The day seemed so perfect, Ephram grabbed Madison's hand and pulled her to him and embraced her in a hug. It was the way he hugged her that made her suspicious, which made her pull away. "We cant do this Ephram."
Trying to act stupid as if he didn't just get caught, he said, "what
do you mean?"
"Dont do that, Ephram, you know what I
mean."
he sighed, she was right afterall. Before he could stop himself, he asked, "would you still feel the same way if I wasnt with Amy?" he shook his head slightly and shut his eyes tightly realizing that wasn't a good question to ask and he wished he could take it back.
Madison's mouth opened but nothing came out, so she closed it again.
"Well?" Ephram asked intently.
Instead of replying, Madison just pushed him out the door and said, "see you in a couple days." and bit her lip, which made Ephram wonder what she was thinking. She avoided the subject. She was good at that. The first time Ephram told her he loved her, she was able to avoid that like the plague and she was doing it again.
Instead of going home when he left Madison's, he decided to call up Amy and told her to meet him at tomorrow morning's study hall. All through the night he couldn't sleep, he kept tossing and turning trying to figure out how to break the news to her. Could he tell her and have her not tell anybody else? What if it somehow gets back to his father, what would Ephram do then? He figured he would deal with that when it came.
The next morning Delia came in and jumped on the end of Ephram's bed. When she figured Ephram was awake, she stopped jumping and went up to him and asked happily, yet candidly, "How's Madison! Hey, when the baby is born can I be the aunt?"
Ephram couldnt help but laugh, "You're going to be the aunt no
matter what, you weirdo, that's how it works when a sibling has a
kid."
Trying to sound convincing, she replied, "I knew
that! So, how is she, is she fat yet?"
He laughed again, "She's doing very well, but she's not fat. Her belly is growing if that's what you mean."
"Does it look weird?" she asked as she turned up her face.
Since he figured she would be asking him questions for the rest of the morning, or until he left for school, he said, "How about next week I take you up to see her and you can ask her yourself, what do you think?"
Delia's face beamed, "That sounds awesome!!"
"But
dont tell dad."
"Right!" Delia said as she ran
out of the room happily.
That morning Ephram met Amy at their normal spot. They kissed hello and then Ephram said, "I have something to tell you."
Amy replied as she shifted her backpack, "good, is it what you
havent been able to tell me during the passed several
days?"
"Okay...uhmm...you might want to brace yourself
because you may end up hating me after I finish..."
"Just tell me Ephram, please. You've been acting so odd and I want to know what's up."
Ephram lowered himself into the chair next to Amy. He looked at her and said with all the courage he could muster, "Madison's pregnant."
At first it didnt click in Amy's head, so she said, "oh, that's too bad, how are you doing?" Just then she realized what Ephram said and her eyes widened and her mouth slowly opened.
"How long have you known?" it sounded as if she had to force the question out, she just stared at him, waiting for him to answer.
"Almost three weeks..."
Air escaped her mouth, "and
you managed to keep it from me for this long?! How could you do
that, Ephram! This changes everything between us!"
Quickly, Ephram said, "it doesnt have to."
"Are
you kidding, Ephram! You have a kid on the way, with a girl you used
to be in love with, who knows if you still are! I cant compete with
that and I wont! There's always something to keep us from being
together and now we never will be." With that, she got up and
walked away, Ephram tried calling after her but it was too late.
This made him upset, but then again he wasnt sure how he should feel,
or how Amy should have taken the news. He was just glad that he
finally told her.
After lunch, he had back-to-back study halls and decided to just go home instead and think about the life events that were unfolding before him. The words that Amy said just kept repeating in his head over and over, you have a kid on the way, with a girl you used to be in love with, who knows if you still are. Since everything in his life seemed like it was on fast forward ever since he got home from New York he didnt really have much time to figure out his feelings. It was as if he were detached, as if it was all a dream and he was going to wake up any time. There was no reason to confront those feelings until now. It was real and it was happening, Ephram just needed a jolt to realize it and he definitely got it from Amy.
(A/N; sorry for not updating my other fic, too busy with this one I guess you could say. But hopefully I should have another chapter out before next week for that fic. In the mean time, read and review this fic! Thanks, love you all muchly!)
