The next evening, Madison is getting ready and Mindy is flipping through a
magazine on the chair in Madison's room and Jake is jumping up and down on
her bed in his pajamas.
"Mommy's going out, Mommy's going out," Jake was yelling and jumping.
Madison turned around and went over to the bed and grabbed Jake and swung him around and placed him on the floor, "Are you going to be a good boy for Aunt Mindy while Mommy's out tonight?"
"Maybe." Jake looked up at Madison seriously.
Madison grabbed him and threw him over her shoulder and let him hang upside down, "Try that again please, sir."
"Ok. Ok. I promise I'll be good."
"Thank you," Madison put Jake down.
Mindy looked up from her magazine and looked at Jake, "Jake, why don't you go pick out a storybook and I'll come and read it to you."
"It's early," Jake explained.
"Jake, you promised," Madison said to her son.
"Okay, sorry, I'll go. I want to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar." He ran out of the room.
Mindy started to get up and looked at Madison with a serious face. Madison noticed Mindy's expression.
"Don't look at me like that," Madison explained.
"You need to be looked at like that. There is a 4-year old in the other room that has a father that has no clue about him." Mindy tried to reason with her.
"I know and that's the way it's gonna stay. I can't risk Jake getting hurt let alone me," Madison explained yet again.
"Look, I see it in your eyes. The past few days since you've known Ephram was living here you've been different. You don't have to tell me that the boy gets you all goofy inside because I can see it. You have been nervous and scattered. He brings out a different part of you that you're scared to let out again, but you've got to tell him the truth. He deserves to know. What is going to happen if you two start dating again?" Mindy questioned.
"That's not going to happen. I don't even know if he is dating anyone." Madison replied back forcefully.
"Then what the hell is tonight then?" Mindy coming back at Madison with the same force.
"I am going with Ephram to introduce him to the band. That's all."
"Sure, whatever. But remember this. The longer you wait to tell him, the harder it's going to be for you to look at him. You can only act professional for so long. Your personal life is going to come up," Mindy tried explaining.
"Listen, I'm doing the right thing. I just can't take the risk," Madison replied and walked out of her room and into Jake's. Mindy followed behind her. Madison gave Jake a kiss good night and reminded him to be a good boy and went and left.
When Madison got to the bar, Ephram was sitting at the bar talking to a girl and drinking a beer. Madison was crushed when she saw Ephram smiling and talking to the girl. He looked like he was really enjoying himself. Madison walked up to him cautiously and Ephram stopped.
"Madison. Hey. You made it. This is Becky." Ephram said as he stood up to introduce them.
"Nice to meet you," Madison replied. She extended a hand to Becky.
Becky looked Madison up and down and shook her hand and gave a smirk.
"Becky, I better be going. Madison and I have some business to take care of. It was nice talking with you. See you around." Ephram said as he pointed Madison toward the stage.
"Call me," Becky replied back to Ephram.
Ephram and Madison walked toward the dressing rooms so Madison could introduce Ephram to the band. Ephram met the band and then they went out to the front and watch the band play its set of music. Other people were dancing and singing along and they were rocking the bar. When the set was over, Ephram looked at his watch and it was almost midnight.
"Well, it's kinda late, I guess I should walk you to your car." Ephram said as he put down his beer glass.
Madison looked at her watch too and noticed the time. The night had been all business, the way Madison had wanted it. "Yeah, I guess so."
Ephram went to pay the tab at the bar and they left. Ephram walked Madison to her car, which was a Mercedes M-Class. The walk to the car was silent. Ephram noticed that Madison was avoiding eye contact with him the whole night. Madison started to get in her car and Ephram grabbed her hand to stop her.
"Madison," Ephram said. Madison turned to look at him. "Look, I know I was the last person you thought you would ever work with in this industry and I know I would have never thought I would have seen you again, but here we are. It's been five years and we are older and more mature and I..." Ephram was looking in Madison's eyes to see if he could tell what was going on.
"And you?" Madison pressed for him to continue.
"And I just want to say that I hope working with me isn't too difficult after all of this time," Ephram spilled out reluctantly.
"Why would you say that?" Madison inquired.
"Well, for the past two days eye contact with me has been hard to come by so I was just guessing," Ephram explained.
"Sorry about that. I've just had some things on my mind, that's all."
"I understand," Ephram said sympathetically.
Ephram looked at Madison and Madison looked at Ephram. Ephram smiled halfway and Madison smiled back and turned to get into her car. Ephram closed the door once she was in and Madison drove away. Ephram watched as she drove away.
"Mommy's going out, Mommy's going out," Jake was yelling and jumping.
Madison turned around and went over to the bed and grabbed Jake and swung him around and placed him on the floor, "Are you going to be a good boy for Aunt Mindy while Mommy's out tonight?"
"Maybe." Jake looked up at Madison seriously.
Madison grabbed him and threw him over her shoulder and let him hang upside down, "Try that again please, sir."
"Ok. Ok. I promise I'll be good."
"Thank you," Madison put Jake down.
Mindy looked up from her magazine and looked at Jake, "Jake, why don't you go pick out a storybook and I'll come and read it to you."
"It's early," Jake explained.
"Jake, you promised," Madison said to her son.
"Okay, sorry, I'll go. I want to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar." He ran out of the room.
Mindy started to get up and looked at Madison with a serious face. Madison noticed Mindy's expression.
"Don't look at me like that," Madison explained.
"You need to be looked at like that. There is a 4-year old in the other room that has a father that has no clue about him." Mindy tried to reason with her.
"I know and that's the way it's gonna stay. I can't risk Jake getting hurt let alone me," Madison explained yet again.
"Look, I see it in your eyes. The past few days since you've known Ephram was living here you've been different. You don't have to tell me that the boy gets you all goofy inside because I can see it. You have been nervous and scattered. He brings out a different part of you that you're scared to let out again, but you've got to tell him the truth. He deserves to know. What is going to happen if you two start dating again?" Mindy questioned.
"That's not going to happen. I don't even know if he is dating anyone." Madison replied back forcefully.
"Then what the hell is tonight then?" Mindy coming back at Madison with the same force.
"I am going with Ephram to introduce him to the band. That's all."
"Sure, whatever. But remember this. The longer you wait to tell him, the harder it's going to be for you to look at him. You can only act professional for so long. Your personal life is going to come up," Mindy tried explaining.
"Listen, I'm doing the right thing. I just can't take the risk," Madison replied and walked out of her room and into Jake's. Mindy followed behind her. Madison gave Jake a kiss good night and reminded him to be a good boy and went and left.
When Madison got to the bar, Ephram was sitting at the bar talking to a girl and drinking a beer. Madison was crushed when she saw Ephram smiling and talking to the girl. He looked like he was really enjoying himself. Madison walked up to him cautiously and Ephram stopped.
"Madison. Hey. You made it. This is Becky." Ephram said as he stood up to introduce them.
"Nice to meet you," Madison replied. She extended a hand to Becky.
Becky looked Madison up and down and shook her hand and gave a smirk.
"Becky, I better be going. Madison and I have some business to take care of. It was nice talking with you. See you around." Ephram said as he pointed Madison toward the stage.
"Call me," Becky replied back to Ephram.
Ephram and Madison walked toward the dressing rooms so Madison could introduce Ephram to the band. Ephram met the band and then they went out to the front and watch the band play its set of music. Other people were dancing and singing along and they were rocking the bar. When the set was over, Ephram looked at his watch and it was almost midnight.
"Well, it's kinda late, I guess I should walk you to your car." Ephram said as he put down his beer glass.
Madison looked at her watch too and noticed the time. The night had been all business, the way Madison had wanted it. "Yeah, I guess so."
Ephram went to pay the tab at the bar and they left. Ephram walked Madison to her car, which was a Mercedes M-Class. The walk to the car was silent. Ephram noticed that Madison was avoiding eye contact with him the whole night. Madison started to get in her car and Ephram grabbed her hand to stop her.
"Madison," Ephram said. Madison turned to look at him. "Look, I know I was the last person you thought you would ever work with in this industry and I know I would have never thought I would have seen you again, but here we are. It's been five years and we are older and more mature and I..." Ephram was looking in Madison's eyes to see if he could tell what was going on.
"And you?" Madison pressed for him to continue.
"And I just want to say that I hope working with me isn't too difficult after all of this time," Ephram spilled out reluctantly.
"Why would you say that?" Madison inquired.
"Well, for the past two days eye contact with me has been hard to come by so I was just guessing," Ephram explained.
"Sorry about that. I've just had some things on my mind, that's all."
"I understand," Ephram said sympathetically.
Ephram looked at Madison and Madison looked at Ephram. Ephram smiled halfway and Madison smiled back and turned to get into her car. Ephram closed the door once she was in and Madison drove away. Ephram watched as she drove away.
