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Chapter Four: Flight 706 or Straight into the past

The next morning Ephram got up very early.

A screaming voice had woken him up. He left his bed and tiptoed to his sister's room. "Dee, are you alright?"

"No! There is a spider on my pillow." He looked at Delia, groggy.

"That's the reason why you wake us? Because of a spider? I'm tired Delia and I need some sleep."

"Please Ephram, kill it for me!" He groaned lightly and nodded. "Fine. I'm too tired to start a fight with you. Do you have a tissue?" She nodded, handed him the cloth. After a few seconds the spider was killed and Delia calmed down.

"May I now leave the room,sis?" "Yeah, thanks. Sorry that I woke you up." "Ahm...Never mind." Ephram was about to leave her room when Delia asked him to stay. "Wait, Ephram. I wanna ask you something." He stopped going and looked at his sister questioningly. "What?"

Delia hesitated for a moment then she spoke.

"When you think about the boy…do you think of Madison as well?" Ephram looked down and shook his head.

"No. But I thought about her yesterday. I even tried to call her."

"Wow, so you tried…that means she wasn't there, right?"

"I got the engaged line. Maybe she was busy with something."

"Will you fly to New York, Ephram?" He nodded slowly.

"Yeah, I think I will do that. Your plan is good. I will never know how Madison feels when I don't meet her. I guess the talking will be good for both of us. Perhaps we can fix some other mistakes and misunderstandings between us, too." Ephram's sister's eyes widened with surprise. "I thought you don't wanna be with her again." "Yeah, right. I just want Madison to be my friend." "You guys were never friends, Ephram."

He looked to the ceiling and swallowed hard. "Yeah, I know. But maybe now… Maybe we can behave like we are friends…"

Delia laughed and had a big smile on her face. "When you think this will work…" He nodded uncertainly. "It can't be that hard."

With these words he left her room and crawled back under his own blanket.

It was weird. Why did Delia ask about Madison? Okay Ephram knew that his sister liked her very much and she wished he and Madison would be together right now but life was different from dream land. He had felt that himself when Amy rejected him.

But after a little bit of thinking it felt right. Wait, it felt right without Amy? It felt right to be alone by himself?

Ephram shook his head in disbelieve and seated himself in front of his PC. He moved the mouse over a website and booked a ticket from Denver to New York.

It was really expensive but he needed to see Madison, needed to know if she was okay.

After turning off his computer he grabbed a suit case from the closet and threw some clothes into it. Finally he eyed this photo of him and Madison and put it beside his clothes. Carefully Ephram reached for his ex girlfriend's ring and birthday present and wrapped it into a piece of cloth before putting it into a small box and then in his suit case. When tooth brush, sope, towels, aftershave and hair gel were placed into it as well he closed it quickly.

While changing into some different clothing Ephram heard a knock on the door of his room; his heart stood still for a minute.

"Who's there? Is that you, Delia?"

"Yes. Can I come in for a minute?" He groaned lightly before opening the door for her. "What do you want?"

Delia looked at his suit case and smiled. "Is that for New York?" Ephram nodded quickly. "Yes, it is. I wanna leave in 30 minutes for Denver." Delia was stunned.

"You wanna waste this Saturday for flying in a plane?"

"It's not a waste. I know it will be worth it. I do this because I wanna do this and not because someone forced me. Okay?"

She watched her brother with a sad look.

"I know I said you should talk with Madison, but I didn't mean that soon.Ephram you have to plan your reunion not jump on the opportunity." Ephram was confused. Why couldn't Delia understand? "Dee, I planned this the whole night. Dammit, it's the only thing I can focus on right now. So please don't try to hold me back. You opened my eyes and showed me that I needn't to be that sad anymore."

His sister looked him deeply in the eyes. "I don't want you to be sad any longer, Ephram." He smiled and hugged his sister tightly. "Then let me go…Now…I'll come back I will be happier when I return, I swear." Delia held out her pinkie.

"Pinkie swear?" Ephram smirked and nodded. Then he linked his finger with his sister's pinkie. "Goodbye Ephram. I'm going to miss you." He laughed. "I will miss you too, kiddo. But New York has telephone as well, remember?" "Oh right. Good luck with Madison." Ephram thanked her by hugging her again.

"Please, don't tell dad, ok?" "Don't you have school?"

"Well yes, but this is more important. You know?" She nodded happily. "I get it. I won't tell dad anything. I act like…like I don't know by myself." "That's fine, girl. So I gotto go. Wish you a nice day and a great time without me."

With those words Ephram grabbed his suit case, reached for a jacket and stepped out of the Browns' house.

4 hours later he sat in the waiting hall of Denver airport and read a manga to calm his nerves down. Now he was here. The ticket in his pocket, the suit case in front of him. There was no way back…

Meanwhile Madison was woken up from a loud scream. She got up from her bed and went into her brother's room. "Brian, are you awake?" Her brother nodded groggily. "Hmhm. Is it my shift?" She nodded quickly. " Yes.I'm sorry that he had to sleep in your room last night." Brian smiled lightly. "It's okay, Madison. I love the boy as much as you do. Come on, we should make him some milk. You wanna eat anything as well?" "No I'm not hungry."

"I heard the same sentence a few months ago. What's wrong with you?" Madison took a deep breath.

"It's just that I'm not sure about continuing college." "Oh you have second thoughts about it." She nodded quickly.

"Yeah, that is the problem. See I have the boy back, I mean I am allowed to raise him because you help me. But if I go to college… I don't think that graduating is this important anymore. I can't do this to him; he already lost his dad a year ago." Brian looked at his sister proudly. "If that is what you want…I'll support your decision." Madison smiled lightly. "Really?" "Hmhm. I can offer you a part-time job in my agency; we need an office woman if I remember correctly. This way you could pay for the rent of my place and the child's stuff."

She couldn't help but started to cry. Now her brother was worried. "Hey, girl. It's fine with me. You can live here as long as you want. And I'll help you with the boy till he goes to elementary school or even longer." Madison wiped her tears away and thanked her brother, who smiled…

In Denver Ephram was about to go on board of his plane. One last look back and his feet met the gangway.

A few minutes later he sat on his seat and was greated by one of the stewardesses. "Good morning, Mister. Is there is anything I could bring you?" He thought for a moment then shook his head. "No, thank you. I'm fine. But could I ask you a question? How long will it take to fly to NY?" "Ah… a little over 10 hours. Have a good flight." The woman left and Ephram started to get nervous. What if Madison didn't want to see him? What if she hadn't thought about him since last year and couldn't even remember his face? What if she had a new boyfriend because she wanted to forget the past? Quickly he hit himself hard. He was going insane. Slowly relaxing Ephram closed his eyes and fell asleep. A few hours passed by and he was still asleep. Suddenly someone shook his body and his eyes popped open.

"Sir, the plane lands in 5 minutes. Please fasten your seat belt."

He nodded quickly before looking out of the small window. It was nearly dark outside.

When Ephram walked off the plane everything seemed so familiar. Well this city had been his home for 14 years but something else wasn't new to him. The messy weather.

He walked to the taxi station through the New York rain and waited.

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