Chapter: 6
After he got to his car, Ephram drove until he reached Madison's house. As he pulled into the driveway, he stopped the car and hit himself on the head. "I totally forgot that Madison was working again," he said to himself. Ephram decided to go grab a quick lunch and then wait by Madison's house until she got home. Ephram had been the Boulder a few times before and remembered this great little dinner that served the best hamburgers. Ephram drove there, found a parking spot and walked over to the dinner. Surprisingly, the dinner was quite crowded for a weekday and there were no tables left. He looked over and saw that there was one seat left at the counter, so he decided to sit there. A few minutes later, a waitress came over and handed him a menu.
As he was looking through it, he heard a voice ask, "Excuse me, but could you pass the ketchup?"
Ephram looked up and saw a beautiful girl staring at him. She looked about his age and had long, dark brown hair and eyes that looked like two shinning emeralds. She was wearing fishnets stockings, a leather mini-shirt and a black blink 182 tee-shirt. She looked very out of place in this simple Colorado town.
"S-sure," Ephram stammered as he passed it to her. She smiled back at him and began to make conversation.
"So why aren't you in school today? I didn't think any kids in this little mountain town had the guts to cut," she asked him.
"Actually," Ephram told her, "I'm originally from New York, so I've been cutting school for as long as I could remember. Today, I just broke up with my girlfriend and took a drive and ended up here. So what's your story? No offense or anything, but you don't exactly look like a Colorado girl to me."
The girl smiled at him, revealing her perfectly white, crest toothpaste add smile. "That's because I'm not. My names Isabella and I just moved here to live with my Aunt, and I'm from New York too. I flew into Denver and decided to stop for lunch before driving to my aunt's house. She lives in some small, middle of nowhere town with like 1,000 people. But more importantly, I didn't catch your name fellow New Yorker."
Ephram: "I'm Ephram, Ephram Brown. I moved to Colorado about three years after my mother died. I miss New York though, in fact, I was there all summer as a student in the Julliard summer program, I play the piano."
Isabella: "Really? That's really cool. I'm more a writing, artsy kinda girl, so I spent the summer at an internship with the New York Times. I worked there until I graduated high school last week, and then I packed up and moved here for the summer. Then, I'm going to Stanford in the fall."
Ephram: "Stanford, wow you must be smart. I've never really cared about school or tried hard in it, because I've always though that I wouldn't need to know anything they taught in school because I'd always have the piano. Up until last week, I was all set to go to Julliard in the fall. But now, I think I might just find a closer piano school, because of...well never mind, you probably don't want to hear my pathetic and twisted life story."
Isabella smiled at him and both of their lunch's arrived. "Actually, I wouldn't mind. You should try me, I'm a good listener. Plus, my life had been so odd that nothing seems weird to me."
Although he couldn't explain why, Ephram trusted this girl, even though he'd only known her for 5 minutes. Something about her led him to spill all of his issues to her, his problems with Madison, Alex, Amy and everything that had happened to him since Madison had ran into him at the dinner the other night.
"Wow," was all Isabella could say when Ephram finished, "your in deep. Here's my advice, you can take it or leave it: Leave Amy behind, she seems like she was only causing you trouble. Try to make-u p with your Dad, I know what is like not having parents around, and you may not see it, but you need a father in your life. And as for Madison, you two need to be friends to raise your son together, but I wouldn't advise dating her. If you guys broke up, you could be kicked out of your son's life."
Ephram: "How is it that someone who barely knows me understand my life so much more than I do?"
"What can I say, it's a gift." Suddenly, Isabella's cell phone rang. She smiled at Ephram and picked it up. She left the bench and walked over towards to window to get a better reception. As she stood up, Ephram stared at her. Ephram hadn't see a girl like this since life back in New York and even then none of the girls were this amazing. She reminded him of a Greek goddesses, a punk Greek goddesses. As she walked towards him, he felt like the luckiest guy in the world to be eating lunch with her.
Isabella: "Hey Ephram, lunch was great, but I have to go. My aunt's on the phone and wants me to go home. It was great talking to you and I hope to see you again."
"Wait," Ephram called after her as she began to walk out the door, "what if I never see you again?"
Isabella: "If we were meant to meet again, we will. Fate is funny like that. Bye."
As Ephram watched her step into a taxi and drive away, he forgot all about Madison. He decided to drive back home because it was already 2 o'clock, and his Dad would realize that something was suspicious if he didn't get home soon.
Once he reached home, Andy ran over to him.
Andy: "Hey Ephram, where have you been? Hurry up and get changed, were going to Nina's for dinner. Apparently, Nina's niece is moving in with her and Nina wants us all to meet her at dinner."
Ephram: "Whatever, I'll be down in a second."
Ephram went upstairs and changed in nicer pants and a black button down shirt. After gelled his hair, he admitted that he looked pretty good, a lot better than this morning.
Ephram met Delia and Andy by the front door and they walked over to Nina's. It was a silent walk, because Ephram still wasn't ready to start talking to Andy again.
"Hey guys," Nina greeted them as she opened the door, "come in and sit down. I have to go get my niece, she's still upstairs unpacking."
The Browns sat down and started on a salad as they waited for Nina and her niece.
Nina: "Sorry guys, she was on the phone. Teenage girls, honestly all they do it eat, sleep and talk on the phone."
As she finished talking, the group heard the sound of heels clabbering down the steps.
"Sorry Aunt Nina, I'm here," said a familiar voice. A little too familiar, thought Ephram. As the girl entered the kitchen, Ephram gasped. Although dressed very differently in a pink sweater and jean skirt, it was the same girl he had meet in the dinner that morning: it was Isabella.
Kinda different because I introduced a new character, but I though I needed to shake things up. Any thoughts on Isabella or the chapter? If so please review!
After he got to his car, Ephram drove until he reached Madison's house. As he pulled into the driveway, he stopped the car and hit himself on the head. "I totally forgot that Madison was working again," he said to himself. Ephram decided to go grab a quick lunch and then wait by Madison's house until she got home. Ephram had been the Boulder a few times before and remembered this great little dinner that served the best hamburgers. Ephram drove there, found a parking spot and walked over to the dinner. Surprisingly, the dinner was quite crowded for a weekday and there were no tables left. He looked over and saw that there was one seat left at the counter, so he decided to sit there. A few minutes later, a waitress came over and handed him a menu.
As he was looking through it, he heard a voice ask, "Excuse me, but could you pass the ketchup?"
Ephram looked up and saw a beautiful girl staring at him. She looked about his age and had long, dark brown hair and eyes that looked like two shinning emeralds. She was wearing fishnets stockings, a leather mini-shirt and a black blink 182 tee-shirt. She looked very out of place in this simple Colorado town.
"S-sure," Ephram stammered as he passed it to her. She smiled back at him and began to make conversation.
"So why aren't you in school today? I didn't think any kids in this little mountain town had the guts to cut," she asked him.
"Actually," Ephram told her, "I'm originally from New York, so I've been cutting school for as long as I could remember. Today, I just broke up with my girlfriend and took a drive and ended up here. So what's your story? No offense or anything, but you don't exactly look like a Colorado girl to me."
The girl smiled at him, revealing her perfectly white, crest toothpaste add smile. "That's because I'm not. My names Isabella and I just moved here to live with my Aunt, and I'm from New York too. I flew into Denver and decided to stop for lunch before driving to my aunt's house. She lives in some small, middle of nowhere town with like 1,000 people. But more importantly, I didn't catch your name fellow New Yorker."
Ephram: "I'm Ephram, Ephram Brown. I moved to Colorado about three years after my mother died. I miss New York though, in fact, I was there all summer as a student in the Julliard summer program, I play the piano."
Isabella: "Really? That's really cool. I'm more a writing, artsy kinda girl, so I spent the summer at an internship with the New York Times. I worked there until I graduated high school last week, and then I packed up and moved here for the summer. Then, I'm going to Stanford in the fall."
Ephram: "Stanford, wow you must be smart. I've never really cared about school or tried hard in it, because I've always though that I wouldn't need to know anything they taught in school because I'd always have the piano. Up until last week, I was all set to go to Julliard in the fall. But now, I think I might just find a closer piano school, because of...well never mind, you probably don't want to hear my pathetic and twisted life story."
Isabella smiled at him and both of their lunch's arrived. "Actually, I wouldn't mind. You should try me, I'm a good listener. Plus, my life had been so odd that nothing seems weird to me."
Although he couldn't explain why, Ephram trusted this girl, even though he'd only known her for 5 minutes. Something about her led him to spill all of his issues to her, his problems with Madison, Alex, Amy and everything that had happened to him since Madison had ran into him at the dinner the other night.
"Wow," was all Isabella could say when Ephram finished, "your in deep. Here's my advice, you can take it or leave it: Leave Amy behind, she seems like she was only causing you trouble. Try to make-u p with your Dad, I know what is like not having parents around, and you may not see it, but you need a father in your life. And as for Madison, you two need to be friends to raise your son together, but I wouldn't advise dating her. If you guys broke up, you could be kicked out of your son's life."
Ephram: "How is it that someone who barely knows me understand my life so much more than I do?"
"What can I say, it's a gift." Suddenly, Isabella's cell phone rang. She smiled at Ephram and picked it up. She left the bench and walked over towards to window to get a better reception. As she stood up, Ephram stared at her. Ephram hadn't see a girl like this since life back in New York and even then none of the girls were this amazing. She reminded him of a Greek goddesses, a punk Greek goddesses. As she walked towards him, he felt like the luckiest guy in the world to be eating lunch with her.
Isabella: "Hey Ephram, lunch was great, but I have to go. My aunt's on the phone and wants me to go home. It was great talking to you and I hope to see you again."
"Wait," Ephram called after her as she began to walk out the door, "what if I never see you again?"
Isabella: "If we were meant to meet again, we will. Fate is funny like that. Bye."
As Ephram watched her step into a taxi and drive away, he forgot all about Madison. He decided to drive back home because it was already 2 o'clock, and his Dad would realize that something was suspicious if he didn't get home soon.
Once he reached home, Andy ran over to him.
Andy: "Hey Ephram, where have you been? Hurry up and get changed, were going to Nina's for dinner. Apparently, Nina's niece is moving in with her and Nina wants us all to meet her at dinner."
Ephram: "Whatever, I'll be down in a second."
Ephram went upstairs and changed in nicer pants and a black button down shirt. After gelled his hair, he admitted that he looked pretty good, a lot better than this morning.
Ephram met Delia and Andy by the front door and they walked over to Nina's. It was a silent walk, because Ephram still wasn't ready to start talking to Andy again.
"Hey guys," Nina greeted them as she opened the door, "come in and sit down. I have to go get my niece, she's still upstairs unpacking."
The Browns sat down and started on a salad as they waited for Nina and her niece.
Nina: "Sorry guys, she was on the phone. Teenage girls, honestly all they do it eat, sleep and talk on the phone."
As she finished talking, the group heard the sound of heels clabbering down the steps.
"Sorry Aunt Nina, I'm here," said a familiar voice. A little too familiar, thought Ephram. As the girl entered the kitchen, Ephram gasped. Although dressed very differently in a pink sweater and jean skirt, it was the same girl he had meet in the dinner that morning: it was Isabella.
Kinda different because I introduced a new character, but I though I needed to shake things up. Any thoughts on Isabella or the chapter? If so please review!