He was supposed to be the luckiest guy in the world.
Bright looked over at the taxi that sat a few feet away from him and Remy. Everyone was there. Ephram, Amy, Dr. Brown and even his own father. The only people who didn't make it were the most important ones; Remy's family. No, instead they were at home packing; another retreat, Remy had told him that this time they were going to Nebraska. He was amazed on how her parents could find every available couples' retreat around the boards of their state; but he was more amazed at how quickly one week had flew by and how quickly her father had gotten her into that school.
Remy weakly smiled at Ephram. "I guess I didn't get to stay as long as I expected, did I?" she joked, scratching her toe of her Mary Jane's into the sidewalk.
He pulled her into a hug. "It won't be too bad. We'll still get to see each other. Think of it this way; it's closer than New York."
Remy nodded and turned to Amy who had been sniffing uncontrollably since she had stepped out of the house this morning. "Rem." She whispered.
"Amy! It's not like your never going to see me again!" Remy said wrapping her arms around Amy's neck and giving her a squeeze.
Amy nodded and pulled away. "It was nice having someone like you around to shake things up around here." Amy's frown turned into a half smile.
Remy glanced over at Ephram. "Oh, I think I reminded someone here of what New York is really about and there will be some more mischief around here."
Bright cleared his throat making Remy's attention fall on him. Her expression went from joking to solemn. Bright's arms wrapped around her body that was covered with clothes that she would normally never wear. His fingers shook as he felt the silky blouse that gently caressed her curves and the green plaid kilt grazed her knee. "I love you; you know that." He whispered in her ear as he took her away from the crowd of people seeing her off.
Remy sighed. "Don't tell me that just because I'm leaving. I don't want you to feel you have to. You have to mean it."
"But I really do." He smirked at her.
Remy smiled mischievously. "Tell me you love me when I come back."
"I can't wait that long." Bright said pulling her towards him and squeezing her tightly.
Remy pulled away from him and looked him in the eyes. "It looks like you will have to." Her eyes looked over at the cab where Dr. Brown was putting a few bags into the truck with the help of the driver.
Within a few minutes Bright had gotten his last kiss and she was gone; headed toward Denver and now he sat in his room, lying on his bed picturing Remy saunter up to him and snuggle beneath his arm; but he knew she was miles away. He wondered if she was thinking the same thing. He sat up and picked up the freshly developed pictures Amy had given him about an hour before. He smiled as he looked down at them. Last week was amazing.
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"Bright! Come on! I'm not spending my last week here locked up in my room." Remy said from her window tossing down a suitcase and her shoes.
Bright wore a worried expression on his face as he watched her climb down the lattice in front of her. "Rem, I don't think this is a good idea, your dad would kill me if he knew."
Remy's socked feet touched the ground and she quickly kissed his lips. "That's why we aren't telling him silly." She smirked and slipped her signature green chucks onto her feet and scooped up the suitcase that lay beside the house.
Bright ran silently behind her to the curb where Amy sat in his truck in the front seat turning on the engine. "Who said you were driving?" Bright said; standing outside of the truck frowning at Amy who was clearing waving at Remy as she hopped in.
"Remy said you needed a getaway driver, now hurry up, we still have to pick up F." Amy said hurriedly, revving the engine.
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Bright smiled at Remy's escape from her parents' house. Remy didn't even call that place her home, Ephram's house was her home. Her father had grounded her for talking back to him after Bright had left so they had to sneak her out. They weren't even sure where they were going. They were just going to leave. Remy had whispered to him over the phone that she needed one last 'hurrah' before being turned over to a bunch of 'prep school princesses'; and this was going to be it.
Amy had told him later that the day before Colin's surgery, their father caught them and was completely cool with it, so they told him this time so they wouldn't have to try to sneak out. He wasn't too pleased with the idea of disobeying Remy's parents . . . again, but he knew that Bright and Remy needed this, so reluctantly he agreed.
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"So Remy; where are we going? It's 4:30 in the morning, we could go anywhere." Bright said smiling at Remy who was in the back with Ephram; who was already asleep.
Remy grinned devilishly. "Sh . . . If you whisper F's name in his ear, he usually calls out the name of the girl who he likes." Remy giggled as Amy panicked at the wheel.
"No don't! That's not fair!!" Amy yell-whispered back at Remy; who was already a few inches from his ear.
"Ephram . . . Ephram?" Remy whispered her lips almost touched his ear.
Bright laughed as Amy's eyes flew from the backseat to the road in extreme nervousness.
"Amy!" Ephram yelled popping out of his dream and hitting his head on the roof of the truck. "Owwwwwwww!!!!"
Bright and Remy cracked up as both Ephram and Amy's faces turned a bright red.
"Having nice dreams Brown?"
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Yes it was about time they finally got it out in the open that they liked each other, even if Amy still refused to admit it. He smiled at the pictures Remy and Amy were taking the entire time.
There was Amy at the base of a huge tree looking up looking rather angry. Then in the next picture there was him hidden in the tree, holding the keys in his teeth. He did get to drive and he did force Amy into the back with Ephram.
He flipped the pictures again. The next one was at some crappy coffee shop but it was his favourite. It was of him and Remy squeezed into the corner of a booth. A small smile crept onto his face. He could remember every part of that moment; the smell of the building which was kind of like cleaner and coffee and sounds of laughter filling the quiet building.
He looked at the next picture his other favorite.
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Bright drove along in the darkness looking back at Amy and Remy who were peacefully asleep. He looked at the glowing clock reading 11:17pm. They had spent the entire day just driving around the towns that surrounded Everwood. They had nowhere else to go and Remy sure as hell did not want to go to Denver; so why not?
Ephram looked over at him and blinked sleepily. His eyes quickly shifted to the map in front of him. "It's late."
"Yeah, I know I'm trying to find a place to pull over." Bright said in reply and his eyes scanned the signs at the sides of the road. He was hoping for a rest area or something.
Ephram nodded and tilted his head back against the head rest. "Kay." He murmured; his eyes drifting closed.
"Don't fall asleep on me dude! If I don't have someone to talk to I'm going to fall asleep." Bright said punching Ephram's shoulder making an aggravated and tired sigh fill the quietness of the truck. "Talk about anything I don't care."
"Why don't you turn on the radio?" Ephram whined; rubbing his eyes with one hand.
"Guys get up! Come on up!" Remy said from the backseat, poking Bright hard on the shoulder but only getting a mumble in reply. "Fine, if they want to sleep, we'll drive." Remy said determined.
Amy's eyebrows went up in surprise. "Remy, they are in the front. There is no way you can move them."
"I can't, but we can. Come one help me with Bright." Remy said opening the door and hopping out, moving her way to the driver's side and opening the door.
Amy bit her lip and walked over to where Remy stood pulling Bright's legs out the door. "We're going to wake him." Amy said stubbornly.
Remy looked at her and sighed. "That means less work for us."
Amy rolled her eyes. "The easiest way to wake Bright up is to do this." Amy said flicking Bright's ear making him jump and yelp. "Bright, get in the back, I'm driving."
Remy stood their smiling grabbing the camera from the dashboard and quickly snapping a picture of him rubbing his ear in pain.
"See? Instant results."
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The ride home was less eventful. No one wanted to go back because that meant they would have to say goodbye to someone that had just arrived and changed their lives for the better. When they reached the Everwood sign that night it didn't turn out to be that cheery thing that welcomed them home, but warned them of what was going to happen.
He remembered Remy quickly slide across the seat and was snuggled into his arms within an instant. He remembered the look on Ephram's face as they drove into the downtown area. The way his eyes looked full pity as they passed the spot Remy would be picked up the next day. He remembered the sound of Remy's crackling voice saying she didn't want to go in but go to one of their houses. Everyone knew she couldn't. She still had to pack. Everyone knew she wanted to tell her parents she loved them before she left, although she never could for fear they wouldn't believe it. Bright watched unable to do anything as Remy walked into her house which was lit inside unlike the way it usually was. He knew her father was waiting to tell her off. He could feel it.
And yet, it was one of the best road trips he had ever been on. But the only thing left of it that he had were these pictures, scattered across his bed. Each one with smiling faces and its own memory. He wondered if that was what was going to happen to them. Remy and him. They were just going to be a memory. A moment captured in his mind and that was all.
Bright sighed and got up to his window so he could look out on the busy town that he called home, that went on living even though someone was gone. He looked down at the sill outside his window. A CD case lay there with his name in big blue letters on the cover. He quickly opened his window and grabbed the CD case that was cold to the touch. He opened it up and a little piece of blue paper fell out He picked it up and put the CD in his player and turned it up.
He sat on his bed and read the note aloud.
"Bright,
I'm not sure if you will find this. It's just some songs that remind me of you. I have you jacket that reminds me of you and I figured you should have something that reminds you of me and this was the best I could make. I'll see you in a bit.
Rem"
He listened to the songs, smiling as each played. The songs he used to write her notes. Some of the songs that played on the radio driving around. They all meant something. But not as much as Remy would if she were here right now.
He closed his eyes. Her image, her silhouette haunted his thoughts. He could almost hear her voice calling. He could almost smell her scent falling over his shoulder. He could almost taste her lip gloss on his lips. His eyes flashed open and spun around on the bed in hopes of finding her.
Too bad his luck was all bad.
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Bright looked over at the taxi that sat a few feet away from him and Remy. Everyone was there. Ephram, Amy, Dr. Brown and even his own father. The only people who didn't make it were the most important ones; Remy's family. No, instead they were at home packing; another retreat, Remy had told him that this time they were going to Nebraska. He was amazed on how her parents could find every available couples' retreat around the boards of their state; but he was more amazed at how quickly one week had flew by and how quickly her father had gotten her into that school.
Remy weakly smiled at Ephram. "I guess I didn't get to stay as long as I expected, did I?" she joked, scratching her toe of her Mary Jane's into the sidewalk.
He pulled her into a hug. "It won't be too bad. We'll still get to see each other. Think of it this way; it's closer than New York."
Remy nodded and turned to Amy who had been sniffing uncontrollably since she had stepped out of the house this morning. "Rem." She whispered.
"Amy! It's not like your never going to see me again!" Remy said wrapping her arms around Amy's neck and giving her a squeeze.
Amy nodded and pulled away. "It was nice having someone like you around to shake things up around here." Amy's frown turned into a half smile.
Remy glanced over at Ephram. "Oh, I think I reminded someone here of what New York is really about and there will be some more mischief around here."
Bright cleared his throat making Remy's attention fall on him. Her expression went from joking to solemn. Bright's arms wrapped around her body that was covered with clothes that she would normally never wear. His fingers shook as he felt the silky blouse that gently caressed her curves and the green plaid kilt grazed her knee. "I love you; you know that." He whispered in her ear as he took her away from the crowd of people seeing her off.
Remy sighed. "Don't tell me that just because I'm leaving. I don't want you to feel you have to. You have to mean it."
"But I really do." He smirked at her.
Remy smiled mischievously. "Tell me you love me when I come back."
"I can't wait that long." Bright said pulling her towards him and squeezing her tightly.
Remy pulled away from him and looked him in the eyes. "It looks like you will have to." Her eyes looked over at the cab where Dr. Brown was putting a few bags into the truck with the help of the driver.
Within a few minutes Bright had gotten his last kiss and she was gone; headed toward Denver and now he sat in his room, lying on his bed picturing Remy saunter up to him and snuggle beneath his arm; but he knew she was miles away. He wondered if she was thinking the same thing. He sat up and picked up the freshly developed pictures Amy had given him about an hour before. He smiled as he looked down at them. Last week was amazing.
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"Bright! Come on! I'm not spending my last week here locked up in my room." Remy said from her window tossing down a suitcase and her shoes.
Bright wore a worried expression on his face as he watched her climb down the lattice in front of her. "Rem, I don't think this is a good idea, your dad would kill me if he knew."
Remy's socked feet touched the ground and she quickly kissed his lips. "That's why we aren't telling him silly." She smirked and slipped her signature green chucks onto her feet and scooped up the suitcase that lay beside the house.
Bright ran silently behind her to the curb where Amy sat in his truck in the front seat turning on the engine. "Who said you were driving?" Bright said; standing outside of the truck frowning at Amy who was clearing waving at Remy as she hopped in.
"Remy said you needed a getaway driver, now hurry up, we still have to pick up F." Amy said hurriedly, revving the engine.
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Bright smiled at Remy's escape from her parents' house. Remy didn't even call that place her home, Ephram's house was her home. Her father had grounded her for talking back to him after Bright had left so they had to sneak her out. They weren't even sure where they were going. They were just going to leave. Remy had whispered to him over the phone that she needed one last 'hurrah' before being turned over to a bunch of 'prep school princesses'; and this was going to be it.
Amy had told him later that the day before Colin's surgery, their father caught them and was completely cool with it, so they told him this time so they wouldn't have to try to sneak out. He wasn't too pleased with the idea of disobeying Remy's parents . . . again, but he knew that Bright and Remy needed this, so reluctantly he agreed.
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"So Remy; where are we going? It's 4:30 in the morning, we could go anywhere." Bright said smiling at Remy who was in the back with Ephram; who was already asleep.
Remy grinned devilishly. "Sh . . . If you whisper F's name in his ear, he usually calls out the name of the girl who he likes." Remy giggled as Amy panicked at the wheel.
"No don't! That's not fair!!" Amy yell-whispered back at Remy; who was already a few inches from his ear.
"Ephram . . . Ephram?" Remy whispered her lips almost touched his ear.
Bright laughed as Amy's eyes flew from the backseat to the road in extreme nervousness.
"Amy!" Ephram yelled popping out of his dream and hitting his head on the roof of the truck. "Owwwwwwww!!!!"
Bright and Remy cracked up as both Ephram and Amy's faces turned a bright red.
"Having nice dreams Brown?"
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Yes it was about time they finally got it out in the open that they liked each other, even if Amy still refused to admit it. He smiled at the pictures Remy and Amy were taking the entire time.
There was Amy at the base of a huge tree looking up looking rather angry. Then in the next picture there was him hidden in the tree, holding the keys in his teeth. He did get to drive and he did force Amy into the back with Ephram.
He flipped the pictures again. The next one was at some crappy coffee shop but it was his favourite. It was of him and Remy squeezed into the corner of a booth. A small smile crept onto his face. He could remember every part of that moment; the smell of the building which was kind of like cleaner and coffee and sounds of laughter filling the quiet building.
He looked at the next picture his other favorite.
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Bright drove along in the darkness looking back at Amy and Remy who were peacefully asleep. He looked at the glowing clock reading 11:17pm. They had spent the entire day just driving around the towns that surrounded Everwood. They had nowhere else to go and Remy sure as hell did not want to go to Denver; so why not?
Ephram looked over at him and blinked sleepily. His eyes quickly shifted to the map in front of him. "It's late."
"Yeah, I know I'm trying to find a place to pull over." Bright said in reply and his eyes scanned the signs at the sides of the road. He was hoping for a rest area or something.
Ephram nodded and tilted his head back against the head rest. "Kay." He murmured; his eyes drifting closed.
"Don't fall asleep on me dude! If I don't have someone to talk to I'm going to fall asleep." Bright said punching Ephram's shoulder making an aggravated and tired sigh fill the quietness of the truck. "Talk about anything I don't care."
"Why don't you turn on the radio?" Ephram whined; rubbing his eyes with one hand.
"Guys get up! Come on up!" Remy said from the backseat, poking Bright hard on the shoulder but only getting a mumble in reply. "Fine, if they want to sleep, we'll drive." Remy said determined.
Amy's eyebrows went up in surprise. "Remy, they are in the front. There is no way you can move them."
"I can't, but we can. Come one help me with Bright." Remy said opening the door and hopping out, moving her way to the driver's side and opening the door.
Amy bit her lip and walked over to where Remy stood pulling Bright's legs out the door. "We're going to wake him." Amy said stubbornly.
Remy looked at her and sighed. "That means less work for us."
Amy rolled her eyes. "The easiest way to wake Bright up is to do this." Amy said flicking Bright's ear making him jump and yelp. "Bright, get in the back, I'm driving."
Remy stood their smiling grabbing the camera from the dashboard and quickly snapping a picture of him rubbing his ear in pain.
"See? Instant results."
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The ride home was less eventful. No one wanted to go back because that meant they would have to say goodbye to someone that had just arrived and changed their lives for the better. When they reached the Everwood sign that night it didn't turn out to be that cheery thing that welcomed them home, but warned them of what was going to happen.
He remembered Remy quickly slide across the seat and was snuggled into his arms within an instant. He remembered the look on Ephram's face as they drove into the downtown area. The way his eyes looked full pity as they passed the spot Remy would be picked up the next day. He remembered the sound of Remy's crackling voice saying she didn't want to go in but go to one of their houses. Everyone knew she couldn't. She still had to pack. Everyone knew she wanted to tell her parents she loved them before she left, although she never could for fear they wouldn't believe it. Bright watched unable to do anything as Remy walked into her house which was lit inside unlike the way it usually was. He knew her father was waiting to tell her off. He could feel it.
And yet, it was one of the best road trips he had ever been on. But the only thing left of it that he had were these pictures, scattered across his bed. Each one with smiling faces and its own memory. He wondered if that was what was going to happen to them. Remy and him. They were just going to be a memory. A moment captured in his mind and that was all.
Bright sighed and got up to his window so he could look out on the busy town that he called home, that went on living even though someone was gone. He looked down at the sill outside his window. A CD case lay there with his name in big blue letters on the cover. He quickly opened his window and grabbed the CD case that was cold to the touch. He opened it up and a little piece of blue paper fell out He picked it up and put the CD in his player and turned it up.
He sat on his bed and read the note aloud.
"Bright,
I'm not sure if you will find this. It's just some songs that remind me of you. I have you jacket that reminds me of you and I figured you should have something that reminds you of me and this was the best I could make. I'll see you in a bit.
Rem"
He listened to the songs, smiling as each played. The songs he used to write her notes. Some of the songs that played on the radio driving around. They all meant something. But not as much as Remy would if she were here right now.
He closed his eyes. Her image, her silhouette haunted his thoughts. He could almost hear her voice calling. He could almost smell her scent falling over his shoulder. He could almost taste her lip gloss on his lips. His eyes flashed open and spun around on the bed in hopes of finding her.
Too bad his luck was all bad.
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* A/N: I could finish it here, if you want me to. I can continue because I do have this other idea that keeps it going. So review and tell me what YOU want! Please? Please?
REVIEW!!!!!!!
~TOODLES!!!