Chapter 8 : Food inspire me

Bright's Place, the next morning

(Bright is eating breakfast when someone comes in rather suddenly. Bright jumps and spill some milk on his TShirt)

BRIGHT: Oh man, you scarred the crap out of me... Now, I have cereals all over me

EPHRAM: Sorry...

BRIGHT (he goes to his room and comes back with a new Tshirt): What were you doing out at (looking at his watch and giving Ephram a look) 7 AM ?

EPHRAM: You know, it's 1 PM in London right now...Plus I needed to get some air... couldn't really sleep last night and watching the ceiling in a totally empty room didn't help... and there were no chance of bumping into my dad so early in the morning...

BRIGHT:You're still upset about that ?

EPHRAM: I'm not upset. It's just that I-I-I wasn't expecting to see him on the first day i'd come back. It kind of took me by surprise, you know.

BRIGHT: You know, there's no chance you could actually avoid the guy, this is Everwood… You're gonna have to face him at one point... Plus, that could give you the opportunity to have more than an old mattress in your room... you could actually get your stuff back.

EPHRAM: yeah… you're right (thinking about this)

BRIGHT:Anyway, man, i gotta go to ECC, i'll be back tonight, we could go somewhere and have fun.

EPHRAM: sure.

BRIGHT: cool. See you tonight.

(He leaves)

Bright's place, the same day, Noon

Ephram is zapping through the Tv, but there's nothing on. He goes to the Kitchen to eat something but there's nothing in the fridge except peanut butter and 1 coke. He closes the fridge and decide to go shopping. Afterall, He still got a lot of London money he earned from playing with Todd.

In the grocery store, Ephram and Amy are talking while picking up some food.

AMY: thanks for calling me, by the way.

EPHRAM: you're welcome. And who said buying orange juice, chicken and milk wasn't fun?

AMY: Thanks anyway. It's good to get out of the house sometime.

EPHRAM: what do you mean?

AMY: I mean (pause), I'm glad to be with my mom and take care of her, I don't regret anything, but all day long, I'm in the house, tidying, doing Bright's washing, cooking, washing the dishes, folding the clothes and when I do all these thing, it kinda reminds me that everybody's doing their thing, making their way to their future life, and me, I'm just playing the housewife...without the husband.

EPHRAM: Amy, I know this is not exactly what you thought you're gonna do this year, but you take care of your family, sacrificing your life, doing all these things without saying a word. It's important what you're doing, I know you know it, but you have to remind yourself why you're doing all of this instead of thinking of what you would do if you left. And you know, the life you imagined is still here, you can fulfil it later.

(Amy just looks at him, thinking that EPHRAM still know what to say to make her feel better.)

EPHRAM: well, I'm not talking about Bright's washing.

(They laugh)

AMY: So, you figured a plan out now that you're staying for good here?

EPHRAM: not really. I mean, I got the fondness of the piano back in my body which is good so I guess I'll do my thing with that. I don't have much choice, since I suck in all of the fields.

(AMY laughs)

AMY: you didn't need to be 8000 miles away from here to realise what you already know, and what everyone in everwood could tell you. You could have found it here, no need to go to the moon to learn something you already know in your heart.

EPHRAM: I know, but, sometime, when you're away from everything, from everybody, you realise what really matters (pause in which he gives her a look full of meaning but she doesn't notice it) like real American meal…(taking a box) tacos !

(they laughs.)

AMY: I missed you Ephram.

EPHRAM: I missed you too.

(They smile to each other and goes on with their shopping)

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