Imagine FE gravitation this way:
There is a channel of fast flowing water, accelerating at 9.8m/s^2.
A flat plate is put into the water so it acts like a dam but the water can rush by at the side of it.
You would notice that an 'air pocket' or cavity forms behind the plate where the water goes by too fast to fill.
The plate is pushed along with the water
With me so far? the white represents the cavity where there is no water.
Right, now imagine that the black 'dot' is the flat earth and the water is the Dark Energy pushing against it. The white patch represents the air and where we spend most of our time. Anything in that white area will eventually be hit by the earth accelerating up to meet it. The stars and planets are many miles above the white cavity, also being pushed by the energy.