A/N: So I finally decided to update, aren't you all proud lol. Any who I hope you enjoy the update. I plan to update more often, it's just my comp has been a little crazy lately, but I'm glad to say it is better now. BTW IMPORTANT: you might want to know that in my story unlike in the show Madison and her father are not estranged. Madison's father is actually pretty important to her. You'll learn more about him later on. ENJOY!

She couldn't believe this was happening. She had finally gotten what she wanted, she had Ephram. It was all she had thought about for the past year. She had tried to get over him, she really had but it never went away. The feeling of needing him in her life, the feeling of needing him to love her was just too strong. Yet somehow right at this moment everything she wanted including Ephram just didn't feel right. This wasn't how things were suppose to be. She needed answers to her questions and she just wasn't getting them. Instead she was here at a party with a guy who had broken her heart into a million pieces. A guy she swore she would never trust again. Not only that but she was doing what so many had done to her. She was cheating on Chris and she couldn't stand it.

Without another thought Madison broke away from Ephram.

"What, what's wrong? Are you okay?" asked Ephram as he felt Madison pull away.

"No I'm not alright this can't happen Ephram. I'm sorry but I need answers and until you can give them to me I can't go into that place with you again." Replied Madison, she gave him an ultimatum that to her seemed pretty fair.

"A minute ago you were fine Madison. I know you want this. You just told me you did. Please don't just forget about what happened to us." Said Ephram, as he moved closer to her. He was not going to allow her to run away.

"I'm not even going to try and deny what happened between us, I could never do that. But I also can't have you holding something back from me. I need to know what happened to you Ephram, I can't always be wondering if it is going to happen again." Replied Madison, she was starting to get emotional, but she had to say this now before it was too late, before things went too far.

"I wish I could tell you Madison, I really wish I could but I can't. At least not now, plus you wouldn't even believe me if I did. You just have to believe that I never meant to hurt you I was doing what I thought was best for you" said Ephram. He was being as sincere as he thought possible. Ephram did believe letting her go a year ago was the right thing to do. As of right he wasn't so sure of his decision.

"You thought it was the right thing to do? How could you think that? The only person left in this town that mattered to me didn't want me anymore. How do you think that felt? One day I think you love me and the next that feeling is pulled from under me? How was that the best thing for me? I loved you, I let you in and trusted you to protect me from what so many other people had done to me…. And you still ended up hurting me? I'm sorry Ephram but you'll have to forgive me, I don't see how that was the right thing to do." Madison was starting to tear up. She just wanted it to be easier for the two of them she just wanted him to hold her.

"I don't know what to say Madison. Knowing I hurt you kills me, it's the last thing I ever wanted to do. You are the most important thing to me, there's no explanation for what I did to you. The only one I got is that I truly thought I was doing what was best for you. You needed to go to New York. I couldn't hold you back, I was a distraction. A distraction you didn't need. You don't need me Madison, I know that. The thing is I need you." Stated Ephram with so much emotion Madison felt it in her heart.

"Ephram I will always need you, always!" said Madison in almost a shout. Tears slipped down her face but she brushed them away quickly. "You can't tell me you didn't know that. I could never have done that to you, I couldn't have even thought those things. You made me go a whole year thinking you never loved me….. I just need to know Ephram; I need to know why you said those things. I can't be in the dark, I won't do it anymore." Finished Madison. She started walking to the front of the porch where the door was.

"Madison wait! Don't go don't let it end this way." Said Ephram as he reached out and grabbed her arm. He pulled her close to him and held her in a hug. "I love you Madison, don't let it end this way?" asked Ephram

"I love you too, but right now that's not enough. I'm not ending things Ephram; I'm leaving the ball in your court. What you do with it is totally up to you. When you're ready to tell me your secret, you know where to find me. As of right now I have to go inside Delia wants me to meet some of her friends. Bye Ephram." Replied Madison as she once again pulled away from him, and made her way through the sliding doors.

She leaned against wall for what seemed like forever before she heard the ring. Her cell phone was ringing in her jacket. As if like a reflex she grabbed the phone and put it to her ear.

"Hello" replied Madison as she answered her call.

"Hey honey" was all that came from the other end

"Dad hi, it's so good to hear your voice. Sorry I didn't call you before I left; it was all kind of sudden." Said Madison. She hadn't talked to her father since she had come to Everwood. She didn't even know if he knew she was there.

"So where did you and Mindy head off to this summer? Some place warm?" asked her father.

"Not quite we headed back to Everwood. We're staying here for the summer." Stated Madison as if it were nothing.

"Everwood! What are you doing there? Why in the hell would you go back there?" asked Madison's father in what sounded like an angry tone.

"What's wrong with you dad? I just came with Mindy. Everything with work is fine so you have nothing to worry about. I think I deserve a break. I don't need you yelling at me right now dad." Said Madison she was starting to get angry at her dad, why did he have to control every part of her life?

"You do deserve a break, but why Everwood, that place is pathetic. I would have never let you grow up there if it was up to me. I want you to come back home Madison. Come back to New York right away. I don't want you there any longer." Stated her father in a demanding tone.

"You can't tell me what to do anymore dad. I'm not coming back to New York dad, not until the end of summer. Unlike you I enjoy Everwood, I always have. Now why don't you tell me what's really the problem?" asked Madison sternly.

"I don't have to explain myself to you. I'm the parent and I want you home. That's all there is to it." Replied her father.

"Well dad it's not going to happen, I'm not a kid anymore. So I suggest you get over it. I'm sorry your mad but I'm not coming back dad….look I better go I'm kind of busy at the moment." Said Madison trying to get off the phone.

"Fine stay in Everwood, but stay away from that boy Madison. He's not good for you. You know how he hurt you, do you want that to happen again?" asked her father. Madison knew who he was talking about. It was Ephram, her father never liked Ephram.

"Bye dad." Was all Madison said to her father. She would not let him know that she had already begun to let that 'boy' in.

A/N: There it was hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to read and review. -Anna