Remy sat under the tree sipping a coffee. Every memory flooded past her
eyes. She remembered people saying that your life flashes before your eyes
before you die. Maybe it was true because if her parents found out in any
way they were going to kill her. Her earliest memory made her smile through
her fears.
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"Dad; drive faster!" Ephram ordered from the backseat. His legs dangled a few inches from the floor of their Beamer. "We're losing the ambulance!"
Remy bounced up and down in her seat. This was so exciting. She didn't have any siblings so this was so cool.
Ephram's dad ignored his 5 year old son's comment and kept driving at the limit.
A smile burst out across Ephram's face as he looked over at Remy. His whispered words were barely audible to her ears.
"I'm going to be a big brother."
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Remy sat in the waiting room with Ephram sitting next to her. His father had just gone in for a few minutes and left them with Ephram's grandparents.
And she started to cry.
This place reminded her of the operation her mom had just a few months earlier. She remembered the look on her father's face as he explained to her what it meant when the doctor guy had said her mommy couldn't conceive. This moment only reminded her that she could never be a big sister.
Ephram wrapped his little arms around her shoulders. "We can share my little brother or sister." He whispered into her ear.
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Ephram had kept his promise. They did share Delia. Remy smiled as she sipped her coffee and tightened her grip on Bright's jacket. They shared her all the way through school. Through everything they were best friends.
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"It isn't that high!" She yelled from a few feet above his head. Her legs dangled from one of the branches of their huge oak tree in central park. Her mom had taken them but wasn't paying attention. It was her day off and she was looking over a file of some patient in prison or something.
Ephram bit his lip. "It looks high."
Remy sighed. "Fine then; I'll tell all the guys at school that you were too scared to climb a tree and I wasn't, you big chicken!" She grinned even larger. She knew Ephram hated to be out done by her.
Ephram summed up all of the courage his eight year old mind could and jumped pulling himself up into the branches.
"Come on Eph!!" Remy yelled, urging him to join her on her branch about half way up. "Climb faster!"
"I am! Just hold . . ." Ephram replied as he lost his footing and fell out of the tree about 9 feet up.
"Ephram!" she screamed in terror as she began to climb down.
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Ephram never did forgive her for that. He broke his arm and he couldn't play the piano the entire time. Actually, that was when they both discovered 'graphic novels'. Sitting in his bedroom hours on end reading the latest one and every week his mom would pop her head in and supply them with new reading material. Remy shook her head. Ephram never did climb a tree after that. Maybe his irrational fear of heights wasn't so irrational.
She wondered where Amy was. Amy should be picking her up soon. They agreed on noon and they would have lunch while here. Amy only reminded her of Ephram more. Amy was Ephram's latest crush. And Remy could tell they belonged together. Sure they weren't as good a match as him and Katherine, but they would be pretty cute together.
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"Go ask her!" Remy urged Ephram nudging his shoulder.
Ephram shook his head. "No way; she probably has a date already."
"Yeah I heard she's going with that Drake guy." One of their guy friends informed.
Remy glared at him. Only Ephram knew she liked Drake. "Shut up Jon. Ephram, I talked to Katie and she isn't going with anyone. Besides Jon, everyone knows Drake and her broke up weeks ago."
Jon rolled his eyes at her. "Her name is Katherine. No one calls her Katie." "Her good friends do. Oh here she comes!" Remy said smiling excitedly, winking at Ephram. "Hey Kate!"
A girl long pink and blonde hair stopped and grinned. "Hey Rems. What up?"
Remy smirked at Jon who rolled his eyes and walked off and looked over at Ephram who had turned rather pale.
"You know my best friend Ephram Brown right?" Remy gripped Ephram's upper arm and pulled him toward Katherine.
Katherine nodded. "Piano prodigy right? You play beautifully."
Ephram nodded and whispered a quiet thanks.
Remy grinned mischievously. "Exactly. Well he has something to ask you." Remy took a few steps backwards and whispered good luck into his ear before running off.
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"So she seriously has mono?"
Remy bit her lip as she held her phone up to her ear and looked herself over once in her mother's full length mirror. "Afraid so. Ephram I'm so sorry. Are you still going?"
"No. But my mom is really excited about me going so I'm getting dressed up anyways and going to hang out someplace."
Her doorbell rang. "You should come to the dance. Come on it won't be any fun if you don't."
"Naw . . . I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."
Remy hung up her phone and walked to the door and opened it quickly. "Hey Drake."
The boy with a longish dark hair stood in the doorframe smiling at her. "Remy. Ready to go?"
"I'm sorry Drake, but I can't. Someone needs me right now."
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Remy stopped quickly at the ticket booth and bit her lip. "Uh. . . I know this may sound really weird but did a guy wearing a suit buy a ticket to one of these movies?"
The guy grinned and nodded. "Yeah, Rush Hour 2."
Remy grinned. "One ticket to that."
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Remy never did tell Ephram that she had given up her date with Drake. He was glad that he wasn't alone in that theatre and they both worked on the perfect description of the dance so if his mom asked he would have witnesses. She sighed. Little did they know that a few weeks later his mom wouldn't be there anymore. They were always there for each other. Always.
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Ephram fidgeted nervously standing in his room.
"Stand still." Remy ordered. "I can't fix your tie when you do that."
Ephram bit his lip. "Sorry. I'm just nervous about the grand finale."
Remy smirked. "Don't worry. You'll do fine. I can't wait to see you play."
"Are you sure you don't want to ride with my parents? I know your parents and you had that major fight and all." Ephram asked as Remy finished with his tie.
Remy shook her head. "Nope. You and your piano are one of the few things we agree on so they should come. We might actually work something out this time."
"Ok, but if something happens . . ."
"Call your mom and she'll pick me up. I got it Ephram." Remy gave Ephram a quick hug. "You're going to do fine. I'll see you there ok?"
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Remy sniffed. She remembered sitting at Julia's funeral just thinking that if her parents had picked a fight with her that night she would have been in a casket beside her. Ephram wouldn't have lost just a mom but a friend. Also the last conversation with Julia flew through her mind. Julia had stopped her on the way out of the apartment. She had said it couldn't wait.
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"Remy wait." Julia said catching her arm.
Remy turned around quickly. "Can you tell me later, I have to get back. My mom wants to okay what I'm wearing."
"No, now." Julia's eyes weren't playful and joking but serious for once.
Remy nodded.
Julia smiled. "Why aren't you and Ephram together?"
Remy laughed. "Because he likes Katherine. He would never see me that way."
Julia squeezed Remy tightly. "You two are soul mates. I can tell. You belong together."
"We may be. But for now we'll have to wait." Remy turned to leave.
"Remy. Remember, your always part of our family."
Remy walked into the hall of the building, playing over what Julia said. It was so odd what she was saying.
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Remy always had the feeling after that; that Julia knew. Like unconsciously knew that her time was up. She would never tell Ephram that she thought that or the last things that Julia had told her. She constantly wondered if Julia what Julia would think of Bright. If she would think that he was a better match than Ephram was.
Her thoughts immediately flew to Bright. She looked up at the tree she sat beneath. When they came here the first time The leaves were changing from green to orange and now the branches were bare. She took the last sip of her coffee and sat the cup beside her. She could almost visualize Bright perched upon one of the branches dangling the keys out of Amy's reach.
"Remy?"
Remy jumped looking in front of her. Amy stood that the pathway shivering in the cold. Remy smiled at the familiar face and ran to hug her.
"Remy, are you ok?" Amy said pulling her into a hug.
"I'm better now."
Amy smiled. "Let's go home."
As they walked down the path Remy grinned for the first time in a long while.
"I have been waiting so long to do that."
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A/N: Yay!! This chapter was SOOOO much fun to write! I really really wanted to write some memories connecting Remy and Ephram. I hope you like it because right now it has been one of the most fun to write! If you review any chapter, review this one please please please!!
REVIEW!!
~Toodles!!
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"Dad; drive faster!" Ephram ordered from the backseat. His legs dangled a few inches from the floor of their Beamer. "We're losing the ambulance!"
Remy bounced up and down in her seat. This was so exciting. She didn't have any siblings so this was so cool.
Ephram's dad ignored his 5 year old son's comment and kept driving at the limit.
A smile burst out across Ephram's face as he looked over at Remy. His whispered words were barely audible to her ears.
"I'm going to be a big brother."
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Remy sat in the waiting room with Ephram sitting next to her. His father had just gone in for a few minutes and left them with Ephram's grandparents.
And she started to cry.
This place reminded her of the operation her mom had just a few months earlier. She remembered the look on her father's face as he explained to her what it meant when the doctor guy had said her mommy couldn't conceive. This moment only reminded her that she could never be a big sister.
Ephram wrapped his little arms around her shoulders. "We can share my little brother or sister." He whispered into her ear.
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Ephram had kept his promise. They did share Delia. Remy smiled as she sipped her coffee and tightened her grip on Bright's jacket. They shared her all the way through school. Through everything they were best friends.
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"It isn't that high!" She yelled from a few feet above his head. Her legs dangled from one of the branches of their huge oak tree in central park. Her mom had taken them but wasn't paying attention. It was her day off and she was looking over a file of some patient in prison or something.
Ephram bit his lip. "It looks high."
Remy sighed. "Fine then; I'll tell all the guys at school that you were too scared to climb a tree and I wasn't, you big chicken!" She grinned even larger. She knew Ephram hated to be out done by her.
Ephram summed up all of the courage his eight year old mind could and jumped pulling himself up into the branches.
"Come on Eph!!" Remy yelled, urging him to join her on her branch about half way up. "Climb faster!"
"I am! Just hold . . ." Ephram replied as he lost his footing and fell out of the tree about 9 feet up.
"Ephram!" she screamed in terror as she began to climb down.
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Ephram never did forgive her for that. He broke his arm and he couldn't play the piano the entire time. Actually, that was when they both discovered 'graphic novels'. Sitting in his bedroom hours on end reading the latest one and every week his mom would pop her head in and supply them with new reading material. Remy shook her head. Ephram never did climb a tree after that. Maybe his irrational fear of heights wasn't so irrational.
She wondered where Amy was. Amy should be picking her up soon. They agreed on noon and they would have lunch while here. Amy only reminded her of Ephram more. Amy was Ephram's latest crush. And Remy could tell they belonged together. Sure they weren't as good a match as him and Katherine, but they would be pretty cute together.
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"Go ask her!" Remy urged Ephram nudging his shoulder.
Ephram shook his head. "No way; she probably has a date already."
"Yeah I heard she's going with that Drake guy." One of their guy friends informed.
Remy glared at him. Only Ephram knew she liked Drake. "Shut up Jon. Ephram, I talked to Katie and she isn't going with anyone. Besides Jon, everyone knows Drake and her broke up weeks ago."
Jon rolled his eyes at her. "Her name is Katherine. No one calls her Katie." "Her good friends do. Oh here she comes!" Remy said smiling excitedly, winking at Ephram. "Hey Kate!"
A girl long pink and blonde hair stopped and grinned. "Hey Rems. What up?"
Remy smirked at Jon who rolled his eyes and walked off and looked over at Ephram who had turned rather pale.
"You know my best friend Ephram Brown right?" Remy gripped Ephram's upper arm and pulled him toward Katherine.
Katherine nodded. "Piano prodigy right? You play beautifully."
Ephram nodded and whispered a quiet thanks.
Remy grinned mischievously. "Exactly. Well he has something to ask you." Remy took a few steps backwards and whispered good luck into his ear before running off.
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"So she seriously has mono?"
Remy bit her lip as she held her phone up to her ear and looked herself over once in her mother's full length mirror. "Afraid so. Ephram I'm so sorry. Are you still going?"
"No. But my mom is really excited about me going so I'm getting dressed up anyways and going to hang out someplace."
Her doorbell rang. "You should come to the dance. Come on it won't be any fun if you don't."
"Naw . . . I'll see you tomorrow. Bye."
Remy hung up her phone and walked to the door and opened it quickly. "Hey Drake."
The boy with a longish dark hair stood in the doorframe smiling at her. "Remy. Ready to go?"
"I'm sorry Drake, but I can't. Someone needs me right now."
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Remy stopped quickly at the ticket booth and bit her lip. "Uh. . . I know this may sound really weird but did a guy wearing a suit buy a ticket to one of these movies?"
The guy grinned and nodded. "Yeah, Rush Hour 2."
Remy grinned. "One ticket to that."
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Remy never did tell Ephram that she had given up her date with Drake. He was glad that he wasn't alone in that theatre and they both worked on the perfect description of the dance so if his mom asked he would have witnesses. She sighed. Little did they know that a few weeks later his mom wouldn't be there anymore. They were always there for each other. Always.
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Ephram fidgeted nervously standing in his room.
"Stand still." Remy ordered. "I can't fix your tie when you do that."
Ephram bit his lip. "Sorry. I'm just nervous about the grand finale."
Remy smirked. "Don't worry. You'll do fine. I can't wait to see you play."
"Are you sure you don't want to ride with my parents? I know your parents and you had that major fight and all." Ephram asked as Remy finished with his tie.
Remy shook her head. "Nope. You and your piano are one of the few things we agree on so they should come. We might actually work something out this time."
"Ok, but if something happens . . ."
"Call your mom and she'll pick me up. I got it Ephram." Remy gave Ephram a quick hug. "You're going to do fine. I'll see you there ok?"
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Remy sniffed. She remembered sitting at Julia's funeral just thinking that if her parents had picked a fight with her that night she would have been in a casket beside her. Ephram wouldn't have lost just a mom but a friend. Also the last conversation with Julia flew through her mind. Julia had stopped her on the way out of the apartment. She had said it couldn't wait.
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"Remy wait." Julia said catching her arm.
Remy turned around quickly. "Can you tell me later, I have to get back. My mom wants to okay what I'm wearing."
"No, now." Julia's eyes weren't playful and joking but serious for once.
Remy nodded.
Julia smiled. "Why aren't you and Ephram together?"
Remy laughed. "Because he likes Katherine. He would never see me that way."
Julia squeezed Remy tightly. "You two are soul mates. I can tell. You belong together."
"We may be. But for now we'll have to wait." Remy turned to leave.
"Remy. Remember, your always part of our family."
Remy walked into the hall of the building, playing over what Julia said. It was so odd what she was saying.
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Remy always had the feeling after that; that Julia knew. Like unconsciously knew that her time was up. She would never tell Ephram that she thought that or the last things that Julia had told her. She constantly wondered if Julia what Julia would think of Bright. If she would think that he was a better match than Ephram was.
Her thoughts immediately flew to Bright. She looked up at the tree she sat beneath. When they came here the first time The leaves were changing from green to orange and now the branches were bare. She took the last sip of her coffee and sat the cup beside her. She could almost visualize Bright perched upon one of the branches dangling the keys out of Amy's reach.
"Remy?"
Remy jumped looking in front of her. Amy stood that the pathway shivering in the cold. Remy smiled at the familiar face and ran to hug her.
"Remy, are you ok?" Amy said pulling her into a hug.
"I'm better now."
Amy smiled. "Let's go home."
As they walked down the path Remy grinned for the first time in a long while.
"I have been waiting so long to do that."
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A/N: Yay!! This chapter was SOOOO much fun to write! I really really wanted to write some memories connecting Remy and Ephram. I hope you like it because right now it has been one of the most fun to write! If you review any chapter, review this one please please please!!
REVIEW!!
~Toodles!!