Wow I wrote this chapter a lot faster than I thought I would. I think my writer's block is going away! OK well here's the update, hope you all like. Please REVIEW. Feedback = Updates!
Madison stood up, "So did you want me to make you something?"
Ephram looked up at her, "Uh...no that's ok, I got something at the place on the corner..."
"Oh...ok, well...I'm gonna hop in the shower...make myself a little more pleasant to be around...I'll be out in 10" Madison walked down the hallway and into the bathroom.
Ephram walked over to the couch and picked up his phone, he noticed that he had a voicemail. He called it.
"Uh...Ephram, Hi...it's dad-but you probably already knew that...I know you probably don't want to have anything to do with me right now...but I really need to talk to you about something...if you could just call me...I'll be home all day, so...um, please...just call-It's important...thanks."
What could be wrong? It didn't sound like anything was wrong. Just something important. What could be so important? He decided to call.
The phone rang a couple times before Andy picked it up, "Hello?"
Ephram cleared his throat, "Yeah...it's me...what did you need to talk about?"
Andy sighed, "Oh, Ephram hi...how are things?"
"I just called to see what was so important...not to catch up"
"Oh-right...ok, well...your grandparents called me this morning...uh, they said they're coming in for your graduation..."
Ephram was shocked, this was not good, "What?!...well what did you tell them?"
"Well...I tried to stop them...but apparently they've already bought the tickets...they'll be here in a couple weeks..." Andy knew that this was going to be some sort of disaster.
"A couple weeks?! No-no way! Did you tell them I wasn't gonna be there?!" Ephram went outside so he could yell without waking Julia.
"How the hell would I be able to explain that Ephram?! They don't know about your whole situation...they don't even know about Madison and your relationship! I couldn't just drop this huge bomb on them...they'd have heart-attacks!"
Ephram sighed, "Well...I guess I'll just call them and tell them not to come"
Andy, "You can't do that...I already tried, they insisted on being there...now I think that you should just come back to Everwood for the week...do the whole graduation thing...then when they leave...you can go back..."
"Are you crazy?! Did you actually think I would agree to that?! You want me to hide this from them? What are you embarrassed or something?!?" Ephram couldn't hold in his anger anymore.
"No Ephram-that's not it at all and you know it! I just think it would make everything a lot easier for now if they didn't know! You know how they can get!"
"No! You're just trying to save your own ass! Cause you know they'll blame you for this...well sorry dad, you're gonna have to find another way! I'm not going!" Ephram slammed his phone shut and took a couple deep breaths before walking back inside. He sat on the couch and buried his face in his hands.
"This can't be happening!" He said to himself.
Madison came out a little while later, her hair up in a towel.
"You ok?" She asked as she sat on the couch next to Ephram.
Ephram looked up, "Uh...yeah, just something with my dad..."
Madison looked concerned, "wanna talk about it?"
Ephram shook his head, "No...no not really"
Madison nodded, "Ok...well we probably have another hour of freedom...any ideas?"
"Yeah...if you have a spare gun...and enough gas to get to Everwood and back"
Madison laughed, "Oh...I have the perfect thing!"
She got up and went over to some boxes in the opposite corner of the room. She dug through it a little and then pulled out Monopoly.
She held it up and smiled.
Ephram shook his head, "You've gotta be kidding me"
The two played Monopoly until Julia woke up.
The next couple days went by pretty fast. Ephram and Madison started getting into a routine. They switched off, Ephram taking one night and Madison taking the next. Not that it really mattered because the crying woke both of them up. They each gave each other an hour break during the day.
One day, during Madison's break, Ephram was taking Julia on a walk. Madison was sitting at the table reading a book when Ephram's phone rang. Madison went and picked it up, thinking it was Delia.
"Hello?" She said.
"Madison? Uh hi...this is Andy..." Andy was pretty surprised to hear Madison's voice...he hadn't really talked to her in a while.
Madison immediately regretted picking up the phone, "Oh...Dr. Brown...hey"
"Is uh...is Ephram there?" Andy asked...sensing the tension between them.
"No actually...he took Julia on a walk...can I take a message?"
"Oh..." sounding clearly disappointed, "Well...maybe you can help me then...uh, I talked to Ephram a couple days ago about his grandparents coming in for his graduation...I don't know if he told you, but I asked him if he would come back to Everwood for a week or so...you know, so his grandparents wouldn't freak out...they don't really know about-uh...this whole thing...so..."
Madison was shocked...Why hadn't Ephram told her this? Why would Dr. Brown even ask this? Was he crazy? "Uh...Dr. Brown...do you really think that's a good idea...I mean, why not just tell them?"
Andy sighed, "Listen Madison, I know that this whole thing might make me sound selfish...and make me an even bigger asshole in your mind, but I'm not just doing this for me...Ephram's grandparents...well...they have a lot of power over him...I mean, they might make him move back to Everwood...or even back to New York with them...I just don't know how they would react to this whole thing..."
"Well they're gonna find out eventually...and they can't make Ephram do anything..." Madison still couldn't believe it.
"Ok...well I really need to talk to Ephram about it...so if you could just tell him to call me...thanks" And with that, Andy hung up.
Madison closed the phone and set it back down.
Ephram came back about a half hour later. Madison was waiting for him
"When were you gonna tell me about your grandparents?" She asked coldly