Hanging by a moment
Disclaimer: I do not own Everwood or any of the characters in this story. They are all property of the WB.
Rating: PG
A/N: Amy and Ephram go on a hike, but when it takes a turn for the worse, what will Amy do to help?
"Ephram, is someone there with you and Amy?" Andy frantically asked questions hoping his son would respond, but he received no answer, "Ephram talk to me!"
"Dr. Brown, is everything alright?" Dr. Harold Abbott walked into the room.
"Yes, and no," Dr. Brown looked over at his new friend, "Apparently someone has arrived to help Ephram and Amy, but I'm worried about Ephram. I had him talking to me on the phone just a minute ago, and now I can't get a single word from him, but there also is no dial tone." Andy looked very concerned, and said a small prayer under his breath that Ephram would be okay.
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Amy looked down to the small ledge Ephram had fallen to, "Ephram, someone is here to help!" That's when she noticed his eyes were closed, "Oh my god," She quietly whispered, "Ephram!"
"Is everything alright, Miss?" A suited and readied "cliffhanger", that's what it said on his jumper, walked over to Amy. He had the name Jake stitched onto his uniform.
"No," She squeaked, "My friend is down there, he was awake a minute ago, but now I don't think he is." She swallowed the awful feeling in her throat, and walked toward one of the other cliffhangers.
Jake looked down to Ephram, and sighed, "Oh boy, this should be a fun one." He looked back to one of his partners, "Call a helicopter, we have to get this kid out of here, fast."
Amy didn't want, or need, to hear those words, but she did. She was being wrapped in a blanket, even though she wasn't cold, and she just cried. She cried so much, she didn't realize she was falling asleep. Before she knew it, she couldn't see or hear anything.
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"Ephram, what happened to you?" Ephram opened his eyes to see his dad standing above him impatiently, "I've been worried sick about you."
"You're kidding, right?" Ephram was surprised his father hadn't heard the news, "I was hiking with Amy, remember? I must have lost my footing when I started falling. I grabbed onto a small root coming out from the side of the mountain, and then Amy lowered a rope down to me. I eventually fell onto a ledge about twenty feet below me, and the last thing I remember is...Talking to you." Ephram didn't understand why his dad didn't remember the small conversation they had had, his dad was very obviously worried about him, so why did he ask where Ephram had been?
Then it hit him, Ephram was in a dream...
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Amy jumped awake from one of those dreams where you are falling, and right before you hit the ground, you wake up. But this time it was worse, she was dreaming that she was Ephram, and he fell...All the way to the bottom of the mountain, wherever that was, she never paid any attention, and she was thankful for that.
"Are you okay?" A young woman walked over to Amy this time, "You were probably just having a bad dream."
Amy read the name on the lady's jumper; it read Abigail, "Yeah, I'm okay. Is Ephram alright?" Amy didn't realize she had only been asleep for five minutes.
"We don't really know yet, we haven't been able to reach him. You've only been asleep for a few minutes." Amy's heart sunk when Abigail told her that, "My name is Abigail, and you must be Amy." She extended her hand.
"Yes, I am Amy, and I knew you were Abigail, I read it on your uniform." Amy and Abby shook.
"I need a little help here! What is this kid's name?" Amy heard Jake yell as he was leaning over the side.
"Ephram Brown!" Amy started running over to him, but was held back. She didn't want to fight so she sat back down.
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What is going on here? Ephram thought to himself as he opened his eyes, being greeted by an unpleasantly bright sun. Where am I? Oh wait, I remember now. I'm on that stupid ledge. Wait; who is that guy up there...He must be here to help!!!
"Ephram Brown?" Jake yelled down, "My name is Jake Alexander, I'm here to get you down from this mountain, but I need to know a few things first."
Ephram looked up as he regained that relieved feeling he had before he passed out, "Sure, what do you need to know, Jack?"
"It's Jake!" Ephram had only been kidding, but apparently the young man didn't know that, "Are you hurt at all?"
"That was a rhetorical question, right? I mean, you aren't really that dumb, are you?" Ephram hadn't been joking this time.
"Ha, ha, very funny, just answer the question." Jake was beginning to get annoyed.
"YES I'M HURT! I fell God knows how far to this little...Ledge or whatever you want to call it! I was knocked out, and then I passed out! IF I'M NOT HURT, I MUST BE SOME MIRACLE CHILD!" Ephram was getting mad, he wanted to get away from that mountain, but he had no idea how hard that was going to be.
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Ephram, don't be so stupid! Don't yell at the guy who was sent to help you get down...or...Up, or whatever, from there! I'm not even that dumb!
"Ephram, be nice to him! You do have to realize that he is the only one who can help you!" Amy yelled at the top of her lungs to get Ephram's attention.
"Amy, come here! I want to see your face!" Amy heard Ephram call back up, she was flattered.
She stuck her head past the edge, but just barely, "Hey, how are you feeling?" Ephram was sitting up now, looking like he was trying to stand on the small surface that saved him from dying.
"I've had better days." Ephram completed standing, but grabbed the wall immediately.
"What's wrong?" Jake yelled down.
"I think the ledge moved." Ephram wasn't joking then, either.
"It was just you, you're probably dizzy, so it seemed like it was." Jake responded.
Ephram quickly remember that he was talking to his father on the phone earlier, and searched for the cell, "Amy, do you see your cell phone?"
"Yeah, it's at the edge of the ledge!" Amy stopped for just a second, "Ha that rhymed!!" She laughed at herself.
"This is no time to be Mother Goose, Amy' I was talking to my dad a few minutes ago." Ephram slowly turned around and reached for the phone, but stood back up again, grabbing onto the side of the mountain once more, "It moved again, and I KNOW it wasn't me this time!"
The cell phone fell off the side, but Amy didn't see why. The wind was blowing, Ephram hadn't gotten near touching it, and she was convinced that Ephram was just dizzy, and that the ledge wasn't moving. If she had only listened to Ephram, it might have worked out safely in the end.
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Dr. Andrew Brown was still on the phone trying to get Ephram's attention. He knew his son was awake, because he could hear him talking. He was yelling in the phone, until he heard a loud crash over the phone, and then the dial tone. He thought the worst, that Ephram had fallen off and the phone went with him. But that didn't make any sense, so he just that the phone fell. He stuck with that theory as he went to update the rest of the people waiting in the next room.
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Ephram stayed clinging to the side of the mountain, no matter what anyone above him said. He blocked everyone out, and prayed that the platform wouldn't crumble under him.
He eventually looked up and saw that Jake was being lowered toward him. He was glad when he could almost touch Jake's foot, but his prayer had been said too late. The ledge shifted drastically beneath him, and he knew he would be rescued by Jake. Ephram tried reaching for Jake's foot, but he couldn't quite make it.
"Jake, help him!" Amy saw the ground below Ephram move, "The ledge is about to fall!" She had faith in Jake, just like in so many other things, but she didn't know how this would turn out. She wished she had listened to Ephram before, when he said the ground was moving.
Jake looked down and saw that the ledge was in a different position than before, "Hold on, Ephram!" He yelled down.
"What do you think I'm trying to do? I'm not hugging the mountain!" Ephram was getting royally pissed that Jake was telling him to do things he already knew how to do.
Jake reached down for Ephram, and was just about to him, but didn't quite make it all the way. "Abby, get me lower!" Jake was moved even closer to Ephram, and he thought he would be able to reach him, and then he heard the helicopter.
Jake wished with all his heart he hadn't told his partner to call them. He had no way to tell them to back off, and he knew he wouldn't be able to reach Ephram in time. They were already too close. He saw it rounding a mountain close by, and tried to wave it off, but that didn't do any good.
The copter reached the point of no return when they were about thirty feet away from Jake and Ephram, the blades a safe distance away. Jake felt himself being taken back up, but that was because Abby was trying to take cover FROM the blades. He tried yelling and making her stop, but she couldn't hear him over the flying monster. He looked back down at Ephram, who looked very concerned, and signaled for him to jump.
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Ephram knew it wasn't a good idea, but it was his only choice. The wind from the helicopter was making Ephram AND the ledge more unstable, so he knew what he had to do. He bent down, realizing his legs were very sore, and jumped up towards Jake.
He almost reached his foot, but hit the rocky ledge again and slipped. Ephram felt himself falling, but grabbed onto the side again. The ledge was still connected, and he was still standing. He could feel the small area giving way, and was afraid to jump again.
He didn't want to fall, but also didn't want to jump, because if he missed again, he knew he WOULD fall. The wind from the copter was beginning to be to much for Ephram, and he was losing his footing.
At that moment, Ephram made the fastest decision of his entire life.
TBC!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Everwood or any of the characters in this story. They are all property of the WB.
Rating: PG
A/N: Amy and Ephram go on a hike, but when it takes a turn for the worse, what will Amy do to help?
"Ephram, is someone there with you and Amy?" Andy frantically asked questions hoping his son would respond, but he received no answer, "Ephram talk to me!"
"Dr. Brown, is everything alright?" Dr. Harold Abbott walked into the room.
"Yes, and no," Dr. Brown looked over at his new friend, "Apparently someone has arrived to help Ephram and Amy, but I'm worried about Ephram. I had him talking to me on the phone just a minute ago, and now I can't get a single word from him, but there also is no dial tone." Andy looked very concerned, and said a small prayer under his breath that Ephram would be okay.
******
Amy looked down to the small ledge Ephram had fallen to, "Ephram, someone is here to help!" That's when she noticed his eyes were closed, "Oh my god," She quietly whispered, "Ephram!"
"Is everything alright, Miss?" A suited and readied "cliffhanger", that's what it said on his jumper, walked over to Amy. He had the name Jake stitched onto his uniform.
"No," She squeaked, "My friend is down there, he was awake a minute ago, but now I don't think he is." She swallowed the awful feeling in her throat, and walked toward one of the other cliffhangers.
Jake looked down to Ephram, and sighed, "Oh boy, this should be a fun one." He looked back to one of his partners, "Call a helicopter, we have to get this kid out of here, fast."
Amy didn't want, or need, to hear those words, but she did. She was being wrapped in a blanket, even though she wasn't cold, and she just cried. She cried so much, she didn't realize she was falling asleep. Before she knew it, she couldn't see or hear anything.
******
"Ephram, what happened to you?" Ephram opened his eyes to see his dad standing above him impatiently, "I've been worried sick about you."
"You're kidding, right?" Ephram was surprised his father hadn't heard the news, "I was hiking with Amy, remember? I must have lost my footing when I started falling. I grabbed onto a small root coming out from the side of the mountain, and then Amy lowered a rope down to me. I eventually fell onto a ledge about twenty feet below me, and the last thing I remember is...Talking to you." Ephram didn't understand why his dad didn't remember the small conversation they had had, his dad was very obviously worried about him, so why did he ask where Ephram had been?
Then it hit him, Ephram was in a dream...
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Amy jumped awake from one of those dreams where you are falling, and right before you hit the ground, you wake up. But this time it was worse, she was dreaming that she was Ephram, and he fell...All the way to the bottom of the mountain, wherever that was, she never paid any attention, and she was thankful for that.
"Are you okay?" A young woman walked over to Amy this time, "You were probably just having a bad dream."
Amy read the name on the lady's jumper; it read Abigail, "Yeah, I'm okay. Is Ephram alright?" Amy didn't realize she had only been asleep for five minutes.
"We don't really know yet, we haven't been able to reach him. You've only been asleep for a few minutes." Amy's heart sunk when Abigail told her that, "My name is Abigail, and you must be Amy." She extended her hand.
"Yes, I am Amy, and I knew you were Abigail, I read it on your uniform." Amy and Abby shook.
"I need a little help here! What is this kid's name?" Amy heard Jake yell as he was leaning over the side.
"Ephram Brown!" Amy started running over to him, but was held back. She didn't want to fight so she sat back down.
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What is going on here? Ephram thought to himself as he opened his eyes, being greeted by an unpleasantly bright sun. Where am I? Oh wait, I remember now. I'm on that stupid ledge. Wait; who is that guy up there...He must be here to help!!!
"Ephram Brown?" Jake yelled down, "My name is Jake Alexander, I'm here to get you down from this mountain, but I need to know a few things first."
Ephram looked up as he regained that relieved feeling he had before he passed out, "Sure, what do you need to know, Jack?"
"It's Jake!" Ephram had only been kidding, but apparently the young man didn't know that, "Are you hurt at all?"
"That was a rhetorical question, right? I mean, you aren't really that dumb, are you?" Ephram hadn't been joking this time.
"Ha, ha, very funny, just answer the question." Jake was beginning to get annoyed.
"YES I'M HURT! I fell God knows how far to this little...Ledge or whatever you want to call it! I was knocked out, and then I passed out! IF I'M NOT HURT, I MUST BE SOME MIRACLE CHILD!" Ephram was getting mad, he wanted to get away from that mountain, but he had no idea how hard that was going to be.
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Ephram, don't be so stupid! Don't yell at the guy who was sent to help you get down...or...Up, or whatever, from there! I'm not even that dumb!
"Ephram, be nice to him! You do have to realize that he is the only one who can help you!" Amy yelled at the top of her lungs to get Ephram's attention.
"Amy, come here! I want to see your face!" Amy heard Ephram call back up, she was flattered.
She stuck her head past the edge, but just barely, "Hey, how are you feeling?" Ephram was sitting up now, looking like he was trying to stand on the small surface that saved him from dying.
"I've had better days." Ephram completed standing, but grabbed the wall immediately.
"What's wrong?" Jake yelled down.
"I think the ledge moved." Ephram wasn't joking then, either.
"It was just you, you're probably dizzy, so it seemed like it was." Jake responded.
Ephram quickly remember that he was talking to his father on the phone earlier, and searched for the cell, "Amy, do you see your cell phone?"
"Yeah, it's at the edge of the ledge!" Amy stopped for just a second, "Ha that rhymed!!" She laughed at herself.
"This is no time to be Mother Goose, Amy' I was talking to my dad a few minutes ago." Ephram slowly turned around and reached for the phone, but stood back up again, grabbing onto the side of the mountain once more, "It moved again, and I KNOW it wasn't me this time!"
The cell phone fell off the side, but Amy didn't see why. The wind was blowing, Ephram hadn't gotten near touching it, and she was convinced that Ephram was just dizzy, and that the ledge wasn't moving. If she had only listened to Ephram, it might have worked out safely in the end.
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Dr. Andrew Brown was still on the phone trying to get Ephram's attention. He knew his son was awake, because he could hear him talking. He was yelling in the phone, until he heard a loud crash over the phone, and then the dial tone. He thought the worst, that Ephram had fallen off and the phone went with him. But that didn't make any sense, so he just that the phone fell. He stuck with that theory as he went to update the rest of the people waiting in the next room.
******
Ephram stayed clinging to the side of the mountain, no matter what anyone above him said. He blocked everyone out, and prayed that the platform wouldn't crumble under him.
He eventually looked up and saw that Jake was being lowered toward him. He was glad when he could almost touch Jake's foot, but his prayer had been said too late. The ledge shifted drastically beneath him, and he knew he would be rescued by Jake. Ephram tried reaching for Jake's foot, but he couldn't quite make it.
"Jake, help him!" Amy saw the ground below Ephram move, "The ledge is about to fall!" She had faith in Jake, just like in so many other things, but she didn't know how this would turn out. She wished she had listened to Ephram before, when he said the ground was moving.
Jake looked down and saw that the ledge was in a different position than before, "Hold on, Ephram!" He yelled down.
"What do you think I'm trying to do? I'm not hugging the mountain!" Ephram was getting royally pissed that Jake was telling him to do things he already knew how to do.
Jake reached down for Ephram, and was just about to him, but didn't quite make it all the way. "Abby, get me lower!" Jake was moved even closer to Ephram, and he thought he would be able to reach him, and then he heard the helicopter.
Jake wished with all his heart he hadn't told his partner to call them. He had no way to tell them to back off, and he knew he wouldn't be able to reach Ephram in time. They were already too close. He saw it rounding a mountain close by, and tried to wave it off, but that didn't do any good.
The copter reached the point of no return when they were about thirty feet away from Jake and Ephram, the blades a safe distance away. Jake felt himself being taken back up, but that was because Abby was trying to take cover FROM the blades. He tried yelling and making her stop, but she couldn't hear him over the flying monster. He looked back down at Ephram, who looked very concerned, and signaled for him to jump.
******
Ephram knew it wasn't a good idea, but it was his only choice. The wind from the helicopter was making Ephram AND the ledge more unstable, so he knew what he had to do. He bent down, realizing his legs were very sore, and jumped up towards Jake.
He almost reached his foot, but hit the rocky ledge again and slipped. Ephram felt himself falling, but grabbed onto the side again. The ledge was still connected, and he was still standing. He could feel the small area giving way, and was afraid to jump again.
He didn't want to fall, but also didn't want to jump, because if he missed again, he knew he WOULD fall. The wind from the copter was beginning to be to much for Ephram, and he was losing his footing.
At that moment, Ephram made the fastest decision of his entire life.
TBC!!