Ephram finally got home, the thought of Amy still fresh in his mind. It's about 9:50pm. He walks in the back door to see that his father is sitting at the table waiting for him.
Andy: "Where have you been?"
Ephram: "I had to leave."
Andy: "Without telling me where you were going, since you where gone so long." (his voice getting a little louder.)
Ephram: "Dad, you don't understand,"
Andy: (before Ephram can finish what he is going to say.) "No, no Ephram I don't, Why don't you fill me in?"
Ephram: "Well if you'd let me finish, you would. It's Amy."
Andy: "What's wrong with Amy?"
Ephram: "She got into an accident after we left the diner."
Andy: "Is she ok?"
Ephram: "She should be fine."
Andy doesn't say anything but wonders why she and Ephram were at the diner, -together-. Ephram sits at the table, his eyes still have tears in them but not like earlier. Andy wonders. Andy: "Ephram, what's wrong?"
Ephram: "Nothing. I'm fine."
Andy: "Ephram,"
Ephram: (as quickly as his father says his name,) "I'm fine. It's nothing, but I am going to go to Denver tomorrow."
Andy: "After school you can."
Ephram: "No I'm going to go in the morning, I told Amy that I'd be there early."
Andy: (he has this suspicious feeling about something,) "Is there something going on between the two of you?"
Ephram looks down upon the table, his father knows, he nods slightly. Ephram: "But don't tell Madison, I have to tell her."
Madison: "Tell me what?"
At that instant, Ephram whips around in his chair to see, Madison, standing there, behind him. Madison: "I forgot my coat," (she walks closer to the table, Ephram's eyes following her,) "So what is it that you have to tell me?"
Ephram: "I don't know how to put this," (Forgetting what he had told himself in the car, but slowly it starts to come back to him), "It's just." (A brief pause as he finds the courage to tell her,) "It's just, you where right. Your to old for me to have a relationship with,"
Madison: "Ephram."
Ephram: "No, no let me finish, something serious could happen, someone finds out thats not supposed to find out, you could end up in jail, I don't want that to happen, to either of us.
Madison: "I don't care about that."
Ephram: "But I do, I think that I should be with someone that is my own age," (He has tears in his eyes,) "I care about you, I really do, thats why I have to do this."
Madison: "I ah..... I gotta go."
Ephram: "Madison, wait."
Madison: (Ignoring Ephram,) "Dr. Brown, I'm going to be busy tomorrow, you may want to call and ask Nina if she can watch after Delia," (Madison has tears rolling down her face."
Ephram: "Madison, watch Delia tomorrow, if it's me you want to avoid, I'm not going to be here."
Madison: "Oh. So your gonna leave every time I come over to watch Delia?"
Ephram: "No, I have to go to Denver in the morning and probably won't be back till later on in the evening."
Madison: "Oh really, why?"
Ephram: "I have to go and see a friend."
Madison: "And that friend would be?"
Ephram: (he looks down at the table again, and quietly says,) "Amy."
Madison: "That's the girl you had a thing for isn't it?"
Ephram: (still with in a low voice,) "Yeah"
Madison: "That's who your dumping me for isn't it?"
Ephram: "I don't know how to put it so that it doesn't sound rude, but we both like each other and I don't mean that ~WE~ don't like each other Madison, but I told you why, and I don't want either of us to get in trouble, but we are just friends." ("For now," he mutters under his breath so that nobody but him can hear.)
Madison: "Yeah, right, just friends. Thats just a bunch of bull, and you know what? Your right I am too old for you, and it's over," (now her tears are rivers flowing down her face, and dropping down from her chin.) "Now you can be with your hush hush girlfriend."
Ephram: "Madison, I'm so sorry, I never meant for it to end like this," (his eye's filling with tears again. Never intending to hurt Madison but knew that it would.)
Madison: "Yah, ah huh. I have to leave. Dr. Brown, I'll see you tomorrow, as for you Ephram, I'll see you around and I hope you have fun with your new girlfriend."
Ephram gets up and walks to Madison, he leans in to kiss her as if saying "Good-bye" but she quickly pulls away. She leaves out the front door. She gets into her car, by then crying to hard to drive so she just sits for a moment while her car warms up. Ephram walks to the living room window and looks out the blinds. Madison finally pulls out and leaves. Ephram watches her till she's out of sight. Andy walks up behind Ephram and places a hand on his sons shoulder. Andy: "Are you going to be ok?"
Ephram: "I'll be fine, I didn't want to hurt her the way you told her not to hurt me, and I realized that I need to be with Amy, and it's not that I feel sorry for her, it's anything and everything but that."
Andy: "When did you realized that you wanted to be with Amy?"
Ephram: "When I was in the hospital room with her. I realized that I've never not wanted to be with her," (Ephram stands up,) "Well I'm going to go to bed, I need to sleep. Night."
Andy: "Good night"
Ephram walks up stairs and into his bedroom. Andy soon follows, after shutting off the lights and shutting off the coffee pot.
Ephram: "I had to leave."
Andy: "Without telling me where you were going, since you where gone so long." (his voice getting a little louder.)
Ephram: "Dad, you don't understand,"
Andy: (before Ephram can finish what he is going to say.) "No, no Ephram I don't, Why don't you fill me in?"
Ephram: "Well if you'd let me finish, you would. It's Amy."
Andy: "What's wrong with Amy?"
Ephram: "She got into an accident after we left the diner."
Andy: "Is she ok?"
Ephram: "She should be fine."
Andy doesn't say anything but wonders why she and Ephram were at the diner, -together-. Ephram sits at the table, his eyes still have tears in them but not like earlier. Andy wonders. Andy: "Ephram, what's wrong?"
Ephram: "Nothing. I'm fine."
Andy: "Ephram,"
Ephram: (as quickly as his father says his name,) "I'm fine. It's nothing, but I am going to go to Denver tomorrow."
Andy: "After school you can."
Ephram: "No I'm going to go in the morning, I told Amy that I'd be there early."
Andy: (he has this suspicious feeling about something,) "Is there something going on between the two of you?"
Ephram looks down upon the table, his father knows, he nods slightly. Ephram: "But don't tell Madison, I have to tell her."
Madison: "Tell me what?"
At that instant, Ephram whips around in his chair to see, Madison, standing there, behind him. Madison: "I forgot my coat," (she walks closer to the table, Ephram's eyes following her,) "So what is it that you have to tell me?"
Ephram: "I don't know how to put this," (Forgetting what he had told himself in the car, but slowly it starts to come back to him), "It's just." (A brief pause as he finds the courage to tell her,) "It's just, you where right. Your to old for me to have a relationship with,"
Madison: "Ephram."
Ephram: "No, no let me finish, something serious could happen, someone finds out thats not supposed to find out, you could end up in jail, I don't want that to happen, to either of us.
Madison: "I don't care about that."
Ephram: "But I do, I think that I should be with someone that is my own age," (He has tears in his eyes,) "I care about you, I really do, thats why I have to do this."
Madison: "I ah..... I gotta go."
Ephram: "Madison, wait."
Madison: (Ignoring Ephram,) "Dr. Brown, I'm going to be busy tomorrow, you may want to call and ask Nina if she can watch after Delia," (Madison has tears rolling down her face."
Ephram: "Madison, watch Delia tomorrow, if it's me you want to avoid, I'm not going to be here."
Madison: "Oh. So your gonna leave every time I come over to watch Delia?"
Ephram: "No, I have to go to Denver in the morning and probably won't be back till later on in the evening."
Madison: "Oh really, why?"
Ephram: "I have to go and see a friend."
Madison: "And that friend would be?"
Ephram: (he looks down at the table again, and quietly says,) "Amy."
Madison: "That's the girl you had a thing for isn't it?"
Ephram: (still with in a low voice,) "Yeah"
Madison: "That's who your dumping me for isn't it?"
Ephram: "I don't know how to put it so that it doesn't sound rude, but we both like each other and I don't mean that ~WE~ don't like each other Madison, but I told you why, and I don't want either of us to get in trouble, but we are just friends." ("For now," he mutters under his breath so that nobody but him can hear.)
Madison: "Yeah, right, just friends. Thats just a bunch of bull, and you know what? Your right I am too old for you, and it's over," (now her tears are rivers flowing down her face, and dropping down from her chin.) "Now you can be with your hush hush girlfriend."
Ephram: "Madison, I'm so sorry, I never meant for it to end like this," (his eye's filling with tears again. Never intending to hurt Madison but knew that it would.)
Madison: "Yah, ah huh. I have to leave. Dr. Brown, I'll see you tomorrow, as for you Ephram, I'll see you around and I hope you have fun with your new girlfriend."
Ephram gets up and walks to Madison, he leans in to kiss her as if saying "Good-bye" but she quickly pulls away. She leaves out the front door. She gets into her car, by then crying to hard to drive so she just sits for a moment while her car warms up. Ephram walks to the living room window and looks out the blinds. Madison finally pulls out and leaves. Ephram watches her till she's out of sight. Andy walks up behind Ephram and places a hand on his sons shoulder. Andy: "Are you going to be ok?"
Ephram: "I'll be fine, I didn't want to hurt her the way you told her not to hurt me, and I realized that I need to be with Amy, and it's not that I feel sorry for her, it's anything and everything but that."
Andy: "When did you realized that you wanted to be with Amy?"
Ephram: "When I was in the hospital room with her. I realized that I've never not wanted to be with her," (Ephram stands up,) "Well I'm going to go to bed, I need to sleep. Night."
Andy: "Good night"
Ephram walks up stairs and into his bedroom. Andy soon follows, after shutting off the lights and shutting off the coffee pot.