Chapter 4
In My Own Time
Thalia's P.O.V
It was like vision, like a mermorie, I turned around and saw Davie, standing there in his baggy pants and red t-shirt, clapping and smiling, looking so peaceful, like no-one could harm him, I wish I looked and felt like that, another clapping ceased the moment and I turned back around to see Ephram, standing in front of the piano with his bag on his shoulder. I cleared my throat and glanced back to where I thought I saw Davie, looking back at Ephram, he was smiling back to me.
"That was brilliant, you have a beatiful voice." He said, dropping his bag he sat next to me and started to play aswell, the move was sudden and I wasn't prepared for it.
"You play aswell?" I asked in confidentianlity, he smiled as he nodded and continued playing, he too looked like he was fading into memories.
"So Nina wasn't lieing when she said you were musical." He nodded towards the piano.
"Yeah, my mother payed for lessons while I was in Year 3, she wanted me to be like my Grandmother, she use to play for the American Ballet Company" She replied.
"Do you do ballet" he asked.
"Me? Do Ballet?, I don't think so, Ballets for skinny girls who don't eat food and like to be mistaken for garden racks." Thalia replied.
Ephram nodded. "I have a friend who does Ballet."
"Is she as skinny as Lara Flynn Boyle." Thalia said.
"Who?." Ephram asked.
"Never mind, so this is County High, not what I pictured for an all American High School." Thalia replied.
"No, it isn't, so why did you decided to move here" He asked.
"I didn't, my brother died of an overdose last year and my parents think it's best if I cope with my problems in a peaceful enviroment...But the truth is there either too worried about me repeating the same thing Davie did or the ordeal ruining there membership at the Golf Club." She explained, not really realising what she was saying, when she looked at Ephram he was staring at her sympathietically, she cleared her throat.
"You weren't supposed to hear that part." She told him as he nodded in understanding.
"So, your first day, does it suck?" He asked changing the subject to something more comfortable.
"Yeah" She replied
"Espiacially when everyone you meet assumes your this lonely new girl who is dieing for a Best friend." She mumbled.
Ephram laughed. Before Ephram could reply the bell rang and Thalia rolled her eyes.
"So, what do you have last." She said walking towards the door.
"English 101 with Mr Chamberland." He replied.
"Me too." Thalia said. "That means you can take notes for me."
Ephram turned to face her. "What?"
"I'm not feeling real well, first day jitters or something, so could you just tell me if we have an assignment or something, I might just go home." Thalia asked him in a sweet tone.
"Sure, I'll do that for you" Ephram said, staring at her.
"Thanks, Have a nice day Ephram." Thalia said walking away. Ephram watched her walk away then he leaned on the door. Another girl who just made a fool of him.
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"Is anyone home?" Thalia asked as she walked in. No-one answered, so she shrugged and walked towards the refridgerater, pulling out a bottle of water, she walked into the lounge room and sat on the couch. Quietly she took a sip of her water and layed down on the couch, she was almost asleep when she heard the phone ring, grunting she jumped up and grabbed the phone.
"Hello" She said into the reciever.
"Hello, this is Mrs Bayton from County High, is this Mrs Feeney ?"Mrs Bayton asked.
"No this is Thalia Jones" She replied, ready for whatever scolding she was gonna get.
"Are you aware that leaving school property without permission is not aloud?" Mrs Bayton asked, in a very suitable tone.
"Yes I am aware of that, what are you gonna do about it?" Thalia asked back.
"Excuse me?"
"Your excused, I'm sorry if this was such an inconvenience to you, but I wasn't feeling well and thought it was best if I just came home, wouldn't want anyone else to get sick now would I?"
"No of coarse not, but you could at least have told a superviser or a teacher, that you were leaving."
"I'm sorry, next time I'll do that, have a nice evening"
Thalia replied coldly then she put the phone down. "Small town wench"
"Who is?"
"Nina, you scared me... just the front office lady who just called"
"Oh, shouldn't you be at school?"
"Yeah, but I wasn't feeling well, I would have called but I didn't think of that"
"Oh, Ok well you didn't have to be rude to Mrs Bayton"
Thalia signed, sitting down. "Nina, just lay of me ok, I still don't understand why it is I have to go to school, I'm not gonna be here for long"
"That's something I want to talk to you about" Thalia looked at her confused
"Your parents...think it's best if you stay here for the rest of the year"
"What....No way I'm not stay in shit wood for another 5 months"
"Thalia..."
"No Nina, mother said a couple weeks not a couple months, call them up and tell them that if they don't get me out of this cold, deserted, low excuse for a town then I'll get out of it myself"
Thalia walked towards the door.
"What does that mean?"
"It means I'll go stay with someone I know in La or New York or somewhere just as long as I don't have to stay here"
"Where are you going?"
"Where I belong
"Where is that"
Thalia turned around frustration in her eyes. "Nowhere"
Thalia slammed the door and Nina sat down in frustration.
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Outside Thalia rapped her scarf and jacket around her tightly.
"Assholes" She said to no-one in particular
"Whoa, your not talking about me are ya?"
Thalia turned around and saw Ephram and a blonde headed girl coming out of his house.
"No, not you"
"Oh, this is Amy Aboot, Dr Abbots daughter"
"Wow, isn't that weird "The doctors of Everwood's children are dating" front page news I guess".
They Both Laughed awkwardly.
"Were not dating, just friends" Amy said quickly.
"Yeah, friends" Ephram said, "Whats up with you"
"Truthfully, I just found out my parents want me to stay here for the whole year"
"That's good, we can get to know eachother"
"If I had a quarter for everytime someone had said that to me today, I would be able to feed the entire country of Tanzania"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you"
"Apology accepted, now if you excuse me I'm gonna go find a bridge to jump off"
"Uhh, Thalia" Ephram said, "Amy and I were about to go see the movie Honey, do you, uuh wanna go, with us?"
"You guys aren't going on a date are you and your just invited me because it will take out the awkwardness"
"No, were just going...as friends, we go, do stuff, as friends, these days"
"Ok, I'll just go get some money and tell Nina, one second"
Ephram and Amy watched her as she ran up to Nina's house.
"She seems troubled, mysterious in a way"
"Yeah, she had a bad upbringing, and she is coping with it the only way she knows how."
Amy looked at him.
"Shutting off everyone who trys to get close to her" Amy nodded and they wen't to wait in there car.
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Nian was still sitting with her hands in her lap on the couch when Thalia came running in.
"Hey Nina, Can I go see a movie with Ephram and Amy Abbott"
"Yeah, sure, but Thalia?" Nina asked as Thalia grabbed her purse.
"If you don't wanna stay here, I'm not gonna make you"
Thalia nodded.
"But my parents will" Thalia replied, "It's nothing personal, it's just I don't wanna have to fit in and grow to like Everwood, and then just have to leave, like so many times before"
Nina smiled, "I understand completely, but you do know Sam and I would love to have you here, whenever you want to, just knock on the door and we'll let you in with open arms and Sam will continue breaking your back."
Thalia smiled for the first time since she got off the airoplane. "Soon enough, I'll have to buy a wheelchair, there's oh so many breakings of the back I can handle"
Nina nodded, they heard a car beep.
"Thats Ephram, the impatiant Ephram or Amy, you can't really tell."
Thalia nodded as she hugged Nina. "See ya later, we might go out afterwards so don't wait up"
"I won't" Nina replied, smiling, "I won't".
Authors thanks-- I'd like to thank my first reviewer LVHamlet who said.
Ok, this fic it's really good, but you have to write.(so you have to put a little less music and more about write). Thanks for the advice and as you see I took it. I hope you like this, next chapter we get to see Thalia and Amy's wild side which scares Ephram a bit. Thalia goes on a double date with Amy and Ephram and you'll never guess who's the fourth party. And we get to meet Thalia's parents.
In My Own Time
Thalia's P.O.V
It was like vision, like a mermorie, I turned around and saw Davie, standing there in his baggy pants and red t-shirt, clapping and smiling, looking so peaceful, like no-one could harm him, I wish I looked and felt like that, another clapping ceased the moment and I turned back around to see Ephram, standing in front of the piano with his bag on his shoulder. I cleared my throat and glanced back to where I thought I saw Davie, looking back at Ephram, he was smiling back to me.
"That was brilliant, you have a beatiful voice." He said, dropping his bag he sat next to me and started to play aswell, the move was sudden and I wasn't prepared for it.
"You play aswell?" I asked in confidentianlity, he smiled as he nodded and continued playing, he too looked like he was fading into memories.
"So Nina wasn't lieing when she said you were musical." He nodded towards the piano.
"Yeah, my mother payed for lessons while I was in Year 3, she wanted me to be like my Grandmother, she use to play for the American Ballet Company" She replied.
"Do you do ballet" he asked.
"Me? Do Ballet?, I don't think so, Ballets for skinny girls who don't eat food and like to be mistaken for garden racks." Thalia replied.
Ephram nodded. "I have a friend who does Ballet."
"Is she as skinny as Lara Flynn Boyle." Thalia said.
"Who?." Ephram asked.
"Never mind, so this is County High, not what I pictured for an all American High School." Thalia replied.
"No, it isn't, so why did you decided to move here" He asked.
"I didn't, my brother died of an overdose last year and my parents think it's best if I cope with my problems in a peaceful enviroment...But the truth is there either too worried about me repeating the same thing Davie did or the ordeal ruining there membership at the Golf Club." She explained, not really realising what she was saying, when she looked at Ephram he was staring at her sympathietically, she cleared her throat.
"You weren't supposed to hear that part." She told him as he nodded in understanding.
"So, your first day, does it suck?" He asked changing the subject to something more comfortable.
"Yeah" She replied
"Espiacially when everyone you meet assumes your this lonely new girl who is dieing for a Best friend." She mumbled.
Ephram laughed. Before Ephram could reply the bell rang and Thalia rolled her eyes.
"So, what do you have last." She said walking towards the door.
"English 101 with Mr Chamberland." He replied.
"Me too." Thalia said. "That means you can take notes for me."
Ephram turned to face her. "What?"
"I'm not feeling real well, first day jitters or something, so could you just tell me if we have an assignment or something, I might just go home." Thalia asked him in a sweet tone.
"Sure, I'll do that for you" Ephram said, staring at her.
"Thanks, Have a nice day Ephram." Thalia said walking away. Ephram watched her walk away then he leaned on the door. Another girl who just made a fool of him.
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"Is anyone home?" Thalia asked as she walked in. No-one answered, so she shrugged and walked towards the refridgerater, pulling out a bottle of water, she walked into the lounge room and sat on the couch. Quietly she took a sip of her water and layed down on the couch, she was almost asleep when she heard the phone ring, grunting she jumped up and grabbed the phone.
"Hello" She said into the reciever.
"Hello, this is Mrs Bayton from County High, is this Mrs Feeney ?"Mrs Bayton asked.
"No this is Thalia Jones" She replied, ready for whatever scolding she was gonna get.
"Are you aware that leaving school property without permission is not aloud?" Mrs Bayton asked, in a very suitable tone.
"Yes I am aware of that, what are you gonna do about it?" Thalia asked back.
"Excuse me?"
"Your excused, I'm sorry if this was such an inconvenience to you, but I wasn't feeling well and thought it was best if I just came home, wouldn't want anyone else to get sick now would I?"
"No of coarse not, but you could at least have told a superviser or a teacher, that you were leaving."
"I'm sorry, next time I'll do that, have a nice evening"
Thalia replied coldly then she put the phone down. "Small town wench"
"Who is?"
"Nina, you scared me... just the front office lady who just called"
"Oh, shouldn't you be at school?"
"Yeah, but I wasn't feeling well, I would have called but I didn't think of that"
"Oh, Ok well you didn't have to be rude to Mrs Bayton"
Thalia signed, sitting down. "Nina, just lay of me ok, I still don't understand why it is I have to go to school, I'm not gonna be here for long"
"That's something I want to talk to you about" Thalia looked at her confused
"Your parents...think it's best if you stay here for the rest of the year"
"What....No way I'm not stay in shit wood for another 5 months"
"Thalia..."
"No Nina, mother said a couple weeks not a couple months, call them up and tell them that if they don't get me out of this cold, deserted, low excuse for a town then I'll get out of it myself"
Thalia walked towards the door.
"What does that mean?"
"It means I'll go stay with someone I know in La or New York or somewhere just as long as I don't have to stay here"
"Where are you going?"
"Where I belong
"Where is that"
Thalia turned around frustration in her eyes. "Nowhere"
Thalia slammed the door and Nina sat down in frustration.
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Outside Thalia rapped her scarf and jacket around her tightly.
"Assholes" She said to no-one in particular
"Whoa, your not talking about me are ya?"
Thalia turned around and saw Ephram and a blonde headed girl coming out of his house.
"No, not you"
"Oh, this is Amy Aboot, Dr Abbots daughter"
"Wow, isn't that weird "The doctors of Everwood's children are dating" front page news I guess".
They Both Laughed awkwardly.
"Were not dating, just friends" Amy said quickly.
"Yeah, friends" Ephram said, "Whats up with you"
"Truthfully, I just found out my parents want me to stay here for the whole year"
"That's good, we can get to know eachother"
"If I had a quarter for everytime someone had said that to me today, I would be able to feed the entire country of Tanzania"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to upset you"
"Apology accepted, now if you excuse me I'm gonna go find a bridge to jump off"
"Uhh, Thalia" Ephram said, "Amy and I were about to go see the movie Honey, do you, uuh wanna go, with us?"
"You guys aren't going on a date are you and your just invited me because it will take out the awkwardness"
"No, were just going...as friends, we go, do stuff, as friends, these days"
"Ok, I'll just go get some money and tell Nina, one second"
Ephram and Amy watched her as she ran up to Nina's house.
"She seems troubled, mysterious in a way"
"Yeah, she had a bad upbringing, and she is coping with it the only way she knows how."
Amy looked at him.
"Shutting off everyone who trys to get close to her" Amy nodded and they wen't to wait in there car.
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Nian was still sitting with her hands in her lap on the couch when Thalia came running in.
"Hey Nina, Can I go see a movie with Ephram and Amy Abbott"
"Yeah, sure, but Thalia?" Nina asked as Thalia grabbed her purse.
"If you don't wanna stay here, I'm not gonna make you"
Thalia nodded.
"But my parents will" Thalia replied, "It's nothing personal, it's just I don't wanna have to fit in and grow to like Everwood, and then just have to leave, like so many times before"
Nina smiled, "I understand completely, but you do know Sam and I would love to have you here, whenever you want to, just knock on the door and we'll let you in with open arms and Sam will continue breaking your back."
Thalia smiled for the first time since she got off the airoplane. "Soon enough, I'll have to buy a wheelchair, there's oh so many breakings of the back I can handle"
Nina nodded, they heard a car beep.
"Thats Ephram, the impatiant Ephram or Amy, you can't really tell."
Thalia nodded as she hugged Nina. "See ya later, we might go out afterwards so don't wait up"
"I won't" Nina replied, smiling, "I won't".
Authors thanks-- I'd like to thank my first reviewer LVHamlet who said.
Ok, this fic it's really good, but you have to write.(so you have to put a little less music and more about write). Thanks for the advice and as you see I took it. I hope you like this, next chapter we get to see Thalia and Amy's wild side which scares Ephram a bit. Thalia goes on a double date with Amy and Ephram and you'll never guess who's the fourth party. And we get to meet Thalia's parents.