Right Place, Wrong Time
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everwood characters; they all belong to the WB.
PG
A/N: This is the sequel to Hanging by a Moment, I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this yet, but it should be pretty good. I will ask for your help in later chapters.
Ephram told Bright he had to go home and tell his dad where he was going, and so that's where they were headed now. Ephram had to suffer through country music all the way, and then listen to Bright sing. Ephram thought he would die before he made it home!
Once the truck pulled into his driveway, Ephram jumped out and ran inside.
"Dad, I'm going somewhere with Bright and Amy, I'll be back later!" Ephram set his backpack on a chair next to the door, and started to walk out.
"Hold it!" Andy walked into the entry; he had been in the kitchen, "Where are you going?"
"Um, I think Bright said it was someplace called Clix, but I'm not sure. He said it's a teen club, its cool." Ephram tried leaving again, but was stopped, again.
"I think I'm going to need more information than that. Like, where is it, when will you be back...Stuff like that." Dr. Brown didn't want to lose Ephram like he nearly did on that mountain.
Ephram knew he was being waited on, so he tried to get out as fast as possible, and he knew just how to do it, "It's in the next town and I'll be back later, bye." With that he ran outside, slamming the door behind him.
Bright had just finished getting Ephram's bike out of the back when he and Amy saw Ephram running to the truck as fast as ever. He jumped in and they were headed to Clix in no time.
"Why were you going so fast?" Amy put her hand on Ephram's knee, making him jump a little.
"My dad was bugging me, just about as much as your hand being there is."
Amy quickly moved her hand, "Sorry," was all she said.
"Lighten up, dude." Bright glanced over at Ephram, "She's just concerned, that's all."
"I know, I just don't like people touching my knee, it's annoying." For about ten minutes the car ride was taken in complete silence. Ephram didn't know what to say, and he knew he had been rude, but he was only telling the truth.
Amy knew she should say something, but she was in the same position as Ephram, speechless. She wanted to make him happy, but was afraid of making him mad.
Bright had to end the silence, he had to say something to make everyone talk again, and he had to say something fast. "Hey Ephram, have you ever been to a club like this before?"
"Bright, I've never been to a club." Ephram kept staring at the road.
"Oh, well you will love it. I've been there a bunch of times, it's cool. I'll show you around when we get there." Bright knew he wasn't very successful in getting the two 'lovebirds' to talk again. He leaned over to Amy, keeping watch of where he was going, "Try talking to him, I think something might be wrong."
"Bright, if something was wrong, don't you think I would know?" Bright sat back up, saying nothing else. Amy thought about what her brother had said, and decided it was best just to see if Ephram was alright.
She leaned over to him, not wanting Bright to hear, "Ephram, I'm a little worried about you, are you alright?"
Ephram never took his eyes off the road, "I'm fine, Amy, thanks anyway." He, unlike Amy, was loud when he spoke, making Bright look over at her and smile.
"I guess that didn't work too well, huh?" Bright smirked.
"Whatever gave you that idea, Bright? Did you read in on a road sign?" Amy was mad, and now she really didn't want to talk to anyone, especially Ephram.
******
Finally, after another thirty minutes of nobody talking, and a whole lot of rock, they arrived at Clix. Ephram wasn't certain what to expect, considering when they pulled up, it all looked deserted. All he could see was a huge warehouse, or so he thought.
"This is it?" He leaned closer to the windshield, "You've got to be kidding me."
"Yep, this is it." Bright leaned closer, too, "I know it looks weird, but it's really a club, its inside, and down some steps. You'll see when we get inside."
"And, what if I don't want to go inside?" Ephram was becoming more and more hesitant the more he saw.
"Ephram, don't be such a baby, it isn't that big of a deal." Amy scooted Ephram outside, "I'll go in with you."
Ephram gave Amy one of those nah duh looks, which made Amy smile, "I hope you are. If you didn't, what kind of a girlfriend would you be?" Ephram started to smile a little, "I can hear the headlines now, 'Amy Abbott abandons boyfriend outside a club in'...Where are we?" Ephram looked around, realizing he had no clue what town he was in.
"Chestnut," Ephram looked over at Bright, "That's the name of the town."
Ephram began to smile even bigger this time, "Is the next town over Dogwood or something? Why are these town all name after trees?" Ephram turned to Amy this time.
"I'm pretty sure it's only these two." She slid her hand into his and all three of them walked toward the door.
Ephram wasn't feeling so uneasy about going in now, because he had two people with him who knew what they were doing...Or at least they said they did. They walked inside, and sure enough there was a stairwell leading down, so far so good, "This is the club?" Ephram stopped on the top step.
"Almost," Bright grabbed Ephram's other arm, "You have to actually get down the steps." He smiled at Amy and they pulled him downstairs.
Ephram nearly fell several times, but caught himself before hand. Soon he could hear music, getting louder the closer they all got to the bottom. The stairs were winding, a little anyway. They would go straight for about fourteen steps, and then turn to the left, over and over that happened, until they finally reached the bottom.
Ephram could see lights flashing back and forth, and shadows walking past the curtain that was apparently the entrance to Clix. Bright lifted it for Amy, who dragged Ephram behind her, "THIS, is the club!" She had to yell over the music, which was now blaring.
"I can see that, now what am I doing here again?" Ephram had to lean over to be heard.
"You wanted to come!" Bright interrupted.
"I never said that!" Ephram was shaking his head, but he was ignored, and pulled across the dance floor into the middle, where he felt most uncomfortable.
Ephram hadn't danced much in his life, and when he did, it was in the privacy of his own room, not in front of a crowd of kids his age. And even if he was comfortable dancing in front of people, he couldn't because he had a cast on, which was getting extremely annoying at that moment. He leaned over to Amy trying not to yell too loud, "I'll be right back!"
She nodded and started dancing with Bright, who was a very good dancer.
Ephram walked into the quieter area of the club, off of the dance floor. It looked to him that there wasn't a free table anywhere, so he just walked over to the one that looked the emptiest, which only had one girl at it.
"May I sit here?" Ephram still had to raise his voice, but not nearly as much as he did before.
The girl looked up at him and nodded, looking back down in the process.
"My name is Ephram Brown." He extended his good arm.
She shook his hand, but didn't say anything.
Ephram tried to look at her face, but she hid it every time, "Hey, I don't bite, I promise." He tried one more time, and it worked. She picked up her head and looked Ephram in the eye. She looked depressed for some reason, abut he wasn't going to ask, "So are you having fun?"
She wasn't very loud, but he could hear a small, "Yeah, its fine."
"That didn't sound too enthusiastic." He smiled at her, but she kept a straight face, "Is something wrong?" He realized what he was doing, but couldn't take it back.
She looked like she wanted to tell him something, but couldn't. Then Ephram found out what it was, and this was that one thing he wished he never knew, this is why he wished he never left for school that morning. The girl looked up at him and said, "Do you really want to know the truth?" Ephram nodded with a small smile, "I'm going to kill myself tomorrow."
DUN, DUN, DUN!!! What will Ephram do about this? I need a few suggestions, but no promises I will take them, reviews without suggestions are perfectly fine too, actually they are requested also. I hope you have enjoyed the story so far, and I hope you will continue reading; it only gets better from here!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everwood characters; they all belong to the WB.
PG
A/N: This is the sequel to Hanging by a Moment, I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this yet, but it should be pretty good. I will ask for your help in later chapters.
Ephram told Bright he had to go home and tell his dad where he was going, and so that's where they were headed now. Ephram had to suffer through country music all the way, and then listen to Bright sing. Ephram thought he would die before he made it home!
Once the truck pulled into his driveway, Ephram jumped out and ran inside.
"Dad, I'm going somewhere with Bright and Amy, I'll be back later!" Ephram set his backpack on a chair next to the door, and started to walk out.
"Hold it!" Andy walked into the entry; he had been in the kitchen, "Where are you going?"
"Um, I think Bright said it was someplace called Clix, but I'm not sure. He said it's a teen club, its cool." Ephram tried leaving again, but was stopped, again.
"I think I'm going to need more information than that. Like, where is it, when will you be back...Stuff like that." Dr. Brown didn't want to lose Ephram like he nearly did on that mountain.
Ephram knew he was being waited on, so he tried to get out as fast as possible, and he knew just how to do it, "It's in the next town and I'll be back later, bye." With that he ran outside, slamming the door behind him.
Bright had just finished getting Ephram's bike out of the back when he and Amy saw Ephram running to the truck as fast as ever. He jumped in and they were headed to Clix in no time.
"Why were you going so fast?" Amy put her hand on Ephram's knee, making him jump a little.
"My dad was bugging me, just about as much as your hand being there is."
Amy quickly moved her hand, "Sorry," was all she said.
"Lighten up, dude." Bright glanced over at Ephram, "She's just concerned, that's all."
"I know, I just don't like people touching my knee, it's annoying." For about ten minutes the car ride was taken in complete silence. Ephram didn't know what to say, and he knew he had been rude, but he was only telling the truth.
Amy knew she should say something, but she was in the same position as Ephram, speechless. She wanted to make him happy, but was afraid of making him mad.
Bright had to end the silence, he had to say something to make everyone talk again, and he had to say something fast. "Hey Ephram, have you ever been to a club like this before?"
"Bright, I've never been to a club." Ephram kept staring at the road.
"Oh, well you will love it. I've been there a bunch of times, it's cool. I'll show you around when we get there." Bright knew he wasn't very successful in getting the two 'lovebirds' to talk again. He leaned over to Amy, keeping watch of where he was going, "Try talking to him, I think something might be wrong."
"Bright, if something was wrong, don't you think I would know?" Bright sat back up, saying nothing else. Amy thought about what her brother had said, and decided it was best just to see if Ephram was alright.
She leaned over to him, not wanting Bright to hear, "Ephram, I'm a little worried about you, are you alright?"
Ephram never took his eyes off the road, "I'm fine, Amy, thanks anyway." He, unlike Amy, was loud when he spoke, making Bright look over at her and smile.
"I guess that didn't work too well, huh?" Bright smirked.
"Whatever gave you that idea, Bright? Did you read in on a road sign?" Amy was mad, and now she really didn't want to talk to anyone, especially Ephram.
******
Finally, after another thirty minutes of nobody talking, and a whole lot of rock, they arrived at Clix. Ephram wasn't certain what to expect, considering when they pulled up, it all looked deserted. All he could see was a huge warehouse, or so he thought.
"This is it?" He leaned closer to the windshield, "You've got to be kidding me."
"Yep, this is it." Bright leaned closer, too, "I know it looks weird, but it's really a club, its inside, and down some steps. You'll see when we get inside."
"And, what if I don't want to go inside?" Ephram was becoming more and more hesitant the more he saw.
"Ephram, don't be such a baby, it isn't that big of a deal." Amy scooted Ephram outside, "I'll go in with you."
Ephram gave Amy one of those nah duh looks, which made Amy smile, "I hope you are. If you didn't, what kind of a girlfriend would you be?" Ephram started to smile a little, "I can hear the headlines now, 'Amy Abbott abandons boyfriend outside a club in'...Where are we?" Ephram looked around, realizing he had no clue what town he was in.
"Chestnut," Ephram looked over at Bright, "That's the name of the town."
Ephram began to smile even bigger this time, "Is the next town over Dogwood or something? Why are these town all name after trees?" Ephram turned to Amy this time.
"I'm pretty sure it's only these two." She slid her hand into his and all three of them walked toward the door.
Ephram wasn't feeling so uneasy about going in now, because he had two people with him who knew what they were doing...Or at least they said they did. They walked inside, and sure enough there was a stairwell leading down, so far so good, "This is the club?" Ephram stopped on the top step.
"Almost," Bright grabbed Ephram's other arm, "You have to actually get down the steps." He smiled at Amy and they pulled him downstairs.
Ephram nearly fell several times, but caught himself before hand. Soon he could hear music, getting louder the closer they all got to the bottom. The stairs were winding, a little anyway. They would go straight for about fourteen steps, and then turn to the left, over and over that happened, until they finally reached the bottom.
Ephram could see lights flashing back and forth, and shadows walking past the curtain that was apparently the entrance to Clix. Bright lifted it for Amy, who dragged Ephram behind her, "THIS, is the club!" She had to yell over the music, which was now blaring.
"I can see that, now what am I doing here again?" Ephram had to lean over to be heard.
"You wanted to come!" Bright interrupted.
"I never said that!" Ephram was shaking his head, but he was ignored, and pulled across the dance floor into the middle, where he felt most uncomfortable.
Ephram hadn't danced much in his life, and when he did, it was in the privacy of his own room, not in front of a crowd of kids his age. And even if he was comfortable dancing in front of people, he couldn't because he had a cast on, which was getting extremely annoying at that moment. He leaned over to Amy trying not to yell too loud, "I'll be right back!"
She nodded and started dancing with Bright, who was a very good dancer.
Ephram walked into the quieter area of the club, off of the dance floor. It looked to him that there wasn't a free table anywhere, so he just walked over to the one that looked the emptiest, which only had one girl at it.
"May I sit here?" Ephram still had to raise his voice, but not nearly as much as he did before.
The girl looked up at him and nodded, looking back down in the process.
"My name is Ephram Brown." He extended his good arm.
She shook his hand, but didn't say anything.
Ephram tried to look at her face, but she hid it every time, "Hey, I don't bite, I promise." He tried one more time, and it worked. She picked up her head and looked Ephram in the eye. She looked depressed for some reason, abut he wasn't going to ask, "So are you having fun?"
She wasn't very loud, but he could hear a small, "Yeah, its fine."
"That didn't sound too enthusiastic." He smiled at her, but she kept a straight face, "Is something wrong?" He realized what he was doing, but couldn't take it back.
She looked like she wanted to tell him something, but couldn't. Then Ephram found out what it was, and this was that one thing he wished he never knew, this is why he wished he never left for school that morning. The girl looked up at him and said, "Do you really want to know the truth?" Ephram nodded with a small smile, "I'm going to kill myself tomorrow."
DUN, DUN, DUN!!! What will Ephram do about this? I need a few suggestions, but no promises I will take them, reviews without suggestions are perfectly fine too, actually they are requested also. I hope you have enjoyed the story so far, and I hope you will continue reading; it only gets better from here!