Lanyie and Amy had left to go to their classes and Peyton was left alone again with Bright and Ephram. "Sorry you had to meet my sister," Bright said while collecting his books to get ready to go. Peyton looked confused. "You're Amy's brother?" she asked half laughing. They hadn't acted like they even knew who the other was. "That's right," he said with a huge grin, "Anyways....I'm sorry she was so......I don't know.......mean......she's been acting really weird lately, got something on her mind, don't worry about it," by that time he had packed all of his books into his backpack. "I've got to go," he said smiling at Peyton and then at Ephram. He stood up. A thought came to him, "Hey, do you two want to do something after school?" He wanted more time to get to know Peyton better. Peyton smiled up at him. "Sure," she said. They both looked at Ephram waiting for a response. Ephram thought of his plans to suprise Madison and spend the day with her, on what the heck, he needed time to be with friends too, and Peyton was definetly proving that she would be one. Ephram felt happy when he thought of that, friends with this amazing girl, seemed odd, he didn't make very many friends. "Ok," he said nodding slightly looking at both of them. "Ok, cool, we'll meet at the flagpole afterschool," and with that he walked away. After a couple of yards, like an afterthought, he turned halfway around and waved a last goodbye to them. Ephram and Peyton were left alone. Peyton felt so comfortable with Ephram, he was so relaxed. She smiled at him. Ephram was the one who interupted the short silence. "So what class are you going to next?" he asked. Peyton began searching through her backpack looking for the small half sheet of paper with her schedule. She found the paper and began reading from it. "I have English with a Mrs. Lodish." Ephram smiled. "Me too. Let's go." Ephram stood up and motioned for her to do the same. She grabbed her back pack and walking next to him let him lead her to her next class. "So, you play piano," she was taking from the very little she knew about him. She paused, "Who do you think is the best piano player Larry Star, Gavin Degraw, or Michael Thomas?"(ok I made them up, sept Gavin....I love Gavin Degraw!) He looked suprised with her piano knowledge. (Gavin Degraw really does play keyboard.....just so you know) She looked pleased with his reaction. He recovered quickly. "Well, definetly not Gavin Degraw, he's more of a singer than a piano player," he smiled at her and then stroked his chin continueing to think. He made hmmmmmm sounds and clicked his tounge to add affect. Peyton laughed. "It's true, Gavin Degraw is more of a singer, he is GREAT at piano, but yes, more of a singer." "You know," she said pausing and looking at Ephram playfully, "I met Gavin Degraw once." (It's true, on one episode she did meet him) Ephram smiled, Gavin Degraw wasn't his favorite singer but he was still great and it was awesome that she had met him. "How did you meet him? When?" he asked curiously. "I ran into him, I was just like, wow......your Gavin Degraw." Ephram looked at her she was so cute he could actually picture her saying something like that. "And that's all you said?" "No!!" she said playfully nudging him with her elbow. He raised his eyebrows waiting for her to continue. "I invited him to perform at an open mike night at a friend's cafe," she said. They had reached their English classroom. Ephram stood outside motioning for her to go in first. He followed her close behind. Peyton looked around the room wondering where she was to sit. Ephram leaned closer to her, "open seating" he said with his half smile. "Coool, can I sit with you?" she asked following him. "Yeaaaaaaa," he said as if it was obvious that ehy would sit together being that they had been friends for so long. Peyton sat next to Ephram towards the back of the class. All during English Ephram did what he had never done before, passed notes. They talked about Ephram's family, Delia, his Dad, how they had moved to Everwood in the first place, they talked about Madison. They talked for a little about Peyton's old crush, but it was obvious she didn't want to talk about it much. They talked about drawing and piano, about their plans for the future, Ephram a concert pianist and Peyton an artist. And of course they talked about the fact that Peyton's dad would be working with Ephram's dad. Both Ephram and Peyton left the classroom so happy. They would be great friends, they both knew it.