The Mourning After
PG-13
I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to the WB.
"Come on Ephram; let's get you to your dad's clinic." Amy pulled Ephram up with her arm around him, "I'm sure he'll be glad to know you're okay."
Ephram didn't say anything; he just walked out of the diner with Amy. There were camera's and news reporters everywhere; apparently they had nothing better to do than cover this story.
Amy kept leading Ephram through the crowds of people, not stopping for anyone. They finally made it into an open space, so Amy made a run for it, Ephram could barely keep up.
"Could you go a little slower? I can't run that fast right now!" Ephram tried to get Amy to stop but she didn't.
"You can rest when we get to your dad's office; we have to get you away from these people!" Amy looked back and smiled at Ephram, and then they kept going.
They soon made it to the office and ran inside, "Amy, what are you two doing here?" Edna stood from her seat and looked at the two teenagers, "You look horrible, Ephram."
"Thanks alot." He was breathing heavily and could hardly stand, so he went over to the nearest empty bench and sat down, "That wiped me out Amy."
"It shouldn't have, are you okay?" Amy went and sat next to him.
Edna looked at them and let out a small sigh, "I'm still waiting for an answer."
"I was sick yesterday; it happened after I left school, but I got better really fast, I thought I was fine, but running took the life out of me." Ephram leaned his head up against the wall behind him and closed his eyes.
"Oh, sorry." Amy smiled and then looked at her grandmother, who was standing in front of the bench with her arms crossed, "Oh yeah, sorry grandma. Ephram and I had a little fight at school and I ran out. I ran to the diner and after I got there this guy showed up, he had a gun."
"A gun!?!" Edna let her arms fall to her side and her eyes get wide.
"Yeah, but everyone is okay. Ephram saved us." She looked over at Ephram, he still had his eyes closed, but he was smiling a little, "The guy grabbed me by the neck and Ephram came in a minute later, he saved my life and alot of other people's. He could have been killed, and actually for a minute I thought he was dead, but that was after I was outside, before I went in and dragged him here."
"When was this?" Edna was still standing, but she wasn't wide eyed anymore.
"About an hour ago. Ephram and I sat in the diner for awhile, he looked like he just needed to sit there for a bit, and so we did." Amy looked over at Ephram; he was snoring a little bit now.
Edna looked at him and smiled, "I'll go get the doc." She whispered.
Amy just smiled and nodded a little bit. She looked back over at Ephram and then slowly pulled his head down so it was lying on her shoulder. He stayed asleep the whole time; apparently he really was wiped out.
A few minutes later Andy walked into the waiting room with Edna, "What do you mean they're here?" Andy sounded angry, but when he saw his son asleep the way he was he couldn't help but smile.
"He's had a rough day." Amy smiled and pointed to Edna, signaling for her to explain.
She did and Andy didn't like it. He got a worried look on his face when he heard about the gunman, but eased up a little bit when Amy assured him Ephram was okay, just really out of it.
Andy looked at Amy, and then at Ephram, smiling, "Okay, lets get him into one of the rooms, he can sleep there." He carefully picked Ephram up and tried not to wake him. He went into one of the few rooms in the building and laid him down, "He should be asleep for awhile, and he needs it. He hasn't been sleeping much this past week, I guess because of Annette."
Amy's face grew grim when she heard that name. She knew Ephram was going through a hard time, and now she realized why he was acting the way he was in the cafeteria at school that afternoon. He needed someone there for him and she had been blown off for trying, but now she knew that she could NOT let him do that again. No matter what Ephram said to her she was going to be there for him, until the end. She loved him, but he already knew that.
Now the question was how was she going help hi out 24/7? She couldn't be there all the time, and Andy wasn't doing much to help, he couldn't see that his son needed help. But that was about to change, "Dr. Brown can I talk to you?"
"Sure Amy." Andy followed Amy into the next room, "What's wrong?"
Amy turned around and smiled, "How did you know something was wrong?"
"I know you care about Ephram, and I figured that's what this is about, and at this point in his life, if he's talked about, it isn't good." Amy smiled a little bigger but that quickly went away when she looked down at her feet. She had to let him know that his son was in trouble, but how?
She decided to just go for it, let it all out, "Dr. Brown, Ephram is acting alot different than he used to. He yells at me more, he gets angrier more easily, and he seems to cut himself off from everyone else, he isn't eating at school, and he always looks so tired. I'm worried about him." She breathed a sigh of relief after getting that all out of her system.
Dr. Brown took a deep breath, "I know Amy, I know he's like this, but there isn't anything I can do about it. It's all because of Annette, he won't eat or sleep because he's too upset, and he gets angry at people easily because he's too afraid of getting close to people because they might die on him, and he can't go through that again. That's why he's like that in there," He pointed to the next room, "He isn't just tired, he probably passed out because he was afraid of losing you to that gunman and the pressure just got to him. "He hasn't been doing so well lately. He's been throwing up, think that I don't know it, I saw him yesterday, but that was because he couldn't hide his dizziness or headaches any longer. He fell halfway down the stairs at our house because of them Amy, and it's getting to the point where I am going to have to put my foot down, he has to sleep, and he HAS to eat, I can't let him live like this any longer, he's gotten away with it long enough."
Amy was surprised to hear about Ephram's accident the day before, and she felt horrible when she did. He had to be hiding some kind of pain, because falling down half a flight of stairs couldn't feel good. She didn't know what she could do to help Ephram, but she would do anything she could. She would make him eat at school, even if that meant she had to buy his lunch everyday, she would do it.
Little did either of them know that Ephram was falling into a place that only Amy was going to be able to get him out of, and that was going to take some doing. He was going to go through one of the hardest times of his life, and it was going to take up alot of it too.
PG-13
I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to the WB.
"Come on Ephram; let's get you to your dad's clinic." Amy pulled Ephram up with her arm around him, "I'm sure he'll be glad to know you're okay."
Ephram didn't say anything; he just walked out of the diner with Amy. There were camera's and news reporters everywhere; apparently they had nothing better to do than cover this story.
Amy kept leading Ephram through the crowds of people, not stopping for anyone. They finally made it into an open space, so Amy made a run for it, Ephram could barely keep up.
"Could you go a little slower? I can't run that fast right now!" Ephram tried to get Amy to stop but she didn't.
"You can rest when we get to your dad's office; we have to get you away from these people!" Amy looked back and smiled at Ephram, and then they kept going.
They soon made it to the office and ran inside, "Amy, what are you two doing here?" Edna stood from her seat and looked at the two teenagers, "You look horrible, Ephram."
"Thanks alot." He was breathing heavily and could hardly stand, so he went over to the nearest empty bench and sat down, "That wiped me out Amy."
"It shouldn't have, are you okay?" Amy went and sat next to him.
Edna looked at them and let out a small sigh, "I'm still waiting for an answer."
"I was sick yesterday; it happened after I left school, but I got better really fast, I thought I was fine, but running took the life out of me." Ephram leaned his head up against the wall behind him and closed his eyes.
"Oh, sorry." Amy smiled and then looked at her grandmother, who was standing in front of the bench with her arms crossed, "Oh yeah, sorry grandma. Ephram and I had a little fight at school and I ran out. I ran to the diner and after I got there this guy showed up, he had a gun."
"A gun!?!" Edna let her arms fall to her side and her eyes get wide.
"Yeah, but everyone is okay. Ephram saved us." She looked over at Ephram, he still had his eyes closed, but he was smiling a little, "The guy grabbed me by the neck and Ephram came in a minute later, he saved my life and alot of other people's. He could have been killed, and actually for a minute I thought he was dead, but that was after I was outside, before I went in and dragged him here."
"When was this?" Edna was still standing, but she wasn't wide eyed anymore.
"About an hour ago. Ephram and I sat in the diner for awhile, he looked like he just needed to sit there for a bit, and so we did." Amy looked over at Ephram; he was snoring a little bit now.
Edna looked at him and smiled, "I'll go get the doc." She whispered.
Amy just smiled and nodded a little bit. She looked back over at Ephram and then slowly pulled his head down so it was lying on her shoulder. He stayed asleep the whole time; apparently he really was wiped out.
A few minutes later Andy walked into the waiting room with Edna, "What do you mean they're here?" Andy sounded angry, but when he saw his son asleep the way he was he couldn't help but smile.
"He's had a rough day." Amy smiled and pointed to Edna, signaling for her to explain.
She did and Andy didn't like it. He got a worried look on his face when he heard about the gunman, but eased up a little bit when Amy assured him Ephram was okay, just really out of it.
Andy looked at Amy, and then at Ephram, smiling, "Okay, lets get him into one of the rooms, he can sleep there." He carefully picked Ephram up and tried not to wake him. He went into one of the few rooms in the building and laid him down, "He should be asleep for awhile, and he needs it. He hasn't been sleeping much this past week, I guess because of Annette."
Amy's face grew grim when she heard that name. She knew Ephram was going through a hard time, and now she realized why he was acting the way he was in the cafeteria at school that afternoon. He needed someone there for him and she had been blown off for trying, but now she knew that she could NOT let him do that again. No matter what Ephram said to her she was going to be there for him, until the end. She loved him, but he already knew that.
Now the question was how was she going help hi out 24/7? She couldn't be there all the time, and Andy wasn't doing much to help, he couldn't see that his son needed help. But that was about to change, "Dr. Brown can I talk to you?"
"Sure Amy." Andy followed Amy into the next room, "What's wrong?"
Amy turned around and smiled, "How did you know something was wrong?"
"I know you care about Ephram, and I figured that's what this is about, and at this point in his life, if he's talked about, it isn't good." Amy smiled a little bigger but that quickly went away when she looked down at her feet. She had to let him know that his son was in trouble, but how?
She decided to just go for it, let it all out, "Dr. Brown, Ephram is acting alot different than he used to. He yells at me more, he gets angrier more easily, and he seems to cut himself off from everyone else, he isn't eating at school, and he always looks so tired. I'm worried about him." She breathed a sigh of relief after getting that all out of her system.
Dr. Brown took a deep breath, "I know Amy, I know he's like this, but there isn't anything I can do about it. It's all because of Annette, he won't eat or sleep because he's too upset, and he gets angry at people easily because he's too afraid of getting close to people because they might die on him, and he can't go through that again. That's why he's like that in there," He pointed to the next room, "He isn't just tired, he probably passed out because he was afraid of losing you to that gunman and the pressure just got to him. "He hasn't been doing so well lately. He's been throwing up, think that I don't know it, I saw him yesterday, but that was because he couldn't hide his dizziness or headaches any longer. He fell halfway down the stairs at our house because of them Amy, and it's getting to the point where I am going to have to put my foot down, he has to sleep, and he HAS to eat, I can't let him live like this any longer, he's gotten away with it long enough."
Amy was surprised to hear about Ephram's accident the day before, and she felt horrible when she did. He had to be hiding some kind of pain, because falling down half a flight of stairs couldn't feel good. She didn't know what she could do to help Ephram, but she would do anything she could. She would make him eat at school, even if that meant she had to buy his lunch everyday, she would do it.
Little did either of them know that Ephram was falling into a place that only Amy was going to be able to get him out of, and that was going to take some doing. He was going to go through one of the hardest times of his life, and it was going to take up alot of it too.