Disclaimer: I don't own Everwood, the town, or it's characters. I'm just a
college student.
Chapter 45 uses: "Just Missed the Train," by Kelly Clarkson
Chapter 45: Just missed the train
The day progressed and Amy managed to get farther and farther away without anyone noticing. Rose was too angry to check on her, Harold too afraid that Rose would blow up at him for being gentle with her, and Bright was at Ephram's. Where's a sixteen year old supposed to go when she leaves home? That's just it: Sixteen year olds shouldn't leave home . . . especially under the circumstances Amy did. She realized this about five hours after she left, but too determined to stick it to her mother, and with her depression still in somewhat of a cycle, she took everything too the extreme, blowing it up to about a hundred times worse than it really was. That's the thing about the human mind . . . people interpret things completely differently. Amy was too confused and upset to even consider why her mother would be acting in such a way.
And so she set out to Denver; a place much larger than Everwood, but somehow she felt comfortable there . . . it reminded her of Colin. She didn't take the car . . . it'd have been too obvious if she just drove down the driveway with a suitcase; instead she took a bus. She'd have taken the train, if there was one. In ways she was glad there was no train, it meant Ephram was there . . .
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"Roll over baby
The time has come
To make a little bit more room
I've hung around you
It's getting tough
I think I'm gonna break down soon
Cuz I remember
Crying in the park
It was getting dark
Suddenly I looked up
You were my sky"
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"Harold!" Rose shouted down from Amy's room, "Harold, come here!" Her throat painstakingly dry, and with each word she shouted, more damage done to her voice. Harry Abbott ran up the stairs to find his wife sitting on their daughter's bed; the window open; a note . . .
"Dad and Bright -
I'm sorry, but I had to go. I couldn't stay here any more. I'm going somewhere safe, though I cannot tell you where it is right now. I wish things were different, I really do. I know I'm young and that this is probably the biggest mistake I could make . . . but I want to actually MAKE MISTAKES so that I can learn from them; maybe I've been stupid this whole time, thinking you'd meet my every want, but I can't go back. I will be in contact with Ephram and let him know where I am. Please, don't look for me. I know that's a stupid request, but I mean it. I think it's the best thing for me. I'm not leaving forever . . . I'll be home when the time is right.
I love you,
Amy
P.S. - I am not with Tommy so don't accuse him"
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"So go on
And sleep darlin
Why don't you pretend we were just a dream
It's cool baby
It doesn't matter anyway
Well I'm so sorry
Down to the station a little too late
Such a shame
Just missed the train
Just missed the train"
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Rose Abbott stared at the letter, her tears dripping and staining Amy's last words to them for awhile. "It wasn't even . . . addressed to ME," she cried. Harold sat next to her, wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"Amy will come home," was all he could say. What was he supposed to say, *Amy didn't address it to you because she's angry with you?* No. He didn't think so.
"That girl is out of control. You know, I have every right to look for her if I choose. She's still a child . . ."
"She said she's safe," he reminded her, not believing he wasn't going to look for her. "It's her will,"
"Oh Harold she doesn't HAVE a will! She's 16!" she said closing the window angrily.
"That doesn't mean she isn't a person, Rose,"
"I hope she learns her lesson. I've had enough of her," she said running out of the room and slamming the bathroom door. "And Harry, you're doing it again! You're succumbing to her every need. In ways I'm glad she's gone!"
"You don't mean that," he shouted back, "You never mean that," he whispered looking at Amy's note once more.
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"Be quiet angel
Don't make a sound
Just save it for a rainy day
Oh can't you see me
I'm such a mess
Just trying hard to find my way
You remember wasting all the time
We were feeling fine
But we couldn't walk the line
We were all right" ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
"And so I told Ephram he should marry Amy one day," Tommy explained as he and Kayla were approaching the house after their walk.
"You just let her go? Just like that?" she asked innocently and with apparent disbelief.
"Yes," he nodded, "I knew it was what we both needed,"
"Ephram is a great friend, but to give up a MAN like you," she said twisting her hair. Tommy laughed at the ease with which she flirted with him,
"Kayla," he said as she batted her eyes hopefully, "it doesn't work like that," his smile so sharp and clean that it looked as if it were set in stone. She frowned slightly but giggled just the same,
"Right, how silly of me. Sometimes I still act fake around people," she admitted.
"We'll work on that, okay?" he said raising his eyebrows and patting her shoulder in a friendly manner.
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"Be quiet angel
Don't make a sound
Just save it for a rainy day
Oh can't you see me
I'm such a mess
Just trying hard to find my way
You remember wasting all the time
We were feeling fine
But we couldn't walk the line
We were all right" ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `
"Okay," she said as they opened the front door.
"BRIGHT, EPHRAM, PHONE!" Delia yelled over the laughter in the living room, "It's Doctor Abbott," she said quieting her voice as she brought Ephram the cordless. Bright's eyes widened.
"Hello?" he said nervously.
"Ephram, put Bright on the phone please," he said gently. Ephram sensed the sadness in the usually stiff Doctor's voice and handed his friend the phone.
"Dad?" he asked, leaving his mouth open after the words escaped.
"Bright, I need you to come home. Your sister's run away," he said, tears lingering in his eyes.
"What?!" he asked loudly, "No, no she hasn't! She was fine! She was laughing!" Ephram's heart tore in two. He immediately thought something terrible, like death, had happened to Amy.
"Just calm down and come home," he pleaded, and they hung up.
"Eph," Bright said with a shaky voice, "Amy's run away," Ephram's face turned completely white; all the color draining from it, leaving it thirsty for answers and the warm touch of his love's hand.
"What? When?" he asked nervously, getting his coat on.
"I don't know, but I've got to go," he said gathering all his things.
As they opened the door Tommy and Kayla were standing in their immediate view. "What's up with you guys? You look like death warmed over," he joked. It wasn't a time to joke, and had he known why the two young men looked the way they did, he would've died himself.
"Just, just get out of the way, man," Ephram said pushing through them with tears in his eyes.
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"Oh why let strangers pass us by
Didn't anyone see we were so damn in love
And we would've made it on time
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah" ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````
On the bus Amy was sitting next to an elderly woman. The smell of her musty clothes surrounded her, and she began wondering why it was neither of her grandma's smelled this way.
"I used to be pretty like you once," the old lady said with a raspy, smoker's voice. Amy didn't realize she was talking to her and stared forward, still unsure of how she was going to live this new life. "Excuse me, honey, did you hear me?"
"What, I'm sorry," Amy said snapping out of it.
"I said I used to be pretty like you once," she repeated, "so young, so full of opportunities," she said shaking her head with a smile.
"You're still very pretty now," she said kindly, "with age comes beauty,"
"You're very sweet, dear," she said pulling out a tissue, "why do you wear all that makeup?" At this Amy chuckled as the woman began rubbing Amy's left eyelid with the ratty tissue. Amy pulled away in confusion,
"I don't think I wear very much at all, ma'am," she said honestly.
"Right," she said dropping her hand from Amy's face, "my vision, it's going, you understand," There was silence for a few moments. "You look awfully young, where are you headed by yourself?"
"I don't know," she said, feeling the little old woman deserved to know the truth.
"That's not a very safe place," she said closing her eyes, "you come with me when the bus stops at Denver. I'll take you to where I'm going,"
Not having any other options, Amy agreed. The only other place she knew in Denver was the hospital, and she certainly couldn't live there.
"You'll like it in Denver. I do." The old lady said before nodding off into sleep, "My family's really nice,"
Amy couldn't fall asleep. She thought of Ephram and wondered what he'd say. He'd probably abandon her; say he was sick of her just leaving him. Maybe she deserved it, but somehow she knew when she contacted him he wouldn't be mad; he'd just be upset.
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"So sleep darlin
Why don't you pretend we were just a dream
It's cool baby
It doesn't matter anyway
Well I'm so sorry
Got to the station a little too late
And sleep darlin
Why don't you pretend we were just a dream
It's cool baby
It doesn't matter anyway
Well I'm so sorry
Got to the station a little too late
Such a shame
Just missed the train"
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A/N: I know this chapter was really short, but homework's been insane and so have all my meetings for organizations. I still like writing this, but homework comes first, unfortunately. Anyways, glad I finally got a chance to update. Please Review and let me know!
Chapter 45 uses: "Just Missed the Train," by Kelly Clarkson
Chapter 45: Just missed the train
The day progressed and Amy managed to get farther and farther away without anyone noticing. Rose was too angry to check on her, Harold too afraid that Rose would blow up at him for being gentle with her, and Bright was at Ephram's. Where's a sixteen year old supposed to go when she leaves home? That's just it: Sixteen year olds shouldn't leave home . . . especially under the circumstances Amy did. She realized this about five hours after she left, but too determined to stick it to her mother, and with her depression still in somewhat of a cycle, she took everything too the extreme, blowing it up to about a hundred times worse than it really was. That's the thing about the human mind . . . people interpret things completely differently. Amy was too confused and upset to even consider why her mother would be acting in such a way.
And so she set out to Denver; a place much larger than Everwood, but somehow she felt comfortable there . . . it reminded her of Colin. She didn't take the car . . . it'd have been too obvious if she just drove down the driveway with a suitcase; instead she took a bus. She'd have taken the train, if there was one. In ways she was glad there was no train, it meant Ephram was there . . .
``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
"Roll over baby
The time has come
To make a little bit more room
I've hung around you
It's getting tough
I think I'm gonna break down soon
Cuz I remember
Crying in the park
It was getting dark
Suddenly I looked up
You were my sky"
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"Harold!" Rose shouted down from Amy's room, "Harold, come here!" Her throat painstakingly dry, and with each word she shouted, more damage done to her voice. Harry Abbott ran up the stairs to find his wife sitting on their daughter's bed; the window open; a note . . .
"Dad and Bright -
I'm sorry, but I had to go. I couldn't stay here any more. I'm going somewhere safe, though I cannot tell you where it is right now. I wish things were different, I really do. I know I'm young and that this is probably the biggest mistake I could make . . . but I want to actually MAKE MISTAKES so that I can learn from them; maybe I've been stupid this whole time, thinking you'd meet my every want, but I can't go back. I will be in contact with Ephram and let him know where I am. Please, don't look for me. I know that's a stupid request, but I mean it. I think it's the best thing for me. I'm not leaving forever . . . I'll be home when the time is right.
I love you,
Amy
P.S. - I am not with Tommy so don't accuse him"
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"So go on
And sleep darlin
Why don't you pretend we were just a dream
It's cool baby
It doesn't matter anyway
Well I'm so sorry
Down to the station a little too late
Such a shame
Just missed the train
Just missed the train"
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Rose Abbott stared at the letter, her tears dripping and staining Amy's last words to them for awhile. "It wasn't even . . . addressed to ME," she cried. Harold sat next to her, wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulders.
"Amy will come home," was all he could say. What was he supposed to say, *Amy didn't address it to you because she's angry with you?* No. He didn't think so.
"That girl is out of control. You know, I have every right to look for her if I choose. She's still a child . . ."
"She said she's safe," he reminded her, not believing he wasn't going to look for her. "It's her will,"
"Oh Harold she doesn't HAVE a will! She's 16!" she said closing the window angrily.
"That doesn't mean she isn't a person, Rose,"
"I hope she learns her lesson. I've had enough of her," she said running out of the room and slamming the bathroom door. "And Harry, you're doing it again! You're succumbing to her every need. In ways I'm glad she's gone!"
"You don't mean that," he shouted back, "You never mean that," he whispered looking at Amy's note once more.
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"Be quiet angel
Don't make a sound
Just save it for a rainy day
Oh can't you see me
I'm such a mess
Just trying hard to find my way
You remember wasting all the time
We were feeling fine
But we couldn't walk the line
We were all right" ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
"And so I told Ephram he should marry Amy one day," Tommy explained as he and Kayla were approaching the house after their walk.
"You just let her go? Just like that?" she asked innocently and with apparent disbelief.
"Yes," he nodded, "I knew it was what we both needed,"
"Ephram is a great friend, but to give up a MAN like you," she said twisting her hair. Tommy laughed at the ease with which she flirted with him,
"Kayla," he said as she batted her eyes hopefully, "it doesn't work like that," his smile so sharp and clean that it looked as if it were set in stone. She frowned slightly but giggled just the same,
"Right, how silly of me. Sometimes I still act fake around people," she admitted.
"We'll work on that, okay?" he said raising his eyebrows and patting her shoulder in a friendly manner.
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"Be quiet angel
Don't make a sound
Just save it for a rainy day
Oh can't you see me
I'm such a mess
Just trying hard to find my way
You remember wasting all the time
We were feeling fine
But we couldn't walk the line
We were all right" ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` `
"Okay," she said as they opened the front door.
"BRIGHT, EPHRAM, PHONE!" Delia yelled over the laughter in the living room, "It's Doctor Abbott," she said quieting her voice as she brought Ephram the cordless. Bright's eyes widened.
"Hello?" he said nervously.
"Ephram, put Bright on the phone please," he said gently. Ephram sensed the sadness in the usually stiff Doctor's voice and handed his friend the phone.
"Dad?" he asked, leaving his mouth open after the words escaped.
"Bright, I need you to come home. Your sister's run away," he said, tears lingering in his eyes.
"What?!" he asked loudly, "No, no she hasn't! She was fine! She was laughing!" Ephram's heart tore in two. He immediately thought something terrible, like death, had happened to Amy.
"Just calm down and come home," he pleaded, and they hung up.
"Eph," Bright said with a shaky voice, "Amy's run away," Ephram's face turned completely white; all the color draining from it, leaving it thirsty for answers and the warm touch of his love's hand.
"What? When?" he asked nervously, getting his coat on.
"I don't know, but I've got to go," he said gathering all his things.
As they opened the door Tommy and Kayla were standing in their immediate view. "What's up with you guys? You look like death warmed over," he joked. It wasn't a time to joke, and had he known why the two young men looked the way they did, he would've died himself.
"Just, just get out of the way, man," Ephram said pushing through them with tears in his eyes.
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"Oh why let strangers pass us by
Didn't anyone see we were so damn in love
And we would've made it on time
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah" ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````
On the bus Amy was sitting next to an elderly woman. The smell of her musty clothes surrounded her, and she began wondering why it was neither of her grandma's smelled this way.
"I used to be pretty like you once," the old lady said with a raspy, smoker's voice. Amy didn't realize she was talking to her and stared forward, still unsure of how she was going to live this new life. "Excuse me, honey, did you hear me?"
"What, I'm sorry," Amy said snapping out of it.
"I said I used to be pretty like you once," she repeated, "so young, so full of opportunities," she said shaking her head with a smile.
"You're still very pretty now," she said kindly, "with age comes beauty,"
"You're very sweet, dear," she said pulling out a tissue, "why do you wear all that makeup?" At this Amy chuckled as the woman began rubbing Amy's left eyelid with the ratty tissue. Amy pulled away in confusion,
"I don't think I wear very much at all, ma'am," she said honestly.
"Right," she said dropping her hand from Amy's face, "my vision, it's going, you understand," There was silence for a few moments. "You look awfully young, where are you headed by yourself?"
"I don't know," she said, feeling the little old woman deserved to know the truth.
"That's not a very safe place," she said closing her eyes, "you come with me when the bus stops at Denver. I'll take you to where I'm going,"
Not having any other options, Amy agreed. The only other place she knew in Denver was the hospital, and she certainly couldn't live there.
"You'll like it in Denver. I do." The old lady said before nodding off into sleep, "My family's really nice,"
Amy couldn't fall asleep. She thought of Ephram and wondered what he'd say. He'd probably abandon her; say he was sick of her just leaving him. Maybe she deserved it, but somehow she knew when she contacted him he wouldn't be mad; he'd just be upset.
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"So sleep darlin
Why don't you pretend we were just a dream
It's cool baby
It doesn't matter anyway
Well I'm so sorry
Got to the station a little too late
And sleep darlin
Why don't you pretend we were just a dream
It's cool baby
It doesn't matter anyway
Well I'm so sorry
Got to the station a little too late
Such a shame
Just missed the train"
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A/N: I know this chapter was really short, but homework's been insane and so have all my meetings for organizations. I still like writing this, but homework comes first, unfortunately. Anyways, glad I finally got a chance to update. Please Review and let me know!