Chapter 3: Why God?!
Amy felt a huge force push her to the side, away from the incoming car. She laid on the grass, stunned, until the car sped away, a hit and run case.
"Ahhh." Amy heard a faint moan coming from the side of the road a little further up then she was. She turned her head to see a dark form sprawled on the gravel in an awkward position.
"Ephram! Oh my god!" She crawled over to him and turned him over as gently as she could manage with her trembling hands. She sucked in her breath when she saw him fully. The side of his head was bleeding profusely, and there were rips in his tux in various places. "Ephram, talk to me, oh god Ephram talk to me!"
".Amy" His eyes flickered open and he let out a moan, the pain he was experiencing voiced. "Amy.what.happened?"
"Ephram, you-" She choked on her tears. "You were hit by a car."
"Ahh.That explains.a lot." Amy smiled through her tears.
"Ephram you're gonna be okay. You have to be! Can you move at all?" He shook his head. "Oh! I think I brought it with me!"
Ephram looked at her curiously. She searched the pockets of her jacket that she had thrown over her black dress, and when she removed her hand, a silver and pink cell phone was clutched in it. "I'm gonna call an ambulance for you, okay Ephram? You're gonna be fine!"
As Amy started to dial the number, everything became blurry to Ephram. He started seeing double, before his eyes rolled up and he passed out into oblivious peace. Amy looked down in time to see that, and she said quickly, "Ephram! Wake up! Please!" But he stayed unconscious.
When she had made sure an ambulance was on the way, she began to phone Andy, but the familiar faint beeping told Amy that her batteries were five seconds away from dying. 'Damn!' she thought, 'Well, I'll have to call from the hospital.' It then occurred to Amy that she should make sure Ephram was still breathing alright, and that his pulse wasn't fading. Both were steady, but his pulse was a little faint. He needed that ambulance soon.
While she was waiting, she wrapped the sash from her dress around the wound on Ephram's head, a temporary bandage. She then cradled his head in her lap and sang. She sang nearly every song she knew, until the sirens of the ambulance could be heard in the distance.
They put Ephram on a gurney and lifted him into the ambulance and asked Amy a few questions about the incident. When the police asked Amy if she had gotten the license plate number of the car, she realized how Ephram had taken the full hit of the car. "He pushed me aside! He saved me!" Tears started coursing down her pale cheeks more then ever.
"Hey miss! Would you like to stay in the ambulance with your friend?" Amy nodded and hopped in. She was given a blanket, seeing as how she was still soaked from the downpour.
She sat beside her friend, deep in thought. 'Why did he save me? He could have leapt out of the way himself!' Her eyes widened. 'After everything I've done to him, how I've treated him, he's still in love with me! And.I think I'm in love with him.'
When the ambulance reached the Denver Hospital, she followed Ephram all the way, until the doctor asked her to stay in the waiting room and try to get a hold of the boy's father.
Amy was standing at a pay phone, waiting for Andy to pick up, while twisted the phone cord between her fingers.
"Hello, the Brown residence."
"Hi, Dr. Brown?"
"Amy? Where are you? Your parents are worried sick. And where's Ephram?"
Amy swallowed with difficulty and spoke. "Actually, that's what I'm calling about, Dr. Brown. There.There's been an accident."
The great doctor Andrew Brown burst through the hospital doors, with Delia following closely behind with Edna holding her hand. He walked quickly down the halls, and saw Amy sitting in a chair in the waiting room, her small face pale with trails of tears still visible.
Amy stood up when she saw the three approaching. She went up to Dr. Brown and burst into tears. "I'm sorry Dr. Brown, it's all my fault, all my fault!"
"It's not your fault, Amy," He replied, looking around for a doctor.
That made her condition worse. "It is though! He pushed me aside! He could have jumped for safety but he sacrificed himself for me."
Edna put her arms around her granddaughter and Delia sat in a chair beside the one Amy had just left. Andy spotted a doctor coming forward and met him. "I'm Dr. Kent. Are you the boy's father?"
"Yes, I am. Dr. Andrew Brown." He and the other doctor shook hands. "Is my son going to be alright?"
"He was quite lucky for someone in that type of situation. However-" He led Andy over to Ephram's x-rays on the wall. "As you see here, he broke a couple of his ribs, but not severely and they'll be good as new in a couple of weeks. He also broke his right leg and left arm, both clean breaks that should heal without complications. Now we get to the problem. As far as we can tell, when the car hit, Ephram was thrown backwards. It was then when this fracture here-" he pointed to a small chip located in the back left area of Ephram's skull, "was inflicted. A small piece has almost broken off, but it's fine as long as it stays where it is. But there's a chance that it will shift and we can't release Ephram until we know its staying put."
Andy put his face in his hands. This couldn't be happening to Ephram. Why, god? He thought miserably. Why did this have to happen so soon after Julia.He lifted his head. "Can I see him?"
Amy sat in the waiting room, squirming, failing to get comfortable. In the time it had taken for Andy to get here, she had been replaying worst scenarios in her mind. Ephram becoming handicapped, slipping into a coma, dying.She mentally shook herself. She couldn't think about that. Instead, she raised her eyes up towards the heavens and thought, why god? Why did this have to happen so soon after Colin.
A/N: There you go!!! Another chapter finished! Thank you to everyone who reviewed, it really made my day!! Anyway I'll try to post the next one soon, so keep on checking! Oh, and please read n' review!!!! Thanx, and see ya later!
Amy felt a huge force push her to the side, away from the incoming car. She laid on the grass, stunned, until the car sped away, a hit and run case.
"Ahhh." Amy heard a faint moan coming from the side of the road a little further up then she was. She turned her head to see a dark form sprawled on the gravel in an awkward position.
"Ephram! Oh my god!" She crawled over to him and turned him over as gently as she could manage with her trembling hands. She sucked in her breath when she saw him fully. The side of his head was bleeding profusely, and there were rips in his tux in various places. "Ephram, talk to me, oh god Ephram talk to me!"
".Amy" His eyes flickered open and he let out a moan, the pain he was experiencing voiced. "Amy.what.happened?"
"Ephram, you-" She choked on her tears. "You were hit by a car."
"Ahh.That explains.a lot." Amy smiled through her tears.
"Ephram you're gonna be okay. You have to be! Can you move at all?" He shook his head. "Oh! I think I brought it with me!"
Ephram looked at her curiously. She searched the pockets of her jacket that she had thrown over her black dress, and when she removed her hand, a silver and pink cell phone was clutched in it. "I'm gonna call an ambulance for you, okay Ephram? You're gonna be fine!"
As Amy started to dial the number, everything became blurry to Ephram. He started seeing double, before his eyes rolled up and he passed out into oblivious peace. Amy looked down in time to see that, and she said quickly, "Ephram! Wake up! Please!" But he stayed unconscious.
When she had made sure an ambulance was on the way, she began to phone Andy, but the familiar faint beeping told Amy that her batteries were five seconds away from dying. 'Damn!' she thought, 'Well, I'll have to call from the hospital.' It then occurred to Amy that she should make sure Ephram was still breathing alright, and that his pulse wasn't fading. Both were steady, but his pulse was a little faint. He needed that ambulance soon.
While she was waiting, she wrapped the sash from her dress around the wound on Ephram's head, a temporary bandage. She then cradled his head in her lap and sang. She sang nearly every song she knew, until the sirens of the ambulance could be heard in the distance.
They put Ephram on a gurney and lifted him into the ambulance and asked Amy a few questions about the incident. When the police asked Amy if she had gotten the license plate number of the car, she realized how Ephram had taken the full hit of the car. "He pushed me aside! He saved me!" Tears started coursing down her pale cheeks more then ever.
"Hey miss! Would you like to stay in the ambulance with your friend?" Amy nodded and hopped in. She was given a blanket, seeing as how she was still soaked from the downpour.
She sat beside her friend, deep in thought. 'Why did he save me? He could have leapt out of the way himself!' Her eyes widened. 'After everything I've done to him, how I've treated him, he's still in love with me! And.I think I'm in love with him.'
When the ambulance reached the Denver Hospital, she followed Ephram all the way, until the doctor asked her to stay in the waiting room and try to get a hold of the boy's father.
Amy was standing at a pay phone, waiting for Andy to pick up, while twisted the phone cord between her fingers.
"Hello, the Brown residence."
"Hi, Dr. Brown?"
"Amy? Where are you? Your parents are worried sick. And where's Ephram?"
Amy swallowed with difficulty and spoke. "Actually, that's what I'm calling about, Dr. Brown. There.There's been an accident."
The great doctor Andrew Brown burst through the hospital doors, with Delia following closely behind with Edna holding her hand. He walked quickly down the halls, and saw Amy sitting in a chair in the waiting room, her small face pale with trails of tears still visible.
Amy stood up when she saw the three approaching. She went up to Dr. Brown and burst into tears. "I'm sorry Dr. Brown, it's all my fault, all my fault!"
"It's not your fault, Amy," He replied, looking around for a doctor.
That made her condition worse. "It is though! He pushed me aside! He could have jumped for safety but he sacrificed himself for me."
Edna put her arms around her granddaughter and Delia sat in a chair beside the one Amy had just left. Andy spotted a doctor coming forward and met him. "I'm Dr. Kent. Are you the boy's father?"
"Yes, I am. Dr. Andrew Brown." He and the other doctor shook hands. "Is my son going to be alright?"
"He was quite lucky for someone in that type of situation. However-" He led Andy over to Ephram's x-rays on the wall. "As you see here, he broke a couple of his ribs, but not severely and they'll be good as new in a couple of weeks. He also broke his right leg and left arm, both clean breaks that should heal without complications. Now we get to the problem. As far as we can tell, when the car hit, Ephram was thrown backwards. It was then when this fracture here-" he pointed to a small chip located in the back left area of Ephram's skull, "was inflicted. A small piece has almost broken off, but it's fine as long as it stays where it is. But there's a chance that it will shift and we can't release Ephram until we know its staying put."
Andy put his face in his hands. This couldn't be happening to Ephram. Why, god? He thought miserably. Why did this have to happen so soon after Julia.He lifted his head. "Can I see him?"
Amy sat in the waiting room, squirming, failing to get comfortable. In the time it had taken for Andy to get here, she had been replaying worst scenarios in her mind. Ephram becoming handicapped, slipping into a coma, dying.She mentally shook herself. She couldn't think about that. Instead, she raised her eyes up towards the heavens and thought, why god? Why did this have to happen so soon after Colin.
A/N: There you go!!! Another chapter finished! Thank you to everyone who reviewed, it really made my day!! Anyway I'll try to post the next one soon, so keep on checking! Oh, and please read n' review!!!! Thanx, and see ya later!