Ephram sat in math class by looking directly at the teacher and nodding slightly every so often he gave the impression that he was paying attention, not in the slightest. Ephram couldn't stop thinking about Madison. If you watched him closely you could see it in his face that he was not thinking about math because he seemed to have a slight smile on his face and his eyes weren't quite focused. Ephram was not the obvious type of guy who writes his girlfriends name on his binder, papers, and other things he looked down on those type of people. He was more mature than that. He was thinking about going after school and suprising her with some type of gift. He thought for a while he couldn't think of any meaningful gift he could give her, just a small reminder to her that he loved her. He really did love her he had told her that before, he was not bothered by the fact that she had not answered he knew that she loved him. It was then that Peyton walked in to the classroom. She carried her backpack loosely on one shoulder looking around the classroom nervously. She didn't fit in with this small quiet town. Why did her dad have to move her here why couldn't he get a permanent job closer to home. She walked towards the math teacher who had stopped his teaching and now was walking to her smiling.
"You must be Peyton, our new student." He said first looking at her and then looking around the class. Ephram looked up at Peyton and couldn't help but smile slightly she looked so different compared to everyone living in Everwood. She looked extremely uncomfortable. Ephram wondered where she was from and who she was. Ephram's thoughts were interupted, "Why don't you set over there next to Ephram." Ephram looked to his left at the empty seat in suprise. Peyton began to make her way towards the empty seat but was soon stopped by the teacher. "Actually why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself before you sit down. It's not very often you get a new student at Everwood High." Peyton tried to smile, what could she say, she hated how teachers forced students into these meaningless often embaressing introductions, Ephram was thinking the exact same thing. She walked back towards the front of the room and faced her new classmates looking around.
"Hey I'm Peyton, I'm from Tree Hill...ummmm.....my dad and I moved here because he found a good job as a doctor...." Peyton trailed off she kinda of shrugged her shoulders and looked towards the teacher. "That's about it." The teacher smiled at her.
"Ok then, Peyton find your seat, and we'll continue with vectors." Peyton once again made her way to the seat located next to Ephram. She once again surveyed the class slowly looking around, everyone seemed so bland they all were really paying attention to the teacher, no passing notes, no daydreaming. And then she spotted Ephram. Ephram was looking towards her smiling slightly. She looked into his eyes, they were so deep so filled with his passions and loves, she smiled back. She moved towards the empty seat plopped her backpack down next to it and sat down, she was looking straight ahead but her eyes were on Ephram.
"I'm Ephram." He said putting a couple of fingers up to say hi. She turned her head to him.
"Nice to meet you Ephram," she said smiling, she wasn't sure but he could prove to be a friend in the future. He looked at her curiously.
"So, your dad's a doctor." Ephrum couldn't believe it this beautiful girl had just walked in and was paying him a lot of attention. Not that he really cared, he had Madison, but still.
"Yea, he's working for a Andy or maybe it was John." Peyton was interupted by the teacher.
"I'm sorry to be yelling at you on your first day," the teacher said wearing a smile but still looking slightly annoyed, "but you two will need to stop talking." Peyton looked towards Ephram and smiled like they shared a little joke. Ephram tried to smile back but he was to taken aback, he had no idea his dad was hiring new doctors to assist him. Ephram was positive Peyton's dad was working for his dad, Andy Brown. Ephram felt so nervous and scared but he couldn't figure out why.