A/N – Thanks for all your reviews! They really make my day. Rils, let's strike a deal, you can have Ephram to yourself! I have plenty with Colin…lol! Please keep reviewing!

"Your turn," said Bright, handing the dice over to Ephram.

            Ephram rolled a pair of fours, and as he moved his playing piece around the Monopoly board he looked up at Amy and smiled. To his relief, she gave a small smile back, proving that she was still paying attention to her surroundings.

            The doctors and nurses were attending to Colin and no one was allowed to see him yet. At Bright's suggestion, they all started a game of Monopoly, mainly to distract Amy from what was going on. She had not wanted to play, but when Dr. Brown had reminded her that it would be at least an hour before anyone would be able to see Colin, she relented.

            Dr. Brown had quickly and calmly explained to Amy that they had given Colin some drugs that would make him stay asleep for awhile, so that he would be in less pain. Though he was asleep at the moment, the doctors would wake him up when his family and friends were allowed to see him.

Amy had to laugh every time Ephram landed on the jail square, or when Bright suddenly went bankrupt. Amazingly, Delia was winning the game, hundreds of monopoly dollars ahead of everyone else. Amy was in second, and Ephram and Bright were tied for last place. The time definitely seemed to pass quicker while they were playing.

            Amy was happy that her brother and Ephram were getting along, it was the first time that they had done so. It seemed too good to be true. After thinking this, she remembered that her boyfriend's life was on the line. Amy sighed.

            Both Bright and Ephram glanced at her, eying her and then looking at each other. They quickly went back to concentrating on the game though.

            "Amy?" Delia's asked, looking at her brother's friend intently.

            "Yes, Delia?" Amy tried to smile for the younger girl, keeping her voice calm and steady.

            "Colin's your boyfriend, right?" Delia looked thoughtful on this point, and Amy noticed that Ephram had looked down at the floor.

            "Yes, yes he is." Amy was trying to keep smiling, but it was becoming difficult and her lower lip started to tremble.

            "Well," Delia continued, unaware of Amy's troubles, "I was wondering, do you have to love someone to be their girlfriend? I mean, do you love Colin?"

            Bright started coughing, and Ephram was now glaring at Delia.

            "Well, Delia," Amy felt tears coming to her eyes, and she noted that Bright had stopped coughing and Ephram was no longer giving Delia glares, but they were both staring at her. "That's a really hard question, especially for me to answer right now. Why are you asking?"

            "Well, you're really the only older girl I know, and I wanted to get your advice on boy stuff…" Delia trailed off, now looking at Ephram nervously.

            "You know what?" Amy smiled and got up, walking over to Delia and pulling her up, "If you want to talk, then we can go talk about 'girl stuff' while the guys keep playing. How does that sound?"

            Delia smiled and nodded.

            "Okay, guys, we'll be outside on the bench," Amy said confidently.

Ephram got up out of his chair and gave her a hug.

"If you need me, just come and get me, okay?" he said in her ear.

            Amy pulled back and nodded, "Of course."

            Bright noticed the closeness of the two teenagers. He knew about Ephram's feelings for his little sister but wasn't sure about Amy's feelings. He decided to ask Ephram about it once his sister had left.

            Amy and Delia walked off and Ephram turned to Bright.

            "Your turn," he said, sitting back down.

            "Ephram," Bright said while rolling the dice, "we need to have a little talk."

            "Really? What about?" Ephram chose to play dumb, even though he had a pretty good idea what this was going to be about.

            "My sister and you, what's going on between the two of you guys?" Bright asked this as casually as possible, while moving his pieces around the board.

            "Nothing at all," Ephram replied shortly.

            "Are you sure? 'Cause that's not what I picked up on just now."

            Bright handed the dice over to Ephram.

            "Well," Ephram rolled the dice as he answered, "do you really want to be let in the circle, Bright? I'll tell you everything if you want."

            The older boy was surprised at Ephram's reply, not expecting to get such an offer.

            "Alright, my friend. Start from the beginning." Bright replied, leaning back in his chair.