The next day the two of them were out at the grocery store getting some food for the house, sometimes throwing food back and forth, making a game out of it. Ephram was pushing the cart while Madison was getting the food. "Go long!" She yelled as she threw a box of cereal towards him. He jumps up and catches it then pretends to slam dunk it into the cart, Madison yells, "and he scores, the crowd goes wild!" There weren't too many people in the grocery store, then again it was almost 9pm on a Friday night so they had free reign of the store. "Last thing on our list is eggs and…" Madison makes a weird look, "am I reading this right, since when does your dad like tofu?" Ephram makes a similar face, "what the hell are you talking about? Tofu? Let me see the list!" And he made his way over to her and looked at the list, trying to decipher what his father wrote down. "that looks like 'rice'?" He looked up, smiling. Madison laughed, "Ephram, tell me, how do you get 'rice' from 'tofu'? That is definitely an 'o' not an 'i'! Hold on a sec, I'll call him." And she dialed the Brown's number from her cell phone as Ephram made funny faces at her. "Hi, Dr. Brown, its Madison. Ephram and I are having a difficult time reading your list. Did you mean to put tofu down?" Dr. Brown thought for a moment. "tofu…tofu…tofu…hmm…You know what, I think that's actually for Nina, so yeah, go ahead and pick it up! Thanks!" Madison hung up the phone, "well, Nina's the tofu junkie, not your pappy." she raised her eyes playfully at Ephram, then they made their way to the register. They paid for the food then left the store.
After they put the bags in the trunk of the car, they walked the cart to one of the cart bins, and on their way back to the car, Ephram jumped on Madison's back as she started laughing. Ephram was laughing as well, "five more feet, don't give up, not yet!" The few people in the parking lot were looking at them as if they were mental, but before they could say anything, or even make their way to the car, Ephram got off of Madison's back as he spotted Amy and Tommy making their way towards them. "Why is Tommy looking at me? Is it me, or do they look like they are coming over here? Great, I'm dead" replied Ephram sarcastically. "look, just because I'm from New York doesn't mean I actually know how to fight! I've been in more fights here in Everwood than I ever was in New York." Ephram stepped back as Tommy came forward. Tommy held up his head, "Look Brown…I've come to apologize. I was fucked up, I never woulda touched you otherwise. Amy's a good friend, she cares about you-"
"Let me guess," Ephram said, "she bailed you out of jail too?
"Don't start, Ephram! He's the only person I have right now, leave it alone, please."
"Or what, Tommy will kick my ass again! God, Amy, you are so much better than this!"
"Brown, you do not know me"
"Dude, I don't need to know you. Plus, just standing there, three feet away from me with your head cocked like that, freaks me out, so if you don't mind, we're going to leave before I pee my pants . We have frozen foods in the car and don't want them to melt, but more importantly, I want to live to see the age of 17, thanks anyway." But before he could walk away, Tommy grabbed his arm, but Madison then grabbed his arm, "Let go Tommy, lets just walk away and pretend we never met, ok?"
"What now, you got your girlfriend to fight for you?"
"Dude, if she wants too, by all means she can, who am I to stop her."
"Tommy!" Yelled Amy, "Stop it, you said you wouldn't! Gah!"
Everybody was yelling and nothing coherent could be heard until Amy came up and pushed Tommy "Jesus Christ, Tommy! Don't be this way, you're acting just like everybody said you would, don't be that guy!" Before she knew it, she was on the ground, Tommy accidentally elbowed her, which in turn made Madison hit him. Ephram was thinking to himself as he sighed deeply, "I hate Everwood!" and he stopped Madison from trying to hit Tommy again, then they made their way to Amy who seemed to be okay. She pushed Tommy once again then decided to leave. Tommy ran to catch up to her, and her voice could be heard, she was yelling at Tommy for making a scene.
Ephram turned towards Madison who was rubbing her hand, "you okay?"
She smiled, tilting her head, "you're definitely one in a million Ephram. Not many guys would actually not fight if they were put in that situation. Were you really freaked out or did you really just not want to fight?"
"Both, can we please leave now before he comes back and does try to kick my ass" He smiled as Madison hugged him and gave him a soft kiss. They got into the car and drove home with the groceries.