Laynie was chatting to Peyton non-stop about Jake. Thoughts raced
through Peyton's head, Laynie didn't know Jake at all, if she didn't know
about Jenny than how well could she know Jake? Peyton knew for certain
that Jake would not have a girlfriend that didn't know about Jenny. Then
again it could be that he was embaressed or that he was planning on telling
her soon. Laynie was still talking,
"Jake's just so different, you know?" she said gushing excitedly.
"Yea," Peyton said smiling at her. Laynie sighed to herself,
"God I love him." Ephram walked up just in time to hear Laynie's last words. He sat down next to Peyton.
"Who do you love?" he asked while reaching into his backpack to pull out his lunch.
"Someone you don't know," she said teasingly.
"No come on, tell me about him," Ephram said now looking at her smiling.
"Ok," she said, obviously pleased to have Ephram's interest, "his name is Jake." Ephram interupted her,
"Yes I know that much from your conversation yesterday, I also know that you," he said looking at Peyton, "know Laynie's famous Jake." Peyton thought about Jake again.
"I wish Jake was here right now, I wish," she paused, "I wish he LIVED in Everwood," Peyton said.
"I was just thinking that!" Laynie cried. Ephram was about to ask for more information about Jake but the conversation was interupted when Amy arrived.
"Hey," Amy said in greeting looking at Laynie and Ephram.
"Hey!" Laynie said happily, "Have a seat," she patted the spot next to her.
"Actually, Laynie, can I talk to you for a couple of seconds privately?"
"Sure," she said standing up to leave, she turned to Ephram and Peyton, "I'm be right back." They had walked far enough to make sure there was no chance of Ephram and Peyton seeing them.
"Since when do we eat with them??" Amy asked angrily. Laynie looked confused.
"Amy, why do you NOT want to eat with them?" she asked. Amy calmed herself,
"I'm sorry, I just, I don't know," she said shaking her head and looking away.
"What is it?" Laynie asked, "Is it Ephram?" Laynie could tell Amy still had a crush on him. Amy didn't say anything. "So where do you want to eat them?"
"I guess we can eat with them, I just, don't really like Peyton, that's all," Amy said.
"What????" Laynie exclaimed in surpise.
"I told you, I don't really like her that much."
"Why????" Laynie asked giving Amy a weird look.
"I don't know, I can't explain it to you," Amy said.
"Do you want to eat with them or not?" Laynie asked.
"Yes, ok, let's eat with them," Amy said beginning to walk back towards their table. It wouldn't be that bad, she would talk to Ephram and maybe, just maybe, their friendship could return to what it had been before Madison and Tommy. Amy knew she was just kidding herself, you couldn't rewind like that.
"Ok," Laynie said still confused by all that her friend had said. Laynie tried to think of reasons Amy would dislike Peyton. Peyton was such a cool nice person. There wasn't a single thing wrong with her. She walked with Amy back to the table and they sat down together. When they returned Ephram and Peyton were looking at them as if waiting for them to explain what had happened at their secret meeting. There was a brief silence but Peyton quickly interupted it.
"I wonder, where Bright is," she said looking around the school grounds.
"Yea, he should be here by now," Ephram said also moving his head back and forth searching the people for Bright's familiar face. Ephram froze when he heard a scream coming from inside the school. He recognized it, he knew it was Bright. The other three at the table had come to the same scary realization and at the same time they all jumped up and ran to the school. They crashed into the school looking for Bright. It took a couple of minutes for them to locate him lying on the ground at the bottom of the stairs. Peyton rushed up to him and turned him right side up, his eyes were closed and he was out cold. Amy examined her brother from head to toe, she was scared. His leg looked like it was broken, and nothing else lied perfectly implace either. She spoke quickly,
"Somebody call an ambulence," she got down next to her brother. Laynie rushed off to do as Amy had directed. Amy, Ephram, and Peyton all sat near Bright scared and unsure what to do. Amy knew not to touch him or try to pick him up. She had learned that much from health class. But what could she do to help? She just sat their with Ephrma and Peyton knowing their was nothing to do but wait for the ambulence to arrive. A small group of people had gathered around Bright but Amy hardly noticed them.
"Jake's just so different, you know?" she said gushing excitedly.
"Yea," Peyton said smiling at her. Laynie sighed to herself,
"God I love him." Ephram walked up just in time to hear Laynie's last words. He sat down next to Peyton.
"Who do you love?" he asked while reaching into his backpack to pull out his lunch.
"Someone you don't know," she said teasingly.
"No come on, tell me about him," Ephram said now looking at her smiling.
"Ok," she said, obviously pleased to have Ephram's interest, "his name is Jake." Ephram interupted her,
"Yes I know that much from your conversation yesterday, I also know that you," he said looking at Peyton, "know Laynie's famous Jake." Peyton thought about Jake again.
"I wish Jake was here right now, I wish," she paused, "I wish he LIVED in Everwood," Peyton said.
"I was just thinking that!" Laynie cried. Ephram was about to ask for more information about Jake but the conversation was interupted when Amy arrived.
"Hey," Amy said in greeting looking at Laynie and Ephram.
"Hey!" Laynie said happily, "Have a seat," she patted the spot next to her.
"Actually, Laynie, can I talk to you for a couple of seconds privately?"
"Sure," she said standing up to leave, she turned to Ephram and Peyton, "I'm be right back." They had walked far enough to make sure there was no chance of Ephram and Peyton seeing them.
"Since when do we eat with them??" Amy asked angrily. Laynie looked confused.
"Amy, why do you NOT want to eat with them?" she asked. Amy calmed herself,
"I'm sorry, I just, I don't know," she said shaking her head and looking away.
"What is it?" Laynie asked, "Is it Ephram?" Laynie could tell Amy still had a crush on him. Amy didn't say anything. "So where do you want to eat them?"
"I guess we can eat with them, I just, don't really like Peyton, that's all," Amy said.
"What????" Laynie exclaimed in surpise.
"I told you, I don't really like her that much."
"Why????" Laynie asked giving Amy a weird look.
"I don't know, I can't explain it to you," Amy said.
"Do you want to eat with them or not?" Laynie asked.
"Yes, ok, let's eat with them," Amy said beginning to walk back towards their table. It wouldn't be that bad, she would talk to Ephram and maybe, just maybe, their friendship could return to what it had been before Madison and Tommy. Amy knew she was just kidding herself, you couldn't rewind like that.
"Ok," Laynie said still confused by all that her friend had said. Laynie tried to think of reasons Amy would dislike Peyton. Peyton was such a cool nice person. There wasn't a single thing wrong with her. She walked with Amy back to the table and they sat down together. When they returned Ephram and Peyton were looking at them as if waiting for them to explain what had happened at their secret meeting. There was a brief silence but Peyton quickly interupted it.
"I wonder, where Bright is," she said looking around the school grounds.
"Yea, he should be here by now," Ephram said also moving his head back and forth searching the people for Bright's familiar face. Ephram froze when he heard a scream coming from inside the school. He recognized it, he knew it was Bright. The other three at the table had come to the same scary realization and at the same time they all jumped up and ran to the school. They crashed into the school looking for Bright. It took a couple of minutes for them to locate him lying on the ground at the bottom of the stairs. Peyton rushed up to him and turned him right side up, his eyes were closed and he was out cold. Amy examined her brother from head to toe, she was scared. His leg looked like it was broken, and nothing else lied perfectly implace either. She spoke quickly,
"Somebody call an ambulence," she got down next to her brother. Laynie rushed off to do as Amy had directed. Amy, Ephram, and Peyton all sat near Bright scared and unsure what to do. Amy knew not to touch him or try to pick him up. She had learned that much from health class. But what could she do to help? She just sat their with Ephrma and Peyton knowing their was nothing to do but wait for the ambulence to arrive. A small group of people had gathered around Bright but Amy hardly noticed them.