Right Place, Wrong Time
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character in this story, except Annette, and Dr. Taylor, the rest belong to the WB.
Rating: PG-13
Ephram fell asleep shortly after Annette left, he didn't even remember his dad walking back in the room and covering him up. Ephram hadn't really been that cold, and his clothes were nice and warm, because his dad had gotten him into new ones.
Ephram had fallen into a deep and dreamless sleep, and he didn't really mind that, because he wasn't in the mood for any bad dreams that he may have had. He had had a long day, and it wasn't even over yet. He wanted to be able to see Amy, but now that he was like this, that didn't look like it was going to happen.
But it did, because Ephram woke up about three hours later, still laying on the couch, and there was Amy, sitting in the chair next to him. He was happy to see her, and she must have felt the same by the look on her face.
"Hey sleeping beauty!" She smiled at him with a small look of concern in her eyes, "Your dad told me what happened. How are you felling?"
"Fine I guess." Ephram's voice had fully returned, "But I'm not quite sure yet, I'm still a little cold." He pulled the covers closer to his chin, "When did you get here?"
"About ten minutes ago. I just wanted to see you for some reason, and so I thought I would drop by. But when your dad answered the door I got the news. I knew I couldn't leave you, so I stayed here." Amy got that look in her eyes like she was in a far off place, but Ephram wanted her back in his house.
"Well," He said, making her jump a little, "I'm glad you did stay. I was just on my way to see you when this happened." Ephram yawned, but he wasn't tired.
"What exactly did happen, Ephram? Because your dad didn't know the whole story, he just knew that you fell into the river, and he had to pull you out, and right after he did you passed out." Amy sat on the edge of her seat as if anticipating what he was about to say.
"I wasn't paying much attention to where I was going," Ephram wasn't going to say why, "And when I finally did, I realized I was in the wrong lane, with a pick-up truck coming at me. By the time I swerved out of the way and turned back to see where I was going this time, I was nearly over the edge of the bridge. I tried to stop, but, as you can see, that didn't work very well." He smiled and looked up at her, "And you know the rest."
"Yeah I do." Amy started playing with her fingers, and Ephram knew something was wrong, "What's been going on with you lately? You've been getting into a lot of trouble, and it mainly has to do with that Annette girl." Amy wasn't positive about what she was saying, but it sounded right.
"Amy, I really wish I could tell you, but I can't. It's too important to her, and me. If I did tell you it would cause more trouble than I could handle, and that wouldn't be good. I promise you will find out soon, I just can't tell you now. I'm pretty sure we've been over this." Ephram tried smiling at her, but her face told him to wipe it off.
"Ephram, I am getting really tired of this. I try to help you and you just push me away. You've been under some stress lately, and I understand that. But you can't keep acting like nothing is going on, like we aren't together. You spend more time with Annette what's-her-face than you do with me!" Amy stood up with aggravation, "I really don't want to do this..."
"Then don't!" Ephram interrupted. He knew what was coming, and more than anything he didn't want it to happen.
"Ephram, I have to. You've gone too far, and you can't turn back. I think it would be best if we just didn't see each for awhile, and when you do decide to talk to me, it had better be with an explanation as to why we aren't REALLY together!" Amy walked furiously out of the house, slamming the door behind her.
And just think that was just the beginning of Ephram's big problems.
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Annette had made it home with a lot to think about. She was concerned about Ephram, and the fact that he was even the house with that man...She really didn't think he should be growing up with someone like that. Andy didn't even know her, and he was telling her to get lost without reason.
Well, Annette had something she was going to do about that. She was going to spend more time with Ephram, like get him out of the house more. But before long, something was going to interfere with that, that nobody could stop.
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Ephram just sat on the couch, not doing anything. He didn't want to cry, but he didn't want to move. What he wanted just dumped him, and he had no say in it. He tried his hardest to convince himself to get off the couch, but he was too upset. He knew dinner would be here soon, because his dad just ordered pizza, Ephram heard Andy on the phone, so he would have to move sometime.
Even though he felt like crap, Ephram got to his feet and walked into the kitchen. "What was that slam I heard a minute ago?" Andy was getting plates from the cabinet.
"Oh that? It was nothing, just Amy breaking up with me and storming out." Ephram sat down at the table.
"Really? I thought you two were getting along nicely. Is there a reason she broke up with you?"
"No dad, she just did for the fun of it." Ephram wasn't in the mood to talk right then.
"You know, you shouldn't be off of the couch right now, you have got to be freezing." Andy didn't want Ephram getting sick.
"I'm fine dad, I'm not cold. I just feel a little tired, that all." He put his head on the table and nearly fell asleep immediately, so he picked his head back up, "Okay, more tired than I thought."
"Why don't you go up to bed? I'll bring dinner to you whenever it gets here." Dr. Brown put two plates on the table, and put one back in the cabinet where he first got it from.
"That sounds good to me, I might call Annette." Ephram looked up at his dad, who looked less than happy about those last few words.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea. I don't like you two hanging out together this much. She's caused a lot of trouble in your life, and I'm just watching out for you."
"Dad, I have to stick with her. And the more time I spend with her, the better. It means she won't ki..." Ephram stopped before he said anymore. He almost made his life even worse.
"It means she won't what?" Andy hadn't realized Ephram's near giveaway.
"Nothing, it doesn't mean anything." Ephram stood up and walked to his room.
Once he got there his heart was racing. It almost seemed impossible to walk up the stairs. Ephram had never felt so bad in his life, but that might have been because he had never been thrown off of a bridge and into a freezing cold river.
"I can't believe this. My own father trying to keep me away from the only friend I have left. If Amy won't talk to me, Bright won't for sure." Ephram then realized what this meant, "Oh great! I'll be pulverized before I reach 11th grade! Bright is going to kill me for breaking his little sisters heart...Even if she's the one that broke up with me!"
He sat on his bed thinking for awhile, but was soon interrupted by the phone ringing. Luckily it was Annette; he had forgotten he said he was going to call her when he was downstairs.
"Hello?" Ephram reached the phone, but not as easily as it should have been. Like he said before, he was more tired than he thought.
"Hey Ephram!" Annette was unusually perky.
"Hey Annette."
"Do you want to go out later? Like, maybe to Clix or something?" This was really weird for Ephram, because he had never been asked out before. Especially never by someone who had said they were going to kill themselves.
But then he thought of what his father had said. He didn't like that Ephram was hanging out with Annette, but Andy would have to get over that, because if Ephram wanted a life, Annette was his best shot.
"Yeah, that sounds great." Then he got that awkward feeling again, the one he had gotten when he was at Annette's house earlier, "Um, actually, I don't know." He didn't want that to happen again, even if she said it wouldn't.
"Ephram, I was wrong to do what I did earlier. We're just friends, and that's all we'll ever be, and I know that. Please don't be afraid of me just because of one mistake I made." Annette wasn't so perky anymore.
Ephram took a deep breath and let it out, "Okay, if you're sure about that," He laughed a little, "Because I felt really weird about that earlier, and I don't know if I want to go flying off anymore bridges. I don't think I could handle much more of anything right now." The pain of Amy's breakup was beginning to kick in, "Um, could we meet right now? I really don't want to stay at home."
"Yeah sure. Do you need me to come pick you up?"
Pick up? He had just been dumped, and he was now going to get picked up? This night should be fun, "Um, no, that's okay. If you can just meet me at the bridge that would be great." Ephram hung up the phone without letting Annette say another word. The bridge is where he wanted to meet, and he didn't want Annette to say any other place.
The only problem with meeting with Annette would be that he had to get out of the house. And if he wanted to get out of the house in his condition, it would require sneaking out. This is the one thing Ephram had been waiting to do for quite some time. He had made escape plans when he was grounded, and now he had the chance to use them.
All Ephram knew was that he had to get to Annette.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character in this story, except Annette, and Dr. Taylor, the rest belong to the WB.
Rating: PG-13
Ephram fell asleep shortly after Annette left, he didn't even remember his dad walking back in the room and covering him up. Ephram hadn't really been that cold, and his clothes were nice and warm, because his dad had gotten him into new ones.
Ephram had fallen into a deep and dreamless sleep, and he didn't really mind that, because he wasn't in the mood for any bad dreams that he may have had. He had had a long day, and it wasn't even over yet. He wanted to be able to see Amy, but now that he was like this, that didn't look like it was going to happen.
But it did, because Ephram woke up about three hours later, still laying on the couch, and there was Amy, sitting in the chair next to him. He was happy to see her, and she must have felt the same by the look on her face.
"Hey sleeping beauty!" She smiled at him with a small look of concern in her eyes, "Your dad told me what happened. How are you felling?"
"Fine I guess." Ephram's voice had fully returned, "But I'm not quite sure yet, I'm still a little cold." He pulled the covers closer to his chin, "When did you get here?"
"About ten minutes ago. I just wanted to see you for some reason, and so I thought I would drop by. But when your dad answered the door I got the news. I knew I couldn't leave you, so I stayed here." Amy got that look in her eyes like she was in a far off place, but Ephram wanted her back in his house.
"Well," He said, making her jump a little, "I'm glad you did stay. I was just on my way to see you when this happened." Ephram yawned, but he wasn't tired.
"What exactly did happen, Ephram? Because your dad didn't know the whole story, he just knew that you fell into the river, and he had to pull you out, and right after he did you passed out." Amy sat on the edge of her seat as if anticipating what he was about to say.
"I wasn't paying much attention to where I was going," Ephram wasn't going to say why, "And when I finally did, I realized I was in the wrong lane, with a pick-up truck coming at me. By the time I swerved out of the way and turned back to see where I was going this time, I was nearly over the edge of the bridge. I tried to stop, but, as you can see, that didn't work very well." He smiled and looked up at her, "And you know the rest."
"Yeah I do." Amy started playing with her fingers, and Ephram knew something was wrong, "What's been going on with you lately? You've been getting into a lot of trouble, and it mainly has to do with that Annette girl." Amy wasn't positive about what she was saying, but it sounded right.
"Amy, I really wish I could tell you, but I can't. It's too important to her, and me. If I did tell you it would cause more trouble than I could handle, and that wouldn't be good. I promise you will find out soon, I just can't tell you now. I'm pretty sure we've been over this." Ephram tried smiling at her, but her face told him to wipe it off.
"Ephram, I am getting really tired of this. I try to help you and you just push me away. You've been under some stress lately, and I understand that. But you can't keep acting like nothing is going on, like we aren't together. You spend more time with Annette what's-her-face than you do with me!" Amy stood up with aggravation, "I really don't want to do this..."
"Then don't!" Ephram interrupted. He knew what was coming, and more than anything he didn't want it to happen.
"Ephram, I have to. You've gone too far, and you can't turn back. I think it would be best if we just didn't see each for awhile, and when you do decide to talk to me, it had better be with an explanation as to why we aren't REALLY together!" Amy walked furiously out of the house, slamming the door behind her.
And just think that was just the beginning of Ephram's big problems.
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Annette had made it home with a lot to think about. She was concerned about Ephram, and the fact that he was even the house with that man...She really didn't think he should be growing up with someone like that. Andy didn't even know her, and he was telling her to get lost without reason.
Well, Annette had something she was going to do about that. She was going to spend more time with Ephram, like get him out of the house more. But before long, something was going to interfere with that, that nobody could stop.
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Ephram just sat on the couch, not doing anything. He didn't want to cry, but he didn't want to move. What he wanted just dumped him, and he had no say in it. He tried his hardest to convince himself to get off the couch, but he was too upset. He knew dinner would be here soon, because his dad just ordered pizza, Ephram heard Andy on the phone, so he would have to move sometime.
Even though he felt like crap, Ephram got to his feet and walked into the kitchen. "What was that slam I heard a minute ago?" Andy was getting plates from the cabinet.
"Oh that? It was nothing, just Amy breaking up with me and storming out." Ephram sat down at the table.
"Really? I thought you two were getting along nicely. Is there a reason she broke up with you?"
"No dad, she just did for the fun of it." Ephram wasn't in the mood to talk right then.
"You know, you shouldn't be off of the couch right now, you have got to be freezing." Andy didn't want Ephram getting sick.
"I'm fine dad, I'm not cold. I just feel a little tired, that all." He put his head on the table and nearly fell asleep immediately, so he picked his head back up, "Okay, more tired than I thought."
"Why don't you go up to bed? I'll bring dinner to you whenever it gets here." Dr. Brown put two plates on the table, and put one back in the cabinet where he first got it from.
"That sounds good to me, I might call Annette." Ephram looked up at his dad, who looked less than happy about those last few words.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea. I don't like you two hanging out together this much. She's caused a lot of trouble in your life, and I'm just watching out for you."
"Dad, I have to stick with her. And the more time I spend with her, the better. It means she won't ki..." Ephram stopped before he said anymore. He almost made his life even worse.
"It means she won't what?" Andy hadn't realized Ephram's near giveaway.
"Nothing, it doesn't mean anything." Ephram stood up and walked to his room.
Once he got there his heart was racing. It almost seemed impossible to walk up the stairs. Ephram had never felt so bad in his life, but that might have been because he had never been thrown off of a bridge and into a freezing cold river.
"I can't believe this. My own father trying to keep me away from the only friend I have left. If Amy won't talk to me, Bright won't for sure." Ephram then realized what this meant, "Oh great! I'll be pulverized before I reach 11th grade! Bright is going to kill me for breaking his little sisters heart...Even if she's the one that broke up with me!"
He sat on his bed thinking for awhile, but was soon interrupted by the phone ringing. Luckily it was Annette; he had forgotten he said he was going to call her when he was downstairs.
"Hello?" Ephram reached the phone, but not as easily as it should have been. Like he said before, he was more tired than he thought.
"Hey Ephram!" Annette was unusually perky.
"Hey Annette."
"Do you want to go out later? Like, maybe to Clix or something?" This was really weird for Ephram, because he had never been asked out before. Especially never by someone who had said they were going to kill themselves.
But then he thought of what his father had said. He didn't like that Ephram was hanging out with Annette, but Andy would have to get over that, because if Ephram wanted a life, Annette was his best shot.
"Yeah, that sounds great." Then he got that awkward feeling again, the one he had gotten when he was at Annette's house earlier, "Um, actually, I don't know." He didn't want that to happen again, even if she said it wouldn't.
"Ephram, I was wrong to do what I did earlier. We're just friends, and that's all we'll ever be, and I know that. Please don't be afraid of me just because of one mistake I made." Annette wasn't so perky anymore.
Ephram took a deep breath and let it out, "Okay, if you're sure about that," He laughed a little, "Because I felt really weird about that earlier, and I don't know if I want to go flying off anymore bridges. I don't think I could handle much more of anything right now." The pain of Amy's breakup was beginning to kick in, "Um, could we meet right now? I really don't want to stay at home."
"Yeah sure. Do you need me to come pick you up?"
Pick up? He had just been dumped, and he was now going to get picked up? This night should be fun, "Um, no, that's okay. If you can just meet me at the bridge that would be great." Ephram hung up the phone without letting Annette say another word. The bridge is where he wanted to meet, and he didn't want Annette to say any other place.
The only problem with meeting with Annette would be that he had to get out of the house. And if he wanted to get out of the house in his condition, it would require sneaking out. This is the one thing Ephram had been waiting to do for quite some time. He had made escape plans when he was grounded, and now he had the chance to use them.
All Ephram knew was that he had to get to Annette.