Title: Inevitable

Author: The Maria

Category: Everwood, E/A with mention of E/L and C/A

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Everything in the past has led up to this. Change is inevitable.

Disclaimer: I can only wish I owned these characters. But I don't the WB does, and Greg Berlanti, and Mickey Liddell do the lucky bums.

Inevitable

Prologue

The surgery was a success, and that left Ephram once again alone. The princess had once again returned to her fallen knight, and anything that might have transpired between Ephram and Amy was now completely erased, in her mind that is. For him, everything was there in excruciating detail. It wasn't that Amy had forgotten, in fact it was quite the opposite. She remembered everything perfectly, and because of that the poor girl was so confused she didn't know what to do. So she did what everyone expected of her. Lately, however, she was starting to question that Guiniverian decision. You see, the more she got to know Colin, the more she came to realize that he wasn't the same exact Colin he used to be, the Colin she fell in love with. She still loved this Colin the Second, but not in the same way. She no longer felt like he was the love of her life. Now the way she felt about Ephram that was special. To Amy her lover for Ephram was like what she felt for Colin the First, of course with a uniqueness that only Ephram could have produced. And that was exactly her problem- how do you tell a guy who was comatose for months, who loved you twice, that you're in love with someone else? More so, how do you tell a guy you love someone else when you just pledged your undying love for him only a month ago? When she had said it, it was true, but since that moment in the hospital, when she realized Ephram was still looking out for her out of love, her heart had begun to change.
Meanwhile Ephram was completely unaware of what was going on. He thought that she had forgotten everything about them, and it was tearing him up inside. Yet he realized it was his fault. He could have gone back to New York for the summer, but he had decided to stay. Partially because he wanted to be near her and partially because he believed Everwood was where his mom's spirit was. The more Ephram thought about it the more he regretted his decision. Not only would he have to see Colin and Amy together, he would also have to see Colin's sister Laynie. Ephram had no clue how he was going to be able to face her; after all, she had dumped him because he was still in love with Amy. This was going to be an interesting summer for the two love triangles of Everwood.