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For Lilly except, off back!
They drove home in silence, but each of them was thinking the same thing: Will we be able to handle this baby? It was going to be hard and almost impossible. At sometimes they were going to want to give the baby away and others, it was going to be impossible to think of a life without her.
"So I guy her name will be Claire," Lilly said after a while.
"Huh?" Ephram said.
"Madison said that if it was a girl she wanted to name her Claire. Since it's a girl, it will be Claire. I do love that name. I had a friend back in Georgia with that name. She was always there for me. I should call her," said Lilly recalling the past visit with Madison.
"I forgot about that. How long did you know Claire?" said Ephram smiling at Lilly.
"Since kindergarten. She knew everyone in the class and I didn't know anyone. She walked up to me, introduced herself, and pulled me over to all of her friends. I remember that there was this guy and he was such a nerd! His name was Devin and he was like in love with me. I had to sit next to him all the time because are last names were close together. I wasn't into boys yet, so I thought he was so gross. He got down on one knee in front of me one time and kissed my hand. He was so annoying!" she said smiling at the old memory.
Ephram smiled at her while she told her story. She was so animated while telling it. She used her hands and her facial expressions to keep the story going and interesting.
"One time Claire was over at my house and we got this stupid idea to play three legged race in the road. We were going extremely slowly and then this van came down the rode, going like two miles an hour. We were so scared. I took off in the direction of our house and all of a sudden it got really hard to walk. I turned around and I was pulling Claire on the ground. I kept going I was afraid we were going to be run over. So I dragged her to the other side of the road," said Lilly laughing at herself.
Ephram laughed at the story placed his hand on her knee. They rode in a comfortable silence. When they pulled up to the house Lilly started to feel tired. She had felt so tired recently. She pulled all of her things out of the car and they walked in together. She dumped all of her things on the table and crashed on the couch. Ephram followed her and they sat there for a while.
"We are so boring," said Ephram.
"We are not. We have more drama thrown at us in one week then most people do in one year. Why do we have to go partying to be interesting," said Lilly starting to close her eyes.
Ephram couldn't believe that earlier today he had gotten such terrible news. He felt so good now and he owed it all to Lilly. Andy walked in and sat with them as did Delia when she got back from Nina's. They all sat on the couch together for the first time since Lilly had gotten there. Soon Andy had to leave though, he reached for his jacket and went to Nina's. Nina was standing in the kitchen of her house and Andy let himself in.
"I got a babysitter for Sam, so Ephram and Lilly don't have to watch him. I know he can be a handful, so I thought I would leave them together. So, it's been a hectic week huh?" she said when she saw him.
"Absolutely crazy, and it's only Wednesday. I swear if I get any more drama, I will go crazy," he said pulling her close. He gave her a kiss and she smiled. He loved it when she smiled, especially when she smiled while he kissed her.
"Has there been any new developments in the saga of the Brown's?" she asked when he pulled away from her.
"Yes, Ephram and Madison's baby, has got a cleft lip and palate," he said.
"Oh, my aunt's friend had a baby that had one. It's going to be hell," she said feeling utmost sympathy for him.
"Every disease there is available, you know someone who had it don't you?" he said laughing.
Nina hit his shoulder and grabbed her purse. She shouted her goodbye to Sam and they left. Andy helped her in the car and they went for a drive.
The rest of the week went smoothly, and when the weekend came everyone was ready for the break. Ephram was getting excited, because Lilly's birthday was drawing nearer. Delia had figured out what his gift was, but she had promised not to tell. Andy and Nina's relationship grew steadily and Nina was invited to Lilly's eighteenth birthday party. It came to a shock to everyone that Lilly was older than Ephram, since he towered over her. When Sunday came Lilly woke up feeling happy. She was finally eighteen. She got up and skipped down the hall. She heard a knock on the door and saw that a UPS man was waiting at the door. She walked over and saw that he had a package for her. She signed for it and put it on the table, waiting to open it with everyone. She looked on the box to see who it was from, but she didn't recognize the address. After a while everyone woke up and Delia jumped up and down. She felt as if she was five, but she didn't care. She got to share her new feeling of adulthood with the people she loved.
"So, do you want to do presents now or wait until the party?" said Andy pulling out a breakfast that Nina had sent over the previous night.
"I want to wait. I want a lot of presents at one time and I want to show off to everyone how great it is to be eighteen," said Lilly giving Delia a hug and kiss good morning.
"Okay, I don't think I have ever had a child that wanted to wait before," said Andy heating up the food.
They had a leisurely morning and then in the afternoon, everyone started to show up. Lilly had invited all of her friends, people she worked with, and Madison. Nina and Sam showed up last and they got ready to cut the cake. Everyone had fun and Lilly couldn't wait to open presents. She opened everyone's presents except for Ephram's. When everything was opened Ephram took Lilly by the hand and walked her over to the piano. He pulled out the piece of paper that he had been writing on and scribbling on forever. He played the song for and she smiled at him.
"Thank you sweetie, what's it called?" she said not really understanding why he had played it.
"I haven't named it yet, what do you want to name it?" he said trying to give her the hint.
"You wrote that? That was wonderful! I am so proud of you," she said wrapping her arms around his neck, still not getting that the song was for her.
"I wrote the song for you. I want you to name it," he said trying to get the point across.
"Oh, really? Oh my goodness, that is so...I can't believe you wrote me a song," she said starting to cry. "I think I want to name it Jewels from Heaven,"
"Why that name?" he said.
"Because, that's what you are. A jewel from Heaven," with that she leaned into kiss him. Everyone around them started to awe at their affection.
"That is the lamest pick up line ever," he joked when she pulled away.
Everyone laughed and they went on with the party.
After everyone had left they cleaned up the big mess. Andy heard the phone ring and he ran to get it. Lilly put away all of her presents in her room. Then she remembered the package from earlier that day. She had set it on her bed and was going to open it later. She went on and opened the box and saw that it was from her mom. She bit her lip so that she wouldn't cry. She pushed through things that her mother knew that she would love. At the bottom of the box was a letter. She opened it and started to read. Dear Lilly,
I want you to know that I really miss you. Claire says hello and so does your father. I can't believe that you are eighteen and I am not there. I feel like you have abandoned me. You never call and I don't know anything about what is going on in your life. You could be dead or pregnant, and I wouldn't know. There is this awful void in my life because you're gone, and I wish you would come back to me. I love you, and Happy Birthday. Love, Your Mom.
Lilly looked at the note written in her mother's neat handwriting. Her tears started to fall quickly and she could not stop them. She missed her mother so much, but she loved Everwood. She had to stick by her decision. She would have called her mother then, but Andy was on the phone downstairs. She picked through the things in the box, some perfume, a necklace, a box set of all of the movies Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney were in together. She finally put the things away and went downstairs. She tried to wipe her tears on her jacket, but it was no use she kept crying. She was going to go back to her room, but Ephram noticed her.
"What's wrong?" he said looking up from the mail he was going through.
"Nothing, I'm fine. Who is your dad talking to?" she said trying to change the subject.
"Don't try to cover it up, why are you crying?" he said, he had walked over to her and now had his hands cupping her face.
"I don't want to talk about it, so just drop it," she said forcefully pushing Ephram's hands from her face. She walked over to the couch and held her knees. She felt bad about being mean to Ephram, but he didn't know when to just leave her alone. She didn't want to talk about it, why couldn't he understand that?
Ephram dropped the subject and finished sorting through the mail. Finally Andy hung up the phone and sighed.
"Guess who's coming to visit?" said Andy.
Guess I lied when I said I wouldn't post for a while, now I really won't post for a while.
They drove home in silence, but each of them was thinking the same thing: Will we be able to handle this baby? It was going to be hard and almost impossible. At sometimes they were going to want to give the baby away and others, it was going to be impossible to think of a life without her.
"So I guy her name will be Claire," Lilly said after a while.
"Huh?" Ephram said.
"Madison said that if it was a girl she wanted to name her Claire. Since it's a girl, it will be Claire. I do love that name. I had a friend back in Georgia with that name. She was always there for me. I should call her," said Lilly recalling the past visit with Madison.
"I forgot about that. How long did you know Claire?" said Ephram smiling at Lilly.
"Since kindergarten. She knew everyone in the class and I didn't know anyone. She walked up to me, introduced herself, and pulled me over to all of her friends. I remember that there was this guy and he was such a nerd! His name was Devin and he was like in love with me. I had to sit next to him all the time because are last names were close together. I wasn't into boys yet, so I thought he was so gross. He got down on one knee in front of me one time and kissed my hand. He was so annoying!" she said smiling at the old memory.
Ephram smiled at her while she told her story. She was so animated while telling it. She used her hands and her facial expressions to keep the story going and interesting.
"One time Claire was over at my house and we got this stupid idea to play three legged race in the road. We were going extremely slowly and then this van came down the rode, going like two miles an hour. We were so scared. I took off in the direction of our house and all of a sudden it got really hard to walk. I turned around and I was pulling Claire on the ground. I kept going I was afraid we were going to be run over. So I dragged her to the other side of the road," said Lilly laughing at herself.
Ephram laughed at the story placed his hand on her knee. They rode in a comfortable silence. When they pulled up to the house Lilly started to feel tired. She had felt so tired recently. She pulled all of her things out of the car and they walked in together. She dumped all of her things on the table and crashed on the couch. Ephram followed her and they sat there for a while.
"We are so boring," said Ephram.
"We are not. We have more drama thrown at us in one week then most people do in one year. Why do we have to go partying to be interesting," said Lilly starting to close her eyes.
Ephram couldn't believe that earlier today he had gotten such terrible news. He felt so good now and he owed it all to Lilly. Andy walked in and sat with them as did Delia when she got back from Nina's. They all sat on the couch together for the first time since Lilly had gotten there. Soon Andy had to leave though, he reached for his jacket and went to Nina's. Nina was standing in the kitchen of her house and Andy let himself in.
"I got a babysitter for Sam, so Ephram and Lilly don't have to watch him. I know he can be a handful, so I thought I would leave them together. So, it's been a hectic week huh?" she said when she saw him.
"Absolutely crazy, and it's only Wednesday. I swear if I get any more drama, I will go crazy," he said pulling her close. He gave her a kiss and she smiled. He loved it when she smiled, especially when she smiled while he kissed her.
"Has there been any new developments in the saga of the Brown's?" she asked when he pulled away from her.
"Yes, Ephram and Madison's baby, has got a cleft lip and palate," he said.
"Oh, my aunt's friend had a baby that had one. It's going to be hell," she said feeling utmost sympathy for him.
"Every disease there is available, you know someone who had it don't you?" he said laughing.
Nina hit his shoulder and grabbed her purse. She shouted her goodbye to Sam and they left. Andy helped her in the car and they went for a drive.
The rest of the week went smoothly, and when the weekend came everyone was ready for the break. Ephram was getting excited, because Lilly's birthday was drawing nearer. Delia had figured out what his gift was, but she had promised not to tell. Andy and Nina's relationship grew steadily and Nina was invited to Lilly's eighteenth birthday party. It came to a shock to everyone that Lilly was older than Ephram, since he towered over her. When Sunday came Lilly woke up feeling happy. She was finally eighteen. She got up and skipped down the hall. She heard a knock on the door and saw that a UPS man was waiting at the door. She walked over and saw that he had a package for her. She signed for it and put it on the table, waiting to open it with everyone. She looked on the box to see who it was from, but she didn't recognize the address. After a while everyone woke up and Delia jumped up and down. She felt as if she was five, but she didn't care. She got to share her new feeling of adulthood with the people she loved.
"So, do you want to do presents now or wait until the party?" said Andy pulling out a breakfast that Nina had sent over the previous night.
"I want to wait. I want a lot of presents at one time and I want to show off to everyone how great it is to be eighteen," said Lilly giving Delia a hug and kiss good morning.
"Okay, I don't think I have ever had a child that wanted to wait before," said Andy heating up the food.
They had a leisurely morning and then in the afternoon, everyone started to show up. Lilly had invited all of her friends, people she worked with, and Madison. Nina and Sam showed up last and they got ready to cut the cake. Everyone had fun and Lilly couldn't wait to open presents. She opened everyone's presents except for Ephram's. When everything was opened Ephram took Lilly by the hand and walked her over to the piano. He pulled out the piece of paper that he had been writing on and scribbling on forever. He played the song for and she smiled at him.
"Thank you sweetie, what's it called?" she said not really understanding why he had played it.
"I haven't named it yet, what do you want to name it?" he said trying to give her the hint.
"You wrote that? That was wonderful! I am so proud of you," she said wrapping her arms around his neck, still not getting that the song was for her.
"I wrote the song for you. I want you to name it," he said trying to get the point across.
"Oh, really? Oh my goodness, that is so...I can't believe you wrote me a song," she said starting to cry. "I think I want to name it Jewels from Heaven,"
"Why that name?" he said.
"Because, that's what you are. A jewel from Heaven," with that she leaned into kiss him. Everyone around them started to awe at their affection.
"That is the lamest pick up line ever," he joked when she pulled away.
Everyone laughed and they went on with the party.
After everyone had left they cleaned up the big mess. Andy heard the phone ring and he ran to get it. Lilly put away all of her presents in her room. Then she remembered the package from earlier that day. She had set it on her bed and was going to open it later. She went on and opened the box and saw that it was from her mom. She bit her lip so that she wouldn't cry. She pushed through things that her mother knew that she would love. At the bottom of the box was a letter. She opened it and started to read. Dear Lilly,
I want you to know that I really miss you. Claire says hello and so does your father. I can't believe that you are eighteen and I am not there. I feel like you have abandoned me. You never call and I don't know anything about what is going on in your life. You could be dead or pregnant, and I wouldn't know. There is this awful void in my life because you're gone, and I wish you would come back to me. I love you, and Happy Birthday. Love, Your Mom.
Lilly looked at the note written in her mother's neat handwriting. Her tears started to fall quickly and she could not stop them. She missed her mother so much, but she loved Everwood. She had to stick by her decision. She would have called her mother then, but Andy was on the phone downstairs. She picked through the things in the box, some perfume, a necklace, a box set of all of the movies Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney were in together. She finally put the things away and went downstairs. She tried to wipe her tears on her jacket, but it was no use she kept crying. She was going to go back to her room, but Ephram noticed her.
"What's wrong?" he said looking up from the mail he was going through.
"Nothing, I'm fine. Who is your dad talking to?" she said trying to change the subject.
"Don't try to cover it up, why are you crying?" he said, he had walked over to her and now had his hands cupping her face.
"I don't want to talk about it, so just drop it," she said forcefully pushing Ephram's hands from her face. She walked over to the couch and held her knees. She felt bad about being mean to Ephram, but he didn't know when to just leave her alone. She didn't want to talk about it, why couldn't he understand that?
Ephram dropped the subject and finished sorting through the mail. Finally Andy hung up the phone and sighed.
"Guess who's coming to visit?" said Andy.
Guess I lied when I said I wouldn't post for a while, now I really won't post for a while.