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Just Another Day
Chapter Three:
Ephram stashed his bike in the garage, and walked into the kitchen through the back door. No sooner had he poured himself a glass of milk when there was a knock at the door. Ephram sighed as he went to answer it. He recognized the tall blonde as he opened the door.
"Hey Nina." He greeted her.
"Well hello there birthday boy!" she replied. "Happy 16th!"
"Thanks." He said.
"Well, Delia told me yesterday, and I thought that I'd bring over a batch of birthday brownies. Here you go." She handed him a plate covered in foil.
"Thank you." He replied. "They smell really good."
"Fresh out of the oven." She told him. "So where is your old man anyway?"
"Oh, well I haven't seen him since last night." Ephram responded. "I guess he must be having a really busy day at the office."
Nina detected the hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Look kiddo, I know it's your birthday and all, but try to go easy on him. I'm sure he'll be back soon."
"Oh I wasn't trying to sound mad or anything." Ephram remarked, sorry that he had come off so bitter.
"Right." Nina nodded her head. "Anyhow, if Delia doesn't have too much homework, I'd love it if you sent her over to play with Sam for a little while, so I can get some things done."
"Sure." He replied. "No problem."
"Thanks." Replied Nina, heading out the door.
"Thanks again for the brownies!" called Ephram.
"You're welcome!"
Ephram unwrapped the foil and began to eat one of the brownies. He grabbed his glass of milk and attempted to start some of his homework.
His was about midway through his geometry problems when he heard the familiar sound of Delia's bus pulling up.
"Bye Delia!" Ephram heard Irv call after her. "And tell your brother I said happy birthday!"
Ephram threw down his pencil and rolled his eyes. Had she told everyone?
"Hi." She greeted him cheerfully, as she dropped her bag.
"Don't hi me." He remarked.
"What's wrong?" she asked sweetly.
"Do the words 'keep your mouth shut' mean anything to you?" he asked.
"What are you talking about?" she asked innocently.
"How about 'dead meat'?" he asked.
"Ephram, I just wanted you to have a happy birthday." She pleaded. "I thought that if a few people wished you a happy birthday, you'd cheer up a little bit."
"Well, I didn't want you to broadcast it to the entire town. I don't need their pity." He retorted. "I don't need to be a charity case."
"You aren't!" she protested.
"You shouldn't have told everyone." He replied.
"I'm sorry." She remarked, her big brown eyes looking up at him, and her bottom lip stuck out.
"No. Don't even try it. The sad puppy face is not going to work Delia." He told her, knowing his little sister's ways.
"I'm really sorry." She continued; her eyes even wider and lip pouting even more.
Ephram sighed, knowing he couldn't stay mad at her. "Fine." He replied. "You get to live for now. But only because Nina needs your help with Sam."
"She does?" asked Delia.
"Yeah." He replied, focusing back on his math homework. "She wants you to keep him occupied while she gets some things done."
"Oh." Remarked Delia, in a knowing tone.
"What do you mean 'oh'?" he asked.
"Nothing." She quipped. "See you later!"
With that, she was out the door.
"That is one weird child." Ephram thought to himself.
TBC!!!!
REVIEW!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Just Another Day
Chapter Three:
Ephram stashed his bike in the garage, and walked into the kitchen through the back door. No sooner had he poured himself a glass of milk when there was a knock at the door. Ephram sighed as he went to answer it. He recognized the tall blonde as he opened the door.
"Hey Nina." He greeted her.
"Well hello there birthday boy!" she replied. "Happy 16th!"
"Thanks." He said.
"Well, Delia told me yesterday, and I thought that I'd bring over a batch of birthday brownies. Here you go." She handed him a plate covered in foil.
"Thank you." He replied. "They smell really good."
"Fresh out of the oven." She told him. "So where is your old man anyway?"
"Oh, well I haven't seen him since last night." Ephram responded. "I guess he must be having a really busy day at the office."
Nina detected the hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Look kiddo, I know it's your birthday and all, but try to go easy on him. I'm sure he'll be back soon."
"Oh I wasn't trying to sound mad or anything." Ephram remarked, sorry that he had come off so bitter.
"Right." Nina nodded her head. "Anyhow, if Delia doesn't have too much homework, I'd love it if you sent her over to play with Sam for a little while, so I can get some things done."
"Sure." He replied. "No problem."
"Thanks." Replied Nina, heading out the door.
"Thanks again for the brownies!" called Ephram.
"You're welcome!"
Ephram unwrapped the foil and began to eat one of the brownies. He grabbed his glass of milk and attempted to start some of his homework.
His was about midway through his geometry problems when he heard the familiar sound of Delia's bus pulling up.
"Bye Delia!" Ephram heard Irv call after her. "And tell your brother I said happy birthday!"
Ephram threw down his pencil and rolled his eyes. Had she told everyone?
"Hi." She greeted him cheerfully, as she dropped her bag.
"Don't hi me." He remarked.
"What's wrong?" she asked sweetly.
"Do the words 'keep your mouth shut' mean anything to you?" he asked.
"What are you talking about?" she asked innocently.
"How about 'dead meat'?" he asked.
"Ephram, I just wanted you to have a happy birthday." She pleaded. "I thought that if a few people wished you a happy birthday, you'd cheer up a little bit."
"Well, I didn't want you to broadcast it to the entire town. I don't need their pity." He retorted. "I don't need to be a charity case."
"You aren't!" she protested.
"You shouldn't have told everyone." He replied.
"I'm sorry." She remarked, her big brown eyes looking up at him, and her bottom lip stuck out.
"No. Don't even try it. The sad puppy face is not going to work Delia." He told her, knowing his little sister's ways.
"I'm really sorry." She continued; her eyes even wider and lip pouting even more.
Ephram sighed, knowing he couldn't stay mad at her. "Fine." He replied. "You get to live for now. But only because Nina needs your help with Sam."
"She does?" asked Delia.
"Yeah." He replied, focusing back on his math homework. "She wants you to keep him occupied while she gets some things done."
"Oh." Remarked Delia, in a knowing tone.
"What do you mean 'oh'?" he asked.
"Nothing." She quipped. "See you later!"
With that, she was out the door.
"That is one weird child." Ephram thought to himself.
TBC!!!!
REVIEW!!!!