Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Everwood characters, I just love them
dearly. Except Lilly, she is mine...back off! Hey, I want everyone who reads
my story to see the movie Meet Me in St. Louis! It is awesome! It stars
Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien. It was made in 1944 and it is so good.
All people who hate movies where they say the "f" word a dozen in a half
times every minute will love this movie! It is so innocent a G rating is
too harsh! You will love it!
Andy had invited Nina over that night while Ephram and Lilly went to the party. Delia was at a slumber party. They had not been able to spend any time together since she had kissed him. He really wanted their relationship to go farther, but things had gotten weird. Every time he saw her it was like he was in high school and he had a huge crush on her. She had noticed the weirdness and tried to act as normal as possible. When he invited her over she was excited to see what happened. First they went for a walk. They talked like normal and Nina really enjoyed herself. Andy noticed how beautiful she looked. How could he not notice this before? It was so obvious. She smiled at him and looked around the neighborhood.
"That is where I lived before Carl and I were married. God I hated that house. Now I wish I could have it back. It is so weird what you miss when you get older' Nina said while pointing to an older house. It was pretty small and very well kept up, but it looked homey. Unlike his old apartment in New York.
"Its charming. I wish I could go around and say where I use to live or what I used to do and where, but I can't. You are so lucky. I love it here, I wish I had listened to Julia earlier and came sooner. I was so ignorant back then. One day, on Delia's birthday, I didn't come home for like two days. I missed her fifth birthday. I also missed Ephram's thirteenth birthday and just about all of Julia's and my own. Even when I was there, I was on a cell phone or talking to a colleague. I wish I could go back and change those days. All the things I missed, I just wish I could see them. I remember one time Delia fell and broke her arm. I wasn't there to be with her in the hospital, I didn't even notice until it had been two weeks after she had her cast," said Andy. Nina listened and tried to imagine Andy being distant. She just couldn't, he was not like that anymore.
"Well you've made a full 180( turn. I can't even imagine you not being there for Delia or Ephram, if I didn't know better you would think Lilly was you daughter too. When you told me about her transcript you were glowing. Julia would be proud,"
Andy smiled, he loved the fact that dhe could talk about Julia to Nina and she wouldn't get weird. Linda [Harold Sis.] would have been quiet and then changed the subject. He realized then that he never really loved Linda, he was infatuated with her. She was exotic and different, yet she was down to earth and normal. Nina was perfect, she was simple and he enjoyed her company.
"Nina, I know things have gotten weird, but I want to make this work. I think you are wonderful and perfect, I don't want to scare you away or get scared away. What can we do to make this work," Andy was pleading with her, he truly meant every word that he said.
Nina had been thinking about this, she had planned out what she would say if something like this was brought up, but she had forgotten everything when she saw Andy. She was silent, Andy didn't know what she was thinking. Though he had many strengths, women was not one of them. He had no idea what Nina's silence meant.
After a while of gathering her thoughts she finally spoke, "I think we need to take things slow, I want to be with you but I've just come out of a divorce and I can't handle anything too drastic. Plus we both have kids. We need to see how they think about everything and get them used to the idea of us dating. What do you think?"
"That sounds like a plan," Andy smiled and held her hand as they continued their walk. When it got to the point that they couldn't see anymore they walked back home. They sat on the couch and watched Meet me in St. Louis, since Nina loved it so much.
When it was really late they heard Ephram come in with Lilly. They decided not to bother him and just finish their movie. When it was over Nina went home and Andy went to bed. He was a little frustrated because one of the songs was stuck in his head. After about an hour of tossing around in his bed singing the song over and over in his head, he finally fell asleep.
Lilly woke up hearing the phone ring, she grumbled and went to go get it.
"Hello?" she said. She had no idea on how she got into the house. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in the car.
"Lilly, could you come get me. I think Dad forgot. He was supposed to get me an hour ago," it was Delia.
"Sure sweetie, I'll be bight over. It'll just be ten minutes," Lilly hung the phone up and went to the car. She was still fully dressed from the night before so that saved time. She grabbed a hair brush and brushed her hair on the way over. She was wondering why Andy hadn't come to get Delia. He must have had a late night or something. Lilly finally pulled into the driveway of the house that Delia was at and she climbed out to help Delia get her stuff.
"Thank you for getting me," said Delia. She looked a little embarrassed and Lilly thought she must look terrible.
"No problem sweetie, are you okay?" Lilly was concerned about her, she looked like her dog had died or something.
"Yeah, I just want to go home," said Delia. She ran into the car and buckled up.
"Sweetie what is wrong?" Lilly asked while they pulled out of the drive way.
Delia looked down at her feat, something was bothering her and she wouldn't saw what. Finally she got the nerve to say it, "Everyone at the party had a bra except for me,"
Lilly tried not to laugh. "Sweetie, I know how that feels. Everyone grows at a different rate then other people. Honey, when I was your age I was the only girl in my class who hadn't hit her growth spurt. I was still so short and everyone else towered over me. Then after a while I noticed that I had grown quite a bit. Then I stopped and I haven't grown since. I am the same height now as I was three years ago. It just takes a while,"
"But I need a bra, all my friends said I did and I think so too. I wasn't supposed to go home this early, I just wanted you to take me shopping for a bra," Delia and her friends had planned it all out. She knew her dad wouldn't take her and only Lilly would be able to.
Lilly laughed a little. "Okay, but I'm calling your dad to tell him that I have you and I'm telling him what we're doing. Don't give me that look I do not want to be on the wrong side with your dad,"
Delia sighed, she had hoped her dad would never have to know. Lilly just laughed at her. She picked up her cell phone and dialed home.
"Hello?" Ephram wasn't happy to hear the phone so early that morning. He was hoping to sleep in.
"Hey baby, can I talk to you dad?" said Lilly.
Ephram didn't say anything but went to go find his dad.
"Hello?" Andy said.
"Hey Andy, I went to pick up Delia, she called for me and I went to pick her up. I just want you to know that she called so we could go shopping for bras."
"What?" Andy sounded like he dropped something.
"Yeah, um we'll be back in about an hour or so. If it is okay with you,"
"Oh, sure. Just tell me, why bras?" Andy sounded like he had heard the most shocking news of the century and it almost was.
"Her friends all had them and now she must have one. Aren't you glad you are a boy?"
"Yeah, just be careful, okay?" said Andy with a laugh.
"We will," Lilly hung the phone up and put it back in her purse. "Your dad almost had a panic attack when I told him what we were doing. It'll be okay though. I know this cute little store that has awesome bras for first timers. They are so cute. I wanted to get some for myself but that just wouldn't work,"
Delia smiled. She was so happy to have a girl to shop for bras with. It would have been way too hard to do this with Dad or Ephram.
"So, any other reason you want a bra?" Lilly wasn't stupid. She remembered why she wanted her fist bra. His name was Jeremy.
"Well there is this boy, and he is so cute. He acts like I'm a guy, and I hate that. I want him to think of me as a girl and I thought he would notice me if I wore a bra," Delia was so glad this was not Dad.
"Ah, I had that same problem. Guys are so weird. Why don't they just do what we tell them so we can relax and be ourselves," Lilly said as she pulled up to the store she had described.
Delia smiled, Lilly made this whole experience a whole lot less uncomfortable.
Madisa Delinda Est!
Andy had invited Nina over that night while Ephram and Lilly went to the party. Delia was at a slumber party. They had not been able to spend any time together since she had kissed him. He really wanted their relationship to go farther, but things had gotten weird. Every time he saw her it was like he was in high school and he had a huge crush on her. She had noticed the weirdness and tried to act as normal as possible. When he invited her over she was excited to see what happened. First they went for a walk. They talked like normal and Nina really enjoyed herself. Andy noticed how beautiful she looked. How could he not notice this before? It was so obvious. She smiled at him and looked around the neighborhood.
"That is where I lived before Carl and I were married. God I hated that house. Now I wish I could have it back. It is so weird what you miss when you get older' Nina said while pointing to an older house. It was pretty small and very well kept up, but it looked homey. Unlike his old apartment in New York.
"Its charming. I wish I could go around and say where I use to live or what I used to do and where, but I can't. You are so lucky. I love it here, I wish I had listened to Julia earlier and came sooner. I was so ignorant back then. One day, on Delia's birthday, I didn't come home for like two days. I missed her fifth birthday. I also missed Ephram's thirteenth birthday and just about all of Julia's and my own. Even when I was there, I was on a cell phone or talking to a colleague. I wish I could go back and change those days. All the things I missed, I just wish I could see them. I remember one time Delia fell and broke her arm. I wasn't there to be with her in the hospital, I didn't even notice until it had been two weeks after she had her cast," said Andy. Nina listened and tried to imagine Andy being distant. She just couldn't, he was not like that anymore.
"Well you've made a full 180( turn. I can't even imagine you not being there for Delia or Ephram, if I didn't know better you would think Lilly was you daughter too. When you told me about her transcript you were glowing. Julia would be proud,"
Andy smiled, he loved the fact that dhe could talk about Julia to Nina and she wouldn't get weird. Linda [Harold Sis.] would have been quiet and then changed the subject. He realized then that he never really loved Linda, he was infatuated with her. She was exotic and different, yet she was down to earth and normal. Nina was perfect, she was simple and he enjoyed her company.
"Nina, I know things have gotten weird, but I want to make this work. I think you are wonderful and perfect, I don't want to scare you away or get scared away. What can we do to make this work," Andy was pleading with her, he truly meant every word that he said.
Nina had been thinking about this, she had planned out what she would say if something like this was brought up, but she had forgotten everything when she saw Andy. She was silent, Andy didn't know what she was thinking. Though he had many strengths, women was not one of them. He had no idea what Nina's silence meant.
After a while of gathering her thoughts she finally spoke, "I think we need to take things slow, I want to be with you but I've just come out of a divorce and I can't handle anything too drastic. Plus we both have kids. We need to see how they think about everything and get them used to the idea of us dating. What do you think?"
"That sounds like a plan," Andy smiled and held her hand as they continued their walk. When it got to the point that they couldn't see anymore they walked back home. They sat on the couch and watched Meet me in St. Louis, since Nina loved it so much.
When it was really late they heard Ephram come in with Lilly. They decided not to bother him and just finish their movie. When it was over Nina went home and Andy went to bed. He was a little frustrated because one of the songs was stuck in his head. After about an hour of tossing around in his bed singing the song over and over in his head, he finally fell asleep.
Lilly woke up hearing the phone ring, she grumbled and went to go get it.
"Hello?" she said. She had no idea on how she got into the house. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in the car.
"Lilly, could you come get me. I think Dad forgot. He was supposed to get me an hour ago," it was Delia.
"Sure sweetie, I'll be bight over. It'll just be ten minutes," Lilly hung the phone up and went to the car. She was still fully dressed from the night before so that saved time. She grabbed a hair brush and brushed her hair on the way over. She was wondering why Andy hadn't come to get Delia. He must have had a late night or something. Lilly finally pulled into the driveway of the house that Delia was at and she climbed out to help Delia get her stuff.
"Thank you for getting me," said Delia. She looked a little embarrassed and Lilly thought she must look terrible.
"No problem sweetie, are you okay?" Lilly was concerned about her, she looked like her dog had died or something.
"Yeah, I just want to go home," said Delia. She ran into the car and buckled up.
"Sweetie what is wrong?" Lilly asked while they pulled out of the drive way.
Delia looked down at her feat, something was bothering her and she wouldn't saw what. Finally she got the nerve to say it, "Everyone at the party had a bra except for me,"
Lilly tried not to laugh. "Sweetie, I know how that feels. Everyone grows at a different rate then other people. Honey, when I was your age I was the only girl in my class who hadn't hit her growth spurt. I was still so short and everyone else towered over me. Then after a while I noticed that I had grown quite a bit. Then I stopped and I haven't grown since. I am the same height now as I was three years ago. It just takes a while,"
"But I need a bra, all my friends said I did and I think so too. I wasn't supposed to go home this early, I just wanted you to take me shopping for a bra," Delia and her friends had planned it all out. She knew her dad wouldn't take her and only Lilly would be able to.
Lilly laughed a little. "Okay, but I'm calling your dad to tell him that I have you and I'm telling him what we're doing. Don't give me that look I do not want to be on the wrong side with your dad,"
Delia sighed, she had hoped her dad would never have to know. Lilly just laughed at her. She picked up her cell phone and dialed home.
"Hello?" Ephram wasn't happy to hear the phone so early that morning. He was hoping to sleep in.
"Hey baby, can I talk to you dad?" said Lilly.
Ephram didn't say anything but went to go find his dad.
"Hello?" Andy said.
"Hey Andy, I went to pick up Delia, she called for me and I went to pick her up. I just want you to know that she called so we could go shopping for bras."
"What?" Andy sounded like he dropped something.
"Yeah, um we'll be back in about an hour or so. If it is okay with you,"
"Oh, sure. Just tell me, why bras?" Andy sounded like he had heard the most shocking news of the century and it almost was.
"Her friends all had them and now she must have one. Aren't you glad you are a boy?"
"Yeah, just be careful, okay?" said Andy with a laugh.
"We will," Lilly hung the phone up and put it back in her purse. "Your dad almost had a panic attack when I told him what we were doing. It'll be okay though. I know this cute little store that has awesome bras for first timers. They are so cute. I wanted to get some for myself but that just wouldn't work,"
Delia smiled. She was so happy to have a girl to shop for bras with. It would have been way too hard to do this with Dad or Ephram.
"So, any other reason you want a bra?" Lilly wasn't stupid. She remembered why she wanted her fist bra. His name was Jeremy.
"Well there is this boy, and he is so cute. He acts like I'm a guy, and I hate that. I want him to think of me as a girl and I thought he would notice me if I wore a bra," Delia was so glad this was not Dad.
"Ah, I had that same problem. Guys are so weird. Why don't they just do what we tell them so we can relax and be ourselves," Lilly said as she pulled up to the store she had described.
Delia smiled, Lilly made this whole experience a whole lot less uncomfortable.
Madisa Delinda Est!