Everwood

By FairyDustCloud



Disclaimer: I do not own Everwood.



Chapter Two

(At The Bynes House)

The next day, Alexa went to the kitchen and grabbed a bagel from the counter.

"Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad! I'm going to school!" shouted Alexa, as she opened the door.

"Don't forget to ask Ephram to show you around!" reminded Mrs. Bynes. Mr. Bynes looked up from his newspapers.

"Fine!" huffed Alexa. She slammed the door rather loudly. She stormed off to her new school.

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(At school)

"Ephram, wait up!" said Alexa as she ran up to Ephram. Ephram turned around and took off his headphones.

"What is it?" asked Ephram.

"You're supposed to show me around," said Alexa.

"Oh, right. Okay, I'll start by taking you to your first class. What subject do you have?" asked Ephram, wanting to get rid of Alexa.

"I have Gym. But you don't have to show me how to get there. The principle told me how to get there. Just show me the sites around Everwood, okay? How about afterschool?" said Alexa.

"Sure. But there really isn't much to see. Everwood is a very small town. I have gym, too," said Ephram, not glad to hear they had the same class for first period.

"Okay. We can go there together," Alexa forced a smile. She still was over the fact that her parents forced her to come to Everwood.

"Okay," Ephram said as Alexa and he walked to the gym.

"Are you good at gym?" asked Alexa.

"I'm okay at gym. It's just that I usually get picked last for teams," said Ephram. "How about you? Are you good at gym?"

"No. I am so not athletic. But I do get my exercise by walking from store to store," said Alexa.

Ephram couldn't help but laugh at Alexa's comment. They entered the gym.

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(At Lunch)

"Hey, Ephram, I saved a seat for you!" said Colin. He motioned to the empty seat next to him. Ephram walked towards the empty seat, despite the fact that Brite and Amy glared at him. Colin had been nice to Ephram since the day he got out of his coma. Colin had told Ephram that he wanted them to be friends because Ephram didn't know him, so he could act like his new self with him instead of living up to everyone else's expectations. Ephram sat down, and Amy kicked him. Ephram ignored her, though.

"Hi, Ephram. Is there anything new?" asked Colin.

"Well, there's a new student in this school," said Ephram, knowing that Colin would like knowing more people who didn't know him.

"Really? Maybe this new student should sit at this table," suggested Colin. Ephram immediately regretted telling Colin about the new student. He didn't want to eat with an air-head.

"I don't think that's such a great idea. There isn't much room for another person at this table," said Brite. Ephram breathed a sigh of relief. Although he disliked how Brite emphasized on the word "another," Ephram figured it would prevent Alexa from sitting with him.

"Come on. There's always room for one more. Ephram, invite this new student over," said Colin. Ephram reluctantly walked over to Alexa's table. Alexa was the only one sitting at her table.

"Hey, Alexa. Want to join me at my table?" offered Ephram.

"No thanks. I'm fine right here," said Alexa. Ephram was about to leave Alexa when he remembered what it was like eating alone.

"Just sit with me for one day, okay? I don't think you'll like eating alone," said Ephram.

"What? Oh, you must think that nobody wants to sit with me, right? Well, I actually want to sit alone. I totally despise Everwood. A ton of people offered to sit with me, but I lied and said that my parents didn't want me communicating with total strangers," said Alexa.

"And people actually believed that?" asked Ephram, doubtfully.

"No, but they got the idea that I wanted to be alone."

"Okay. Alexa, if you don't even give eating with me a try, I'm going cut your hair with my scissors when you're not looking. Besides, I don't really like the table I'm sitting at, but you might."

Alexa widened her eyes at Ephram's threat, but then she laughed, realizing he was only kidding. However, she clutched her hair.

Ephram led the way to the table he was sitting at.

"Everybody, this is Alexa, the new student," said Ephram.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Colin, and this is my best friend Brite, and this is my girlfriend Amy," said Colin. Brite stood up and pulled out an empty chair and placed it next to him.

"You can sit here, Alexa," said Brite, not taking his eyes off her.

"Thanks," said Alexa as she sat down. Alexa got along quite well with everyone, and before she knew it, she had forgotten all about her anger with Everwood.

When lunch ended, Alexa went up to Ephram and thanked him.

"I never would have started communicating with other people if you hadn't helped me," said Alexa.

"No problem," said Ephram.

"We're still up for the tour after-school, right?" asked Alexa.

"Yeah," said Ephram.

"Great, I'm looking forward to it," said Alexa, smiling brightly.

"Me too," said Ephram, and he meant it. He hoped to get to know Alexa better because he could tell that she didn't act like a total air-head during lunch. 'I guess I did judge her too soon. She seems really nice, and she's kind of cute, too. And she can't be a absolute ditz because from what she said during lunch, she's a computer whiz'