"Alright! Now you will be able t enjoy to highest stack of pancakes known
to man! If that doesn't make us feel better, I don't know what will!"
Laynie decided to forgive Ed for his idiocy earlier and make a fresh start,
she took a bite out of the pancake and turned to Ed, "so how you like them
pancakes?!" Ed turned to her with a full mouth and said, "hees ah hehy
hood!" translation- these are very good! She assumed, "I can see!" she
started laughing; she hasn't felt relaxed in days! They started talking,
she told him about her life. In Boston. And about her brother's broken leg.
'Why did I have to lie? This makes it harder now! Well, I'll most likely
never se him again. so why not?' Laynie thought to herself. He told her
about his parents, the pain of moving away so he'll have a fresh start, the
car accident that made him cripple, they shared everything but ways to
contact each other outside coincidence.
Dr. brown was tired of everyone in the family hovering over him like he was still in med school, trying to impress his teachers. He gathered everyone after lunch and said, "Colin will be fine. But having you here makes things more complicated and it makes my job harder to do. So I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You may still return during visiting hours, but you're all putting a lot of pressure on the staff and it's already very stressful as it is. This is only for the best. I'll be expecting you all to leave by the end of the day. I will call if there are any changes." The reaction was as he expected- a lot of protesting followed by realizing that it was for the best.
By the end of the day everyone was gone. The Abbotts were most reluctant to leave; well, Amy. Amy had put on quite the fight about staying, but Ephram had managed to convince her that it was for the best better then Dr. brown.
On the way out, Laynie said good-bye to her parents, ".. so.. I guess this is good-bye. better get back to the hellhole that is boarding school." "Well, if you still want to, we'd love to take you back home," Sharon said, "I'm so sorry, dear. We haven't been much of anything to you these last few months, but we'd love the opportunity to make up for it, if you're still willing to let us." Laynie couldn't put her feelings into words; instead she just dropped her bags and hugged her mom with all her strength. 'Everything as going to be ok now, I know it!'
The ride home felt like forever, for everyone. Laynie was excited about being home, but she knew her parents wouldn't waste a day getting back into school. Amy was still upset about being kicked out of the hospital. AGAIN. Ephram, who was riding with Amy to help her feel better (that, and he didn't want to take the bus) was still holding her, thinking, surprisingly enough, about his dad, left at the hospital to take care of Colin. He wondered how ole' daddy felt about that, how he was dealing. But decided to put that at the back of his head and concentrate on Amy. She needed him once again. As a friend. ONLY as a friend. Well then he'll be the best friend Amy could have! Yeah.
The morning after Ephram got a call. It was from Andy, making sure he got home ok and that Delia was fine, "yeah dad. Everything's cool. Don't worry about it." He hung up, "damn it! Delia! Crap!" he ran next door, "hi Nina, is Delia here?" "Yeah, she's eating breakfast," Nina said with a big grin, like she knew exactly how he felt and was enjoying it. "Thanks. Hey Delia! Come on! Let's go! Thank you for watching her. I was so tired when I got home that I completely forgot." Nina seemed understanding, "its ok Ephram, even the best of us make mistakes, that's what makes us human." She gave him a motherly smile that made him very uncomfortable by how comforted it made him. "Thanks." When he and Delia came home he made Delia a sandwich and sent her to school, then took off by himself, what was he going to do?
Dr. brown was tired of everyone in the family hovering over him like he was still in med school, trying to impress his teachers. He gathered everyone after lunch and said, "Colin will be fine. But having you here makes things more complicated and it makes my job harder to do. So I'm going to have to ask you to leave. You may still return during visiting hours, but you're all putting a lot of pressure on the staff and it's already very stressful as it is. This is only for the best. I'll be expecting you all to leave by the end of the day. I will call if there are any changes." The reaction was as he expected- a lot of protesting followed by realizing that it was for the best.
By the end of the day everyone was gone. The Abbotts were most reluctant to leave; well, Amy. Amy had put on quite the fight about staying, but Ephram had managed to convince her that it was for the best better then Dr. brown.
On the way out, Laynie said good-bye to her parents, ".. so.. I guess this is good-bye. better get back to the hellhole that is boarding school." "Well, if you still want to, we'd love to take you back home," Sharon said, "I'm so sorry, dear. We haven't been much of anything to you these last few months, but we'd love the opportunity to make up for it, if you're still willing to let us." Laynie couldn't put her feelings into words; instead she just dropped her bags and hugged her mom with all her strength. 'Everything as going to be ok now, I know it!'
The ride home felt like forever, for everyone. Laynie was excited about being home, but she knew her parents wouldn't waste a day getting back into school. Amy was still upset about being kicked out of the hospital. AGAIN. Ephram, who was riding with Amy to help her feel better (that, and he didn't want to take the bus) was still holding her, thinking, surprisingly enough, about his dad, left at the hospital to take care of Colin. He wondered how ole' daddy felt about that, how he was dealing. But decided to put that at the back of his head and concentrate on Amy. She needed him once again. As a friend. ONLY as a friend. Well then he'll be the best friend Amy could have! Yeah.
The morning after Ephram got a call. It was from Andy, making sure he got home ok and that Delia was fine, "yeah dad. Everything's cool. Don't worry about it." He hung up, "damn it! Delia! Crap!" he ran next door, "hi Nina, is Delia here?" "Yeah, she's eating breakfast," Nina said with a big grin, like she knew exactly how he felt and was enjoying it. "Thanks. Hey Delia! Come on! Let's go! Thank you for watching her. I was so tired when I got home that I completely forgot." Nina seemed understanding, "its ok Ephram, even the best of us make mistakes, that's what makes us human." She gave him a motherly smile that made him very uncomfortable by how comforted it made him. "Thanks." When he and Delia came home he made Delia a sandwich and sent her to school, then took off by himself, what was he going to do?