Chapter 5
In case you missed it I added a little bit to the end of chapter four when I went to write this chapter and realized I left off an important 2 lines so yah anyway on with the next chapter! Kind of a short chapter but a chapter nonetheless, right?
"When's this thing going to start?" Sam asks shifting uncomfortably in his seat.
Andy glances at his watch for what seems to be the tenth time in five minutes, "soon, hopefully, they seem to be a little slow on getting started today. It's all ready ten minutes late in starting."
"Ephram!" The cry comes from somewhere in the crowd and seconds later Katie appears running toward Ephram with her braided pigtails flying behind her and once again latches her arms around Ephram's legs.
Edna, who hasn't seemed to age much in the time since Ephram saw her last, is chasing after Katie, "sorry about this." Edna apologizes, "she tends to escape."
"It's all right. " Ephram responds, "hey Katie."
"Hi Ephram, can we sit with you?" Katie asks letting go of Ephram's legs and crawling into his lap.
"Sure," Andy responds as everyone moves down two seats to make room for Edna and Irv.
By the time the actual ceremony got underway it all went fairly quickly. Delia had been voted the class speaker and she gave a speech that brought tears to her entire family's eyes. And when she received her diploma Ephram felt and overwhelming amount of guilt about missing so much of Delia's life. But as his sister walked back to the place she was required to sit during the rest of the ceremony Ephram made up his mind that he was going to more involved in all of his sisters' lives.
By the time the ceremony was over Katie had fallen asleep in Ephram's arms. "Katie seemed to have gotten really attached to you very quickly." Misty comments as she and Ephram talk.
Ephram nods, "weird isn't it." He couldn't exactly pinpoint why he couldn't tell Misty that he had spent the entire morning with Amy and Katie.
"Kim and Annie want you to put them to bed." Nina states that night after she had put the twins to bed.
"Me?" Ephram asks.
Nina nods, "you're the only E-ram they know."
Ephram shrugs, "all right. What do I do?"
"just read them a story, they usually fall asleep before the story is finished." Nina responds handing Ephram a picture book.
"E-ram!" Annie and Kim exclaim when Ephram walks into their bedroom.
Annie and Kim both took after Nina with blonde hair but in their facial features they both looked like younger versions of Delia. Nina had braided their hair into a braid down each of their backs. They both sat cross-legged on Kim's bed in cotton nightgowns.
"So are you guys ready for bed?" Ephram asks.
"Yup!" Annie declares hopping off of Kim's bed and hurrying to her own.
Ephram pulls back Kim's covers and then Annie's and let's them slide into bed before he sits in the rocking chair in their room. "You gonna read a story E-ram?" Kim asks.
Ephram nods, "yes, your mom gave me a story to read to you."
"Yay!" Both girls cheer.
"...the end." Nina had been right, by the time Ephram had finished reading the story and the girls had fallen asleep. Carefully pulling the covers up he kisses both of them before turning the light off and slipping back into his and Misty's bedroom.
"I never knew you were so good with children." Misty states when Ephram slips into bed with her.
"I guess I got some experience from helping my mom when Delia was little and then again when we moved out here and all Delia had was me and Dad." Ephram responds, "I've been thinking. I think I want to stay for another week.
"That's fine." Misty states, "so long as we go home after that."
"Getting homesick?" Ephram, "not enough noise out here for you?"
"No, it's not that. You just seem like you aren't going to want to go back to New York." Misty states softly.
"What?" Ephram questions, "why wouldn't I want to go back to New York? That's where I live, my home."
"That may be where you live Ephram, but I get the feeling that after being here you live in New York but your home is here." Misty gets out of bed and walks to the window across the room.
Ephram gets out of bed and follows Misty, he wraps his arms around her waist and rests his chin on her shoulder. "Misty my home is in New York. I want to stay longer to spend time with my family, but then we will go home and get back to your lives, in New York."
"Promise?" Misty asks turning around in Ephram's arms.
Ephram kisses her, "I promise."
In case you missed it I added a little bit to the end of chapter four when I went to write this chapter and realized I left off an important 2 lines so yah anyway on with the next chapter! Kind of a short chapter but a chapter nonetheless, right?
"When's this thing going to start?" Sam asks shifting uncomfortably in his seat.
Andy glances at his watch for what seems to be the tenth time in five minutes, "soon, hopefully, they seem to be a little slow on getting started today. It's all ready ten minutes late in starting."
"Ephram!" The cry comes from somewhere in the crowd and seconds later Katie appears running toward Ephram with her braided pigtails flying behind her and once again latches her arms around Ephram's legs.
Edna, who hasn't seemed to age much in the time since Ephram saw her last, is chasing after Katie, "sorry about this." Edna apologizes, "she tends to escape."
"It's all right. " Ephram responds, "hey Katie."
"Hi Ephram, can we sit with you?" Katie asks letting go of Ephram's legs and crawling into his lap.
"Sure," Andy responds as everyone moves down two seats to make room for Edna and Irv.
By the time the actual ceremony got underway it all went fairly quickly. Delia had been voted the class speaker and she gave a speech that brought tears to her entire family's eyes. And when she received her diploma Ephram felt and overwhelming amount of guilt about missing so much of Delia's life. But as his sister walked back to the place she was required to sit during the rest of the ceremony Ephram made up his mind that he was going to more involved in all of his sisters' lives.
By the time the ceremony was over Katie had fallen asleep in Ephram's arms. "Katie seemed to have gotten really attached to you very quickly." Misty comments as she and Ephram talk.
Ephram nods, "weird isn't it." He couldn't exactly pinpoint why he couldn't tell Misty that he had spent the entire morning with Amy and Katie.
"Kim and Annie want you to put them to bed." Nina states that night after she had put the twins to bed.
"Me?" Ephram asks.
Nina nods, "you're the only E-ram they know."
Ephram shrugs, "all right. What do I do?"
"just read them a story, they usually fall asleep before the story is finished." Nina responds handing Ephram a picture book.
"E-ram!" Annie and Kim exclaim when Ephram walks into their bedroom.
Annie and Kim both took after Nina with blonde hair but in their facial features they both looked like younger versions of Delia. Nina had braided their hair into a braid down each of their backs. They both sat cross-legged on Kim's bed in cotton nightgowns.
"So are you guys ready for bed?" Ephram asks.
"Yup!" Annie declares hopping off of Kim's bed and hurrying to her own.
Ephram pulls back Kim's covers and then Annie's and let's them slide into bed before he sits in the rocking chair in their room. "You gonna read a story E-ram?" Kim asks.
Ephram nods, "yes, your mom gave me a story to read to you."
"Yay!" Both girls cheer.
"...the end." Nina had been right, by the time Ephram had finished reading the story and the girls had fallen asleep. Carefully pulling the covers up he kisses both of them before turning the light off and slipping back into his and Misty's bedroom.
"I never knew you were so good with children." Misty states when Ephram slips into bed with her.
"I guess I got some experience from helping my mom when Delia was little and then again when we moved out here and all Delia had was me and Dad." Ephram responds, "I've been thinking. I think I want to stay for another week.
"That's fine." Misty states, "so long as we go home after that."
"Getting homesick?" Ephram, "not enough noise out here for you?"
"No, it's not that. You just seem like you aren't going to want to go back to New York." Misty states softly.
"What?" Ephram questions, "why wouldn't I want to go back to New York? That's where I live, my home."
"That may be where you live Ephram, but I get the feeling that after being here you live in New York but your home is here." Misty gets out of bed and walks to the window across the room.
Ephram gets out of bed and follows Misty, he wraps his arms around her waist and rests his chin on her shoulder. "Misty my home is in New York. I want to stay longer to spend time with my family, but then we will go home and get back to your lives, in New York."
"Promise?" Misty asks turning around in Ephram's arms.
Ephram kisses her, "I promise."