Thank you Ditey, you don't know how good it made me feel to have SOMEONE
like it...My DEAR SWEET anonymous reviewer didn't think it was good
though...and to you, DEAR SWEET ANONYMOUS REVIEWER *cough* I have a
question if you're even reading this 'piece of crud' as you say...actually,
you said something else but since I'm not a swearing type of person, I
can't repeat what you said. Why did you read it if you don't like stories
where a friend of Ephram comes? I'm sorry you didn't like it but there's
nothing I can do about it and I won't let you bring me down. I don't mind
constructive criticism but when you just insult someone and don't even
leave a name, that isn't right and it's extremely immature. And from the
wise words of past peoples and stuff "If you can't say something nice,
don't say nothing at all." That doesn't include constructive criticism
though...so thank you Ditey. You're the best! I appreciate it. And don't
worry, I don't stare incessantly whenever he appears onto the screen in all
his gorgeous glory either...*cough* so MAYBE I do...o.O ......Sorry for the
delay peeps, without further ado, onto chapter 2! Ooo...that rhymed...^_^
And thank you Liz, I don't know what I would do without you big sis! ^_~
Disclaimer- I still don't own Everwood...despite the fact I wish I did...that would be cool...very cool...
-Chapter 2-
Packing up his lunch, Ephram stood up. Looking down at the girl beside him, he motioned her to follow him. She smiled at him, she sensed what was going to happen...and she was thrilled...
Walking to the trashcan, the two tossed the remains of their lunches and walked off campus, not slightly worried about what people thought...what the teachers would do.
"C'mon Dice, I'll show you around town...I'm sure you're not afraid to skip." Ephram said, in almost a challenging tone.
She smirked. "Bring it on Brown."
Smirking back, he said, "Okay then Johnson, anywhere but the clinic and stick to the alleys." He said mockingly.
"Okay fearless leader...where to first?" Dicey asked mockingly, looping arms with Ephram.
"To the...ummmmm..uhhh...lemme see..got any ideas?" Ephram said, pausing and taking on a blank expression.
She unlooped her arm and walked in front of him, having to look up because he was taller, and said flirtatiously, "What Ephy? Have you not thought of our plan of rebellion through quite yet?"
"Um uh... a-actually, no." he stuttered, smiling.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Well, because now that I think of it, everyone is this town knows who I am and knows my dad...heh." He said, grinning.
"Indeed...well, all the more reason to have a little fun, hm?" she said smiling and dragged him along to a random store.
"Easy for you to say...no one knows you yet..hey, why are we entering a convenient store?" Ephram asked.
"Buying a coke, what else?" she asked, leaving Ephram confused. He shrugged it off.
"Hey Ephram. Who's your friend? And shouldn't you be in school?" the old man asked.
"This is Dicey and it's our lunch break." He said honestly...because it STILL WAS their lunchtime...
"Oh, hello Miss Dicey. It's good to know Ephram is making friends. Dr. Brown was getting kind of worried about him. Are you new to Everwood?" the man asked.
"Actually, I am. I'm also from New York. Me and Ephram were close friends back in NY so I decided to come visit for awhile because I missed him and Dr. B." Dicey said, smiling.
"Oh, that's nice. Welcome to Everwood Dicey. Would you two like anything?" he asked the two teens.
"Yes, two cokes please." Ephram said; Dicey nodded in affirmation.
"Okay...and Ephram, say hello to your father for me." He said, handing them their cokes and accepting the pay.
"Will do. Bye!" Ephram said as they left the small building.
"You had to choose THAT one of them all..." Ephram said jokingly.
"Yes." She said grinning.
"Okay then, let's go. I can show you around. Let's get going." He declared as he opened his coke and took a drink.
"Aye aye." She said with a bright smile. She took a drink as well and the two were off.
Meanwhile at a table of talking girls, Amy stared off into space. The bell rang and she stood up, looking around for Ephram. She was going to apologize for leaving them and ask about the suicide thing but she couldn't find him, or Dicey for that matter, anywhere! They were just...gone.
Shrugging it off, she decided she would ask them once she got to next period. She walked with her chattering friends and spaced off again. They asked her if she was thinking about Colin again. Not wanting them to question, she just nodded. Everyone figured that's what she was doing, so since she didn't want to talk to anyone but Ephram right now, she just went along with it.
She was kind of scared, she was more and more attracted to the outcast everyday and she was less and less excited about seeing Colin everyday. She had even felt a tinge of jealousy at Dicey's arrival...what's was happening to her? She couldn't like Ephram Brown...could she? No! She loved Colin...she had to...you don't just fall out of love...or do you? All this thinking was hurting Amy's head so as she walked into her 3rd period class, she asked for a pass to the nurse's office.
"Sure Amy...have you seen Ephram or that new girl, Dicey? They aren't here but their teachers said they were here this morning." The third period teacher, Mrs. Tillerman asked the blonde.
"No ma'am...in fact, I was looking for them earlier...it seemed like they just disappeared.." she answered in a dazed tone.
"Oh, well thank you Miss Abbott. Go on to the nurse." Mrs. Tillerman said as Amy left to go to the nurse's office.
She sullenly walked to the nurse's office and gave her the pass. The nurse nodded and let Amy sit down for a minute, to allow the girl to rest.
Amy entered her little world again and slowly, her mind drifted back to Ephram. He was so sensitive...the only one who stuck by her side..he came to the hospital with her...he asked his dad to try to heal Colin...he..he came to her recital...he wrote a song for her..not even Colin had done that...wait, it's unfair to compare them! Colin is special in his own way! Sure he's different, but different is good. Ephram different. Why does she keep thinking of Ephram? Oh yeah, she likes Ephram.NO! She's likes Colin..but Ephram's so nice...a little on the quiet-give-me-my-space side, but still sweet...Gosh, he has pretty eyes...
As soon as she realized where her train of thought was leading, her face flushed and she turned several shades of red. The nurse looked worried and took her temperature. Considering the blood-rush to her head, her forehead was burning. The nurse sent her home and Amy left for her house.it was pretty close anyway. The nurse tried to call her dad to pick her up but she insisted she could walk home all right.
She passed by a park and thought she saw something. She stopped to take a better look. She was right...there was Ephram...and her...Dicey...just seeing them made her blood boil. It shocked her. She really WAS jealous of Dicey...for being able to stand so close to Ephram without him thinking she was using him to get her boyfriend back...or perhaps all this time Ephram was her boyfriend...no, that couldn't be it...she decided she was blowing things out of proportion and was thinking to much.
But she still felt a little depressed seeing him smile so much around her...not that he didn't have a great smile or anything.she just wished she could make him smile...wait...can't forget Colin! He's the most important thing to her! Gosh her head hurt..
Ephram and Dicey walked. "This is the park if you hadn't gathered that yet." Ephram said.
"Ah...that's for stating the obvious Mr. Brown. I would call you Dr. Brown but then you'd get mad at me." She said.
"You know me well. Let's umm...go...there!" Ephram said, pointing in a random direction.
"And where might that be?" she asked.
"I haven't decided yet..." he admitted.
"Ah...okay...that works." She said as they just started walking.
She held his arm and a light smile spread across her face; her cheeks tinted a light pink.
Ephram didn't seem to notice, he was too busy thinking of what he could do without a lecture on skipping school......and he thought of nothing.
Not until this hit him did he notice the girl clinging to his arm as if every inch of her being depended on it.
"Hey, Dice? You okay? You're turning a little red..." he said, grinning.
She then noticed the looks and comment from Ephram, she let go and turned significantly brighter red.
"Heh...so, where are we going?" she asked, shaking it off...
He looked defeated. "Back to prison..." he furrowed his brows and kicked a rock.
She giggled. "Has the great Ephram Brown run out of safe places to skip?" she teased.
"Hey! That's not nice...this isn't a big town if you haven't noticed...EVERYONE knows EVERYONE ELSE'S DAD!!!" Ephram exclaimed.
She laughed again as they trudged back to school, each thinking up an excuse for their absence.
They arrived at the school, just in time for the local hall nazi to be watching the front door of the building.
"And what, may I ask, are you two doing?" she asked...it was Officer Tran..
"Well, Officer Tran, we were just..." Ephram said, fishing for a good excuse.
"Skipping?" she finished with a hard glare.
"Heh...well...ummm...we'll go STRAIGHT to class ma'am." Ephram said, all the excuses running together in his mind as Dicey suppressed a giggle.
"Good answer Mr. Brown." She said, walking back to her place and continued to watch for more innocent...well...not-so innocent students who just HAPPEN to be skipping..
The two quietly snuck through the halls and to their fourth period class.
"Gosh, it's pretty sad when an expert like you ends up like this...can't even FIND a place to spend time with ME!" she said with mock-horror.
"I know...I'm outta practice..." he said laughing.
The two entered class and listened to a lecture, entering an occasional rolling of eyes and exasperated sigh.
The two rebels sat down when the teacher finished lecturing.
Ephram looked around and noticed something...Amy was gone!
"Hey, Dicey! Amy not here." Ephram whispered to his friend.
"I know..." she whispered back.
"Should I ask?"
"Sure."
Ephram raised his hand and waited to be called on.
"Yes Ephram." The teacher said, annoyed of him already.
"Where's Amy?" he asked simply.
"She got sick. She had to walk home." The teacher answered.
Ephram made to "O" shape with his mouth and pulled out a manga. Ranma ½.
"Wha'cha doing Eph?" Dicey asked.
"Reading." He answered, never tearing his eyes away form the comic book.
"Ah...okay." She said smiling. She was aware of her friend's interest in Anime and manga...she thought it was pretty cool.
The bell rang for the end of the day and all the kids rushed out of the building like there was no tomorrow.
"Wanna check up on Amy?" Ephram asked Dicey.
She nodded. She could really care less about the girl but she didn't want to be alone in this town.as if it was big...she also wanted to spend time with Ephram....something she hadn't done in awhile...not including their daring little escapade earlier that day...that doesn't count...
That's chapter two...fun stuff huh? Anyway...I know I may get things out of order but this isn't supposed to be like the show...I can never decide where exactly in the show it is so I may jump around...I'm really sorry if I do, it's just kinda the way I am...^_^ and it's not SUPPOSED to be like the show, right? Right...please R/R! I need input!
Disclaimer- I still don't own Everwood...despite the fact I wish I did...that would be cool...very cool...
-Chapter 2-
Packing up his lunch, Ephram stood up. Looking down at the girl beside him, he motioned her to follow him. She smiled at him, she sensed what was going to happen...and she was thrilled...
Walking to the trashcan, the two tossed the remains of their lunches and walked off campus, not slightly worried about what people thought...what the teachers would do.
"C'mon Dice, I'll show you around town...I'm sure you're not afraid to skip." Ephram said, in almost a challenging tone.
She smirked. "Bring it on Brown."
Smirking back, he said, "Okay then Johnson, anywhere but the clinic and stick to the alleys." He said mockingly.
"Okay fearless leader...where to first?" Dicey asked mockingly, looping arms with Ephram.
"To the...ummmmm..uhhh...lemme see..got any ideas?" Ephram said, pausing and taking on a blank expression.
She unlooped her arm and walked in front of him, having to look up because he was taller, and said flirtatiously, "What Ephy? Have you not thought of our plan of rebellion through quite yet?"
"Um uh... a-actually, no." he stuttered, smiling.
"Why not?" she asked.
"Well, because now that I think of it, everyone is this town knows who I am and knows my dad...heh." He said, grinning.
"Indeed...well, all the more reason to have a little fun, hm?" she said smiling and dragged him along to a random store.
"Easy for you to say...no one knows you yet..hey, why are we entering a convenient store?" Ephram asked.
"Buying a coke, what else?" she asked, leaving Ephram confused. He shrugged it off.
"Hey Ephram. Who's your friend? And shouldn't you be in school?" the old man asked.
"This is Dicey and it's our lunch break." He said honestly...because it STILL WAS their lunchtime...
"Oh, hello Miss Dicey. It's good to know Ephram is making friends. Dr. Brown was getting kind of worried about him. Are you new to Everwood?" the man asked.
"Actually, I am. I'm also from New York. Me and Ephram were close friends back in NY so I decided to come visit for awhile because I missed him and Dr. B." Dicey said, smiling.
"Oh, that's nice. Welcome to Everwood Dicey. Would you two like anything?" he asked the two teens.
"Yes, two cokes please." Ephram said; Dicey nodded in affirmation.
"Okay...and Ephram, say hello to your father for me." He said, handing them their cokes and accepting the pay.
"Will do. Bye!" Ephram said as they left the small building.
"You had to choose THAT one of them all..." Ephram said jokingly.
"Yes." She said grinning.
"Okay then, let's go. I can show you around. Let's get going." He declared as he opened his coke and took a drink.
"Aye aye." She said with a bright smile. She took a drink as well and the two were off.
Meanwhile at a table of talking girls, Amy stared off into space. The bell rang and she stood up, looking around for Ephram. She was going to apologize for leaving them and ask about the suicide thing but she couldn't find him, or Dicey for that matter, anywhere! They were just...gone.
Shrugging it off, she decided she would ask them once she got to next period. She walked with her chattering friends and spaced off again. They asked her if she was thinking about Colin again. Not wanting them to question, she just nodded. Everyone figured that's what she was doing, so since she didn't want to talk to anyone but Ephram right now, she just went along with it.
She was kind of scared, she was more and more attracted to the outcast everyday and she was less and less excited about seeing Colin everyday. She had even felt a tinge of jealousy at Dicey's arrival...what's was happening to her? She couldn't like Ephram Brown...could she? No! She loved Colin...she had to...you don't just fall out of love...or do you? All this thinking was hurting Amy's head so as she walked into her 3rd period class, she asked for a pass to the nurse's office.
"Sure Amy...have you seen Ephram or that new girl, Dicey? They aren't here but their teachers said they were here this morning." The third period teacher, Mrs. Tillerman asked the blonde.
"No ma'am...in fact, I was looking for them earlier...it seemed like they just disappeared.." she answered in a dazed tone.
"Oh, well thank you Miss Abbott. Go on to the nurse." Mrs. Tillerman said as Amy left to go to the nurse's office.
She sullenly walked to the nurse's office and gave her the pass. The nurse nodded and let Amy sit down for a minute, to allow the girl to rest.
Amy entered her little world again and slowly, her mind drifted back to Ephram. He was so sensitive...the only one who stuck by her side..he came to the hospital with her...he asked his dad to try to heal Colin...he..he came to her recital...he wrote a song for her..not even Colin had done that...wait, it's unfair to compare them! Colin is special in his own way! Sure he's different, but different is good. Ephram different. Why does she keep thinking of Ephram? Oh yeah, she likes Ephram.NO! She's likes Colin..but Ephram's so nice...a little on the quiet-give-me-my-space side, but still sweet...Gosh, he has pretty eyes...
As soon as she realized where her train of thought was leading, her face flushed and she turned several shades of red. The nurse looked worried and took her temperature. Considering the blood-rush to her head, her forehead was burning. The nurse sent her home and Amy left for her house.it was pretty close anyway. The nurse tried to call her dad to pick her up but she insisted she could walk home all right.
She passed by a park and thought she saw something. She stopped to take a better look. She was right...there was Ephram...and her...Dicey...just seeing them made her blood boil. It shocked her. She really WAS jealous of Dicey...for being able to stand so close to Ephram without him thinking she was using him to get her boyfriend back...or perhaps all this time Ephram was her boyfriend...no, that couldn't be it...she decided she was blowing things out of proportion and was thinking to much.
But she still felt a little depressed seeing him smile so much around her...not that he didn't have a great smile or anything.she just wished she could make him smile...wait...can't forget Colin! He's the most important thing to her! Gosh her head hurt..
Ephram and Dicey walked. "This is the park if you hadn't gathered that yet." Ephram said.
"Ah...that's for stating the obvious Mr. Brown. I would call you Dr. Brown but then you'd get mad at me." She said.
"You know me well. Let's umm...go...there!" Ephram said, pointing in a random direction.
"And where might that be?" she asked.
"I haven't decided yet..." he admitted.
"Ah...okay...that works." She said as they just started walking.
She held his arm and a light smile spread across her face; her cheeks tinted a light pink.
Ephram didn't seem to notice, he was too busy thinking of what he could do without a lecture on skipping school......and he thought of nothing.
Not until this hit him did he notice the girl clinging to his arm as if every inch of her being depended on it.
"Hey, Dice? You okay? You're turning a little red..." he said, grinning.
She then noticed the looks and comment from Ephram, she let go and turned significantly brighter red.
"Heh...so, where are we going?" she asked, shaking it off...
He looked defeated. "Back to prison..." he furrowed his brows and kicked a rock.
She giggled. "Has the great Ephram Brown run out of safe places to skip?" she teased.
"Hey! That's not nice...this isn't a big town if you haven't noticed...EVERYONE knows EVERYONE ELSE'S DAD!!!" Ephram exclaimed.
She laughed again as they trudged back to school, each thinking up an excuse for their absence.
They arrived at the school, just in time for the local hall nazi to be watching the front door of the building.
"And what, may I ask, are you two doing?" she asked...it was Officer Tran..
"Well, Officer Tran, we were just..." Ephram said, fishing for a good excuse.
"Skipping?" she finished with a hard glare.
"Heh...well...ummm...we'll go STRAIGHT to class ma'am." Ephram said, all the excuses running together in his mind as Dicey suppressed a giggle.
"Good answer Mr. Brown." She said, walking back to her place and continued to watch for more innocent...well...not-so innocent students who just HAPPEN to be skipping..
The two quietly snuck through the halls and to their fourth period class.
"Gosh, it's pretty sad when an expert like you ends up like this...can't even FIND a place to spend time with ME!" she said with mock-horror.
"I know...I'm outta practice..." he said laughing.
The two entered class and listened to a lecture, entering an occasional rolling of eyes and exasperated sigh.
The two rebels sat down when the teacher finished lecturing.
Ephram looked around and noticed something...Amy was gone!
"Hey, Dicey! Amy not here." Ephram whispered to his friend.
"I know..." she whispered back.
"Should I ask?"
"Sure."
Ephram raised his hand and waited to be called on.
"Yes Ephram." The teacher said, annoyed of him already.
"Where's Amy?" he asked simply.
"She got sick. She had to walk home." The teacher answered.
Ephram made to "O" shape with his mouth and pulled out a manga. Ranma ½.
"Wha'cha doing Eph?" Dicey asked.
"Reading." He answered, never tearing his eyes away form the comic book.
"Ah...okay." She said smiling. She was aware of her friend's interest in Anime and manga...she thought it was pretty cool.
The bell rang for the end of the day and all the kids rushed out of the building like there was no tomorrow.
"Wanna check up on Amy?" Ephram asked Dicey.
She nodded. She could really care less about the girl but she didn't want to be alone in this town.as if it was big...she also wanted to spend time with Ephram....something she hadn't done in awhile...not including their daring little escapade earlier that day...that doesn't count...
That's chapter two...fun stuff huh? Anyway...I know I may get things out of order but this isn't supposed to be like the show...I can never decide where exactly in the show it is so I may jump around...I'm really sorry if I do, it's just kinda the way I am...^_^ and it's not SUPPOSED to be like the show, right? Right...please R/R! I need input!