One day when Delia was on the phone with Madison, she said goodbye and hung up just as Ephram came into the room. Indifferently, Ephram asked, "hey you, who was that?"

Delia said simply, "Madison"

Surprised and sort of taken aback, Ephram looked at his younger sister with a confused look upon his face as if he didnt understand what she said, "who?"

"you heard me..." she said as she sat on the couch.

Trying to act nonchalant, Ephram wandered slowly over to where Delia was, "oh yeah, so uh...how, uh, how is Madison doing these days?"

Delia looked at her brother sternly, "I cant tell you, it's a secret..."

Ephram sort of smirked, knowing his sister couldnt keep secrets for too long, he decided to play a game, "fine, don't tell me, I dont want to know anyway."

"What?!" she said surprised, "yes you do, you know you do!"

Ephram looked at his sister, "will you tell me? What's up?" he couldnt help but smile at Delia who seemed very concerned.

"She's three months pregnant..."
Ephram's smile quickly disappeared and he cocked his head to one side to try to figure out what his sister just said.

"Dont you want to know with whose child?"
"I'm afraid to ask" he said slowly

Quickly, Delia said, "she's pregnant with your child but I was told not to tell you because it was complicated whatever that means but you cant tell dad because he--"

Ephram interrupted her, "what do you mean, slow down, Delia! What the hell are you talking about?!?" he became sort of panicked, realizing that what she is saying could very well be true.

He went up to his room to figure things out, could this be true? Why hadn't Madison called him earlier and let him know? All Ephram could do was lay on his bed, thinking.

He stayed up in his room all weekend, he didn't even go out with Amy or talk to her on the phone. The only thing he did do, however, besides thinking about everything, was call up Madison's cell phone to talk to her, which was very awkward in itself.
"Hello?" Madison said softly into the phone one night.

There was a pause, then she said again, "Hello, Ephram is this you?"
"Why didn't you tell me, how could you not have told me? You told my sister, she's 11 I doubt she even knows what it all means!"
"Listen Ephram, I don't want to talk to you like this over the phone" and with that she gave him directions to her new apartment just outside of Denver. Reluctantly Ephram said he would meet her there. He didnt exactly know what to expect, or how he would act when he saw Madison again. He felt like throwing up, or passing out.

The next day he decided to drive to Denver to meet up with Madison. He told his dad that he was going to Denver to do some shopping and he took Delia along. Why? He probably thought it would be less awkward with his sister there. They decided to meet at a cafe just outside the city, Madison was already there when Ephram and Delia showed up. Delia ran and jumped around and hugged Madison happily, Madison couldnt help but smile, she was happy to see Delia again. It was definitely awkward between Ephram and her, though. Ephram walked up to her and slightly smiled, not knowing what else to do.

"You look good..." he said

"yeah, for a pregnant woman" she said as they sat down

"no, no, that's not what I meant" he said quickly.

"Ephram," Madison said leaning forward, trying to smile, "it was a joke to try to lighten the mood."

The two were quiet for the longest time, not knowing what to say or how to say it. Then Ephram said, "Sorry for not being so talkative, I mean, I've never experienced anything like this before" and just as he said it he realized how stupid it was and wished he could take it back.

"Neither have I, Ephram! This is rather quite new to me too!"

"I'm sorry, that came out wrong..."

"Ephram, I dont want to go through this alone...I am so scared right now."
Ephram couldn't help but reach across the table and hold her hand, "you dont have to go through it alone, not anymore." he tried making light of the situation, "if it helps, we could be scared together."

The two talked for a little while longer, Madison letting Ephram know why she hadn't told him before now and what part his father played in the whole thing. He just stared at the ground, not knowing what else to do. Of course he hated his father for trying to keep this from him, but at the same time he didn't want to let his father know that he knew and he finally came up with the conclusion that he wouldnt tell his father that he knows. No, instead he would keep this a secret and he would help Madison behind his father's back. He needed to be in Madison's life more than ever now.

(A/N; good or bad, tell me what you think please!!)