Author's Note: Just wanted to apologize for my absence in updating. I'm having finals coming up and, well, you know how it is. Hope you enjoy and please review!!!

Amy was really exciting about spending the day with Ephram. She finally had some time to get to know him, and she wanted to know everything. But the absolute best part of the day ahead was the fact that her friends didn't know about it. Because if they did, they would all go crazy. Her friends saw Ephram as a freak with purple hair, and ofcourse Amy saw Ephram much further than that.

Ephram was anticipating the day to come. This was what he had been waiting for, a "date" with Amy. If this was what he wanted so badly, why was he nearly not as excitied as he thought he would be? Probably because Amy kept on calling it a "date-but only as friends" and Ephram of course had to agree with her because she had no idea what Ephram really thought and felt about her.

As noon approached, Ephram started to set up appropriate snacks. He put out a bowl of popcorn, chips and salsa, and some peanut butter M & M's, his favorite. He didn't want to seem like he was over doing everything. He was getting so antsy that he had to just sit down on the couch and wait for Amy to arrive. He sat and stared at his watch…11:53…11:56…11:58…11:59…12:00. He got up and moved things around, rearranging the pillows on the couch. He wanted everything to be perfect. 12:05…12:09…12:12, and no sign of Amy. He called her house and Dr. Abbott said she and Bright had left 20 minutes ago. He called her cell phone…no response.

"Hi Amy, it's Ephram. It's around 12:20 and obviously you're not at my house…so I just wanted to make sure everything was okay. Call me back as soon as you get this Amy, I'm serious…I'm really getting worried."

12:30…12:40…12:45…the doorbell finally rang. Ephram was sitting in silence, and he jumped when he heard the bell ring. But he was also releived, because he knew it was Amy. He opened the door and soon found Amy in his arms.

"Whoah, are you okay? Where were you?"

"I'm so sorry Ephram…we got a flat and Bright didn't have a spare. And when we got out of the car my hands were so cold that I dropped my phone and we couldn't call anyone. Oohhh, you are so warm. Please just hold me," Amy pleaded.

"How did you get here?"

"I walked"

"What!?" Ephram yelled as he let go of Amy, "Bright let you walk here by yourself? He's crazy! You're crazy! Why the hell would you walk here?!"

"I didn't want you to get worried and we had no other way to get here. Anyway, I didn't think it would be that bad"

"How can you say that? You walked 2 miles in like –10 degrees, plus it's snowing!"

"Ephram…"

"What?" he said loudly, obviously still mad.

"Please just hold me"

He opened up his arms to her again. She fit perfectly. Finally, after a few minutes, he let her go.

"Thanks" she said quietly.

"Let's get you warmed up," he said as he took her bag from her and led her inside. Amy's clothes were wet and she was freezing. Her nose and her ears were bright pink.

"Do you want some warm clothes?" Ephram asked.

"Could you?"

"Yea…sure. Follow me" Ephram said as he led her into his room. He pulled out a pair of sweats and a sweatshirt for her.

"The bathrooms right over there" he said pointing down the hall.

"Thanks Ephram" she said as she walked to the bathroom.

He sat down on the couch while waiting for Amy to come back. She came back in Ephram's clothes, hair wet, and as Ephram thought, looking as beautiful as ever. She walked over to Ephram and sat down next to him.

"Do you want something to eat?"

"Actually, can I have something to drink?"

"Sure, what can I get you?"

"Ummm…do you by any chance have some tea?"

"Good question, let me go check", he said as he walked into the kitchen and searched through the cabinets, "We've got Strawberry Kiwi and Apple Cinnamon, what'll it be?"

"Apple Cinnamon please" Amy yelled to the kitchen. She got up and started walking around the living room. She looked at all of the pictures of Ephram and his family. Ephram with a lot of people she had never seen before. Ephram quietly back into the living room, carefully placed the steaming tea on the table, and walked up behind Amy.

"That's my mom," he said quietly.

Amy suddenly turned around, "She's beautiful"

"Yea…I really miss her"

"I really miss Colin"

Ephram nodded, knowing exactly how she felt. At that point, the mood level in the room shot down.

"Thanks for everything" Amy said as she turned away from Ephram and walked back to the couch. She brought her legs up to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, bringing herself into a tight ball. Ephram immediately realized that something was wrong. He quickly found himself next to Amy.

"Hey", he said as he touched her knee, "What's wrong?"

"I miss him Ephram", she said quietly "Why Ephram?"

"Everything happens for a reason," he said sadly.

"How can you say that?" she asked as a tear trickled down her cheek, "You can honestly look me in the eye and tell me that you think you mother dying happened for a reason?"

"I wouldn't have met you"