The Mourning After
PG-13
I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to the WB.
IMPORTANT: If you have NOT read my other two stories before this one it will make no sense! I know I have already confused some of you, and I'm sorry! Please read Hanging by a Moment and Right Place, Right Time! (Just to let everyone know, there are 2 stories on here called Right Place, Right Time...Mine will be pushed further back) Okay, with that said...Here is the next chapter!!
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Andy hastily drove down the rode, looking on both sides, careful not to pass any possibility of his son. He was a nervous wreck, and he let it show. Beads of sweat were gathering on his furrowing brow, threatening to slowly trickle down and sting his already teary eyes.
"Dr. Brown, I'm sure Ephram's fine, he's a strong boy." Amy put a reassuring hand on his shoulder and slowly turned back to the front window, 'Now if only I could get myself to believe that.' She knew in the back of her that something was wrong with Ephram. She just by the way Bright had described the car ride to wherever they went.
***Earlier that day***
Amy walked down the halls of the high school cheerfully, waiting for Ephram to arrive. She got to her locker and turned her head to the left to see Bright walking through the doors, but Ephram was nowhere to be seen.
She ran over to him and gave him an inquisitive look, "Bright, where's Ephram? I thought you were going to pick him up?" She looked over her brother's shoulder to see if Ephram was close behind, but he never walked through the doors.
"We went for a little ride," the smirk on Bright's face made a chill run up Amy's spine, "He's going to be fine, but he's lying in a field somewhere," he cocked his head to the left and smiled, "unconscious."
Amy's eyes went wide and all of a sudden hitting her brother as hard as she could became an option. Hard thrusts of her fists at his chest and stomach brought Bright to his knees, "Where is he!?!" Amy lifted his chin so she could see his face and slapped it hard, "Where did you take Ephram?" Her voice was becoming desperate now, bits of crackling in her tone as she held back the stinging tears that threatened to jump from her lashes.
The smirk returned to Bright's face, an evil glow in his dark eyes joining it, "He's out of town, and that's all I'm saying." With one last punch to her brother's face, Amy ran out of the school and straight toward Dr. Brown's clinic. She had to help Ephram, no matter what.
***Present time***
The sun had fallen behind the horizon, setting a purple and yellow glow in the cold air. It calmed Amy to look up at the sky, but her mind kept going back to Ephram, and she looked down just in time.
"Dr. Brown, stop!" She pointed to a stilled figure lying on the left side of the road, "I think that's Ephram!" Amy jumped out of the car just as it stopped and ran back to the body in the semi-tall grass.
His pale features and dark, matted hair was enough to let Amy know what she suspected was true. She picked his cool hand up in her own and started rubbing it so he would be warm, and to her relief, he moved.
A small groan emitted from his red, chapped lips as he slowly opened his eyes, "What happened?" A scraggly and quiet voice caressed Amy's ear and a few coughs came after it, "Where am I, Aims?" He looked into her compassionate eyes with a questioning look, and then it turned to a look of worry, "Oh no, why did I go with him? I knew I shouldn't have ridden with your brother!" He took his hand away from Amy's and put them both on his forehead, which was still pounding.
"Ephram, I'm sorry, this is my entire fault. I shouldn't have told you to come to school today, or at least not had Bright come and pick you up." She tried to comfort him by putting a hand on his left arm, but she then realized that he was shaking violently. She looked behind her and ran back to Dr. Brown, who was still standing by the vehicle, "Dr. Brown, he's shaking badly, and I don't think he's crying, I think he's shivering."
Andy looked over to his son, seeing his trembling body, he ran over to Ephram and picked him up swiftly, "We have to get him someplace warm. There's no telling how long he's been out here in this temperature." Andy put Ephram in the back seat after Amy opened the door for him and buckled his son in safely.
Ephram was half there now. His eyes were rolling to the back of his head and his body had become limp, "Da...Dad." Ephram grabbed Andy's arm, making the older man turn around quickly and look at his son, "I'm sor...Sorry for the w...Way I've acted...These past few we...Weeks." Andy looked lovingly into Ephram's fully aware eyes and tilted his head to the right, "I love you."
Ephram's body went completely flaccid only moments after he uttered those words and Andy's eyes went wide. 'He's going to be fine, just keep telling yourself that, Andy. Your son is going to be fine.' Those words kept flying through Andy's brain as he flashed his emergency lights and sped down the road, causing dirt to fly all around them.
Amy buckled herself quickly and turned around almost every minute to make sure Ephram was still breathing. She didn't know what was wrong with him, and wasn't sure if she wanted to know, but she knew it wasn't good.
She wanted to be able to help Ephram right then, to be able to hold him and make all of his worries go away, but she couldn't, and that upset her more than anything.
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If you didn't read the IMPORTANT thing at the top, please do. Like it says, it's important. I will update more whenever I get the chance...At least this time you didn't have to wait a long time.
Thanks for everyone's support!
PG-13
I do not own any of the characters in this story; they all belong to the WB.
IMPORTANT: If you have NOT read my other two stories before this one it will make no sense! I know I have already confused some of you, and I'm sorry! Please read Hanging by a Moment and Right Place, Right Time! (Just to let everyone know, there are 2 stories on here called Right Place, Right Time...Mine will be pushed further back) Okay, with that said...Here is the next chapter!!
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Andy hastily drove down the rode, looking on both sides, careful not to pass any possibility of his son. He was a nervous wreck, and he let it show. Beads of sweat were gathering on his furrowing brow, threatening to slowly trickle down and sting his already teary eyes.
"Dr. Brown, I'm sure Ephram's fine, he's a strong boy." Amy put a reassuring hand on his shoulder and slowly turned back to the front window, 'Now if only I could get myself to believe that.' She knew in the back of her that something was wrong with Ephram. She just by the way Bright had described the car ride to wherever they went.
***Earlier that day***
Amy walked down the halls of the high school cheerfully, waiting for Ephram to arrive. She got to her locker and turned her head to the left to see Bright walking through the doors, but Ephram was nowhere to be seen.
She ran over to him and gave him an inquisitive look, "Bright, where's Ephram? I thought you were going to pick him up?" She looked over her brother's shoulder to see if Ephram was close behind, but he never walked through the doors.
"We went for a little ride," the smirk on Bright's face made a chill run up Amy's spine, "He's going to be fine, but he's lying in a field somewhere," he cocked his head to the left and smiled, "unconscious."
Amy's eyes went wide and all of a sudden hitting her brother as hard as she could became an option. Hard thrusts of her fists at his chest and stomach brought Bright to his knees, "Where is he!?!" Amy lifted his chin so she could see his face and slapped it hard, "Where did you take Ephram?" Her voice was becoming desperate now, bits of crackling in her tone as she held back the stinging tears that threatened to jump from her lashes.
The smirk returned to Bright's face, an evil glow in his dark eyes joining it, "He's out of town, and that's all I'm saying." With one last punch to her brother's face, Amy ran out of the school and straight toward Dr. Brown's clinic. She had to help Ephram, no matter what.
***Present time***
The sun had fallen behind the horizon, setting a purple and yellow glow in the cold air. It calmed Amy to look up at the sky, but her mind kept going back to Ephram, and she looked down just in time.
"Dr. Brown, stop!" She pointed to a stilled figure lying on the left side of the road, "I think that's Ephram!" Amy jumped out of the car just as it stopped and ran back to the body in the semi-tall grass.
His pale features and dark, matted hair was enough to let Amy know what she suspected was true. She picked his cool hand up in her own and started rubbing it so he would be warm, and to her relief, he moved.
A small groan emitted from his red, chapped lips as he slowly opened his eyes, "What happened?" A scraggly and quiet voice caressed Amy's ear and a few coughs came after it, "Where am I, Aims?" He looked into her compassionate eyes with a questioning look, and then it turned to a look of worry, "Oh no, why did I go with him? I knew I shouldn't have ridden with your brother!" He took his hand away from Amy's and put them both on his forehead, which was still pounding.
"Ephram, I'm sorry, this is my entire fault. I shouldn't have told you to come to school today, or at least not had Bright come and pick you up." She tried to comfort him by putting a hand on his left arm, but she then realized that he was shaking violently. She looked behind her and ran back to Dr. Brown, who was still standing by the vehicle, "Dr. Brown, he's shaking badly, and I don't think he's crying, I think he's shivering."
Andy looked over to his son, seeing his trembling body, he ran over to Ephram and picked him up swiftly, "We have to get him someplace warm. There's no telling how long he's been out here in this temperature." Andy put Ephram in the back seat after Amy opened the door for him and buckled his son in safely.
Ephram was half there now. His eyes were rolling to the back of his head and his body had become limp, "Da...Dad." Ephram grabbed Andy's arm, making the older man turn around quickly and look at his son, "I'm sor...Sorry for the w...Way I've acted...These past few we...Weeks." Andy looked lovingly into Ephram's fully aware eyes and tilted his head to the right, "I love you."
Ephram's body went completely flaccid only moments after he uttered those words and Andy's eyes went wide. 'He's going to be fine, just keep telling yourself that, Andy. Your son is going to be fine.' Those words kept flying through Andy's brain as he flashed his emergency lights and sped down the road, causing dirt to fly all around them.
Amy buckled herself quickly and turned around almost every minute to make sure Ephram was still breathing. She didn't know what was wrong with him, and wasn't sure if she wanted to know, but she knew it wasn't good.
She wanted to be able to help Ephram right then, to be able to hold him and make all of his worries go away, but she couldn't, and that upset her more than anything.
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If you didn't read the IMPORTANT thing at the top, please do. Like it says, it's important. I will update more whenever I get the chance...At least this time you didn't have to wait a long time.
Thanks for everyone's support!