Title: A Chance at happiness 18/?

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 oh people I have been reading the reviews and the very least I can see if first OMG! I am so shocked I have gotten so many reviews and for those of you who were wondering since Jessie I now gay then I might try to play that in but I'm not sure.

Grace walked downstairs and into the living room. She could see Eli was sitting at the table in the kitchen. She walked into the kitchen.

"Eli?" She whispered.

He turned around. "You actually came down."

"Well there were these others plans that I had but I decide yours where the best." She said sarcastically.

"Very funny." He took her hand. "Come with me and I'll explain what we're doing on the way."

"Sure whatever." Grace mumbled and followed Eli out of the house.

Jessie stood up. She had been sitting in the dark on the couch thinking, when Grace had come down. "Something was up." She thought and she was going to find out what.

"Rick?" Lily asked as she watched the clock change.

Rick rolled over. "What are you doing awake?" He asked still half-asleep.

"Thinking mostly." She said.

"About what?"

"I don't really know I just had this feeling. I don't know how to explain actually just forget it." She said turning back to her side.

"Wait just a second. You woke me up at one in the morning and you are not going to tell me why! I do not think so." Rick said.

"I just… I don't know I guess I just for a second there I thought that something was wrong." Lily said.

"Something wrong with who or what?" Rick asked worried.

"I don't really know it just a feeling, Rick. I get it every once and a while just try to go back to sleep and forget it." Lily said hoping she would forget it

"You sure?" Rick asked.

"Yeah I'm sure. It's one in the morning all of our kids are asleep and you're here so nothing could go wrong." She said starting to believe it.

"You're right. Now try to go to sleep please." He said.

"I will."

"So where are we headed?" Grace asked. "Wait I know. Why are we going to a place you were kicked out of?"

"Smart one aren't you?" Eli said sarcastically. "I need to get something's from my mother's house for her and then we're going to the hospital which is where you come in." He said pulling into the driveway.

"What are we doing at the hospital and why did it have to be done at one in the morning?" Grace asked getting out of the car.

"We are doing this at one in the morning so no one knows I had anything to do with it and you'll see what we're doing." He said walking into the house.

"So this is something wrong." Grace said annoyed.

"I never said that. Now can you just help me look? I am looking for a big white box that looks really old and had Jessie and Eli written on it." He said as he started to look.

"Fine, but if you get into trouble for this I'm wasn't involved. Ok?" Grace said as she too started to look.

He laughed. "Ah, perfect Grace, I wouldn't dare ruin her perfect record."

"I'm not perfect, Eli. I'm far from perfect." She said as she lifted up some clothes.

"I never said you were. I just said you want people to think you are." Eli said as he closed the door.

"Can we change the subject?" She said annoyed.

"Fine. So how about you tell me about this dude Riley." Eli said.

Grace busted up laughing.

"What's so funny? You like him are something?" He asked.

She grabbed the box and headed to where Eli was. "Here." She said still smiling. "And what's so funny is that Riley isn't a dude. Riley is a girl. And you're jealous."

"I'm not jealous! What would I be jealous?" He asked shocked that she said that.

"Yes you are and it's funny. Especially coming from a guy who thinks of me just as a sister." She said as she opened the box to see what was inside.

"I never said I just thought of you as a sister. I already have one sister and I'm not looking for another one." He said as closed the box.

She smiled. "So you think of me as friend?"

"For now I do." He said. "Now let's go, I owe you a trip to the hospital."

"Ok let's go. Grab the box." As they were walking out of the house, she muttered. "For now."