The Mourning After
PG-13
I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to the WB.
Ephram could feel his head pounding before anything else. He hadn't opened his eyes yet, and he could feel cool air brushing against his cheeks and hands. A painful groan escaped him and he slowly shook his head and opened his eyes.
He found himself in the middle of what appeared to be nowhere. He was in a tall grassy area, it obviously wasn't in Everwood. He propped himself up on his elbows and looked around, but the dead grass was too tall from where he was positioned, he couldn't see anything.
He managed to get to his feet, slowly, and it took a minute, but he managed. He stumbled a little, but then regained his balance, "Where in the world am I?" He whispered to himself, "And what happened?" He looked down at the ground and twisted his lips a little as he scratched the back of his neck.
Everything that had happened in Bright's truck slowly came back to Ephram. He remembered every word that was said and every place that they went, up until Bright smashed his head up against the dashboard. He turned around several times to see if he could figure out where he was, but he could only see grass, and alot of it.
"I guess walking is my only option." He looked around once more and then realized that someone had made marks in the grass. Bright had to have gotten him there somehow, and he didn't cover his tracks very well.
Ephram curled the right side of his lips to form a half smile and he quickly followed the footprints and grass that had been pushed aside, "He really doesn't live up to his name." Ephram continued to follow the tracks until he saw tire tracks, "And here we find the getaway vehicle tracks."
He continued to follow a little further until he heard the sound of cars flying by him. He looked to his left, where the sounds were coming from, and ran in that direction. It was getting dark, and so he needed to find his way home quickly. His head was killing him and so it was getting difficult to stay standing. He stumbled several times and whenever he stopped he got dizzy, so he rarely stopped.
He reached the road in a matter of minutes. It wasn't a busy one, but it had enough traffic that he could flag a red Coupe Devil down. The car pulled to a stop at the side of the road and Ephram ran to the passenger's window, "So you know which way Everwood is?" He asked the brown haired girl in the driver's seat.
She smiled at him sweetly and nodded, "Yeah, it's about twenty miles behind us." She was fair skinned and had bright blue eyes, "What are you doing all the way out here on foot if you're looking for Everwood?"
Ephram shook his head and looked at her with a smile, "It's a long story. Thanks for the info; I have to go before I get killed out here!" He ran in the opposite direction the car had come from and waved to the girl as she started driving again.
"Twenty miles this way?" Ephram started talking to himself as he shoved his hands in his pockets, "Where did Bright take me?" He looked at the field one last time as he slowly progressed toward Everwood. His headache had gone down a little bit, but it was still bad enough that he got dizzy and stumbled a little bit.
He was going to have a rough trip home, and it was going to take longer than he would have expected, or wanted.
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Ok, there is the next chapter! I hope you enjoyed it...Ephram is going to go through rough times in the next few chapters, so please don't stop reading!!! (
PG-13
I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to the WB.
Ephram could feel his head pounding before anything else. He hadn't opened his eyes yet, and he could feel cool air brushing against his cheeks and hands. A painful groan escaped him and he slowly shook his head and opened his eyes.
He found himself in the middle of what appeared to be nowhere. He was in a tall grassy area, it obviously wasn't in Everwood. He propped himself up on his elbows and looked around, but the dead grass was too tall from where he was positioned, he couldn't see anything.
He managed to get to his feet, slowly, and it took a minute, but he managed. He stumbled a little, but then regained his balance, "Where in the world am I?" He whispered to himself, "And what happened?" He looked down at the ground and twisted his lips a little as he scratched the back of his neck.
Everything that had happened in Bright's truck slowly came back to Ephram. He remembered every word that was said and every place that they went, up until Bright smashed his head up against the dashboard. He turned around several times to see if he could figure out where he was, but he could only see grass, and alot of it.
"I guess walking is my only option." He looked around once more and then realized that someone had made marks in the grass. Bright had to have gotten him there somehow, and he didn't cover his tracks very well.
Ephram curled the right side of his lips to form a half smile and he quickly followed the footprints and grass that had been pushed aside, "He really doesn't live up to his name." Ephram continued to follow the tracks until he saw tire tracks, "And here we find the getaway vehicle tracks."
He continued to follow a little further until he heard the sound of cars flying by him. He looked to his left, where the sounds were coming from, and ran in that direction. It was getting dark, and so he needed to find his way home quickly. His head was killing him and so it was getting difficult to stay standing. He stumbled several times and whenever he stopped he got dizzy, so he rarely stopped.
He reached the road in a matter of minutes. It wasn't a busy one, but it had enough traffic that he could flag a red Coupe Devil down. The car pulled to a stop at the side of the road and Ephram ran to the passenger's window, "So you know which way Everwood is?" He asked the brown haired girl in the driver's seat.
She smiled at him sweetly and nodded, "Yeah, it's about twenty miles behind us." She was fair skinned and had bright blue eyes, "What are you doing all the way out here on foot if you're looking for Everwood?"
Ephram shook his head and looked at her with a smile, "It's a long story. Thanks for the info; I have to go before I get killed out here!" He ran in the opposite direction the car had come from and waved to the girl as she started driving again.
"Twenty miles this way?" Ephram started talking to himself as he shoved his hands in his pockets, "Where did Bright take me?" He looked at the field one last time as he slowly progressed toward Everwood. His headache had gone down a little bit, but it was still bad enough that he got dizzy and stumbled a little bit.
He was going to have a rough trip home, and it was going to take longer than he would have expected, or wanted.
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Ok, there is the next chapter! I hope you enjoyed it...Ephram is going to go through rough times in the next few chapters, so please don't stop reading!!! (