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Chapter 44 uses "Disappear" by Hoobastank
Chapter 44: Disappear
Amy ran into the house and slammed the door. Inside, her mother and father were waiting impatiently on the couch. It was as if someone else took over Amy's body; she said things and acted in ways she never had before. If Ephram would've seen her acting this way he might have taken a second thought about being so deeply involved with her, she thought. With more gall than ever before, she marched right in front of them, hands on hips, speaking louder than they appreciated.
"Why did you ask Bright to send me home? You embarrassed me!"
"Excuse us if we want to talk to you," Her mother said sarcastically, "Amy, you have to be more responsible. You're only sixteen,"
"I AM responsible," she said loudly, making her father cringe and her mother stand up and get in her daughter's face. "Mom, I've experienced more in my life as a sixteen year old than you and Dad probably EVER have,"
"That's irrational," Dr. Abbott said firmly, "You have no idea what your mother and I have been through,"
"You've lost respect for us, you've lost responsibility; Amy . . . you've changed. You used to call us, we used to always know where you were,"
"You mean when Colin was alive?" she said snottily, "Well guess what Mom, Dad . . . Colin's dead, okay? He's gone. Maybe that part of me died with him! Maybe the only person that can make me happy anymore is across town with Bright and Tommy and everyone else."
"Ephram is not Colin," Dr. Abbott obviously stated,
"Like I don't know that?!" she said dumbfounded, "I'm trying to move on with my life. Now excuse me if I didn't call you ONE TIME!"
"Lower your voice," Dr. Abbott advised, "this isn't just about not calling, Amy," He shifted his gaze from his daughter to his wife, who's face was burning red. "Rose, I think Amy and I need to have a private discussion,"
"I'm her mother, I have a right to be here," she said refusing to move.
"See, this is why I'm starting to never want to be here anymore! Mom, Dad wants to talk to me, he asked nicely. You step ALL over us!"
"This is why things have to change around here," Rose said storming out of the room, "And Harold, if you let her off the hook . . ." was all he heard as she made her way outside.
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"There's a pain that sleeps inside
It sleeps with just one eye
And awakens the moment that you're near
Though I try to look away
The pain it still remains
Only leaving when you're next to me
Do you know, that everytime you're near
Everybody else seems far away
So can you come and make them disappear
Make them disappear and we can stay"
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Harold stood up to instruct his daughter to sit down next to him on the couch. There was a connection between Harry and Amy; even though he was firm with her, he normally let her speak her mind and tell him how she felt. Amy's hands pressed up against her face as tears gently swelled in here eyes.
"Mom's getting out of control," she said softly.
"Your mother and I love you. She has different techniques than I do, that's all,"
"Why is she angry with me?" she honestly couldn't tell what was making her parents upset.
"You're growing up, Amy. No one's trying to stop you or tell you who you should be. It's just that . . . well recently you've been gone a lot and the situations you've been involved in aren't exactly right for a woman your age to going through," he breathed as Amy sat surprisingly quietly and attentively, "I'm talking of course about the Callahan's. Now that things are finally straightening out there, we expect you to tell us what's going on with you and tell us when you're going out, who you're going with . . . chances are it will be okay as long as you've done what you need to around the house. I know you and Ephram have become extremely close recently, and . . ."
"I think I know where this is going," she said closing her eyes, "and we've already talked about everything,"
"I don't mean to be personal or anything here, but you and Ephram haven't . . ."
"No, Dad, we haven't," she said seriously, "and that's the truth. I told him I want to wait until I'm married and he's accepted this,"
"That's very good, Amy . . . I just worry about you. Your mother does too. She has . . . tough love, in a way,"
"I love you too, Dad, but I can't stand the way Mom's acting towards me lately," she said sadly, "She says I've changed, but she hasn't exactly stayed the same either,"
"We've asked you home tonight to talk to you, and if I let you go back to Ephram's house I'd be going against what your mother wants, so you'll have to stay here,"
"But Dad!" she said upset.
"No, Amy. I'm sorry, you can't always have your way, this is half of the problem your mother has with you. I'm too easy with you," he said kindly.
"At least one parent cares about me," she said running up the stairs crying.
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"So I stand and look around
Distracted by the sounds
Of everyone and everything I see
And I search through every face
Without a single trace, of the person
The person that I need
Do you know, that every time you're near
Everybody else seems far away
So can you come and make them disappear
Make them disappear and we can stay"
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Tommy and Delia arrived at the Brown's a few minutes later with two movies, one for them and the other for Andy, as he requested. Delia set them down on the counter and turned to look at Bright, her cheeks lightly flushing.
"Hey kiddo," he said rubbing the top of her head, "I hear it was your idea to get everyone together," he bent down to look at her.
"Well, kind of," she giggled, "glad you could come,"
"I wish Amy was here," Ephram said as Kayla continued trying to slip her hand nonchalantly around his back. She backed off, removing her hand and folding her arms across her chest.
"I wish Amy was anywhere but at home right now," Bright said seriously, "Mom's out for her blood or something lately,"
Receiving nothing but obviously angry eyes from Bright and noticing that Tommy had just come in the room, Kayla walked away from Ephram. "Well, Tommy we meet again," she said. It wasn't that Tommy ever disliked Kayla, it was just that before his heart only burned for Amy. Kayla's eyes glistened as they moved along the features of Tommy's face.
"Yes, I guess we do," he said, noticing her eyes tracing him.
"How did Amy like her necklace?" she asked sarcastically, with a hint of jealousy.
"I never gave it to her. It wasn't appropriate," he said looking at Ephram with sincerity.
"You don't . . . love Amy anymore?" she asked seemingly innocently. Kayla assumed different tones when she spoke with different people. She knew she could be real with Ephram, but with everyone else . . .
"Yes, that's right," he said looking at Bright confidently, as if proving a point. Kayla blushed a little as she saw Ephram laughing. She knew Ephram understood what she was trying to do, and as long as it didn't involve him, he was all for helping her. It didn't hurt that Tommy might get Amy out of his head for good if he dated someone else.
"How about we . . . take a walk?" she said slinking her arm around his.
"DADDY!" Micah said with fresh energy, having just woken up. Kayla's eyes sparkled at the resemblance between father and son. "Who's dat?" he asked him, pointing at the girl around his father's arm.
"This," he said pointing at Kayla, "is my new friend, Kayla,"
"Where's Amy?" he asked, his eyes looking around for her. Tommy and Ephram sighed in unison; Micah really did love her.
"Amy had to go home," Bright said, crouching down to the boy's height.
"You know Amy?" Micah asked him.
"She's my little sister," he said proudly and smiled when he saw the wonderment in Bright's eyes.
"Rwelly?" he said, "Amy's my fwiend," he nodded.
"Yes, isn't Amy wonderful," Kayla said sarcastically but toned down with a glare from all three older boys. She looked down.
"Hey, little guy, I'm going to take a walk with Kayla, you want to come?" Tommy asked his son.
"No, Dewia and I are gonna play," he said running back. Tommy smiled. It was nice to see that his son was interacting with other people so nicely.
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"Can you make them disappear?
Make them disappear
There's a pain that sleeps inside
Sleeps with just one eye
And awakens, the moment that you're near
And I search through every face
Without a single trace, of the person
The person that I need"
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Kayla and Tommy walked out the front door and Bright and Ephram rolled their eyes and laughed,
"I don't know what girls see in him," Bright said.
"Its not like you like Kayla or anything," Ephram said to his close friend.
"No," he said honestly, "its just that Tommy's so . . . well he has a kid, he's tied down,"
"Well, you know what they say about women liking guys with kids. It shows repsonsibility,"
"Whatever," Bright said laughing, "As long as he stays away from Amy,"
"I'll see to that," Ephram said shaking Bright's hand, "Speaking of Amy, how do you think things went at your house?"
"If I know Mom and Amy as well as I think I do, then probably very horribly. Poor Dad," he said closing his eyes. "I hope she doesn't do anything stupid,"
Amy packed her bags silently upstairs, making sure no one heard or caught on to what she was doing. Being in a house with her mother was impossible, and while she loved her Father and brother, she was beginning to become less attached to Rose. Running away . . . a few months ago she would've never done it, but things were different now. She couldn't run to Ephrams, it would be too obvious; couldn't run to Edna's, they'd find her too simply. She needed to start a new life, with new people. Maybe someday, when she was older and understood herself better, she could return to Everwood. "I won't lose contact with you," she said holding a picture of Ephram and Bright pretending they were fighting, "and only you can know where I am . . ." she tucked the picture away in her suitcase and crept out the window.
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" Do you know, that every time you're near
Everybody else seems far away
So can you come and make them disappear
Make them disappear and we can stay"
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Chapter 44 uses "Disappear" by Hoobastank
Chapter 44: Disappear
Amy ran into the house and slammed the door. Inside, her mother and father were waiting impatiently on the couch. It was as if someone else took over Amy's body; she said things and acted in ways she never had before. If Ephram would've seen her acting this way he might have taken a second thought about being so deeply involved with her, she thought. With more gall than ever before, she marched right in front of them, hands on hips, speaking louder than they appreciated.
"Why did you ask Bright to send me home? You embarrassed me!"
"Excuse us if we want to talk to you," Her mother said sarcastically, "Amy, you have to be more responsible. You're only sixteen,"
"I AM responsible," she said loudly, making her father cringe and her mother stand up and get in her daughter's face. "Mom, I've experienced more in my life as a sixteen year old than you and Dad probably EVER have,"
"That's irrational," Dr. Abbott said firmly, "You have no idea what your mother and I have been through,"
"You've lost respect for us, you've lost responsibility; Amy . . . you've changed. You used to call us, we used to always know where you were,"
"You mean when Colin was alive?" she said snottily, "Well guess what Mom, Dad . . . Colin's dead, okay? He's gone. Maybe that part of me died with him! Maybe the only person that can make me happy anymore is across town with Bright and Tommy and everyone else."
"Ephram is not Colin," Dr. Abbott obviously stated,
"Like I don't know that?!" she said dumbfounded, "I'm trying to move on with my life. Now excuse me if I didn't call you ONE TIME!"
"Lower your voice," Dr. Abbott advised, "this isn't just about not calling, Amy," He shifted his gaze from his daughter to his wife, who's face was burning red. "Rose, I think Amy and I need to have a private discussion,"
"I'm her mother, I have a right to be here," she said refusing to move.
"See, this is why I'm starting to never want to be here anymore! Mom, Dad wants to talk to me, he asked nicely. You step ALL over us!"
"This is why things have to change around here," Rose said storming out of the room, "And Harold, if you let her off the hook . . ." was all he heard as she made her way outside.
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"There's a pain that sleeps inside
It sleeps with just one eye
And awakens the moment that you're near
Though I try to look away
The pain it still remains
Only leaving when you're next to me
Do you know, that everytime you're near
Everybody else seems far away
So can you come and make them disappear
Make them disappear and we can stay"
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Harold stood up to instruct his daughter to sit down next to him on the couch. There was a connection between Harry and Amy; even though he was firm with her, he normally let her speak her mind and tell him how she felt. Amy's hands pressed up against her face as tears gently swelled in here eyes.
"Mom's getting out of control," she said softly.
"Your mother and I love you. She has different techniques than I do, that's all,"
"Why is she angry with me?" she honestly couldn't tell what was making her parents upset.
"You're growing up, Amy. No one's trying to stop you or tell you who you should be. It's just that . . . well recently you've been gone a lot and the situations you've been involved in aren't exactly right for a woman your age to going through," he breathed as Amy sat surprisingly quietly and attentively, "I'm talking of course about the Callahan's. Now that things are finally straightening out there, we expect you to tell us what's going on with you and tell us when you're going out, who you're going with . . . chances are it will be okay as long as you've done what you need to around the house. I know you and Ephram have become extremely close recently, and . . ."
"I think I know where this is going," she said closing her eyes, "and we've already talked about everything,"
"I don't mean to be personal or anything here, but you and Ephram haven't . . ."
"No, Dad, we haven't," she said seriously, "and that's the truth. I told him I want to wait until I'm married and he's accepted this,"
"That's very good, Amy . . . I just worry about you. Your mother does too. She has . . . tough love, in a way,"
"I love you too, Dad, but I can't stand the way Mom's acting towards me lately," she said sadly, "She says I've changed, but she hasn't exactly stayed the same either,"
"We've asked you home tonight to talk to you, and if I let you go back to Ephram's house I'd be going against what your mother wants, so you'll have to stay here,"
"But Dad!" she said upset.
"No, Amy. I'm sorry, you can't always have your way, this is half of the problem your mother has with you. I'm too easy with you," he said kindly.
"At least one parent cares about me," she said running up the stairs crying.
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"So I stand and look around
Distracted by the sounds
Of everyone and everything I see
And I search through every face
Without a single trace, of the person
The person that I need
Do you know, that every time you're near
Everybody else seems far away
So can you come and make them disappear
Make them disappear and we can stay"
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Tommy and Delia arrived at the Brown's a few minutes later with two movies, one for them and the other for Andy, as he requested. Delia set them down on the counter and turned to look at Bright, her cheeks lightly flushing.
"Hey kiddo," he said rubbing the top of her head, "I hear it was your idea to get everyone together," he bent down to look at her.
"Well, kind of," she giggled, "glad you could come,"
"I wish Amy was here," Ephram said as Kayla continued trying to slip her hand nonchalantly around his back. She backed off, removing her hand and folding her arms across her chest.
"I wish Amy was anywhere but at home right now," Bright said seriously, "Mom's out for her blood or something lately,"
Receiving nothing but obviously angry eyes from Bright and noticing that Tommy had just come in the room, Kayla walked away from Ephram. "Well, Tommy we meet again," she said. It wasn't that Tommy ever disliked Kayla, it was just that before his heart only burned for Amy. Kayla's eyes glistened as they moved along the features of Tommy's face.
"Yes, I guess we do," he said, noticing her eyes tracing him.
"How did Amy like her necklace?" she asked sarcastically, with a hint of jealousy.
"I never gave it to her. It wasn't appropriate," he said looking at Ephram with sincerity.
"You don't . . . love Amy anymore?" she asked seemingly innocently. Kayla assumed different tones when she spoke with different people. She knew she could be real with Ephram, but with everyone else . . .
"Yes, that's right," he said looking at Bright confidently, as if proving a point. Kayla blushed a little as she saw Ephram laughing. She knew Ephram understood what she was trying to do, and as long as it didn't involve him, he was all for helping her. It didn't hurt that Tommy might get Amy out of his head for good if he dated someone else.
"How about we . . . take a walk?" she said slinking her arm around his.
"DADDY!" Micah said with fresh energy, having just woken up. Kayla's eyes sparkled at the resemblance between father and son. "Who's dat?" he asked him, pointing at the girl around his father's arm.
"This," he said pointing at Kayla, "is my new friend, Kayla,"
"Where's Amy?" he asked, his eyes looking around for her. Tommy and Ephram sighed in unison; Micah really did love her.
"Amy had to go home," Bright said, crouching down to the boy's height.
"You know Amy?" Micah asked him.
"She's my little sister," he said proudly and smiled when he saw the wonderment in Bright's eyes.
"Rwelly?" he said, "Amy's my fwiend," he nodded.
"Yes, isn't Amy wonderful," Kayla said sarcastically but toned down with a glare from all three older boys. She looked down.
"Hey, little guy, I'm going to take a walk with Kayla, you want to come?" Tommy asked his son.
"No, Dewia and I are gonna play," he said running back. Tommy smiled. It was nice to see that his son was interacting with other people so nicely.
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"Can you make them disappear?
Make them disappear
There's a pain that sleeps inside
Sleeps with just one eye
And awakens, the moment that you're near
And I search through every face
Without a single trace, of the person
The person that I need"
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Kayla and Tommy walked out the front door and Bright and Ephram rolled their eyes and laughed,
"I don't know what girls see in him," Bright said.
"Its not like you like Kayla or anything," Ephram said to his close friend.
"No," he said honestly, "its just that Tommy's so . . . well he has a kid, he's tied down,"
"Well, you know what they say about women liking guys with kids. It shows repsonsibility,"
"Whatever," Bright said laughing, "As long as he stays away from Amy,"
"I'll see to that," Ephram said shaking Bright's hand, "Speaking of Amy, how do you think things went at your house?"
"If I know Mom and Amy as well as I think I do, then probably very horribly. Poor Dad," he said closing his eyes. "I hope she doesn't do anything stupid,"
Amy packed her bags silently upstairs, making sure no one heard or caught on to what she was doing. Being in a house with her mother was impossible, and while she loved her Father and brother, she was beginning to become less attached to Rose. Running away . . . a few months ago she would've never done it, but things were different now. She couldn't run to Ephrams, it would be too obvious; couldn't run to Edna's, they'd find her too simply. She needed to start a new life, with new people. Maybe someday, when she was older and understood herself better, she could return to Everwood. "I won't lose contact with you," she said holding a picture of Ephram and Bright pretending they were fighting, "and only you can know where I am . . ." she tucked the picture away in her suitcase and crept out the window.
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" Do you know, that every time you're near
Everybody else seems far away
So can you come and make them disappear
Make them disappear and we can stay"
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