this is my firts Everwood fic, so be gentle please! this takes place right after ep. 24 "The Last of

Summmer," hence the title Reflections of Summer.

disclaimer~i don't own Everwood.

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Delia Brown lay in bed late that night, unable to clear her head much less get actual sleep. She

truely did not understand what her father had meant.

"Just because I didn't save him doesn't mean I killed him."

In her mind it did. A part of her felt that her father had let Colin die for reasons unknown to her.

Granted, she knew her father better than that, knew that he thought the taking of any human life was as

close to a non-religious man's version of sin as you could get, but a child's imagination is a fickle and

unpredictable thing, and in her own mind Delia almost had herself convinced that her father HAD killed

Colin.



The whole not killing someone but not saving them either concept blew her young mind, and that was

probably what was keeping her awake. Even if you didn't kill someone, wasn't standing there and watching

them die just as bad as killing them?

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Amy Abbot, to her credit considering the turmoil in her life, was able to sleep, even if it was only

for short bursts due to dreams of Colin. Dreams of Colin dieing horrible deaths, bloody deaths while she

stood by and watched. Twice she had nearly woken up screaming, but luckily her face was towards the

pillow, muffling the sounds, and no one came in to check on her.

"You didn't try hard enough, did you!?"



Recalling her own words to Dr. Brown, Amy winced inwardly. How could she have said those things? All

he did was try to help!



No! That letter from Colin she had found...........It was all Dr. Browns fault!

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Andrew Brown also lay awake, voices from that day ringing in his head, mocking him. The voice that

was most often heard was his own.

"I stopped trying."

"A promise I never should have made."

He was sure, the voices nonwithstanding, that he had done the right thing by Colin. He wasn't sure

that telling Ephram was the right thing to do, but it was done now and he would just have to deal with it

as the tale unwove itself.

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Owari

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there, my first Everwood oneshot. how was it? bad, good, it sucked so bad i should never show my face in

this section again? tell me what you think!

ja'ne minna!