"Yes, I'm going! I'm leaving his house right now." Ephram said into the
cordless phone at Bright's house. He listened to Remy ramble on about how
his bedroom window should be open and that he should tell his dad that he
was studying for a major test and can't be disturbed; about how Bright
shouldn't be there. . . He stopped. "You don't want Bright there?" He asked
in surprise.
He heard Remy sigh on the other end of the line. "It would seem suspicious! You aren't in the same grade and you get better marks, it wouldn't make sense Ephram! Now tell me everything that I just told you." She ordered. Remy had this thing about making sure everything went to plan. It had been like that since the beginning and Ephram had learned not to question it.
He rolled his eyes. "I get home and tell my dad I have a big math test and I have to study. I lock my bedroom door and open the window so you can crawl in and I tell Bright not to call because my dad could listen into a conversation. Happy?"
"Very." Remy replied. "Now go!" The line went dead. Remy's conversations were almost always to the point and very short.
Bright sauntered in from the kitchen and noticed Ephram had his coat on. "So what we are supposed to wait at your place?" Bright said reaching for his jacket with a grin. Ephram realized the change in Bright's tone since had got there. He went from depressed drunk guy mode; who sat in his room and listened to crappy love songs, to singing crappy love songs until you wanted to beat him over the head with a long stick; and the idea of hitting Bright over the head seemed like a lot of fun. . .
"Actually there's no we; it's just me." Ephram said reaching for the door.
Bright's jaw dropped and held the door closed with one hand. This right now seemed like a battle Ephram would lose. Bright probably outweighed him by about 30 lbs or more, not to mention he was on the football team, there was no way in hell he would be able to open that door. "Of course there is a 'we'. Remy is my girlfriend and your best friend."
Ephram bit his lip. "Remy said you shouldn't come."
"What do you mean 'Remy said I shouldn't come'?" Bright said with his hand still on the door. He seemed angry, so Ephram bit his tongue when the sarcastic remarks seeped from his brain. "Doesn't she want tot see me?"
Ephram sighed. This was going ok. He wasn't taking his anger out on him. "Well yeah. But we need to figure out a plan and this has been Remy and my thing for a while." Bright looked skeptical. "Did Remy ever tell you about the time we set the teacher's lounge on fire?"
Amy smiled as they drove through the downtown area of Everwood. She looked back at Remy. By now, everyone in Everwood knew Remy was missing from the private school. Remy herself wasn't the most liked in Everwood, but the people seemed to gravitate to her parents. They were a charismatic pair and were good therapists, or so Amy had heard. The only people who didn't believe they were so great were her parents, who had seen the outburst in their house and Dr. Brown, but no one was quite sure why he wasn't too fond of them.
"Do you want me to stop at Mamma Joy's before we go to Ephram's? You didn't eat much at the diner this morning." Amy asked. Remy had slept for the last half hour, and was in the back. Remy had decided if anyone saw her with Amy in Everwood, someone would alert her parents.
Remy stirred and yawned. "Yeah. But make up a story of hanging out with Bright or something. Make it sound like you are comforting your brother."
Amy shook her head. "Do you really think we will need the excuse?"
"Maybe." Remy bit her lip as Amy pulled over into a parking spot and hopped out.
Amy quickly opened the door and smiled. "Sundae with sprinkles right?"
Remy grinned back. "With chocolate sauce and 2 spoons. Ephram will kill me if he doesn't get any."
Amy nodded and walked into the diner and immediately took a deep breath. Ok, not good. Her father and her mom in a booth near the back; Dr. Brown ordering take out and chatting with Nina; some of her friends giggling by the jute box, even though they hated the music in it; and Remy's parents pretending to be the caring parents, being consoled by a crowd in the corner.
She swallowed and walked over to where Nina and Dr. Brown were standing. "Hey Nina. Could I have two chocolate sundaes to go with extra sprinkles?"
"Absolutely Amy. Just a second Andy." She grinned and turned to some short order cook in the back. "Hey, give me a pair of Remys on the run."
Amy coughed. "What did you call that?"
Nina rolled her eyes. "Some one ordered that today and I commented that Bright and Remy would always order that and all day, people have been coming in asking for 'the Remy'." Nina looked at Dr. Brown and laughed. "The biggest mistake of my day."
Andy's jaw dropped. "Hey it wasn't my fault that someone heard you while I was ordering." Andy shrugged. "I just wanted a sundae." Nina scoffed and turned to someone at the counter. "I haven't seen you in a while Amy."
Amy bit her lip, hoping the new short order guy in the back would hurry up with those sundaes. "Homework has been hard." She explained.
Dr. Brown nodded and smiled as Nina brought the take out over to him in a large paper bag. "Thanks Nina. Nice talking to you Amy."
Nina stopped to talk to Amy again. "Sorry about taking so long. We ran out of chocolate sauce and cherries."
Amy nodded. She didn't realize sundaes were so popular. "It's ok. I'm not in a rush."
Nina smiled. "How is Bright holding up? It must be hard being away from his girlfriend like that."
Amy smiled. "I think he's a bit better. A little worried about her though."
Nina nodded. "He'll be better soon." Nina grinned. "I could tell he really liked her."
"He still does." Amy said smiling as the short order guy came from the back with the two sundaes in hand, sitting them on the counter in front of her. "Thanks, how much do I owe you?"
Nina shook her head. "It's on the tab."
Amy scurried out of Mamma Joy's as quickly as she could. She didn't want her parents to see her and question her and she definitely didn't want to speak to the Johnston's.
She jumped into the truck and sped out of there. "Here take these god- forsaken sundaes." She said handing them to Remy.
"Hey! Leave my sundaes alone!" Remy said taking them in confusion. "What happened?"
"They named them after you. They are called Remys on the run."
Remy sat up excitedly. "Cool! My favourite food is named after me! And it has a ring to it!"
Amy whipped around to shoot an aggravated stare at her.
"Sorry, but this is a first for me." Remy said blushing. "Wow, I'm here less than two months and I get a food named after me!"
Ephram sat nervously in his room. He was uneasily alert. He had a large plate full of take out in his room and couldn't touch it. The smell basically was making him nauseous. He hated when Remy did this to him. It always made him nervous when she got him into these things and not even knowing it.
His window suddenly opened with Remy trying her best to crawl through it. He jumped off his bed and pulled her into the room. He looked at his best friend. She looked slightly different, slightly less happy as she was before she left but as she looked into his eyes, he could tell she was still in there.
He quickly squeezed her tight. He heard her sniff a few times and began to notice his shoulder felt damp, but ignored it. She was here and that's all that mattered. "No more running off." He whispered still with his arms wrapped around her waist.
She giggled through her tears. "No more, I swear." She pulled away from him and smiled. "I brought something." She took off her backpack and opened it handing him the two untouched sundaes.
He laughed. "How did you get these without your parents seeing you? They have been in Mamma Joy's ever since they found out these sundaes were named after you."
Remy laughed and collapsed on the bed handing him a spoon and grabbing one of the sundaes from his hand. "I have my ways. Don't question them."
"You know your dad blew a gasket when he found out it was called the 'Remy' not the 'Remembrance'." Ephram said picking the cherry off the top and giving it to Remy. He never did like them.
Remy scoffed and scooped some of the ice cream into the spoon. "Good. I hope he pops a blood vessel." She took a bite angrily.
"No you don't. You love him and you would be hysterical if he died." Ephram stated swirling some of the chocolate sauce into the melting vanilla ice cream. "I didn't like my dad in New York and yet I know I would have been upset if he died or my parents got divorced or something."
Remy nodded. "I know. But can we just say that I wish he pops a blood vessel and leave it at that. That way, I can stay angry at him."
"Are you sure you want to be angry at him?"
"Yes." Remy spat. "It's his fault my life is shit right now."
Ephram nods. He never did like agreeing with her when she said things like that but, for once, she was right. Her father was the problem in at least 4 or 5 lives right now. "How about we figure out what we're going to do. You know, game plan."
Remy scoffed. "No we don't. We have never been team players."
"Ok fine then," Ephram said rolling his eyes. "Master plan. Any ideas?"
Remy grinned. "How about I live in your attic. No one ever goes into the attic."
Ephram frowned and looked to the ceiling. "I don't even know if we have an attic."
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A/N: Yay! Another chapter down! Ok I'm sorry for such a break between chapters. I was working on my other. . . works . . .lol! Anyways as always, review because you guys are the best and it helps me with my whole inspiration thing! The more reviews, probably the quicker I post!
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He heard Remy sigh on the other end of the line. "It would seem suspicious! You aren't in the same grade and you get better marks, it wouldn't make sense Ephram! Now tell me everything that I just told you." She ordered. Remy had this thing about making sure everything went to plan. It had been like that since the beginning and Ephram had learned not to question it.
He rolled his eyes. "I get home and tell my dad I have a big math test and I have to study. I lock my bedroom door and open the window so you can crawl in and I tell Bright not to call because my dad could listen into a conversation. Happy?"
"Very." Remy replied. "Now go!" The line went dead. Remy's conversations were almost always to the point and very short.
Bright sauntered in from the kitchen and noticed Ephram had his coat on. "So what we are supposed to wait at your place?" Bright said reaching for his jacket with a grin. Ephram realized the change in Bright's tone since had got there. He went from depressed drunk guy mode; who sat in his room and listened to crappy love songs, to singing crappy love songs until you wanted to beat him over the head with a long stick; and the idea of hitting Bright over the head seemed like a lot of fun. . .
"Actually there's no we; it's just me." Ephram said reaching for the door.
Bright's jaw dropped and held the door closed with one hand. This right now seemed like a battle Ephram would lose. Bright probably outweighed him by about 30 lbs or more, not to mention he was on the football team, there was no way in hell he would be able to open that door. "Of course there is a 'we'. Remy is my girlfriend and your best friend."
Ephram bit his lip. "Remy said you shouldn't come."
"What do you mean 'Remy said I shouldn't come'?" Bright said with his hand still on the door. He seemed angry, so Ephram bit his tongue when the sarcastic remarks seeped from his brain. "Doesn't she want tot see me?"
Ephram sighed. This was going ok. He wasn't taking his anger out on him. "Well yeah. But we need to figure out a plan and this has been Remy and my thing for a while." Bright looked skeptical. "Did Remy ever tell you about the time we set the teacher's lounge on fire?"
Amy smiled as they drove through the downtown area of Everwood. She looked back at Remy. By now, everyone in Everwood knew Remy was missing from the private school. Remy herself wasn't the most liked in Everwood, but the people seemed to gravitate to her parents. They were a charismatic pair and were good therapists, or so Amy had heard. The only people who didn't believe they were so great were her parents, who had seen the outburst in their house and Dr. Brown, but no one was quite sure why he wasn't too fond of them.
"Do you want me to stop at Mamma Joy's before we go to Ephram's? You didn't eat much at the diner this morning." Amy asked. Remy had slept for the last half hour, and was in the back. Remy had decided if anyone saw her with Amy in Everwood, someone would alert her parents.
Remy stirred and yawned. "Yeah. But make up a story of hanging out with Bright or something. Make it sound like you are comforting your brother."
Amy shook her head. "Do you really think we will need the excuse?"
"Maybe." Remy bit her lip as Amy pulled over into a parking spot and hopped out.
Amy quickly opened the door and smiled. "Sundae with sprinkles right?"
Remy grinned back. "With chocolate sauce and 2 spoons. Ephram will kill me if he doesn't get any."
Amy nodded and walked into the diner and immediately took a deep breath. Ok, not good. Her father and her mom in a booth near the back; Dr. Brown ordering take out and chatting with Nina; some of her friends giggling by the jute box, even though they hated the music in it; and Remy's parents pretending to be the caring parents, being consoled by a crowd in the corner.
She swallowed and walked over to where Nina and Dr. Brown were standing. "Hey Nina. Could I have two chocolate sundaes to go with extra sprinkles?"
"Absolutely Amy. Just a second Andy." She grinned and turned to some short order cook in the back. "Hey, give me a pair of Remys on the run."
Amy coughed. "What did you call that?"
Nina rolled her eyes. "Some one ordered that today and I commented that Bright and Remy would always order that and all day, people have been coming in asking for 'the Remy'." Nina looked at Dr. Brown and laughed. "The biggest mistake of my day."
Andy's jaw dropped. "Hey it wasn't my fault that someone heard you while I was ordering." Andy shrugged. "I just wanted a sundae." Nina scoffed and turned to someone at the counter. "I haven't seen you in a while Amy."
Amy bit her lip, hoping the new short order guy in the back would hurry up with those sundaes. "Homework has been hard." She explained.
Dr. Brown nodded and smiled as Nina brought the take out over to him in a large paper bag. "Thanks Nina. Nice talking to you Amy."
Nina stopped to talk to Amy again. "Sorry about taking so long. We ran out of chocolate sauce and cherries."
Amy nodded. She didn't realize sundaes were so popular. "It's ok. I'm not in a rush."
Nina smiled. "How is Bright holding up? It must be hard being away from his girlfriend like that."
Amy smiled. "I think he's a bit better. A little worried about her though."
Nina nodded. "He'll be better soon." Nina grinned. "I could tell he really liked her."
"He still does." Amy said smiling as the short order guy came from the back with the two sundaes in hand, sitting them on the counter in front of her. "Thanks, how much do I owe you?"
Nina shook her head. "It's on the tab."
Amy scurried out of Mamma Joy's as quickly as she could. She didn't want her parents to see her and question her and she definitely didn't want to speak to the Johnston's.
She jumped into the truck and sped out of there. "Here take these god- forsaken sundaes." She said handing them to Remy.
"Hey! Leave my sundaes alone!" Remy said taking them in confusion. "What happened?"
"They named them after you. They are called Remys on the run."
Remy sat up excitedly. "Cool! My favourite food is named after me! And it has a ring to it!"
Amy whipped around to shoot an aggravated stare at her.
"Sorry, but this is a first for me." Remy said blushing. "Wow, I'm here less than two months and I get a food named after me!"
Ephram sat nervously in his room. He was uneasily alert. He had a large plate full of take out in his room and couldn't touch it. The smell basically was making him nauseous. He hated when Remy did this to him. It always made him nervous when she got him into these things and not even knowing it.
His window suddenly opened with Remy trying her best to crawl through it. He jumped off his bed and pulled her into the room. He looked at his best friend. She looked slightly different, slightly less happy as she was before she left but as she looked into his eyes, he could tell she was still in there.
He quickly squeezed her tight. He heard her sniff a few times and began to notice his shoulder felt damp, but ignored it. She was here and that's all that mattered. "No more running off." He whispered still with his arms wrapped around her waist.
She giggled through her tears. "No more, I swear." She pulled away from him and smiled. "I brought something." She took off her backpack and opened it handing him the two untouched sundaes.
He laughed. "How did you get these without your parents seeing you? They have been in Mamma Joy's ever since they found out these sundaes were named after you."
Remy laughed and collapsed on the bed handing him a spoon and grabbing one of the sundaes from his hand. "I have my ways. Don't question them."
"You know your dad blew a gasket when he found out it was called the 'Remy' not the 'Remembrance'." Ephram said picking the cherry off the top and giving it to Remy. He never did like them.
Remy scoffed and scooped some of the ice cream into the spoon. "Good. I hope he pops a blood vessel." She took a bite angrily.
"No you don't. You love him and you would be hysterical if he died." Ephram stated swirling some of the chocolate sauce into the melting vanilla ice cream. "I didn't like my dad in New York and yet I know I would have been upset if he died or my parents got divorced or something."
Remy nodded. "I know. But can we just say that I wish he pops a blood vessel and leave it at that. That way, I can stay angry at him."
"Are you sure you want to be angry at him?"
"Yes." Remy spat. "It's his fault my life is shit right now."
Ephram nods. He never did like agreeing with her when she said things like that but, for once, she was right. Her father was the problem in at least 4 or 5 lives right now. "How about we figure out what we're going to do. You know, game plan."
Remy scoffed. "No we don't. We have never been team players."
"Ok fine then," Ephram said rolling his eyes. "Master plan. Any ideas?"
Remy grinned. "How about I live in your attic. No one ever goes into the attic."
Ephram frowned and looked to the ceiling. "I don't even know if we have an attic."
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A/N: Yay! Another chapter down! Ok I'm sorry for such a break between chapters. I was working on my other. . . works . . .lol! Anyways as always, review because you guys are the best and it helps me with my whole inspiration thing! The more reviews, probably the quicker I post!
Review!!
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