Chapter 4
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First off thank you to all of you are are encouraging me it's great and is helping me to get this story done in record time! But I'm sorry that this chapter has taken so long, half of the chapter has been sitting here while I ran around do a million different things so finally I got a night off and finished it to find...that fanfiction.net was down so I'm sorry for the delay but chapter 5 is almost done too so expected that to be updated soon!
Funky: I'm sorry the chapters aren't longer but I want to give you guys as much as possible and if the chapters are long they get halfway through and never get updated, so I hope to get a lot of shorter chapters out more quickly then less longer chapters...I'm sorry though if the short chapters are getting annoying!
As for everyone else thanks again for a reviewing it means a lot! And I hope you guys enjoy this story and meeting Skuz!!
Amy shrugs, "of course I don't mind if your friends come over, this is your vacation...If you would rather I hang out in the bedroom I can."
"Of course not!" Ephram exclaims, "I figured you aren't exactly ready to be around a ton of people you don't know."
Amy smiles at Ephram, "actually a ton of people I don't know sounds a lot better than a bunch of people back home offering me their condolences. And I've been thinking a lot about what you said in the kitchen earlier."
"Really?" Ephram asks muting the TV and turning to face Amy.
Amy nods, "and I realized that Colin would want me to take the opportunity to be in New York, and have fun and get to know new people."
Ephram nods, "yes he probably would."
"So I'm going to try and have a good time while I am here." Amy states firmly.
Ephram nods, "sounds good to me."
"Ephram?" Amy's voice is softer this time.
"Yeah Amy?"
"Can you not tell your friend about Colin, I don't want to talk about it."
Ephram nods, "of course, that's your choice."
"Thanks Ephram." Amy smiles and then unmutes the TV.
Just as the couple on the screen are having their happy ending the door bell rings, "that'll be Skuz."
"Skuz?" Amy questions shutting off the TV.
"Remember the friend I told you about?" Ephram questions leading the way toward the door.
"Yeah." Amy nods, "I just haven't ever met anyone named Skuz before."
Ephram nods, "Yeah, I suppose we don't get a lot of Skuz' in Everwood Colorado."
Ephram pulls open the door to find is bright blue haired friend standing in front of him, "finally, I hope I wasn't interrupting anything."
Amy blushes at the insinuation and Ephram glares at his closest friend, "knock it off man."
"Right, right gotta make that good impression." Clearing his throat and straightening Skuz sticks out his hand and in a snooty voice, "Skuz Tibbs III it's a pleasure to meet you mam."
Amy smiles at him and states, "Amy Abbot, it's nice to meet you too."
"So are you guys coming to lunch with us or what?" Skuz asks resorting back to his regular voice.
Amy and Ephram exchange glances, "it's up to Amy."
Amy shrugs, "sure."
"Then let's get going." Skuz encourages, "we're late the woman I call mom barely let me out of the house."
"So Amy," Skuz begins once they are out on the street, "you'll meet everyone. I heard you all ready encountered Skye."
Amy nods, "she stopped by earlier."
"Well you will find that most of Ephram's friends are a lot less...well...bitchy..."
"Skuz..." Ephram begins.
"What?" Skuz shrugs, "what else is there for me to say? That she's Satan's Daughter?"
"She's not that bad." Ephram responds.
Skuz looks back and forth between Amy and Ephram, gives Ephram an odd look and then finally sighs, "whatever you say man."
By this time they have arrived in front of their destination, "Chili's?" Amy comments, "never heard of it."
Skuz stares at Amy stunned, "your joking right?"
Amy shakes her head, "nope."
Skuz turns to Ephram, "what the hell kind of place do you live in that doesn't have a Chili's?"
Ephram rolls his eyes, "Skuz believes that if he doesn't eat at Chili's at least twice a week he will die."
Amy laughs lightly as Ephram pulls the door open and lets his friends pass into the restaurant before he follows them in. Once they have made their way into the restaurant he sees that all of his friends are all ready present and are taking up a big table toward the back. Coming into closer view Amy can count six people she doesn't know with Skye making seven; the conversation at the table stops as Amy, Skuz and Ephram stop in front of them.
"Ephram! We saved you and your friend a seat." A petite red head motions toward the two seats available to her left.
"Thanks Shelby," Ephram hugs the girl and then he and Amy take their seats, "everyone this is Amy. Amy this is Shelby," Ephram motions toward the girl who had spoken earlier. "Next to Shelby is her boyfriend Scott..." Skuz took the empty seat next to blonde haired spiked Scott. "Across from Skuz is Skye, whom you've met." Skye, who had changed since Amy had seen her last into a pink mini skirt and shirt that tied in front, along with the girl sitting next to her, a girl who had her thick curly brown hair pulled back into a ponytail were both glaring at Amy. "Next to Skye is Anastacia and then her boyfriend Wes. Next to Wes is obviously his twin brother Justin and Justin's girlfriend Denise." Everyone greets Amy and Denise even flips her blonde hair with red tips over her shoulder and shakes Amy's hand.
After a couple of awkward minutes the conversation resumes around Amy and Shelby asks, "so how come you are here Amy? It's a long trip to come all the way to Colorado."
Amy bites her lip and Ephram notices her twisting her napkin in her lap and unconsciously reaches over and gently lays a hand on top of Amy's hand. Amy smiles brightly suddenly as if drawing courage from Ephram and then states, "well there isn't a whole lot to do in Everwood Colorado during the summer so I thought I would surprise Ephram by flying out to visit him for awhile."
Denise, Justin and Shelby, the one three paying attention nod, and Justin question, "so any idea of how long you will be staying?"
Amy shakes her head, "I have an open ended ticket, so whenever Ephram and his grandparents get tired of me."
"So you and Ephram go to the same school?" Shelby asks.
Amy nods, "Everwood is very small there is no other high school."
"So the you would probably know this girl that Ephram's in love with." Shelby's statement causes the table to go silent again.
"Ex-excuse me?" Amy stutters.
Review responses:
First off thank you to all of you are are encouraging me it's great and is helping me to get this story done in record time! But I'm sorry that this chapter has taken so long, half of the chapter has been sitting here while I ran around do a million different things so finally I got a night off and finished it to find...that fanfiction.net was down so I'm sorry for the delay but chapter 5 is almost done too so expected that to be updated soon!
Funky: I'm sorry the chapters aren't longer but I want to give you guys as much as possible and if the chapters are long they get halfway through and never get updated, so I hope to get a lot of shorter chapters out more quickly then less longer chapters...I'm sorry though if the short chapters are getting annoying!
As for everyone else thanks again for a reviewing it means a lot! And I hope you guys enjoy this story and meeting Skuz!!
Amy shrugs, "of course I don't mind if your friends come over, this is your vacation...If you would rather I hang out in the bedroom I can."
"Of course not!" Ephram exclaims, "I figured you aren't exactly ready to be around a ton of people you don't know."
Amy smiles at Ephram, "actually a ton of people I don't know sounds a lot better than a bunch of people back home offering me their condolences. And I've been thinking a lot about what you said in the kitchen earlier."
"Really?" Ephram asks muting the TV and turning to face Amy.
Amy nods, "and I realized that Colin would want me to take the opportunity to be in New York, and have fun and get to know new people."
Ephram nods, "yes he probably would."
"So I'm going to try and have a good time while I am here." Amy states firmly.
Ephram nods, "sounds good to me."
"Ephram?" Amy's voice is softer this time.
"Yeah Amy?"
"Can you not tell your friend about Colin, I don't want to talk about it."
Ephram nods, "of course, that's your choice."
"Thanks Ephram." Amy smiles and then unmutes the TV.
Just as the couple on the screen are having their happy ending the door bell rings, "that'll be Skuz."
"Skuz?" Amy questions shutting off the TV.
"Remember the friend I told you about?" Ephram questions leading the way toward the door.
"Yeah." Amy nods, "I just haven't ever met anyone named Skuz before."
Ephram nods, "Yeah, I suppose we don't get a lot of Skuz' in Everwood Colorado."
Ephram pulls open the door to find is bright blue haired friend standing in front of him, "finally, I hope I wasn't interrupting anything."
Amy blushes at the insinuation and Ephram glares at his closest friend, "knock it off man."
"Right, right gotta make that good impression." Clearing his throat and straightening Skuz sticks out his hand and in a snooty voice, "Skuz Tibbs III it's a pleasure to meet you mam."
Amy smiles at him and states, "Amy Abbot, it's nice to meet you too."
"So are you guys coming to lunch with us or what?" Skuz asks resorting back to his regular voice.
Amy and Ephram exchange glances, "it's up to Amy."
Amy shrugs, "sure."
"Then let's get going." Skuz encourages, "we're late the woman I call mom barely let me out of the house."
"So Amy," Skuz begins once they are out on the street, "you'll meet everyone. I heard you all ready encountered Skye."
Amy nods, "she stopped by earlier."
"Well you will find that most of Ephram's friends are a lot less...well...bitchy..."
"Skuz..." Ephram begins.
"What?" Skuz shrugs, "what else is there for me to say? That she's Satan's Daughter?"
"She's not that bad." Ephram responds.
Skuz looks back and forth between Amy and Ephram, gives Ephram an odd look and then finally sighs, "whatever you say man."
By this time they have arrived in front of their destination, "Chili's?" Amy comments, "never heard of it."
Skuz stares at Amy stunned, "your joking right?"
Amy shakes her head, "nope."
Skuz turns to Ephram, "what the hell kind of place do you live in that doesn't have a Chili's?"
Ephram rolls his eyes, "Skuz believes that if he doesn't eat at Chili's at least twice a week he will die."
Amy laughs lightly as Ephram pulls the door open and lets his friends pass into the restaurant before he follows them in. Once they have made their way into the restaurant he sees that all of his friends are all ready present and are taking up a big table toward the back. Coming into closer view Amy can count six people she doesn't know with Skye making seven; the conversation at the table stops as Amy, Skuz and Ephram stop in front of them.
"Ephram! We saved you and your friend a seat." A petite red head motions toward the two seats available to her left.
"Thanks Shelby," Ephram hugs the girl and then he and Amy take their seats, "everyone this is Amy. Amy this is Shelby," Ephram motions toward the girl who had spoken earlier. "Next to Shelby is her boyfriend Scott..." Skuz took the empty seat next to blonde haired spiked Scott. "Across from Skuz is Skye, whom you've met." Skye, who had changed since Amy had seen her last into a pink mini skirt and shirt that tied in front, along with the girl sitting next to her, a girl who had her thick curly brown hair pulled back into a ponytail were both glaring at Amy. "Next to Skye is Anastacia and then her boyfriend Wes. Next to Wes is obviously his twin brother Justin and Justin's girlfriend Denise." Everyone greets Amy and Denise even flips her blonde hair with red tips over her shoulder and shakes Amy's hand.
After a couple of awkward minutes the conversation resumes around Amy and Shelby asks, "so how come you are here Amy? It's a long trip to come all the way to Colorado."
Amy bites her lip and Ephram notices her twisting her napkin in her lap and unconsciously reaches over and gently lays a hand on top of Amy's hand. Amy smiles brightly suddenly as if drawing courage from Ephram and then states, "well there isn't a whole lot to do in Everwood Colorado during the summer so I thought I would surprise Ephram by flying out to visit him for awhile."
Denise, Justin and Shelby, the one three paying attention nod, and Justin question, "so any idea of how long you will be staying?"
Amy shakes her head, "I have an open ended ticket, so whenever Ephram and his grandparents get tired of me."
"So you and Ephram go to the same school?" Shelby asks.
Amy nods, "Everwood is very small there is no other high school."
"So the you would probably know this girl that Ephram's in love with." Shelby's statement causes the table to go silent again.
"Ex-excuse me?" Amy stutters.