Title: Once and Again Season 4 Episode 5 Part 8

Rating: T

Summary: Grace and Eli waking up on Eli's coach.

Authors Note: Hope you guys are enjoying Once and Again Season 4 so far

All Episode of Once and Again Season 4 will be posted Fridays between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

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June 1st, 2002

Sammler / Manning House: Eli's Garage

Grace and Eli are currently asleep on Eli's couch. They had fallen asleep in each other's arms, fully clothed, only a few hours after a very deep make out session, they heard Eli's alarm go off, Ring, Grace was the first one of them to wake up, "Eli, get up!" she said as she pushed Eli off of her, "It's 10:00!"

Eli had started to woke up, and said "Jesus, I have to get ready for work." At that moment they heard a knock at the door.

"Eli are you in there? Can I come?" Lily asked while knocking on the door.

"Ya, ah just give me a second." Eli said his and grace head were spinning with were Grace could hide, "Quick under the bed." Grace quickly dove under the bed, and tried to hide herself as best she could. He then heard the door knob and Lily walked in, "Hey ah what do you need?"

"I wanted to ask you if you were up yet. I'm making break feast." Lily said unaware of the events that took place last night.

"Ya, I'll be up in a minute." Eli said hoping that Lily would leave.

"Ok." Lily said noticing her step son's odd behavior, "Is everything alright."

"Ya, I just have to get ready for work, I'm running a late today." Eli said still trying to get Lily to leave.

"Ok, I'll see you upstairs." She said finaly walking out of the room.

Immediately after that Lily walked out of Eli's Garage and went upstairs to the kitchen. Grace crawled out for under Eli's as possible, and made her way to the door, "Grace one thing before you leave." He grabbed grace by her arm and gave her one last kiss.

Grace looked at Eli and said, "I think last night was overdue."

Eli looked at her and said, "I guess to just keep on showing up late." He said with a smile on his face. Grace immediately walked out of the room and started to make her way upstairs.


Sammler / Manning House: The Living Room

Grace had successfully made her way to the living room undetected and was about to make her way up stairs, until she heard Lily shout her name in the kitchen, "Grace is that you in there?"

Grace shouted from the living room, "Ya."

"Can you come in the kitchen for a second?" Lily said wanting to know what her daughter's opinion on what to make for breakfast. Grace walked into the kitchen a little nervous that her mother was going to ask why she was in the living room, "Morning. You slept late today" Grace said acting calm cool and relaxed.

"Ya, I forgot to set my alarm." Grace said trying to seem calm, cool and relaxed.

"What do think about waffles?" Lily asked wanting her daughter's opinion.

"Sounds good." Grace said.

"So, did you have a good night sleep?" Lily asked, while Grace walked over to the cabinet to grab a cup.

Grace froze for a second and said as calm as she could, "What do you mean?"

"Your just in a really good mood this morning." Lily said noticing quick change in attitude, "Why is something wrong?" she asked.

"Nothings wrong, I guess I just had a good night's sleep." Grace said and then thought to herself, - A very good night's sleep. -

"Ok. Have you seen Eli I think he has to be at the book store soon?"

Grace thought to herself again, - Yes, I have, and it was the best morning ever -, "Not yet." Grace said.

"Ok, well can you see if Jessie, Katie, and Zoe are awake, and ask them to come down for breakfast?" Lily asked.

"Ya, sure." As Grace made her way out and up the stairs, she realized something, the thoughts and images in her head were no longer of Jessie and Katie they were now of her and Eli. She didn't even realize she was smiling.

She walked up to Zoe's room looked in there, "Zoe, moms making breakfast wake up, and go down stairs." Grace said having a sort of renewed sense of control and superiority. She had lost that sense of control and superiority after the whole Dimitri thing, but now it had been renewed and regained.

After that she walked over to the door of Jessie's Attic, and decided to try something different to prevent something like what happened last night from happening once again.


Sammler / Manning House: Jessie's Attic

Jessie and Katie were just waking up after a long night of cuddling and kissing each other. Katie looked at Jessie and said softly, "Morning you, did you have a good night's sleep?"

"Any night where I wake up in your arms is a…" Jessie couldn't even finish her sentence, when she and Katie her bagging noise on the door, that scared both out of their skins.


Sammler / Manning House: The Hallway Outside Jessies Attic

"JESSIE AND KATIE WAKE UP… It's time for breakfast, and you two are the only one's who aren't down stairs yet!" Grace shouted through the door. After that she walked away and went downstairs to have her breakfast.


Sammler / Manning House: Jessie's Attic

"I am going to kill her." Jessie said ready for war. Infuriated with Grace for shouting at her and Katie like that.

"What's her problem?" Katie said as made as Jessie, "Was it something we did?"

Jessie than heard her stomach growl and realized how hungry she was, she calmed down and said, "She just being a bitch." Jessie said wanting to go down stairs and get something to eat.

Conveniently Katies stomach also growled, she put her hands on her stomach and said, "I think I need something to eat." Katie said.


Sammler / Manning House: The Kitchen

Everyone is sitting around the table eating breakfast. Eli had left for work and everyone is filling their faces with food, "Grace can you pass the syrup?" Zoe asked Grace.

Grace grabbed the syrup and handed it to Zoe and said, "Here."

Lily finished her food and decided to say, "So what is everyone doing today?"

"I have homework." Grace said

"I'm going over a friend's house." Zoe said

Jessie and Katie simultaneously said, "Not sure." Both girls laughed a little bit about that.

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