Ya'll know my disclaimers by now but again, note this is slash where guys eventually are going to end up with guys. (Especially in this chapter, ya'll!) If you don't like this idea, then click on the button that will take you out of this fic 'cause you probably wouldn't like this one.
ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING: I'm going to be pretty busy for the next month (July 2004) as well as the second half of August so don't fret if there's no updates. They will good when I get back. I might be able to update when I'm at my science camp because I might get to use a computer. But I dunno...
CHAPTER 4 – The Date
Ephram and Amy arrive at Sal's. They grab a booth and a waitress brings them menus. Ephram intently looks through his. Amy can't stand the silence so she speaks, "So, honestly, Ephram, what is going on? You didn't talk at all on the way here."
"I'm just a very conscientious driver. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"Nice try but I'm not buying it." Silence and then she continues, "It has to do with Bright, doesn't it?"
Ephram's shocked at her insight but he tries to cover. "N-n-n-no. It has nothing to do with your brother. I'm just nervous about Julliard and going away during this crucial summer. I mean, we're finally together. Doesn't that mean something?"
"Yeah but it doesn't explain the weirdness between you and Bright. Don't try to deny it. I saw something was going on between the two of you when I came down. So you better explain or I'm walking out of here right now."
Ephram's stunned but he can't bring himself to say anything so Amy says, "Fine. If that's how it's going to be, I'm leaving." She leaves. Ephram stays at the restaurant, dejectedly.
After a few minutes, she comes back. "Okay, so you're my ride so I can't really leave because it takes a while to get back home from Main Street."
Ephram rises and they leave. Silence on the way back to the Abbotts'. Amy gets out of the car when they arrive, saying "You know if you're not going to say anything to me, you better say something to the person you're preoccupied with because remember what I told you? 'Whatever is going on in there is going to come out whether you like it or not. So...'"
Ephram finishes her thought, "'...you might as well just say it on purpose and choose your words.' Yeah, I remember."
Amy goes into the house. Ephram spots Bright bringing out the trash. Ephram says to him, "Hey."
Bright looks up, "Oh, hey man. Back so soon?"
"Yeah, we got into another fight. I don't think it's going to be repairable."
"Care to say why?"
"Get in."
"What?"
"Get in. I can't tell you like this."
Bright's a little wary, "Okay, sure." He gets into the car. "So explain, dude." Ephram drives the car away. He drives to a place where no one else is. Like The Point, but not. Bright protests on the way, "Where are you taking me? Are you kidnapping me?"
Finally Ephram arrives at his destination. "We're here and now I can explain."
"Continue," Bright says, taking in his surroundings. Just trees. No people.
Ephram says, "So here's the thing: I haven't been able to stop thinking about it."
Bright's clueless, "It? What are you talking...?"
The rest of Bright's question gets muffled as Ephram kisses him passionately. The kiss deepens but eventually, they need to come up for some air.
Bright speaks, "So that's what it is."
Ephram chuckles, "Uh huh. Ever since you left after kissing me, I've wanted to experience it again. Sorry for my reaction earlier."
Bright responds, "No problem, dude."
Ephram asks, "So how long have you liked me?"
Bright replies, "Don't you remember gym class last year around the time our dads tried out for The King and I? I told you then. I told you that I liked you, that I always liked you because you were sensitive, ...and clean."
"Not really."
"Yeah, you kinda brushed it off at the time. Anyway, it was probably the first time I saw ya, coming back with Amy last year. I was so jealous of her, man. But then, when Colin came back, I kinda had to suppress my feelings, you know? 'Cause I liked him too. But when I realized he wasn't the same person, it died. Remember the fight outside of Sal's last spring?" Ephram nods as Bright continues, "That's when I knew that the Colin I knew had died in that accident and then all these feelings for you started coming back stronger than ever. That's why I jumped in and saved your ass."
To that, Ephram says "Thank you," and kisses Bright again.
Bright continues, "And I always knew that on a subconscious level, you liked me too. But I just had to wait for the right moment. I couldn't tell you when you were with Madison. It would have been wrong to do that but then I had to wait for you to get over her."
Ephram speaks after a moment of silence, "Then why did you push me with Amy?"
"I don't know. Timing's always been your disadvantage. I thought if I pushed the two of you together, it would repel you guys apart or something. I also thought if she was your rebound, something would happen so it would break off. I know, I don't understand my logic either."
Ephram laughs and then they kiss.
TO BE CONTINUED....
ALSO NOTE THE FOLLOWING: I'm going to be pretty busy for the next month (July 2004) as well as the second half of August so don't fret if there's no updates. They will good when I get back. I might be able to update when I'm at my science camp because I might get to use a computer. But I dunno...
CHAPTER 4 – The Date
Ephram and Amy arrive at Sal's. They grab a booth and a waitress brings them menus. Ephram intently looks through his. Amy can't stand the silence so she speaks, "So, honestly, Ephram, what is going on? You didn't talk at all on the way here."
"I'm just a very conscientious driver. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"Nice try but I'm not buying it." Silence and then she continues, "It has to do with Bright, doesn't it?"
Ephram's shocked at her insight but he tries to cover. "N-n-n-no. It has nothing to do with your brother. I'm just nervous about Julliard and going away during this crucial summer. I mean, we're finally together. Doesn't that mean something?"
"Yeah but it doesn't explain the weirdness between you and Bright. Don't try to deny it. I saw something was going on between the two of you when I came down. So you better explain or I'm walking out of here right now."
Ephram's stunned but he can't bring himself to say anything so Amy says, "Fine. If that's how it's going to be, I'm leaving." She leaves. Ephram stays at the restaurant, dejectedly.
After a few minutes, she comes back. "Okay, so you're my ride so I can't really leave because it takes a while to get back home from Main Street."
Ephram rises and they leave. Silence on the way back to the Abbotts'. Amy gets out of the car when they arrive, saying "You know if you're not going to say anything to me, you better say something to the person you're preoccupied with because remember what I told you? 'Whatever is going on in there is going to come out whether you like it or not. So...'"
Ephram finishes her thought, "'...you might as well just say it on purpose and choose your words.' Yeah, I remember."
Amy goes into the house. Ephram spots Bright bringing out the trash. Ephram says to him, "Hey."
Bright looks up, "Oh, hey man. Back so soon?"
"Yeah, we got into another fight. I don't think it's going to be repairable."
"Care to say why?"
"Get in."
"What?"
"Get in. I can't tell you like this."
Bright's a little wary, "Okay, sure." He gets into the car. "So explain, dude." Ephram drives the car away. He drives to a place where no one else is. Like The Point, but not. Bright protests on the way, "Where are you taking me? Are you kidnapping me?"
Finally Ephram arrives at his destination. "We're here and now I can explain."
"Continue," Bright says, taking in his surroundings. Just trees. No people.
Ephram says, "So here's the thing: I haven't been able to stop thinking about it."
Bright's clueless, "It? What are you talking...?"
The rest of Bright's question gets muffled as Ephram kisses him passionately. The kiss deepens but eventually, they need to come up for some air.
Bright speaks, "So that's what it is."
Ephram chuckles, "Uh huh. Ever since you left after kissing me, I've wanted to experience it again. Sorry for my reaction earlier."
Bright responds, "No problem, dude."
Ephram asks, "So how long have you liked me?"
Bright replies, "Don't you remember gym class last year around the time our dads tried out for The King and I? I told you then. I told you that I liked you, that I always liked you because you were sensitive, ...and clean."
"Not really."
"Yeah, you kinda brushed it off at the time. Anyway, it was probably the first time I saw ya, coming back with Amy last year. I was so jealous of her, man. But then, when Colin came back, I kinda had to suppress my feelings, you know? 'Cause I liked him too. But when I realized he wasn't the same person, it died. Remember the fight outside of Sal's last spring?" Ephram nods as Bright continues, "That's when I knew that the Colin I knew had died in that accident and then all these feelings for you started coming back stronger than ever. That's why I jumped in and saved your ass."
To that, Ephram says "Thank you," and kisses Bright again.
Bright continues, "And I always knew that on a subconscious level, you liked me too. But I just had to wait for the right moment. I couldn't tell you when you were with Madison. It would have been wrong to do that but then I had to wait for you to get over her."
Ephram speaks after a moment of silence, "Then why did you push me with Amy?"
"I don't know. Timing's always been your disadvantage. I thought if I pushed the two of you together, it would repel you guys apart or something. I also thought if she was your rebound, something would happen so it would break off. I know, I don't understand my logic either."
Ephram laughs and then they kiss.
TO BE CONTINUED....