Grace fell into a normal pattern as the time passed. Wake up, get ready for school(including picking out an outfit, her basic makeup, and skincare routine, finishing any homework, and making breakfast for herself.) Grace always left before Bella when they realized they each could take their own cars allowing for them to prepare themselves for school and leave school at their own paces. Grace also managed to slip into one of the nursing assistant classes the hospital held after school every day so that she could get ready for college classes and put herself above other applicants to colleges.
It was Friday, Grace realized as she rolled out of bed. According to Bella Edward still hadn't shown his face again, and Grace was still set on punching his perfect face for hurting her sister. Also, Grace was going to drive down to La Push after she finished her clinical at the hospital for the day. She had already texted Jacob and he had said that she could come for dinner and hang out with him after the meal.
After finishing her morning routine on that Friday she got in her car and drove to school. Classes were uneventful except for two juniors named Mike and Eric annoying her about Bella. "C'mon Grace! Does she say anything about us?" Asked one of the boys, Eric she thought from a quick glance.
"Why would I know Idiots?" She replied annoyed by the constant and unwanted attention from the two boys. She took advantage from of her long stride and quickly moved away from the two pests. She moved to her car and got in, making the quick drive to the local hospitals for her shift. She walked into the building with her tote purse in one hand and her hospital ID in the other.
Once she had entered the Hospital she entered one of the places to change and lock up her belongings during her shift. She quickly pulled her outfit off and slipped on a pair of navy blue scrubs pants and shimmied the matching top over her head, signifying her role as a nursing assistant in training. She worked her two hour shift by checking up on patients, checking vitals, and helping a child patient use their crutches for the first time.
After Grace's clinical ended she walked back into the nurse's changing room and changed back into what she was wearing at school, a cute long sleeved blouse and a pair of skinny jeans with a pair of brown boots. She grabbed her small cosmetic bag from her purse and made some quick touch-ups in the mirror of her locker. She grabbed her purse and raincoat and walked to the hospital main entrance. She noticed that is was raining and put her purse down on a waiting room chair and put the coat on her body. She made sure to text Charlie to reconfirm her plans for the evening, and texted Bella to make sure she actually cooked something for Charlie that night. She slipped her phone back in the purse and retrieved her keys from her purse side pocket. She ran to her car, trying to avoid getting wet and slid her key into the doors look and opened the vehicle. Sliding into the seat she glanced at her watch and saw that it was 6:00 pm. She was running a bit behind schedule in order to get to the reservation by 6:30 pm, but she knew the dangers of speeding in the rain, courtesy of Charlie's horror stories so she took her set time. It was 6:35 when she rolled in the driveway of the Black residence, so she quickly scooped up her purse took her keys out of the car, and locked it, and ran up to the front door of the small door. She rang the doorbell and was immediately greeted by Jacob hurrying her into the house snatching her purse from her, while she shimmied the wet coat off trying not to get water everywhere. She also slid her boots off, placing them in the small shoe holder. "Hey, Jake!" She greeted after she finished getting the wet garments of off her.
"Grace, I was so worried." He scolded. Even if he was a year or so younger than her Jacob always was worried for her safety. "With the weather, and you running late, I was worried you got in a crash."
Grace giggled, "I'm only five minutes late Jake. Not like an hour." She finally had a chance to take in her best friends appearance for the evening. His long hair was pulled back and he was wearing a plain gray t-shirt and a pair of jeans. Jacob also stood slightly taller than Grace, only a few inches or so. He reached down to attempt to ruffle Grace's curled honey blonde hair. Seeing his hand out of the corner of her eye she reached out to intercept the unwanted hand before it ruined her hair.
Jacob looked down at her slightly hurt because of the reaction. "Do you know how long this took Jake." She teasingly insulted him.
"Jacob! Grace! Dinner's getting cold!" Called out Billy Black, Jacob's father. The two teenagers walked to the kitchen and grabbed a plate from the counter and joined Billy at the table. The conversation began pleasantly with a discussion about how Grace was adjusting to school. Jacob blurted out several times how it would be better if she could go to school on the reservation with him and the rest of her friends. It then progressed to a discussion of plans for after high school.
"How's your nursing classes going?" Billy asked.
"I love them, I feel fulfilled when I help people." Grace explained, "I think I'm going to apply to the University of Washington for nursing school next year as well." Billy nodded along interested in his son's closest friend's life plan while his son looked deflated and saddened at the thought of her leaving again. The rest of dinner was spent in a comfortable silence. After they had finished eating Grace had volunteered to do the dishes, Billy happily obliged, since during the summer she practically lived in the small house. Jacob assisted Grace in doing the dishes and the pair finished the task quickly with combined efforts and an interest to spend time together before Grace had to leave.
Grace glanced out the window and saw how the rain had progressed into a major hailstorm and looked unsafe to drive in. She pulled out her phone and saw that the time was 8:00 pm. She quickly asked Billy if she could sleep over for the night, he quickly agreed not wanting the girl to risk driving in the weather. Grace quickly sent a text to her dad notifying him that she was going to spend the night at the Black residence. Charlie quickly responded, agreeing, knowing his daughter's safety was the first priority. He also didn't worry about Jacob pulling anything since Billy was there with them.
"Hey Jake," Grace said as she walked into his bedroom.
"Hey, Grace! So you're staying over?" He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively in a joking matter.
"Yeah," She responded grabbing a pillow near the foot of his bed and launched it at him.
"Rude!" He called out laughing.
"I'm going out to my car real quick to grab my backup bag." Grace giggled and then walked out of the room. She put her coat back on and slipped on her boots. Making a mad dash to her car she opened her trunk and pulled the blue duffel bag out of it. Charlie always insisted she kept a bag full of backup essentials in her car in case of emergencies, or in this case impromptu sleepovers. Running back to the house with the bag in hand she entered the warm house. She took her things and walked into the bathroom and took a quick shower, to get rid of the hospital scent of disinfectants. She grabbed the set of pajamas, underwear, and lacey bralette(to protect her modesty because god forbid her shirt rode up, and her breast becomes exposed).
Once grace finished getting ready for sleep she walks into Jacob's room and sees he rolled out the sleeping bag and blankets Grace normally nestles herself in when she stays over.
"You've got a problem with blankets," he teases.
"Oh well, it's not like you help indulge the problem," Grace responds. Sure her addiction to blankets was weird but they were comforting, especially since she got really cold at night. After Grace got settled into sleep, she looked over at Jacob, who had a textbook open in his lap trying to finish some homework. He had a look of confusion on his face.
"Need any help?" Grace asks.
"I think I'm good Grace, pretty sure its lights out though." He said reaching over to his nightstand and turning off the lamp.
"G'night Jake," Grace says through a large yawn.
"Goodnight Gracie," He casually teases. Calling her by her least favorite nickname. She is too far asleep to notice the name.
Grace woke up at 8:00 am to the sun filtering through Jacob's bedroom window. Blinded by the annoying light she awakens and stretches. She walks into the bathroom and notices her hair's unruly appearance, she decides just to brush it up into a ponytail and stay in her pajamas. She walks to the kitchen and notices how Billy had already made himself a cup of coffee and had left for the morning, probably to do things around the reservation. Grace makes her and Jacob some eggs and bacon, hoping the scent would wake up the teenage boy. And right on cue as breakfast was finished being made, Jacob appeared from his room. He grabbed a plate and sat at the table. Grace grabbed her plate and joined him. After they both had finished their breakfast's Grace headed to put clothes on and head out.
"Bye Jake, I'm going home!" She called her best friend as he was doing the dishes.
"Bye Grace, See you soon." He responded while working on the task he was doing.
Grace walked up the driveway of her father's white house and pulled out her house keys to unlock the door. She was greeted by her father watching TV in the living room. Grace headed up the stairs into her and Bella's shared room and saw her sister sitting on her bed working on homework. "Oh my gosh, Grace your back! I need to tell you what happened yesterday." Bella said calmly. She explained how Edward was back in her class and how she had dreamed about him the prior night.
Grace was questioning of the boy's actions, but she still wanted to punch him in the face subsided, but she was excited that Bella found something to look forward to in school.