A/N: Writing in (( )) are the black and white thoughts of the characters.
Chapter 1
"Girls let's go! I have to get to work." Lily called from the kitchen.
"OK. I'm here. Happy?" Grace questioned as she grabbed the Lucky Charms box from the counter and a bowl from the cabinet.
"Yes, very thank you." Lily smirked as Zoe took a seat at the table and poured herself some orange juice.
"Morning." Jessie chimed as she and Grace went to sit in the same chair. "Oh sorry."
"No it's OK. You take it." Grace sighed as she moved to the next seat, placing the bowl on the table and pouring her cereal in. "Mom where's the milk?"
"Oh it's in the fridge. I forgot to leave it out for you." Lily replied as she raced out of the room, probably remembering some last minute thing that she had to do before work. Grace sighed once more and made her way towards the fridge as Eli entered the kitchen.
"Morning Eli." Jessie greeted her clearly, newly awakened brother.
"Morning." He replied, squinting his eyes. He was definitely the picture of laziness. His pj's were still on and he had a serious case of bead head.
"Nice hair." Grace teased as she pulled the fridge door open with a laugh.
(("That's the first time Grace has smiled this morning." Jessie frowns "Not that it means anything...I hope."))
"Seriously Eli. You have some major bed head." Jessie agreed, but neither Eli or Grace were paying attention.
"You're hair ain't soo great itself."Eli flirted as he tossed Grace's hair and grabbed a spoon from the drawer.
"Hey, watch it. I worked hard for this hair." Grace flirted back as she resumed her seat and Eli sat beside her, pulling his seat a little closer, digging his spoon into her cereal bowl and taking a bite of her food. "Eli. Get your own."
"I don't want my own. I want yours." He retorted with a smirk as he took one more spoonful.
Jess watched their shameless flirting with disgust.
(( Stares into camera, "Could they be anymore obvious." She scowls and rolls her eyes. "Isn't Eli going out with her best friend? That's pretty messed up ... not to mention the fact that he's gonna be her stepbrother. I knew I didn't like her..."))
"Jess? Are you OK?" Eli's voice interrupted her thoughts.
(("NO! ")) "I'm fine." She lied, forcing a smile. "Just a little tired."
"You seemed fine when I came in." He pointed out.
"I said I'm fine." She retorted, but Eli's attention was already back on Grace. Jessie couldn't stand it anymore, she pushed her chair back violently, grabbing her bowl and placing it in the sink before leaving the room. Jessie stopped just outside the kitchen, resting her back against the wall.
"What's her problem?" She heard Grace ask, completely oblivious.
Eli shrugged. "Got me." He replied with a laugh, tugging on her hair once more.
"Eli stop." Grace giggled, as Jess rolled her eyes and walked away; passing Lily who was on her way back to the kitchen.
"I'm gonna be soo late." She told herself out loud. "Grace sweetie are you almost done. I really need to get going. Jessie! We're leaving in 5 minutes."
"I didn't get to finish my breakfast Mom." Grace complained.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I have to be on time today. I have a meeting first thing this morning." Lily sighed as she straightened her shirt and took a sip of coffee.
"I could drive them if you want." Eli offered.
"Oh that would be perfect. You're a life saver." Lily grinned. "Everything is so hectic with your father gone ." She continued as she grabbed her purse. "Now that that's settled...I better hurry. Bye Gracie. Zoe." She kissed her girls and thanked Eli once more before running out the door.
"Where's Lily?" She question in a nervous tone.
"She was late ... so I'm gonna drive you." Eli explained.
(("Oh great." Jess sighs. "Just what I wanna do. Spend my morning watch them flirt."
Ten minutes later.
"Hurry up. Get in the car!" Jess ordered. "We only have like 20 minutes to get there."
"Relax Jess. We have time." Eli replied as he grabbed he keys from the key hook by the door. "Hey Grace, You wanna drive?"
"Can I?" She questioned with excitement and he nodded.
"Umm... Eli I don't think that's such a good idea. Isn't that against the law? Grace doesn't have her driver's license yet." Jessie growled as they made their way out to the car.(a/n: I don't remember if she had it in the show or not, but she doesn't in my fic)
"Yeah, so." He shrugged as Grace hopped into the driver's seat.
"Nevermind." She sighed and climbed in the back. (("Maybe she'll be too busy concentrating on the road to talk to him."))
"You're gonna drive Grace?" Zoe wondered with excitement and Grace nodded.
"OK. Check your mirrors and make sure there's no cars behind you. Then put it in reverse and go." Eli explained.
"Thank Eli, but I think I know what I'm doing." Grace replied as she switched gears and backed out of the driveway.
"Of course." He nodded, sarcastically.
"Hey I've driven before. I'm a good driver." She told him, trying to act offended. She shifted to drive and stepped on the gas, they jolted forward.
"Wow. You're right." He joked sarcastically. "Was this car that you've driven padded by any chance? Because we should probably use that one." He offered.
"Shut up Eli." She scowled.
"Typical women driver." He laughed as Jessie crossed her arms, threw herself back against the seat and rolled her eyes.
"I'm gonna have to hurt you." She warned as she put on her blinker and took a left towards the school.
"Oh yeah? I'd like to see you try." He poked her side and she flinched.
"Oww. Watch it. I'm driving here." She giggled as he maintained a huge grin.
"Can we put on the radio?" Jess interrupted, knowing that she wouldn't be able to stand this much longer.
"No Grace needs to concentrate." Eli replied.
"Oh but it's OK for you to poke her and flirt with her?" Jess questioned.
"What!?" Both Grace and Eli yelled at the same time. "We were not flirting Jess." Eli denied it. (("At least not on purpose." Looks away from camera going over their conversation, then looks back, unsure with a confused smirk. "Maybe we were flirting."))
(( Grace staring hard into the camera. "We weren't flirting...were we? Maybe I was a little, but Eli wouldn't flirt with me ... would he?" A small smile grows on her face.)) Grace contemplated Jessie's statement as she tried her best to focus on the road in the now silent car.
No one had said anything for the next few minutes after that. The car was filled with an awkward silence; the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. "Let's see what's on the radio." Eli finally spoke, unable to stand it anymore, as he flipped it on.
Thankfully, they arrived at the school 5 minutes later and Jessie quickly exited the car, storming into the school. "Do you want me to turn it off?" Grace questioned Eli who was staring out the window; He was obviously thinking. "Eli!"
"What?" He looked at her, finally coming back to reality. "Sorry I was just...thinking."
Grace took a deep breath and asked the question that she had been pondering, but was too afraid to ask, "What about?"
He was quiet for a minute, then looked back out the passenger window. "Nothing. Just something about my band." He lied. "You better get going." He told her as he undid his seat beat and opened the door. (("I can't stay in this car with her anymore."))
Grace did the same, then traveled around the front of the car and bumped into him as he was going. "Sorry." She laughed nervously, as his eyes caught her's.
"There you are!" A voice interrupted. It was Carla. "I've been waiting forever for you Grace." She grabbed Eli's neck and pulled him into a kiss, but for some reason he didn't seem too into it and pulled away early. "You OK? You seem weird."
"I'm fine. I just woke up like 20 minutes ago."
"Ahh. Lucky." She ran her hand up his arm and Grace watched, with jealously. "But ... this is perfect that you drove Grace today."
"Actually I drove." Grace corrected, still happy that she got to drive.
"Eli you actually let someone else drive your car?" Carla joked, dismissing it as if it were nothing, but keeping it in mind.
"Why is it perfect that I drove Grace?" He changed the subject. Grace had no idea that he was so uptight about his car.
"Because then I get to tell you together that you two are going on a date tonight." Carla replied with a grin.
"What!" Both Grace and Eli spit out at the same time, a nervous tone in their voices. Did Carla just say that Eli and Grace were going on a date tonight?
"A double date." Carla clarified, as the both let out a sigh of relief. "Grace my cousin is in town... His name is Mike. You're gonna love him."
"Oh Carla. I don't know..." Grace started to object and Eli joined in,for reasons unknown to both of them.
"Yeah. I don't think that's such a good idea." Eli agreed then continued nervously as the girls gave him a questioning look. "I mean, Grace hasn't gone out with anyone in a long time ... why start now." He stuttered and Grace frowned.
(( Angry expression. "What does he think that I can't get a boyfriend or something? He such a jerk. I'll show him." Determined look.)) "Actually, It sounds great." Grace interrupted.
"Perfect. So what did you have in mind?" Eli wondered, trying to change the subject. ((Sighs. "Why does this bother me so much?"))
"Oh our house is gonna be empty tonight, we could hang out their...watch some movies." Grace offered.
"Sounds good to me. What do you think Eli?" Carla questioned, wrapping her arm around Eli's waist. He shrugged.
Grace glanced down at Carla's arm around Eli and suddenly felt the urge to leave. "We should get to class ... the bell's gonna ring any minute."
"Ohhh..OK." Carla sighed as she kissed Eli's cheek. "See ya." She yelled as she grabbed Grace's hand and pulled her towards the school. Grace looked back at Eli with a look, pleading for help. Eli smirked and waved before jumping into his car and pulling away. This should be interesting.
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Chapter 1
"Girls let's go! I have to get to work." Lily called from the kitchen.
"OK. I'm here. Happy?" Grace questioned as she grabbed the Lucky Charms box from the counter and a bowl from the cabinet.
"Yes, very thank you." Lily smirked as Zoe took a seat at the table and poured herself some orange juice.
"Morning." Jessie chimed as she and Grace went to sit in the same chair. "Oh sorry."
"No it's OK. You take it." Grace sighed as she moved to the next seat, placing the bowl on the table and pouring her cereal in. "Mom where's the milk?"
"Oh it's in the fridge. I forgot to leave it out for you." Lily replied as she raced out of the room, probably remembering some last minute thing that she had to do before work. Grace sighed once more and made her way towards the fridge as Eli entered the kitchen.
"Morning Eli." Jessie greeted her clearly, newly awakened brother.
"Morning." He replied, squinting his eyes. He was definitely the picture of laziness. His pj's were still on and he had a serious case of bead head.
"Nice hair." Grace teased as she pulled the fridge door open with a laugh.
(("That's the first time Grace has smiled this morning." Jessie frowns "Not that it means anything...I hope."))
"Seriously Eli. You have some major bed head." Jessie agreed, but neither Eli or Grace were paying attention.
"You're hair ain't soo great itself."Eli flirted as he tossed Grace's hair and grabbed a spoon from the drawer.
"Hey, watch it. I worked hard for this hair." Grace flirted back as she resumed her seat and Eli sat beside her, pulling his seat a little closer, digging his spoon into her cereal bowl and taking a bite of her food. "Eli. Get your own."
"I don't want my own. I want yours." He retorted with a smirk as he took one more spoonful.
Jess watched their shameless flirting with disgust.
(( Stares into camera, "Could they be anymore obvious." She scowls and rolls her eyes. "Isn't Eli going out with her best friend? That's pretty messed up ... not to mention the fact that he's gonna be her stepbrother. I knew I didn't like her..."))
"Jess? Are you OK?" Eli's voice interrupted her thoughts.
(("NO! ")) "I'm fine." She lied, forcing a smile. "Just a little tired."
"You seemed fine when I came in." He pointed out.
"I said I'm fine." She retorted, but Eli's attention was already back on Grace. Jessie couldn't stand it anymore, she pushed her chair back violently, grabbing her bowl and placing it in the sink before leaving the room. Jessie stopped just outside the kitchen, resting her back against the wall.
"What's her problem?" She heard Grace ask, completely oblivious.
Eli shrugged. "Got me." He replied with a laugh, tugging on her hair once more.
"Eli stop." Grace giggled, as Jess rolled her eyes and walked away; passing Lily who was on her way back to the kitchen.
"I'm gonna be soo late." She told herself out loud. "Grace sweetie are you almost done. I really need to get going. Jessie! We're leaving in 5 minutes."
"I didn't get to finish my breakfast Mom." Grace complained.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I have to be on time today. I have a meeting first thing this morning." Lily sighed as she straightened her shirt and took a sip of coffee.
"I could drive them if you want." Eli offered.
"Oh that would be perfect. You're a life saver." Lily grinned. "Everything is so hectic with your father gone ." She continued as she grabbed her purse. "Now that that's settled...I better hurry. Bye Gracie. Zoe." She kissed her girls and thanked Eli once more before running out the door.
"Where's Lily?" She question in a nervous tone.
"She was late ... so I'm gonna drive you." Eli explained.
(("Oh great." Jess sighs. "Just what I wanna do. Spend my morning watch them flirt."
Ten minutes later.
"Hurry up. Get in the car!" Jess ordered. "We only have like 20 minutes to get there."
"Relax Jess. We have time." Eli replied as he grabbed he keys from the key hook by the door. "Hey Grace, You wanna drive?"
"Can I?" She questioned with excitement and he nodded.
"Umm... Eli I don't think that's such a good idea. Isn't that against the law? Grace doesn't have her driver's license yet." Jessie growled as they made their way out to the car.(a/n: I don't remember if she had it in the show or not, but she doesn't in my fic)
"Yeah, so." He shrugged as Grace hopped into the driver's seat.
"Nevermind." She sighed and climbed in the back. (("Maybe she'll be too busy concentrating on the road to talk to him."))
"You're gonna drive Grace?" Zoe wondered with excitement and Grace nodded.
"OK. Check your mirrors and make sure there's no cars behind you. Then put it in reverse and go." Eli explained.
"Thank Eli, but I think I know what I'm doing." Grace replied as she switched gears and backed out of the driveway.
"Of course." He nodded, sarcastically.
"Hey I've driven before. I'm a good driver." She told him, trying to act offended. She shifted to drive and stepped on the gas, they jolted forward.
"Wow. You're right." He joked sarcastically. "Was this car that you've driven padded by any chance? Because we should probably use that one." He offered.
"Shut up Eli." She scowled.
"Typical women driver." He laughed as Jessie crossed her arms, threw herself back against the seat and rolled her eyes.
"I'm gonna have to hurt you." She warned as she put on her blinker and took a left towards the school.
"Oh yeah? I'd like to see you try." He poked her side and she flinched.
"Oww. Watch it. I'm driving here." She giggled as he maintained a huge grin.
"Can we put on the radio?" Jess interrupted, knowing that she wouldn't be able to stand this much longer.
"No Grace needs to concentrate." Eli replied.
"Oh but it's OK for you to poke her and flirt with her?" Jess questioned.
"What!?" Both Grace and Eli yelled at the same time. "We were not flirting Jess." Eli denied it. (("At least not on purpose." Looks away from camera going over their conversation, then looks back, unsure with a confused smirk. "Maybe we were flirting."))
(( Grace staring hard into the camera. "We weren't flirting...were we? Maybe I was a little, but Eli wouldn't flirt with me ... would he?" A small smile grows on her face.)) Grace contemplated Jessie's statement as she tried her best to focus on the road in the now silent car.
No one had said anything for the next few minutes after that. The car was filled with an awkward silence; the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. "Let's see what's on the radio." Eli finally spoke, unable to stand it anymore, as he flipped it on.
Thankfully, they arrived at the school 5 minutes later and Jessie quickly exited the car, storming into the school. "Do you want me to turn it off?" Grace questioned Eli who was staring out the window; He was obviously thinking. "Eli!"
"What?" He looked at her, finally coming back to reality. "Sorry I was just...thinking."
Grace took a deep breath and asked the question that she had been pondering, but was too afraid to ask, "What about?"
He was quiet for a minute, then looked back out the passenger window. "Nothing. Just something about my band." He lied. "You better get going." He told her as he undid his seat beat and opened the door. (("I can't stay in this car with her anymore."))
Grace did the same, then traveled around the front of the car and bumped into him as he was going. "Sorry." She laughed nervously, as his eyes caught her's.
"There you are!" A voice interrupted. It was Carla. "I've been waiting forever for you Grace." She grabbed Eli's neck and pulled him into a kiss, but for some reason he didn't seem too into it and pulled away early. "You OK? You seem weird."
"I'm fine. I just woke up like 20 minutes ago."
"Ahh. Lucky." She ran her hand up his arm and Grace watched, with jealously. "But ... this is perfect that you drove Grace today."
"Actually I drove." Grace corrected, still happy that she got to drive.
"Eli you actually let someone else drive your car?" Carla joked, dismissing it as if it were nothing, but keeping it in mind.
"Why is it perfect that I drove Grace?" He changed the subject. Grace had no idea that he was so uptight about his car.
"Because then I get to tell you together that you two are going on a date tonight." Carla replied with a grin.
"What!" Both Grace and Eli spit out at the same time, a nervous tone in their voices. Did Carla just say that Eli and Grace were going on a date tonight?
"A double date." Carla clarified, as the both let out a sigh of relief. "Grace my cousin is in town... His name is Mike. You're gonna love him."
"Oh Carla. I don't know..." Grace started to object and Eli joined in,for reasons unknown to both of them.
"Yeah. I don't think that's such a good idea." Eli agreed then continued nervously as the girls gave him a questioning look. "I mean, Grace hasn't gone out with anyone in a long time ... why start now." He stuttered and Grace frowned.
(( Angry expression. "What does he think that I can't get a boyfriend or something? He such a jerk. I'll show him." Determined look.)) "Actually, It sounds great." Grace interrupted.
"Perfect. So what did you have in mind?" Eli wondered, trying to change the subject. ((Sighs. "Why does this bother me so much?"))
"Oh our house is gonna be empty tonight, we could hang out their...watch some movies." Grace offered.
"Sounds good to me. What do you think Eli?" Carla questioned, wrapping her arm around Eli's waist. He shrugged.
Grace glanced down at Carla's arm around Eli and suddenly felt the urge to leave. "We should get to class ... the bell's gonna ring any minute."
"Ohhh..OK." Carla sighed as she kissed Eli's cheek. "See ya." She yelled as she grabbed Grace's hand and pulled her towards the school. Grace looked back at Eli with a look, pleading for help. Eli smirked and waved before jumping into his car and pulling away. This should be interesting.
A/N: If you want to get seasons 2 and 3 of Once and Again on DVD then go to the link below and sign my petition. As of right now there are NO plans to release it, but we can make a difference. Every signiture helps!! Get signing.
