Chapter 11 ~The Choice he will make~

Amy sighed relief as her and Ephram had just had an intimate time together and Amy had asked Ephram to marry her. At 15. Ephram was about to tell Amy to leave, but he didn't.

"Ephram." "I asked you to marry me for a reason." "You don't seem to like the idea though." Amy said.

"Well I'm surprised that's one thing." "I mean I had things to tell you, but then, then this all happened." "I don't know, its confusing." Ephram said.

"Like what Ephram?" "Tell the truth here." Amy said seriously.

"I was going to tell you, that you should go back to Colin." "My dad saw him the other day, and he's not doing so well." "He needs you Amy." "A lot more then I do."

"Are you breaking it off with me Ephram?" "After everything that just happened??"

"I didn't say that Amy." "I mean, you should go see him, tell him who you are, what happened with you too, things that meant something to you." "And hopefully, still do." Ephram said.

"Ephram, why do you care so much about Colin?" "You never met him I mean."

"Amy, I really do want to marry you, but not now." "I'm too young." "I'm sorry."

"Can we still go out then?" Amy asked.

"I guess so."

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"Delia!!!!" Doctor Brown screamed up the stairs.

"WHAT DAD?!!?" "IM BUSY!!!"

"Supper is getting cold!"

"OH WELL!" "ILL BE DOWN IN 10 MINUTES!!!"

"Someone's a little fussy today." Ephram said to his dad.

"Yeah I know." "I wonder what she's doing up there."

"Don't you always." Ephram said sarcastically.

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"Hi is Amy there?" As Ephram picked up the phone to call Amy.

"Yes, may I ask who is calling?" Said Rose Abbott.

"Yeah, this is Ephram."

"Ok, hold on a minute Ephram."

"AMY!" "PHONE CALL!!"

"Hello?" said Amy on the other line.

"Hey Ames." Ephram said.

"Hey ham!" Amy replied.

"Uh, can we talk?" Ephram asked.

"Oh of course." "What about?"

"The marriage thing." Ephram said quietly.

"Oh, that." "Well it makes sense to me that you don't want to marry me."

"I do Amy, I really do, I'm just too young." "If I was 19, sure, I'd marry you." "Just not now." Ephram said.

"That's bull, I mean common. "We almost just had sex together and you wont marry me??" "That's bull Ephram." "Bull." "You know you want to." Amy said harshly.

"Amy please…" Ephram started.

"What Ephram?" "WHAT!?"

"We may have been a little overdone, I mean with the whole bed thing…." Ephram said.

"Hold on a minute, someone's at the door." Amy said.

"Ok."

"HELP!!!!!!!! MOM!!!!!!!!! DAD!!!!!!!! EPHRAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Amy screamed from the other end of the phone.

"AMY! AMY, AMY, AMY!" Ephram screamed.

"Ephram. Are you there?" Rose Abbott said crying from the other end of the line."

"What happened to Amy??" "IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HER I'D KILL MYSELF."

"Ephram, please come down here." Rose said.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO AMY!!!!!!!!!!" Ephram pleaded.

"Someone, someone came to the house, at g--g-un point, and took Amy away." "He had a mask so I don't know who it was." "But the police are on their way, come down Ephram, there may be some clues." Rose said.

"Ok I'm coming right away Mrs. Abbott." Ephram said.

"Ok dear." Rose said.

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Minutes later Ephram, Mrs. Abbott, Doctor Abbott, Doctor Brown, Delia, Irv, Nina, Sam, George, and Edna were at the scene of the crime. Nina came with her two boys to see what had happened, and helped comfort Edna and Mrs. Abbott. Doctor Brown, Delia, Irv, and Doctor Abbott stood with the officers and the CSI'S to see what happened and to look for clues. Meanwhile, Ephram sat at the curb with his head in his hands sobbing. Nina was in tears and glanced over at Ephram, so she excused herself and walked over to Ephram. She sat next to him on the curb and put her arm around him. He looked up at her with tears in his eyes and hugged Nina tightly.

"Ephram, everything is going to be fine." "Trust me." "They are looking for Amy." Nina said comfortingly.

"I hope." "I mean I was on the phone with her and all of a sudden someone was at the door and she was gone." "Its all my fault." Ephram cried.

"There's nothing you could've done Ephram, its not your fault, its no one's fault." "Don't blame yourself." "It just makes you more sad and hurt." Nina said.

"I mean, I love her Nina." I really do." "And I hope she isn't dead." "Oh God…" Ephram cried harder.

"Shhhhh Ephram, shhhh." Everything will be fine." Nina said as tears slipped down her cheeks.

Doctor Brown looked over at his son and looked in the sky and said

- "Lord, let my son be happy, he can't bear to lose someone else."