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"Grace honey? What's wrong?" Lily sits on Grace's bed
"Nothing." Grace mutters
"So nothing at all?"
"It's just that Eli can do better than Riley." Grace blurts out
"How so?"
"Well she's no good for him, she's a senior in a junior class. That should say something and she spent the night. What about that?" Grace asks
"What about it Grace? Riley seems like a very sweet girl and Eli seems to be crazy about her. Not to mention lately we've noticed that he's been cleaning up his act. I think this can be a good thing. Come one just yesterday you liked Riley, now you don't?" Lily asks gently
"Well….. I don't know all right?" Grace flops back "I don't know."
"All right, well just give her a chance I think this may be good for Eli." Lily smiles and gets up and leaves
"Yea whatever." Grace mutters as Lily leaves she just lays down on her stomach when she hears a knock on her door. "What?"
"Can I talk to you?" Riley opens the door slightly
Grace glances at her. "Sure I guess."
"Are you mad at me?" Riley asks carefully "Cause I'm starting to get the impression you are."
"Just starting?" Grace mutters under her breath
"So you are then?"
"No, it's just weird to see Eli with….."
"Another girl?"
"No!….. yea." Grace admits
"I guess I can understand that, Eli is really great." Riley smiles "I don't usually trust people, but I do trust him."
"Why don't you trust people?" Grace asks
"Because people have proven not to be trustworthy" Riley answers simply
"What have they done?" Grace asks curiously
"You don't want to hear my life story." Riley smiles "It's not so great."
"But-"
"Why don't we eat and then finish the project?" Riley interuppts
"Sure, all right." Grace agrees and they get up and go downstairs.
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"Hey Eli?" Grace sits down next to him on the couch
"Are you going to freak again?" Eli asks glancing at her
"No, I was going to apologize."
"It's all right….. just don't do that again." Eli smiles
"Sure." Grace looks at the television
"What?" Eli asks
"What? Nothing."
"Yea, there is something else what?"
Grace takes a deep breath "Riley said today that she really trusts you."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"She said that she doesn't usually trust people, because people aren't trustworthy."
"That's true a lot of the times." Eli reasons
"Yea but she seemed so sad for a moment."
"What are you saying Grace?"
"Well why would she look so sad? She said something about my not wanting to hear her life story and she told me yesterday her mother had died……"
"So some bad things had happened, but I wouldn't go around worrying about it if I were you." Eli replies
"Have you ever been to her house?" Grace asks suddenly
"No, why?"
"Cause she made it very clear that we would only work on our project here and not her place."
"So?" Eli asks getting up
Grace follows him into the kitchen "Don't you think that's a little bit weird?"
"Maybe but I'm not about to make a big deal out of it."
"Maybe you should. I think something isn't right." Grace stands in front of him with her arms crossed
"Fine. I'll ask her if I can go to her house tomorrow then. Happy?" Eli asks irritated
"Yes." Grace replies moving out of his way.
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"Hey" Eli greets Riley as she runs out of her house and gets into his car.
"Hi." She smiles "So where are we going?"
"Well I got a video and I thought we could watch it."
"At your place? Sure." Riley agrees
"I was thinking here, my VCR is broken." Eli lies
Riley looks away "No, we can't."
"Why not?"
"We're remodeling inside sorry." Riley smiles
"So why don't you just show me around? I've never met your family."
"You don't want to meet my family." Riley replies
"You met mine, come on I don't even know who you live with."
Riley closes her eyes then looks over at her house "My father and brother."
"The only girl, you must get spoiled." Eli jokes
"Sure I do." Riley answers sarcastically
"Is anyone home?"
"My dad is, he's uh sleeping. My brother usually comes home at night."
"Your dad is sleeping?" Eli asks glancing at his watch "It's almost three."
"I know, but well he works late." Riley replies "Why are you so curious all of a sudden? I'm not going to stick around with my family long, when I'm eighteen I'm leaving."
"Wait what do you mean leaving?" Eli asks
"I mean, I'm going to move out and get out of here."
"Where's here your house?"
"This city, I don't know maybe even state whatever it takes." Riley answers
"You never told me this before."
"You never asked." Riley defends herself "Listen I don't want you to meet my family or come in all right? I don't like being there so I stay away as much a I can."
"Why what's wrong?"
"Nothing. Can we go?"
"No, not until you tell me."
"Seriously Eli I want to get out of here, I'll walk." Riley threatens
"Fine." Eli starts up the car and pulls away "So will you tell me what all this is about now?"
"Nothing, why are you all up on this all of a sudden?"
"Because I realized I know nothing about your family only now to find out you plan on leaving without ever turning back. Don't you think that would affect me?"
"Listen I had this planned out a long time ago, I can't just change my mind now."
"What?" Eli asks pulling into his driveway. "I'm not getting you." He gets out and they go into the house. "Why wont you just talk to me?"
"Cause I have nothing to say." Riley replies frustrated "Why won't you accept that?"
"Hey guys. What's up?" Rick walks into the kitchen
"I'd like to know that." Eli mutters getting a drink
Rick looks at Riley "Is everything all right?"
"Fine." Riley replies "Just fine. Can I use you're bathroom?"
"Yea, sure it's-"
"I know where it is." Riley smiles and walks off
"What happened?" Rick asks
"Do you know she's never invited me in her house? She doesn't want me to meet her family and she plans to skip town as soon as she turns 18" Eli says in a rush
"And you're upset about that?" Rick sympathizes
"Not just that I think something is wrong." Eli replies worriedly
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"Oh sorry" Jessie walks in on Riley
"It's all right, I wasn't doing anything." Riley replies smiling
"Why is your face all red? You look like you were crying." Jessie says softly
"I was." Riley looks down "Don't tell Eli though please?"
"Sure, what happened?"
"Have you ever had a problem and you couldn't tell anyone?"
"Yea, but my parents found out eventually."
"And what happened?"
"They got me help. And I'm slowly getting better."
"Yea well help for me would be to get out of here, Eli doesn't get it."
"Get what?"
"I wouldn't want to burden you, I can deal with it myself. But thanks Jessie."
"Well if you ever want to talk, I will." Jessie offers
"All right." Riley replies and Jessie leaves and goes downstairs
"Jessie have you seen Riley?" Eli asks
"Yea- uh she was upstairs in the bathroom. She still is." Jessie answers
"Why is she taking so long?"
"Maybe you should talk to her." Jessie suggests
"I tried and it got me no where."
"Maybe you should try again"
"Jessie did she tell you something?" Rick asks
Jessie shakes her head "No. I do think she needs help though."
To be continued soon please R&R
"Grace honey? What's wrong?" Lily sits on Grace's bed
"Nothing." Grace mutters
"So nothing at all?"
"It's just that Eli can do better than Riley." Grace blurts out
"How so?"
"Well she's no good for him, she's a senior in a junior class. That should say something and she spent the night. What about that?" Grace asks
"What about it Grace? Riley seems like a very sweet girl and Eli seems to be crazy about her. Not to mention lately we've noticed that he's been cleaning up his act. I think this can be a good thing. Come one just yesterday you liked Riley, now you don't?" Lily asks gently
"Well….. I don't know all right?" Grace flops back "I don't know."
"All right, well just give her a chance I think this may be good for Eli." Lily smiles and gets up and leaves
"Yea whatever." Grace mutters as Lily leaves she just lays down on her stomach when she hears a knock on her door. "What?"
"Can I talk to you?" Riley opens the door slightly
Grace glances at her. "Sure I guess."
"Are you mad at me?" Riley asks carefully "Cause I'm starting to get the impression you are."
"Just starting?" Grace mutters under her breath
"So you are then?"
"No, it's just weird to see Eli with….."
"Another girl?"
"No!….. yea." Grace admits
"I guess I can understand that, Eli is really great." Riley smiles "I don't usually trust people, but I do trust him."
"Why don't you trust people?" Grace asks
"Because people have proven not to be trustworthy" Riley answers simply
"What have they done?" Grace asks curiously
"You don't want to hear my life story." Riley smiles "It's not so great."
"But-"
"Why don't we eat and then finish the project?" Riley interuppts
"Sure, all right." Grace agrees and they get up and go downstairs.
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"Hey Eli?" Grace sits down next to him on the couch
"Are you going to freak again?" Eli asks glancing at her
"No, I was going to apologize."
"It's all right….. just don't do that again." Eli smiles
"Sure." Grace looks at the television
"What?" Eli asks
"What? Nothing."
"Yea, there is something else what?"
Grace takes a deep breath "Riley said today that she really trusts you."
"And that's a bad thing?"
"She said that she doesn't usually trust people, because people aren't trustworthy."
"That's true a lot of the times." Eli reasons
"Yea but she seemed so sad for a moment."
"What are you saying Grace?"
"Well why would she look so sad? She said something about my not wanting to hear her life story and she told me yesterday her mother had died……"
"So some bad things had happened, but I wouldn't go around worrying about it if I were you." Eli replies
"Have you ever been to her house?" Grace asks suddenly
"No, why?"
"Cause she made it very clear that we would only work on our project here and not her place."
"So?" Eli asks getting up
Grace follows him into the kitchen "Don't you think that's a little bit weird?"
"Maybe but I'm not about to make a big deal out of it."
"Maybe you should. I think something isn't right." Grace stands in front of him with her arms crossed
"Fine. I'll ask her if I can go to her house tomorrow then. Happy?" Eli asks irritated
"Yes." Grace replies moving out of his way.
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"Hey" Eli greets Riley as she runs out of her house and gets into his car.
"Hi." She smiles "So where are we going?"
"Well I got a video and I thought we could watch it."
"At your place? Sure." Riley agrees
"I was thinking here, my VCR is broken." Eli lies
Riley looks away "No, we can't."
"Why not?"
"We're remodeling inside sorry." Riley smiles
"So why don't you just show me around? I've never met your family."
"You don't want to meet my family." Riley replies
"You met mine, come on I don't even know who you live with."
Riley closes her eyes then looks over at her house "My father and brother."
"The only girl, you must get spoiled." Eli jokes
"Sure I do." Riley answers sarcastically
"Is anyone home?"
"My dad is, he's uh sleeping. My brother usually comes home at night."
"Your dad is sleeping?" Eli asks glancing at his watch "It's almost three."
"I know, but well he works late." Riley replies "Why are you so curious all of a sudden? I'm not going to stick around with my family long, when I'm eighteen I'm leaving."
"Wait what do you mean leaving?" Eli asks
"I mean, I'm going to move out and get out of here."
"Where's here your house?"
"This city, I don't know maybe even state whatever it takes." Riley answers
"You never told me this before."
"You never asked." Riley defends herself "Listen I don't want you to meet my family or come in all right? I don't like being there so I stay away as much a I can."
"Why what's wrong?"
"Nothing. Can we go?"
"No, not until you tell me."
"Seriously Eli I want to get out of here, I'll walk." Riley threatens
"Fine." Eli starts up the car and pulls away "So will you tell me what all this is about now?"
"Nothing, why are you all up on this all of a sudden?"
"Because I realized I know nothing about your family only now to find out you plan on leaving without ever turning back. Don't you think that would affect me?"
"Listen I had this planned out a long time ago, I can't just change my mind now."
"What?" Eli asks pulling into his driveway. "I'm not getting you." He gets out and they go into the house. "Why wont you just talk to me?"
"Cause I have nothing to say." Riley replies frustrated "Why won't you accept that?"
"Hey guys. What's up?" Rick walks into the kitchen
"I'd like to know that." Eli mutters getting a drink
Rick looks at Riley "Is everything all right?"
"Fine." Riley replies "Just fine. Can I use you're bathroom?"
"Yea, sure it's-"
"I know where it is." Riley smiles and walks off
"What happened?" Rick asks
"Do you know she's never invited me in her house? She doesn't want me to meet her family and she plans to skip town as soon as she turns 18" Eli says in a rush
"And you're upset about that?" Rick sympathizes
"Not just that I think something is wrong." Eli replies worriedly
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"Oh sorry" Jessie walks in on Riley
"It's all right, I wasn't doing anything." Riley replies smiling
"Why is your face all red? You look like you were crying." Jessie says softly
"I was." Riley looks down "Don't tell Eli though please?"
"Sure, what happened?"
"Have you ever had a problem and you couldn't tell anyone?"
"Yea, but my parents found out eventually."
"And what happened?"
"They got me help. And I'm slowly getting better."
"Yea well help for me would be to get out of here, Eli doesn't get it."
"Get what?"
"I wouldn't want to burden you, I can deal with it myself. But thanks Jessie."
"Well if you ever want to talk, I will." Jessie offers
"All right." Riley replies and Jessie leaves and goes downstairs
"Jessie have you seen Riley?" Eli asks
"Yea- uh she was upstairs in the bathroom. She still is." Jessie answers
"Why is she taking so long?"
"Maybe you should talk to her." Jessie suggests
"I tried and it got me no where."
"Maybe you should try again"
"Jessie did she tell you something?" Rick asks
Jessie shakes her head "No. I do think she needs help though."
To be continued soon please R&R