~A Once and Again Series~
Life is What You Make of it
Hey thanks for reading. I loved Once and Again and watching some old episodes recently drove me to start writing this fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. It is going to deal with Grace/ Mr. Augustus Dmitri (is it really August? I like Augustus better, so I'll be using that) and also with Eli. Okay background for my story, it takes place when Grace and Jessie were doing the play and starts off just after Grace didn't show up to help Jessie get ready for her first date. So, on with the show..
Chapter One: He's a great man
"Gracie."
Grace leaned against her bedroom door, a sigh bubbled up in her throat and she forced it back down. She knew her mother was right on the other side of the door, just waiting for a chance to yell at her some more. Grace couldn't give her mother another thing to gripe about.
"Grace. Jessie was really upset, you know. You let her down - you let me down too."
Grace sunk to the floor, how could her mother treat her this way? So, she let her stepsister, Jessie, think she'd help her get ready for her date and didn't show. But, oh no, it's Jessie's first date, everyone jump for joy!! Grace shook her head angrily. Everyone loved little blond beautiful Jessie. Jessie with the voice of an angel, who almost stole the lead role in the play from Grace. Grace wasn't sorry that she didn't feel like helping her stepsister do her hair, pick out an outfit, do her makeup - all well smiling and talking about how wonderful it was for her. When had there ever been someone to do that for her? Certainly not her mother, who hadn't even noticed Grace's first date.
"Grace, if you want to explain yourself, you know where I am," Grace's mother, Lillie, said. Grace could hear the disappointment in her mother's voice, but she couldn't face her mother just yet.
Grace hadn't planned on missing Jessie's big date preparations, but she. she had just ended up staying late with Mr. Dmitri, or Augustus - her English teacher and director of the play both Grace and Jessie were in. Augustus was different - from her family, her friends, from everyone. He listened to Grace and helped her to see what was true in her heart. He was a great man.
Grace smiled and leaned back against her bed. She closed her eyes and remembered a moment from just earlier that night. Augustus had been playing some folk records and Grace had been sitting across from him, listening to the music. He looked at her, Augustus with his wavy red hair and freckled knowledgeable face. He had looked inside her, it seemed. The song played in the background, and Grace just had this urge. It was so strong. she had just wanted to be in Augustus' arms and to be kissing him. Grace had sat across from her teacher with this unexpected urge, not knowing what to do. They had looked at each other for a long deep moment and Grace had almost felt that Augustus had felt the same. But the moment passed and Grace had been left with a continuous lingering in the back of her mind. And Grace knew. she was falling for him.
Grace opened her eyes; she had been unconsciously pulling at her favorite seashell necklace. Her face was flushed by the feelings her thoughts had brought up. She knew she was falling for Augustus and in that brief moment when they sat there, staring into each other's eyes, she had thought he felt the same.
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Grace wasn't on the best terms with her mother since what happened yesterday. Jessie was also giving her the cold shoulder, but that wasn't that unusual. Things had never been great between her and Jessie. Things would clear up though; her mother was so busy with her new radio job that she barely had time to give Grace those "Aren't you ready to apologize to Jessie and me yet?" looks.
"Hi Grace."
Grace turned from the opened fridge. "Oh, hi Eli."
Eli, her other stepsibling. Eli, the ever so gorgeous Eli who had been Grace's first crush when they had been a few years younger and when their parents hadn't been dating. Eli was a golden god. He was the best looking guy Grace had ever seen. He was rebellious, funny and sweet all at once. Grace smiled at him now, in his dirty tee shirt and jeans and felt an unexpected rush of the old feelings she had for him bubble up inside her. She had thought she had buried those feelings a long time ago. Grace quickly drew up the memory of Augustus smiling at her as he looked inside her very soul, and concentrated on those feelings. There was no way she could be feeling anything for Eli when she had. Augustus.
"Grace?"
"Hmm?" Grace snapped out of a daze filled with Augustus flavored thoughts and realized Eli was standing there, watching her as she stood in the open fridge door like a moron. "Yeah?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm great." Grace smiled, a true smile, not the forced ones she gave her mother. Grace had something to smile about. Augustus. Augustus smiling at her, Augustus looking into her eyes, and maybe someday. Augustus kissing her. Eli said bye as he exited the kitchen, but this time Grace didn't even notice.
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Life is What You Make of it
Hey thanks for reading. I loved Once and Again and watching some old episodes recently drove me to start writing this fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. It is going to deal with Grace/ Mr. Augustus Dmitri (is it really August? I like Augustus better, so I'll be using that) and also with Eli. Okay background for my story, it takes place when Grace and Jessie were doing the play and starts off just after Grace didn't show up to help Jessie get ready for her first date. So, on with the show..
Chapter One: He's a great man
"Gracie."
Grace leaned against her bedroom door, a sigh bubbled up in her throat and she forced it back down. She knew her mother was right on the other side of the door, just waiting for a chance to yell at her some more. Grace couldn't give her mother another thing to gripe about.
"Grace. Jessie was really upset, you know. You let her down - you let me down too."
Grace sunk to the floor, how could her mother treat her this way? So, she let her stepsister, Jessie, think she'd help her get ready for her date and didn't show. But, oh no, it's Jessie's first date, everyone jump for joy!! Grace shook her head angrily. Everyone loved little blond beautiful Jessie. Jessie with the voice of an angel, who almost stole the lead role in the play from Grace. Grace wasn't sorry that she didn't feel like helping her stepsister do her hair, pick out an outfit, do her makeup - all well smiling and talking about how wonderful it was for her. When had there ever been someone to do that for her? Certainly not her mother, who hadn't even noticed Grace's first date.
"Grace, if you want to explain yourself, you know where I am," Grace's mother, Lillie, said. Grace could hear the disappointment in her mother's voice, but she couldn't face her mother just yet.
Grace hadn't planned on missing Jessie's big date preparations, but she. she had just ended up staying late with Mr. Dmitri, or Augustus - her English teacher and director of the play both Grace and Jessie were in. Augustus was different - from her family, her friends, from everyone. He listened to Grace and helped her to see what was true in her heart. He was a great man.
Grace smiled and leaned back against her bed. She closed her eyes and remembered a moment from just earlier that night. Augustus had been playing some folk records and Grace had been sitting across from him, listening to the music. He looked at her, Augustus with his wavy red hair and freckled knowledgeable face. He had looked inside her, it seemed. The song played in the background, and Grace just had this urge. It was so strong. she had just wanted to be in Augustus' arms and to be kissing him. Grace had sat across from her teacher with this unexpected urge, not knowing what to do. They had looked at each other for a long deep moment and Grace had almost felt that Augustus had felt the same. But the moment passed and Grace had been left with a continuous lingering in the back of her mind. And Grace knew. she was falling for him.
Grace opened her eyes; she had been unconsciously pulling at her favorite seashell necklace. Her face was flushed by the feelings her thoughts had brought up. She knew she was falling for Augustus and in that brief moment when they sat there, staring into each other's eyes, she had thought he felt the same.
* * *
Grace wasn't on the best terms with her mother since what happened yesterday. Jessie was also giving her the cold shoulder, but that wasn't that unusual. Things had never been great between her and Jessie. Things would clear up though; her mother was so busy with her new radio job that she barely had time to give Grace those "Aren't you ready to apologize to Jessie and me yet?" looks.
"Hi Grace."
Grace turned from the opened fridge. "Oh, hi Eli."
Eli, her other stepsibling. Eli, the ever so gorgeous Eli who had been Grace's first crush when they had been a few years younger and when their parents hadn't been dating. Eli was a golden god. He was the best looking guy Grace had ever seen. He was rebellious, funny and sweet all at once. Grace smiled at him now, in his dirty tee shirt and jeans and felt an unexpected rush of the old feelings she had for him bubble up inside her. She had thought she had buried those feelings a long time ago. Grace quickly drew up the memory of Augustus smiling at her as he looked inside her very soul, and concentrated on those feelings. There was no way she could be feeling anything for Eli when she had. Augustus.
"Grace?"
"Hmm?" Grace snapped out of a daze filled with Augustus flavored thoughts and realized Eli was standing there, watching her as she stood in the open fridge door like a moron. "Yeah?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm great." Grace smiled, a true smile, not the forced ones she gave her mother. Grace had something to smile about. Augustus. Augustus smiling at her, Augustus looking into her eyes, and maybe someday. Augustus kissing her. Eli said bye as he exited the kitchen, but this time Grace didn't even notice.
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