Sorry for this long wait before we update… but finnaly, libertybelle's have a new computer so we will update more often. Anyway, here's chapter 14.
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Chapter 14 : Happier Than Ever
Ephram's room, a few hours later
Amy and Ephram are lying on the bed in Ephram's room. Ephram's sleeping peacefully, slightly smiling and Amy's looking at him lovingly. We can see that she's wearing her necklace, and it's pretty much all that she's wearing.
We can read in her face that she's really elated. She's overwhelmed but for once in a good way. For the first time in months, she's overwhelmed of happiness. She's full of emotions she thought she couldn't feel anymore, and Ephram is the one who makes her feel that way.
Each time she's looking at him, deeply lost in his sweet dreams, she can't help smiling. She strokes his hair and face and leans to kiss his cheek. He moans a little and she smiles at it. She stays like that, looking at him for a savouring moment, before standing up and pick her clothes up to dress, but before she could put something on her, Bright comes in
BRIGHT (stroming in): hey, dude, how did it go with your…(noticing Amy, wrapped on a sheet. Disgusted and covering quickly his eyes, shocked) Oh man !
AMY: shut up. You're gonna wake him up. Come on, let him sleep.
BRIGHT: yeah yeah he must be exhausted with all the s...(winking his face) you know what, it's weird talking about that with you... I wanna get this picture out of my brain right now (taping his head like he wants physically to remove it)
AMY: don't worry, bright, you don't have a brain. Let's go outside.
BRIGHT: can you – dress please first.
(She looks at him)
AMY: can you – leave please first.
BRIGHT (still making a disgusted face while leaving the room): oh, yeah…
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Bright's Kitchen
(They're sitting in the kitchen, eating)
BRIGHT: Hannah's gonna freak out! She can't shut up about you two for the past- I don't know- forever.
(Amy smiles)
BRIGHT: so tell me, what happened?
AMY (disgusted): I'm not going to tell you …
BRIGHT: I'm not talking about that, dumb girl. I meant the last time I checked, you weren't seeing each other or even talking to each other and now you're pretty much…together.
AMY: I don't know, (starts stutter) we- I - it's just, it happened you know. We didn't predict anything
BRIGHT : so you guys are definitely back on the love train, then ?
AMY: I don't know. I just know I'm happy (smiling sincerely) and I don't even get an idea of what he thinks about it. I don't know, we haven't talk yet-
BRIGHT: yeah, it's pretty obvious that you guys didn't talk.
AMY: shut up Bright. By the way, don't make any remark about it when you'll see him, ok?
BRIGHT: Amy, you know me better than this.
EPHRAM: that's exactly what I'm talking about, Bright. Promise or I tell Hannah about –
BRIGHT: shush! don't say it, wall got ears, you know.
(She laughs)
BRIGHT: seriously, I'm happy for you guys. I could give you my speech about "you deserve to be happy together and blablabla and all the crap" but it's just not my thing, you know, so I'll let Hannah do it. (They smile) It's good to see you happy anyway, not with your broody mood all the time.
AMY: thanks – I guess.
(After she said that, Ephram gets out of his bedroom. Amy turns around to look at him. Still half asleep, he notices Amy and smiles at her. She smiles back and blushes a little. He starts to join Bright and her. )
(Bright looks at him and Amy, smiling jokingly, trying not to say anything but can't contain himself)
BRIGHT: so dude, you slept well?
EPHRAM smiles to bright but a little awkward or embarrassed but you can see he's happy. He walks to amy.
EPHRAM (softly to Amy): hey (he kisses her cheek)
AMY(smiling): hey.
(Ephram sat next to her and looks at her, they smile.)
BRIGHT: So this is the perfect picture of the perfect couple of "The little house in the Prairie".
EPHRAM and AMY smiles looking at each other. They don't care what people think. right now, they're just happy.
(Bright's cell phone rings.)
BRIGHT: saved by the bell. (Picking up the phone) Hello? Oh hi hon, how you doing? Yeah, last night was pretty good. By the way, we weren't the only one to –
AMY: give it to me, jerk. (She picks up the phone) hey Hannah
(And she starts leaving while talking to her. Ephram looks at her and when he can't see her anymore, he turns back to eat.)
BRIGHT: so happy?
Ephram (smiles and nods): you heard about it?
BRIGHT: I kinda had a look at it. (Ephram looks at him) not what you think. It's good for you two anyway. And it's good for me too… no more drama, no more (imitating Hannah) "we have to do something to get them together –blablabla they are so meant together -blablabla" from my girl so I'm more than happy, bro.
(He laughs as Amy enters in the kitchen, the phone on the hand)
AMY: Bright, Hannah wanna talk to you (smiling)
BRIGHT: what did you tell her? (He takes the phone from her, making a wink at her.) Hon – no, look, don't listen to her. (He turns back to front Amy and mouths her "I hate you" and he leaves)
AMY: love you too, Bright.
(Ephram and Amy laugh)
(She turns back and goes toward Ephram. She kisses him and as they break the kiss, they smile at each other.)
EPHRAM: you're okay ?
AMY: haven't slept that much. (She smiles and he gives her a look then realising what she just said) sorry.
Ephram (smiling for a little while but then more seriously): look about what happened-
(She stares at him)
EPHRAM: don't get me wrong, I don't regret anything. I just want you to know that I didn't plan anything and we pretty much jumped into things, but I'm glad we did it though. But maybe it was a little too fast… I just don't want to push you, I want you to be sure you wanna-
AMY rushly kisses EPHRAM.
AMY : This is what I want.
(She looks at him, trying to read his reaction and feeling on his face. Ephram's a little surprised but in a good way)
AMY: and I wanna be with you too. And now that we (making gesture to make him understand., he smiles) you know, I don't really see me going on like nothing happened. I mean I'm happy. It's been a long time since I haven't been as happy as I am right now. And the last time it was with you. I just want to remain like it.
(He kisses her, touched by what she just said)
EPHRAM smiles. he looks at her and say nothing for a little while. Just enjoying the moment, then
EPHRAM : I'm happy too.
(they kiss again, but more intensely this time)
(Bright comes in, just after hanging with Hannah)
BRIGHT: hey guys, get a room…oh wait, you've already done that, right?
AMY: gross!
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Ephram's car, in front of the Abbott's
(Ephram and Amy are in the car. They can't help looking at each other. Each time their eyes meet, they smile and even laugh. We can read on their face they're really elated. You can see it's been a while since they stopped in front of the house.
He sighs at the thought of letting Amy going in the house. He turns his head towards her and smiles. She smiles back and takes his hands and play lovingly with it. He kisses her hands and in back, she kisses him on the lips. She sighs)
AMY (not convincingly, still eyes closed): I guess I have to go, right?
EPHRAM: yeah, think so… Or we could just stay here, freezing our ass off for another, I don't know, 20 minutes
(They smile to each other. They stand there, sitting next to each other, looking at each other, not saying anything. No words, no awkwardness. Just silence. Comfortable with this silent, actually they always were comfortable with it, they keep playing with each other's hands. They don't need words to express what they're thinking at this moment because they know exactly they feel the same. After a moment like this, they finally break the silent moment.)
EPHRAM: you know, you don't have to tell your parents about us. You might want to take it slow, I totally get it.
AMY: Ephram, why won't I tell my family while you told everyone about us.
EPHRAM: Amy, my best friend's your brother and my other friend's your best friend who's your brother's girlfriend. That's pretty much everyone I know. (Pause, realising) I just realise that my story is like The bold and the beautiful …
AMY: no it's like -pathetic.
(They laugh.)
AMY: Ephram, I want us to last, I don't want to start it with lies and hiding. I'm sure of what I'm doing, no second thoughts. Anyway, I don't wanna think about it right now (she smiles)
EPHRAM: well you pretty much have to, at some point you're gonna enter the house, you're kinda live there you know.
AMY: yeah, but right now, I'm not in the house. (She kisses him, she sighs.) So you call me later.
EPHRAM: yeah.
AMY: ok.(She takes his hand and kisses it.) I'm gonna go.
EPHRAM: I call you. (They laugh) and I'm gonna work on finding something better to say.
(She smiles. Pause in which she just stares at him and kisses him on the lips. She gets out of the car and leans on the door, letting her necklace to be seen. He turns on the car and turns his head towards her, noticing the jewel. He stares at it and smile, remembering. She steps back, letting him going. She keeps watching him leaves and finally opens the front door and enters the house, still on her cloud.)
Abbott's House
Still a big smile on her face, Amy reaches towards his dad and kisses his cheek.
AMY: hi dad.
HAROLD: hi honey. (finally raising his eyes from his paperwork, noticing the expression) judging by your smile, you had great time with Ephram.
AMY: yeah, that was great. Where's mom?
HAROLD: upstairs, I think she finished to take her shower.
AMY: thanks dad.
(She runs upstairs, literary floating of too much happiness. Harold, totally clueless and too busy to pay attention, goes on with his paper. Amy enters the room and Rose's reaching the bed, slowly. The cancer let marks on her mind but she is definitely better.)
AMY: hi mom (she kisses her on the cheek, jumping a little bit on the bed)
ROSE: hi dear. You just got home?
AMY: yeah. I just came to check if you're feeling better. You want something to eat?
ROSE: thanks, Amy. (Noticing pretty quickly that her daughter is unusually happy, she smiles as she assumes what makes her so elated this morning, after being with Ephram) So tell me, how was Ephram's meeting? Did he get in ?
AMY: yeah, I was sure he would anyway. I always believed he's gonna make his way.
ROSE: well it's good for him, and it's good you went with him to support him. I'm glad you're in better terms.
(Amy smiles, blushing a little. And Rose, knowing exactly what's going on, decides to make her say what she already knows.)
ROSE: you seem really happy this morning, dear. I guess this is something to do with a dark haired blue eyed guy? Am I wrong?
AMY(surprised, smiling): no you're not. How did you-
ROSE: I haven't seen you floating on a cloud like that for ages. I'm not that clueless.
AMY: yeah, sometimes I forget you're not dad.
(They both slightly laugh)
ROSE: so tell me.
AMY: I don't know what to say. I mean, I'm happy, I haven't felt that way since- I think I haven't felt that way before.
ROSE (smiling): I knew it was just a matter of time for you two to get back together.
AMY: it seemed so impossible to me few weeks ago but now I feel like I got the world at my feet.
I feel like I love him more than I already did, I didn't know it was possible, mom. You know, one day you're a total wreck and the next, you're in heaven, how could that be possible?
ROSE: you're in love, dear. That's what makes it possible.
(she smiles)
AMY: yeah, I am.
ROSE: I'm so happy for you. Watching you depressing all day long was terrible to watch, honey.
AMY: well, this phase is officially over. You have the new Amy, the Happy Amy. Hope it lasts.
ROSE: you don't have to worry about it. You've been through so many things you two, I think you don't have to worry anymore.
AMY: thanks mom (hugging her tightly, still smiling.) well now I'm gonna make you an unbelievable breakfast.
ROSE sights : you don't need to….
AMY: no protestations, no complaining. I take care of everything.
(She kisses her mom on the cheek a last time before heading towards the hallway, meeting Harold on the way. Still smiling)
AMY: hey dad, I'm going in the kitchen, you wanna something to eat?
H: thank you honey but I have to go to the clinic.
AMY: okay.
(She kisses him and goes to the kitchen, leaving Harold surprised of seeing his daughter so happy this morning. He enters the room where Rose is also smiling, relieved to see her daughter so elated.)
HAROLD: why everyone's smiling? Did I miss something? Does it have something to do with some prohibited substances that you're both taking that I'm not aware of? (Rose gives him a look)
ROSE: she's just in love.
HAROLD (hallucinated): again? (He looks towards Amy's direction and towards rose, hallucinating he didn't even get a clue. And then, he realises) wait. Ephram? (Rose nods yes) again! (putting two and two together) Do you realise they spent the night together ?
ROSE: dear, let her be happy.
HAROLD: Rose…
(Rose goes to kiss him on the cheek and starts to leave)
HAROLD stay there, still hallucinating…
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