Title: A Chance at happiness 14/?

Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net)

Disclaimer: these characters belong to once and again except any characters you don't recognize

Distribution: Take it, but let me know. If you have any of my other fics, go ahead.

Comments: email me all you comments and suggestions. This is my first once and again fan fic so any ideas or comments you have would be great. So please email me with them. J

Grace walked into English nervously. She tried to sit in the back but there was not any seat left. She grabbed a seat in the front. "Please don't let anything happen." She prayed.

Mr. Dimitri walked in and put his books on his desk. "People, I'm passing out your grades from you last paper. Let me say something these papers were horrible ad next time I want better." He started heading out the papers.

When Grace got her paper, she was shocked to see in red letters "D- see we after class," was written on her paper. She raised her hand.

He looked up. "Yes, Ms. Manning?"

"I'm wondering about my grade. I don't think I deserve it."

"Oh really well what do you think you deserve then?"

"Better than this."

"Oh so you want to be the teacher? I seriously doubt you could do it."

"I don't want to be the teacher, I just want to get a fair grad."

"So that's not fair? Personally, I think that grade is considerate considering the paper, but if you want the grade you deserve than I'll change it but you want like it I know that."

"In that case, then forget it." She said sitting down.

"Great now that she's satisfied, let's start class."

"So how is Karen?" Sam asked.

"She's doing as well as she can with all things considered. I guess."

"How are you doing?"

"With Karen?"

"Right."

"It's hard. I feel like I'm suppose to take care of her like I'm still her husband."

"But you're not."

"I know that but she has no one else and she shouldn't be alone."

"She has the kids."

"Right. Eli cannot take care of himself nether less his mother. Jessie is too young to take car of her. She needs me."

"But do you need her?"

"I need her to get better so she doesn't need me."

"Hey wait up!" Riley screamed as Grace hurried out of the room. "Grace!"

Grace turned around. "Riley, right?

"Yeah, are you ok? Mr. Dimitri was so hard on you on you back there."

"He wasn't that bad."

"He wasn't that bad! Grace, unless you did something horrible to that man, you did not deserve that."

"I just might have."

"Ok, I'm sorry I know I don't know you well but I really don't think that you could have done anything to him. He's a pig."

"You don't really know what happened."

"All I know is that your making yourself feel guilty for what he just did and that's not right."

"You really believe that?"

"I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true."

"Ok, thanks and I'm sorry wasn't I suppose to be helping you?" She said with a smile.

"Well that was the plan but maybe now you'll help me for free."

"Deal."