Prologue
"Nonny!" Ephram calls as he walks into his grandparents apartment in New York.
"Ephram." Nonny appears suddenly in the entrance area from the living room as Ephram makes his way toward his bedroom.
"Good, I'm glad you're home, there's a party at Skuz' tonight, it's all right that I go right?" Ephram asks halfway through his door.
"Ephram we told you that you can do whatever while you are hear so long as you aren't doing anything that could get you arrested." Nonny responds.
"Great thanks Non-"
"Ephram I think you should look in the living room first though." Nonny states solemnly.
"What's going on?" Ephram questions walking quickly toward the living room. But when he catches sight of the blonde girl sitting on the couch with her face buried in her hands Ephram turns quickly away from the doorway and whispers, "why is she here?"
Nonny shakes her head, "I'm not exactly sure why she's hear she's only been hear about 30 minutes but she's been crying the entire time. All she's really said what that she needs to see Ephram and that she would wait until you got home. I told her it could be hours but she said it didn't matter she just needed to see you."
Ephram quickly moves toward Amy and kneeling down by her Ephram questions, "Amy what happened?"
Amy looks up quickly and it's obvious she has been crying for a long period of time, "oh God Ephram!" Amy sobs throwing her arms around Ephram.
Ephram remains in the uncomfortable position and gently wraps his arms around Amy as she sobs into his shoulder. When it becomes apparent that Amy's sobs aren't going to subside any time soon Ephram gently pulls himself away and stares into Amy's eyes, "Amy what happened?"
"I...I..." Amy begins gasping for air, "I..."
Ephram gently tucks Amy's hair away from her face, "Amy you need to calm down and breathe." As Amy tries to catch her breath Ephram stares at her unsure of what had shaken her up so badly that she flew across the entire country and was sobbing in his grandmother's living room. She had everything, he was out of the way for the summer giving her time to be happy with Colin who's surgery had gone perfectly only a month ago.
Ephram gently wipes away the slowing tears as Amy's breathing begins to slow and she blurts, "he's gone!"
"Who's gone?" Ephram asks.
Amy's tears begin to come fast once again, "Colin."
Looking back Ephram could probably say his heart honestly stopped beating for a second at those words, and he didn't need to ask where Colin had gone. "What happened?"
Amy shakes her head gasping, "I don't know, it all just happened so quickly."
Ephram offers his own, "oh God" as he takes Amy back into his arms gently stroking her hair attempting to calm her down as she shakes in his arms.
"She's asleep." Ephram states as he walks into the kitchen rubbing his temples his head pounding with a headache.
"I called your father so that he could tell her parents where she was." Nonny states before handing Ephram a glass of water and 2 advil.
"Did he say what happened?" Ephram questions sitting down at the table.
"A brain aneurysm, an unforeseen, unpreventable. It's not anyone's fault and there's nothing anyone could have known. He died in his sleep his mother found him 4 days ago. I guess Amy disappeared after his funereal. Your father didn't seem surprised that she came here though."
"She's devastated and I don't know what to do." Ephram sighs.
"Amy's going to need you a lot in the next couple days, all you need to do is let her cry and be there to comfort her." Nonny responds gently laying her hand on Ephram's head.
"Nonny!" Ephram calls as he walks into his grandparents apartment in New York.
"Ephram." Nonny appears suddenly in the entrance area from the living room as Ephram makes his way toward his bedroom.
"Good, I'm glad you're home, there's a party at Skuz' tonight, it's all right that I go right?" Ephram asks halfway through his door.
"Ephram we told you that you can do whatever while you are hear so long as you aren't doing anything that could get you arrested." Nonny responds.
"Great thanks Non-"
"Ephram I think you should look in the living room first though." Nonny states solemnly.
"What's going on?" Ephram questions walking quickly toward the living room. But when he catches sight of the blonde girl sitting on the couch with her face buried in her hands Ephram turns quickly away from the doorway and whispers, "why is she here?"
Nonny shakes her head, "I'm not exactly sure why she's hear she's only been hear about 30 minutes but she's been crying the entire time. All she's really said what that she needs to see Ephram and that she would wait until you got home. I told her it could be hours but she said it didn't matter she just needed to see you."
Ephram quickly moves toward Amy and kneeling down by her Ephram questions, "Amy what happened?"
Amy looks up quickly and it's obvious she has been crying for a long period of time, "oh God Ephram!" Amy sobs throwing her arms around Ephram.
Ephram remains in the uncomfortable position and gently wraps his arms around Amy as she sobs into his shoulder. When it becomes apparent that Amy's sobs aren't going to subside any time soon Ephram gently pulls himself away and stares into Amy's eyes, "Amy what happened?"
"I...I..." Amy begins gasping for air, "I..."
Ephram gently tucks Amy's hair away from her face, "Amy you need to calm down and breathe." As Amy tries to catch her breath Ephram stares at her unsure of what had shaken her up so badly that she flew across the entire country and was sobbing in his grandmother's living room. She had everything, he was out of the way for the summer giving her time to be happy with Colin who's surgery had gone perfectly only a month ago.
Ephram gently wipes away the slowing tears as Amy's breathing begins to slow and she blurts, "he's gone!"
"Who's gone?" Ephram asks.
Amy's tears begin to come fast once again, "Colin."
Looking back Ephram could probably say his heart honestly stopped beating for a second at those words, and he didn't need to ask where Colin had gone. "What happened?"
Amy shakes her head gasping, "I don't know, it all just happened so quickly."
Ephram offers his own, "oh God" as he takes Amy back into his arms gently stroking her hair attempting to calm her down as she shakes in his arms.
"She's asleep." Ephram states as he walks into the kitchen rubbing his temples his head pounding with a headache.
"I called your father so that he could tell her parents where she was." Nonny states before handing Ephram a glass of water and 2 advil.
"Did he say what happened?" Ephram questions sitting down at the table.
"A brain aneurysm, an unforeseen, unpreventable. It's not anyone's fault and there's nothing anyone could have known. He died in his sleep his mother found him 4 days ago. I guess Amy disappeared after his funereal. Your father didn't seem surprised that she came here though."
"She's devastated and I don't know what to do." Ephram sighs.
"Amy's going to need you a lot in the next couple days, all you need to do is let her cry and be there to comfort her." Nonny responds gently laying her hand on Ephram's head.