Title: A Chance at happiness 24/?
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. Oh and I'm bring in something that happened with the gay/straight alliance thing so bare with me. Oh I'm sorry I didn't update yesterday. I was under strict orders not to do anything so my knee would heal sorry. L
Grace woke up scared. He was even in her dreams. She could not sleep with out seeing him, with out it happening it again. She got up out of bed, grabbed a robe and headed into Eli's room. She could hear him playing the guitar. She knocked on the door and heard him stop.
"Come in." He said.
She opened the door and saw him sitting on his bed; his guitar was lying next to him.
When he saw her, he got up. "Grace, what's wrong?" He asked worried.
"I… I couldn't sleep." She said about to cry.
He went over to her. "I don't know how much of a help I can be but I'll try."
"Can you just hold me?" She asked not caring how he would take that.
"Sure." He said. "Come over here." He said leading her over to his bed. He sat down first and then let her lean in to him.
"Thanks Eli… Goodnight" She said starting to fall asleep.
"Good night, Grace." He said kissing her on the forehead.
When Eli's alarm clock went off, Eli woke up with a jolt. He hit it hard and turned off it. He looked down. Grace was still in his arms. She looked so peaceful sitting there, that he want to wake her up. He looked at his watch. Everyone was about to awake and Grace was still in his room. "Grace…" He said softly.
She moaned and looked around. "How did I?" She asked confused.
"You came in here last night because you couldn't sleep. You've been in here every since." Eli said.
Grace got up quickly. "What time is it?" She asked worried.
"You got about ten minutes before everyone wakes up." He said softly.
"Ok then I'm going to go." She said hurrying out of the room but she stopped right before she left. "I don't remember if I told you last night but thanks Eli."
He smiled. "You did and you're welcome." He said as she closed the door. "That's not all you said." He said as he smiled to himself thinking of everything she had in her sleep.
Grace was able to get to her room before anyone woke up. When she got in her room, she got back in the bed and laid her head down. She looked up at the ceiling and smiled. She had not slept so peacefully in weeks. She could still smell him on her. She was not in hurry though to wash it off. She got dressed still smiling; he had held her last night with a tenderness that she had not felt in a long time. Though he probably did not think of it as much, it meant the world to her. With everything that went wrong yesterday, she had a found a friend that she did not want to ever loose. She just hoped her felt the same way. When she was finally dress, she headed down stairs to breakfast, hoping no one saw her come in.
"Grace, are you feeling better?" Lily asked as soon as she saw her come down.
Grace smiled. "Well I don't remember not feeling good, so I don't know how I could feel better." She said sitting down at the table next to Eli.
"Well then was wrong yesterday? When you ran upstairs?" Lily asked worried.
Grace breathed in deeply. "Nothing was wrong, mother. I just wanted to get up to take a bath. I was tired."
"You sure?" Lily asked still worried.
Eli looked at Grace and could tell that the questions were getting to her. She had been able to forget what had happened with him and now she was being forced to remember it.
"I was just tired, now we can drop it because I really don't like being integrated." Grace said annoyed.
"Sorry." Lily said shocked about her angry Grace was. She looked at Rick and could see he was just as shocked by her tone as she was.
"Eli, do you think you can drop everyone off at school and pick them up?" Rick asked trying to change the subject.
"No problem." Eli said getting up. "But we have to go now." He said looking at everyone.
They all got up and headed out.
When they arrived at school, Jessie got out quickly but Grace just stayed in the car staring off in the distance.
"Grace, you are planning on going to school right?" Eli asked worried.
She came out of her trance. "What, did you say something?"
"I asked if you were planning on going to school." Eli said.
"Of course I'm planning on going to school." She said starting to get out.
"Grace…" Eli said.
She turned around.
"Are you going to be ok?" Eli asked concerned.
"I don't yet. Ask me latter." She said and headed into school.
Eli drove off towards the hospital.