Sorry it took so long, I'm still trying to get over my writer's block. Hope you like it...I tried....
Madison had just put Julia down for a nap when Ephram walked in.
She looked up at him, "Hey...how was your-" she noticed his cut lip and a little tear in his shirt, "What happened?!" she said, trying not to be loud.
"Nothing" he responded in monotone. He tried to pass her and head to the bathroom but she stopped him and studied his wounds.
"Are you gonna tell me what happened or am I gonna have to beat it out of you?"
"I've already been beaten enough today thank you"
Madison looked over at Julia and then motioned towards the door.
Ephram looked at her confused, "What...are you kicking me out?"
Madison shook her head, "No...I don't want to wake her...so we're going outside"
"Madison it's no big deal...seriously...I'm fine"
"If it was no big deal then you'd wanna talk about it...so it's obviously a big deal"
She grabbed the baby monitor and followed Ephram out the door.
"It was just a-a-a little misunderstanding..."
Madison just stood there, waiting for the real story.
"Madison...please, I've had a long day...I just wanna go and relax...I already got enough of this from my dad"
"Your dad?"
"Yeah...you know, my father...mi padre, my legal guardian...the school usually calls them when their kids get into trouble..."
Madison shook her head, he was beginning to annoy her, "Ephram...I'm not trying to grill you...I just want to know why you came home with a cut on your lip"
Ephram looked down at his feet, "I don't...I can't-I don't know ok?!"
Madison bit her lip, "Why can't you just tell me? Is it really that big of a deal?! It's not like I'm gonna ground you or take away your desert!"
"I couldn't just let him talk about you that way ok!? You happy now?!"
Madison didn't know what to say, "W-wait a minute...you started a fight because someone was saying something about me?"
Ephram looked down, "Yeah"
"Ephram...what the hell were you thinking?! You could have been suspended! You could have lost your chance to graduate!"
"Well excuse me for trying to protect you..." He responded, shocked at her reaction.
"Protect me?! Ephram, I wasn't even there! What the hell do I care if some guy says shit about me?!" Madison was amazed that Ephram could be so stupid.
"Well I care!" he responded before thinking.
"Why?! Why do you care?! Didn't you expect it? I mean c'mon Ephram, this is Everwood! People talk, that's like the only extra curricular activity..."
"They don't even know you! They don't even know what we've been through!" he tried to argue.
"Exactly! So what does it matter!?!"
"I just...I-I don't want to talk about this right now..."
He started to walk away, "Ephram wait! Where are you going?"
"Just...around...I'll be back later"
Madison sighed to herself, "That went well..." she turned around and went back into the room.