Okay I know I promised this the other day but got a little too long and had too many ideas to finish it...better late than never right? Well here it is...please give me some ideas cause i'm running out!


He got more nervous walking up to the gigantic house at the address on the return address. He couldn't even believe he was here. Besides the fact that anything was better than home, this was going to change his life. He wiped his sweating palms on his jacket before finally ringing the door bell. He heard the chimes go off inside the larger than necessary home.

"Just a sec!" He recognized the voice immediately. He wished he could just bolt but it was too late because the door swung open.

"Ephram," Madison's jaw dropped, "How'd you find me?"

He held up the envelope that contained the letter that changed his life. The letter she never meant for him to get.

"But how?" Madison definitely didn't send it. How did he get it if she didn't mail it? "Damn you Dan!"

"Is that him?" Ephram pointed to the baby dressed in all blue.

"Yeah this is your son." Madison stepped aside inviting him in still in shock that he was standing there, "His name's Hayden."

"I still can't believe you didn't tell me." Ephram looked at her in utter disbelief, "Did you think I wouldn't be there for you? Did you think I was too young?"

"You are too young!" Madison really didn't want to do this. She was way too exhausted. Hayden hadn't let her sleep all night and she wasn't in the best of moods.

"That is my son. You can't just keep him from me!" Ephram was getting fired up now. He missed out on so much of his son's life already.

"I didn't want this to ruin your life. You have so much yet to experience." Madison felt tears cloud her vision.

"You don't get to choose what I have yet to experience or not!" Ephram touched her arm to reassure her, "I would've done anything for you two!"

"You have Julliard and Amy." Madison sighed. There were no tears left to cry for him, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you Ephram."

"Can I hold him?" Ephram's focus was on Hayden now. He looked so tiny in Madison's arms.

"Of course." Madison said carefully transferring Hayden into his father's arms for the first time.

The trio moved to the living room where they filled each other in about the past few months. It was like they hadn't stopped talking or dating at that. Ephram changed his first diaper in a long time. They actually seemed to be getting along.

"Madison!" Deb burst through the door with shopping bags hanging from her arms, "Are you ready to go?"

"Can you excuse me for a second?" Madison got up to find her Aunt leaving Hayden in Ephram's arms.

"Where's Hayden honey?" Deb said recollecting her purse and coat and was ready to head back out the door.

"I need to talk to you about something." Madison sat on the stool by the island.

"What's wrong?" Deb panicked.

"Dan did it again." Madison sighed.

"What do you mean?" Deb was still panicking but she calmed down some.

"Remember that letter you told me to write to Ephram?" Deb nodded, "He mailed it."

"How do you know?" Deb questioned, relaxing that nothing was wrong with Hayden.

"Come here." Madison dragged Deb into the living room, "Ephram meet my Aunt Deb."

"It's nice to meet you." Ephram said struggling with a squirming Hayden.

"Here he's hungry." Madison grabbed the bottle she had been making before Ephram showed up and took Hayden into her arms. He sucked hungrily at the nipple of the bottle almost inhaling the formula.

"I'm going to kill him." Deb gritted her teeth, "It's one thing to try and bring me down but no one messes with my niece and gets away with it."

Deb stormed out towards the door, "You can get to TRIC by yourself right?"

"Yeah, the car seats in my car anyway." Madison answered as the door slammed shut.

"She seems nice." Ephram was stunned about the grown woman's tantrum.

"When it comes to Dan Scott everyone sees red." Madison said burping Hayden on her shoulder, "Come on. I'm going to be later."

"Where are we going?" Ephram asked following Madison outside to her familiar little car.

"Just a little get-together." Madison strapped Hayden into his car seat and then hopped into the driver's seat next to Ephram.

"Hey everyone!" Madison announced to the group, "Sorry I'm late."

"As long as you bring that cute little baby with you, you are forgiven." Karen said sweeping Hayden from her arms.

"Who's the statue?" Brooke asked taking a sip from her spiked coke.

"Oh, everyone this is Ephram." Madison pulled him into the light of the group, "Ephram this is everyone."

"So this is the Ephram?" Nathan stepped from the crowd giving the kid the once over, "I'm Nathan, Madison's cousin."

"Hello." Ephram was quite intimidated by Nathan's stare, "It's nice to meet you all."

"Well there's Jake, Lucas, Brooke, Haley and Peyton." Madison pointed them out, "Then there's Karen and Andy."

"Don't expect to remember all your names." Ephram tried to crack a joke but no one laughed.

"So anyway there's a buffet set up over there." Karen pointed, "Go help yourselves."

"Thanks Karen." Madison pulled Ephram with her to the food so he didn't have to stay with complete strangers.

"Looks like your life is pretty good." Ephram looked back at the group, "I thought you were over small town life though."

"I guess you can never really be over it." Madison shrugged, "Just like you'll always be the big city boy."

"I guess." Ephram agreed, "But I blend in pretty well huh?"

It was the first time Ephram smiled since she'd left. Being back with Madison made things feel so much easier. They just felt so right no matter where they went or what obstacle was thrown their way.

"Hey Madison can you give Peyton a hand in the back for a sec?" Karen yelled over to the couple.

"No problem," Madison turned to Ephram, "Now don't be antisocial."

"Haha, very funny." Ephram walked back towards the strange group.

"So when did you get here?" Lucas asked as Ephram sat off to the side waiting for Madison to come back.

"Just a little bit ago actually." To Ephram, Lucas had a soft demeanor. He just felt comfortable talking to him.

"You're a lucky man." Lucas nodded looking at Hayden. It was weird to love people so much that you'd do anything for them. Lucas and Madison had become best friends over the time they spent together and Lucas just wanted to protect her.

"You don't have to tell me twice." Ephram followed Lucas back into the circle of friends before Lucas disappeared.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" Deb stormed into Dan's office at the dealership.

"What are you doing here honey?" Dan smiled sweetly at her.

"What did she ever do to you?" Deb yelled. Dan motioned for her to close the door and she did. Then he closed all of the blinds in his glass office.

"Deb, dear, what are you talking about?" Dan's tone was bittersweet. His mischievous smile permanently plastered across his face.

"Don't play dumb with me Dan!" Deb warned him, "The letter. Madison's letter."

"You mean the fully addressed and stamped letter that was sitting on her desk?" Dan inquired, "I thought she was intending to send it but since she was in the hospital having her bastard son I took the liberty to do it for her."

"Don't you ever call Hayden that again." Deb slapped Dan across the face, "I want a divorce."

"Don't even try to pull this one again Deb." Dan replied smugly, "You didn't go through with it the first time."

"Do you know that I went down to the chapel when you were in the hospital and prayed you would've died?" Deb spat at him, "This is for real so you better hire yourself one hell of a lawyer."

"You don't want to do this Deb," Dan yelled after her, "Trust me you'll regret it."

"So are you happy he's here?" Peyton asked as they sorted new flyers for the next show.

"I guess. I've missed him." Madison admitted, "It's just so hard seeing him again after all that's happened. You know?"

"Trust me, I know." Peyton let out a cold laugh. She had her fair share of pain in the past year.

"I just don't know what I'm going to do now." Madison let a tear slip down her cheek, "I know now that he knows about Hayden he's not going to leave me. He's going to give up his whole life."

"Just talk to him." Peyton hugged Madison tight, "Have a nice long talk."

"Brooke where are you going?" Lucas ran towards the parking lot after her.

"Lucas don't do this." Brooke hid her tear stained face from him. Over the past few months with Madison around Brooke and Lucas had been on speaking terms. They were actually finding to be friends.

"What's wrong?" Lucas coaxed her feeling out of her, "You've been really distant lately."

"I can't so this." Brooke sobbed.

"Can't do what Brooke?" Lucas gripped her shoulders trying to look her in the eyes, "Brooke you're scaring me."

"I don't want to talk about it tonight." Brooke shook her head, "Can we just be together, like old times. Just for the night?"

"Yeah." Lucas slung his arm around her shoulders, "What do you have in mind?"

"Could you just come and hold me?" Brooke turned into his chest where she cried. When she was all cried out Lucas slipped back inside and grabbed their stuff. They disappeared to Lucas' house for the night.

"Looks like someone's tired." Karen said touching Madison's shoulder.

"Thank god!" Madison rocked Hayden back and forth in her arms, "Maybe he'll sleep through the night!"

"I was talking about you." Karen smiled lightly, "Would you like me to take him for the night so you can have some time to yourself?"

"Thanks for the offer but he's going through that separation thing." Madison was still rocking, "Plus I think I'd miss him too much."

"Alright then get on home." Karen was literally pushing her out the door, "Sleep tight everyone."

"So that was interesting." Ephram said as he followed behind with their bags and all.

"They're the best group of people I've ever met." Madison informed him.

"I never said it was a bad interesting." Ephram climbed into the front seat next to Madison, "I just wish you wouldn't put words in my mouth."

"You put words in my mouth." Madison defended herself, "I never said you said it was a bad interesting!"

They had a laugh but then a silence fell over the car. There was nothing left to talk about besides the problem at hand and the couple had been dancing around it all night. What could really be said or done that wouldn't end in heartache at some point.

"What are we going to do?" Madison finally blurted out.

"I really don't know." Ephram shook his head, "I haven't thought that far ahead."

"I want you to go home." Madison said flatly, "You need to finish school and all."

"You can come home with me, or" Ephram began rambling on, "I could finish school here. Then I'd have a side job and we'd be fine."

"What about Julliard?" Madison felt more tears threatening to fall. She's always hated crying but that's all she'd been doing as of lately.

"My son is more important than Julliard." Ephram paused, "You are more important than Julliard."

"It's your dream though." Madison pointed out, "You can't just give up on that."

"Julliard will still be there in a few years. After we're on our feet and all it can work." Ephram reassured her, "Maybe I wasn't meant for Julliard. Maybe I was meant to be right here, right now with you."

"Ephram," Madison whispered.

"No, you're not going to run away from me again." Ephram put a reassuring hand on her thigh, "You can't get rid of me that easily."