(A/N; yes, yes, I got your comments about the name, in which it will be revealed in this here chapter. Sorry to those who dont like the name, but I've already used the ones suggested in other fics of mine.......Read and Review, it makes me happy!)
The next few days Ephram didnt go to class at all, he was staying at Madison's to help out with their son. He was such a good baby, hardly cried, and when he did, then once he got what he needed he'd stop crying and go back to sleep. He didn't seem to like to be held too much, but the new parents didn't seem to concerned.
One day while the baby was asleep, and Madison was waking up from taking a nap, there was a knock on the door. Ephram went to open the door, and the wind was knocked out of him when he opened the door to see the last person on earth he ever thought he'd see; his father.
Ephram was speechless, just stood there with his mouth hanging open and his hand on the door, not sure what to make of the whole situation. Why would Andy Brown be here of all places, was he lost? Was he going to freak out on his son once again? Ephram seemed to be in a daze, just standing there looking at his father with his mouth slightly open, not sure of what to say.
"Nina told me about your " it sounded as though he had practiced those words over and over, "...I was...ju, uh, just wondering if I could see my grandson."
"Excuse me?!" Ephram said with a disgusted look upon his
face, "now you want to be apart of my kid's life! You
who shunned what I was doing for 6 months, you who didn't speak to me
because I made the wrong choice?!"
Andy frowned, "I'm
sorry, Ephram...I thought I was doing the right choice, but I want to
make it right now..." he tried to smile.
"Well, I'm sorry too, because of what you did, you'll never see your grandson!"
Just then Madison came into view and saw Andy standing there, which took her breath away. She didn't want these two fighting for the rest of their lives, he said he was sorry and he sounded sincere. Before Ephram could shut the door in his father's face, Madison broke in, "Hi Dr. Brown! Good to see you!"
Ephram was blown away, he just stood there as Madison opened the door wider and welcomed Andy as she asked him to come in.
Andy forced a smile, trying to catch his son's eye as he made his way into the apartment.
Madison smiled, although she could more than feel the tension between them she tried to make the best of it.
"You look good..." Andy said awkwardly.
"Well Dr. Brown-" she started
"Call me Andy" he said nodding his head, "we're...uh, we're family now."
Madison smiled and nodded, "alright...Andy...Trenton is sleeping right now" she couldnt help but tear up as she showed him to the baby's room.
Ephram, still blown away, couldnt do much of anything right now. All he could do as he watched them disappear into the baby's room was stand there with the front door still open. How could his father do that? Just try to walk right back into his life like that? Ephram seemed to resent his father even more. He tried to figure out why Madison was doing what she was doing, but he just couldnt understand it.
Meanwhile, Trenton was sleeping soundly in his crib as Andy was looking at him from the end of the crib.
There was silence in the room, then Andy looked at Madison, "I'm sorry...I never should have done what I did..." he had a sad look upon his face, as if it pained him to think of what he had done in the past.
"It's okay, I understand why you felt as though you had to do it..." she tried to smile but couldnt, "Ephram is much wiser than you give him credit for, Dr. Brown...I mean...Andy..."
"I know that now...I just didn't want to lose him so I acted out of selfishness..." he shrugged his shoulders, "I ended up losing him anyway..."
"He'll come around." just then Trenton stirred, "just like this little guy" she said as he opened his eyes. Madison picked him up and held him, then asked Andy, "would you like to hold your grandson?"
As Andy took his grandson in his arms, he said, "I'm...uhm, I'm kinda new at this"
Madison smiled, "so are we...only being parents for two weeks now..."
The two chatted for a little while longer before Andy figured it was time to leave, he didnt want to impose on his son any longer than he had to. Madison told him that she would talk to Ephram, see if she couldnt get him to talk to his dad and work out their problems, but Andy, knowing his son, told her it would be difficult.
Madison put Trenton back in his crib to let him sleep then walked Andy to the door and said goodbye to him. All the while Ephram was in the kitchen, sort of hiding out, which caused a concern for Madison because just couldnt understand why Ephram was holding on to what his father did.
She went into the kitchen where Ephram was hovering over a school book; upside down nonetheless, since he was too overwhelmed to even see what he was doing. He looked up briefly then went back to pretending to read since he knew they were going to have a talk about what just happened. Madison pulled a chair up next to him, gently closed his book as she said softly, "we need to talk..."
