A/N: Thanks for reviewing! Ephramyfanforever: I know what you're saying,
but I wasn't trying to put more Ephram & Madison into the story just for
someone. See, when I wrote this, I intended to just do this and no sequel,
but when I wrote the ending ("episode 22") I realized that it was like a
huge cliffhanger and it would leave everyone with a lot of questions. So I
decided to write a sequel and as I began to write that, I put more Madison
into that, because it isn't like Ephram is just going to abandon his 1 of
his kids. But there will be a definate Ephram & Amy romance in this story.
[3.06] Breaking News
----August 6, 2004----
"Dad..I..I can explain." Amy said, quickly. "Bright and Eph..."
"We know about the fight. The store Clerk called your Mother and I. We've also talked to Bright. What we don't understand is, this talk about you being pregnant." Harold cut in.
"With Ephram's child." Rose added.
Andy stared at his son. He so wanted to yell at him for getting one girlfriend pregnant and possibly a second! 'How can he act so stupid?' He thought, bitterly. But he knew that if he yelled at him for what he wanted, he'd have to bring up Madison's pregnancy. He wouldn't do that. Not now, not ever! He couldn't believe that he gets Ephram out of taking care of a child and ruining his life and then he goes and messes it up again. 'If I had told him about Madison, he probably wouldn't have gone off and slept with Amy.' He thought. He shook his head and was glad that Madison no longer lived in Everwood, at least she wouldn't find out about Amy, if Amy was pregnant. "Ephram, Amy, what is going on?" He asked, sternly.
"And we want the truth, Amy." Rose said.
Amy and Ephram looked at each other and let out ragged breaths. Amy helped Ephram to the couch and sat down herself. Andy, Harold, and Rose joined the teenagers in the living room.
"Please, go on." Harold urged.
Ephram placed his hand in a comforting way on Amy's shoulder. "I'll take care of this." He whispered.
Amy shook her head, defiantly. "This isn't your problem, Ephram. It is our problem." She said, as she put emphasis on the word 'our'.
Ephram nodded. "Everything was fine and we spent six amazing days in New York. We decided to rent a movie and eat popcorn on the last night before Amy had to leave. But...."
Amy decided to cut in. "But, that's not that happened." She said, as her body trembled.
Ephram rubbed her shoulders. "It's okay." He whispered.
Andy, Harold, and Rose couldn't help but notice the way Ephram soothed Amy. It was touching, but this was still a serious matter that needed to be dealt with.
Amy swallowed. "I kissed him first, on impulse. It was the moment I guess."
Ephram jumped in. "And I kissed her back."
"And then we forgot the movie and it went too far from that point on." Amy finished.
"We got lost in the moment, we didn't mean to go farther than kissing. I..I don't know what happened." Ephram said.
Amy nodded in agreement. "We hug and kiss, but it has never once gone farther than that, before that one night. I don't know what came over us." She breathed in slowly, as she felt Ephram's hands continue to rub her shoulders.
Andy and Harold exchanged looks, as a conversation earlier that week filled both their minds.
----Flashback----
"Is something bothering you?" Andy suddenly asked.
Harold shut the filing cabinet and spun around. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you've been acting strangely for the past few months." Andy said, as he grabbed his coat from a nearby coat rack.
"No..Well, actually, it's Amy." Harold said, slowly.
"Amy? What could possibly be wrong with her?" Andy asked, curiously.
Harold shrugged. "I don't know. If I did, do you think I'd be having this conversation with you?"
"Well, did she suddenly fail in Summer School?" Andy asked.
"No, no! It's not that at all. She's just...been withdrawn. In her room a lot. Not depressed, like after Colin.." Harold's voice trailed off and an uneasy silence filled the room. He quickly turned away and began to shuffle through a folder that was on his desk, to avoid eye contact with his co- worker. "Anyway, she's been sort of, sick. Not very hungry, slightly anxious or nervous, and not feeling too well. She's been sleeping in later as well."
Andy seemed to nod, as he grabbed a plastic bag from his desk that contained his bills for the month. "Maybe she's worried about starting school again? Or it could be about her new relationship with my son, maybe she's having second thoughts?"
Harold seemed to consider the possibility. "Possibly. I..Hmm, I just don't know." He closed the folder then glanced at the clock.
----Flashback----
"Did you..." Rose began.
Amy was sure she knew what her Mother was about to ask. She jumped in. "Yes, I took a home pregnancy test....Three, actually."
The air in the room seem to thicken, as everyone except Ephram waited for Amy to continue.
"They were all po..positive." Amy stuttered.
Rose put her hand over her mouth.
"But you haven't seen a doctor?" Andy asked, without emotion.
Harold just stared at his daughter, wearing the same emotionless face as Andy.
"No." Amy and Ephram replied, in unsion.
"Then we need to take her to the clinic." Harold spoke.
"Harold!" Rose cried, as she grabbed his arm.
"Agreed." Andy replied. He looked at Ephram. "You should stay here, with Delia. She's in her room."
Anger flashed in Ephram's eyes. "No! I'm going too! Nina can watch Delia."
"Eph.."
"No! I'm coming and that's all there is to it!" Ephram snapped.
Amy gave a pleading look at Andy. "Please, Dr. Brown. I want..no, I need him there."
Andy sighed and gave a disappointed look to Ephram. "Fine. I'll go call Nina. I'll meet you at the car." He swiftly walked out of the room.
Amy squeezed Ephram's arm.
"Shh." Ephram soothed, then stroked Amy's hair.
Harold shot a cold glance at Ephram. "Come, Rose." He said, as he stood up.
Rose, still clinging to Harold's arm while she dabbed tears from her eyes, walked out of the room with Harold.
Ephram helped Amy to her feet and walked her out of the house.
----
"No. Please, Nina? I promise to explain later, when I have answers too." Andy begged, into the phone. Finally his face relaxed, ever so slightly. "Thanks, Nina. I owe you!" He quickly hung up and walked towards the door.
----
"Amy, get in the back." Harold said, as he got into the car.
"I want to ride with Ephram." Amy replied.
"It would be best to have you each go in separate cars. You'll be together when we get to the clinic." Andy said, as he walked up behind the teens.
"Da..." Ephram began.
"No. That's final! Amy, get into your Father's car. Ephram, get into mine. Or, you can stay here. But you won't be riding with her." Andy cut in.
Ephram pulled away from Amy and glared daggers at his Father, then got into the car.
Amy wiped her eyes and climbed into the backseat of her parents' car.
Harold drove off without another word.
Andy got into his car and drove off too.
----8:26 P.M.----
An uneasy silence filled the waiting room of the clinic. Rose sat on one side of the room, while Ephram and Amy sat together on the other side of the room. Andy and Harold had walked into the other room, just moments before, to get the tests; there had been 3.
Footsteps echoed through the office, as Andy and Harold walked back into the room, with grim looks on their faces.
"We have the results for all three tests." Andy said.
Ephram and Amy anxiously looked up at their Fathers.
Rose blotted more tears and some smeared mascara.
"They're all..." Harold couldn't finish.
"Positive." Andy said, just loud enough for everyone to hear.
[3.06] Breaking News
----August 6, 2004----
"Dad..I..I can explain." Amy said, quickly. "Bright and Eph..."
"We know about the fight. The store Clerk called your Mother and I. We've also talked to Bright. What we don't understand is, this talk about you being pregnant." Harold cut in.
"With Ephram's child." Rose added.
Andy stared at his son. He so wanted to yell at him for getting one girlfriend pregnant and possibly a second! 'How can he act so stupid?' He thought, bitterly. But he knew that if he yelled at him for what he wanted, he'd have to bring up Madison's pregnancy. He wouldn't do that. Not now, not ever! He couldn't believe that he gets Ephram out of taking care of a child and ruining his life and then he goes and messes it up again. 'If I had told him about Madison, he probably wouldn't have gone off and slept with Amy.' He thought. He shook his head and was glad that Madison no longer lived in Everwood, at least she wouldn't find out about Amy, if Amy was pregnant. "Ephram, Amy, what is going on?" He asked, sternly.
"And we want the truth, Amy." Rose said.
Amy and Ephram looked at each other and let out ragged breaths. Amy helped Ephram to the couch and sat down herself. Andy, Harold, and Rose joined the teenagers in the living room.
"Please, go on." Harold urged.
Ephram placed his hand in a comforting way on Amy's shoulder. "I'll take care of this." He whispered.
Amy shook her head, defiantly. "This isn't your problem, Ephram. It is our problem." She said, as she put emphasis on the word 'our'.
Ephram nodded. "Everything was fine and we spent six amazing days in New York. We decided to rent a movie and eat popcorn on the last night before Amy had to leave. But...."
Amy decided to cut in. "But, that's not that happened." She said, as her body trembled.
Ephram rubbed her shoulders. "It's okay." He whispered.
Andy, Harold, and Rose couldn't help but notice the way Ephram soothed Amy. It was touching, but this was still a serious matter that needed to be dealt with.
Amy swallowed. "I kissed him first, on impulse. It was the moment I guess."
Ephram jumped in. "And I kissed her back."
"And then we forgot the movie and it went too far from that point on." Amy finished.
"We got lost in the moment, we didn't mean to go farther than kissing. I..I don't know what happened." Ephram said.
Amy nodded in agreement. "We hug and kiss, but it has never once gone farther than that, before that one night. I don't know what came over us." She breathed in slowly, as she felt Ephram's hands continue to rub her shoulders.
Andy and Harold exchanged looks, as a conversation earlier that week filled both their minds.
----Flashback----
"Is something bothering you?" Andy suddenly asked.
Harold shut the filing cabinet and spun around. "Why do you ask?"
"Because you've been acting strangely for the past few months." Andy said, as he grabbed his coat from a nearby coat rack.
"No..Well, actually, it's Amy." Harold said, slowly.
"Amy? What could possibly be wrong with her?" Andy asked, curiously.
Harold shrugged. "I don't know. If I did, do you think I'd be having this conversation with you?"
"Well, did she suddenly fail in Summer School?" Andy asked.
"No, no! It's not that at all. She's just...been withdrawn. In her room a lot. Not depressed, like after Colin.." Harold's voice trailed off and an uneasy silence filled the room. He quickly turned away and began to shuffle through a folder that was on his desk, to avoid eye contact with his co- worker. "Anyway, she's been sort of, sick. Not very hungry, slightly anxious or nervous, and not feeling too well. She's been sleeping in later as well."
Andy seemed to nod, as he grabbed a plastic bag from his desk that contained his bills for the month. "Maybe she's worried about starting school again? Or it could be about her new relationship with my son, maybe she's having second thoughts?"
Harold seemed to consider the possibility. "Possibly. I..Hmm, I just don't know." He closed the folder then glanced at the clock.
----Flashback----
"Did you..." Rose began.
Amy was sure she knew what her Mother was about to ask. She jumped in. "Yes, I took a home pregnancy test....Three, actually."
The air in the room seem to thicken, as everyone except Ephram waited for Amy to continue.
"They were all po..positive." Amy stuttered.
Rose put her hand over her mouth.
"But you haven't seen a doctor?" Andy asked, without emotion.
Harold just stared at his daughter, wearing the same emotionless face as Andy.
"No." Amy and Ephram replied, in unsion.
"Then we need to take her to the clinic." Harold spoke.
"Harold!" Rose cried, as she grabbed his arm.
"Agreed." Andy replied. He looked at Ephram. "You should stay here, with Delia. She's in her room."
Anger flashed in Ephram's eyes. "No! I'm going too! Nina can watch Delia."
"Eph.."
"No! I'm coming and that's all there is to it!" Ephram snapped.
Amy gave a pleading look at Andy. "Please, Dr. Brown. I want..no, I need him there."
Andy sighed and gave a disappointed look to Ephram. "Fine. I'll go call Nina. I'll meet you at the car." He swiftly walked out of the room.
Amy squeezed Ephram's arm.
"Shh." Ephram soothed, then stroked Amy's hair.
Harold shot a cold glance at Ephram. "Come, Rose." He said, as he stood up.
Rose, still clinging to Harold's arm while she dabbed tears from her eyes, walked out of the room with Harold.
Ephram helped Amy to her feet and walked her out of the house.
----
"No. Please, Nina? I promise to explain later, when I have answers too." Andy begged, into the phone. Finally his face relaxed, ever so slightly. "Thanks, Nina. I owe you!" He quickly hung up and walked towards the door.
----
"Amy, get in the back." Harold said, as he got into the car.
"I want to ride with Ephram." Amy replied.
"It would be best to have you each go in separate cars. You'll be together when we get to the clinic." Andy said, as he walked up behind the teens.
"Da..." Ephram began.
"No. That's final! Amy, get into your Father's car. Ephram, get into mine. Or, you can stay here. But you won't be riding with her." Andy cut in.
Ephram pulled away from Amy and glared daggers at his Father, then got into the car.
Amy wiped her eyes and climbed into the backseat of her parents' car.
Harold drove off without another word.
Andy got into his car and drove off too.
----8:26 P.M.----
An uneasy silence filled the waiting room of the clinic. Rose sat on one side of the room, while Ephram and Amy sat together on the other side of the room. Andy and Harold had walked into the other room, just moments before, to get the tests; there had been 3.
Footsteps echoed through the office, as Andy and Harold walked back into the room, with grim looks on their faces.
"We have the results for all three tests." Andy said.
Ephram and Amy anxiously looked up at their Fathers.
Rose blotted more tears and some smeared mascara.
"They're all..." Harold couldn't finish.
"Positive." Andy said, just loud enough for everyone to hear.