Later that day, Madison called Ephram in between classes and asked him if he wanted to go out to dinner with her and a friend of hers tonight, "her name is Jess and I think you two will get along, she's really cool!"
Ephram replied, "sure, do you want me to meet you two some place?"
"Sure, how about that pizza and ice cream place right outside of town at around 6pm?"
Ephram smiled, "awesome, sounds good, see you then."
"Bye sweetie" smiled Madison as she hung up the phone before heading off to her next class.
"Dad, I'm going out tonight so I'll be home around 11pm or so, ok?"
"sure, son. Don't do anything I wouldn't do" he smiled as he went back to doing what he was doing.
Ephram made his way to the pizza place 5 minutes 'til 6pm and he saw Madison and her friend standing by her car, talking and laughing. Madison was wearing her long white trench coat, that just made her look sexy. He parked next to her and she walked over to him and greeted him with a sweet kiss hello before introducing him to her friend Jess. "Jess" she said, wrapping an arm around his neck, "this is Ephram. Ephram, meet Jess, my best friends of 12 years." She was all smiles as Ephram extended his hand to shake Jess'. Jess said, "Ephram, its good to finally meet you, I've heard so much!"

Ephram replied softly, "its good to know I've been talked about."
"Alright, lets go grab a table!" replied Madison excitedly, looking at Ephram with happy eyes. The three of them made their way into the pizza place and grabbed a table, looking at the menu of things to eat. Ephram found out that Jess was 21 years old, lived in Utah several hours away and was visiting for a couple days. Jess says, "ya know, Ephram, out of all the guys Maddi has ever dated, I've only met two! You being one of 'em! She's taking after me, did she tell ya that." Madison started laughing, "she's kidding, don't believe her!"
"See, when I was 16, I dated a guy who was four years older. I mean, everybody had a huuuuge problem with it, and I mean huge! To the point where, after a couple, three months, he broke it off. I was kept a secret from everybody, which hurt like hell, you know!" She paused, then continued, "Madison has followed her heart. And to those damn fools who think your relationship is illegal, its not!" she laughed, "I only know this 'cuz I looked it up in the books when I was 17!"
They ate their food and joked around a little while longer before they were done. As they were walking to the parking lot, Madison said, "Damn, I forgot something, wait for me!" as she walked back into the pizza place.
Jess started hopping in one place, trying to get warm "Ya know, Ephram. That girl is completely taken by you"
Ephram smiled, looking down at his feet, "She's definitely got my heart."
"Ooohhh, that is so frikken sweet! Maddi has never had a boyfriend treat her the way you do"
"yeah, she told me"
"Just keep bein' yourself, bro. She loves you for that."
A few seconds later, Madison's voice could be heard, it seemed as if she was arguing with somebody inside the parlor. The two ran inside to see what was going on. People were yelling, things were breaking, so much commotion was going on.
"Don't start, bitch!" yelled a drunk man at Madison.
"Excuse me! You god damn drunk, you don't hit a woman!" Madison yelled back, raising her arm at the drunk man.
"She's my girlfriend" yelled the drunk man, slurring his words

Ephram and Jess looked at each other then decided to grab Madison and get out of there as quick as possible as another guy yelled at the Drunk as well. The two grabbed her and made their way out of the parlor, Ephram's arm around her waist, Madison yelling over her shoulder at the drunk man who was starting fights with everybody.
"God!" Madison exhaled angrily
Jess replied, "babe, calm down please!"
"I hate people like that, you know that!" her angry expression softened and she just frowned as she told the two what happened as Jess and Ephram sat on the back of Madison's car. "The guy starts pushing his girlfriend, I tell him to stop, you know, then he pushes me and tells me to stay out of it! I hit him and start yelling at him as another guy comes up to stop what this asshole was doing! Then his girlfriend tries to break it up, he hits her then I just lost it! I couldn't stop yelling at him and if it weren't for the other guys who stopped me I woulda knocked him down."
Jess smiled, swinging her feet, "I love your independence, man!"
Madison sighed deeply, trying to relax. Ephram grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him, she stood in between his legs as he kissed her softly. After a moment she half smiled, kissing Ephram again. She felt safe around him and forgot all about her worries. She wrapped her arms around his midsection as he rubbed her back. Jess spoke up, still swinging her legs, "so, what's on the agenda, gonna go to a bar and beat up some bikers?"
Madison laughed, looking at Jess, "I love you, girl!"
"Damn right you do! Has anybody ever told you that you look damn sexy in that white trench coat!"
Ephram joked around, "shut up, Jess, you're making me look bad."
"bro, I could never make you look bad!" Jess laughed then said, "Maddi, I told Ephram that you were, obviously, very taken with him, and know what he said!"
Madison looked at her with a questioned look upon her smiling face as Jess continued, "it was so cute, made me wanna grab his head and give him a smooch! He said 'she's definitely got my heart', now, aint that just the sweetest thing!"
Ephram blushed, again looking at his feet. Madison placed her fingers under his chin, and kissed him sweetly then whispering something sweet in his ear. He smiled, still rubbing her back. It was almost 11pm at this point so he told Jess that it was "such a pleasure to meet you!"
"yeah, you aint so bad yourself. I'm sure I'll see later though!" She hugged Ephram goodbye as Madison replied jokingly, "Ok, stop hugging him, you're making me jealous"
Ephram kissed Madison, she placed a gloved hand on his chest and smiled as she tilted her head as he whispered, "you're so beautiful. I love you."
They kissed passionately before Ephram headed to his car to go home. Madison replied, "see you." as he got into his car. He smiled then headed for home as Jess and Madison made their way into Madison's car to go to her place.