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Then I realized that you wrote this characters in a different scenario as people who didn't know each other! I am pretty slow on the uptake....but finally figured it out. Wow....Amy and Ephram worked a lot quicker as this characters. Hope Ephram wore a condom! I don't remember the old Rose being so pushy. |
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My Everwood, depending on the story, will change the characters a bit. I often did find Rose to be pushy at times, tbh __________________
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here's a REALLY short story called "Podcast" Kind of an idea I got from watching a tv show I think. I'm hoping to get back into writing, just real life is kicking my ass right now. That's why I haven't been around much.
This is a friendship Hannah/Amy-centric story. I hope you enjoy it Amy walked into the hallways of county high, she put her headphones back in the case and slipped her ipod back into her backpack. It was the Monday after spring break. You could tell the kids, just by passing them in the halls, who stayed up way late on the nights they could and forgot that yesterday was Sunday and today was the Monday to return to school. She kept looking from side to side, feeling people starring at her. Amy shrugged it off and went on the way to her locker. She was greeted almost instantly by her best friend Hannah. “It’s Monday, isn’t it?” “Since yesterday was Sunday, I’d say you aced that pop quiz.” “It feels like it should still be Wednesday or something, another day we get to sleep in.” “Sleep in? I was up at like seven in the morning everyday.” “Some of us actually took spring break off and didn’t become a working girl in her free time.” “Working girl!?” Amy made a face and laughed. “I’m not sure I would call it that.” A random girl stood next to Hannah, she turned and asked, “I was told to tell you from Katie Greenbriar that you don’t need to come to the virtuous meeting.” “Okay, but why? Is Katie not feeling well? “No, she’s fine...in fact she’s setting up some eleborate thing or something. She just doesn’t want you to come anymore.” “Why!? Did I make her mad or something...go back on a promise.” The girl started to laugh, saying “yeah, something like a promise.” She nodded towards Amy. “Hey girl, see you around.” Amy looked back at Hannah, “what was that about?” “I have no idea. I practically helped form that club.” “Maybe they’re having a surprise for you...since Katie is setting up something elaborate?” “Doubt it. We don’t celebrate anyone’s birthdays or holidays.” She saw Amy’s sad face. “So many people celebrate different things and it became more about celebrating birthdays and some people feeling pressured to always buy a gift. So no celebrations.” “But really, no idea how you got disinvited to a group you founded.” Bright walked into English class, most of the talking immediately stopped. This wasn’t unusual considering Bright was usually doing something that called for everyone to stop and pay attention. But Bright couldn’t think of anything he’d done, but he wasn’t one to listen to gossip. He took his seat and started to get out his notebook. Hannah had quite the studious affect on him to always get out his books and be the first one prepared to take notes. “So there’s this bet going on that you and that you and Hannah….” Bright made a face. “Me and Hannah what?” “You know...you finally made a woman out of her.” Bright stood up just as the teacher came into the room raising his voice for everyone to settle down. He did as the teacher instructed and the other guy walked away laughing. Quickly, Bright got out his phone, texting Hannah under his desk. What’s going on, what did you tell everyone? And he tossed his phone back in his bag and looked towards the front. Paying attention, Bright took notes although his mind was somewhere else. ~*~ “Today has been exhausting.” Amy entwined her hand with Ephram’s as they walked towards the her locker. “It has been a long day. Everyone’s talking about Bright and Hannah.” “Yeah, Hannah’s been kicked out of the vurtous club, something she helped build.” Ephram stopped, looking at his girlfriend, “the virtuous club? What is that?” “Purity club? A high school in North Carolina crated it as a teen cleans club, saving purity for marriage.” “Why would she be kicked out.” Ephram saw Amy’s ‘you must be clueless’ expression, then he said, “Oh, yeah, I guess that’s a reason not to be involved.” “But no one knows except them and me...and now you.” “She didn’t tell anyone, talk about it too close to someone in class? Girls talk in the bathroom don’t they.” “Yeah, of course, but Hannah never talked about it. She actually barely talked about when we have sleepovers in my room.” “Oh yeah, Dad and Nina are out out of town, wanna have a sleepover at my house.” Ephram had the adorable grin he’s known for. “Tempting...but I think I need to spend some time with Hannah. She’s really upset about being kicked out of the club and everyone’s kept saying strange things to her. Some were kind of mean.” “Like what?” “Lot of stuff about sex with Bright and she was never really a virgin and is a total fake. I swear Ephram, if I wasn’t there to walk her away from it, she would’ve started to cry….they were vile.” “Hannah’s never been mean to anybody, why are they being mean to her?” “I have no idea. It’s like someone made a rumor and everyone believes it. But that stuff doesn’t happen at county high, at least not to this magnitude.” “Have you talked to Bright, yet?” “I haven’t seen him all day. I looked for him at lunch and no one’s seen him. If they’re saying these things to Hannah...what are they saying to Bright!?” ~*~ Hannah walked into the weight room, waited for Bright to reset the weights he was using. “Hi,” She mouthed and did a small wave. “I looked for you all day, you seemed to have disappeared on me.” “Same. I guess we were looking in the wrong places at the same times.” “Yeah, I guess so.” Bright sat back down, pulling barbells towards him. “Can we talk?” “Yeah, seems like the whole school is talking for us.” “I’m not saying you did, but did you say something to someone about us.” “No, I never talk to anyone about you or about us...except Ephram. He would never say anything.” “I didn’t either, but it seems like everyone knows.” “That we had sex? Yeah, seems like it.” “I never told anyone...except Amy and like Ephram, she wouldn’t say anything.” Bright patted the seat in front of him, Hannah sat down. “I don’t care if people know we had sex. I’ve just been trying to find you all day to make sure you were okay….that people were talking about us.” “Bright, I don’t care that people are talking about us, I just want to know how someone found out.” Bright nodded, “I don’t know.” ~*~ Rose stopped in Amy’s room to deliver some laundry. “Recording another podcast?” “Not tonight, too much going on at school, making my brain hurt.” “Nothing too bad, I hope?” “No, it’s just people are talking about a rumor that just won’t go away. Rumors that don’t go away are usually true and have a credible source.” “Are you going to make it your missing to find this credible source?” “The rumor is about Hannah.” “Is Brighton involved?” “Yeah...but it’s not bad. You’re not going to get a call from the principle or anything.” “I would hope not, he’s doing so well lately.” Rose closed the door and Amy jumped on her computer. As soon as she did, there was an echo. Questioning why there was an echo, she checked all of her media recording devices. She could feel the warmth drain from her face and all the blood rush out of her body. She shakily turned off the record button and the echos seemed to stop. Looking at her computer, she could see all the comments from everyone who heard her life feed. It had been recording for at least two days. Her sleep over with Hannah was last night. “At least here I can get some peace and quiet.” Hannah plopped on Amy’s bed, wrapping her arms around the bear pillow. “What’s wrong Amy, you look like you’ve seen a ghost.” “I accidentally left the podcast recording.” “And it’s Monday, so I’m guessing the world heard about Rose Abbott delivering your weekly laundry.” Amy swollowed hard. “I turned it on Saturday when I recorded my thoughts about the pep rally. We were such in a hurry to get to the game, I was going to make myself a note to turn it off when we got back here.” Hannah could feel the blood run cold. “Was the podcast recording Saturday night?” Amy’s voice was soft as she spoke. “Yeah, it was.” “So now we know why I was kicked out of the virtuous club and why everyone was snickering and talking behind my back. I was the one who told everyone Bright and I had sex when I thought I was sharing an important life moment with my best friend.” “Yeah.” Amy’s voice was soft, then she tucked the hair behind her ears, looking at her best friend. “I am so sorry! Anything I can to make it up to you, anything.” “I thought what I shared with Bright would be intimate and private, but it was sensationalized and public.” “And you have every right to blame me for all of it. I had no idea I left it on and I really have even less of an idea of what we talked about.” “Sex. We talked about how I had sex and me thinking it was private and now it’s not.” “I have nothing to say.” “Neither do I.” ~*~ Two days later, Hannah was finally able to sit down and read her email there it was. A link to a new podcast from Amy. She put her head phones in and listened…. A few days ago, a podcast went out that shouldn’t have. Well, it shouldn’t have been a podcast at all. Me and my best friend in the entire world, Hannah Rogers, was telling me, her best friend, that she shared an intimate moment with her boyfriend, almost my brother, Bright. It was never meant to be heard outside of the four walls in my bedroom during one of our sleepovers. For that, I am truly sorry. No words I can say can ever let Hannah forget the feeling it was for everyone to know she shared an intimate moment with someone that was supposed to be private. With that being said, the reason for this, maybe it’s a special edition, I don’t know...but this is what I want to say. Everyone listening to this podcast has had a moment, that was truly a moment where no one was there to witness it. And you think “wow, good thing no one saw that” or “I'm glad this has stayed between us”. We’ve all said, we’ve all experienced. Well, Hannah didn’t get that option. Instead, something I forgot to do, let that moment go public, viral if you will. Everyone took part in making sure Hannah knew that everyone know what she and Bright did. Why not just bear the scarlet letter on her forehead and wear black all over town? Would that be similar to what you all had in mind when you basically exiled her out of every lunch table at county high or everyone classroom she walked into. You may think you are invisible when saying mean things to someone that doesn’t know you. Well, you aren’t. Hannah knows who you are. She knows that you are the person that gets to walk away after saying these things. You get to walk away from Hannah’s feelings being hurt. You get to...walk...away. Think about that. You get to walk around school, no one knowing who you are or care that you wore an orange shirt with green pants. She never did that, but you get the idea. So, what I urge you, County High, is to walk away. Hannah is took good for your insults and judgments. So please, when seeing Hannah walk around town, through the hallways….smile and nod as there may be a moment in your own personal life that doesn’t end up being so personal. This is Amy Abbott, signing off. ~*~ Amy sat beside Hannah on the front porch. “I’m sorry.” Hannah nodded. “I know, I listened to your podcast.” “Yeah, I recorded that before I went to bed. I just couldn’t think of waking up think you’re mad at me and I didn’t do anything to fix it.” “I never blamed you, or meant to.” “You should have, I let the world hear your personal words.” “It wasn’t your fault...you would never tell anyone about our secret talks.” “So we’re best friends again?” “We were ever not?” They hugged tightly and took the route into town. just as all the kids were getting in their cars and going home. ~*~ __________________
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Thanks! I will read when things settle down here and I have a quiet moment. Last edited by jediwands; 04-06-2021 at 07:59 AM |
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Just read it. Excellent.
- I love how normal and perfect Ephram/Amy are together. Ephram wanted his alone time with Amy. Damn Hannah drama. LOL. - Bright taking school seriously, nice to see. - The club Hannah was involved in reminded me of the one Chase from OTH was in. - The mystery and twist was outstanding. You had me wondering immediately who leaked it! - Ammmmmmy.... LOL. She made up for it in her next podcast. Beautiful, wise words. Great job! |
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I need to read this!
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Well....Bright and Hannah finally did it. I also wondered how the entire school found out. Very clever, Patricia!
Amy did a great job airing her "fix it" podcast. Sure hope it works!! The entire school is acting like a mean girl. Ephram's adorable grin....you gotta love it!! |
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Title: Coming Home
I got the idea from watching a random episode of "The Guardian"...I guess I can say I got something out of that show lol I hope you like it “Do you think the picture is going to change the more you stare at it?” Andy came into Ephram’s bedroom with more empty boxes to pack up. “I just keep thinking the phone’s going to ring saying she wants to come home.” “Well, Ephram, if she wants to come home, you’re probably not the person she needs to talk to.” “Right now I’d settle for just hearing her voice, knowing that she’s okay.” “That’s where you need to believe that everything is going to be okay.” “I actually had this thought…” Ephram paused, nodded his head. “Never mind, it was stupid.” “No seriously, what is it?” “Not knowing where she is or how she’s doing makes me jealous of you a little bit.” “Of me? How so, Ephram?” “When you found out mom had died in that car accident. You knew, you didn’t have to guess where she was or if she was laying on the ground in a field somewhere or…” Ephram dried his eyes. “How stupid is that. I envy how my father knew that my mother was dead.” “I admit the thought process, probably not healthy. But Ephram, you do have a point. I knew that your mother was at peace and I didn’t have to worry about things your mind is making you worry about now. But that doesn’t make it any easier. What does, somewhat, make it easier for you is that you still have the chance to see Amy again. I know you believe she’s still out there and hopefully finding her way back to you. With your mom…I had to deal with the idea that I would never go home to my wife…your mother…Delia’s mother again. So don’t be jealous of me when I can be envious of you.” “Dad…” Ephram waited for Andy to turn back around. “How do you know when it’s time to finally let go?” Andy shrugged. “You don’t. It just…happens.” “And Nina just happened?” Ephram had a twinge of a smile form on his face. “Yeah, something like that.” Ephram removed the back of the photo frame and took the picture out. Whenever Ephram looked at the picture. He remembered that day down to the temperatures changing as the fall season was arriving in Everwood. Amy had on her maroon scarf that went perfectly with her ivory cream-colored sweatshirt. That was their perfect day. The last time they were really “them” and the last day he really felt whole. A new family moved into town with a troubled son named Tommy was the new kid on the street that no one bothered to talk to, except for Amy, because she talked to everyone. Amy was going through a lot of things that she didn’t want to, in her words, burden anyone with so she hung out with Tommy….said she could be herself. Tommy was a closeted drug user and when he met Amy…her entire world changed and she was never the same. ~*~ “Come in.” Amy called out from her desk in her bedroom. “What are you up to this afternoon.” “Homework.” Amy shrugged, immediately turning the paper over. “Graduation is tomorrow…got any plans?” “Well, graduating?” She was confused and then laughed. “I mean afterwards, were you planning to just pack the car up since everything is in boxes or leave in the morning?” Amy shrugged happily. “I don’t know…did you have something planned?” “Not really. It’s not like a regular graduation, though. I get a chip and a certificate. Almost like I won the big game at the local arcade.” “Graduating is graduating, no matter if it’s High School, College…or….” “Or a drug rehab clinic.” Amy finished the sentence, then went silent. “You made it. I remember when you came in here. Lord, child, if you spoke one word it was like tomb has risen, we were so in awe. Now look at you…you’ve graduated.” “What do I go home to though? My parents moved out of Everwood, not telling me where they went, I’m not exactly excited about graduating unless there’s a graduate program.” “What about the mentor program. You’d be great at that. You can help kids because you’ve been through it and know exactly what to expect from them.” Amy sighed. “I don’t know. Am I cut out for that? I remember when I came in here, I’d rather punch somebody than talk about my feelings.” “Yes, and look at you now. Everyone on this floor respects the hell out of you. You can do this.” “I know I can, but do I want to do it.” “Weren’t you just saying that you’re not excited about graduating. Now, you won’t have to leave.” “As much as I’d love to stay and be a hermit, I know I have to spread my wings.” “Well, always remember you can fly back around here anytime you want.” “That’s always nice to know.” “Oh, this came for you, not recently though. Miranda in receivables was cleaning out your box and found this. Looks like it was forwarded from a previous address so it was sent to you before you came here.” “Wow, who would give me mail. Probably someone I owe money to.” Amy opened up the letter and went to close the door to her room. She wanted complete privacy when reading a letter from Ephram. I’m not sure if you’ll get this letter or if the address, I’m sending this to is even the right address. Hey, someone else might be reading this that doesn’t even know who you are. Shame on them, because you’re incredible. I don’t know where to begin or end or whatever is going on with the in between. I want you to know that I still love you so much. I know we ended on bad terms and you said you never wanted to see me again. So maybe I’m writing this and you’ll ball it up at this sentence and the next few words will just end up in the trash to be taken out like it never mattered. I don’t care. Even if you don’t read these next few words, it won’t matter. It won’t matter because I know I will have said them, put them out there and know that the words are real. I don’t care what’s happened in the past. The past is the past. You may know what happened to Tommy…they found him in a motel, passed out from doing several drugs over the previous few days. By the time he got to the hospital and pumped his stomach, he was pronounced brain dead. Well, if you didn’t know then, you know now. Now, below, are the words I need to say to you. “I love you. I will always love you. Not just a love because you were my first girlfriend, my best friend, my first real everything…but you are all those things. You are my best friend; you will be always mean everything to me. If you ever decide to come back to Everwood, please know that you are all of those things. I don’t care what’s happened, just please come home. You can come stay with me. I have an apartment on Tangler Avenue now. Nice place…it’s a two bedroom. You can stay there as long as you want. The room is yours. If you just want to be friends, I can handle that. I just want you to come home. I look at your beautiful picture every day. The day at the festival before fall settled in. You wore the maroon scarf and the cream-colored sweatshirt. You looked so beautiful that day. I don’t care what has happened, just please…come home. Love you always, Ephram Amy looked at the postage date, the letter had been originally sent three years ago, when she and Ephram last spoke, briefly, over the phone. Everything had changed now. Sure he probably had moved on and maybe this invitation back into his life was off the table since it’s been so long. Amy was feeling her anxiety at the thought of Ephram moving on to someone else. Truthfully, she didn’t care if her parents didn’t want her, that boat had already sailed when she showed up to the annual Christmas party with Tommy drunk and high. The next month, the Abbotts had placed their house on the market and it sold in two weeks. It was Ephram she cared about. He was the one who picked her up at night from partying too much with groups of people she called friends that abandoned her after a few hours. It was Ephram who always took care of her, made her feel safe. It was Ephram she wanted to go to home to. Opening up her laptop, Amy went searching for Ephram to find any information she could to lead her back to him. ~*~ Deliah came up the staircase and looked at the empty room, then walked into the other bedroom where Ephram was. “Do you have a roommate?” “No, why?” “Then why did you buy a house with a second bedroom? Every one we want to visit with lives only within a thirty-minute travel time range.” “If someone wants to visit, stay for a few days.” “If someone wants to stay in Everwood for a few days, I’d have their head examined.” “You did want to have dad’s head examined when we first moved here.” “Hey, I still do.” Deliah’s text alert went off on her phone. “Damn, I’m late for dinner with Adam and his parents.” “Meeting the parents tonight?” “I feel like I’ve met them before so I don’t get this whole formal dinner to meet the parents.” “Did you meet them as Adam’s girlfriend before?” Deliah thought about Ephram’s question. “Ooooh, that makes a difference.” “Yeah, it does.” “Good to know, thanks for the advice and…do something with that bedroom…it’s so…bland.” “I hope to.” ~*~ Ephram turned the last light off minus the upstairs overhead light. Someone started knocking at his door. The New York boy in him wanted to freeze and grab a sharp object. But then he remembered it was Everwood and walked towards the door. He stumbled when seeing who was standing before him. “Amy?” He almost did have to question it because he didn’t think this would actually happen. “Yeah, hey Ephram…it’s me…back from…obscurity I guess.” “What are you doing…how did you find where I lived.” “Thankfully Everwood is a small town and yeah, it’s kind of freezing out here.” “Oh, yeah, come on in.” Without knowing what to say, she pulled out the letter Ephram mailed to her. “The way I treated you, your family…this entire town, I don’t expect anything to be true from this letter. You probably don’t even remember what you wrote.” “I remember it, I remember all of it.” “You do?” He walked towards her. “I remember you, me and us. I remembered how much I loved you then and how much I’m always going to love you.” “Good, because, I don’t really have a plan once I got here. I knew I would have to do to get here, but then after that, I didn’t really know…” Come here, Ephram whispered and pulled her into a hug. “Please stay…with me.” Amy tucked the hair behind her ears and whispered, “okay”. ~*~ __________________
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Looking forward to reading this, Patricia!!
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Really good stuff, Patricia. I love how Ephram waited for her. I’m actually personally going through something like this. Losing time with someone yet it still felt timeless while waiting years for the connection to resume. This hits home in a unique way. Great piece of writing. Last edited by jediwands; 04-27-2021 at 12:44 PM |
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I recently lost my mom and sister to covid and that's why I haven't been around much or writing much. I'm trying to get back into it little by little. I definitely have a bigger connection to Ephram than I did before...and I guess to Andy as well with the loss of someone close to you. I'm trying to put all my anguish into art and I think it's slowly working I do have a story called "The Outsider" I've been working on for about a year. It's Amy/Ephram centric with some really interesting factors how everyone is the same yet feels alone in their principles. It's a really good story and I'm trying to do it justice...it's just taking some time. I'm glad you liked the story, I really wanted to put a lot of heart into it without making it really long. __________________
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