Laynie: "Good I guess, better than I thought."
Ephram: "Maybe boarding school did better than we thought. Strength training. Emotional strength training."
(Laynie laughs)
Laynie: "Thanks."
Ephram: "What for?"
Laynie: "Helping me through this. I mean, I saw it coming, I just was prepared. I thought that Colin was gonna be alright the moment your dad said he's fine and....I just thought but, just thanks."
Ephram doesn't know what to say, so he decides to change the subject.
Ephram: "How do you think Bright's taking it?"
Laynie pointed towards Bright's direction and Ephram glanced at him. He looked depressed, not saying a word for hours, which is unlike Bright.
Ephram: "Amy's torn."
Laynie: "She should be. We all loved Colin. Some of us would just rather keep it to ourselves."
Ephram: "She blames it on herself, like she tinks she killed Colin. She acts like she stabbed him with a butcher knife."
(awkward silence)
Amy walks into the waiting room, soon followed by Dr. Brown.
Rose: "How are you doing?"
Amy: "I'm fine."
Dr. Brown: "I'm releasing Amy, I don't see to a reason why I should keep her."
(silence)
Dr. Brown: "I think she should be with her family right now."
Dr. Brown walked away after saying that. Amy sat down next to her parents.
Rose: "Are you ok?"
(Amy nods)
Rose: "Do you want us to take you home?"
Amy: "No, you can go if you want. I'll stay here."
The room stayed still. The Abbotts decided that they would leave.
Dr. Abbott: (to Bright) "How about you?"
Bright shook his head. Dr. Abbott and Rose left the hospital. The waiting room now had an eerie silence.
Ephram: (to Amy) "It wasn't your fault."
Amy glanced at Ephram and gave a forced smile, but Ephram saw how badly she was doing.
Bright: (to Amy) "I think I'll go. I'll see if I can catch up to mom and dad."
Amy nodded and Bright left.
Laynie: "Ephram, can I talk to Amy alone?"
Ephram: "Sure."
Ephram left the waiting room and stoof right outside of the door.
Laynie: "Are you ok?"
(Amy shakes her head)
Amy: "Of course not, I killed him. Colin."
Laynie: "It wasn't your fault. It wasn't anyone's, it just happened."
Amy: "That's what everyone keeps saying, but inside I feel like everyone's lying to me. They told me that right after the accident, that it just happened, no one was to blame. They told the same thing to Bright. I still blamed myself, I was mad at him and then he had to be in a coma. Now he's dead. It's all my fault."
Laynie: It's not."
Amy: "Laynie."
Laynie: "Yeah?"
Amy: "Why are you doing this?"
Laynie: "Doing what?"
Amy: "This, talking to me. I know that you resent me."
Laynie: "Resent you? For what?"
Amy: "The only time you had with Colin when you came back from boarding school and I took it all away from you. You must've thought I was some kind of bitch."
Laynie: "We talked, I still saw him. You were his girlfriend, it was all normal."
Amy: "Can you answer my question?"
(Laynie thinks for a moment)
Laynie: "Do you really wanna know why?"
Amy: "Yes."
Laynie: "Ephram."
Amy: "He...I thought-"
Laynie: "Believe it or not Amy, he cares about you. That's why he's standing out in that hallway, for you."
Amy: "How do you know? That he cares about me?"
Laynie: "If you actually saw the way he talked about you, you'd see the concern. When a guy can't pinpoint one main idea as to why he likes someone, he cares too much."
Amy: "The question is now....don't you wish that it could've worked out for you two?"
Laynie: "It didn't work out. Sucks for me because Ephram's a great guy to hang out with or date. You're lucky. You're lucky that he still wants to stay friends with you for all the shit you did to him."
(Amy smiles slightly)
Amy: "Are we done?"
Laynie: "We should be."
Amy: "Thanks. Um....I'll go tell Ephram he can come in."
Laynie nodded and Amy walked to the door. She opened it and found Ephram sitting on the floor. She sat next to him.
Ephram: "I don't want to be redundant but, you ok?"
Amy: "Yeah. I just needed to find someone that I could share a Twix with."
(they both laugh)
Ephram: "Do you still blame yourself? I mean, for what happened to Colin?"
Amy: "No, I did before though. I'm still not over it."
Ephram: "I understand. I blamed myself for what happened to my mom, it was my recital. She would still be here if I didn't get stuck with a talent to play the piano."
Amy: "But you wouldn't be here. I mean in Everwood, you'd still be stuck in New York, blaming your dad for everything going wrong in your life. I wouldn't have met you and Colin would probably still be in a coma."
Ephram: "Everyone told me that I'd heal from this, but the truth is, you loved that person, you can't just heal from losing them. You may get better as time goes on, but you never really heal your wounds completely."
Amy: "You're really making alot of sense right now."
Ephram: "Thanks for noting me being a raw genius."
(Amy laughs)
Amy: "I feel like no one understands what I'm going through. But Bright must be going through hell right now. The Harts, too. You've always been there for me, even when I acted like a total bitch. Thanks."
Ephram: "Anytime."
Amy: "We should probably get back to the waiting room, Laynie's probably wondering where we are."
Ephram began to get up but Amy stopped him by tugging on his arm.
Amy: "Wait."
Ephram looks confused and sits back down. Amy stares at him for a moment and then kisses him.
Amy: "Thanks."
Ephram smiles and stands up. Amy stands up also and held onto Ephram's hand. Ephram looked down and Amy's and his hand and smiles. He then opens the door. Laynie is nowhere to be seen.
Amy: "Where is she?"
Ephram: "She probably left with her parents."
Amy: "Any chance I can hitchhike back to Everwood with you?"
Ephram: "Um....yeah, I'm sure my dad wouldn't mind."
Amy and Ephram sat down on the couch. A few moments passed and Dr. Borwn walked into the waiting room.
Dr. Brown: "Wasn't this room full a minute ago?"
Ephram: "Everyone left."
Ephram stood up and walked over to Dr. Brown.
Ephram: "Do you mind if Amy rides back with us? The Abbotts left awhile ago."
Dr. Brown: "Sure, why not."
A/N: This chapter is a long one, I wrote it a long time ago and I typed it up, but it never got uploaded. My old computer crashed and I had to get a new one. Please review!