A/N: Before I continue, my last chapter was written in a rush. A lot of people asked me about a few things. Starting off, no, Eli did not go to Europe with Grace. In the beginning is Grace and Sarah Ferris coming home on the Airplane. So the scene is on a plane. Sarah is someone who went to college with Grace, they weren't friends until they met up in Europe and became friends on the trip. Also realize I didn't really mention anyone but Lily and Jake at the airport. But Rick, Jessie, Eli and Zoe were there. Take it as symbolism that some people still don't know about Eli and Grace. Kelly is married and that means Grace is left with no home so she stays with Lily and Rick. But Buddy (read back, Kelly's brother) who I know I never showed after one time, does have a friendship with Grace. So, he needs a roommate after his other one moved out. He asks Grace, who hates being stuck at her mother's house. Remember the phone call before the plain ride. Buddy said "Remember what I told you." It came up in Chapter 24 with Grace and Jessie. Buddy was the "he". It'll come up again. Grace will be a little different after having been away and came back to find that time didn't stand still. Things have changed over the past three months. During calls and letters secrets have been held from her. They will come out. The ticket Sarah gave Grace will also come out soon. Everyone begins to question if Grace came back for a visit or to stay. Another Sarah and Grace scene coming up that has to do with the ticket. Also, Eli is the one who found the ticket but instead of asking Grace about it he asks Zoe (a gossip) who tells everyone else in the family. Ralf will come back soon and Sunny as well, without a certain sister at toe, which upsets Jessie. Before I give away to much (or did I?) I will stop. Thank you everyone for your long awaited patients. My computer is so messed up... Chapter 25 was posted immediatly after this.
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PART 25
Grace lay scrunched into a ball on her bed. Her eyes stayed on the open suitcases that lay on her floor. She never unpacked. Why? Was she waiting to move into her own apartment or waiting to jump on the next plain out of town? She slowly sat up, as her arm slid from under her pillow, the plain ticket came with.
*~B&W FLASHBACK~*
*~SARAH: We could always turn back around. ~*
*~GRACE: (staring at the ticket) Two weeks? ~*
Grace opened the ticket and a half smile appeared on her lips. All of those good times. All she did there. All of those people she knew. All of those tea times. All of that dancing. How she wanted to relive every second. How she wanted to see them faces again. How she wanted to dance. Not normal everyday dancing, but a special dance only they knew.
*~B&W FLASHBACK~*
*~ Grace and a boy are on a bridge.~*
*~ BOY: (sitting on the edge; speaks with the accent) Come on. Sit here. ~*
*~ GRACE: Mark, get down. You're going to fall and I won't go after you. ~*
*~ MARK: Won't you? Then you'll have to sit next to me. ~*
Grace stood up and walked over to a suitcase. She took out a bunch of photos and sat back down on her bed. As she flipped through she stopped at one with herself, Mark, Sarah and another boy in front of the Eifle Tower soak and wet. Sarah is leaning her head on Grace's shoulder, both sitting in the grass and the boys are in the back, the boy's hand around Sarah's stomach.
*~B&W FLASHBACK~*
*~ Grace, Sarah, Mark, the boy and another girl run around chasing each other with water guns. They all fall onto the ground. ~*
*~ GIRL: Picture time! ~*
*~ ALL: MARY! ~*
*~ MARY: (ready to take the picture) Come on. ~*
*~ SARAH: Joe, sit with me. ~*
There was a knock on the door and Grace quickly shoved everything under her pillow. The door slowly opened and Lily poppedher smiling head in. Grace gave her a fake smile, hoping she'd go away.
"Hey, honey," Lily said, closing the door. "I've been really worried about you."
Grace shrugged. "Why? I'm fine."
"Mother's intuition," Lily told her. She sat on the bed next to her. "You don't share much about your trip and you aren't much of a happy self anymore. Also, before you left, we were getting along-"
"We are!" Grace interrupted. "Its just, we were getting along because I didn't live with you. I've figured out a perfect solution to the problem. I could move back out. You see-"
"Grace, I love having you back home," her mother stated. "I was hoping maybe you'd finish college while staying here."
Grace stared at her. "Buddy asked me to stay with him. Its right across the hall from Kelly. I mean, it'll be just like old times except with a little spin."
"But, he's a... he," Lily said slowly.
"Yeah, he is," Grace smiled. "You do know I don't have to ask for your permission. I mean, I'm just telling you. I'm already packed, so I don't have much to do. Mom, I've been gone for three months and the last thing I wanted to do is come back and live here again."
"But-" Lily started.
Grace stopped her. "I'm not 16 anymore and asking you if I could go to a make out party because the hottest boy in school said I should go. Trust me. Grace's intuition that this is the best thing for both of us. Because if I don't leave now I will feel like that dull little 16 year old girl."
*~LILY~*
*~ "I don't want to let her be a grown up." ~*
"Go, get out of my house," Lily joked.
Grace leaped foward and hugged her mother. "I love you." She began to run out of the room. "I have to tell Jessie!" Before leaving she smiled back. "Thanks, mom."
Lily sighed then noticed something under Grace's pillow. She walked over and pulled out a plain ticket. She read over it quickly, realizing that her daughter may not be staying even near the same state.
*~*~*~*~*
Zoe left Alex's car in a hurry and started to run toward the front doors of school. Alex chaised close behind her. When they saw a teacher the hid behind lockers and laughed when they went unnoiticed. The hallways were all empty of students. The day had begun three hours before hand and the two teens had left for fun.
"Why did we even come back?" Zoe giggled, feeling very excited. "I mean, the new principal is tough. You know she'll want to see us. 'Why haven't you two been in your classes until now?' I say we just run."
"So they can catch us?" Alex asked.
Above them the bell rang. They looked up in fright but calmed down immediatly. The students came out of their classrooms in a rush to get to their next class. Zoe gave a half smile to Alex then left their hiding place.
"Hey, Zoe!" a girl screamed toward her.
Zoe turned around slowly to see Tatu walking toward her. "Hey."
"Where have you been?" Tatu asked.
"Everywhere but here," Zoe answered with a huge smile. They both stopped once they reached each other. "Any word from Sunny?"
"She would call you before me," Tatu noted.
The two girls looked down the hallways once they heard a teacher rusing the kids to class. They both shrugged and went their seperate ways.
*~*~*~*~*
"Eli!" Grace yelled as she walked into his appartment hold his mail.
She dropped the keys on the kitchen counter then began to shuffle through the pile. Most of the mail consisted of bills and things like that. Surprisingly, some mail was addressed to someone other the Eli. Someone named Orlando Martin.
"What is this?" a boy said from behind her. Grace didn't turn around, she looked up at the wall with a half smile. "Is this Grace Manning back from Europe or do my eyes decieve me?"
Grace turned around. "Scratch out your eyes. I'm not here."
"Ha, ha," he laughed sarcastically. "Eli didn't even mention you had come back. I could have met you at the airport. I could have had one of the billboard signs that said something along the lines of 'Welcome back, now go away.' You know what I mean."
"Go to hell, Orlando," Grace groaned. "I can't believe Eli asked you to move in here."
"Well, I'm his friend who was down on his luck," he answered. "Now get out. I have a girl coming over."
"No!" Grace snapped. "I have a right to be here."
Orlando grabbed the mail from her hand. "Mine."
"I could just kill you-" Grace started but the door opened and Eli came in. The two stopped and smiled at him. "Hey, Eli."
Eli shut the door slowly. "You two have to start getting along."
"No," Orlando said.
Grace added immediatly after, "No way."
Orlando walked over to the couch and sat down. "E, Coop and your mom called."
"Thanks," Eli said.
*~GRACE~*
*~ "He's such a jerk. I don't know how he and Eli get along." ~*
"So, I have news," Grace smiled turning toward Eli. "I'm moving out of the house again."
Eli smiled. "With who?"
"Now, you might not like it, but with Buddy-" Grace started.
"Wait!" Orlando yelled and looked over the back of the couch. "Mail can wait. You mean, you're moving in with a guy. A guy other then your dad or your boyfriend. Oh, Eli, buddy, you can't let that go."
"I'm fine with it," Eli answered, surprising both Grace and Orlando. "I mean, I don't controll you."
Grace stuck her tongue out at Orlando and then looked at Eli. "Okay, well, great. I better go, Orlando has a girl coming over. Or, I think I boy. I forget what his status is." She kissed Eli quickly. "I'll call you later."
Once the door shut behind her Orlando threw a pillow at the door. Eli watched him then shook his head.
"Why do you hate each other so much?" Eli asked.
"Easy, she knows how to get to me and I know how to get to her," Orlando answered. "You're not okay with it are you?"
"Not even close," Eli told him then walked into his bedroom.
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A/N: I would like to appoligize for the wait. My computer is very hungry for viruses I guess u could say. But thank u all for your patients (that should be spelled right). And another sorry if this is to confusing. If so, u can IM me and shalzi15 on AIM or AOL and email me at bookchick05@yahoo.com, this is my special feedback mailbox for future references. Thanks you... Love Siddalee
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PART 25
Grace lay scrunched into a ball on her bed. Her eyes stayed on the open suitcases that lay on her floor. She never unpacked. Why? Was she waiting to move into her own apartment or waiting to jump on the next plain out of town? She slowly sat up, as her arm slid from under her pillow, the plain ticket came with.
*~B&W FLASHBACK~*
*~SARAH: We could always turn back around. ~*
*~GRACE: (staring at the ticket) Two weeks? ~*
Grace opened the ticket and a half smile appeared on her lips. All of those good times. All she did there. All of those people she knew. All of those tea times. All of that dancing. How she wanted to relive every second. How she wanted to see them faces again. How she wanted to dance. Not normal everyday dancing, but a special dance only they knew.
*~B&W FLASHBACK~*
*~ Grace and a boy are on a bridge.~*
*~ BOY: (sitting on the edge; speaks with the accent) Come on. Sit here. ~*
*~ GRACE: Mark, get down. You're going to fall and I won't go after you. ~*
*~ MARK: Won't you? Then you'll have to sit next to me. ~*
Grace stood up and walked over to a suitcase. She took out a bunch of photos and sat back down on her bed. As she flipped through she stopped at one with herself, Mark, Sarah and another boy in front of the Eifle Tower soak and wet. Sarah is leaning her head on Grace's shoulder, both sitting in the grass and the boys are in the back, the boy's hand around Sarah's stomach.
*~B&W FLASHBACK~*
*~ Grace, Sarah, Mark, the boy and another girl run around chasing each other with water guns. They all fall onto the ground. ~*
*~ GIRL: Picture time! ~*
*~ ALL: MARY! ~*
*~ MARY: (ready to take the picture) Come on. ~*
*~ SARAH: Joe, sit with me. ~*
There was a knock on the door and Grace quickly shoved everything under her pillow. The door slowly opened and Lily poppedher smiling head in. Grace gave her a fake smile, hoping she'd go away.
"Hey, honey," Lily said, closing the door. "I've been really worried about you."
Grace shrugged. "Why? I'm fine."
"Mother's intuition," Lily told her. She sat on the bed next to her. "You don't share much about your trip and you aren't much of a happy self anymore. Also, before you left, we were getting along-"
"We are!" Grace interrupted. "Its just, we were getting along because I didn't live with you. I've figured out a perfect solution to the problem. I could move back out. You see-"
"Grace, I love having you back home," her mother stated. "I was hoping maybe you'd finish college while staying here."
Grace stared at her. "Buddy asked me to stay with him. Its right across the hall from Kelly. I mean, it'll be just like old times except with a little spin."
"But, he's a... he," Lily said slowly.
"Yeah, he is," Grace smiled. "You do know I don't have to ask for your permission. I mean, I'm just telling you. I'm already packed, so I don't have much to do. Mom, I've been gone for three months and the last thing I wanted to do is come back and live here again."
"But-" Lily started.
Grace stopped her. "I'm not 16 anymore and asking you if I could go to a make out party because the hottest boy in school said I should go. Trust me. Grace's intuition that this is the best thing for both of us. Because if I don't leave now I will feel like that dull little 16 year old girl."
*~LILY~*
*~ "I don't want to let her be a grown up." ~*
"Go, get out of my house," Lily joked.
Grace leaped foward and hugged her mother. "I love you." She began to run out of the room. "I have to tell Jessie!" Before leaving she smiled back. "Thanks, mom."
Lily sighed then noticed something under Grace's pillow. She walked over and pulled out a plain ticket. She read over it quickly, realizing that her daughter may not be staying even near the same state.
*~*~*~*~*
Zoe left Alex's car in a hurry and started to run toward the front doors of school. Alex chaised close behind her. When they saw a teacher the hid behind lockers and laughed when they went unnoiticed. The hallways were all empty of students. The day had begun three hours before hand and the two teens had left for fun.
"Why did we even come back?" Zoe giggled, feeling very excited. "I mean, the new principal is tough. You know she'll want to see us. 'Why haven't you two been in your classes until now?' I say we just run."
"So they can catch us?" Alex asked.
Above them the bell rang. They looked up in fright but calmed down immediatly. The students came out of their classrooms in a rush to get to their next class. Zoe gave a half smile to Alex then left their hiding place.
"Hey, Zoe!" a girl screamed toward her.
Zoe turned around slowly to see Tatu walking toward her. "Hey."
"Where have you been?" Tatu asked.
"Everywhere but here," Zoe answered with a huge smile. They both stopped once they reached each other. "Any word from Sunny?"
"She would call you before me," Tatu noted.
The two girls looked down the hallways once they heard a teacher rusing the kids to class. They both shrugged and went their seperate ways.
*~*~*~*~*
"Eli!" Grace yelled as she walked into his appartment hold his mail.
She dropped the keys on the kitchen counter then began to shuffle through the pile. Most of the mail consisted of bills and things like that. Surprisingly, some mail was addressed to someone other the Eli. Someone named Orlando Martin.
"What is this?" a boy said from behind her. Grace didn't turn around, she looked up at the wall with a half smile. "Is this Grace Manning back from Europe or do my eyes decieve me?"
Grace turned around. "Scratch out your eyes. I'm not here."
"Ha, ha," he laughed sarcastically. "Eli didn't even mention you had come back. I could have met you at the airport. I could have had one of the billboard signs that said something along the lines of 'Welcome back, now go away.' You know what I mean."
"Go to hell, Orlando," Grace groaned. "I can't believe Eli asked you to move in here."
"Well, I'm his friend who was down on his luck," he answered. "Now get out. I have a girl coming over."
"No!" Grace snapped. "I have a right to be here."
Orlando grabbed the mail from her hand. "Mine."
"I could just kill you-" Grace started but the door opened and Eli came in. The two stopped and smiled at him. "Hey, Eli."
Eli shut the door slowly. "You two have to start getting along."
"No," Orlando said.
Grace added immediatly after, "No way."
Orlando walked over to the couch and sat down. "E, Coop and your mom called."
"Thanks," Eli said.
*~GRACE~*
*~ "He's such a jerk. I don't know how he and Eli get along." ~*
"So, I have news," Grace smiled turning toward Eli. "I'm moving out of the house again."
Eli smiled. "With who?"
"Now, you might not like it, but with Buddy-" Grace started.
"Wait!" Orlando yelled and looked over the back of the couch. "Mail can wait. You mean, you're moving in with a guy. A guy other then your dad or your boyfriend. Oh, Eli, buddy, you can't let that go."
"I'm fine with it," Eli answered, surprising both Grace and Orlando. "I mean, I don't controll you."
Grace stuck her tongue out at Orlando and then looked at Eli. "Okay, well, great. I better go, Orlando has a girl coming over. Or, I think I boy. I forget what his status is." She kissed Eli quickly. "I'll call you later."
Once the door shut behind her Orlando threw a pillow at the door. Eli watched him then shook his head.
"Why do you hate each other so much?" Eli asked.
"Easy, she knows how to get to me and I know how to get to her," Orlando answered. "You're not okay with it are you?"
"Not even close," Eli told him then walked into his bedroom.
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A/N: I would like to appoligize for the wait. My computer is very hungry for viruses I guess u could say. But thank u all for your patients (that should be spelled right). And another sorry if this is to confusing. If so, u can IM me and shalzi15 on AIM or AOL and email me at bookchick05@yahoo.com, this is my special feedback mailbox for future references. Thanks you... Love Siddalee
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