Disclaimer: I don't own Everwood, the town, or it's characters. I'm just a
college student.
Chapter 17 uses "Say Anything" by Good Charlotte
Chapter 17: Say Anything
"Come on, Bright, stay with me! This isn't Everwood, if I lose you there's like no chance I'll find you in time." Amy screamed over the loud, busy streets of NYC.
"I'm coming, I'm coming, princess Amy. I won't get lost. Besides, I don't know where you think you're going without the address. I have it in my hand." He said loudly.
"I know the general direction, the cab driver pretty much pointed where to go." She shouted over the nonstop honking.
"Okay, if you say so. Just wait up, will you?!" He said finally catching up to her. "I think we turn left here. If we hadn't run out of money we may have actually been able to make it the whole way there!"
"Shut up," she said jokingly, "you're the one who spent all of it on the arcade in the airport."
"Hey, look, there it is!" He shouted pointing up at a building. "That's the building he's in" And Amy's eyes glistened as they gazed up at the enormous building. She hadn't ever been to a big city like New York before. "Come on, don't just stand there. You've got to get your love on"
"Never say "love on" again." She said laughing, blushing from thinking of how close she was to Ephram now.
"Amy, AMY, you're standing in the middle of the street. Again, you can't do that here!" It no longer mattered to her. Nothing did, she was going to see him.
Meanwhile, Ephram was running after Jake, trying to catch up. They had just left the building. "Hey, wait up! Just because I lived here before doesn't mean I know where YOU'RE going right now" he said out of breath, but before he knew it, Jake was out of his sight. *Why did he even bother making me come? Maybe he was just trying to be polite . . . * Ephram's thoughts were interrupted. He saw a beautiful blonde standing across the way from him. His breath caught in his chest, thinking he was hallucinating. Even if he was it wouldn't have mattered, Amy was there, no matter if she was real or just a figment of his imagination. His heart spun faster when he saw a blonde boy standing by her. *Bright* It was her! The rush continued until he remembered how she and him weren't exactly speaking.
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"Here i am on
The phone again and
Awkward silence is
On the other end
I used to know the sound
of a smile in your voice
but right now
all i feel
is the pain of the fighting
starting up again
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind (on my mind)
All the things we laugh about
they'll bring us through it every time (after time after time)
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
please dont walk away
i know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything"
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*I have to say something! She must care, she's here for a reason!* He thought, starting to run to her. It seemed at that very moment she had seen him too.
She glowed, thinking *Oh my God. He's here! Out of all these people, he's here. Right in front of me. Ephram, my Ephram. What will I say? Will he be angry? What will he expect?*
He couldn't get exactly right up to talk to her because the traffic was backed up so he called her on her cell phone and they watched each other intently.
"Amy, oh my god, Amy! What are you doing here?"
"I had to stop you, had to convince you to come home. Ephram I did something stupid."
"You aren't stupid . . ."
"I am, just hear me out. I knew the whole thing with Madison wasn't your doing. I just . . . I froze, I saw it as an opportunity to back out of committing myself to one guy again after Colin. But I was wrong. I love you, Ephram. I love you so very much. I can't stand it when you're gone, when I can't run up to you and give you a hug or a kiss or just even say 'hi'"
"I love you too. I think there's something you should know," he said, trying to move closer to her and clear up the reception of the phones. "I almost slept with Madison, but it wasn't her I was seeing. It was while you were in rehab. It was a mistake, Amy. All I could see was you, smell was you, taste . . . was you. I even called her 'Amy'" he said now crying.
"That's sweet, in some sick, twisted way, Ephram. But listen. All is forgiven. I mean it. I just want you to come home now. To be where you belong," he could hear her sniffling from tears too.
"I will. Right now all I want to do though is kiss you. Stupid cars, always getting in the way."
"Well, well. I never would've thought I'd hear that coming from Mr. New York."
"Mr. Everwood," he said, correcting her, then panicking as he saw Amy dodging through the traffic to come to him. "Amy! Stop, it's not safe! They don't care here, they'll just keep driving."
She didn't care. She wove in front of and behind and between cars just to she could kiss Ephram. She placed a foot up on the curb and . . .
"AMY NO!!!!!" Ephram screamed as he a car smacked right into her, sending her in the air about 25 feet and crashing down on the hard cement of the sidewalk. Ephram cried and screamed and fell to his knees. "Amy, no!!!!"
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"Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers
but i dont want that
no not for you
if you just stay with me
we can make it through
so here we are again
the same old argument
and now I'm wondering
if things'll ever change
when will you laugh again
laugh like you did back then
make noise till three am
and the neighbors will complain
All the things we talk about
you know they stay on my mind(on my mind)
and all the things we laughed about
theyll bring us through it everytime(after time after time)"
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Ephram picked up all the stones he could find from the landscaping near by and threw them at the car, which had driven off by now. Bright ran over to his unconscious sister, tears freely flowing from his eyes.
"Call 9-11, someone! Anyone! This is my SISTER!" Bright screamed.
"AMY LISTEN TO ME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY!" Ephram said, hands soaking from tears. He grabbed onto her hand and kissed it. "SEE THE RING, AMY? IT MEANS I LOVE YOU, I'M WEARING IT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" he was full out sobbing now.
"WE'RE GETTING HELP, AMY. I PROMISE" Bright said now pulling Ephram into a friendly hug. "Oh God man, this can't be happening again! Not again! She's been through too much for a 16 year old!"
Ephram held onto her hand until the paramedics pulled him away. "I need her! She needs me, you can't take her away. We're riding in the ambulance with her! Bright and I! I don't care what you say! I love her! No one can stop me!" Ephram was hysterical now, clutching onto the stretcher and running along side. Bright ran after him.
"Alright son, but you have to let us take her so we can help her. Someone needs to contact her parents." The paramedic said. "We're taking her to the hospital and we'll get her all set up."
"I'll call," Bright said, face stained with tears. Ephram and Bright each held onto a side of the stretcher as they sat in the ambulance. Ephram Brown hadn't felt this much pain since his mother died. He wasn't going to lose two women he loved in his life. The first one was due to his recital; he wasn't going to have his girlfriend die just because he wanted to kiss her . . . "Please just be okay."
Bright picked up his cell. He dialed, hands shaking. "Mom?" between sobs, "It's Amy, there's been an accident."
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"Dont say a word
i know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
please don't walk away
i know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
im falling
im falling
im falling down
im falling
im falling
im falling down
down
down
down
don't say a word
i know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
please don't walk away
i know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything"
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A/N: Poor Amy. I'm not sure how she's the one that always manages to get hurt in this story, but Ephram is always there to pick up the pieces. Thanks for reading!
Chapter 17 uses "Say Anything" by Good Charlotte
Chapter 17: Say Anything
"Come on, Bright, stay with me! This isn't Everwood, if I lose you there's like no chance I'll find you in time." Amy screamed over the loud, busy streets of NYC.
"I'm coming, I'm coming, princess Amy. I won't get lost. Besides, I don't know where you think you're going without the address. I have it in my hand." He said loudly.
"I know the general direction, the cab driver pretty much pointed where to go." She shouted over the nonstop honking.
"Okay, if you say so. Just wait up, will you?!" He said finally catching up to her. "I think we turn left here. If we hadn't run out of money we may have actually been able to make it the whole way there!"
"Shut up," she said jokingly, "you're the one who spent all of it on the arcade in the airport."
"Hey, look, there it is!" He shouted pointing up at a building. "That's the building he's in" And Amy's eyes glistened as they gazed up at the enormous building. She hadn't ever been to a big city like New York before. "Come on, don't just stand there. You've got to get your love on"
"Never say "love on" again." She said laughing, blushing from thinking of how close she was to Ephram now.
"Amy, AMY, you're standing in the middle of the street. Again, you can't do that here!" It no longer mattered to her. Nothing did, she was going to see him.
Meanwhile, Ephram was running after Jake, trying to catch up. They had just left the building. "Hey, wait up! Just because I lived here before doesn't mean I know where YOU'RE going right now" he said out of breath, but before he knew it, Jake was out of his sight. *Why did he even bother making me come? Maybe he was just trying to be polite . . . * Ephram's thoughts were interrupted. He saw a beautiful blonde standing across the way from him. His breath caught in his chest, thinking he was hallucinating. Even if he was it wouldn't have mattered, Amy was there, no matter if she was real or just a figment of his imagination. His heart spun faster when he saw a blonde boy standing by her. *Bright* It was her! The rush continued until he remembered how she and him weren't exactly speaking.
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"Here i am on
The phone again and
Awkward silence is
On the other end
I used to know the sound
of a smile in your voice
but right now
all i feel
is the pain of the fighting
starting up again
All the things we talk about
You know they stay on my mind (on my mind)
All the things we laugh about
they'll bring us through it every time (after time after time)
Don't say a word
I know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
please dont walk away
i know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything"
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*I have to say something! She must care, she's here for a reason!* He thought, starting to run to her. It seemed at that very moment she had seen him too.
She glowed, thinking *Oh my God. He's here! Out of all these people, he's here. Right in front of me. Ephram, my Ephram. What will I say? Will he be angry? What will he expect?*
He couldn't get exactly right up to talk to her because the traffic was backed up so he called her on her cell phone and they watched each other intently.
"Amy, oh my god, Amy! What are you doing here?"
"I had to stop you, had to convince you to come home. Ephram I did something stupid."
"You aren't stupid . . ."
"I am, just hear me out. I knew the whole thing with Madison wasn't your doing. I just . . . I froze, I saw it as an opportunity to back out of committing myself to one guy again after Colin. But I was wrong. I love you, Ephram. I love you so very much. I can't stand it when you're gone, when I can't run up to you and give you a hug or a kiss or just even say 'hi'"
"I love you too. I think there's something you should know," he said, trying to move closer to her and clear up the reception of the phones. "I almost slept with Madison, but it wasn't her I was seeing. It was while you were in rehab. It was a mistake, Amy. All I could see was you, smell was you, taste . . . was you. I even called her 'Amy'" he said now crying.
"That's sweet, in some sick, twisted way, Ephram. But listen. All is forgiven. I mean it. I just want you to come home now. To be where you belong," he could hear her sniffling from tears too.
"I will. Right now all I want to do though is kiss you. Stupid cars, always getting in the way."
"Well, well. I never would've thought I'd hear that coming from Mr. New York."
"Mr. Everwood," he said, correcting her, then panicking as he saw Amy dodging through the traffic to come to him. "Amy! Stop, it's not safe! They don't care here, they'll just keep driving."
She didn't care. She wove in front of and behind and between cars just to she could kiss Ephram. She placed a foot up on the curb and . . .
"AMY NO!!!!!" Ephram screamed as he a car smacked right into her, sending her in the air about 25 feet and crashing down on the hard cement of the sidewalk. Ephram cried and screamed and fell to his knees. "Amy, no!!!!"
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"Some say that
Time changes
Best friends can
Become strangers
but i dont want that
no not for you
if you just stay with me
we can make it through
so here we are again
the same old argument
and now I'm wondering
if things'll ever change
when will you laugh again
laugh like you did back then
make noise till three am
and the neighbors will complain
All the things we talk about
you know they stay on my mind(on my mind)
and all the things we laughed about
theyll bring us through it everytime(after time after time)"
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Ephram picked up all the stones he could find from the landscaping near by and threw them at the car, which had driven off by now. Bright ran over to his unconscious sister, tears freely flowing from his eyes.
"Call 9-11, someone! Anyone! This is my SISTER!" Bright screamed.
"AMY LISTEN TO ME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE OKAY!" Ephram said, hands soaking from tears. He grabbed onto her hand and kissed it. "SEE THE RING, AMY? IT MEANS I LOVE YOU, I'M WEARING IT BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" he was full out sobbing now.
"WE'RE GETTING HELP, AMY. I PROMISE" Bright said now pulling Ephram into a friendly hug. "Oh God man, this can't be happening again! Not again! She's been through too much for a 16 year old!"
Ephram held onto her hand until the paramedics pulled him away. "I need her! She needs me, you can't take her away. We're riding in the ambulance with her! Bright and I! I don't care what you say! I love her! No one can stop me!" Ephram was hysterical now, clutching onto the stretcher and running along side. Bright ran after him.
"Alright son, but you have to let us take her so we can help her. Someone needs to contact her parents." The paramedic said. "We're taking her to the hospital and we'll get her all set up."
"I'll call," Bright said, face stained with tears. Ephram and Bright each held onto a side of the stretcher as they sat in the ambulance. Ephram Brown hadn't felt this much pain since his mother died. He wasn't going to lose two women he loved in his life. The first one was due to his recital; he wasn't going to have his girlfriend die just because he wanted to kiss her . . . "Please just be okay."
Bright picked up his cell. He dialed, hands shaking. "Mom?" between sobs, "It's Amy, there's been an accident."
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"Dont say a word
i know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
please don't walk away
i know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
im falling
im falling
im falling down
im falling
im falling
im falling down
down
down
down
don't say a word
i know you feel the same
just give me a sign
say anything say anything
please don't walk away
i know you want to stay
just give me a sign
say anything say anything"
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A/N: Poor Amy. I'm not sure how she's the one that always manages to get hurt in this story, but Ephram is always there to pick up the pieces. Thanks for reading!