Disclaimer: I don't own Everwood, the town, or it's characters, I'm just a
college student.
Chapter 18 uses "Mine all Mine," by SheDaisy. Typically I don't like country. Typically I don't use country songs.but for everyone here that is or isn't a country fan, I hope you like this chapter :)
Chapter 18: Mine all Mine
"KAYLA!" a voice screamed, "Kayla, open the door!"
Inside, a very underdressed, make-up free Kayla scurried down the stairs. Her hair in a messy bun and toothbrush in her mouth, she mumbled something indecipherable at the person pounding on her front door. When she saw who it was her mouth opened in shock, releasing the foam covered tooth brush and letting fall to the ground.
"Ephram . . . what the hell are you doing here?" she managed to say with a mouth full of toothpaste. He lost all train of thought when he saw her so plain. It was more from shock than disgust. Usually she was so decked out. *not today,* he guessed.
"What time is it?" he asked out of breath from running.
"Well, it's like 11 pm, and again, what the hell are you doing here?" she asked as he bent over from a stomach cramp. He slowly brought his cringed face up to look at her.
"Sorry, I didn't realize it was so late,"
"How did you find my house?" she asked trying to wipe the toothpaste from her mouth.
"I ran until I smelled money?" He said in a half questioning, half mocking tone.
"Nice," she said beginning to close the door in his face. He put his hand in the way and not surprisingly she shut it anyway, squeezing his hand.
"Ow, Kayla, God. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay? But seriously, we have to talk, just open the door before I explode out here." He said in a wounded voice. She slowly opened the door to see Ephram waving his hand around in pain. She had a look of satisfaction on her face. "god, you're evil," he mumbled.
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"The sun kisses the windowsill and I am still
On my second cup of pity me
It's been a long night chasing ghosts but at the most
It's been a rude awakening
That all too late I finally see"
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"Well, the damage has been done, you've seen me in my frumpy mode, so you might as well come in," she said in an exasperated tone.
"Sorry to inconvenience you," he said sarcastically. He walked in and sat on the couch. To his surprise the house wasn't fancy at all. It looked plain and simple, with pictures of her family positioned pleasantly on the walls. "Aww, look, you didn't start looking like a bitch until high school," he said pointing to all her portraits from when she was younger.
"Funny. You want to make fun of anything else while you're here?" she said seriously. He noticed this and backed down.
"Sorry, I'll stop," he said straight faced and sat back down.
"Now what is so urgent you came here this late? You and I aren't even friends," she said trying to fix her hair.
"It's Amy," he said looking down.
"Oh GOD. Here we go." She said sighing.
"What?" he asked honestly confused.
"When is it NOT Amy, seriously?" she said blowing hair out of her eyes.
"Pretty much never," he said looking away as if in thought, then turning back to her, "But this time it's serious," he looked pitiful, so she bit.
"Okay, what is it?" she actually looked sincere, not even believing she was doing this.
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"That it's
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all mine
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should haves left unspoken
Mine all, mine all mine"
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"We're in love, it's wonderful, but . . . I'm not her best friend anymore." He closed his eyes and then rubbed them with the palm of his hand. "She used to come to me about everything, anything. She knew was I was there when she needed to cry or laugh or smile."
"Amy goes through best friends like she does hairstyles these days (A/N: the bangs, no bangs, etc.)," Kayla said seriously.
"How is that supposed to make me feel better, Kayla?" he said looking up at her almost laughing.
"What? Sorry, I'm not used to being compassionate to you . . ."
"Obviously," he said then stopped.
"I've seen what you've done for her," she said surprisingly sweetly. He smiled.
"That doesn't matter. . . its never enough," he said standing up and pacing.
"It should be," she responded.
"I'm going out of my mind, Kayla! I can't even stand it," he said sighing.
"I still don't understand why you came here," she said not snottily, but sincerely.
"I figured you knew how it felt," he started, but was interrupted.
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"I drove you to the edge of the map and after that
I pushed you off just to watch you fall
You never were the bounce back kind
But boy this time you've proven me wrong after all
Now I'm the one who's gonna crawl"
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"Kayla! Are you coming?" a little girl said, Ephram assumed it was her sister.
"I'll be there very soon," she said very gently. It took Ephram by surprise. He hadn't ever heard her be so kind. She looked back at him, "Sorry, that's my little sister, I promised her a slumber party tonight," He smiled, again surprised.
"So you DO have a soul," he said jokingly. She smiled.
"I know you love Amy. I see the way you are around her. I envy her, she's so lucky to have someone who cares for her the way you do," Every word out of her mouth became more and more normal and kind.
"Kayla . . . why don't you ever act like this at school?" he asked quietly.
"Like what?" she asked honestly.
"Like you are right now; kind, caring,"
"I've been hurt too many times, Ephram," she explained. "It's much easier to have people hate you and say things in front of you than pretend to like you and say things behind your back," Ephram gulped. He had said things behind her back many times.
"I'm sorry," he spoke gently; she fixed her hair yet again. "You can stop doing that, you know," he said laughing, bringing her hand down from her head. She looked at him in awe. "You know, it doesn't matter what you look like."
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"'Cause it's
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all mine
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should haves left unspoken
Mine all, mine all mine"
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"No?" she said innocently.
"Kayla . . . hasn't anyone ever told you that before?" he asked kindly.
"No one other than my family," she closed her eyes. "Thank you," she smiled. She gave him a friendly hug. "Don't give up on Amy, okay? She needs you,"
"I didn't know you still cared about her feelings," he said pulling away from her.
"I care about everyone's feelings," she said barely above a whisper. "Even yours," she said smiling. "Just because she has a new friend doesn't mean you're out of her life, but if you keep acting jealous and irrational, there's a chance you will be, and for good this time," she looked at him then turned away shyly. "What if you and I became good friends? Would Amy have a reason to be jealous?" she prompted him with sincerity.
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"Always thought I'd get to sorry
But the chance has come and gone
So if it finds it's way back in
I'll hold on hold on hold on"
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"Not at all," he said nodding, finally understanding.
"Well then you should reevaluate Tommy Callahan. Although he's had some trouble in the past, Amy needs him as a friend, please try to understand that. I've seen them too, you know,"
"And?" he asked hopefully.
"And there's nothing above friendship. Not even the slightest spark," she said, "like you and I,"
"So you're saying you'd like for you and I to be friends?" he asked confused.
"That's what I'm saying," she said nodding.
"And come Monday, when school starts, we'll still be friends? You won't trash talk me or laugh at me, call me dark man?"
"I won't do any of those things if you do one thing for me. Well, it's kind of more for you, well, and Amy, but," she spoke quickly but he interrupted her.
"Kayla," he shook his hands trying to focus on her main point, "spit it out, what is it you're trying to say?"
"Give Amy another chance. Forgive her. Forgive Tommy. Get over whatever your problem is and open your damn eyes.," she paused. She loves you. What more do you want?"
He grinned. "Thank you," he said squeezing her hand, she handed him the phone.
"Call her," she smiled,
"I will, go to your slumber party," he said smiling.
"See you at school?" she said sweetly.
"See you at school," he responded with a nod and a grin, as she walked up the stairs
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"My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all, mine all mine"
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A/N: Kayla and Ephram as friends, wouldn't that be something! Thank you all SO much for your reviews, they've been flying in like never before and I've never been more thankful. You guys keep me going. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving, I know I did.
Chapter 18 uses "Mine all Mine," by SheDaisy. Typically I don't like country. Typically I don't use country songs.but for everyone here that is or isn't a country fan, I hope you like this chapter :)
Chapter 18: Mine all Mine
"KAYLA!" a voice screamed, "Kayla, open the door!"
Inside, a very underdressed, make-up free Kayla scurried down the stairs. Her hair in a messy bun and toothbrush in her mouth, she mumbled something indecipherable at the person pounding on her front door. When she saw who it was her mouth opened in shock, releasing the foam covered tooth brush and letting fall to the ground.
"Ephram . . . what the hell are you doing here?" she managed to say with a mouth full of toothpaste. He lost all train of thought when he saw her so plain. It was more from shock than disgust. Usually she was so decked out. *not today,* he guessed.
"What time is it?" he asked out of breath from running.
"Well, it's like 11 pm, and again, what the hell are you doing here?" she asked as he bent over from a stomach cramp. He slowly brought his cringed face up to look at her.
"Sorry, I didn't realize it was so late,"
"How did you find my house?" she asked trying to wipe the toothpaste from her mouth.
"I ran until I smelled money?" He said in a half questioning, half mocking tone.
"Nice," she said beginning to close the door in his face. He put his hand in the way and not surprisingly she shut it anyway, squeezing his hand.
"Ow, Kayla, God. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, okay? But seriously, we have to talk, just open the door before I explode out here." He said in a wounded voice. She slowly opened the door to see Ephram waving his hand around in pain. She had a look of satisfaction on her face. "god, you're evil," he mumbled.
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"The sun kisses the windowsill and I am still
On my second cup of pity me
It's been a long night chasing ghosts but at the most
It's been a rude awakening
That all too late I finally see"
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"Well, the damage has been done, you've seen me in my frumpy mode, so you might as well come in," she said in an exasperated tone.
"Sorry to inconvenience you," he said sarcastically. He walked in and sat on the couch. To his surprise the house wasn't fancy at all. It looked plain and simple, with pictures of her family positioned pleasantly on the walls. "Aww, look, you didn't start looking like a bitch until high school," he said pointing to all her portraits from when she was younger.
"Funny. You want to make fun of anything else while you're here?" she said seriously. He noticed this and backed down.
"Sorry, I'll stop," he said straight faced and sat back down.
"Now what is so urgent you came here this late? You and I aren't even friends," she said trying to fix her hair.
"It's Amy," he said looking down.
"Oh GOD. Here we go." She said sighing.
"What?" he asked honestly confused.
"When is it NOT Amy, seriously?" she said blowing hair out of her eyes.
"Pretty much never," he said looking away as if in thought, then turning back to her, "But this time it's serious," he looked pitiful, so she bit.
"Okay, what is it?" she actually looked sincere, not even believing she was doing this.
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"That it's
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all mine
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should haves left unspoken
Mine all, mine all mine"
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"We're in love, it's wonderful, but . . . I'm not her best friend anymore." He closed his eyes and then rubbed them with the palm of his hand. "She used to come to me about everything, anything. She knew was I was there when she needed to cry or laugh or smile."
"Amy goes through best friends like she does hairstyles these days (A/N: the bangs, no bangs, etc.)," Kayla said seriously.
"How is that supposed to make me feel better, Kayla?" he said looking up at her almost laughing.
"What? Sorry, I'm not used to being compassionate to you . . ."
"Obviously," he said then stopped.
"I've seen what you've done for her," she said surprisingly sweetly. He smiled.
"That doesn't matter. . . its never enough," he said standing up and pacing.
"It should be," she responded.
"I'm going out of my mind, Kayla! I can't even stand it," he said sighing.
"I still don't understand why you came here," she said not snottily, but sincerely.
"I figured you knew how it felt," he started, but was interrupted.
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"I drove you to the edge of the map and after that
I pushed you off just to watch you fall
You never were the bounce back kind
But boy this time you've proven me wrong after all
Now I'm the one who's gonna crawl"
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"Kayla! Are you coming?" a little girl said, Ephram assumed it was her sister.
"I'll be there very soon," she said very gently. It took Ephram by surprise. He hadn't ever heard her be so kind. She looked back at him, "Sorry, that's my little sister, I promised her a slumber party tonight," He smiled, again surprised.
"So you DO have a soul," he said jokingly. She smiled.
"I know you love Amy. I see the way you are around her. I envy her, she's so lucky to have someone who cares for her the way you do," Every word out of her mouth became more and more normal and kind.
"Kayla . . . why don't you ever act like this at school?" he asked quietly.
"Like what?" she asked honestly.
"Like you are right now; kind, caring,"
"I've been hurt too many times, Ephram," she explained. "It's much easier to have people hate you and say things in front of you than pretend to like you and say things behind your back," Ephram gulped. He had said things behind her back many times.
"I'm sorry," he spoke gently; she fixed her hair yet again. "You can stop doing that, you know," he said laughing, bringing her hand down from her head. She looked at him in awe. "You know, it doesn't matter what you look like."
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"'Cause it's
My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all mine
And it's my bad, my broken
All my should haves left unspoken
Mine all, mine all mine"
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"No?" she said innocently.
"Kayla . . . hasn't anyone ever told you that before?" he asked kindly.
"No one other than my family," she closed her eyes. "Thank you," she smiled. She gave him a friendly hug. "Don't give up on Amy, okay? She needs you,"
"I didn't know you still cared about her feelings," he said pulling away from her.
"I care about everyone's feelings," she said barely above a whisper. "Even yours," she said smiling. "Just because she has a new friend doesn't mean you're out of her life, but if you keep acting jealous and irrational, there's a chance you will be, and for good this time," she looked at him then turned away shyly. "What if you and I became good friends? Would Amy have a reason to be jealous?" she prompted him with sincerity.
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"Always thought I'd get to sorry
But the chance has come and gone
So if it finds it's way back in
I'll hold on hold on hold on"
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"Not at all," he said nodding, finally understanding.
"Well then you should reevaluate Tommy Callahan. Although he's had some trouble in the past, Amy needs him as a friend, please try to understand that. I've seen them too, you know,"
"And?" he asked hopefully.
"And there's nothing above friendship. Not even the slightest spark," she said, "like you and I,"
"So you're saying you'd like for you and I to be friends?" he asked confused.
"That's what I'm saying," she said nodding.
"And come Monday, when school starts, we'll still be friends? You won't trash talk me or laugh at me, call me dark man?"
"I won't do any of those things if you do one thing for me. Well, it's kind of more for you, well, and Amy, but," she spoke quickly but he interrupted her.
"Kayla," he shook his hands trying to focus on her main point, "spit it out, what is it you're trying to say?"
"Give Amy another chance. Forgive her. Forgive Tommy. Get over whatever your problem is and open your damn eyes.," she paused. She loves you. What more do you want?"
He grinned. "Thank you," he said squeezing her hand, she handed him the phone.
"Call her," she smiled,
"I will, go to your slumber party," he said smiling.
"See you at school?" she said sweetly.
"See you at school," he responded with a nod and a grin, as she walked up the stairs
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"My loss, my lonely
My mistake, mine only
Mine all, mine all, mine all mine"
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A/N: Kayla and Ephram as friends, wouldn't that be something! Thank you all SO much for your reviews, they've been flying in like never before and I've never been more thankful. You guys keep me going. I hope you all had a great thanksgiving, I know I did.