Chapter 7
"Thanks for doing that" Ephram said, still shocked.
"Oh that…no sweat" Amy said giggling, "They deserved it"
"You know, you didn't have to"
"I know, but I wanted to" Amy said as she leaned in and kissed Ephram on the cheek. He didn't know what to say, so he just stayed quiet as they walked into the parking lot in silence.
"I have to go Ephram, but I promise I'll call you later" she said as she ran off and was quickly ushered into Bright's car. Ephram walked to the bike rack, where he found Wendell trying to undo his lock.
"Dude, do you remember what my combo is?" Wendell asked.
"Why…how could I know your combo if you never even told me?"
"I thought maybe there was some ESP thing going on, you know?" Wendell said as he was still tugging at his lock, wishing for it to magically open.
"If there was some ESP thing going on, which there isn't, it would not be between you and me"
"Would it be between you and Amy?"
"Don't even go there man" Ephram said.
"What, you and little miss perfect not going too perfectly?"
"We're not going anywhere, that's the problem. She thinks we're meant to be friends or something like that"
"Ahhhhh, I see. Classic line, I think we should be friends, here it all the time" Wendell said sarcastically.
"Right" Ephram said as he rolled his eyes and walked away.
***
Amy and Ephram spoke on the phone that night. They considered staying in…renting a movie, eating popcorn, and warm blankets. But then they realized that they could do that any night, but going out to the movies…that was a little different. At least it was in Ephram's eyes; to him it could be classified more as a "date" then staying home and watching movies with a friend. And it just so happens that Andy was free on Saturday night and could drive them to the movies. The problem was, what movie would they see?
"So, what do you want to see?" Amy asked.
"I don't know, what movie do you want to see?" Ephram asked back.
"Don't do this Ephram! It'll go on forever; I swear,"she said laughing, "Be strong Ephram, make a decision. Your choice"
"Ummm…okay. How 'bout Lord of the Rings? They said it was supposed to be good"
"Oh, it was great!"
"You saw it?" he asked, sounding a little dissapointed.
"With Kayla and the crew"
"Oh, well that's okay. We can go see something else"
"Really Ephram, I don't mind---"
"---How 'bout Gangs of New York?"
"Oh…ok" Amy said quietly.
"What, you don't want to see it?"
"No, it's not that. I'm just not into those historical movies, you know?"
"Well…why don't you just pick the movie Amy. I guess I'm not too good at this"
"Are you sure Ephram?"
"Yeah…go ahead"
"Ok…let me go get the paper and see what's playing. I'll be right back"
A few minutes later, Amy came back with the paper. Ephram could here the crumbling of the newspaper from her end of the phone.
"What about Chicago? Not to chick-flicky, right?"
"Sure, what the heck? Hopefully I'll survive"
"Thanks Ephram. It's playing at 6:45, is that good for you?"
"It's fine. I'll come get you at 6:00"
"Thanks Ephram. I'll see you tommorrow"
***
Grover704 [8:15 PM]: Hey!!!
IamaMADman428 [8:15 PM]: Hi Amy
Grover704 [8:16 PM]: Whatcha doin' Ephram?
IamaMADman428 [8:16 PM]: Staring at my screen, what about you?
Grover704 [8:17 PM]: lol…the same. Pathetic, right?
IamaMADman428 [8:17 PM]: I would say so. So, you excited about tomorrow?
Grover704 [8:17 PM]: Yeah, it should be great.
IamaMADman428 [8:18 PM]: I still can't believe you're dragging me to see it!
Grover704 [8:18 PM]: Oh please…you know you'll like it! How can you not?
IamaMADman428 [8:19 PM]: It's not a chick-flick, but it is girly. It's dramatic and…
Grover704 [8:19 PM]: Sexy!
IamaMADman428 [8:19 PM]: Yeah…that could possibly be the word I was looking for.
Grover704 [8:20 PM]: lol, I gotta go. Bright's whining about something stupid…I have to go shove a sock in his mouth.
IamaMADman428 [8:20 PM]: Have fun!
Grover704 [8:20 PM]: Oh…don't worry, I will! Bye Ephram!
IamaMADman428 [8:20 PM]: Bye!
Ephram signed off from AOL, and shut off his computer. He opened up his desk drawer. Inside was a framed picture of Amy. Andy had bought him a nice camera that he decided to take to school. He had taken some candid photos of Amy. He gave a plain frame to Delia and when it was returned to him, it was decorated with color, sequins, and beads. Inside the frame was a beautiful picture of Amy. Everything was perfect. She had been laughing with her friends and was exactly facing the camera with a huge smile spread across her face. It was perfect.