DISCLAIMER- I don't own Everwood or any of the characters, only sometimes I wish I did…
Chapter 1- nightmares
It was late at night and Ephram Brown was asleep next to his girlfriend of almost 1 and a half years. He was having a dream, a nightmare, as his girfriend Lauren watched with concern over the man she loved.
Ephram was dreaming of the night that Amy and him had broken-up, seven years ago. He had always had these dreams, at least once a week if not more. "We can't work this out Ephram, it's not that easy okay!" Amy's voice echoed in his ears. "We've been through so much, we can get thourgh this, together." His dream self said. "you know what I can't handle this, goodbye Ephram." Amy started to walk away. "Amy, Amy come back!" he yelled after her.
He didn't know it, but Lauren could hear him calling Amy's name. He was yelling it out loud for the whole world to hear. Just like the day he yelled it at Amy.
Lauren had no idea who this Amy was. Ephram had never mentioned her, and she knew he wasn't cheating, she could feel it in her heart. Her thoughts were shattered by Ephram's scream, " I love you, don't go Amy please!" This always broke her heart somehow, just hearing him tell someone else, even in a dream, that he loved them made her heart ache. Ephram's forehead was covered with sweat, she brushed it away with her hand. "It's okay, It's okay." Lauren soothed the sleeping man beside her, then layed down to go to sleep herself.
That very same night, Amy Abbott was having the excat same dream as Ephram, only they didn't know it. She was tossing and turning in her bed screaming, "It's too hard! It's just too hard! We've tried, it's just, just not n-not working out!" She burst into tears as she screamed this. Then the next thinig she new she was walking away form him, as tears ran down her cheek.
In her bed Amy lay there sobbing, she had been having these dreams every few days, all about her and Ephram. She was avoiding him, he knew it, she knew, they all knew it. That's why she lived in Denver and he in New York, they couldn't face each other, not after that day.
Her room mate came in hearing Amy's cries of sadness, this had become normal for her, it happened so often, she was worried about Amy, but didn't know what to do. "Are you okay?" She asked
"I'm f-fine, it's okay, go back to sleep Rachel, I'll be okay really."
"Are you sure, because even if you are okay, which I don't think you are, I couldn't get to sleep with your sobbing."
"Just another nighmare,really, I'm fine" Amy lied as she sat their her mind thinking of Ephram.
"Okay." Rachel sighed as she left.
Amy was glad Rachel was gone, she just couldn't control her dreams, they were about Ephram so many times. Senior year had been perfect for them, she only applied near his conservitories and Colorado A&M as a back-up. Then they broke-up, she couldn't think about that, not right now, not ever. So she just lay in bed crying, just like Ephram was at that exact moment.