Title: A Chance at happiness 20/?
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.
Everyone was sitting around the table when the phone rang.
"I'll get it." Lily said and got up. "Oh hi Karen." She said.
Everyone looked at her. "Oh really. That's nice. I'll tell them. Bye." She hung up the phone.
"What did Karen want?" Rick asked.
"She wanted me to tell Eli and Jessie thanks for what they did." She said sitting down.
"What did you two do?" Rick asked Eli.
"Yeah, Eli what did we do?" Jessie asked.
"They decorated Karen's hospital room with old pictures that they drew when they were little." She said to Rick.
Jessie looked at Grace who was staring down at her bowl and then at Eli who was half smiling. "You're got to be kidding me!" Jessie said figuring out what happened. She got and ran to her room.
"What is wrong with her?" Rick asked.
"I think I know. I'll go talk to her." Eli said getting up and heading to Jessie's room.
"Did you two know anything about this?" Lily asked Zoe and Grace.
"How could we know what was going on? You just told us." Zoe said getting up.
"Grace, how about you?" Rick asked.
"If I knew why they did or that they did I wouldn't see a reason to tell you anyway." Grace said getting up and putting her dishes in the sink.
"Tell you children when ever they come down, that we'll be in our rooms." Zoe said walking up stairs with Grace.
Eli knocked on Jessie's door.
Jessie was laying her bed crying on.
Eli went over to her bed and sat down. "Jessie…."
She turned to face him. "She is not your sister, Eli. She is not your girlfriend. She is not even a friend to you."
"Jessie, she is my friend."
"I don't care, Eli. She had no right to even go in our mother's room. She shouldn't have been there!"
"She was helping me, Jessie."
"I could have helped you. I should have helped you."
"Jessie, I know you could have helped me. I just… I took you last night and so I thought you'd want to sleep…"
"Don't lie to me! I bet I did not even cross you mind last night. I saw you to leave. I saw you go up to her room and get her."
"You were watching us!"
"I was sitting in the living room, Eli. I was not planning to see anyone. How was I to know you and Grace were going to try to sneak out?"
"Jessie, was does this bother you so much?"
She got up. "Because I'm your sister. And she is not. Have you forgotten that?"
He got and went over to her. "I'm not looking for another sister. I already have you and you are the only sister I want. Grace is a friend to me. That's all."
"Seriously, Eli she doesn't like me and I wouldn't put it past her to try to replace me."
"Jessie, believe me she has no intention of being my sister. Please don't ever think I'd replace you."
"I don't but if I was you I'd watch out I might replace you." She said with a smile.
"I don't think so!" He said as he started to tickle her.
Zoe followed Grace into her room.
"So do you really know nothing about what happened last night?" Zoe asked.
Grace turned around. "What are you doing in my room?"
"Trying to get some important information out of my sister." She said sitting down on her bed.
"There is no information to get out of me, so leave." Grace said getting annoyed.
"Oh really, then why is Eli's jacket in your room?" Zoe asked with a smile.
She went and picked it up. "Get out now!" She said and Zoe got up and left smiling.