A few days later, Madison called up Ephram, "hey you, we should go out tonight, do a double date, what do you think?"
"Well..." Ephram said as he made himself a turkey and cheese sandwich then wheeled himself into the living room.

"Shut up, you know you want to, it'll be fun!" Madison said happily into the phone.

"You know what, you're right, it would be fun. Let me talk to Kay about it and we'll meet you at our regular spot. Plus, it will give me another chance to meet Troy." The two talked for a little while longer before hanging up the phone. Not long after that, Kay walked in and kissed Ephram on the cheek, "hey baby, whats up"

"Madison wants to do a double date tonight, we should go, it'll be fun!" said Ephram happily as Kay sat on his lap.

She made a face, "let me guess, you already said you'd go. What choice do I have, Ephram if you already made the plans?"

"Kay, dont be that way. If you dont want to go then tell me."
"You'll just pout like you always do if we dont go, so we might as well go."
"You sure?" asked Ephram as Kay stood up to go sit on the couch. All she did was nod her head. Ephram replied, "cool, we'll meet them at our regular spot around 8pm."

Around 8pm, they all met each other at the restaurant, and Ephram wheeled himself to the edge of the table where Madison hugged him hello. Just then, a song came over the speakers that Ephram absolutely loved and he looked at Kay, "I love this song! Let's dance!" she looked at him strangely and shook her head no. He then looked at Madison, "Come on?" and Madison laughed, "Okay"

"Stealing your girlfriend for this one song!" laughed Ephram to Troy who didnt seem to mind. The two were twirling around, laughing and joking and having a great time until the song ended a couple minutes later. As Madison wheeled Ephram back to the table, Kay said, "dont you guys feel stupid? I mean, you were the only ones dancing!"

Ephram couldnt help but chuckle, "Do what feels right. I learned that philosophy after my accident. Who cares if people are looking at you and think you're crazy, as long as you are having fun, then keep it up!"

"Do it to it!" laughed Madison as she pointed her fork at him.

The first half hour went by smoothly, having a great time, and Ephram got to know a little about Troy. After a while, Troy started being a jerk, but his questions started off innocent enough, "So, how'd you end up in the wheelchair?"
"Car accident" Ephram said simply, "hit by a drunk driver...originally paralyzed from the waist down, now just the knee down...Physical therapy every other day for two hours, it's a bitch." he chuckled.

"But you're getting somewhere" replied Kay nodding her head.

"You love it" replied Madison jokingly, "otherwise you wouldn't have any other reason to call me and update me on the progress you're making."

"You know it!" replied Ephram jokingly, "plus this sports wheelchair they got me in is rather cool. I can spin around and do all that other stuff. Better than a regular chair I think."

"So uh...How's the performance" replied Troy as he made a gesture with his first, moving it forward then backwards.

"Dont start!" Madison said as she gave him a disgusted look. Troy just smirked, then not too long afterwards said something else, which made Ephram look from Madison to Troy, "is he always a jerk? What's your deal?" he stayed calm.

Again, Troy asked, "so, Ephram, tell us about your past with Madison. You two go way back and we're just dying to know."
"You know what" Ephram said irritated as he backed away from the table, "the first half of the evening was good, but I think it's time to leave now." he leaned forward to give Madison a peck on the cheek, "I'll see you later." and he wheeled out of the restaurant with Kay following behind him. He was able to hear Madison and Troy arguing, but Troy not seeming to care.

As he and Kay were driving home, Ephram abruptly changed the radio channel when he heard the song 'I love the way you love me' by John Michael Montgomery. That song seemed to make him even more irritated.

"What'd he mean when he said you two go way back?" asked Kay curiously.

"Dropt it, Kay, just leave it alone." replied Ephram.

"Why wont you tell me?" she snapped.

"You know how you dont want to talk about your old relationships?" he asked harshly, "well that's how I feel about this, so just drop it already."

Ephram parked the car outside his apartment and Kay snapped, "Fine, whatever. I'll call you." and without saying anything else, got into her car and drove off.

~FLASHBACK~~

"We were never really friends, we were just--" Ephram said as he stood in front of Madison outside her front door.

She interrupted, "in love..." tears filled her eyes at this point, "maybe in a few weeks we could meet up and have one of those kick-off friend lunches..."
"No...I dont think so...I dont think we could ever be just friends." replied Ephram, shaking his head, as he gritted his teeth to hold back the tears, "not in the near future anyway...you've changed my life Madison, more than you'll ever know-" his voice trailed off as he held his breath to keep from crying. He stepped forward and the two kissed one last time before he quickly walked to his car. When he opened the car door, he looked up to find Madison leaning against the door frame, waving goodbye, tears in her eyes. He threw himself into his car as tears escaped onto his face. He only got a few blocks before he had to pull over since he couldnt see anything through his tears.

The breakup was hard for the both of them, especially Ephram. It took them over a year to be able to be friends, and it was the accident that brought them together. It's been two years now and as long as Ephram doesnt think of the past, and suppresses his feelings, then things turn out well.

~END FLASHBACK~~

Ephram made his way into his apartment, Bright was sitting with one of Ephram's roommates, "What are you doing here, Bright? It's nearly 10pm." he said tiredly.

"Just wanted to see what you've been up to. How's the relationship goin?"

"Kay's pissed off at me..." he said as he wheeled himself into the kitchen. Bright followed and Ephram opened up the fridge and tossed him a can of soda.

"When is she not pissed at you?" he said catching the soda, "for the passed month it seems as if your relationship has been in shambles!" he chuckled.

"Shambles? Good word, Bright, but, do you know what it means?" asked Ephram, smiling at his friend.

"Not exactly" Bright said smiling, "But I've heard Amy use it in context of her homework, so I figured it could work when describing your relationship." they both laughed.

"We went on a double date with Madison and her boyfriend, and I guess you could say that he's the main reason she's pissed off at me." Ephram then changed the subject, "hey, I have physical therapy tomorrow, you should come with me."
"Any hot chicks?" inquired Bright.

"Well...there is this one nurse who works with me every other week. She may be working this week."
"I'm in!" replied Bright, "she better be hot!"

"Cool, the session starts at 10am, see you at 9:30am"

Bright stayed a little while longer than decided to head home and said that he'd see Ephram in the morning. Not too long after he left, Kay called, "I didnt want to call you tonight" she said heatedly.

"Then why did you?" asked Ephram preoccupied, "to give me a hard time and make me feel even worse than I already do? Why dont you break up with me now and get it over with?"

"Is that what you want?" she snapped.

"Kay, right now I dont care! Hold on--" he said as he put the phone down and took off his shirt to get ready for bed, "for the past month its seems all you've wanted to do is argue with me, maybe it's my fault, I dont know. But I'm tired of trying to work it out, I dont want to work it out for the millionth time." he sighed, "look, I'm going to let you go now and call you later before either of us say something we might regret." and with that, he hung up and climbed into bed.