Chapter Seventeen – You're Greener, Amy

Ephram and Ryan spent three days stuck in Ryan's house, until finally Andy showed up one morning to find the two teenagers asleep on the couch. He smiled, and saw the two had managed to not only resist killing each other, but had discovered the feelings he knew they both had since the beginning.

And so it was back to routine for the two, as the following morning, it was time to return to school.

Ryan was just heading downstairs as Amy beeped the horn from outside. She quickly ran out the door and to the end of the driveway, where Amy was waiting. She climbed into the back seat, where Bright was already assuming his usual sleeping position. She just smiled and shook her head at him.

"Why does he sit in the back? Do you and Colin threaten him or something," Ryan asked, with a smile.

"No," Amy said, "He just knows. He's not entirely stupid."

There was certain coldness in her tone, and it sent a chill down Ryan's spine. Brr, ice princess, she thought. She turned her attention out the window as they drove to the Hart residence.

Colin got in the front passenger seat, gave Amy a kiss, and then turned around to Ryan. "So, I hear your first snowed in experience was interesting…" he began, suggestively.

Ryan smiled, and a red tint came across her cheeks. "I hate this small town crap! Nothing stays a secret!"

"Please, everyone and their mom knew it was going to happen."

"Everyone and their mom?"

Colin shrugged. "I don't know. Things just pop into my head sometimes."

Ryan laughed. "But if you must know, it was interesting."

Through this whole conversation, Amy remained silent. Colin's attention was diverted enough; he didn't notice she was gripping the steering wheel so tight her knuckles were turning white. She kept her gaze on the road, and tried everything to concentrate on her driving. She pulled up into the Brown's driveway and beeped her horn.

Almost instantly, Ephram was outside and walking out towards the car. Amy couldn't believe her eyes. He actually looked like he had tried to make himself presentable. He looked awake and … alive. He was wearing a smirk on his face, and Amy couldn't help but smile at how cute he looked. Her smile quickly faded however, when Ephram got into the back and she watched in the rearview mirror the smiles and looks him and Ryan gave each other.

"Hey you two lovebirds," Colin said.

Just like Ryan, a certain red tint spread across Ephram's cheeks. He took Ryan's hand and laced his fingers were hers, and the two smiled at each other.

"Okay, don't just sit there and give each other puppy eyes, what happened?"

Ephram raised an eyebrow at Colin. He just shook his head at him.

Ryan laughed. "We had hot sex every single night, man, he just blew my mind."

Keep it cool, Abbott, Amy thought. She pulled into the school parking lot, parked the car, turned it off, and quickly got out, slamming the door behind her, before anyone else could even finish gathering their things.

Colin quickly got out of the car, and tried to follow her, but she was moving too quickly. He just stood by the car, looking stunned and confused.

Ryan and Bright stood next to each other, knowing exactly why Amy had stormed off. Ephram soon joined Ryan's side, an arm around her waist.

"I'm gonna," Colin began, nodding towards to the direction that Amy had ran of into and the other three nodded.

They stood there in silence for a few moments, before the three of them made their way towards the school doors.