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Ephram got a terrible feeling of dread. He ran to the bathroom. "Lilly!" he shouted to the door.
"Go away," she said in a scary voice. She sounded like she had been crying and was under huge stress.
"I can't. Just let me talk to you," he said as his worry grew.
"No, I don't want to talk. Why don't you just go back to your girlfriend?" she said slamming herself into a stall.
"You are my girlfriend," he said starting to get confused. He looked down at his watch and saw they had ten seconds to get to class.
"Not any more," she said then giving a huge sob that she tried to stifle.
Ephram looked at the door and knew thee was only one way to talk to her. He took a deep breath as the bell rang and then let himself into the bathroom. When he stepped in Lilly gave a quick scream and then closed her mouth. She looked at him in disgust. She couldn't believe that he had done this after all they had been through. He had actually kissed Amy, and told her he loved her and said that they were getting back together.
"Leave me alone," she said leaving the stall.
"I don't understand," he said trying to hold her.
She pulled herself away from him and started to wash off the make up that was running down her face. "What's not to understand? You want to be with Amy and I'm not going to stand in your way. I'm going back home, to give you and her space,"
"Everwood is your home. Lilly, please don't go. I don't want to be with Amy," Ephram's voice was pleading; he had no idea what was going on.
"Sure, you don't her now that I know. Just leave me alone Ephram, please?" she looked at him as she started to cry again.
Ephram didn't move for a second and then he made his way out of the bathroom, but before he reached the door.
"Wait," said Lilly. Ephram spun around hoping that she was joking or, was forgiving him for whatever it was he did. "Here's your mom's ring," she pulled the ring off of her finger and handed it to her.
Ephram took the ring and stared at her. "Lilly, just tell me what is wrong," he pleaded. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me and I don't know what I would do without you,"
Lilly just stared at him. How dare he ask what he had done? He knew full well what he had done. "Goodbye Ephram,"
Ephram turned and left the bathroom. He leaned up against a locker and slid down to the floor. He was going to kill Amy. Lilly would never believe the truth. He looked at the ring and twiddled it in his fingers and then he started to tear up. He quickly tried to wipe away the tears but it was useless. They wouldn't stop falling. He could hear Lilly in the bathroom crying and it made it worse. He never would want to hurt Lilly. He hadn't though, Amy had. He started to leave when he heard the door open. He spun around to see Lilly. She didn't say anything; she just turned and left him standing there. This was the worst day of her life. She started to cry again but she pulled herself together. She slowly walked to Latin and took her seat.
"Is there something wrong, Animosa?" asked Mr. Adams, her Latin teacher, when he saw her appear in the door.
"I'm fine," she said chocking back tears.
"See me after class," he said and he turned around to finish his lesson.
"Listen, I know you. You are my star student and you are the happiest girl I know. You don't normally show up late for class crying. What is wrong, I won't tell anyone," said Mr. Adam's after class. They were sitting at his desk and she kept on crying.
"You'll laugh at me. I know you too Magister, you'll think it's foolish," she said grabbing more tissues.
"If I laugh you can be teacher for the day," he said touching her arm to make her feel comforted.
Mr. Adam's was Lilly's favorite teacher in Everwood. She had joined his Latin club and was Empress. They had spent quite a bit of time together, and she knew that he wouldn't laugh. She just hated to repeat what Ephram had done.
"You know the guy I've been dating?" she said after calming down a little.
"Ephram right? Is this about him?" he said, he never did like that Brown boy. Now he had hurt Lilly, a student he considered his as his daughter.
"Yes, His ex-girlfriend, Amy, told me today that he kissed her and they were going back out, but it's not just that. I changed my whole life for him. I moved, got engaged, I was about to adopt his baby. I just feel like all of the time I've spent with him has been a lie and all I've given up has been worthless," she said starting to cry again.
Mr. Adam's shook his head and gave her a hug. "It'll be okay. I'll send a note to your next class, and say you are helping me. So you can stay for the rest of the day. Go sit in the corner and take a nap,"
Lilly nodded and went to her thrown that she had for the club and pulled out the blanket in the corner. She felt exhausted and as soon as she sat down she fell asleep.
Ephram skipped his last class and went to the auditorium. He had to think and he couldn't think knowing that at anytime he could be asked a question. He thought he might go find Lilly and try to talk to her again, but he knew that was useless. He took a seat on the stage and put his head in his hands. What was he going to do? He had lost the best thing in his life, and there was nothing he could do. He pulled out his cell phone to try and call his dad, but there was no signal. The only thing he could do was finding Amy and ask her what the hell was wrong with her. He got off the stage and went on search for Amy. He found her quickly, but she was in class. He had an idea and forged a note from Mrs. Fowler. He opened the door the classroom and stepped in.
"Yes?" asked Mrs. Griffin, a young teacher of Drama.
"Mrs. Fowler needs to see Amy Abbot, it's urgent," he said handing the note to Mrs. Griffin.
"Quickly," she said to Amy.
Amy shook her head and reluctantly followed Ephram out of the room. "What?" she asked when they were out in the hall.
"What did you say to Lilly?" asked Ephram with furry in his eyes.
Amy huffed a little, I have no idea what you are talking about,"
Ephram grabbed her arms and pushed her against the wall. "Don't play dumb, what did you say?"
Ephram was furious and was completely out of character. When he saw the look of pain on Amy's face he lessened his grip.
"I told her that you and I were getting back together, and that you kissed me and laughed about her all during lunch," she said.
"Why?" he said throwing his hands in the air letting her free from the wall. "Why would you do that? Are you really just that selfish?"
"I did it so we could be together. She was what was in our way so I got rid of her. We can finally make this work," said Amy rubbing her arms.
"You make me sick. Stay away from her and me. I could never even speak to you again after this," he said. With that he walked away. He was so furious he couldn't stay at school any longer. He walked out to the parking lot and started his car. He left the school and made his way home. When he pulled up to the house he ran to the door. He let himself in and then went to his room. On the way to his room he walked by Lilly's room. He stopped and looked at it. She had made it her own, by adding girly things and pictures of her old friends, new friends, New York, Georgia, Everwood, and then in the middle was a picture of their first kiss. He looked at how her bed was still a little messy from her sleeping on top of the covers the night before. He sat on the bed and put his head in his hands. He started to cry again and this time he couldn't stop. The room smelled like her and was she. Soon it wouldn't anymore. He had to get her back, but how? She wouldn't even listen to him. He started to search for a piece of paper and pen. When he found a dark blue pen with blue feathers on top and paper with Lilly's name on it he leaned against her nightstand and started to write.
"Animosa?" said Mr. Adams gently nudging the snoring girl. "It's time to go home. I'll give you a ride. Lets go."
Lilly woke up slowly and felt like she was moving under water. She had a horrible headache and extremely grouchy. Mr. Adams led her outside and helped her into his green pick up truck. Mr. Adams was quite young, 25. He was tall and skinny with short brown hair that he never changed the style of. On his wedding ring finger rested a simple gold band that he never took off. He had a certain outfit set for each day of the week, with a special green sweatshirt and jeans for casual Friday. He was the best teacher in Everwood and didn't mind telling people. He was very prejudice about his students, the more Latin you know the better he likes you. Since Lilly almost knew more Latin than he did, he considered her more of a friend than a student.
They drove in silence except for Lilly's occasional sobs. When they reached the house Lilly politely thanked him and let herself out. She heard Mr. Adams's car drive off and she slowly made her way to the house. She didn't see Ephram's car so she felt more comfortable about going into the house. She opened the door and glanced around to see if anyone was around. She didn't see anyone so she walked in. She climbed the stairs and went to her room. Lying on the bed was a letter with her name on it. It read: Dear Lilly;
I know that today was awful and you probably have already ripped this letter. I just needed to tell you the truth...
Lilly didn't finish it. She didn't want to hear anymore about him. She was about to rip it but she just folded it and put it in her table. She lay down on her bed and just stared in at the ceiling for a while. She was so sick of crying, her stomach hurt from the full day of tears. She thought she heard a door open downstairs, but she wasn't sure. She got up investigate and saw Andy talking and laughing with Delia. She wanted to hate him for bringing his son into the world, but she couldn't. She loved him too dearly. She walked towards them and Delia was the first to notice her.
"Lilly, what's wrong?" she asked when she saw that her face was tear stained.
Andy looked over at her and was instantly worried. She looked like she had been in emotional pain all day. He raised his hand to Delia to make her be quiet. Lilly started to cry again and ran over to Andy. He wrapped his arms around her for comfort as she cried into his shoulder. Delia walked off to her room and Andy led Lilly to the couch.
"Just tell me what's wrong and I'll see if I can help," Andy said pulling her face from his shoulder so he could look at her face.
Lilly tried to calm herself and when she did she started to talk. "Amy, told me that She and Ephram were getting back together,"
Andy started to nod and a giant wave of anger swept over him. He knew he was supposed to stand with his son, but this was really hard to do. He was putting this girl through so much pain after she gave up everything for him. Andy patted Lilly's head and asked her what she wanted to do.
"I want to go home, to Georgia. I can't stay here anymore. Everything reminds me of Ephram. My mom was right. This would never last," she said through tears. She could barely see Andy and he was right in front of her.
"If that's what you want, I'll buy your ticket," Andy said kissing Lilly's forehead.
Lilly nodded and Andy told her to go pack, he would get her a flight as soon as possible. Lilly ran up the stairs and pulled out her suitcases. Andy went to pick up the phone and bought the ticket.
Four hours later Ephram came home and ran directly to Lilly's room. She wasn't there and all of her clothes were gone. His heart skipped a beat as he raced downstairs. Delia and Andy were watching TV in silence.
"Dad, where is Lilly?" Ephram asked.
Andy stood up and walked over to his son. "She went back to Georgia,"
Ephram's face dropped. She was gone. There was nothing more he could do. She was gone and out of his life forever. He slowly walked upstairs into Lilly's room. He could see the imprints on her bed from her suitcases. He touched her bed and noticed that his letter was gone. He looked in all of the trashcans in the house and couldn't find it. That meant she still had it. He felt a little hope but it was completely extinguished when he remembered all of the other trashcans at the airport. He had to have hope though. If not he might go insane. Just then he heard the phone ring and he ran to answer.
"Hello?" he said quickly, praying that it was Lilly.
The other line was quiet for a while. Then finally, "Did you mean what you said?"
It was Lilly! His heart felt overjoyed. "Every word."
She sighed. "Then open the door,"
Mmm...cliff hanger!
Ephram got a terrible feeling of dread. He ran to the bathroom. "Lilly!" he shouted to the door.
"Go away," she said in a scary voice. She sounded like she had been crying and was under huge stress.
"I can't. Just let me talk to you," he said as his worry grew.
"No, I don't want to talk. Why don't you just go back to your girlfriend?" she said slamming herself into a stall.
"You are my girlfriend," he said starting to get confused. He looked down at his watch and saw they had ten seconds to get to class.
"Not any more," she said then giving a huge sob that she tried to stifle.
Ephram looked at the door and knew thee was only one way to talk to her. He took a deep breath as the bell rang and then let himself into the bathroom. When he stepped in Lilly gave a quick scream and then closed her mouth. She looked at him in disgust. She couldn't believe that he had done this after all they had been through. He had actually kissed Amy, and told her he loved her and said that they were getting back together.
"Leave me alone," she said leaving the stall.
"I don't understand," he said trying to hold her.
She pulled herself away from him and started to wash off the make up that was running down her face. "What's not to understand? You want to be with Amy and I'm not going to stand in your way. I'm going back home, to give you and her space,"
"Everwood is your home. Lilly, please don't go. I don't want to be with Amy," Ephram's voice was pleading; he had no idea what was going on.
"Sure, you don't her now that I know. Just leave me alone Ephram, please?" she looked at him as she started to cry again.
Ephram didn't move for a second and then he made his way out of the bathroom, but before he reached the door.
"Wait," said Lilly. Ephram spun around hoping that she was joking or, was forgiving him for whatever it was he did. "Here's your mom's ring," she pulled the ring off of her finger and handed it to her.
Ephram took the ring and stared at her. "Lilly, just tell me what is wrong," he pleaded. "You are the best thing that ever happened to me and I don't know what I would do without you,"
Lilly just stared at him. How dare he ask what he had done? He knew full well what he had done. "Goodbye Ephram,"
Ephram turned and left the bathroom. He leaned up against a locker and slid down to the floor. He was going to kill Amy. Lilly would never believe the truth. He looked at the ring and twiddled it in his fingers and then he started to tear up. He quickly tried to wipe away the tears but it was useless. They wouldn't stop falling. He could hear Lilly in the bathroom crying and it made it worse. He never would want to hurt Lilly. He hadn't though, Amy had. He started to leave when he heard the door open. He spun around to see Lilly. She didn't say anything; she just turned and left him standing there. This was the worst day of her life. She started to cry again but she pulled herself together. She slowly walked to Latin and took her seat.
"Is there something wrong, Animosa?" asked Mr. Adams, her Latin teacher, when he saw her appear in the door.
"I'm fine," she said chocking back tears.
"See me after class," he said and he turned around to finish his lesson.
"Listen, I know you. You are my star student and you are the happiest girl I know. You don't normally show up late for class crying. What is wrong, I won't tell anyone," said Mr. Adam's after class. They were sitting at his desk and she kept on crying.
"You'll laugh at me. I know you too Magister, you'll think it's foolish," she said grabbing more tissues.
"If I laugh you can be teacher for the day," he said touching her arm to make her feel comforted.
Mr. Adam's was Lilly's favorite teacher in Everwood. She had joined his Latin club and was Empress. They had spent quite a bit of time together, and she knew that he wouldn't laugh. She just hated to repeat what Ephram had done.
"You know the guy I've been dating?" she said after calming down a little.
"Ephram right? Is this about him?" he said, he never did like that Brown boy. Now he had hurt Lilly, a student he considered his as his daughter.
"Yes, His ex-girlfriend, Amy, told me today that he kissed her and they were going back out, but it's not just that. I changed my whole life for him. I moved, got engaged, I was about to adopt his baby. I just feel like all of the time I've spent with him has been a lie and all I've given up has been worthless," she said starting to cry again.
Mr. Adam's shook his head and gave her a hug. "It'll be okay. I'll send a note to your next class, and say you are helping me. So you can stay for the rest of the day. Go sit in the corner and take a nap,"
Lilly nodded and went to her thrown that she had for the club and pulled out the blanket in the corner. She felt exhausted and as soon as she sat down she fell asleep.
Ephram skipped his last class and went to the auditorium. He had to think and he couldn't think knowing that at anytime he could be asked a question. He thought he might go find Lilly and try to talk to her again, but he knew that was useless. He took a seat on the stage and put his head in his hands. What was he going to do? He had lost the best thing in his life, and there was nothing he could do. He pulled out his cell phone to try and call his dad, but there was no signal. The only thing he could do was finding Amy and ask her what the hell was wrong with her. He got off the stage and went on search for Amy. He found her quickly, but she was in class. He had an idea and forged a note from Mrs. Fowler. He opened the door the classroom and stepped in.
"Yes?" asked Mrs. Griffin, a young teacher of Drama.
"Mrs. Fowler needs to see Amy Abbot, it's urgent," he said handing the note to Mrs. Griffin.
"Quickly," she said to Amy.
Amy shook her head and reluctantly followed Ephram out of the room. "What?" she asked when they were out in the hall.
"What did you say to Lilly?" asked Ephram with furry in his eyes.
Amy huffed a little, I have no idea what you are talking about,"
Ephram grabbed her arms and pushed her against the wall. "Don't play dumb, what did you say?"
Ephram was furious and was completely out of character. When he saw the look of pain on Amy's face he lessened his grip.
"I told her that you and I were getting back together, and that you kissed me and laughed about her all during lunch," she said.
"Why?" he said throwing his hands in the air letting her free from the wall. "Why would you do that? Are you really just that selfish?"
"I did it so we could be together. She was what was in our way so I got rid of her. We can finally make this work," said Amy rubbing her arms.
"You make me sick. Stay away from her and me. I could never even speak to you again after this," he said. With that he walked away. He was so furious he couldn't stay at school any longer. He walked out to the parking lot and started his car. He left the school and made his way home. When he pulled up to the house he ran to the door. He let himself in and then went to his room. On the way to his room he walked by Lilly's room. He stopped and looked at it. She had made it her own, by adding girly things and pictures of her old friends, new friends, New York, Georgia, Everwood, and then in the middle was a picture of their first kiss. He looked at how her bed was still a little messy from her sleeping on top of the covers the night before. He sat on the bed and put his head in his hands. He started to cry again and this time he couldn't stop. The room smelled like her and was she. Soon it wouldn't anymore. He had to get her back, but how? She wouldn't even listen to him. He started to search for a piece of paper and pen. When he found a dark blue pen with blue feathers on top and paper with Lilly's name on it he leaned against her nightstand and started to write.
"Animosa?" said Mr. Adams gently nudging the snoring girl. "It's time to go home. I'll give you a ride. Lets go."
Lilly woke up slowly and felt like she was moving under water. She had a horrible headache and extremely grouchy. Mr. Adams led her outside and helped her into his green pick up truck. Mr. Adams was quite young, 25. He was tall and skinny with short brown hair that he never changed the style of. On his wedding ring finger rested a simple gold band that he never took off. He had a certain outfit set for each day of the week, with a special green sweatshirt and jeans for casual Friday. He was the best teacher in Everwood and didn't mind telling people. He was very prejudice about his students, the more Latin you know the better he likes you. Since Lilly almost knew more Latin than he did, he considered her more of a friend than a student.
They drove in silence except for Lilly's occasional sobs. When they reached the house Lilly politely thanked him and let herself out. She heard Mr. Adams's car drive off and she slowly made her way to the house. She didn't see Ephram's car so she felt more comfortable about going into the house. She opened the door and glanced around to see if anyone was around. She didn't see anyone so she walked in. She climbed the stairs and went to her room. Lying on the bed was a letter with her name on it. It read: Dear Lilly;
I know that today was awful and you probably have already ripped this letter. I just needed to tell you the truth...
Lilly didn't finish it. She didn't want to hear anymore about him. She was about to rip it but she just folded it and put it in her table. She lay down on her bed and just stared in at the ceiling for a while. She was so sick of crying, her stomach hurt from the full day of tears. She thought she heard a door open downstairs, but she wasn't sure. She got up investigate and saw Andy talking and laughing with Delia. She wanted to hate him for bringing his son into the world, but she couldn't. She loved him too dearly. She walked towards them and Delia was the first to notice her.
"Lilly, what's wrong?" she asked when she saw that her face was tear stained.
Andy looked over at her and was instantly worried. She looked like she had been in emotional pain all day. He raised his hand to Delia to make her be quiet. Lilly started to cry again and ran over to Andy. He wrapped his arms around her for comfort as she cried into his shoulder. Delia walked off to her room and Andy led Lilly to the couch.
"Just tell me what's wrong and I'll see if I can help," Andy said pulling her face from his shoulder so he could look at her face.
Lilly tried to calm herself and when she did she started to talk. "Amy, told me that She and Ephram were getting back together,"
Andy started to nod and a giant wave of anger swept over him. He knew he was supposed to stand with his son, but this was really hard to do. He was putting this girl through so much pain after she gave up everything for him. Andy patted Lilly's head and asked her what she wanted to do.
"I want to go home, to Georgia. I can't stay here anymore. Everything reminds me of Ephram. My mom was right. This would never last," she said through tears. She could barely see Andy and he was right in front of her.
"If that's what you want, I'll buy your ticket," Andy said kissing Lilly's forehead.
Lilly nodded and Andy told her to go pack, he would get her a flight as soon as possible. Lilly ran up the stairs and pulled out her suitcases. Andy went to pick up the phone and bought the ticket.
Four hours later Ephram came home and ran directly to Lilly's room. She wasn't there and all of her clothes were gone. His heart skipped a beat as he raced downstairs. Delia and Andy were watching TV in silence.
"Dad, where is Lilly?" Ephram asked.
Andy stood up and walked over to his son. "She went back to Georgia,"
Ephram's face dropped. She was gone. There was nothing more he could do. She was gone and out of his life forever. He slowly walked upstairs into Lilly's room. He could see the imprints on her bed from her suitcases. He touched her bed and noticed that his letter was gone. He looked in all of the trashcans in the house and couldn't find it. That meant she still had it. He felt a little hope but it was completely extinguished when he remembered all of the other trashcans at the airport. He had to have hope though. If not he might go insane. Just then he heard the phone ring and he ran to answer.
"Hello?" he said quickly, praying that it was Lilly.
The other line was quiet for a while. Then finally, "Did you mean what you said?"
It was Lilly! His heart felt overjoyed. "Every word."
She sighed. "Then open the door,"
Mmm...cliff hanger!