help."
"Good idea." Amy dialed as fast as she could, "Hello daddy?" Amy spoke into the tiny phone, "Yeah, I think we've run into a little problem on the mountain." Amy paused for a second, "Um, Ephram is kind of about to fall off."
Ephram could hear Dr. Abbott's voice from where he was. He was laughing mentally when he actually thought that the guy might actually care about him. He was jerked out of that thought as the root was being pulled from the dirt it was lodged into.
"Amy, I'm going to need help here soon!" Ephram called up to his panicking friend. Amy nodded with tears in her eyes as she hung up with her father.
"He said he'd be here a soon as possible." She pulled rope out of her backpack and lowered it to Ephram.
"Why didn't you think of this before?" Ephram scolded.
"I was too scared to think then." Amy fastened it around her and laid down on the ground, "Wrap it around you, I'm going to try and pull you up."
Ephram did as he was told, but it wasn't easy. He had to secure himself with one hand the whole time. When he had finally managed his feat, he looked at Amy with high hopes. Deep inside he knew he was too heavy for the girl, but he still had wished it was possible.
"I can't do it!" Amy said with a shaky voice, "This isn't going to work!"
"Don't freak out, Amy. Keep trying!"
It was funny. Ephram was telling her not to freak out, and yet, he could barely keep himself calm.
******
RING!! Andy ran to the phone and picked it up after the 3rd ring, "Hello?"
"Andy, this is Harold Abbott. I'm afraid I have some bad news."
******
"I'm sorry, Ephram. I can't pull you up." Amy was out of breath and very weak from pulling.
"Don't strain yourself, Amy. Just keep the rope held so I don't fall. I'm too far past the root to grab onto it again, so if you let go, that's bye, bye to Ephram." He didn't even want to think about that.
"Do you mind if I sing right now? There's one song that always makes me feel better when I'm scared."
"Can you carry a tune?" He joked.
"Very funny, Ephram."
"Grover."
"What?"
"My name is Grover."
******
"Oh my God." Andy dropped the phone he was holding, "This can't be happening." Andy sat on the couch and let it sink in. Delia came downstairs at the sound of her fathers despair.
"What's wrong?"
"Delia, sweetie. Sit down." She did as she was told, "I don't think Ephram will make it to your movie date."
******
"Sure, go ahead and sing!" Ephram answered, "I could use that right now!"
Amy cleared her throat, "You can't laugh if I sound bad."
"Me laugh? Never." Ephram was holding on as tight as possible.
"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you"
"That isn't the song to be singing right now!" Ephram didn't want to upset Amy, "But keep going. Actually, start over if you don't mind."
"Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
forgetting all I'm lacking
completely and complete
I'll take your invitation
you take all of me
now.. I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
I don't know what I'm diving into
just hanging by a moment here with you
there's nothing left to lose
nothing left to fly
there is nothing in the world that can change my mind
there is nothing else
there is nothing else..
Desperate for changing
Starving for truth
Closer where I Started
Chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know
I'm running and not quite sure where to go
I don't know what I'm diving into
just hanging by a moment here with you
just hanging by a moment
hanging by a moment...
hanging by a moment...
hanging by a moment here with you.."
Amy kept singing that song over and over again. She never once seemed to tense up when she looked at Ephram dangling. He was glad she was happy, and glad to still be alive at that moment.