What if Ephram was having second thoughts about this new life of theirs?
While Madison was spending time with Jay, Ephram was at his dad's trying to figure things out. Why did Jay always have to come between them? Should he tell Madison how he's feeling about it? No...He figured, it would only make her angry...it was stupid afterall, right, being jealous of an ex boyfriend. Little did he know though, the less he spent with Madison, the more Madison became upset. At first she tried to shrug it off but after the middle of the second week of barely talking to the love of her life, she couldnt help but cry. Why was he avoiding her? All these bad thoughts started rolling through her head and she had to set them straight, so one day she called Ephram up, "hey you, where are you, I've hardly seen you at all this week, or even last week for that matter."
Ephram shrugged his shoulders, "well, you're spending all your time with Jay I figured you wouldnt notice if I was around or not."
"Is this what this is about?! How can you say that, Ephram? Why do you have to act this way when Jay comes around? He means no harm."
"I'm not acting any way."
"yeah
you are! Like the jealous boyfriend where everything you do is
dramatic"
"Can we not have this conversation now. I'm
tired of arguing with everybody, first Amy, then my dad..." he
sounded irritated
"NO! Ephram, I want to talk about it
now!" she completely changed subjects, "I thought
you wanted to be together...Why are you running away!"
"I'M
NOT RUNNING AWAY!" he snapped as his eyes widened at this
remark, "why would you even think that! I want to be in your
life, I wouldnt do that to you! This has nothing to do with skipping
out or whatever you're thinking!"
Madison broke down and cried over the phone, "how would I know that, Ephram, you haven's spoken to me much in the past two weeks! For all I know you are planning on skipping out!"
"oh
my god! You're paranoid!" he tried to calm down and took a deep
breath, "stop crying please!" he told her how he was
feeling, "honestly, I have thought about skipping out, just
picking up and running away to another state and getting away from
everything or something because I'm only 17 and I have my whole life
ahead of me!"
"I DO TOO, EPHRAM! I didn't ask for
this!"
"LET ME FINISH!" he yelled into the phone
"Why are you telling me this!" she cried as she wiped away a tear from her eyes.
"Even though I've thought about it and have actually packed my bags at least once or twice, I couldnt bring myself to do that. I couldnt do that to you! You want to know what kept me from doing it?"
no answer
"I'll
tell you what kept me from doing it...you
are what keeps me here, Madison! Dont you see, I love you so much
and I could never do that to you! I'm excited to watch our lives
unfold together but of course I'm scared, that's what makes it so
exciting!" he took a deep breath, "I'm sure you already
figured it out, but I'm jealous of Jay, I dont know why, I just am
and that is why I wasnt around."
"You need to talk to
me, Ephram, when something is bothering you otherwise I wont know
what is!" she wiped away the last of her tears, "I love
you Ephram."
"do you mean it?" he said with a smile that she could feel over the phone.
"yeah" she chuckled, "yeah I mean it."
"I'm sorry, Madison...I love you too...I'll see you soon." and the two hung up. Ephram's spirits were raised since he had been down in the dumps for the last several days. She was right afterall, when things bothered him he would keep to himself and he needed to work on it. These two were definitely taking it slow. He'd only slept over at Madison's place once since they've been back together and he slept on the couch. He didnt want to mess anything up like he had the first time. Of course the two were going to have arguments but it wouldnt change the fact that they love each other and would walk to the end of this earth for each other.
(A/N; this chapter was fun to write, sorry I couldnt make it longer though. I'm starting to really get rolling so hopefully you will like the next upcoming chapters!)
