Save Me
An Everwood Fanfiction
(Starts in the episode "Turf Wars" where Julia's parents visit from New York, and Colin's parents tell Amy to leave the hospital because she's stressing everyone out. In this story, it's Amy's birthday on the day on that big party.)
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Chapter Four
"Ephram, what in the world did you do to Tanner?" Andy Brown demanded. His son stood at the bottom of the stairs, practically fuming over the false accusations that were so wrongly assumed.
"I didn't do anything to that dog! Look at it! You think I actually picked it up and smeared all that charcoal on him? Right!" he sarcastically seethed.
"Delia said she saw you kick at him."
"He ruined my drawing, Dad! How can you neglect that fact? I've been working on that nonstop for a week! Now Amy doesn't have a present and her birthday is tomorrow. That's just great. And you don't even care that it upsets me. You're just worried about a dumb dog." Ephram scoffed and stomped back upstairs but didn't dare go in his room since the mess was overwhelming and the odor coming from the mess was horrid.
Downstairs, his father stood unsure of how to make things better. Well, I can never do anything right, I know that. What to do, what to do. He stared at the angel-eyed devil dog that sat by the door in Delia's arms. He inwardly sighed, climbed the stairs, and found his son sitting against the door jam.
"Here, take this," he said as he pulled a credit card out of his wallet, "Go find Amy something. Anything."
"Anything?" he questioned, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets.
"As long as it's under $200," Andy finally added. "You think that's equal to the price of your drawing?"
"No," answered Ephram, "More like $1000."
"Too bad. Hurry, you better leave now or you'll have to help me clean up this mess."
That's all he had to say since Ephram was becoming nauseous from the vomit stench. In a matter of seconds, he was out of the house and headed for the small row of shops in town. After a rough five minutes of brisk walking, he was able to start looking for the second best present he could think of.
When he first thought of ideas for the girl of his dreams, he had two gifts to choose from. One being the drawing and the other this mystery item he was searching for currently. Since the latter cost a considerable amount of money (in a teenager's eyes) he decided with the cheapest way, even though it wasn't the fastest. He preferred a more personal gift like a drawing because it showed that he actually put time into it. That was his reasoning at least.
After locating the precious item and with $149.99 spent, Ephram started towards the grocery store to buy flowers with what was left in his price range. It was no surprise that his thoughts had to deal with Amy.
What will she think? Is she gonna like this? Is it too corny… hmmm. I wonder. It's going to look great on her. She looks great…those beautiful, long luscious locks of dirty blonde hair flowing in the wind as she walks…those chocolate drops of eyes hidden behind a chic pair of sunglasses…her flawless skin radiating in the waning sunlight…that wonderful shape walking towards me, yes, she already looks great.
Amazingly, Ephram's daydream turned into reality as his head went into alarm. She's really walking towards me, his mind realized. He had forgotten she went to the grocery store also, and she was on her way out, arms full of bags. Ephram quickly slipped into a small hardware store and silently used the window as a lookout to see when she had passed. Fortunately, Amy didn't follow. She didn't see him.
Once he was sure she was out of the area, which was a good ten minutes just to be sure, Ephram decided it was alright to return home without the chance of running into her. His thoughts were still on Amy, but now with flowers and gift in hand, his mind wandered to the next day and the events that were soon to follow.
(A/N: Sorry for not combining this chapter and the last. I'm lazy… :/ lol But never fear! The date is next! I call it a date. They will too! *wink wink* ~ Lauren)