TITLE: Where Do We Go From Here? (3/3)
AUTHOR: Pedellea
E-MAIL: pedellea@hotmail.com
DATE: February 20, 2003
RATING: G
SUMMARY: The thoughts of various characters after a tragedy occurs. Character death.
SPOILERS: none
DISCLAIMER: Everwood belongs to Greg Berlanti, Mickey Liddell, Everwood Utah, Inc. and Warner Bros. Television.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Here is my first Everwood fanfic. Since I love exploring the minds of my favourite TV characters, why not explore the minds of Everwood characters? Hope you'll enjoy, and don't forget to send me some feedback. Thanks!
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
By Pedellea
~Laynie~
My brother's gone. I can't believe he's actually gone.
I thought I had lost him forever, but when he woke up from that coma, I thought I had him back again. Although things were different since the accident, he remembered me, and that was all I needed.
But even that small strip of happiness that I had has been taken away. Why is life so unfair to me?
Ephram and I are staring at the TV now. There's really nothing else I can do. My parents are busy with arrangements, and with them ignoring me even though Colin is gone, I'm left here all alone.
All alone except for Ephram.
He's been there for me through it all. I have no idea why he comes by each morning and just sits there with me, whether it's staring at the ceiling from my bed, or watching infomercials and soaps on the TV. It's all pointless, and sometimes I wished he would just leave and return to his normal life away from my pathetic self. But a bigger part of me screams for him to stay at the end of each night, to just be with me as I sort this whole thing out in my head. When he leaves, I wonder if he will come back the next day. And for some reason, he always does.
I don't know if he knows it, but Ephram's presence has been my strength. On the first few days, he tried to make conversation with me, but I just gave him the curt responses. He took the point, and we haven't really said anything meaningful since that time. There's nothing to say, really. But, if he left me, I don't think I'd know what to do with myself.
He looks over at me from time to time, always with that worried look that seems to be frozen on his face. He doesn't deserve this, spending all this useless time being with an emotionally fragile and unresponsive girl. I don't think I have the strength to tell him though. Holding myself together is tough enough.
Colin's gone now, and the only thing that I have left is Ephram.
I hope he will never leave me.
THE END
This show is awesome! It was fun writing this piece, trying to figure out how everyone would react to Colin's death. Not that I want it to happen, because Colin's a good character, and his circumstances keeps the show interesting.
Feedback would be much appreciated, as usual. Please use the review option, or send me an e-mail at pedellea@hotmail.com. Thanks!