Part 12
Grace took out a carton of ice cream and continued to dance around the kitchen. She had her headphones on her head and the CD player attached to her hip. Kelly had made a CD of all of her favorite songs and given it to her. It was the first time she was listening to it. It sounded pretty great to. It definatly got an "A" from her.
"Oh, you're kisses, are sweeter then honey," she sang along with Aretha Franklin. "And guess what? So is money. All I want you to do for me, is give it to me, when I get home! Yeah baby, whip it to me, when you get home." She took out a spoon and continued with the song. Eli walked in from the living room and froze when he saw her. "R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take out the E-C-P. Oh, sock it to me, sock it to me-" she saw Eli and froze. She took the earphones off and smiled. "Hi."
"Oh, don't let me stop you, you were doing really good," Eli laughed.
"Shut up," Grace said and opened the ice cream. "For your information, your girlfriend was enjoying herself." She smiled and took some ice cream. She slipped her earphones back on and started to dance again.
Eli pushed himself off the doorway and started toward her. He wrapped his arms around her and lay his head on her shoulder. She smiled and looked back at him. She took the earphones off again and turned around so they were facing each other.
"You teased me," she said with a fake pout.
"Well, I'm sorry," he said and lightly kissed her.
"Are you?" Grace wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Gracie?" Lilly's voice yelled from the living room. Grace and Eli pulled apart quickly and then looked toward the kitchen doorway. Lilly walked in with a smile. "Gracie, have you seen Holly's bibbie? I can't find it anywhere."
"Um, no, sorry," Grace answered. "Maybe it's in the car?"
"Not there," Lilly sighed. Then a loud cry came from upstairs. "Grace, you know what to do."
"I'll do my magic," Grace smiled and ran upstairs. She picked Holly up out of her crib and then placed her thumb in her mouth. "Hi, angel. Mommy is tired so why don't we give her a little brake." She sat in the rocking chair and rocked her back and forth. "Not to mention Brian is trying to get some sleep. Zoe will be home and she'll want to sleep. How can anybody sleep if you're crying?" Holly closed her eyes to the sound of her older sister's calm voice.
Lilly walked in and smiled at the sight. "Hey, how do you do that?"
"It's a gift," Grace smiled.
"You'll make a great mother someday," Lilly smiled and walked over to her. Grace smiled down at Holly. "I can't wait to be a grandmother. I know I'm a mother and all, but something about being a grandmother just makes me feel so happy inside. Soon, you'll have kids, then Jessie, not to mention Zoe, and Eli. Then, these two. I have a way to go with kids."
"Yeah you do," Grace laughed.
Jessie walked into the room with Holly's bibbie in her hand. "How did this get in my room?" she laughed.
Lilly smiled. "Oh, thank God you found it."
"Your welcome," Jessie said and handed it to Grace.
Lilly checked her watch. "I have a dinner thing. Judy wants me to meet her new boyfriend. You guys going to be okay here alone." Grace and Jessie stared at her blankly. "Why do I even bother to asked anymore?" She walked out of the room in a hurry.
Jessie turned to her. "I have plans to. Heather, Katie, Ralf and a few friends of Katie's are taking me to a karioke bar. It's going to be so much fun. You want to come? It's better then being stuck here with E... nevermind. Have fun."
Grace smiled. "You to."
Jessie sighed. "Thanks for all your advice to. Katie said that it was okay as long as I didn't cheat on her. Which, may I say, I will never do. She says that it's possible I am bi. After all I used to date boys and actually like it."
"Does Ralf know?" Grace asked.
"Not really, unless Heather told him," Jessie told her.
Eli walked into the room. "Hey, Jess, Heather's here."
"Oh," Jessie said. "See you guys later." With that, she ran out of the room.
Eli watched her then looked back at Grace. "Where is she going?"
"Out with friends," Grace told him then placed Holly back into the crib. "She seems really excited about it. They're all in college, except for Ralf, but apparently, in high school, hanging out with college kids is so huge!" Grace laughed then remembered she was the same way when she was in high school. The way Eli was looking at her she could tell he knew that, making her laugh turn into a more nervous one. "Yeah... okay."
Eli laughed. "Where were they going?"
"Karioke," Grace told him. "Last time I went to one of them I ended up singing 'I'll be there for you'. You know? The 'Friends' theme song. We were all drunk so everyone thought it was great-" She froze when she saw him staring at her. "I never got drunk. Who told you that? They don't serve alcohole at karioke bars. Just soda and other refreshments... with no alcohole! Nobody mentioned anything about getting drunk..."
"Finished yet?" Eli asked.
"Yeah, I'm good," Grace let out a breath. "No alcohole!" She smiled. "Sorry."
Eli sat down in the rocking chair. "So, just me and you tonight?"
"No, sorry," Grace said and sat on his lap. "Zoe's going to be home in less then five minutes. Not to mention Holly and Brian. Being alone is way to difficult in this house. So forget all about it." She kissed him softly and quickly pulled away. "But we still have a couple minutes." She kissed him again.
"Oh, come on," Zoe's voice came from the doorway. "I really don't want to see that. And in front of the babies. Come on people. Have a little sense of pride. Or at least humanity."
"Hey, Zo, have a good time at dad's?" Grace smiled and stood up.
"Yeah, real fun," Zoe said. "Dad wants to know when you're coming over next. You haven't seen him in like three weeks. I know you're not that busy."
"You've never been to college," Grace sighed. "Come to think about it, you haven't even thought about it. I'll just call and say hi later. Now, can we all get out of this room so the little ones can sleep. We don't want them to wake up and start crying, do we?"
"Downstairs," Eli and Zoe said in unison.
Grace took out a carton of ice cream and continued to dance around the kitchen. She had her headphones on her head and the CD player attached to her hip. Kelly had made a CD of all of her favorite songs and given it to her. It was the first time she was listening to it. It sounded pretty great to. It definatly got an "A" from her.
"Oh, you're kisses, are sweeter then honey," she sang along with Aretha Franklin. "And guess what? So is money. All I want you to do for me, is give it to me, when I get home! Yeah baby, whip it to me, when you get home." She took out a spoon and continued with the song. Eli walked in from the living room and froze when he saw her. "R-E-S-P-E-C-T find out what it means to me. R-E-S-P-E-C-T, take out the E-C-P. Oh, sock it to me, sock it to me-" she saw Eli and froze. She took the earphones off and smiled. "Hi."
"Oh, don't let me stop you, you were doing really good," Eli laughed.
"Shut up," Grace said and opened the ice cream. "For your information, your girlfriend was enjoying herself." She smiled and took some ice cream. She slipped her earphones back on and started to dance again.
Eli pushed himself off the doorway and started toward her. He wrapped his arms around her and lay his head on her shoulder. She smiled and looked back at him. She took the earphones off again and turned around so they were facing each other.
"You teased me," she said with a fake pout.
"Well, I'm sorry," he said and lightly kissed her.
"Are you?" Grace wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Gracie?" Lilly's voice yelled from the living room. Grace and Eli pulled apart quickly and then looked toward the kitchen doorway. Lilly walked in with a smile. "Gracie, have you seen Holly's bibbie? I can't find it anywhere."
"Um, no, sorry," Grace answered. "Maybe it's in the car?"
"Not there," Lilly sighed. Then a loud cry came from upstairs. "Grace, you know what to do."
"I'll do my magic," Grace smiled and ran upstairs. She picked Holly up out of her crib and then placed her thumb in her mouth. "Hi, angel. Mommy is tired so why don't we give her a little brake." She sat in the rocking chair and rocked her back and forth. "Not to mention Brian is trying to get some sleep. Zoe will be home and she'll want to sleep. How can anybody sleep if you're crying?" Holly closed her eyes to the sound of her older sister's calm voice.
Lilly walked in and smiled at the sight. "Hey, how do you do that?"
"It's a gift," Grace smiled.
"You'll make a great mother someday," Lilly smiled and walked over to her. Grace smiled down at Holly. "I can't wait to be a grandmother. I know I'm a mother and all, but something about being a grandmother just makes me feel so happy inside. Soon, you'll have kids, then Jessie, not to mention Zoe, and Eli. Then, these two. I have a way to go with kids."
"Yeah you do," Grace laughed.
Jessie walked into the room with Holly's bibbie in her hand. "How did this get in my room?" she laughed.
Lilly smiled. "Oh, thank God you found it."
"Your welcome," Jessie said and handed it to Grace.
Lilly checked her watch. "I have a dinner thing. Judy wants me to meet her new boyfriend. You guys going to be okay here alone." Grace and Jessie stared at her blankly. "Why do I even bother to asked anymore?" She walked out of the room in a hurry.
Jessie turned to her. "I have plans to. Heather, Katie, Ralf and a few friends of Katie's are taking me to a karioke bar. It's going to be so much fun. You want to come? It's better then being stuck here with E... nevermind. Have fun."
Grace smiled. "You to."
Jessie sighed. "Thanks for all your advice to. Katie said that it was okay as long as I didn't cheat on her. Which, may I say, I will never do. She says that it's possible I am bi. After all I used to date boys and actually like it."
"Does Ralf know?" Grace asked.
"Not really, unless Heather told him," Jessie told her.
Eli walked into the room. "Hey, Jess, Heather's here."
"Oh," Jessie said. "See you guys later." With that, she ran out of the room.
Eli watched her then looked back at Grace. "Where is she going?"
"Out with friends," Grace told him then placed Holly back into the crib. "She seems really excited about it. They're all in college, except for Ralf, but apparently, in high school, hanging out with college kids is so huge!" Grace laughed then remembered she was the same way when she was in high school. The way Eli was looking at her she could tell he knew that, making her laugh turn into a more nervous one. "Yeah... okay."
Eli laughed. "Where were they going?"
"Karioke," Grace told him. "Last time I went to one of them I ended up singing 'I'll be there for you'. You know? The 'Friends' theme song. We were all drunk so everyone thought it was great-" She froze when she saw him staring at her. "I never got drunk. Who told you that? They don't serve alcohole at karioke bars. Just soda and other refreshments... with no alcohole! Nobody mentioned anything about getting drunk..."
"Finished yet?" Eli asked.
"Yeah, I'm good," Grace let out a breath. "No alcohole!" She smiled. "Sorry."
Eli sat down in the rocking chair. "So, just me and you tonight?"
"No, sorry," Grace said and sat on his lap. "Zoe's going to be home in less then five minutes. Not to mention Holly and Brian. Being alone is way to difficult in this house. So forget all about it." She kissed him softly and quickly pulled away. "But we still have a couple minutes." She kissed him again.
"Oh, come on," Zoe's voice came from the doorway. "I really don't want to see that. And in front of the babies. Come on people. Have a little sense of pride. Or at least humanity."
"Hey, Zo, have a good time at dad's?" Grace smiled and stood up.
"Yeah, real fun," Zoe said. "Dad wants to know when you're coming over next. You haven't seen him in like three weeks. I know you're not that busy."
"You've never been to college," Grace sighed. "Come to think about it, you haven't even thought about it. I'll just call and say hi later. Now, can we all get out of this room so the little ones can sleep. We don't want them to wake up and start crying, do we?"
"Downstairs," Eli and Zoe said in unison.
