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Chaper 4-The Hug

The next day Andy, Nina, Sam, Delia, Lauren and Ephram decided to Mama Joey for breakfast. When they got there they sat down ordered there food and started to talk. The conversation was getting interesting with talk about Andy and Nina's 2 year anniversairy coming up and Bright and Hannah's wedding. Delia was going to be a braidsmaid and was so excited.

"Never thought that would be you in pretty little silk dress fun!" Ephram mocked his little sister playfully.

"Shut up!" Delia sqealed.

"Ephram you know your ganna be Brights best man right?" Andy questioned his son

"Yeah, sure why not." Ephram replied.

"Oh my god! This is so cool it will be just like the good old days! Amy's ganna be Hannah's maid of Honor and everything!" Sam Shrieked loudly.

"Um oh, I should have know I mean she is Brights um yeah sister and um yeah." Ephram studdered at the thought of Amy.

"Um what's wrong are you okay?" Lauren asked her boyfriend. "And um who's Amy?"

"You don't know who Amy is, Ephram how could you not tell her who Amy is?" Andy Questioned his son about hiding this from his girlfriend. Ephram could tell he was mad about this. He had to know that the subject of old girlfriends had come up between them. Ephram told his father that she confessed about Amy, but he hadn't. It hurt Ephram to talk about her, to think about her. His sides would ache. He'd stuttered. He'd cry. He just couldn't take it, she was too…Amy.

"Um, yeah sorry bout that, can we um just not um t-t-talk about h-her." Ephram added quietly.

"No I think we should!" Lauren demanded

"Um n-no I can't" Ephram pushed the words out of his mouth.

"fine! I'll meet you at your fathers house!" Lauren got up and left the diner.

"Ephram." Nina tried to sooth him.

"I can't." Just as he breathed those words, in walked the Abbotts. As Ephram got up to leave he saw Amy. Standing there, looking at him with a shocked epression.

"Ephram." She whispered.

"Amy." He nodded. Then he embraced her in a hug. It superised him. He hadn't meant to do that. No, he didn't want to fo that. But he couldn't help it. It was what he had to do to stop from kissing her. He knew he couldn't kiss her, he had a girlfriend, she could have a boyfriend. So they both stood there hugging each other while everyone looked on. No one noticed Lauren walk in and grab her coat, no one noticed her walk out. No one noticed anything except a hug between to people who had broken each others hearts years ago.