Chapter 8
Forgiven But Not Forgotten.
"Can I sit here," A familiar voice said behind Thalia, she looked up and nodded graciously, knowing who it was. Ephram put his tray down and sat in front of her. She was staring at him with no emotion on her face and it was making him very uncomfortable, he knew she was expecting him to say something, like who he took to the game. Here goes. He Thought.
"I've been meaning to tell you for days, but whenever I tried you became too busy to listen" He explained, "I thought about it and you were right, I said I would take Delia and I couldn't just bail on her with such short notice, I'm glad you were there to talk some sense into me,".
Thalia smiled, and looked down at her food, they sat there for a few seconds, Ephram watching her for a response, Thalia thinking of one suitable for the sitution they were in, why did it seem such a big deal if she was a little vulnerable near him?.She had no idea what to say, she could say the truth but it was over-rated, she didn't want to state the obvious, she was in the wrong, she hardly knew him and she hardly knew Amy, who was she to tell Ephram what to do, here she is angry at her parents for making her leave all she's known to readjust to something she'll just have to let go of in the end. Thalia looked up at Ephram who was still looking at her patiently.
She nodded her head, signalling she was ready to respond. "I said some stupid things, I wasn't aware that you loved Amy, I still stand by what I said, but I just thought you were friends" Ephram nodded, understanding in view of the situation, if he put himself in her shoes he would have knocked the sense into his skull aswell.
"It's a long and heartbreaking story" He said, with utter confidence, he didn't mind explaining, it wasn't really painful, like an easy memorie, although he bottled alot of stuff up, when the moment came for him to be serious he didn't stutter, he told the truth and hoped the truth was easy to handle, sometimes, like Thalia, he doesn't think before he speaks which sometimes makes him look stupid.
"Yeah, I have lots of those," She replied, looking him straight in the eye, forkloring her seriousness. "Maybe we could trade sometime,".
Ephram raised his eyebrows, he was expecting that, just for her to agree she had some unheard issues and leave the rest to the imagination.
"Friends," He asked, offered his hand. She stared at it smiling for a few seconds, and then shook it.
"Friends," She replied.
Ephram felt happier after sorting things out with Thalia, like a big weight came off his shouldars, she was very different to the rest of Everwood, like a UFO, mysterious, but yet so real, like this sudden tradgedy that had exploded in her mind, changed her into a humen being with feeling, the other Thalia, the one who lived the uptown life bottled up her feelings and spoke them once in a blue moon, though he would never admit it, he envied Thalia, she had the ability to change and change for her was good. She had changed into the person best suited for her, and it was a matter of time before she realised that. Or maybe she already had and she was trying to get other people to see it aswell. Either way Ephram was somewhat glad her parents decided to ship-board her to Everwood, and he was going to show her that too.
"Isn't this sweet? Would you two get a room, I can barely eat over here," A voice said from behind Ephram, they both turned around and focused there attention on the person nearing them. It was Wendall. He sat next to Ephram.
"Hey E, long time no see, huh, you must be Thalia," He said, looking over at her, " I'm Wendall, love the hair and the nose ring, really works for you, your pretty famous around here, seen as your mom dresses half of the celebrities in LA, pretty cool huh, anyway, has Ephy been saying good things about me?"
Thalia looked at Ephram ready to burst out laughing at the amount of crap Wendall spoke. She shook her head, " No actually, Ephy?. He didn't mention you, surprisingly".
Wendall didn't look insulted, which gave Thalia the thumbs up that he was a cool dude with a bad haircut.
"That's cool," He said, positively, "No expectations to live up to. Did I interupt anything?".
Ephram remained silent, feeling a bit guilty about ignoring Wendall for so long, even though they were just friends. Thalia looked at him and smiled at wendall.
"No, we were just trading secrets about the expoza of cafeteria food". She said.
Wendall nodded, not really caring. "Anyway, How was the game? Did you score? Rumour has it you turned Amy down that's why she has turned on her frosty meter.". He asked, raising his eyebrows.
Ephram smirked, as if he would tell Wendall. "If I did you'd be the last to know,"
Wendall laughed, "Don't look now here comes Martyr Girl,"
They looked up again to see Amy walking towards them.
"Well aren't I the popular one today, three interuptions, how can I eat when all of you are begging for attention," Thalia said, trying to be funny, both Wendall and Ephram smiled as Amy stood seat next to Thalia.
"Hey Ephram, Wendall," Amy said, completly ignoring Thalia, Amy sat down next to her, watching for a reaction, but all she did was lean over pick up Ephram's sandwich and take a bite of it. Ephram and Wendall watched in astonishment, Thalia looked at all three of them one by one.
"What,?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders, "Haven't you even seen someone eat Ephram's sandwich before? Are you all braindead?"
Ephram and Wendall started laughing and Amy scoffed. "How as the game Ephram?" Amy asked, Ephram stopped laughing to answer.
"Great, Delia loved it" He said uneasily.
Wendall stopped laugh abrubtly.
"Wait, you took Delia and not Amy?", He asked, eyes wide open as Ephram nodded. "Well, no cool gossip here today, you all should be ashamed of yourselvs I missed Kaila breaking up with Shawn in the courtyard, and that doesn't happen often"
"Thalia ruined it for me," Amy said, turning her head to face Thalia, Ephram rolled his eyes and Wendall sat back down.
"Dish it out, one by one, start with you Thalia, come on" Wendall urged.
"Amy, I didn't ruin it for you, I just thought it was wrong Ephram told Delia he'd go with her then bailed because you called and said you wanted to hang out, I was just jumping to Delia's defense, it's like giving someone a birthday gift they've wanted for god knows how long and then taking it away, because you liked it or something, besides she's only 10 years old,"
Amy thought about it for a minute. "Your right, I'm sorry"
"That's okay, If you didn't hate me after all I said, I would ahve you commited," Thalia said laughing, Ephram breathed out thanking god that it ran smoothly and Wendall's eyes poked out of there sockets.
"That's it, no bitch-slapping or heated words or plotting revenge against each-other in a disturbing way," Wendal asked beated, they nodded and he scoffed, "Your all hopeless, don't you watch Passions or Bold and the Beatiful,".
Thalia laughed, "No, Wendall we have lives so we don't really watch that shit, that's quite addictive may I add".
"It's not shit," Wendall said, jumping to it's defense, "It's.......Drama, with alot of hot chicks,".
Ephram nodded in agreement and Thalia rolled her eyes, "I have enough of that so called "Drama" in my life, I don't need to watch a TV show about it,".
"Whatever, your all biased, see ya in Science". Wendall replied walking away, they watched him then wen't back to there lives. A brown headed girl ahnding out pamphlets dropped one on Amy's lap and Amy picked it up and read it.
"County Highs annual dance theatrical well be help in the gym on Friday 25th, all are elegible to attend, so how 'bout it wanna go Thalia, it'll be fun?"
"What about Ephram?" Thalia asked, looking over at Ephram he had been rather quiet since they were interupted. Ephram shrugged and Thalia nodded indication she was in if he was. Amy pocketed it and started talking about what she would wear, Thalia watched Ephram whow as pretending to listen to Amy, he caught glimpse of Thalia gaze and stared at her back, Amy noticing the tension, turned to Thalia.
"So, Thalia wanna go to the hotspot on Thursday?"
Thalia turned to and broke the gaze, Ephram looked down embarrassed.
"I can't my parents are coming down to talk with Dr Brown, he said my progress was good, but needs improvement they are worried, that and it's my Great Grandmother's Birthday, and the family likes to get togeather and remember her"
"That's cool" Amy said, a little disappointed, Thalia felt bad so she opted for a solution.
"I have an idea, seen as it's my pursuasion that ruined your date with Ephy over here why don't we double date for the dance," She asked, smiling.
"That's a great idea, but who would you take? Bright maybe?," Amy asked, in indication Bright had been pestering her. Thalia looked at her sincerly but scrunched up her nose.
"Not gonna happen, I'm sure I can find someone in this school who'll take me. Like Wendall?" She asked herself, then scrunched up her nose again, "Nah, I might get bored, I mean it's not like he talks alot," She said, sarcastically.
Ephram smirked and Amy chuckled.
"What's up Ephram, your quiet. A normal teenage boy would be very talkative when surrounded by two girls, your like a tree on a sunny day, quiet and still" Thalia asked.
Ephram looked up, "One, tree's don't talk, Two, I'm not the kind of "teenage boy" who feels the need to be ingaged in conversation all the time"
Thalia nodded, slowly "Aha, another detail of the loves and lows of Ephram Brown, soon, we'll have enough information for a DVD" Thalia replied sarcastically, Amy started laughing hysterically,
"Is she always this much fun," She asked, in between laughs. Ephram nodded and Thalia smirked.
"I'm just trying to make Ephram more attractive"
"Drop dead," Ephram said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, I would but where would I go?, I heard heaven doesn't want me, and hell's too afraid I'll take over" she said, Amy started laughing again, so did Ephram, people were started to stare, Thalia just glared at them.
"What?" She asked," What are you looking at, haven't you ever seen chipmunks cry, school isn't always suppose to suck, you know" Thalia started laughing with them, they saved themselves the embarrasment and just got up and left still laughing, leaving alot happier then when they arrived.
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-Once again thanks to LVHamlet who continues to show his/her support (sorry I don't know what gender you are) your my number one reviewer if there was a award for that you'd win it.
Forgiven But Not Forgotten.
"Can I sit here," A familiar voice said behind Thalia, she looked up and nodded graciously, knowing who it was. Ephram put his tray down and sat in front of her. She was staring at him with no emotion on her face and it was making him very uncomfortable, he knew she was expecting him to say something, like who he took to the game. Here goes. He Thought.
"I've been meaning to tell you for days, but whenever I tried you became too busy to listen" He explained, "I thought about it and you were right, I said I would take Delia and I couldn't just bail on her with such short notice, I'm glad you were there to talk some sense into me,".
Thalia smiled, and looked down at her food, they sat there for a few seconds, Ephram watching her for a response, Thalia thinking of one suitable for the sitution they were in, why did it seem such a big deal if she was a little vulnerable near him?.She had no idea what to say, she could say the truth but it was over-rated, she didn't want to state the obvious, she was in the wrong, she hardly knew him and she hardly knew Amy, who was she to tell Ephram what to do, here she is angry at her parents for making her leave all she's known to readjust to something she'll just have to let go of in the end. Thalia looked up at Ephram who was still looking at her patiently.
She nodded her head, signalling she was ready to respond. "I said some stupid things, I wasn't aware that you loved Amy, I still stand by what I said, but I just thought you were friends" Ephram nodded, understanding in view of the situation, if he put himself in her shoes he would have knocked the sense into his skull aswell.
"It's a long and heartbreaking story" He said, with utter confidence, he didn't mind explaining, it wasn't really painful, like an easy memorie, although he bottled alot of stuff up, when the moment came for him to be serious he didn't stutter, he told the truth and hoped the truth was easy to handle, sometimes, like Thalia, he doesn't think before he speaks which sometimes makes him look stupid.
"Yeah, I have lots of those," She replied, looking him straight in the eye, forkloring her seriousness. "Maybe we could trade sometime,".
Ephram raised his eyebrows, he was expecting that, just for her to agree she had some unheard issues and leave the rest to the imagination.
"Friends," He asked, offered his hand. She stared at it smiling for a few seconds, and then shook it.
"Friends," She replied.
Ephram felt happier after sorting things out with Thalia, like a big weight came off his shouldars, she was very different to the rest of Everwood, like a UFO, mysterious, but yet so real, like this sudden tradgedy that had exploded in her mind, changed her into a humen being with feeling, the other Thalia, the one who lived the uptown life bottled up her feelings and spoke them once in a blue moon, though he would never admit it, he envied Thalia, she had the ability to change and change for her was good. She had changed into the person best suited for her, and it was a matter of time before she realised that. Or maybe she already had and she was trying to get other people to see it aswell. Either way Ephram was somewhat glad her parents decided to ship-board her to Everwood, and he was going to show her that too.
"Isn't this sweet? Would you two get a room, I can barely eat over here," A voice said from behind Ephram, they both turned around and focused there attention on the person nearing them. It was Wendall. He sat next to Ephram.
"Hey E, long time no see, huh, you must be Thalia," He said, looking over at her, " I'm Wendall, love the hair and the nose ring, really works for you, your pretty famous around here, seen as your mom dresses half of the celebrities in LA, pretty cool huh, anyway, has Ephy been saying good things about me?"
Thalia looked at Ephram ready to burst out laughing at the amount of crap Wendall spoke. She shook her head, " No actually, Ephy?. He didn't mention you, surprisingly".
Wendall didn't look insulted, which gave Thalia the thumbs up that he was a cool dude with a bad haircut.
"That's cool," He said, positively, "No expectations to live up to. Did I interupt anything?".
Ephram remained silent, feeling a bit guilty about ignoring Wendall for so long, even though they were just friends. Thalia looked at him and smiled at wendall.
"No, we were just trading secrets about the expoza of cafeteria food". She said.
Wendall nodded, not really caring. "Anyway, How was the game? Did you score? Rumour has it you turned Amy down that's why she has turned on her frosty meter.". He asked, raising his eyebrows.
Ephram smirked, as if he would tell Wendall. "If I did you'd be the last to know,"
Wendall laughed, "Don't look now here comes Martyr Girl,"
They looked up again to see Amy walking towards them.
"Well aren't I the popular one today, three interuptions, how can I eat when all of you are begging for attention," Thalia said, trying to be funny, both Wendall and Ephram smiled as Amy stood seat next to Thalia.
"Hey Ephram, Wendall," Amy said, completly ignoring Thalia, Amy sat down next to her, watching for a reaction, but all she did was lean over pick up Ephram's sandwich and take a bite of it. Ephram and Wendall watched in astonishment, Thalia looked at all three of them one by one.
"What,?" She asked, shrugging her shoulders, "Haven't you even seen someone eat Ephram's sandwich before? Are you all braindead?"
Ephram and Wendall started laughing and Amy scoffed. "How as the game Ephram?" Amy asked, Ephram stopped laughing to answer.
"Great, Delia loved it" He said uneasily.
Wendall stopped laugh abrubtly.
"Wait, you took Delia and not Amy?", He asked, eyes wide open as Ephram nodded. "Well, no cool gossip here today, you all should be ashamed of yourselvs I missed Kaila breaking up with Shawn in the courtyard, and that doesn't happen often"
"Thalia ruined it for me," Amy said, turning her head to face Thalia, Ephram rolled his eyes and Wendall sat back down.
"Dish it out, one by one, start with you Thalia, come on" Wendall urged.
"Amy, I didn't ruin it for you, I just thought it was wrong Ephram told Delia he'd go with her then bailed because you called and said you wanted to hang out, I was just jumping to Delia's defense, it's like giving someone a birthday gift they've wanted for god knows how long and then taking it away, because you liked it or something, besides she's only 10 years old,"
Amy thought about it for a minute. "Your right, I'm sorry"
"That's okay, If you didn't hate me after all I said, I would ahve you commited," Thalia said laughing, Ephram breathed out thanking god that it ran smoothly and Wendall's eyes poked out of there sockets.
"That's it, no bitch-slapping or heated words or plotting revenge against each-other in a disturbing way," Wendal asked beated, they nodded and he scoffed, "Your all hopeless, don't you watch Passions or Bold and the Beatiful,".
Thalia laughed, "No, Wendall we have lives so we don't really watch that shit, that's quite addictive may I add".
"It's not shit," Wendall said, jumping to it's defense, "It's.......Drama, with alot of hot chicks,".
Ephram nodded in agreement and Thalia rolled her eyes, "I have enough of that so called "Drama" in my life, I don't need to watch a TV show about it,".
"Whatever, your all biased, see ya in Science". Wendall replied walking away, they watched him then wen't back to there lives. A brown headed girl ahnding out pamphlets dropped one on Amy's lap and Amy picked it up and read it.
"County Highs annual dance theatrical well be help in the gym on Friday 25th, all are elegible to attend, so how 'bout it wanna go Thalia, it'll be fun?"
"What about Ephram?" Thalia asked, looking over at Ephram he had been rather quiet since they were interupted. Ephram shrugged and Thalia nodded indication she was in if he was. Amy pocketed it and started talking about what she would wear, Thalia watched Ephram whow as pretending to listen to Amy, he caught glimpse of Thalia gaze and stared at her back, Amy noticing the tension, turned to Thalia.
"So, Thalia wanna go to the hotspot on Thursday?"
Thalia turned to and broke the gaze, Ephram looked down embarrassed.
"I can't my parents are coming down to talk with Dr Brown, he said my progress was good, but needs improvement they are worried, that and it's my Great Grandmother's Birthday, and the family likes to get togeather and remember her"
"That's cool" Amy said, a little disappointed, Thalia felt bad so she opted for a solution.
"I have an idea, seen as it's my pursuasion that ruined your date with Ephy over here why don't we double date for the dance," She asked, smiling.
"That's a great idea, but who would you take? Bright maybe?," Amy asked, in indication Bright had been pestering her. Thalia looked at her sincerly but scrunched up her nose.
"Not gonna happen, I'm sure I can find someone in this school who'll take me. Like Wendall?" She asked herself, then scrunched up her nose again, "Nah, I might get bored, I mean it's not like he talks alot," She said, sarcastically.
Ephram smirked and Amy chuckled.
"What's up Ephram, your quiet. A normal teenage boy would be very talkative when surrounded by two girls, your like a tree on a sunny day, quiet and still" Thalia asked.
Ephram looked up, "One, tree's don't talk, Two, I'm not the kind of "teenage boy" who feels the need to be ingaged in conversation all the time"
Thalia nodded, slowly "Aha, another detail of the loves and lows of Ephram Brown, soon, we'll have enough information for a DVD" Thalia replied sarcastically, Amy started laughing hysterically,
"Is she always this much fun," She asked, in between laughs. Ephram nodded and Thalia smirked.
"I'm just trying to make Ephram more attractive"
"Drop dead," Ephram said, rolling his eyes.
"Oh, I would but where would I go?, I heard heaven doesn't want me, and hell's too afraid I'll take over" she said, Amy started laughing again, so did Ephram, people were started to stare, Thalia just glared at them.
"What?" She asked," What are you looking at, haven't you ever seen chipmunks cry, school isn't always suppose to suck, you know" Thalia started laughing with them, they saved themselves the embarrasment and just got up and left still laughing, leaving alot happier then when they arrived.
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-Once again thanks to LVHamlet who continues to show his/her support (sorry I don't know what gender you are) your my number one reviewer if there was a award for that you'd win it.