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college student.
Chapter 14 uses "Low" by Kelly Clarkson
Chapter 14: Low
Ephram came home to an empty house except for one person . . . Madison. He rolled his eyes. She rolled hers in return. He spoke first, "What are you doing in my house by yourself?"
"Delia's due home any minute, I just wanted to be here ahead of time. Your dad was a little alarmed as to where you were last night." She said matter- of-factly.
"I was at Amy's," he said staring at her, "All night." He added for dramatic effect.
"Well isn't that magical?" Madison shot back sarcastically. "Did little Ephy-weffy finally become a man?" she said in a baby voice.
"Whatever, it's none of your business." He said, but thought back to last night.
"God, you have blood all over you. Come here."
"I'm a man now, remember?" he said sarcastically, "I think I can take care of myself," walking away.
She insisted on cleaning it and started pulling his shirt off as he struggled to make her stop. "Madison, I know what you're doing! I said no, okay? I'm with Amy!
"You've always been 'with' Amy, Ephram. It's a state of mind."
Amy was just approaching the Brown's house. She wanted to see Ephram in a setting where Bright was not. She rang the doorbell, waiting patiently to kiss him the instant she saw him. She didn't expect anyone else to be home. She knew Eprham was there, and after a few minutes of waiting with no response she walked in.
In the living room Madison had managed to pull Ephram into a kiss just as Amy made her way into the room. Ephram was pushing away, but already had his shirt off. Madison was doing it on purpose, she saw Amy there the whole time. Amy dropped the package she was holding. Ephram jumped up.
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"Everybody's talking
But they don't say a thing
They look at me with sad eyes
But I don't want the sympathy
Its cool you didn't want me
Sometimes you can't go back
Buy why'd you have to go and make a mess like that
Well I just have to say
Before I let go
Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low"
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"Amy! Amy wait!" Ephram screamed running after her as she headed toward the door. Madison just HAD to mess everything up! Amy refused to stop walking.
"Amy look, what you saw, it wasn't real. She kissed me, she GRABBED me. She's done this before . . . I've told her NO!" he said walking behind her shouting. Amy stopped dead in her tracks, sitting in a puddle in the middle of the road. All she could do was sniffle.
"I know you probably hate me now, but I'm telling you . . . I don't like Madison. I love YOU, Amy. It's always been you!
"You know what, Ephram? I don't want to hear it! You said you loved me and obviously it doesn't take much to break that does it?" she said screaming.
"Amy, come ON! Just give me a chance! I'll tell you the whole thing. I DO love you. Just give me a minute to explain!" he said now standing above her.
"Ephram, what the HELL was last night then? What the HELL was LAST NIGHT? For the LOVE OF GOD, Ephram! You can't go around doing that . . . telling people you love them, sleep with them, and then go off and kiss someone else simply because the next morning didn't go as planned!"
He was crying now. "I'm not doing this because of Bright's reaction Amy. I'm not doing it at all! I don't mean to blame people, but it's not my fault. You know what, Amy? You were my first. You weren't my first CHANCE, but you were the only one I ever wanted it to be with. You have to understand that."
"Look, I've got to go." She said getting up angrily.
"No! Amy you can't just leave like this. We can't leave when one of us is angry!"
"Forget it Ephram, just forget it!" she said crying as she ran off to a car that had driven up. It was Kayla's car.
Ephram stood in the rain. Madison watched from the window.
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"No I don't need your number
There's nothing left to say
'Cept I never thought it'd hurt this much to be saved
My friends are outside waiting
I've gotta go
Have you ever been low
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know
Were you left out in the cold
Cause what you did was low"
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As the car drove off Ephram felt his whole world collapsing. He had worked so hard. Had loved her for so long. Why did this have to happen?
Amy pressed her face up against the car window, blubbering. Kayla assured her he wasn't important and that there were lots of guys that were better for her and more her caliber. She may have said she agreed with Kayla, but in her heart she knew it was a lie.
Madison walked outside now, taking Ephram's hand. He was broken into pieces. "Go away Madison. Please. Just leave me alone. I can't believe you knowingly did that. Do you know what its like to love someone for so long, finally be loved in return, and have your heart torn out of your chest just because someone else thought it was funny?"
"No, Ephram. I don't! Okay? I don't know because I've never been in love! I've never had real, trustworthy friends. You know how bossy I am? I'm this way because it's the only way I cope. So I'm sorry if I can't FEEL YOUR PAIN." She said storming off.
Ephram sat on the ground now in the same puddle Amy had. He had royally messed things up this time. His friend was mad at him, his girlfriend wasn't talking to him, Madison was a basket case, and his family never seemed to be around anymore.
"Why am I even here anymore?" he screamed out loud, at a volume the whole neighborhood could hear.
"EVERYONE HATES ME! I'm EPHRAM BROWN EVERYONE! HATE ME NOW!" he said now weeping just as loudly. "I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU! I DON'T NEED THIS TOWN. I DON'T NEED BRIGHT. I DON'T NEED HER . . ." he said softening for a bit. The mere thought of her still electrified him. He still couldn't say her name. He replayed those words in his head. He had never said them before and really meant them.
"I DON'T NEED HER!" he repeated. It seemed as if all the lights in the houses around were out except for one. Slowly, as Ephram put his hands to his eyes, the last light clicked off. It was in the Abbott house . . . Bright had been listening out the window the whole time. If only he hadn't caused that big commotion. Ephram would've never went home and none of this would've ever happened.
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"I walk out of this darkness
With no sense of regret
And I go with a clear conscience
We both know that you can't say that
Here's to show
For all the time I loved you so
So
Have you ever been low
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know
Were you left out in the cold
Cause what you did was low
Have you ever been low
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know
Were you left out in the cold
Cause what you did was low"
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Amy sat in Kayla's room on the floor. Her heart said it couldn't go on without Ephram, but she couldn't just let things like what happened that night slide. She didn't know what to do so she wept. She wept for so many things; for Ephram, for Bright, for herself, for her failed relationships. She wept for Colin and the Harts. It was true that Amy Nicole Abbott could've wept for the whole town of Everwood that night.
A/N: Again, no one panic, it's not over! It'll work out, just stick with it and keep reviewing. You guys are the best, your reviews have made me continue this so long.
Chapter 14 uses "Low" by Kelly Clarkson
Chapter 14: Low
Ephram came home to an empty house except for one person . . . Madison. He rolled his eyes. She rolled hers in return. He spoke first, "What are you doing in my house by yourself?"
"Delia's due home any minute, I just wanted to be here ahead of time. Your dad was a little alarmed as to where you were last night." She said matter- of-factly.
"I was at Amy's," he said staring at her, "All night." He added for dramatic effect.
"Well isn't that magical?" Madison shot back sarcastically. "Did little Ephy-weffy finally become a man?" she said in a baby voice.
"Whatever, it's none of your business." He said, but thought back to last night.
"God, you have blood all over you. Come here."
"I'm a man now, remember?" he said sarcastically, "I think I can take care of myself," walking away.
She insisted on cleaning it and started pulling his shirt off as he struggled to make her stop. "Madison, I know what you're doing! I said no, okay? I'm with Amy!
"You've always been 'with' Amy, Ephram. It's a state of mind."
Amy was just approaching the Brown's house. She wanted to see Ephram in a setting where Bright was not. She rang the doorbell, waiting patiently to kiss him the instant she saw him. She didn't expect anyone else to be home. She knew Eprham was there, and after a few minutes of waiting with no response she walked in.
In the living room Madison had managed to pull Ephram into a kiss just as Amy made her way into the room. Ephram was pushing away, but already had his shirt off. Madison was doing it on purpose, she saw Amy there the whole time. Amy dropped the package she was holding. Ephram jumped up.
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"Everybody's talking
But they don't say a thing
They look at me with sad eyes
But I don't want the sympathy
Its cool you didn't want me
Sometimes you can't go back
Buy why'd you have to go and make a mess like that
Well I just have to say
Before I let go
Have you ever been low?
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so?
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know?
Were you left out in the cold?
What you did was low"
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"Amy! Amy wait!" Ephram screamed running after her as she headed toward the door. Madison just HAD to mess everything up! Amy refused to stop walking.
"Amy look, what you saw, it wasn't real. She kissed me, she GRABBED me. She's done this before . . . I've told her NO!" he said walking behind her shouting. Amy stopped dead in her tracks, sitting in a puddle in the middle of the road. All she could do was sniffle.
"I know you probably hate me now, but I'm telling you . . . I don't like Madison. I love YOU, Amy. It's always been you!
"You know what, Ephram? I don't want to hear it! You said you loved me and obviously it doesn't take much to break that does it?" she said screaming.
"Amy, come ON! Just give me a chance! I'll tell you the whole thing. I DO love you. Just give me a minute to explain!" he said now standing above her.
"Ephram, what the HELL was last night then? What the HELL was LAST NIGHT? For the LOVE OF GOD, Ephram! You can't go around doing that . . . telling people you love them, sleep with them, and then go off and kiss someone else simply because the next morning didn't go as planned!"
He was crying now. "I'm not doing this because of Bright's reaction Amy. I'm not doing it at all! I don't mean to blame people, but it's not my fault. You know what, Amy? You were my first. You weren't my first CHANCE, but you were the only one I ever wanted it to be with. You have to understand that."
"Look, I've got to go." She said getting up angrily.
"No! Amy you can't just leave like this. We can't leave when one of us is angry!"
"Forget it Ephram, just forget it!" she said crying as she ran off to a car that had driven up. It was Kayla's car.
Ephram stood in the rain. Madison watched from the window.
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"No I don't need your number
There's nothing left to say
'Cept I never thought it'd hurt this much to be saved
My friends are outside waiting
I've gotta go
Have you ever been low
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know
Were you left out in the cold
Cause what you did was low"
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As the car drove off Ephram felt his whole world collapsing. He had worked so hard. Had loved her for so long. Why did this have to happen?
Amy pressed her face up against the car window, blubbering. Kayla assured her he wasn't important and that there were lots of guys that were better for her and more her caliber. She may have said she agreed with Kayla, but in her heart she knew it was a lie.
Madison walked outside now, taking Ephram's hand. He was broken into pieces. "Go away Madison. Please. Just leave me alone. I can't believe you knowingly did that. Do you know what its like to love someone for so long, finally be loved in return, and have your heart torn out of your chest just because someone else thought it was funny?"
"No, Ephram. I don't! Okay? I don't know because I've never been in love! I've never had real, trustworthy friends. You know how bossy I am? I'm this way because it's the only way I cope. So I'm sorry if I can't FEEL YOUR PAIN." She said storming off.
Ephram sat on the ground now in the same puddle Amy had. He had royally messed things up this time. His friend was mad at him, his girlfriend wasn't talking to him, Madison was a basket case, and his family never seemed to be around anymore.
"Why am I even here anymore?" he screamed out loud, at a volume the whole neighborhood could hear.
"EVERYONE HATES ME! I'm EPHRAM BROWN EVERYONE! HATE ME NOW!" he said now weeping just as loudly. "I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU! I DON'T NEED THIS TOWN. I DON'T NEED BRIGHT. I DON'T NEED HER . . ." he said softening for a bit. The mere thought of her still electrified him. He still couldn't say her name. He replayed those words in his head. He had never said them before and really meant them.
"I DON'T NEED HER!" he repeated. It seemed as if all the lights in the houses around were out except for one. Slowly, as Ephram put his hands to his eyes, the last light clicked off. It was in the Abbott house . . . Bright had been listening out the window the whole time. If only he hadn't caused that big commotion. Ephram would've never went home and none of this would've ever happened.
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"I walk out of this darkness
With no sense of regret
And I go with a clear conscience
We both know that you can't say that
Here's to show
For all the time I loved you so
So
Have you ever been low
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know
Were you left out in the cold
Cause what you did was low
Have you ever been low
Have you ever had a friend that let you down so
When the truth came out
Were you the last to know
Were you left out in the cold
Cause what you did was low"
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Amy sat in Kayla's room on the floor. Her heart said it couldn't go on without Ephram, but she couldn't just let things like what happened that night slide. She didn't know what to do so she wept. She wept for so many things; for Ephram, for Bright, for herself, for her failed relationships. She wept for Colin and the Harts. It was true that Amy Nicole Abbott could've wept for the whole town of Everwood that night.
A/N: Again, no one panic, it's not over! It'll work out, just stick with it and keep reviewing. You guys are the best, your reviews have made me continue this so long.