It was like breathing for the first time. Like adrenaline rushing through your body. He still couldn't believe it had happened. After almost two years of dreaming about it, it had finally occurred. He had seen her; Madison had been right in front of him. Each time he thought about it, it never played out like that. But then again this was life, and things didn't always go as planned. He had learned that the hard way, and Madison was the perfect example of that. He had wanted her and loved her so much, but still had to let her go.

"So that was Madison huh?" asked Hannah breaking the silence and Ephram out of his thoughts. "She's 'the' girl isn't she?"

"Yes that was Madison, I did get it right when I introduced you two didn't I?" joked Ephram.

"Ha Ha smartass, now stop avoiding the question" retorted Hannah.

"Fine I guess you can say she's 'the' girl, but that was a long time ago. A lot happened back then that can never be changed. Plus I'm different now, and so is she." Said Ephram.

"Wow, but come on you still like her don't you" question Hannah.

This was the first time he had been seriously asked this question since he last saw her. Although the question was simple enough, and he already knew the answer it made him think. Yeah he still loved her there was no questioning that, but would she still love him? Would he love the new her? His mind was going a mile a minute, but the question that he couldn't get out of his head was would she ever trust me again?

"Like I said before we're different now Han, so who knows what's gonna happen." Replied Ephram. He was giving her an honest answer, but he knew she wouldn't accept it.

"Alright Mr. Vague you wanna play it that way, by all means go right ahead. But don't you come crawling to me for my expert love advice" joked Hannah

"What? I was being honest. You know I would tell you. Plus when did you become such an, and I quote "expert at love advice"?" asked Ephram as he continued to drive home.

"Well since…never, but it sounded good at the time. Plus I thought it would make you cave. I am wise beyond my years Brown." Laughed Hannah "But if you insist sigh I won't pressure you, but you gotta admit hell of a meeting right?" joked Hannah

"Yeah I definitely didn't see that one coming today. I mean I wanted to see her so bad, and then all of a sudden it was just there. That moment, that was supposed to be perfect. And completely wasn't." Said Ephram.

"That's what happens when you build things up in your mind. They never end up reaching your expectations. You just have to see where things go Ephram. You gotta let them flow on there own, you can't always push everything." Replied Hannah. She knew how persistent Ephram could be. She just wanted him to proceed with caution; she didn't want him to get hurt…again.

"I guess you are wise beyond your years huh? And if your trying to say what I think you are, I'm not gonna rush into anything. I was thinking the same thing you are. To just let things play themselves out." Said Ephram. He had meant all of it, but he knew he would try his best to get her back. That was just who he was. Yes he believed in fate I mean that what got him and Madison together, but he also believed in fighting for what you want. And he wanted Madison.

"Good I didn't want to resort to physical violence to get you to see things my way" laughed Hannah.

"Yeah me neither, you being so big and all" joked Ephram receiving a shut up from Hannah. "So do you wanna go home or to my place" asked Ephram as they drove into town.

"Well does it really make a difference genius we live right next door, but I think I'll head home. All your love drama is making me tired" laughed Hannah giving Ephram a playful nudge.

"Ha ha, hey watch it I'm driving here" joked Ephram as he pulled into Hannah's drive way. "See you Han, and thanks for coming with me today. I had fun" said Ephram as Hannah got out.

"Your welcome and I had fun too. See you tomorrow Ephram" replied Hannah as she made her way inside.

Meanwhile with the girls.

Madison couldn't get the meeting out of her head. Yes it was great to see him, but it was too soon for her. Seeing him brought back a lot of stuff and not all of it was good. Plus him looking so good didn't help much, she thought. She had expected to run into him, it was Everwood for crying out loud, but she wanted to do it on her own terms. Not like this, not by chance.

"So weird day huh?" asked Mindy as they sat in their living room eating ice cream. Madison had been quite the whole ride home, and still hadn't said much. And the silence was killing Mindy.

"You can defiantly say that again! It's for sure going in the books" replied Madison.

"Well how do you feel? Was it good? Bad? Most importantly do you wanna kill me?" question Mindy. She wanted Madison to open up. She wasn't gonna let her close herself off again.

"Um…I don't know Mind. I guess it was a little of both. And no I don't want to kill you…at least not yet" said Madison

"Well that's good to know. Now I can close both eyes tonight" joked Mindy

"Yeah no worries you're safe. I don't blame you. I just really wasn't ready to see him so soon. Especially not like that" replied Madison grabbing the ice cream from Mindy.

"I know it must have been tough, but it had to happen right? At least now you've gotten it over with. The first awkward encounter." Said Mindy.

"True, but I think there will be many more to follow. He did say he would call to go out again. It's not like I didn't want to see him I just wanted it to be on my own terms. Seeing him brought back a lot of stuff" replied Madison.

"I'm guessing not all of it was good huh?" asked Mindy, she hated seeing her friend like this, and thought the best thing to get her to do was talk about it.

"No it was definitely not all good. I just kept thinking about how much he hurt me, yet despite that how much I still care about him. That's not right is it Mind?" asked Madison. She was torn between herself. She couldn't deny what she still felt, but could she let herself trust him again? She didn't have that answer right now; in fact she didn't have a lot of answers at the moment.

"Of course its right Maddy, he was the first guy you ever truly loved. He was your first a lot of things. Just like you were to him. Feelings like that just don't go away. I know it's hard, but maybe after this everything will be better. What your feeling is normal, you're only human Maddy. You have a heart." Said Mindy, she was trying to give good advice but be supportive at the same time. She just hated the circumstances.

"Your right, I guess I just have to deal with it. I can't ignore the problem anymore. I…." was all Madison could get out before the phone started ringing. "I'll get it" she replied as she got up.

A/N: Sorry about the long wait, but my computer has been a little crazy. And I've been really busy. I'm on break now for a couple more days so I'll try and update again for you ). I know there's no E/M interaction, but I wanted you to see the reaction from both after the meeting. So like always Read AND Review. They all mean a lot. ENJOY THE NEW CHAPTER!

-Anna