Disclaimer: I don't own Everwood or any of the characters.
Pairings: Ephram/Amy
Rating: PG-13, just to be on the safe side
This starts at the end of their senior year.
Chapter 1-It's Colin, isn't it?
Ephram Brown frowned as his friend Colin threw up in the trash can. Again and again. It seemed like he had an endless amount of stuff in his stomach that he kept retching.
"Ephram, I need to get home and rest. Can, can you tell Amy that I can't go to with her tonight?" Ephram nodded.
"Just try to get better man. I mean, think of all the great stuff coming up." Colin nodded weakly but when he stepped into the light, Ephram felt himself wince at the sight. Colin's face as white as a sheet and he wore a tight lipped expression. Suddenly, Colin threw up again, this time missing the trashcan. He collapsed on the floor. Ephram stood there shocked for a minute when Colin didn't get up. He knelt down.
"Dad! Dad, help! It's Colin!" Ephram yelled over and over. He checked for a pulse. Where was it? Why hadn't he listened when Andy had told him about this before? There it was! It seemed weak.
"Ephram, I could hear you yelling from the drive, what's wrong?"
"Colin! He was throwing up and then he was gonna go home. He threw up again and passed out." Andy had already moved into the room and he hurried over to Colin.
"Ephram, go call the Harts. Then call Harold Abbott and Edna. Tell them to get over to my office. We'll be there as soon as we can. Ephram nodded, feeling a little shaky from all that had happened.
"Stay with me Ephram. Breathe deep. Go!" Ephram's fingers were quivering as he punched the number. 539-1248
"Hello."
"Mr. Mr.Hart. This is Ephram Brown."
"What is it? Is Colin okay?"
"No, he's been throwing up and he was going to come home, but then he threw up again and he passed out. My dad is bringing him to his office. He wants you to come immediately."
"Tell him I want Harold Abbott to look after him!!"
"Colin could be dying and all you care about is the doctor who's caring for him?" Ephram yelled. He slammed the phone down. Then he grabbed it again and dialed the Abbott's number. A female voice answered this time.
"Colin?" Ephram felt himself wince slightly.
"No. It's Ephram. I need to talk to your dad."
"Ephram. Hi. My dad? What, It's Colin, isn't it? Ephram? Ephram answer me!" The tears were streaming down Amy's face now.
"Amy, you're right. It's Colin. We were hanging out at my house, and he, he started throwing up again. He was about to go and he threw up again. Then he passed out. I need to talk to your dad and then call Edna. He wants both of them to meet him at this office." Ephram could hear Amy crying. Then the line went dead.
Andy and Ephram struggled to get Colin into the car. Ephram shuttled Delia over to Nina's and then got in the car. With squealing tires, they drove to Andy's office where a crowd had gathered. Ephram jumped out and then backed out of the way as Drs. Brown and Abbott started shouting instructions. He found the exit from the mob of rowdy gatherers. There he found Amy.
Her face was red and she looked like she had been crying a lot. Ephram sat down beside her.
"Hey."
"Hi. You don't want to be around here. You don't have to be. I'm just, you know, not a fun person to be around at this moment." Ephram smiled slightly.
"Well I don't really have anything else to do." Amy nodded and then let out a sob. She put her head on Ephram's shoulder and cried.
"Everything was going so great! He was better and he, he asked me to consider moving in with him."
"What about college?"
"The Denver Ballet asked me to come work with them and I told them I would." Ephram nodded.
"What about you?"
"What do you mean?"
"College." Ephram was quiet. Amy didn't know he had agreed to take a position playing for the New York City Ballet.
"I'm not completely sure yet." Ephram started to say something else, but a loud scream came from inside.
"No! Do something else!" Amy's face went white.
"Colin! No no no," Amy sobbed. Ephram put his arm around her as she cried. Footsteps ran out onto the side walk. Ephram glanced up. It was Bright.
"He's dead Amy." Amy continued to cry on Ephram.
"Hey Amy. Let's take a walk." Amy allowed Ephram to pull her up and start walking. Ephram walked until he thought he couldn't walk any farther. Then he saw a small grove of trees by a large lake. He went over and sat down with Amy.
"Ephram, can I tell you something?"
"What?"
"It's about what Co, Colin and I were doing tonight."
"Amy, it's okay, You don't have to tell me."
"But I do. I was performing and he was going to come watch me. We got in a really big fight before. He didn't want to come see me and I thought it was important. So anyway, I finally convinced him to come and then I decided that it wasn't working out any more. Ephram, I was going to break up with him. Now this is the punishment. He dies because I wanted to break up with him."
TBC.
Rating: PG-13, just to be on the safe side
This starts at the end of their senior year.
Chapter 1-It's Colin, isn't it?
Ephram Brown frowned as his friend Colin threw up in the trash can. Again and again. It seemed like he had an endless amount of stuff in his stomach that he kept retching.
"Ephram, I need to get home and rest. Can, can you tell Amy that I can't go to with her tonight?" Ephram nodded.
"Just try to get better man. I mean, think of all the great stuff coming up." Colin nodded weakly but when he stepped into the light, Ephram felt himself wince at the sight. Colin's face as white as a sheet and he wore a tight lipped expression. Suddenly, Colin threw up again, this time missing the trashcan. He collapsed on the floor. Ephram stood there shocked for a minute when Colin didn't get up. He knelt down.
"Dad! Dad, help! It's Colin!" Ephram yelled over and over. He checked for a pulse. Where was it? Why hadn't he listened when Andy had told him about this before? There it was! It seemed weak.
"Ephram, I could hear you yelling from the drive, what's wrong?"
"Colin! He was throwing up and then he was gonna go home. He threw up again and passed out." Andy had already moved into the room and he hurried over to Colin.
"Ephram, go call the Harts. Then call Harold Abbott and Edna. Tell them to get over to my office. We'll be there as soon as we can. Ephram nodded, feeling a little shaky from all that had happened.
"Stay with me Ephram. Breathe deep. Go!" Ephram's fingers were quivering as he punched the number. 539-1248
"Hello."
"Mr. Mr.Hart. This is Ephram Brown."
"What is it? Is Colin okay?"
"No, he's been throwing up and he was going to come home, but then he threw up again and he passed out. My dad is bringing him to his office. He wants you to come immediately."
"Tell him I want Harold Abbott to look after him!!"
"Colin could be dying and all you care about is the doctor who's caring for him?" Ephram yelled. He slammed the phone down. Then he grabbed it again and dialed the Abbott's number. A female voice answered this time.
"Colin?" Ephram felt himself wince slightly.
"No. It's Ephram. I need to talk to your dad."
"Ephram. Hi. My dad? What, It's Colin, isn't it? Ephram? Ephram answer me!" The tears were streaming down Amy's face now.
"Amy, you're right. It's Colin. We were hanging out at my house, and he, he started throwing up again. He was about to go and he threw up again. Then he passed out. I need to talk to your dad and then call Edna. He wants both of them to meet him at this office." Ephram could hear Amy crying. Then the line went dead.
Andy and Ephram struggled to get Colin into the car. Ephram shuttled Delia over to Nina's and then got in the car. With squealing tires, they drove to Andy's office where a crowd had gathered. Ephram jumped out and then backed out of the way as Drs. Brown and Abbott started shouting instructions. He found the exit from the mob of rowdy gatherers. There he found Amy.
Her face was red and she looked like she had been crying a lot. Ephram sat down beside her.
"Hey."
"Hi. You don't want to be around here. You don't have to be. I'm just, you know, not a fun person to be around at this moment." Ephram smiled slightly.
"Well I don't really have anything else to do." Amy nodded and then let out a sob. She put her head on Ephram's shoulder and cried.
"Everything was going so great! He was better and he, he asked me to consider moving in with him."
"What about college?"
"The Denver Ballet asked me to come work with them and I told them I would." Ephram nodded.
"What about you?"
"What do you mean?"
"College." Ephram was quiet. Amy didn't know he had agreed to take a position playing for the New York City Ballet.
"I'm not completely sure yet." Ephram started to say something else, but a loud scream came from inside.
"No! Do something else!" Amy's face went white.
"Colin! No no no," Amy sobbed. Ephram put his arm around her as she cried. Footsteps ran out onto the side walk. Ephram glanced up. It was Bright.
"He's dead Amy." Amy continued to cry on Ephram.
"Hey Amy. Let's take a walk." Amy allowed Ephram to pull her up and start walking. Ephram walked until he thought he couldn't walk any farther. Then he saw a small grove of trees by a large lake. He went over and sat down with Amy.
"Ephram, can I tell you something?"
"What?"
"It's about what Co, Colin and I were doing tonight."
"Amy, it's okay, You don't have to tell me."
"But I do. I was performing and he was going to come watch me. We got in a really big fight before. He didn't want to come see me and I thought it was important. So anyway, I finally convinced him to come and then I decided that it wasn't working out any more. Ephram, I was going to break up with him. Now this is the punishment. He dies because I wanted to break up with him."
TBC.
