Disclaimer: Everwood Characters=Not mine. Lilly=MINE!!!!
"This can't be good news, can it?" said Ephram after his father told him the news, "I mean, I love Nana, but Lilly isn't Jewish. She'll hate her,"
Andy sat back and tried to plan what he was going to do when Ephram's grandmother arrived. She had heard about Lilly from Delia and had to come visit. Andy felt sorry for Lilly; she was going to have a worse time than he ever did. Ephram was her first grandson, and if he had a girlfriend that wasn't Jewish and had no ambition to convert, she was going to be furious.
"It will be okay. I can just cram the Jewish culture stuff and try to make it look like I am interested in it. That will be okay, won't it?" Lilly had started to freak out; Ephram didn't make her feel any better when he started to get just as worried. Weren't boyfriends supposed to be protective and tell you everything was okay?
"She will still hate you. If you are not Jewish and we get married and have kids, our kids won't be Jewish. She must have Jewish great- grandchildren," he said starting to chew his nails.
Andy finally spoke after a long silence, "Well, if we never bring the topic of religion up, then maybe she won't ask,"
Everyone looked around at each other and hoped it would work. Ephram placed his hand on Lilly's and sighed. She felt comforted by the gesture and smiled to herself.
"It'll never work," Ephram said after thinking about it. "She will ask, that is what her life spins around, it's the only reason I convinced her to let me see Billy Madison, because Adam Sandler is Jewish,"
Lilly sighed and moved her hand from underneath Ephram's. "What do I need to do? There must be something,"
"Would you consider converting?" Ephram said hopefully.
"No! I don't believe what you do, I can't change just to please others," she said getting defensive.
"I know, it was just an idea, but it would make things easier," Ephram said trying to think of another solution.
"Well, I guess this is one war I can't win, so just let her hate me," Lilly said throwing her hands in the air.
Ephram hated to think someone wouldn't love Lilly, but he knew it was the only thing that could happen. Lilly pushed her seat in and ran upstairs. She felt hurt that Ephram didn't have faith in her and that someone would hate her because of religion. Ephram went to find her and sat next to her on her bed.
"What's this?" he said picking up her present from her mother.
Lilly looked at it and started to get teary eyed again. "Nothing, it's just some present. Let me put it up,"
Ephram looked at her as she took the present from the bed and pushed it to the side. "Are you okay?"
Lilly sighed and found it pointless to keep secrets from Ephram, the one on her side. She felt bad about pushing him away and not telling him everything. But why did she have to tell him everything? She was aloud to have privacy. "It's nothing, I'm just ready for a break. I feel like I'm carrying all this weight on my shoulders and there is nowhere to put it. I'm looking forward to break,"
Ephram nodded and sighed. He could tell he was keeping something from him. "Just tell me, I'm not going to hurt you or be mad. Just tell me,"
"My mom sent me the present. She gave me this guilt trip thing and I'm so tired of going through that with her. I don't know why I wouldn't tell you, I guess I'm not use to people caring about how I feel things. I'm sorry," she said after looking at her mother's letter.
Ephram walked over to Lilly and wrapped his arms around her waist for comfort. "Don't be afraid anymore. I won't judge you or anything. You can tell me what you want to tell me,"
Lilly smiled and laid her head on his shoulder. He squeezed her closer and tightened his grip on her. She started to laugh and he spun her so she was facing him, he then placed a gentle kiss on her lips. When he pulled back Lilly's eyes were still closed and she was smiling. She slowly opened them again and saw him staring at her.
"Is there something wrong?" she said as he kept staring. "Do I have something in my teeth?"
Ephram laughed, but kept his gaze at her eyes, "Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking how it was going to impossible for Nana to hate you, you're too wonderful,"
Lilly almost cried. No one had ever said that about her before. He slowly slipped his hand in her's and they went downstairs to see if there was anything they could do.
Lilly went to clean the dishes and Ephram helped her. Andy told them that Sam was going to come over and he and Nina were going out.
When it was time, Sam came over and ran directly to Delia's room with Delia. When Andy and Nina had left, Ephram and Lilly crashed on the couch. Lilly pulled out some last minute weekend homework and worked on it while Ephram flipped the channels. Lilly listened to her Kimberly Locke CD so she couldn't hear Ephram's loud TV. When she was finished she pulled put a book and started to read. Ephram read over her shoulder, since was supposed to be reading the same thing. When Andy cam in he looked like a teenager. He didn't notice Ephram and Lilly on the couch, but instead was dancing with himself. Lilly looked over at Ephram, but he just shrugged. Lilly started to laugh and Andy stopped dancing. He looked at Lilly and Ephram, and started to feel embarrassed.
"I didn't notice you," he said as if that would explain his dancing.
"We guessed that. Goodnight Dad," Ephram said as he and Lilly left him in the living room.
Andy felt his cheeks turn red and laughed at himself. He went to find Sam who was sitting in Delia's room coloring. When he saw Andy he quickly ran out of the room to his house, shouting goodbye over his shoulder. Andy went to his room and dressed for bed. He recalled how Nina had looked and the smell of her hair, how she felt in his arms when they danced and how she laughed. He smiled while he closed his eyes and slowly drifted into sleep.
Madison woke suddenly breathing hard. She had an awful dream that she was carrying her baby and was trying to get away from this storm. Madison was afraid to go under any shelter in fear that it would collapse and kill her baby. She clutched her stomach and rubbed her eyes. She had been having really weird dreams lately, but she read that it was normal. She glanced at the clock and saw it was four in the morning. She rolled her eyes and tried to go back to sleep, but wasn't able to. She went into her small kitchen and made herself some ice cream that she had been craving since the night before. She looked down at herself in disgust. She had gained quite a bit of weight and it showed. Her once perfectly slim body was now a fat blob. She was sick of being pregnant and wished the baby would just go ahead and come. She still had three months left, but it was hard carrying around all of this weight and being limited from just about everything. When she finished her bowl of ice cream she had to refrain herself from licking the bowl clean. After she placed the bowl in the sink her roommate came in and sighed.
"Why are you always up so early? I would really like to sleep for a while," she said going to get cereal.
"I can't help it. You try having all of this weight on you while you sleep. Plus I have these freaky dreams and it is hard to stay asleep," she said for what seemed the millionth time. Her roommate didn't get it. She had never been pregnant and probably never would. She despised children and couldn't stand to be near a child. She had only been a hassle the whole pregnancy, not helping her at all and was constantly getting on her nerves, which was easily done now.
"Sure, well the next time you can't help it, be more quiet," she said rolling her eyes.
Madison left the kitchen before she slugged her and went to get dressed. When she had finished getting ready, she grabbed some of her books for class and got into her car. She didn't have class until later, but she was starting to get a little claustrophobic standing in the house. She had been having all of these new feelings while being pregnant. She was overly sensitive; she had awful mood swings, food cravings, weird dreams, and heightened sense of smell. She thought it would be nice to go nine months without a period, but she would rather have that then what she had to go through. It's your own fault, she thought to herself, you could have said no. You were the adult; you didn't have to let this happen to you. Now suck it up and keep going. Madison pushed the tears that were forming in her eyes away. When she parked her car she sat there for a while and sighed. Eventually she got out of the car and faced the endless void that had become her life.
Ephram woke to find Lilly lying next to him. After Andy had come in they had gone to her room and talked for hours. When she fell asleep he snuggled next to her and followed in suite. He gently nudged Lilly awake and she groaned, pushing his arm away.
"Five more minutes. That is all I need then I will be ready," she said mumbling.
Ephram smiled and slid away from her. He went into his room and started to get ready and five minutes later he went to wake Lilly. He gently nudged her side and she groaned and pulled the covers over her head turning away from Ephram. Ephram put a leg on each side of Lilly and started to jump and down shaking the bed.
"I'm up!" she said pushing him off of her. "I don't like you any more,"
Ephram helped her up, pulled her close to him, and kissed her on the cheek, "Yes you do, you just don't like me very much right now,"
Lilly rolled her eyes and started getting ready. Ephram went to wake the rest of the family and finish getting himself ready. When he was finished Lilly was still in the bathroom and he went to eat some breakfast. When he finished it was time to go and Lilly was ready. Ephram and Lilly got into the car and took off for school.
"Do you really think your Nana is going to hate me?" said Lilly when they started to drive.
Ephram was quiet for a while, trying to pick his words carefully. "She won't really hate you, she just won't like that you and I are together,"
Lilly sighed. "When is she coming anyway?"
"During thanksgiving, she wants to cook us a good meal," he said starting to think of how this holiday season was going to suck.
"So, we're not going to have any ham for Thanksgiving, huh?" she said trying to lighten the mood.
"Absolutely not, Nana would freak. You really would eat ham on Thanksgiving, why not turkey?" said Ephram cringing at the thought.
"I don't know. We would eat turkey, but sometimes we would eat ham," said Lilly thinking of past holidays.
Ephram switched the radio station from the teenybopper music she had playing to some rap. Lilly rolled her eyes at the music and stared out the window.
"I don't get this music," she said after a while.
"What is there to get?" said Ephram.
"I would like to be able to know what they are saying every once in a while. I can't understand them and I just don't see why anyone would want to hear a song where people got drunk and had sex with random people," she said looking back at Ephram.
"Who would want to hear a song about people being in love with everyone and crying when the person leaves," said Ephram trying to pick at Lilly.
"But those are their feelings of things around them. Plus, you get a fell of their personality through the song, not just how horny they are," said Lilly starting to get heated about the topic.
Ephram rolled his eyes, "Are we getting into a fight about how rap music and pop music are? Because if we are we really need to get a life,"
Lilly laughed and dropped the subject. When they got to school they went their separate ways.
The month of October flew by quickly. Everyone started to get nervous about Nana's visit, especially Lilly. She started to read about the Jewish culture and tried to absorb all information as possible. She felt it was a hopeless cause she couldn't remember anything. Soon the day came when Nana was to arrive. Andy and Delia went to pick her up and Ephram and Lilly fixed up the house.
"Your grandfather isn't coming too, is he?" Lilly said while fixing the living room.
"Of course he is. Don't worry about him though, he'll love you," Ephram said trying to calm Lilly. She was trying so hard; he knew she must feel like a basket case.
Lilly sighed and she walked over to him and placed her head on his shoulder. Ephram kissed the top of her head and hugged her. After a while Andy's car pulled up to the house and Lilly held her breathe.
There, I finally updated. Sorry it took a while, but here it is. I want everyone to know that I do like rap and pop, I was not discriminating. Thanks for reading!
"This can't be good news, can it?" said Ephram after his father told him the news, "I mean, I love Nana, but Lilly isn't Jewish. She'll hate her,"
Andy sat back and tried to plan what he was going to do when Ephram's grandmother arrived. She had heard about Lilly from Delia and had to come visit. Andy felt sorry for Lilly; she was going to have a worse time than he ever did. Ephram was her first grandson, and if he had a girlfriend that wasn't Jewish and had no ambition to convert, she was going to be furious.
"It will be okay. I can just cram the Jewish culture stuff and try to make it look like I am interested in it. That will be okay, won't it?" Lilly had started to freak out; Ephram didn't make her feel any better when he started to get just as worried. Weren't boyfriends supposed to be protective and tell you everything was okay?
"She will still hate you. If you are not Jewish and we get married and have kids, our kids won't be Jewish. She must have Jewish great- grandchildren," he said starting to chew his nails.
Andy finally spoke after a long silence, "Well, if we never bring the topic of religion up, then maybe she won't ask,"
Everyone looked around at each other and hoped it would work. Ephram placed his hand on Lilly's and sighed. She felt comforted by the gesture and smiled to herself.
"It'll never work," Ephram said after thinking about it. "She will ask, that is what her life spins around, it's the only reason I convinced her to let me see Billy Madison, because Adam Sandler is Jewish,"
Lilly sighed and moved her hand from underneath Ephram's. "What do I need to do? There must be something,"
"Would you consider converting?" Ephram said hopefully.
"No! I don't believe what you do, I can't change just to please others," she said getting defensive.
"I know, it was just an idea, but it would make things easier," Ephram said trying to think of another solution.
"Well, I guess this is one war I can't win, so just let her hate me," Lilly said throwing her hands in the air.
Ephram hated to think someone wouldn't love Lilly, but he knew it was the only thing that could happen. Lilly pushed her seat in and ran upstairs. She felt hurt that Ephram didn't have faith in her and that someone would hate her because of religion. Ephram went to find her and sat next to her on her bed.
"What's this?" he said picking up her present from her mother.
Lilly looked at it and started to get teary eyed again. "Nothing, it's just some present. Let me put it up,"
Ephram looked at her as she took the present from the bed and pushed it to the side. "Are you okay?"
Lilly sighed and found it pointless to keep secrets from Ephram, the one on her side. She felt bad about pushing him away and not telling him everything. But why did she have to tell him everything? She was aloud to have privacy. "It's nothing, I'm just ready for a break. I feel like I'm carrying all this weight on my shoulders and there is nowhere to put it. I'm looking forward to break,"
Ephram nodded and sighed. He could tell he was keeping something from him. "Just tell me, I'm not going to hurt you or be mad. Just tell me,"
"My mom sent me the present. She gave me this guilt trip thing and I'm so tired of going through that with her. I don't know why I wouldn't tell you, I guess I'm not use to people caring about how I feel things. I'm sorry," she said after looking at her mother's letter.
Ephram walked over to Lilly and wrapped his arms around her waist for comfort. "Don't be afraid anymore. I won't judge you or anything. You can tell me what you want to tell me,"
Lilly smiled and laid her head on his shoulder. He squeezed her closer and tightened his grip on her. She started to laugh and he spun her so she was facing him, he then placed a gentle kiss on her lips. When he pulled back Lilly's eyes were still closed and she was smiling. She slowly opened them again and saw him staring at her.
"Is there something wrong?" she said as he kept staring. "Do I have something in my teeth?"
Ephram laughed, but kept his gaze at her eyes, "Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking how it was going to impossible for Nana to hate you, you're too wonderful,"
Lilly almost cried. No one had ever said that about her before. He slowly slipped his hand in her's and they went downstairs to see if there was anything they could do.
Lilly went to clean the dishes and Ephram helped her. Andy told them that Sam was going to come over and he and Nina were going out.
When it was time, Sam came over and ran directly to Delia's room with Delia. When Andy and Nina had left, Ephram and Lilly crashed on the couch. Lilly pulled out some last minute weekend homework and worked on it while Ephram flipped the channels. Lilly listened to her Kimberly Locke CD so she couldn't hear Ephram's loud TV. When she was finished she pulled put a book and started to read. Ephram read over her shoulder, since was supposed to be reading the same thing. When Andy cam in he looked like a teenager. He didn't notice Ephram and Lilly on the couch, but instead was dancing with himself. Lilly looked over at Ephram, but he just shrugged. Lilly started to laugh and Andy stopped dancing. He looked at Lilly and Ephram, and started to feel embarrassed.
"I didn't notice you," he said as if that would explain his dancing.
"We guessed that. Goodnight Dad," Ephram said as he and Lilly left him in the living room.
Andy felt his cheeks turn red and laughed at himself. He went to find Sam who was sitting in Delia's room coloring. When he saw Andy he quickly ran out of the room to his house, shouting goodbye over his shoulder. Andy went to his room and dressed for bed. He recalled how Nina had looked and the smell of her hair, how she felt in his arms when they danced and how she laughed. He smiled while he closed his eyes and slowly drifted into sleep.
Madison woke suddenly breathing hard. She had an awful dream that she was carrying her baby and was trying to get away from this storm. Madison was afraid to go under any shelter in fear that it would collapse and kill her baby. She clutched her stomach and rubbed her eyes. She had been having really weird dreams lately, but she read that it was normal. She glanced at the clock and saw it was four in the morning. She rolled her eyes and tried to go back to sleep, but wasn't able to. She went into her small kitchen and made herself some ice cream that she had been craving since the night before. She looked down at herself in disgust. She had gained quite a bit of weight and it showed. Her once perfectly slim body was now a fat blob. She was sick of being pregnant and wished the baby would just go ahead and come. She still had three months left, but it was hard carrying around all of this weight and being limited from just about everything. When she finished her bowl of ice cream she had to refrain herself from licking the bowl clean. After she placed the bowl in the sink her roommate came in and sighed.
"Why are you always up so early? I would really like to sleep for a while," she said going to get cereal.
"I can't help it. You try having all of this weight on you while you sleep. Plus I have these freaky dreams and it is hard to stay asleep," she said for what seemed the millionth time. Her roommate didn't get it. She had never been pregnant and probably never would. She despised children and couldn't stand to be near a child. She had only been a hassle the whole pregnancy, not helping her at all and was constantly getting on her nerves, which was easily done now.
"Sure, well the next time you can't help it, be more quiet," she said rolling her eyes.
Madison left the kitchen before she slugged her and went to get dressed. When she had finished getting ready, she grabbed some of her books for class and got into her car. She didn't have class until later, but she was starting to get a little claustrophobic standing in the house. She had been having all of these new feelings while being pregnant. She was overly sensitive; she had awful mood swings, food cravings, weird dreams, and heightened sense of smell. She thought it would be nice to go nine months without a period, but she would rather have that then what she had to go through. It's your own fault, she thought to herself, you could have said no. You were the adult; you didn't have to let this happen to you. Now suck it up and keep going. Madison pushed the tears that were forming in her eyes away. When she parked her car she sat there for a while and sighed. Eventually she got out of the car and faced the endless void that had become her life.
Ephram woke to find Lilly lying next to him. After Andy had come in they had gone to her room and talked for hours. When she fell asleep he snuggled next to her and followed in suite. He gently nudged Lilly awake and she groaned, pushing his arm away.
"Five more minutes. That is all I need then I will be ready," she said mumbling.
Ephram smiled and slid away from her. He went into his room and started to get ready and five minutes later he went to wake Lilly. He gently nudged her side and she groaned and pulled the covers over her head turning away from Ephram. Ephram put a leg on each side of Lilly and started to jump and down shaking the bed.
"I'm up!" she said pushing him off of her. "I don't like you any more,"
Ephram helped her up, pulled her close to him, and kissed her on the cheek, "Yes you do, you just don't like me very much right now,"
Lilly rolled her eyes and started getting ready. Ephram went to wake the rest of the family and finish getting himself ready. When he was finished Lilly was still in the bathroom and he went to eat some breakfast. When he finished it was time to go and Lilly was ready. Ephram and Lilly got into the car and took off for school.
"Do you really think your Nana is going to hate me?" said Lilly when they started to drive.
Ephram was quiet for a while, trying to pick his words carefully. "She won't really hate you, she just won't like that you and I are together,"
Lilly sighed. "When is she coming anyway?"
"During thanksgiving, she wants to cook us a good meal," he said starting to think of how this holiday season was going to suck.
"So, we're not going to have any ham for Thanksgiving, huh?" she said trying to lighten the mood.
"Absolutely not, Nana would freak. You really would eat ham on Thanksgiving, why not turkey?" said Ephram cringing at the thought.
"I don't know. We would eat turkey, but sometimes we would eat ham," said Lilly thinking of past holidays.
Ephram switched the radio station from the teenybopper music she had playing to some rap. Lilly rolled her eyes at the music and stared out the window.
"I don't get this music," she said after a while.
"What is there to get?" said Ephram.
"I would like to be able to know what they are saying every once in a while. I can't understand them and I just don't see why anyone would want to hear a song where people got drunk and had sex with random people," she said looking back at Ephram.
"Who would want to hear a song about people being in love with everyone and crying when the person leaves," said Ephram trying to pick at Lilly.
"But those are their feelings of things around them. Plus, you get a fell of their personality through the song, not just how horny they are," said Lilly starting to get heated about the topic.
Ephram rolled his eyes, "Are we getting into a fight about how rap music and pop music are? Because if we are we really need to get a life,"
Lilly laughed and dropped the subject. When they got to school they went their separate ways.
The month of October flew by quickly. Everyone started to get nervous about Nana's visit, especially Lilly. She started to read about the Jewish culture and tried to absorb all information as possible. She felt it was a hopeless cause she couldn't remember anything. Soon the day came when Nana was to arrive. Andy and Delia went to pick her up and Ephram and Lilly fixed up the house.
"Your grandfather isn't coming too, is he?" Lilly said while fixing the living room.
"Of course he is. Don't worry about him though, he'll love you," Ephram said trying to calm Lilly. She was trying so hard; he knew she must feel like a basket case.
Lilly sighed and she walked over to him and placed her head on his shoulder. Ephram kissed the top of her head and hugged her. After a while Andy's car pulled up to the house and Lilly held her breathe.
There, I finally updated. Sorry it took a while, but here it is. I want everyone to know that I do like rap and pop, I was not discriminating. Thanks for reading!