Ephram: (quickly sitting up) What?! Why?
Madison: I don't know...he's at the door, wants to talk to you
Ephram: What do you think it's about?
Madison: Well I'm kinda thinking the worst
Ephram: I guess I have to be the optimist
Madison: maybe it's just about the fight...(she put her hand on her forehead)
Ephram: Yeah
He stood up and walked to the door. Madison went to the kitchen so she could listen, without being seen.
Ephram opened the door and the officer turned around to face him.
Officer: Effraaaam Brown?
Ephram: Ephram (correcting him)
Officer: Sorry...Ephram, I'm Officer Giggly
Ephram couldn't help but laugh, but tried to hide it by clearing his throat.
Officer Giggly: I'm here about an incident that occurred earlier this afternoon...at the Chinese restaurant? An altercation between you and (he looked back at his paper) a Jason Miller?
Ephram: I-I wouldn't really call it an altercation (he was getting nervous)
Officer Giggly: Well Mr. Miller says that you pushed him first...
Ephram: He-well he wouldn't move....I asked him to, but-but her didn't, and...and I just wanted to get out of there...
Officer Giggly: I see (he was jotting something down) and then what happened?
Ephram: Well after I told him to walk away and he didn't...I-I pushed him and then got my gir-my friend (quickly correcting himself) and started to walk out the door-but then, then he grabbed my arm and hit me (he pointed to his purple nose) I didn't really see what happened next, but-my friend got me out of there and we left...
Officer Giggly: I see...anything else you would like to add?
Ephram: No-no that's about it
Officer Giggly: Ok...well that's all I needed, thank you very much Mr. Brown... we might be contacting you later for further questioning
Ephram: uh...ok-No problem
Officer Giggly left and Ephram closed the door, then leaned against it and exhaled. Madison came out of the kitchen.
Madison: You ok?
Ephram: Yeah, thank god
Madison: So it was just about the fight?
Ephram: Yeah, just wanted to hear my side of the story I guess...
Madison: (leaning against the door next to him) thank god
She put her head on his shoulder and he looked down at her.
Ephram: You think Jay told them anything?
Madison: I have no clue...I wouldn't put it past him, but he can't prove anything, I mean...well you know what I mean
Ephram: Yeah, well like you said...dating isn't illegal
Madison: (smiled) true
Ephram put his arm around her and rubbed her arm. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Ephram and Madison looked at each other then turned around, and Ephram slowly opened the door. He was relieved when he saw a kid, about his age with really bad acne and red hair, holding a bag. He let out a deep sigh and reached into his back pocket for his wallet.
Ephram: How much?
Delivery Dude: 15...without tip
Ephram: Ok
He handed the guy a 20 and grabbed the food
Ephram: Thanks
Delivery Dude: Yeah...you too (as he walked away staring at the 20 like it was god)
Ephram smiled and closed the door.
Ephram: Still hungry? (holding up the food)
Madison: yeah
They walked into the kitchen and sat at the table, eating out of the cartons cause neither of them felt like doing dishes.
Madison: Trade you my fried rice for your orange chicken
Ephram: No way
Madison: Oh c'mon...
Ephram: You can have a bite
He held out a piece with his fork and fed it to her.
Madison: Thanks
Ephram: Your very welcome
He put his orange chicken down for a second to grab an egg-roll, when he went back to grab it, he was too slow, Madison had already gotten to it.
Madison: Bad move Brown
Ephram: I had it first!
Madison: Finders keepers
Ephram: I'm sorry, I didn't know we were back in 3rd grade
Madison: If you really want it, come and get it (seductively)
Ephram: Oh no...I'm not gonna play your game
Madison: Fine, then I'll just finish all this by myself
Ephram: Fine, it wasn't that good anyway
Madison: Fine
Ephram: Fine
There was silence for a couple seconds, then Ephram started to tickle Madison.
Madison: Ephram! Stop! (while she was laughing)
Ephram: You wanted me to come and get it
Madison: (still laughing while trying to stop him) Fine, fine....I give up!
Ephram stopped tickling her and she handed him the carton.
Ephram: Nice doing business with you
Madison: You cheated
Ephram: I don't remember laying out any ground rules
Madison: In that case...
Madison took her foot and slid it slowly up Ephram's leg, Ephram closed his eyes in pleasure and dropped the carton on the table, Madison quickly grabbed it and put her foot back on the ground.
Ephram: (eyes still closed) That was mean
Madison: (smiling as she took a bite of chicken) I know
Ephram opened his eyes and quickly shook his head, trying to get the thoughts out of his head. He stood up and walked to the fridge.
Ephram: Soda?
Madison: Sure
Ephram grabbed 2 sodas out of the fridge, he put them on the table then walked behind Madison and wrapped his arms around her neck, she seemed oblivious and kept eating. Ephram started kissing her neck.
Madison: Not gonna work Brown
Ephram: Oh c'mon
Madison: Nope...and you better not give me a hickey, it's too hot for turtle necks
Ephram smiled to himself and went back to his seat.
Madison: Here (handing him the carton) you can have the rest
Ephram: So it did work?
Madison: No
Ephram looked down and saw that the carton was empty, Madison started laughing.
Ephram: There's like nothing here!
Madison: Thank you captain obvious
Ephram flicked some rice at her.
Madison: oooohhh, so you wanna play that game?
She through some crunchy noodles at him. They started throwing food at each other.
Madison: Ephram- wait, we can't do this...
Ephram: Scared of losing?
Madison: No...scared of your dad's face when he sees this kitchen
Ephram: Oh...I guess you're right
Madison: As always
Madison: I don't know...he's at the door, wants to talk to you
Ephram: What do you think it's about?
Madison: Well I'm kinda thinking the worst
Ephram: I guess I have to be the optimist
Madison: maybe it's just about the fight...(she put her hand on her forehead)
Ephram: Yeah
He stood up and walked to the door. Madison went to the kitchen so she could listen, without being seen.
Ephram opened the door and the officer turned around to face him.
Officer: Effraaaam Brown?
Ephram: Ephram (correcting him)
Officer: Sorry...Ephram, I'm Officer Giggly
Ephram couldn't help but laugh, but tried to hide it by clearing his throat.
Officer Giggly: I'm here about an incident that occurred earlier this afternoon...at the Chinese restaurant? An altercation between you and (he looked back at his paper) a Jason Miller?
Ephram: I-I wouldn't really call it an altercation (he was getting nervous)
Officer Giggly: Well Mr. Miller says that you pushed him first...
Ephram: He-well he wouldn't move....I asked him to, but-but her didn't, and...and I just wanted to get out of there...
Officer Giggly: I see (he was jotting something down) and then what happened?
Ephram: Well after I told him to walk away and he didn't...I-I pushed him and then got my gir-my friend (quickly correcting himself) and started to walk out the door-but then, then he grabbed my arm and hit me (he pointed to his purple nose) I didn't really see what happened next, but-my friend got me out of there and we left...
Officer Giggly: I see...anything else you would like to add?
Ephram: No-no that's about it
Officer Giggly: Ok...well that's all I needed, thank you very much Mr. Brown... we might be contacting you later for further questioning
Ephram: uh...ok-No problem
Officer Giggly left and Ephram closed the door, then leaned against it and exhaled. Madison came out of the kitchen.
Madison: You ok?
Ephram: Yeah, thank god
Madison: So it was just about the fight?
Ephram: Yeah, just wanted to hear my side of the story I guess...
Madison: (leaning against the door next to him) thank god
She put her head on his shoulder and he looked down at her.
Ephram: You think Jay told them anything?
Madison: I have no clue...I wouldn't put it past him, but he can't prove anything, I mean...well you know what I mean
Ephram: Yeah, well like you said...dating isn't illegal
Madison: (smiled) true
Ephram put his arm around her and rubbed her arm. Just then, there was a knock on the door. Ephram and Madison looked at each other then turned around, and Ephram slowly opened the door. He was relieved when he saw a kid, about his age with really bad acne and red hair, holding a bag. He let out a deep sigh and reached into his back pocket for his wallet.
Ephram: How much?
Delivery Dude: 15...without tip
Ephram: Ok
He handed the guy a 20 and grabbed the food
Ephram: Thanks
Delivery Dude: Yeah...you too (as he walked away staring at the 20 like it was god)
Ephram smiled and closed the door.
Ephram: Still hungry? (holding up the food)
Madison: yeah
They walked into the kitchen and sat at the table, eating out of the cartons cause neither of them felt like doing dishes.
Madison: Trade you my fried rice for your orange chicken
Ephram: No way
Madison: Oh c'mon...
Ephram: You can have a bite
He held out a piece with his fork and fed it to her.
Madison: Thanks
Ephram: Your very welcome
He put his orange chicken down for a second to grab an egg-roll, when he went back to grab it, he was too slow, Madison had already gotten to it.
Madison: Bad move Brown
Ephram: I had it first!
Madison: Finders keepers
Ephram: I'm sorry, I didn't know we were back in 3rd grade
Madison: If you really want it, come and get it (seductively)
Ephram: Oh no...I'm not gonna play your game
Madison: Fine, then I'll just finish all this by myself
Ephram: Fine, it wasn't that good anyway
Madison: Fine
Ephram: Fine
There was silence for a couple seconds, then Ephram started to tickle Madison.
Madison: Ephram! Stop! (while she was laughing)
Ephram: You wanted me to come and get it
Madison: (still laughing while trying to stop him) Fine, fine....I give up!
Ephram stopped tickling her and she handed him the carton.
Ephram: Nice doing business with you
Madison: You cheated
Ephram: I don't remember laying out any ground rules
Madison: In that case...
Madison took her foot and slid it slowly up Ephram's leg, Ephram closed his eyes in pleasure and dropped the carton on the table, Madison quickly grabbed it and put her foot back on the ground.
Ephram: (eyes still closed) That was mean
Madison: (smiling as she took a bite of chicken) I know
Ephram opened his eyes and quickly shook his head, trying to get the thoughts out of his head. He stood up and walked to the fridge.
Ephram: Soda?
Madison: Sure
Ephram grabbed 2 sodas out of the fridge, he put them on the table then walked behind Madison and wrapped his arms around her neck, she seemed oblivious and kept eating. Ephram started kissing her neck.
Madison: Not gonna work Brown
Ephram: Oh c'mon
Madison: Nope...and you better not give me a hickey, it's too hot for turtle necks
Ephram smiled to himself and went back to his seat.
Madison: Here (handing him the carton) you can have the rest
Ephram: So it did work?
Madison: No
Ephram looked down and saw that the carton was empty, Madison started laughing.
Ephram: There's like nothing here!
Madison: Thank you captain obvious
Ephram flicked some rice at her.
Madison: oooohhh, so you wanna play that game?
She through some crunchy noodles at him. They started throwing food at each other.
Madison: Ephram- wait, we can't do this...
Ephram: Scared of losing?
Madison: No...scared of your dad's face when he sees this kitchen
Ephram: Oh...I guess you're right
Madison: As always