Chapter Twenty-Nine – Ephram's Reflections
Ephram threw his bag down on his bed. Aside from Colin's somewhat distant attitude, the day had run smoothly. For one of the first times he moved to Everwood, he noticed he hadn't really thought about what could possibly be wrong with the happy couple. No, there was someone else on his mind.
He knew he was smiling to himself again. He had been doing that lot lately. Just the sound of her name sent him smiling. You've turned into one giant butterfly, he heard his inner voice saying. "But I like being a butterfly," he whispered aloud to himself.
People would call him crazy for talking to himself. He wasn't really crazy, just crazy over his girlfriend. He had gotten crazier and crazier over her with every passing day and faster than he could believe. In just four days, they were going to celebrate their one month anniversary, and Christmas was just a little over a week after that. He had gotten her a bracelet and necklace set, with a money loan from his father that he would be working off for awhile. He planned to give her the bracelet, and then the necklace. He could only hope she would like them.
He made his way over to the piano. He placed his fingers on the keys and began to play. He wasn't exactly sure of what he was playing, but he just let his emotions come out in the notes.
His eyelids closed over his blue eyes and he knew he was smiling because he could see her. It was the favorite image he held in his mind, of the first time he went over her house and found her playing guitar. She glowed whenever she played that instrument. It's like she completely lost all the haunting thoughts in her mind.
He wondered if his mother was watching, and if she approved of Ryan. He knew that his father did, and Delia adored her. He believed she did.. well at least, he would like to believe she did.
He lifted his hands from keys, satisfied with his brief release. He got up, sliding the cover back over the piano and walked over to the kitchen. He opened up in the fridge and took a can of soda out. He sat on the counter, lost in thought.
He figured it must have been normal to start any relationship and think about love and wonder if that's where the relationship was going. And he had been thinking about it, a little bit in the beginning, and more and more with each passing day. With their anniversary coming up, he couldn't stop thinking about it. He knew back at Homecoming he was falling in love with her.
Everything about her made him smile. The way she moved, her sarcastic remarks, and even the little disagreements they'd have over stupid things. She was smart and yet lacked common sense sometimes, she was immature and yet, her maturity was sometimes way beyond her years. She was funny and sweet and beautiful and … Ephram sighed. She was amazing.
And Friday night, she was going to find out just how amazing she was.
