Ditey- Heh, it's okay. But I was wondering where you were...lol.Good, I'm
glad you liked it...considering you were the only one to review it!
*sniffles* anyway...but yeah, I though so too. I'm glad you thought so. Oh
yes, can't go without the input from Dicey, eh? She had to let him know how
she felt before he and Ephram were dragged away...lol, okay, I'll do so
now!
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-Chapter 10-
Once he closed the door, he felt trapped. He looked around finding almost bare walls and dreaded sitting in the single maroon chair that adorned the room. She sat down in her swirly chair, set her glasses down to the tip of her nose, looking intimidating.
"Sit down Mr. Brown." She said stiffly.
As serious as the situation was and as creepy the lady principal looked, he had to resist the urge to start laughing at the rhyme...yes he was being immature and it was rather out of character for him but she hearing the principal rhyme at a moment like this was almost to much. It would NOT help his case to laugh at the principal in her face and they wouldn't believe him when it was because what she said rhymed...so he would just stay quiet and not laugh.
He obeyed her command and sat in the uncomfortable chair. Her eerie gray eyes pierced through him and he found himself slouching in the chair, trying to hide away from the psychopathic mad woman.
"You know what you did. The only question now is why. Why, Mr. Brown, did you attack Mr. Miller? I know you are still rather new and still adjusting but getting into fights will not help you fit in." she said sourly to Ephram as he tried looking at a spot on the wall to avoid eye contact.
Which was not the thing to do at this particular time.
"Are you listening to me? Do not disrespect me and look at me when I am talking to you. Take it to heart because this may be a deciding thing on whether we give you a ticket for assault or not. This is a very serious thing. We do not have fights in Everwood High. Am I making myself perfectly clear Mr. Brown?" she snapped venomously.
"Crystal, Mrs. Raker." He said timidly. He looked at her like he was commanded to and tried sitting still and to not fidget...she wouldn't like that either.
"Okay then. Now, tell me from YOUR point of view what happened." She said, still burning holes into him with her relentless stare.
"Yes'm...I have a friend, well, more like girlfriend at this point. Her name is Dicey and Nathan had well, taken a liking to her. He got angry that he couldn't have her and that she wasn't interested in him, she was interested in me. So after lunch on our way to class he walked up and started threatening me. He hadn't noticed Dicey yet and he took a swing at me. Well, Dicey stepped out to announce her presence and say something when he hit her, even though he was aiming for me. I lost my temper and hit him back for her. That's when the fight started. We fought for awhile and then here we are." He said, telling everything he knew. He wiped trickling blood from his bottom lip. It was the only thing Jake hadn't seemed to notice when stating Ephram's wounds.
"I see...so again, it's all about a girl...go figure...well, you can go to the clinic now Mr. Brown. Don't leave though because the nurse wants you all there at the same time. Tell the girl to come on in. Is she the object of affection in this situation?" she asked, her voice still bitter.
He nodded and she nodded back. She sent him back outside and he motioned to Dicey to go on in. She nodded and waved farewell like she was going off to war as she went into the room.
Ephram sat down in the chair Dicey had been occupying since they had entered the office and leaned back to relax. Jake had already been summoned to wherever they were taking him and he was all alone in the office with no one to talk this over with. He then looked up at the ceiling before deciding he would head on to the nurse's office. As much as he hated being in the office, he'd rather be there then in the clinic with Nathan right now...
Dicey took in a deep breath as she entered the room. She was going to handle this calmly and coolly. Ephram came out okay and in one piece so why can't she? There's nothing to be afraid of...there's no way this kooky old lady could be any worse then the one in New York...right?
"Come on in Miss Johnson. Oh, there's nothing to be TOO frightened about...I don't bite hard. Your boyfriend came out alive so will you if you don't get on my nerves. Sit down child and tell me your story now!" Mrs. Raker said, turning from a deceivingly nice old lady to the scary one Dicey feared she was...just her luck...
Dicey nodded her head numbly as she sat in the stiff chair as Ephram had and looked at the lady, eyes wide with anticipation. She just wanted this to be over so she could be with Ephram again...hey, maybe they would send them home...that would be good...
"Well, are you going to tell me or stare at me all day?" the old lady snarled, knocking Dicey back into the reality.
"I'm, I'm sorry! Um, you see I uh was standing next Ephram and Nathan walked up and he didn't see me. He was um, jealous because I liked Eph more then I liked him and so he tried to hit Ephram but I knew that something was wrong so I was stepping out to tell him to go away when he hit me. Then Ephram got mad and they started fighting...and, that's it..." she said skittishly.
Mrs. Raker nodded and continued wearing the same glare that had adorned her features since she called Nathan Miller into her office.
"Thank you Miss Johnson for sharing your point of view on this issue. Go to the clinic where Mr. Brown and Mr. Miller will be getting fixed up. From there you three will be sent home because you three are suspended for the next week. I forgot to tell them so you better or you will be severely punished. Do I make myself clear?" she snarled.
Dicey nodded and left. Leaving the office and that demon-woman gave Dicey a sense of pure bliss. Relief. Everything else good you could ever think of.
She finally arrived at the clinic and walked in. It was quite a funny site. Ephram spread out on the little bed-thing you lay on while you're waiting to be taken home, a look of bored amusement as the nurse, Miss Shackleford, chased a screaming Nathan Miller around with bandages as he cries out in pain, "Please woman! Leave me alone! It huuuuurts! The alcohol hurts my little aaaarm!!! Nooooo!!! My noooose!!! It huuuurts! Leave me alone crazy woman!!!"
Dicey began laughing as the football captain ran around like a headless chicken, screaming his head off like a small child.
Ephram looked and smiled at her, relieved to see a friendly face as she sat down next to him, curling her legs up and hugging them to her chest. Miss Shackleford had yet to get to Ephram because she had been to busy trying to calm Nathan down ever since he got there.
"What a baby." Dicey laughed. Ephram joined in as he sighed.
"We're suspended." Dicey stated simply.
Ephram looked up at her. Sure he had been expecting it but still...he was in big trouble when he got home...
Nathan however, he froze in place and stared wide-eyed at the girl. Miss Shackleford stopped to breathe before approaching him to bandage him up. But he was too shocked to notice.
"You...are joking...right?" he said meekly.
"Nope...Mrs. Demon-Lady told me to tell you that we are now officially suspended...peachy, huh? My second day and I'm suspended...just great. It's all your fault you little-" Dicey ranted before she was cut off.
"Dicey! Breathe! It's going to be okay! Chill out Dice...now, lets' all be civil and save our rants for elsewhere. How does that sound?" Ephram said sitting up, cutting her off before she had the chance to get them in deeper trouble.
"I guess." She said scooting over to him laying her head on his shoulder.
"Hmph." Nathan grunted in response. Then he realized the nurse and stalked over to the corner to be mad while she patched up Ephram.
Miss Shackleford got ice for Ephram eyes, a wet towel for his lip and more ice packs for various bruises. Then she gave him some pain med. for any pain. Nathan complained because she wasn't as nice to him. Then she explained that he wouldn't let her help him so it would be hard to. Then he continued sulking as she sent them home, calling their parents to tell them their teenagers were on their way home.
"My dad is going to kill me." Ephram and Dicey heard Nathan mumble under his breath as he walked slowly out of the building. His form seemed pretty bad as he sulked down the sidewalk.
"We oughtta get home...I hope Jake makes it home okay." Ephram said, boarding his bike with Dicey in suite.
"Yeah..." she muttered as she leaned on his shoulder again.
They rode for a while in complete silence. There wasn't much to say. Other than they were in BIIIIG trouble now...Andy Brown most likely wouldn't be too supportive of their side of the story...great...juuuust great...
Arriving at home, they were alone. Dr. Brown was on his way home from the clinic to meet them but hadn't arrived yet. They walked in and Ephram lay on the couch as Dicey lounged in a chair.
Tem minutes later Dr. Andrew Brown walked in and sat on the other couch, looking at the two teenagers in question.
"I know what happened but I don't understand why. Why did you have to get in a fight? Can't you just walk off? The kids in a town like this can't be too bad." He said sternly.
"Because, DAD, he HIT Dicey! I'm not going to let some jock hit Dicey! No way! I'd rather be suspended!" Ephram yelled, sitting up.
"Okay, I guess that's fair enough but...hmm...when are you two leaving Dicey?" Andy Brown said with a sigh.
"A few days..." she said in a small voice. She hadn't told Ephram yet and she didn't want him mad at her. She wanted to stay but her parents wouldn't let her.
"A few DAYS? But you would barely be here a week! This isn't fair dad! Why can't Dicey stay?" Ephram said, hurt evident in his voice.
Ephram was hurt because life was finally going his way. He falls in love with Dicey and then BOOM, she's gone again. Just his luck...
"Yeah...my parents wanted me home and Jake's don't want him traveling back alone...they said he could arrive alone in a small town but he was coming back with someone. They also never enrolled us here...we did...we weren't even supposed to stay a week or go to school but we did anyway. We're still enrolled in New York...it isn't fair." Dicey complained, struggling to stay in control of her emotions.
"No, it freaking isn't!" Ephram shouted, walking upstairs a slamming the door.
Dicey stood up without looking at Andy and walked to her room, restraining herself from slamming her door too. As angry as she was with her parents and life, she wouldn't slam Dr. B's doors...they weren't her doors to slam. She adored Dr. Brown, he was like a second father to her and she respected him, even when Ephram didn't.
By the time Jake got home, neither Ephram nor Dicey had left their rooms since they entered. Jake questioned this and nodded in understanding when Dr. Brown explained to him the absence of his friends.
Jake had known they wouldn't be happy when he noticed their liking of each other but he didn't think they would take it out on each other. Or maybe they weren't and they were just to frustrated to confide in each other...either is pretty bad.
He grabbed something out of the fridge and went upstairs to his room. He passed their rooms and sighed. He also passed Delia's too see her in there looking at her ceiling, homework spread out on the bed. He smiled slightly and walked into his room to do his homework as well. He just hoped Dicey and Ephram worked out their problem.
Ephram sighed slightly as he lay sprawled out on his bed. He wasn't crying or throwing anything, he was just thinking how unfair life was...first his mom dies and he is dragged out here. Then the only decent person in the city is supposedly using him to cure her comatose boyfriend. Then Dicey gets here and thing s brighten up just to crash down when he realizes she had to leave. Why?
He rolled to the edge of the bed. He had to talk to her. What if she thought he was mad at her? He couldn't bear for her to be mad at him. This was Dicey and he couldn't let her think it was her fault. HE would go talk to her now. It was 8:00 and neither of them had spoken to each other. He had to change that...now. He got up and walked to his door
Meanwhile, Dicey sat in the chair by her desk, looking at the TV and VCR. It reminded her of the night before when they all stayed up and had a good time. It seemed like it had been forever since then. She got here and now she leaves. She didn't think it would hurt so much to leave a small mountain town...no, it wasn't the town she was leaving...it was Ephram. He had been abandoned once and she hated herself for doing it again. She had to apologize.
She got up and opened the door. When she saw Ephram walking towards her, she almost yelped. They almost bumped into each other but when they noticed the other was there, they just stared for a second.
Ephram leaned out and embraced her in a hug and she accepted.
"I'm sorry for getting mad Dicey. I guess I just was upset that you had to leave. I knew you would and you weren't staying forever but I guess I hadn't truly made the connection in my mind tat you were really going." He said softly, really hoping that she wasn't mad with him.
"Don't be, it's not your fault. I mean, c'mon, it's not like this is the most fun life in the world for you. I would've hated it if you weren't here. So let's just enjoy the days while they last and call it even, okay Brown?" she aid playfully, laying her head on his chest.
"Okay Johnson. I don't know about you but I'm starving!" he said, breaking the hug as they both raced down the stairs to fill their complaining stomachs with food.
After finding none, of course, they headed oust to the Diner. They were going to enjoy Dicey last few days in Everwood and would squander them with his father's cooking. They were eating good! And they were suspended to so no school! Life was good.
Okay, I hope Ephram wasn't too out of character...I'm trying here...I'm sorry to make her leave but don't worry, I still have plenty more chapters to go...life lives on beyond this town I assure you so don't worry! This isn't the end yet! ^_^ Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and toodles! ^_~
Disclaimer- *sings* I don't' own Eeeeeverwood! No, I don't' own Everwoooooood! I. Don't. Own. Everwood!!!!!!!! The end. *bows* Thank you, thank you my loyal fans...eh, anyway...
-Chapter 10-
Once he closed the door, he felt trapped. He looked around finding almost bare walls and dreaded sitting in the single maroon chair that adorned the room. She sat down in her swirly chair, set her glasses down to the tip of her nose, looking intimidating.
"Sit down Mr. Brown." She said stiffly.
As serious as the situation was and as creepy the lady principal looked, he had to resist the urge to start laughing at the rhyme...yes he was being immature and it was rather out of character for him but she hearing the principal rhyme at a moment like this was almost to much. It would NOT help his case to laugh at the principal in her face and they wouldn't believe him when it was because what she said rhymed...so he would just stay quiet and not laugh.
He obeyed her command and sat in the uncomfortable chair. Her eerie gray eyes pierced through him and he found himself slouching in the chair, trying to hide away from the psychopathic mad woman.
"You know what you did. The only question now is why. Why, Mr. Brown, did you attack Mr. Miller? I know you are still rather new and still adjusting but getting into fights will not help you fit in." she said sourly to Ephram as he tried looking at a spot on the wall to avoid eye contact.
Which was not the thing to do at this particular time.
"Are you listening to me? Do not disrespect me and look at me when I am talking to you. Take it to heart because this may be a deciding thing on whether we give you a ticket for assault or not. This is a very serious thing. We do not have fights in Everwood High. Am I making myself perfectly clear Mr. Brown?" she snapped venomously.
"Crystal, Mrs. Raker." He said timidly. He looked at her like he was commanded to and tried sitting still and to not fidget...she wouldn't like that either.
"Okay then. Now, tell me from YOUR point of view what happened." She said, still burning holes into him with her relentless stare.
"Yes'm...I have a friend, well, more like girlfriend at this point. Her name is Dicey and Nathan had well, taken a liking to her. He got angry that he couldn't have her and that she wasn't interested in him, she was interested in me. So after lunch on our way to class he walked up and started threatening me. He hadn't noticed Dicey yet and he took a swing at me. Well, Dicey stepped out to announce her presence and say something when he hit her, even though he was aiming for me. I lost my temper and hit him back for her. That's when the fight started. We fought for awhile and then here we are." He said, telling everything he knew. He wiped trickling blood from his bottom lip. It was the only thing Jake hadn't seemed to notice when stating Ephram's wounds.
"I see...so again, it's all about a girl...go figure...well, you can go to the clinic now Mr. Brown. Don't leave though because the nurse wants you all there at the same time. Tell the girl to come on in. Is she the object of affection in this situation?" she asked, her voice still bitter.
He nodded and she nodded back. She sent him back outside and he motioned to Dicey to go on in. She nodded and waved farewell like she was going off to war as she went into the room.
Ephram sat down in the chair Dicey had been occupying since they had entered the office and leaned back to relax. Jake had already been summoned to wherever they were taking him and he was all alone in the office with no one to talk this over with. He then looked up at the ceiling before deciding he would head on to the nurse's office. As much as he hated being in the office, he'd rather be there then in the clinic with Nathan right now...
Dicey took in a deep breath as she entered the room. She was going to handle this calmly and coolly. Ephram came out okay and in one piece so why can't she? There's nothing to be afraid of...there's no way this kooky old lady could be any worse then the one in New York...right?
"Come on in Miss Johnson. Oh, there's nothing to be TOO frightened about...I don't bite hard. Your boyfriend came out alive so will you if you don't get on my nerves. Sit down child and tell me your story now!" Mrs. Raker said, turning from a deceivingly nice old lady to the scary one Dicey feared she was...just her luck...
Dicey nodded her head numbly as she sat in the stiff chair as Ephram had and looked at the lady, eyes wide with anticipation. She just wanted this to be over so she could be with Ephram again...hey, maybe they would send them home...that would be good...
"Well, are you going to tell me or stare at me all day?" the old lady snarled, knocking Dicey back into the reality.
"I'm, I'm sorry! Um, you see I uh was standing next Ephram and Nathan walked up and he didn't see me. He was um, jealous because I liked Eph more then I liked him and so he tried to hit Ephram but I knew that something was wrong so I was stepping out to tell him to go away when he hit me. Then Ephram got mad and they started fighting...and, that's it..." she said skittishly.
Mrs. Raker nodded and continued wearing the same glare that had adorned her features since she called Nathan Miller into her office.
"Thank you Miss Johnson for sharing your point of view on this issue. Go to the clinic where Mr. Brown and Mr. Miller will be getting fixed up. From there you three will be sent home because you three are suspended for the next week. I forgot to tell them so you better or you will be severely punished. Do I make myself clear?" she snarled.
Dicey nodded and left. Leaving the office and that demon-woman gave Dicey a sense of pure bliss. Relief. Everything else good you could ever think of.
She finally arrived at the clinic and walked in. It was quite a funny site. Ephram spread out on the little bed-thing you lay on while you're waiting to be taken home, a look of bored amusement as the nurse, Miss Shackleford, chased a screaming Nathan Miller around with bandages as he cries out in pain, "Please woman! Leave me alone! It huuuuurts! The alcohol hurts my little aaaarm!!! Nooooo!!! My noooose!!! It huuuurts! Leave me alone crazy woman!!!"
Dicey began laughing as the football captain ran around like a headless chicken, screaming his head off like a small child.
Ephram looked and smiled at her, relieved to see a friendly face as she sat down next to him, curling her legs up and hugging them to her chest. Miss Shackleford had yet to get to Ephram because she had been to busy trying to calm Nathan down ever since he got there.
"What a baby." Dicey laughed. Ephram joined in as he sighed.
"We're suspended." Dicey stated simply.
Ephram looked up at her. Sure he had been expecting it but still...he was in big trouble when he got home...
Nathan however, he froze in place and stared wide-eyed at the girl. Miss Shackleford stopped to breathe before approaching him to bandage him up. But he was too shocked to notice.
"You...are joking...right?" he said meekly.
"Nope...Mrs. Demon-Lady told me to tell you that we are now officially suspended...peachy, huh? My second day and I'm suspended...just great. It's all your fault you little-" Dicey ranted before she was cut off.
"Dicey! Breathe! It's going to be okay! Chill out Dice...now, lets' all be civil and save our rants for elsewhere. How does that sound?" Ephram said sitting up, cutting her off before she had the chance to get them in deeper trouble.
"I guess." She said scooting over to him laying her head on his shoulder.
"Hmph." Nathan grunted in response. Then he realized the nurse and stalked over to the corner to be mad while she patched up Ephram.
Miss Shackleford got ice for Ephram eyes, a wet towel for his lip and more ice packs for various bruises. Then she gave him some pain med. for any pain. Nathan complained because she wasn't as nice to him. Then she explained that he wouldn't let her help him so it would be hard to. Then he continued sulking as she sent them home, calling their parents to tell them their teenagers were on their way home.
"My dad is going to kill me." Ephram and Dicey heard Nathan mumble under his breath as he walked slowly out of the building. His form seemed pretty bad as he sulked down the sidewalk.
"We oughtta get home...I hope Jake makes it home okay." Ephram said, boarding his bike with Dicey in suite.
"Yeah..." she muttered as she leaned on his shoulder again.
They rode for a while in complete silence. There wasn't much to say. Other than they were in BIIIIG trouble now...Andy Brown most likely wouldn't be too supportive of their side of the story...great...juuuust great...
Arriving at home, they were alone. Dr. Brown was on his way home from the clinic to meet them but hadn't arrived yet. They walked in and Ephram lay on the couch as Dicey lounged in a chair.
Tem minutes later Dr. Andrew Brown walked in and sat on the other couch, looking at the two teenagers in question.
"I know what happened but I don't understand why. Why did you have to get in a fight? Can't you just walk off? The kids in a town like this can't be too bad." He said sternly.
"Because, DAD, he HIT Dicey! I'm not going to let some jock hit Dicey! No way! I'd rather be suspended!" Ephram yelled, sitting up.
"Okay, I guess that's fair enough but...hmm...when are you two leaving Dicey?" Andy Brown said with a sigh.
"A few days..." she said in a small voice. She hadn't told Ephram yet and she didn't want him mad at her. She wanted to stay but her parents wouldn't let her.
"A few DAYS? But you would barely be here a week! This isn't fair dad! Why can't Dicey stay?" Ephram said, hurt evident in his voice.
Ephram was hurt because life was finally going his way. He falls in love with Dicey and then BOOM, she's gone again. Just his luck...
"Yeah...my parents wanted me home and Jake's don't want him traveling back alone...they said he could arrive alone in a small town but he was coming back with someone. They also never enrolled us here...we did...we weren't even supposed to stay a week or go to school but we did anyway. We're still enrolled in New York...it isn't fair." Dicey complained, struggling to stay in control of her emotions.
"No, it freaking isn't!" Ephram shouted, walking upstairs a slamming the door.
Dicey stood up without looking at Andy and walked to her room, restraining herself from slamming her door too. As angry as she was with her parents and life, she wouldn't slam Dr. B's doors...they weren't her doors to slam. She adored Dr. Brown, he was like a second father to her and she respected him, even when Ephram didn't.
By the time Jake got home, neither Ephram nor Dicey had left their rooms since they entered. Jake questioned this and nodded in understanding when Dr. Brown explained to him the absence of his friends.
Jake had known they wouldn't be happy when he noticed their liking of each other but he didn't think they would take it out on each other. Or maybe they weren't and they were just to frustrated to confide in each other...either is pretty bad.
He grabbed something out of the fridge and went upstairs to his room. He passed their rooms and sighed. He also passed Delia's too see her in there looking at her ceiling, homework spread out on the bed. He smiled slightly and walked into his room to do his homework as well. He just hoped Dicey and Ephram worked out their problem.
Ephram sighed slightly as he lay sprawled out on his bed. He wasn't crying or throwing anything, he was just thinking how unfair life was...first his mom dies and he is dragged out here. Then the only decent person in the city is supposedly using him to cure her comatose boyfriend. Then Dicey gets here and thing s brighten up just to crash down when he realizes she had to leave. Why?
He rolled to the edge of the bed. He had to talk to her. What if she thought he was mad at her? He couldn't bear for her to be mad at him. This was Dicey and he couldn't let her think it was her fault. HE would go talk to her now. It was 8:00 and neither of them had spoken to each other. He had to change that...now. He got up and walked to his door
Meanwhile, Dicey sat in the chair by her desk, looking at the TV and VCR. It reminded her of the night before when they all stayed up and had a good time. It seemed like it had been forever since then. She got here and now she leaves. She didn't think it would hurt so much to leave a small mountain town...no, it wasn't the town she was leaving...it was Ephram. He had been abandoned once and she hated herself for doing it again. She had to apologize.
She got up and opened the door. When she saw Ephram walking towards her, she almost yelped. They almost bumped into each other but when they noticed the other was there, they just stared for a second.
Ephram leaned out and embraced her in a hug and she accepted.
"I'm sorry for getting mad Dicey. I guess I just was upset that you had to leave. I knew you would and you weren't staying forever but I guess I hadn't truly made the connection in my mind tat you were really going." He said softly, really hoping that she wasn't mad with him.
"Don't be, it's not your fault. I mean, c'mon, it's not like this is the most fun life in the world for you. I would've hated it if you weren't here. So let's just enjoy the days while they last and call it even, okay Brown?" she aid playfully, laying her head on his chest.
"Okay Johnson. I don't know about you but I'm starving!" he said, breaking the hug as they both raced down the stairs to fill their complaining stomachs with food.
After finding none, of course, they headed oust to the Diner. They were going to enjoy Dicey last few days in Everwood and would squander them with his father's cooking. They were eating good! And they were suspended to so no school! Life was good.
Okay, I hope Ephram wasn't too out of character...I'm trying here...I'm sorry to make her leave but don't worry, I still have plenty more chapters to go...life lives on beyond this town I assure you so don't worry! This isn't the end yet! ^_^ Anyway, hope you enjoyed it and toodles! ^_~