Nonny said, "10%..."

Panicky, Ephram said angrily, "10 percent?! What's that mean, we failed? I told you your test was stupid! How the hell is a test accurate, it doesnt mean shit!"

"Ephram..." his grandmother said calmly, "let me finish..."
"Fine, whatever" said Ephram as he raised his arms and rolled his eyes.
"we were actually surprised in both of your answers. One scenario that sticks out that we gave both of you was; if Ephram had the chance to move to New York and play for Julliard, what would Madison's reaction be. Both of you pretty much said the same thing, since music is a part of both of your lives, then you wouldnt stand in the way of that and would encourage Ephram to go, even if it meant the two of you wouldnt see each other for a while." she looked around, "another answer that your grandfather and I got a kick out of was the scenario with Madison's ex boyfriend, Jay. If those two were friends and hung out a lot, how would Ephram take it. You both said that Ephram would be jealous and doesnt like Jay for the life of him. Anyway, for the list of things we had you two list, six of the seven answers were the same, which surprised me immensely." she sighed, "I may not agree with your relationship, but this test made me realize that its not my life, not my relationship, and I see how the two of you are happy...so with saying that, Ephram, you both passed and now I will respect your relationship."

Ephram's jaw dropped, he was surprised, all he could do was turn towards Madison and hug her, whispering in her ear, "I love you..."

"Oh, one more thing" he grandmother said as she leaned forward in her seat, "you two cant kiss or touch each other for a week..."
"What the hell are you...what are you talking about?!" Ephram said quickly

Madison hugged him from behind, "remember that paper you signed before we took the test? It pretty much said that, if we passed the test then we agree to not touch or kiss each other for a week."
"Are you insane?!" Ephram said quickly, "I've gone three years without touching or kissing Madison, and now you're saying I signed something saying that I would voluntarily NOT touch her?!" He stood up, "Have I mentioned I dont like either of you" he glared at his grandparents before he made his way to the guestroom while his grandparents chatted with Madison.

A few minutes later, Madison made her way to the guestroom, "hey you" she said to Ephram who was laying on the bed.

"Get away from me" he said in a sort of joking manner, "why would they do that? My grandparents have it out for me, and it shows with this stupid ongoing test....one you knew about, and you're fine with!" he scowled

Madison lay on the bed next to him, "I'm not fine with it, though, Ephram..." she sat up and looked at him, "but I want your grandparents approval and that is why I agreed to it."

Ephram frowned, "since when did we start caring about people's approval?"
"Since your grandmother used to think that I was just the cradle robbing babysitter. I want her approval so she doesnt see me that way. I want her to see me as Madison, the girl in love with her grandson.

Ephram sighed, "I guess you're right...however," he nodded his head, "I dont think I'm going to pass this test because just being in your presence tempts me to hug and touch and kiss you..."

Madison looked around, then picked up a large blanket as a sly grin crept across her face, "sit up..." and he did so, and she proceeded to wrap him in the large blanket and when she couldnt see anything but his head, she bearhugged him and the two rolled off the bed, making a crashing sound, laughing loudly. To their surprise, nobody came in to see what the noise was, and Madison proceeded to hug Ephram tightly, chuckling, "now...I havent figured out a way to kiss yet....but..." she bit her lip as she tried not to laugh, "I think it will come to me"

"Doubt it..." laughed Ephram as he looked at Madison lovingly.

"Stop looking at me like that!"

Just then there was a knock on the door, which panicked the two on the floor. Madison stood up quickly and pulled the blanket, rolling Ephram across the floor as the door opened. It was Delia and the two sighed with relief.

"Difficulties?" asked Delia she she looked at Madison with the blanket in her hands and Ephram sitting on the floo on the other side of the room, "you'll get through it..." she looked at the two of them, "I just want to say...I love you guys..."

"Ohh, that is so sweet, Delia, I love you too" Madison said as she hugged Delia.

Later that night, Madison and Ephram decided to head back home 40 minutes away. He decided not to hug his grandparents, he was still sort of upset with them, Nonny couldnt help but laugh. She finally warmed up to Madison, and Andy no longer seemed to resent her. Everything was sort of back to normal, which Ephram liked.

When they arrived at Ephram's place, it was around 10:30pm and Madison had to work in the morning so she figured she would say goodnight now.

"This is so stupid..." replied Ephram, "even though we're together, my heart is breaking because I cant touch you! We're back at square one..."

Madison slightly smiled and whispered something in Ephram's ear, and he pulled away, "and you're not helping the matters!"
"We'll get through this...Call me tomorrow...I love you..."

Ephram closed his eyes and blew her a kiss, mouthing, "I love you too"

A few days later, Ephram decided to make it hard for Madison to do this test since he was having a very difficult time as well, so he planned a very romantic night for the two of them at his apartment since his roommates were away. He didnt tell Madison his plan because he wanted to surprise her. She arrived at his place around 8:30pm and when she arrived, she was definitely surprised, there was a note on the front door with a key attached to a string around the doorknob and in the note said, you will always have the key to my heart, but take the key attached to the string and open the door where you will find second note on the desk near the door, she did just that, and when she opened the door to the apartment, it was dark with the exception of a few candles scattered around. She found the the desk near the door, and on it, beside the note and a candle, was a single pink rose. In the note, it said, I still think this is a stupid test, but I would do anything for you, go to the next candle where you will find another note. By this time, Madison couldnt help but 'aww' and 'ooh' and have a stupid grin on her face just thinking of Ephram. She went to the next candle, which was surrounded by pink rose petals and another note, which said, why are you still in the dark, turn on the light, ya goof. And when she turned on the light, it was dim and soft romantic music began to play. She noticed a trail of pink rose petals going into the other room and she decided to follow them. Thinking she'd find Ephram in the other room, there was a note instead, which read, you are the love of my life...turn around, which sort of confused her because she didnt think she'd see anything behind her. Ephram was standing in the shadows holding a big plush stuffed animal and he held it out to her as she turned around. "What are you trying to do?" she asked smiling, "are you trying to get us to fail?"

"Actually, I'm trying to make this test difficult for you since its quite difficult for me. Two more days, I dont think I can tough it out..."
By this time they were less than two feet away now, and all Ephram wanted to do was grab her and hold her and tell her that he loved her. "I'd ask you to dance, but..."
"I know..." replied Madison softly

The tension between them was increasing, it wasnt a bad tension, but not a sexual tension either, just a sort of tension neither could describe. "In two days, Ephram" Madison said as they lay on the floor next to each other with a pillow in between them, talking, "I want you to kiss me like you've never done before, kiss me like you did that day when you passed your driving test"

Ephram laughed, "my pleasure!" then he propped himself up on an elbow to get a better look at her in the dim light, "I love you, Madison, more than anything in this world." and he looked at her lovingly, which made her turn away, "dont look at me like that!" and she smacked him with another pillow, "you know what that look does to me!"

"you deserve it!" he yelled as he smacked her with a pillow, "you're the one who got us into this mess by signing that stupid thing."
"dont even start!" she laughed, "you are the one who had to go home for the weekend!"

Not too long afterwards, Madison figured she should go home herself since, if she stayed any longer then she'd probably end up taking a cold shower. "Here's an idea...We dont see or talk to each other for the next two days, then after the two days we'll meet up..." replied Madison softly.

"Maybe you're right..." Ephram said as he tilted his head, "this is torture, so, maybe if we dont see each other then we will be protecting ourselves from wanting to fail that stupid test..." he sighed, "Madison...I love you..."
She was about to touch his face but stopped herself, they blew each other kisses before she left. They figured, 'out of sight, out of mind' even though they knew it wouldnt work. During those two days, Ephram couldnt get any work done, his mind was on Madison, this was exactly how it was when they first broke up, except this time they are together, just under different circumstances. The next two days, he thought, could not go fast enough. He decided to sleep for as long as he could, maybe the time would pass quicker.
The two days finally passed and around 1am, Madison showed up at Ephram's apartment. Kyle answered the door since he was always awake at this time and told her that Ephram was probably still sleeping. She crept into his room and stood in the doorway, thinking of how to wake him up. She had butterflies in her stomach as she watched over him even though there was no need to feel that way. She felt like a little school girl all over again breaking some kind of rule. She walked over to him and sat on the bed, turning on the lamp's light, watching him sleep. She figured the best way to wake him was by a sweet gentle kiss, and with that, slowly leaned over.