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Chapter 11 uses "See you Soon" by Coldplay
Chapter 11: See you soon
"For the love of GOD, Harold, would you watch you step?" Andy said agitatedly.
"Well I'm SORRY but I'm trying to avoid slipping. We'll be no use to the kids if we get hurt,"
"Well, just . . . just walk in front of me or something then."
"What? So I trespass on private property FIRST? I don't think so." Harold said in response.
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They hadn't been sleeping long when dawn broke in the small cabin. The light crept through the warped boards that formed the walls and from the broken windows, but still the room was too dark to see much else. Ephram stirred, his left arm being completely numb from Amy laying on it. He smiled as he saw that she was still completely asleep. Deciding whether or not to go back to sleep was the only problem Ephram had just then. Just then at least. He tried to slide his arm out from underneath her so he could go to the bathroom and was successful, for a few minutes at least. She opened her eyes a few moments after he had left the room.
"Ephram? Where'd you go?" she asked groggily, rubbing her eyes.
"I'm in the bathroom. I'll be out in a second. How'd you sleep?" his voice loud so she could hear him,
"Pretty well for being on that hard floor," she said shouting back so he could hear her in the other room.
"Yeah, me too. This bathroom is really gross," he said making her laugh. He then walked out and sat down next to her again. "I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind snuggling a little more, even if it IS on the hard floor." He said pulling the blanket back over them.
"This has got to be the darkest building known to man," she said as she wrapped her arms around him. "I still can barely see you,"
"Yeah it's pretty amazing actually," he said kissing her softly.
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"So you lost your trust
And you never should have
And you never should have
But don't break your back
If you ever see this
But don't answer that
In a bullet proof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon
In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon"
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"I think that one must be it!" Andy Brown said as the two fathers approached the cabin.
"Well, should we knock?" Harold asked seriously causing Andy to break out into laughter. "We walked in all those other buildings looking for them and they weren't the right ones. . ."
"Yes, well we've run out of all the "wrong" cabins. Besides those people were pretty friendly . . ."
"Oh would you just open the door then?" Harold said pounding on the door to loosen all the ice and snow that was packed along the doorframe.
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Amy and Ephram's kiss was broken when they heard the very pounding on the door. Never in their wildest dreams could they have anticipated that it would be their two very angry, very cold, very crabby fathers . . . working together.
"What the hell was that noise?" Ephram said as he pulled away from Amy's lips.
"It sounded like it was coming from the door. You don't think people still live here, do you?" she said her voice shaking.
"I would hope not, that bathroom was god-awful!" he said seriously. Amy rolled her eyes.
"Well maybe it was just an animal or something. We'll just keep our ears open." She said kissing him again.
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"Well if they ARE in here I understand how they couldn't get out," Dr. Brown said still trying to loosen the packed snow and ice.
"Why would they even COME out here? Even if they DID think there was a party like that Wendell person said, they had to have really looked to find a place like this."
"Just keep hitting the door," Andy said determinedly.
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This time it was Amy that pulled away from the kiss. "Now it sounds like voices. God, light the candles or something at least. This is getting really creepy."
Ephram searched left and right for the lighter. His hands ran along the hard floor boards, but the only thing he picked up were slivers. "Damn it, I can't find it!"
"What do you mean? It was right by our feet!" she said trying to keep her voice down but the volume increased out of panic.
"I don't know! We must've kicked it in the middle of the night or something!" he said trying to do the same. "It's so dark in here. They won't even find us most likely."
"Unless they have flashlights!" she said seriously.
"Who would think to bring flashlights, Amy?" he said sarcastically.
"I don't need you making fun of me right now," she said in a baby voice, laughing lightly, and hitting him. He grabbed her hand and kissed it.
The door began to open, just a crack at first but then wider and wider. Ephram and Amy were too busy fake "fighting" to notice. Ephram had resorted to tickling her when he found the lighter next to them.
"Look! Here it is! Quick, hand me those candles!" He said. Amy wrapped her arms around his stomach as she stood behind him. The room became lighter as each candle was lit. Ephram threw the lighter at the door and they didn't hear it hit anything; not anything hard like the door at least. They were silenced when they saw the shadowed figures standing in the door frame. The lighter hadn't hit the door, it had hit a person.
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"So they came for you
They came snapping at your heels
They come snapping at your heels
But don't break your back
If you ever say this
But don't answer that"
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"AMY?!" Dr. Abbott shouted. Her spirits fell, but her arms, which were around didn't.
"Dad . . ." she said now dropping her arms and her smile. Ephram fixed his hair and let his eyes meet his father's. They were stone, they didn't let up, didn't let anything weaken them.
"What, may I ask, ARE you two doing in an old, falling-to-pieces cabin?" Andy asked now, his glare not leaving Ephram.
"We were going to a party that someone told us about," Amy said shyly, trying to alleviate the pain of their gazes a little.
"Well that's simply WONDERFUL, Amy. A PARTY!" Dr. Abbott said throwing his hands into the air. "Well my goodness, THAT sounds like something YOU should be going to!" he said sarcastically, his voice getting louder, tone getting sharper. She looked down and away from him.
"Even more so, Ephram, what are you doing here when I told you that you couldn't come?!" Andy said angrily.
"I wanted to see Amy," he said confidently. Amy cringed as she knew that was the worst thing he could've said to help either of their cases.
"Even BETTER!" Dr. Abbott continued in his loud tone, "You know, Amy, I didn't think that going on a school trip would give way to an opportunity to run off with a boy."
"Dad, we didn't KNOW that there wasn't a party!" she shouted defending herself.
"You know, you had everyone sick thinking about you two lost somewhere. Especially in a snowstorm like last night!" Andy said trying to lower the harshness in his voice but failing.
"We didn't mean to worry anyone. We tried to leave but the storm was so bad and the door was stuck." Ephram said in a flat, monotone voice.
"Well you can bet you're leaving now!" Andy said.
"And I don't even want to THINK about what happened with you two last night." Dr. Abbott said.
"Nothing happened!" Amy said.
"Well excuse me if I don't believe someone who runs off without telling anyone where she's going!" her father said. "Get whatever it is you brought. And say goodbye to Ephram. You two won't be riding home in the same car together. I'll be staying up here as a chaperone until tomorrow when the trip is over!" he said starting to walk out of the door. Amy was heartbroken. Andy said nothing, but followed Harold outside.
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"In a bullet proof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon"
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Amy began to cry. The steady streams trickled down her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around Ephram's neck. He held her as he whispered,
"Don't worry, everything's going to be okay. We didn't do anything wrong."
"It doesn't matter what we say, Ephram, they won't believe us!" she said trying to keep quiet so their fathers wouldn't hear.
"They can't condemn us for something we never did. You and I both know nothing happened with us last night. Kisses and sleeping, that's it. They can say whatever they want, but that doesn't make it true."
"Well it's enough for them to keep us from seeing each other," she said softly, still in his embrace.
"We have school, and don't worry, they can't keep us from each other, how can they monitor where we are every second?" he said trying to calm her.
"I don't regret coming here," she said kissing him on the cheek.
"Neither do I. Not one second. So they got us, so what? We found out we love each other and that's worth everything."
"So when will I see you again?" she asked quieting her tears.
"Soon." He responded, kissed her lightly and walked out the door, joining his dad.
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"In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon
I'll see you soon"
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The Brown men walked in silence through the frozen woods, neither feeling they had enough composure to talk to the other. Dr. Abbott and Amy followed silently a few minutes behind them. She could see Ephram's head in the distance.
"Amy, you CAN'T keep doing these things!" he said sounding concerned. "You're killing your mother and I, not to mention Bright. Now I got you the prescription you wanted, what ELSE can I get you? Tell me and I will, I promise. I just want you to get back to yourself." He said placing a hand on her shoulder as they walked carefully through the banks of snow. Amy stopped.
"I just want to be free to make my own decisions," she said sadly.
"Like you did last night? Amy, you're 16, I understand you may not have good judgment all the time, but what you two did wasn't right." He said stopping also.
"I don't know what you think we did, exactly but all it was, was sleeping and a few kisses; nothing for you to freak out about." She hadn't even wanted to tell her father she kissed him, it didn't seem like it was any of his business.
"I wish I could believe you," he said.
"Then why don't you start trying?" she said and the continued in silence the rest of the way back.
When Andy and Ephram Brown had reached the car they got in silently. It wasn't until half way home that Andy finally spoke,
"You know, Ephram I'm not angry at you for why you may think. Yes, I'm angry that you disobeyed me, yes I'm angry that you and Amy were off in some cabin, but that's not what bothers me most. What hurts me the most is that you made me worry. I haven't felt pain like that in a very long time, do you understand?"
"What? Since Linda said she didn't want to be in a relationship with you?" he asked smartly.
"No. Since your mother died." Ephram fell silent, feeling like he had been completely selfish.
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"And oh, you lost your trust
And oh, you lost your trust
No, don't lose your trust
And oh, you lost your trust"
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A/N: Well the drama had to start somewhere or the story would be ending, and we can't have that! Thanks for your reviews! You guys are the best.
Chapter 11 uses "See you Soon" by Coldplay
Chapter 11: See you soon
"For the love of GOD, Harold, would you watch you step?" Andy said agitatedly.
"Well I'm SORRY but I'm trying to avoid slipping. We'll be no use to the kids if we get hurt,"
"Well, just . . . just walk in front of me or something then."
"What? So I trespass on private property FIRST? I don't think so." Harold said in response.
~~~~~~~
They hadn't been sleeping long when dawn broke in the small cabin. The light crept through the warped boards that formed the walls and from the broken windows, but still the room was too dark to see much else. Ephram stirred, his left arm being completely numb from Amy laying on it. He smiled as he saw that she was still completely asleep. Deciding whether or not to go back to sleep was the only problem Ephram had just then. Just then at least. He tried to slide his arm out from underneath her so he could go to the bathroom and was successful, for a few minutes at least. She opened her eyes a few moments after he had left the room.
"Ephram? Where'd you go?" she asked groggily, rubbing her eyes.
"I'm in the bathroom. I'll be out in a second. How'd you sleep?" his voice loud so she could hear him,
"Pretty well for being on that hard floor," she said shouting back so he could hear her in the other room.
"Yeah, me too. This bathroom is really gross," he said making her laugh. He then walked out and sat down next to her again. "I don't know about you, but I wouldn't mind snuggling a little more, even if it IS on the hard floor." He said pulling the blanket back over them.
"This has got to be the darkest building known to man," she said as she wrapped her arms around him. "I still can barely see you,"
"Yeah it's pretty amazing actually," he said kissing her softly.
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"So you lost your trust
And you never should have
And you never should have
But don't break your back
If you ever see this
But don't answer that
In a bullet proof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon
In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon"
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"I think that one must be it!" Andy Brown said as the two fathers approached the cabin.
"Well, should we knock?" Harold asked seriously causing Andy to break out into laughter. "We walked in all those other buildings looking for them and they weren't the right ones. . ."
"Yes, well we've run out of all the "wrong" cabins. Besides those people were pretty friendly . . ."
"Oh would you just open the door then?" Harold said pounding on the door to loosen all the ice and snow that was packed along the doorframe.
~~~~~~
Amy and Ephram's kiss was broken when they heard the very pounding on the door. Never in their wildest dreams could they have anticipated that it would be their two very angry, very cold, very crabby fathers . . . working together.
"What the hell was that noise?" Ephram said as he pulled away from Amy's lips.
"It sounded like it was coming from the door. You don't think people still live here, do you?" she said her voice shaking.
"I would hope not, that bathroom was god-awful!" he said seriously. Amy rolled her eyes.
"Well maybe it was just an animal or something. We'll just keep our ears open." She said kissing him again.
~~~~~~
"Well if they ARE in here I understand how they couldn't get out," Dr. Brown said still trying to loosen the packed snow and ice.
"Why would they even COME out here? Even if they DID think there was a party like that Wendell person said, they had to have really looked to find a place like this."
"Just keep hitting the door," Andy said determinedly.
~~~~~~
This time it was Amy that pulled away from the kiss. "Now it sounds like voices. God, light the candles or something at least. This is getting really creepy."
Ephram searched left and right for the lighter. His hands ran along the hard floor boards, but the only thing he picked up were slivers. "Damn it, I can't find it!"
"What do you mean? It was right by our feet!" she said trying to keep her voice down but the volume increased out of panic.
"I don't know! We must've kicked it in the middle of the night or something!" he said trying to do the same. "It's so dark in here. They won't even find us most likely."
"Unless they have flashlights!" she said seriously.
"Who would think to bring flashlights, Amy?" he said sarcastically.
"I don't need you making fun of me right now," she said in a baby voice, laughing lightly, and hitting him. He grabbed her hand and kissed it.
The door began to open, just a crack at first but then wider and wider. Ephram and Amy were too busy fake "fighting" to notice. Ephram had resorted to tickling her when he found the lighter next to them.
"Look! Here it is! Quick, hand me those candles!" He said. Amy wrapped her arms around his stomach as she stood behind him. The room became lighter as each candle was lit. Ephram threw the lighter at the door and they didn't hear it hit anything; not anything hard like the door at least. They were silenced when they saw the shadowed figures standing in the door frame. The lighter hadn't hit the door, it had hit a person.
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"So they came for you
They came snapping at your heels
They come snapping at your heels
But don't break your back
If you ever say this
But don't answer that"
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"AMY?!" Dr. Abbott shouted. Her spirits fell, but her arms, which were around didn't.
"Dad . . ." she said now dropping her arms and her smile. Ephram fixed his hair and let his eyes meet his father's. They were stone, they didn't let up, didn't let anything weaken them.
"What, may I ask, ARE you two doing in an old, falling-to-pieces cabin?" Andy asked now, his glare not leaving Ephram.
"We were going to a party that someone told us about," Amy said shyly, trying to alleviate the pain of their gazes a little.
"Well that's simply WONDERFUL, Amy. A PARTY!" Dr. Abbott said throwing his hands into the air. "Well my goodness, THAT sounds like something YOU should be going to!" he said sarcastically, his voice getting louder, tone getting sharper. She looked down and away from him.
"Even more so, Ephram, what are you doing here when I told you that you couldn't come?!" Andy said angrily.
"I wanted to see Amy," he said confidently. Amy cringed as she knew that was the worst thing he could've said to help either of their cases.
"Even BETTER!" Dr. Abbott continued in his loud tone, "You know, Amy, I didn't think that going on a school trip would give way to an opportunity to run off with a boy."
"Dad, we didn't KNOW that there wasn't a party!" she shouted defending herself.
"You know, you had everyone sick thinking about you two lost somewhere. Especially in a snowstorm like last night!" Andy said trying to lower the harshness in his voice but failing.
"We didn't mean to worry anyone. We tried to leave but the storm was so bad and the door was stuck." Ephram said in a flat, monotone voice.
"Well you can bet you're leaving now!" Andy said.
"And I don't even want to THINK about what happened with you two last night." Dr. Abbott said.
"Nothing happened!" Amy said.
"Well excuse me if I don't believe someone who runs off without telling anyone where she's going!" her father said. "Get whatever it is you brought. And say goodbye to Ephram. You two won't be riding home in the same car together. I'll be staying up here as a chaperone until tomorrow when the trip is over!" he said starting to walk out of the door. Amy was heartbroken. Andy said nothing, but followed Harold outside.
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"In a bullet proof vest
With the windows all closed
I'll be doing my best
I'll see you soon"
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Amy began to cry. The steady streams trickled down her cheeks as she wrapped her arms around Ephram's neck. He held her as he whispered,
"Don't worry, everything's going to be okay. We didn't do anything wrong."
"It doesn't matter what we say, Ephram, they won't believe us!" she said trying to keep quiet so their fathers wouldn't hear.
"They can't condemn us for something we never did. You and I both know nothing happened with us last night. Kisses and sleeping, that's it. They can say whatever they want, but that doesn't make it true."
"Well it's enough for them to keep us from seeing each other," she said softly, still in his embrace.
"We have school, and don't worry, they can't keep us from each other, how can they monitor where we are every second?" he said trying to calm her.
"I don't regret coming here," she said kissing him on the cheek.
"Neither do I. Not one second. So they got us, so what? We found out we love each other and that's worth everything."
"So when will I see you again?" she asked quieting her tears.
"Soon." He responded, kissed her lightly and walked out the door, joining his dad.
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"In a telescope lens
And when all you want is friends
I'll see you soon
I'll see you soon"
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The Brown men walked in silence through the frozen woods, neither feeling they had enough composure to talk to the other. Dr. Abbott and Amy followed silently a few minutes behind them. She could see Ephram's head in the distance.
"Amy, you CAN'T keep doing these things!" he said sounding concerned. "You're killing your mother and I, not to mention Bright. Now I got you the prescription you wanted, what ELSE can I get you? Tell me and I will, I promise. I just want you to get back to yourself." He said placing a hand on her shoulder as they walked carefully through the banks of snow. Amy stopped.
"I just want to be free to make my own decisions," she said sadly.
"Like you did last night? Amy, you're 16, I understand you may not have good judgment all the time, but what you two did wasn't right." He said stopping also.
"I don't know what you think we did, exactly but all it was, was sleeping and a few kisses; nothing for you to freak out about." She hadn't even wanted to tell her father she kissed him, it didn't seem like it was any of his business.
"I wish I could believe you," he said.
"Then why don't you start trying?" she said and the continued in silence the rest of the way back.
When Andy and Ephram Brown had reached the car they got in silently. It wasn't until half way home that Andy finally spoke,
"You know, Ephram I'm not angry at you for why you may think. Yes, I'm angry that you disobeyed me, yes I'm angry that you and Amy were off in some cabin, but that's not what bothers me most. What hurts me the most is that you made me worry. I haven't felt pain like that in a very long time, do you understand?"
"What? Since Linda said she didn't want to be in a relationship with you?" he asked smartly.
"No. Since your mother died." Ephram fell silent, feeling like he had been completely selfish.
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"And oh, you lost your trust
And oh, you lost your trust
No, don't lose your trust
And oh, you lost your trust"
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A/N: Well the drama had to start somewhere or the story would be ending, and we can't have that! Thanks for your reviews! You guys are the best.