The Conversation

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Summary: Eli and Grace have a "light" conversation.

Notes: Thanks so much to Mandie, for looking it over, and sorry I confused you :) oh and I know the title sucks, lol.

Chapter 2

Grace purses her lips together, with her eyes wide open and eyebrows up, clapped her hands looking at Eli.

"So, how are you today Eli?"

"I'm good Grace, how 'bout you?" Eli said while holding her gaze.

"I'm good too. Anything new with you?"

"Nope, not a thing, you?"

"Same. Just happy about graduation tonight, I can't wait to not have to see those jackasses again."

"I know. I hate if that you have to go through this."

"Well, sometimes I feel that I do deserve the hatred towards me."

"No Grace, don't say that, you don't deserve it."

"Yes, Yes I do Eli. I mean come on, he was a well loved teacher and I shouldn't have tried to push him those nights I was with him at his house."

"What? Please tell me that you didn't sleep with him?"

"No I didn't, I just kissed him is all, but damn, I was saying those things. Things that I knew I wasn't supposed to say, since I was his student and he was my teacher, and it's all my fault. I'm like this walking curse bringing bad luck to people."

"Come on Grace, don't say those things, cause it isn't true."

"Well, what did you think of it then Eli?"

"Well, in all honesty? No holds barred?"

"Yes"

"Well, I thought it was really weird, for him not stopping anything, he knew better than to lead you on, since he was your teacher and you were his student."

"He didn't lead me on."

"But he didn't stop it either."

"I guess, but..."

"But? What?"

"I wanted it to happen, I just wished that Alexa didn't have to snoop around in everyone's business, especially mine."

"You know that everyone was eventually going to find out about it, right?"

"Right, but how do I cope, it hurts so much."

"I bet it does, but you know what Grace?"

"What?"

"There are a lot of people here that care about you, and willing to help you out, no matter what."

"Yeah of course, you're right again. And how can I ever repay you?"

"Oh I can think of a few ways of you repaying me." Eli said with a flirty tone.

"Uh…" A very speechless and stunned Grace could only get out of her mouth, while Eli suddenly just got a clue of what he had just said.

"Um, I mean you cleaning after my mess.."

"Yeah of course, anyways, lets just eat our breakfast."

"Uh, totally agree with you."

And so they ate their breakfast in total complete silence, with the both of them stealing glances at each other, every other minute.

Grace and Eli's relationship was filled with a lot of tension. Tension so thick that you can cut it with a knife. Ever since Lily and Rick's wedding after the almost kiss, Graces' feelings for Eli have gone to even more lengths, but she wasn't going to express them, because of being afraid of what the consequences might be. Then August Dimitri entered the picture, which she let herself act on, and put Eli somewhat behind her.

Eli however was confused from it all, but he didn't exactly stop the flirting between him and Grace. So he knew then on that he harbored feelings for her even more than what he felt for Carla. He couldn't explain it, but he swore that these feelings were because he was starting to fall in love with Grace, and it both scared him and freaked him out cause they were now stepsiblings, but since they don't act remotely like stepsiblings, it didn't stop him from having dream like fantasies about her.

Out of the dream world it didn't help him much when he and her are in the same room together, just by the way she smelled the vanilla conditioner that she uses was enough to give him a hard on. Which made him question on why his dad and her mom got together, and his own answer was fate or torturment for him and Grace. The possibilities of it was that had never would've met her in the first place if their parents hadn't met, but he would've still met her otherwise. But the other thought was that he was the popular guy and she was school nerd, the girl who'd spend time studying than have a life, and he didn't want to ruin his school status.

He also thought that he could've seen her secretly outside the school world, so even if their parents didn't meet it'd be not as wonderful as now, well if he had it his way he and Grace would be together by now, but he knows and can see that she's been hurting from the way all of this Dimitri chaos. So he figured he'd wait for her.

TBC

oh and thanks for the reviews!

To gingerr1, well in my world, Rick and Lily are happy, lol, and yes, I gave you a sucky answer, lol, sorry. :)