A/N- sorry guys, but this is a last chapter for a couple of weeks. School,
you know. Unless I get more reviews! Longest one so far!! Enjoy!
It was about six in the evening, and the sun was just setting, leaving the sky in shades of blue, pink, red, and purple. Laynie has been walking for only a couple of minutes, but the cool fall weather was too much for her thin coat. Finally, she reached a small brick house, only one floor, with large windows going into the living room. She knocked on the door, a bit confused on what she was doing there to begin with.
When she and Ed had lunch that day, though for the first half of it, it was quiet between the two, they have made a connection. And she hasn't connected with anyone in a long time, and she needed a friend. She had Amy, but Amy had her own trouble, and with Laynie's history, she was afraid she'd only worsen Amy's situation. What she needed was to count on someone else, if only for as long as they'd have her, she needed someone to trust. Maybe Ed was that person, but she knew she'd never know, unless she took him up on his offer to show him around town, and then maybe watch a DVD at his house.
Ed opened the door, he was practically glowing, "Hey, you! Did you have trouble finding the place?" he said with just the friendly voice she needed to hear. "Nope. It was easy, just cold, so I figured we'd go to places that have heating systems!" she exclaimed. "Sure, though I could go out in a coat, ad half nude, and I'd be fine!" he was obviously trying to make a joke. She did not find it funny, but decided to disregard it, "Well then put your coat on and let's go!" He did, and followed her, slowly rolling just a few inches to her left. "So where are we going?" he inquired. "Well, since I haven't have anything since lunch, I was thinking of going to the pizza place just 10 minutes from here. I've been haunted by hunger, so I haven't really thought of anything past that." She was now deep in thought, 'where will I take him after?' Her thoughts were immediately interrupted, "my, my. If I wouldn't have known better, I'd say we were on a date- dinner and a movie!" why must he joke like that? She asked herself. "And why not?" she looked at him with the most mischievous smile she could muster. Ed simply started at her, suddenly very self conscious about his choice of clothing- baggy levis, and one of those novelty Hawaiian shirts he liked so much, simply because they were so ridicules. "We. we are?"
Ephram was walking down the hallway, practically glowing, still unable to forget last night. It had been magical. Amy and he were now closer then ever, something he had wanted for a very long time. But he was afraid he'd never again be able to think of anything but her beauty, both inner and outer. Which wasn't as bad as some would think. He spotted her, gliding through the corridor to his left and stopped dead in his tracks. She was beautiful. "Hello there, handsome." She whispered as she leaned in for a long kiss. "Hi." He managed to squeak out after a few seconds. She took his hand and they walked down the hall, hoping they'd never reach their classrooms.
She couldn't believe it. She was on a date, a real one. Where the guy was making jokes, and gets nervous once in a while and accidentally just stares her. Last night was probably her first real date, other then Ephram, but it didn't count of the guy only WANTED to like her, right? So it was a first date. Ed and her went back to his house, and she wasn't expected to do anything but watch the movie. That felt really good. No reputation to live up to, no drunken collage guys trying to get some like most of her previous outings, and most of all- she really liked Ed. The wheelchair really didn't bother her. Thanks to it, Ed has developed an excellent upper body, which she admired more and more throughout the evening.
At the end of the evening, she bent down and kissed him goodnight, and as she walked inside her home, she could feel a change in her luck. She was no longer in anyone's shadow; she was a person, with a really hot guy who likes her. She just hoped things would stay this way forever, everyone seemed happy!
The next morning she spotted Ed at his locker, getting his first period books, and as he looked up to see her, she could see, even though they were a good distance apart, the joy in his face.
The detention room was as loud as always. People were filing in, and soon the room was once again jam-packed with young offenders waiting to serve out their sentence. When Ephram reached the room, tightly holding on to Amy, in fear of not surviving today. She looked up at his big gray eyes and said, "Don't worry, Bright's in there too." He smiled, but this was hardly a comforting notion.
As Ephram entered the room, he saw bright already sitting down with his sports magazine, looking just a tiny bit less intimidated then he did yesterday. But Ephram realized he felt invincible, and thought he should share the strength with his love's only brother. "Hey." He said as he sat down in a seat next to him. Bright looked at, with a relieved look on his face, which only lasted a second or two, but left it's mark on Ephram. "Hey..." Ephram gave Bright the most reassuring smile he was able to put forth, and directed his attention to a comic he had brought with him.
"Well lookey here! We have some new blood!" their hopes of going this week without being noticed was now shattered to pieces. "What did you do to get in here, pretty boy?" he was obviously talking to Bright, as Ephram did seem to fit in a bit more. Bright, who was never really good with the insults, and always preferred to just punch the guy and laugh it off with his friends when challenged. Luckily just as he was about to win himself another 3 weeks of detention, Ephram stepped in, feeling braver then usual, "Hey guys, how about you lay off the guy." Standing up, he was just slightly shorter then the guy who, in his mind, he fondly called him- Jack Sparrow, for the amount of make up on his face. "Oh, I'm sorry, was I bothering your girlfriend?" said Jack. "No. You are bothering one of the strongest players on the football team. I was just trying to spare you a couple of trips to my dad, or in some cases, his dad." And pointed at Bright. "But if you want to keep bugging him, it's your funeral." At that, he sat down expectantly, crossing his arms at his chest and putting an evil smile on his face. "Well, go on! What are you waiting for?" he challenged Jack. Bright, who was finally starting to catch on, got up, to reveal that he was in fact at least a half a head taller then Jack, and stood as close to the boy as humanly possible, making poor Jack very uncomfortable. "Whatever." He managed to say, before he backed away and took his seat. He was quiet for the rest of the week.
Detention was a perfect representation of how the next 3 months went by; the people of Everwood were happy. Colin was slowly forgotten, and new relationships developed. Ed and Laynie became a very serious couple, as did Ephram and Amy. And because of the detention, Bright has seen Ephram in a new light, and was now a friend, though taking hits from friends for being associated with Ephram. All he would say is, "Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you." By Madame de Tencin. Something he picked up somewhere.
But as all good things must end, so must this age of prosperity and joy, for all know that joy, in the long run, is complicated, and so is winter vacation.
It was about six in the evening, and the sun was just setting, leaving the sky in shades of blue, pink, red, and purple. Laynie has been walking for only a couple of minutes, but the cool fall weather was too much for her thin coat. Finally, she reached a small brick house, only one floor, with large windows going into the living room. She knocked on the door, a bit confused on what she was doing there to begin with.
When she and Ed had lunch that day, though for the first half of it, it was quiet between the two, they have made a connection. And she hasn't connected with anyone in a long time, and she needed a friend. She had Amy, but Amy had her own trouble, and with Laynie's history, she was afraid she'd only worsen Amy's situation. What she needed was to count on someone else, if only for as long as they'd have her, she needed someone to trust. Maybe Ed was that person, but she knew she'd never know, unless she took him up on his offer to show him around town, and then maybe watch a DVD at his house.
Ed opened the door, he was practically glowing, "Hey, you! Did you have trouble finding the place?" he said with just the friendly voice she needed to hear. "Nope. It was easy, just cold, so I figured we'd go to places that have heating systems!" she exclaimed. "Sure, though I could go out in a coat, ad half nude, and I'd be fine!" he was obviously trying to make a joke. She did not find it funny, but decided to disregard it, "Well then put your coat on and let's go!" He did, and followed her, slowly rolling just a few inches to her left. "So where are we going?" he inquired. "Well, since I haven't have anything since lunch, I was thinking of going to the pizza place just 10 minutes from here. I've been haunted by hunger, so I haven't really thought of anything past that." She was now deep in thought, 'where will I take him after?' Her thoughts were immediately interrupted, "my, my. If I wouldn't have known better, I'd say we were on a date- dinner and a movie!" why must he joke like that? She asked herself. "And why not?" she looked at him with the most mischievous smile she could muster. Ed simply started at her, suddenly very self conscious about his choice of clothing- baggy levis, and one of those novelty Hawaiian shirts he liked so much, simply because they were so ridicules. "We. we are?"
Ephram was walking down the hallway, practically glowing, still unable to forget last night. It had been magical. Amy and he were now closer then ever, something he had wanted for a very long time. But he was afraid he'd never again be able to think of anything but her beauty, both inner and outer. Which wasn't as bad as some would think. He spotted her, gliding through the corridor to his left and stopped dead in his tracks. She was beautiful. "Hello there, handsome." She whispered as she leaned in for a long kiss. "Hi." He managed to squeak out after a few seconds. She took his hand and they walked down the hall, hoping they'd never reach their classrooms.
She couldn't believe it. She was on a date, a real one. Where the guy was making jokes, and gets nervous once in a while and accidentally just stares her. Last night was probably her first real date, other then Ephram, but it didn't count of the guy only WANTED to like her, right? So it was a first date. Ed and her went back to his house, and she wasn't expected to do anything but watch the movie. That felt really good. No reputation to live up to, no drunken collage guys trying to get some like most of her previous outings, and most of all- she really liked Ed. The wheelchair really didn't bother her. Thanks to it, Ed has developed an excellent upper body, which she admired more and more throughout the evening.
At the end of the evening, she bent down and kissed him goodnight, and as she walked inside her home, she could feel a change in her luck. She was no longer in anyone's shadow; she was a person, with a really hot guy who likes her. She just hoped things would stay this way forever, everyone seemed happy!
The next morning she spotted Ed at his locker, getting his first period books, and as he looked up to see her, she could see, even though they were a good distance apart, the joy in his face.
The detention room was as loud as always. People were filing in, and soon the room was once again jam-packed with young offenders waiting to serve out their sentence. When Ephram reached the room, tightly holding on to Amy, in fear of not surviving today. She looked up at his big gray eyes and said, "Don't worry, Bright's in there too." He smiled, but this was hardly a comforting notion.
As Ephram entered the room, he saw bright already sitting down with his sports magazine, looking just a tiny bit less intimidated then he did yesterday. But Ephram realized he felt invincible, and thought he should share the strength with his love's only brother. "Hey." He said as he sat down in a seat next to him. Bright looked at, with a relieved look on his face, which only lasted a second or two, but left it's mark on Ephram. "Hey..." Ephram gave Bright the most reassuring smile he was able to put forth, and directed his attention to a comic he had brought with him.
"Well lookey here! We have some new blood!" their hopes of going this week without being noticed was now shattered to pieces. "What did you do to get in here, pretty boy?" he was obviously talking to Bright, as Ephram did seem to fit in a bit more. Bright, who was never really good with the insults, and always preferred to just punch the guy and laugh it off with his friends when challenged. Luckily just as he was about to win himself another 3 weeks of detention, Ephram stepped in, feeling braver then usual, "Hey guys, how about you lay off the guy." Standing up, he was just slightly shorter then the guy who, in his mind, he fondly called him- Jack Sparrow, for the amount of make up on his face. "Oh, I'm sorry, was I bothering your girlfriend?" said Jack. "No. You are bothering one of the strongest players on the football team. I was just trying to spare you a couple of trips to my dad, or in some cases, his dad." And pointed at Bright. "But if you want to keep bugging him, it's your funeral." At that, he sat down expectantly, crossing his arms at his chest and putting an evil smile on his face. "Well, go on! What are you waiting for?" he challenged Jack. Bright, who was finally starting to catch on, got up, to reveal that he was in fact at least a half a head taller then Jack, and stood as close to the boy as humanly possible, making poor Jack very uncomfortable. "Whatever." He managed to say, before he backed away and took his seat. He was quiet for the rest of the week.
Detention was a perfect representation of how the next 3 months went by; the people of Everwood were happy. Colin was slowly forgotten, and new relationships developed. Ed and Laynie became a very serious couple, as did Ephram and Amy. And because of the detention, Bright has seen Ephram in a new light, and was now a friend, though taking hits from friends for being associated with Ephram. All he would say is, "Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you." By Madame de Tencin. Something he picked up somewhere.
But as all good things must end, so must this age of prosperity and joy, for all know that joy, in the long run, is complicated, and so is winter vacation.