Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everwood characters, I just love them dearly. Wise Guys rock and so do you! Hey guess what! I looked up what names mean on the internet and it turns out Lilly means innocence. I didn't know that! Now you do! Isn't that weird though, she is a virgin and her name means innocent! I want to say that I didn't intend to portray Dr. Abbot in a cad light. I love Harold dearly and I thought that since he is such a great father that he would stick with his daughter and if someone hurt her he would be extremely angry with them. I know Harold doesn't mind Ephram terribly, but under the circumstances, he would act differently towards Ephram.
"Where are my pants?" screamed Lilly. It was the first day of school and Lilly was stressed out. She was trying out for cheerleading that afternoon, she also had a meeting with yearbook and newspaper. Her day was full and it hadn't even started yet.
"They're in the dryer, don't worry they're dry," said Ephram. Lilly was scaring him He had never seen her get so worked up. He would be too though if he had to do all the things she did that day.
Lilly ran into the laundry room to retrieve her pants. She put them on as quickly as possible and then ran down stairs. She got all of her things ready for tryouts. Finally when she was ready she calmed down by doing a few yoga stretches. She finally got down and she was like a different person. She laughed out loud when she saw the face that everyone was giving her. They looked afraid to speak, because they might say something wrong and she would get angry.
"I'm okay guys, I promise I won't kill you...today," laughed Lilly.
Everyone smiled and they all made their way to the car. Delia was dropped off first and then Lilly and Ephram. They would have come in Ephram's car but it was in the shop. When they pulled in Ephram was immediately welcomed by a 'Hey freak!' Lilly touched his arm for sympathy and he grabbed it and kissed it. The guys who had given Ephram his warm welcome quieted down when they saw Lilly. Ephram smiled to himself, this was the first time he had been able to stop the bullying.
Together they went to find their locker, Lilly put all of her things for tryouts in her locker and Ephram took out things from the year before. Lilly saw an old picture of Ephram and Madison and one of Ephram and Amy. He soon replaced them with his favorite one of Lilly him, it was when they had their first kiss. One of the people from the program took the picture when they saw it and sent it to him in the mail. Lilly got ready to decorate her locker. She put a mirror up and a picture of Ephram and her. She also put one up of Delia and one of Bright, who she had become a great friend to her over the summer. She also put a small magnetic calendar in there to write down what was scheduled for that day. She wrote down everything and then put it all away. When she closed her locker she and Ephram went to walk around the school. He showed her were all of her classes were and they made a place for them to meet when school let out. Even thought she had tryouts, he wanted to talk to her about her day. When the first bell rang they took off in separate directions. Lilly's first class was dance. This was going to be very enjoyable. She loved to dance and just the thought of it made her feel better. When she went into the room however she saw Amy in a corner. Lilly went to hide from her but it was impossible. Amy immediately saw her and went after her.
"Can I speak to you?" she said when she reached her.
Lilly nodded. She was a little to afraid to say anything for fear of being slapped.
Amy led her over to where she was standing before, "Listen, I that we have every class together, I don't know if you noticed but I really don't like you. Just stay out of my way and I won't make your time in Everwood miserable,"
With that Amy walked away. Lilly looked around for a while and then went to change into her dance clothes. She started to feel out of place, in her old school she was extremely popular, now she was all alone. Everyone in the class had known each other since kindergarten, and no one cared to make new friends. Lilly saw a group of girls conjugating in the back so she went over.
"Hi, I'm Lilly. Nice to meet y'all," Lilly said when she got over there.
Some of the girls looked at her like she was crazy, "Y'all? Where do you come from?" said one of the girls next to her.
"Georgia, I am such a hick. I just moved here over the summer with my boyfriend. I don't really know anyone so I was hoping just to talk to y'all,"
One girl with red hair walked over to her, "Hi, I'm Danielle, this is Fefe, Alison, Lindsey, Paula, and Natalie," All the other girls waved at her. They all talked until the bell rung and then they took a seat.
At three thirty school let out and Ephram and Lilly met at there spot. Lilly was so happy to have made new friends. It turned out that all of them were trying out for cheerleading that afternoon so she would have people to talk to. Ephram gave her a kiss good bye when he saw his dad come and he took off. Lilly headed over to the gym and met up with Danielle.
"Was that your boyfriend?" she asked as Fefe, Natalie, and Lindsey started to walk with them.
"Yes, well sort of. He's my fiancé actually," Lilly said showing off her ring.
"That is so beautiful, did he steal it?" asked Paula who had just joined them.
"No, why would you think that?"
"Well, it is common knowledge that Ephram is a thief. Didn't you know?" asked Natalie.
"Actually he's not a thief. I've known him longer than y'all have and I know that he isn't a thief so let's just not say that anymore," Lilly was starting to get aggravated. She remembered why she mistrust her friends so much in Georgia. They were so much like them.
"Okay, what ever you say Lilly. So, how did he propose?" said Fefe.
"I woke up really early one morning and I woke him up to, we went for a walk and I got tired so he started to carry me home. After a while he put me down and then he asked me and I said yes," said Lilly reliving the day.
All the girls sighed in awe. They were really nice, and Lilly enjoyed their company. After tryouts she went to her locker. She wouldn't find out if she made it until the next morning and they would broadcast it on the announcements. Lilly's other interviews went well and she was scheduled for different activities the rest of the week. When she got outside Ephram was waiting in his car. She hopped in and they went for a drive.
"So how did everything go?" Ephram tried to sound interested in a sport that was so uninteresting to him.
"Really good. I messed up on one thing but I covered it up pretty well. I also had really good interviews with all of the other thing today. How about you, what did you do today?" said Lilly tuning the radio to find a station she liked. She finally found a station playing Clay Aiken's new song Touch.
"Well, it was okay. I missed you," he said putting his hand on her leg.
"I missed you, too. I made new friends today, isn't that great?" Lilly said. She started to sing along with the radio. She was a huge American Idol fan and an even bigger Clay fan.
"That is great, who was is?" Ephram said. He was more of a Ruben man, but Clay was pretty good.
"Daniel Brooks, Fefe Young, Paula Stone, Lindsey Martin, Natalie Jones, and Allison Lee," said Lilly, she hoped she had gotten the names right. She was terrible with names. For the first three days of knowing Ephram she called him Eddy.
"Yeah, they all hate me,"
Lilly got quiet. She felt uncomfortable by the fact that he was hated by her friends, "Ephram if you got to know them you would really like them. Sit with us at lunch tomorrow. I didn't see you there today,"
"I usually don't eat lunch. I go to the auditorium and practice. No one bothers me there. I'll try to sit with you guys. Just as long as you don't act like you don't know me,"
Lilly smiled and laid her head on his shoulder. They pulled up to their house and went inside. Andy told Lilly that people had called her. She went to the message tablet and called everyone that had called her earlier. She had five messages. After she finished the calls she went over to Ephram.
"I got the jobs. All three of them, and we have been invited to a party at Danielle's house and I am now officially a member of the yearbook staff," she said while sitting on Ephram's lap.
Ephram smiled. He couldn't believe he had a girlfriend who was into all of these things. How was she going to help with the bay when it came? She has so much stuff she might never be at home.
"Party? I don't think so. What kind of party?" said Andy walking through.
"She said that it was just a group of us and our boyfriends. It's kind of a welcome party for me. Her mom will be there and we were just going to watch a movie or something,"
"Well, okay, but don't come home drunk,"
The week was hectic for Lilly. She started off working at the pharmacy on Tuesday and Thursday, then she worked at the video store Wednesday and Friday, and on Monday and Saturday she worked at the book store. On Saturday after she got off from the book store she saw Ephram outside the store with his car. She hopped in and they took off. She was in a really bad mood and didn't feel like talking. She had been this way and Ephram knew that she just needed to unwind. They stopped by the house and Lilly got changed. When she finally came down Ephram and her made their way to the party.
When they got to the party Ephram grabbed Lilly's hand. He was nervous about meeting her friends. He hadn't taken up Lilly's offer to sit with them because he was afraid to embarrass her. She had reassured him that she could never be embarrassed by him, but he was so unsure. Lilly smiled over at him and laid her head on his shoulder. Lilly knocked on Danielle's door and they waited for a while. Finally Danielle opened the door and they came in. They weren't the first ones there, Paula and Lindsey were on the couch with their boyfriends. They sat next to them and everything was quiet.
"So, your name is Elroy, right?" asked Lindsey's boyfriend, Matt.
"Ephram, we have Spanish together," Ephram felt immediately out of place. Matt had always been cruel to him, he always tripped him coming to his desk or flipped old cheese on his desk.
"Right," Matt said rolling his eyes. Danielle sat down and made an effort to talk to Ephram, "So, I heard you can play piano really well. How did you get into that?"
"Well my mom made me take lessons and I really enjoyed them, so I've just stuck with it," he said.
"That's really cool, so will you play for us?" Danielle was glad that he didn't feel out of place. She really like Lilly and wanted her and her boyfriend to feel welcome.
Ephram shrugged and walked over to the grand piano in there living room. He looked through the music they had and all of it was either nursery rimes or Christmas music. He decided it was time for him to practice on the song he had been working on forever. One of his teachers in the Julliard program a sheet of music that he said fitted his style. He had been practicing it forever and knew it by heart. He ran his fingers along the keys and closed his eyes. He started to move his fingers in the familiar places. The song did fit him and the mood he was in ever since he met Lilly. Everyone in the room, even Matt, were blown away by his wonderful talent. Lilly stood there smiling at him and walked over and put her hands on his shoulders. Since the song had lyrics she sang along. The lyrics were in Gaelic and she loved the way they rolled of her tongue. It was an ancient song that had been sung at weddings to give the bride and groom good luck. When the song was over they looked at their new friends.
"Wow," said Paula. "That was amazing! How did you learn to do that?"
"It kind of just comes," he said. He was pleased to see that Matt was even surprised.
"Dude, you have got some talent," said Matt.
"Thanks," Ephram said. He rose from his seat and wrapped one arm around Lilly.
Lilly smiled and then everyone went to sit down. Ephram finally felt like he kind of fit in. When the guys left the room to watch sports he was invited, even though he had no desire to watch sports. He followed anyway though, he was finally one of the guys and he didn't want to be kicked out of this clique that was so hard to get into.
Ephram came into the room with them, and Luke, Paula's boyfriend, changed the channel. They found an old game on ESPN and they watched like zombies. Shouting every no and then when something exciting happened. Soon more and more people cam in the room until the room was completely packed. Ephram met all of them and they were polite, mostly because Matt was acting friendly to him. Matt seemed to be the ring leader in the little group of guys. He sat next to Matt and they talked about the game and school stuff. It turned out that Matt wasn't that bad, just very choosy about his friends. When the party was over Lilly and Ephram stayed after a little while to help Danielle clean up. When they finished they made their way home.
"So did you enjoy yourself?" asked Lilly. She was so happy to see that he blended with her friends. She really needed that party to loosen up from the week. She didn't have any drugs or alcohol, she just needed to sit and talk to her friends about anything.
"Surprisingly yes, I thought I was going to be so miserable, but thanks to you it wasn't that bad," Ephram pulled her close to him.
Lilly snuggled up against him and she started to realize how tired she was. Half way home she fell asleep and Ephram covered her with his jacket. She had to be tired, just thinking about next week made him nervous. She not only had work, but she also had cheerleading practice. He hoped that she was going to be able to handle it. He had also applied for a few jobs and only one had called. He would start the next week and he would work all week for four hours. When they made it home he carried her in the house. She was so tired she didn't wake up. He laid her down in her bed and then he went to his. Before he knew it, he had passed out.
Madisa Delinda Est! Hmm, lets see, what can I teach today? Oh okay, First 5 Roman Emperors: Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero These were the Julio-Claudian Emperors and they would have stayed in reign, but Nero was crazy and he killed his whole family off.
"Where are my pants?" screamed Lilly. It was the first day of school and Lilly was stressed out. She was trying out for cheerleading that afternoon, she also had a meeting with yearbook and newspaper. Her day was full and it hadn't even started yet.
"They're in the dryer, don't worry they're dry," said Ephram. Lilly was scaring him He had never seen her get so worked up. He would be too though if he had to do all the things she did that day.
Lilly ran into the laundry room to retrieve her pants. She put them on as quickly as possible and then ran down stairs. She got all of her things ready for tryouts. Finally when she was ready she calmed down by doing a few yoga stretches. She finally got down and she was like a different person. She laughed out loud when she saw the face that everyone was giving her. They looked afraid to speak, because they might say something wrong and she would get angry.
"I'm okay guys, I promise I won't kill you...today," laughed Lilly.
Everyone smiled and they all made their way to the car. Delia was dropped off first and then Lilly and Ephram. They would have come in Ephram's car but it was in the shop. When they pulled in Ephram was immediately welcomed by a 'Hey freak!' Lilly touched his arm for sympathy and he grabbed it and kissed it. The guys who had given Ephram his warm welcome quieted down when they saw Lilly. Ephram smiled to himself, this was the first time he had been able to stop the bullying.
Together they went to find their locker, Lilly put all of her things for tryouts in her locker and Ephram took out things from the year before. Lilly saw an old picture of Ephram and Madison and one of Ephram and Amy. He soon replaced them with his favorite one of Lilly him, it was when they had their first kiss. One of the people from the program took the picture when they saw it and sent it to him in the mail. Lilly got ready to decorate her locker. She put a mirror up and a picture of Ephram and her. She also put one up of Delia and one of Bright, who she had become a great friend to her over the summer. She also put a small magnetic calendar in there to write down what was scheduled for that day. She wrote down everything and then put it all away. When she closed her locker she and Ephram went to walk around the school. He showed her were all of her classes were and they made a place for them to meet when school let out. Even thought she had tryouts, he wanted to talk to her about her day. When the first bell rang they took off in separate directions. Lilly's first class was dance. This was going to be very enjoyable. She loved to dance and just the thought of it made her feel better. When she went into the room however she saw Amy in a corner. Lilly went to hide from her but it was impossible. Amy immediately saw her and went after her.
"Can I speak to you?" she said when she reached her.
Lilly nodded. She was a little to afraid to say anything for fear of being slapped.
Amy led her over to where she was standing before, "Listen, I that we have every class together, I don't know if you noticed but I really don't like you. Just stay out of my way and I won't make your time in Everwood miserable,"
With that Amy walked away. Lilly looked around for a while and then went to change into her dance clothes. She started to feel out of place, in her old school she was extremely popular, now she was all alone. Everyone in the class had known each other since kindergarten, and no one cared to make new friends. Lilly saw a group of girls conjugating in the back so she went over.
"Hi, I'm Lilly. Nice to meet y'all," Lilly said when she got over there.
Some of the girls looked at her like she was crazy, "Y'all? Where do you come from?" said one of the girls next to her.
"Georgia, I am such a hick. I just moved here over the summer with my boyfriend. I don't really know anyone so I was hoping just to talk to y'all,"
One girl with red hair walked over to her, "Hi, I'm Danielle, this is Fefe, Alison, Lindsey, Paula, and Natalie," All the other girls waved at her. They all talked until the bell rung and then they took a seat.
At three thirty school let out and Ephram and Lilly met at there spot. Lilly was so happy to have made new friends. It turned out that all of them were trying out for cheerleading that afternoon so she would have people to talk to. Ephram gave her a kiss good bye when he saw his dad come and he took off. Lilly headed over to the gym and met up with Danielle.
"Was that your boyfriend?" she asked as Fefe, Natalie, and Lindsey started to walk with them.
"Yes, well sort of. He's my fiancé actually," Lilly said showing off her ring.
"That is so beautiful, did he steal it?" asked Paula who had just joined them.
"No, why would you think that?"
"Well, it is common knowledge that Ephram is a thief. Didn't you know?" asked Natalie.
"Actually he's not a thief. I've known him longer than y'all have and I know that he isn't a thief so let's just not say that anymore," Lilly was starting to get aggravated. She remembered why she mistrust her friends so much in Georgia. They were so much like them.
"Okay, what ever you say Lilly. So, how did he propose?" said Fefe.
"I woke up really early one morning and I woke him up to, we went for a walk and I got tired so he started to carry me home. After a while he put me down and then he asked me and I said yes," said Lilly reliving the day.
All the girls sighed in awe. They were really nice, and Lilly enjoyed their company. After tryouts she went to her locker. She wouldn't find out if she made it until the next morning and they would broadcast it on the announcements. Lilly's other interviews went well and she was scheduled for different activities the rest of the week. When she got outside Ephram was waiting in his car. She hopped in and they went for a drive.
"So how did everything go?" Ephram tried to sound interested in a sport that was so uninteresting to him.
"Really good. I messed up on one thing but I covered it up pretty well. I also had really good interviews with all of the other thing today. How about you, what did you do today?" said Lilly tuning the radio to find a station she liked. She finally found a station playing Clay Aiken's new song Touch.
"Well, it was okay. I missed you," he said putting his hand on her leg.
"I missed you, too. I made new friends today, isn't that great?" Lilly said. She started to sing along with the radio. She was a huge American Idol fan and an even bigger Clay fan.
"That is great, who was is?" Ephram said. He was more of a Ruben man, but Clay was pretty good.
"Daniel Brooks, Fefe Young, Paula Stone, Lindsey Martin, Natalie Jones, and Allison Lee," said Lilly, she hoped she had gotten the names right. She was terrible with names. For the first three days of knowing Ephram she called him Eddy.
"Yeah, they all hate me,"
Lilly got quiet. She felt uncomfortable by the fact that he was hated by her friends, "Ephram if you got to know them you would really like them. Sit with us at lunch tomorrow. I didn't see you there today,"
"I usually don't eat lunch. I go to the auditorium and practice. No one bothers me there. I'll try to sit with you guys. Just as long as you don't act like you don't know me,"
Lilly smiled and laid her head on his shoulder. They pulled up to their house and went inside. Andy told Lilly that people had called her. She went to the message tablet and called everyone that had called her earlier. She had five messages. After she finished the calls she went over to Ephram.
"I got the jobs. All three of them, and we have been invited to a party at Danielle's house and I am now officially a member of the yearbook staff," she said while sitting on Ephram's lap.
Ephram smiled. He couldn't believe he had a girlfriend who was into all of these things. How was she going to help with the bay when it came? She has so much stuff she might never be at home.
"Party? I don't think so. What kind of party?" said Andy walking through.
"She said that it was just a group of us and our boyfriends. It's kind of a welcome party for me. Her mom will be there and we were just going to watch a movie or something,"
"Well, okay, but don't come home drunk,"
The week was hectic for Lilly. She started off working at the pharmacy on Tuesday and Thursday, then she worked at the video store Wednesday and Friday, and on Monday and Saturday she worked at the book store. On Saturday after she got off from the book store she saw Ephram outside the store with his car. She hopped in and they took off. She was in a really bad mood and didn't feel like talking. She had been this way and Ephram knew that she just needed to unwind. They stopped by the house and Lilly got changed. When she finally came down Ephram and her made their way to the party.
When they got to the party Ephram grabbed Lilly's hand. He was nervous about meeting her friends. He hadn't taken up Lilly's offer to sit with them because he was afraid to embarrass her. She had reassured him that she could never be embarrassed by him, but he was so unsure. Lilly smiled over at him and laid her head on his shoulder. Lilly knocked on Danielle's door and they waited for a while. Finally Danielle opened the door and they came in. They weren't the first ones there, Paula and Lindsey were on the couch with their boyfriends. They sat next to them and everything was quiet.
"So, your name is Elroy, right?" asked Lindsey's boyfriend, Matt.
"Ephram, we have Spanish together," Ephram felt immediately out of place. Matt had always been cruel to him, he always tripped him coming to his desk or flipped old cheese on his desk.
"Right," Matt said rolling his eyes. Danielle sat down and made an effort to talk to Ephram, "So, I heard you can play piano really well. How did you get into that?"
"Well my mom made me take lessons and I really enjoyed them, so I've just stuck with it," he said.
"That's really cool, so will you play for us?" Danielle was glad that he didn't feel out of place. She really like Lilly and wanted her and her boyfriend to feel welcome.
Ephram shrugged and walked over to the grand piano in there living room. He looked through the music they had and all of it was either nursery rimes or Christmas music. He decided it was time for him to practice on the song he had been working on forever. One of his teachers in the Julliard program a sheet of music that he said fitted his style. He had been practicing it forever and knew it by heart. He ran his fingers along the keys and closed his eyes. He started to move his fingers in the familiar places. The song did fit him and the mood he was in ever since he met Lilly. Everyone in the room, even Matt, were blown away by his wonderful talent. Lilly stood there smiling at him and walked over and put her hands on his shoulders. Since the song had lyrics she sang along. The lyrics were in Gaelic and she loved the way they rolled of her tongue. It was an ancient song that had been sung at weddings to give the bride and groom good luck. When the song was over they looked at their new friends.
"Wow," said Paula. "That was amazing! How did you learn to do that?"
"It kind of just comes," he said. He was pleased to see that Matt was even surprised.
"Dude, you have got some talent," said Matt.
"Thanks," Ephram said. He rose from his seat and wrapped one arm around Lilly.
Lilly smiled and then everyone went to sit down. Ephram finally felt like he kind of fit in. When the guys left the room to watch sports he was invited, even though he had no desire to watch sports. He followed anyway though, he was finally one of the guys and he didn't want to be kicked out of this clique that was so hard to get into.
Ephram came into the room with them, and Luke, Paula's boyfriend, changed the channel. They found an old game on ESPN and they watched like zombies. Shouting every no and then when something exciting happened. Soon more and more people cam in the room until the room was completely packed. Ephram met all of them and they were polite, mostly because Matt was acting friendly to him. Matt seemed to be the ring leader in the little group of guys. He sat next to Matt and they talked about the game and school stuff. It turned out that Matt wasn't that bad, just very choosy about his friends. When the party was over Lilly and Ephram stayed after a little while to help Danielle clean up. When they finished they made their way home.
"So did you enjoy yourself?" asked Lilly. She was so happy to see that he blended with her friends. She really needed that party to loosen up from the week. She didn't have any drugs or alcohol, she just needed to sit and talk to her friends about anything.
"Surprisingly yes, I thought I was going to be so miserable, but thanks to you it wasn't that bad," Ephram pulled her close to him.
Lilly snuggled up against him and she started to realize how tired she was. Half way home she fell asleep and Ephram covered her with his jacket. She had to be tired, just thinking about next week made him nervous. She not only had work, but she also had cheerleading practice. He hoped that she was going to be able to handle it. He had also applied for a few jobs and only one had called. He would start the next week and he would work all week for four hours. When they made it home he carried her in the house. She was so tired she didn't wake up. He laid her down in her bed and then he went to his. Before he knew it, he had passed out.
Madisa Delinda Est! Hmm, lets see, what can I teach today? Oh okay, First 5 Roman Emperors: Augustus Tiberius Caligula Claudius Nero These were the Julio-Claudian Emperors and they would have stayed in reign, but Nero was crazy and he killed his whole family off.