Title: A Chance at happiness 25/?
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.
Eli knocked on the door and Karen looked up and smiled. "Come in." She said as he walked in and leaned up against the wall. "You know I don't bite, you could actually get close to me."
He half-smiled and walked over to the bed and sat down in a car next to her bed.
Karen looked at him and could tell something was wrong. "Eli, are you ok?"
"I'm fine." He mumbled.
"You know just because I'm the hospital doesn't mean I'm stupid. I know something is wrong." She said seriously.
"Is that obvious?" He asked smiling.
"I'm your mother, I can tell these things. So, what is wrong? It's must be pretty bad if you came to me."
"It is, I think. But I can't really tell you what is wrong." He said sadly.
"It's ok just tell me what you can, I'll try to help all I can."
"Well one of my friends is in trouble and I prevent things from getting worse yesterday but this friend won't tell me what happened and they won't let me tell anyone."
"Do you think you need to tell someone?"
"I think their parents need to know because I think they will help at least more then I can, but I promised that person I wouldn't tell anyone."
"Well if this person is in real trouble and you can't really help them then you do need to tell someone but ultimately it's your choice but Eli if you're sacred to break their trust then know this if you save this person then it's worth it."
Eli got up. "Thanks."
"Your welcome and I hope that helps you."
"It did."
"Oh and thanks for the decorations." She said smiling.
"I'm glad to see you smile again and if doing this caused it then it's worth it." He said leaving.
"Hey." Jessie said as she saw Katie standing by her locker.
"Hey, you." Katie said smiling.
Jessie went and put one of her books in her locker. "So you think can come over to my house after school?" Jessie asked smiling.
"I thought you were grounded." Katie said also smiling.
"I am but if I tell them that you are coming over for school, they won't ask any questions."
"So are we going to be studying?"
"What do you think she." She said laughing.
The bell rang. "I'll see you after school. I've got English now."
"Oh have fun." Jesse said walking off and laughing.
Grace walked into English class grabbed a seat in the back. She didn't want to be here. She didn't want to have to look him in the eye. She didn't even want him to live. She shivered at the last thought. She had never once thought she would ever wish someone dead. She never had before and she hated him for making her think this way.
He came in to class and everyone started to laugh.
"What happened to you?" Tad asked laughing.
Mr. Dimitri smiled. "Would all of you people believe I was a bar fight?"
"No way, so how did you really get that black eye?" Riley asked laughing.
"Someone's fist ran into my face, now let's get to work people because my social life is really none of you business." He said agitated and then he looked at Grace and smiled.
She looked down at her desk and suddenly felt very cold. She reached down for Eli's jacket and knocked over book sack, which hit the person next to her. "I'm so sorry." She said reaching for it. When she finally grabbed it, the zipper came undone and the inside of her books went everywhere's. Everyone laughed.
Riley went down and started to help her pick it up. She looked at the Tad who was sitting next to her. "Or you dumb or something! The least you could do is help her!" Riley screamed.
Everyone laughed.
She looked at Grace who looked like she was about to cry. "Grace, it is just books. You know what maybe you should go to the bathroom." She suggested.
Grace nodded and left the room.
When Grace left, Mr. Dimitri said, "You know I think I'll go and check on her." He said and left the room. When he finally caught up with her, he grabbed her arm and turned her around. "Where are you off in such a hurry?" He asked smiling.
"Get you hands of me!" She screamed. "I never want you hands any where on me!"
Someone in the hallway stopped and looked at them. "Is everything all right?" The women asked.
"Everything's fine." Mr. Dimitri said smiling.
"Ok." She said and walked off.
"Now if I was you I wouldn't scream like that. You wouldn't want people to think something was wrong." He said smiling.
"Something is wrong. You…"
He put his finger over her mouth. "Are so you claim. You and that brother of yours claim that's what happened but you know as well as I do that if that is what really happened you would have told someone by now and I would not be teaching here. Since you haven't, one would assume that you're lying." He said smiling.
"I'm not lying and you know it!"
"Then why haven't you ran to your mother, father or even that guy of yours?"
"Because…."
"Because you don't want them to know so in other words you have no right to even try to act like I did anything."
"You took advantage of me! You were my favorite teacher and you used that to get what you wanted! You did everything in your power to make me feel like I was nothing! So yes you did do something to me, and I'm not going to let you say you didn't!"
"That's what you claim but what proof do you have? Just your word, which means nothing against my own. I could claim you were the one who…"
She slammed him. "Don't you even finish that sentence! You jerk!" She said walking back to class.
"Hey" Jake said as Lily walked into his office. "What's wrong?" He asked as she sat down.
"What makes you think something's wrong?" She asked shocked.
"If you came here to talk to me then something must be wrong." He said something. "Is it one of the girls?" He asked.
"It's Grace, something wrong but the problem is I don't know what it is." She said.
"Why would you think something is wrong?"
"Well for one Eli, I think he knows what's going on and he wants to tell me but he can't. Plus she almost bite my head off today when I'm asked her about school. She doesn't normally do that."
"Eli knows what's wrong. Of course that kid seems to cause trouble where ever he goes." Jake said annoyed.
"He's not a bad kid, I actually think he's just being a friend to her. And I don't think he knows that we're worried about her."
"That's your opinion. But maybe I can get it out of him. He does work here you know."
"Yeah I know but don't. I guess we're just have to wait for either him or Grace decides to tell us."
"You sure you don't want me to?" He asked smiling.
"It sounds like a nice offer but don't."