"Hey you, what are you doing this weekend?" asked Ephram over the phone to Amy as he was at work on his break.
"I dont think anything right now, why?" she asked
"Well, I was, uh...I was wondering if you'd like to come over
to Madison's place on Saturday or something to have dinner. She's
having a friend over and I think it'd be awkward for me, so--"
Amy
cut in, "Ephram, I think your belt is too tight and cutting off
the circulation to your brain!"
Confused, he asked,
"Why?"
"If you dont want to feel awkward then
why dont you just go out for the night"
"Because I
have a two month old son that needs to be taken care of, that could
be the reason, yeah, I think that's it." he said rolling his
eyes at Amy's response.
"Wouldnt it be awkward anyway having me, your ex girlfriend or whatever we were, and Madison in the same room? I dont think it would turn out good."
Ephram thought for a second, he still couldnt believe he was doing this and he sort of chuckled inside thinking how crazy Madison was. He then said, "Please do this, for me?"
Amy finally agreed, reluctantly, but she did.
Meanwhile, Madison was on the phone with Jay and it went smoothly. Ever since they had started working with the same people then Jay asked Madison to dinner at least once a week. She figured this would be easy since the two go way back and they were just friends afterall. Of course Jay was a jerk, but that was his nature. He wanted to see the baby too so this was a good excuse.
That night when Ephram went back to the apartment, he and Madison confirmed plans and realized that they were actually going to go through with this foolish event.
"Just so we're clear" Ephram said with a smile, "this
is completely stressing me out."
"You're handling your
composure well" chuckled Madison as she handed Trenton to
Ephram.
"I cant even believe we decided to do this, do you realize how
foolish and weird and awkward and stressful and disastrous this is
going to be?"
"You missed fun and exciting."
Ephram stopped walking, "that's not funny."
"Oh but it was" replied Madison as she gave him a sweet kiss.
Saturday came around and the two prepared all day, taking turns taking care of Trenton. At one point Ephram fell asleep in the chair holding Trenton who sneezed every so often, which made Madison wonder if he was coming down with a cold or something.
A few hours later there was a knock on the door just as the two put Trenton down for the night. Ephram went and answered it with Madison following behind him. When he opened the door he saw...Jay...who made his way through the door with a big smile on his face, handing Madison a half dozen roses and giving her a big hug, which made Ephram freeze in his tracks, he could be seen in the background with his mouth gaping open and squinting his eyes, trying to figure out if this was all actually happening. He was definitely surprised, you could say that!
"What are you doing?!" Ephram forced out
Not noticing Ephram, Jay continued to greet Madison before the two headed towards Trenton's room.
Not too long afterwards there was another knock on the door, it was Amy. She seemed to have found the place, no problems.
"Hey, glad you could make it." he tried to smile
"Didn't want to leave you hanging, but just so you know, I still think this is going to be a very weird experience."
Under his breath, Ephram said, "I second that..."
"So where is everybody?" she said as the two made their way into the kitchen.
"Trenton's room" Ephram replied, "you have to meet him, come on" he beamed as he showed Amy the way to Trenton's room, "we think he might be coming down with a cold or something."
After the very awkward moment of everybody gathered into Trenton's room, the food was finally ready and they all made their way to the kitchen, "this is a very nice place you have here, Madison" Amy said as everybody sat down.
Smiling, Madison replied, "Thank you Amy, I appreciate that. I had a little help" she glanced at Ephram.
Ephram replied, "Don't start, please." He then turned
towards Jay, "So Jay, how are things with you?" he tried
to sound polite but for some reason it all just seemed to come out
condescendingly.
"Real good, jailbait...I mean, Ephram."
he grinned
Saying that Ephram couldnt help but want to say something but he stopped himself just before any words came out.
Jay continued, "Cant wait til Madison gets back to work, she's
one of the best talent scouts this agency's got."
"Thank
you Jay" replied Madison as she looked towards Ephram.
"So Amy, where are you planning on going to school next year?"
Just then Jay realized he recognized Amy, and pointed his fork at her, "Hey, aren't you that Amy who dated Tommy?"
"Yeah she is" replied Ephram quickly
"Did I ask you, Brown?" Jay asked innocently with a sort of confused look upon his face as he looked from Amy to Ephram.
"Jay dont start" replied Madison
"Just tryin' to be friendly"
"Are you sure
you're not trying to be rude?" asked Ephram
"Ephram!" replied Madison.
Not even 10 minutes into the meal went by when disaster struck and everybody was arguing! Just then Madison said as she held up the baby monitor, "I think I hear the baby crying"
"I dont think so, I didn't hear anything" replied Ephram
"I did" replied Madison through gritted teeth, "I need your help in the baby's room Ephram"
The two got up from the table and made their way towards Trenton's room.
"What are you doing!? You did not hear the baby cry!" replied Ephram in a low but angry voice.
"This isnt going well!
"I'm trying!"
Madison was so angry that she couldnt help but laugh because all of this was stressing her out and she didnt think it would hit her as hard as it did.
"Why are you laughing!?" asked Ephram, this time through gritted teeth.
"Glad
you can find humor out of all of this." Ephram took a deep
breath as he closed his eyes and inhaled, "Okay...clean slate.
Lets go back in there and try to start fresh." He turned
around and Madison followed him, her hands on his shoulders,
playfully squeezing his neck.
"Sorry about that"
replied Ephram as he sat down in his chair, "I didnt mean to
snap at you Jay, I just had a long day at work."
"no
problem kid" he replied as he chewed his food.
The rest of the night went smoothly, Ephram and Madison had to only get up once to check on Trenton since he woke up and cried, this time for real.
When Amy and Jay left, Ephram couldnt help but say, "I still dont like him..."
Madison
laughed as she wrapped her arms around his neck as they sat on the
couch "You did well the second half and I appreciate it."
"How
about we never do that again because otherwise I'd be forced to throw
something at you" and he picked up a pillow and hit her in the
face with it. Just as he tried to get away she grabbed onto his legs
and fell to the floor, which in turn made him fall to the floor and
he forgot that he had his keys still in his pocket.
"Oooowwww!"
he howled softly, "oh-my-god" he said in between breaths,
"I feel as though I just cut off my leg! Or at least punctured
a deep hole into it!"
Madison tried to stifle her laugh as Ephram complained and moaned. Just then the baby could be heard over the monitor, he was making little noises.
Madison helped Ephram up and half carried him, half dragged him into the baby's room all the while he still moaning, saying, "I'd walk but I think I lost all feeling in my right leg. Start calling me Gimpy because I'm going to need crutches!"
The little happy fun fest quickly ended when they noticed that Trenton's lips were blue and there was throw up all around him. Madison quickly called 911, "My baby isnt breathing!"
(DUN DUN DUUUUN, read and review please!)
