Title: Hands Clean 5/?

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 second once and again fan fic but my it's my first August/Grace so any ideas or comments you have would be great. So please email me with them. J Oh and I'm very glad to see I got a review Yeah!!!

"Ooh this could be messy

But you don't seem to mind

Ooh don't go telling everybody

And overlook this supposed crime"

"Jessie please stop." Grace said as she ran after her. "Please Jessie, I can't run much longer."

Jessie stopped. "What could you possibly have to tell me?" She said mad.

"I think we need to talk." Grace said as she pulled Jessie back to her room.

"Let go off me! I'm not going any where were that jerk is!" Jessie screamed.

"Will you take a chill pill for one second! God! Ok I'll get him to leave but we are going to talk." Grace said as she dragged her into the room.

"Um… hi again." Dimitri said nervously.

"I refuse to talk to you." Jessie said sitting on Grace's bed.

"What is wrong with her?" Dimitri asked.

"I'll explain it to you when I call you later tonight." Grace said.

"So you want me to go?"

"You take hints very well. Please August?" Grace asked pleading.

"No problem, just please call me later."

"No problem."

"Bye Jessie." Dimitri said as he left.

"I'm glad he's finally gone." Jessie said.

"Ok that's going to have to stop now." Grace said sitting down next to her.

"What is going to have to stop?" Jessie asked sarcastically.

"You're going to have to stop constantly putting August down." Grace said.

"August? When did you start calling Mr. Dimitri August?" Jessie asked.

"When I started dating him." Grace said.

"How exactly did you ever meet him after he got fired any way?" Jessie asked.

"He's my teacher."  Grace said.

"Again, you've got to be kidding me! Do your parents know about this?" Jessie asked.

"No, and you're not going to tell them. Jessie, you cannot tell them. They'd kill him and tear us both apart." Grace said freaking out.

"You know what Grace, I don't see how that would be a bad thing. I think they need to know." Jessie said getting up.

"Jessie, please I stood up for you for Katie… I mean how can you do this to me?" Grace asked as she started to cry.

"That's different I love Katie." Jessie said.

"And what you don't think I love August?" Grace said mad.

"I don't think you know if you love him. Come on Grace he's your teacher for heaven sake's."

"I know that Jessie! God, I know that, why do you think I haven't told anyone?"

"Because…."

"Because I tried to deny it, Jessie. When I was in high school, I tried as hard as I could but I kept being pulled to him. And now he is back here, and I tried not to let those feelings out but Jessie I can't! I couldn't! And it killed me to try to ignore them. God, can't you see that!" Grace said crying harder.

"Grace, but…." Jessie started say.

"Don't tell me it's wrong because Jessie I know that but does love always seem right in the beginning?"

"I guess not but…."

"But I mean look at you and Katie you, yourself was even worried that it wasn't right. Remember how long it took you to tell us about the two of you?"

"A long time but do you really think that's the same thing?" Jessie asked.

"Does it really matter if it's the same thing or not? I love him Jessie and I don't want to have to lose him again. I mean how would you feel if your dad and mom and told you couldn't see Katie?"

"I would feel horrible."

"So did I when they first sent him away and now that's he's back, I don't want to have to worry about losing him again. It would literally kill me. It took me forever to be able to move on after he left and I don't want to do that again." Grace said pleading.

"Grace, I'm sorry I never knew all the pain that you went through before and I promise I won't tell anyone." Jessie said.

"Thanks Jessie, thank you so much." Grace said as she hugged her.

"Your welcome but understand this I'm not telling anyone but that doesn't mean that my opinion of him changes. I still do not want to have to see him. Understood?"

"Yeah understood." Grace said smiling.

"You know I really would like for us to go some where's together." Grace said.

"Grace, we can't really do that. Because if some one saw us together they think that this was the reason that you are passing my class."

"But I don't like having to stay in here, there's nothing to do." Grace said pouting.

"In that case then I'll go." August said as he got up.

"No, please don't go, I didn't mean that I really didn't mean that. I mean there are things that we can do…." Grace started to say as she sat down on her bed.

"Grace, I'm not so sure that's the best thing." August said.

Grace got up, took his hand, and led him over to the bed. "August, I've waited since the moment I meet you to do this. Please don't tell you don't want to do this?" She begged.

"No, it's not that believe me I've felt the same way for a long time but Grace I had my reasons for not doing it last time I saw you."

"Because you thought I was too young, right?"

"Yes for one plus I respected you enough not to."

"So which one is this time: that I'm still too young or is that you respect me?" Grace asked annoyed.

"It's neither, Grace. I want to make love to you it's just that when we do this I want it to be special, not to be something we do because we're bored."

Grace smiled. "That's really sweet, but there's one problem. We still have nothing to do."

August just laughed.

"Come on I need to get ready and you are making this very hard." Grace said as she tried to put in her earring and August was kissing her neck.

"But I want you to come back to bed with me." He said smiling.

"And so do I but my Aunt and Uncle offered to take Jessie, Katie, Zoe, Eli, Casey and I out to dinner. You must know I can't turn this down."

"Yes, you could if you really wanted to you could tell them something that would get you out of it."

"Yeah how does this sound, "Aunt Judy, Uncle Sam I'm sorry I can't make it tonight because I'm shacked up with my boyfriend. I think you might remember him. His name is August Dimitri." Now how does that sound?" Grace asked sarcastically.

He laughed. "It sounds like I might just live for five minutes tops. But the really funny thing would be who exactly would kill me first: see there's your father, then there's your step-father, then there's your uncle, then there's your step-brother and let's not forget your mother. So who would you bet on?" He asked sarcastically.

"All of them at the same time, it would be like a murder on the orient express type murder." Grace said laughing.

There was a knock at the door. "Grace?" Judy asked.

"Great, they're here. Hand me my jacket please!" Grace asked him.

"How about your other earring, would that be helpful? He said holding it out.

"Not funny." She said as she grabbed it.

"And how about your purse?" He said as she held it to her.

"You're really getting annoying you know that."

"Oh really what if I was to scream something really loudly?" He suggested.

She put her hand over his mouth. "You are going to be very quiet and I'm going to leave."

He mumbled. "I love you."

"I love you too." She said as she kissed him. "Now be a good boy and stay quite." She said smiling as she opened the door and went out side.

"Grace, um your lipstick is smudged." Judy said questionably.

"Who exactly was in there any way?" Zoe asked.

"So where are we eating at?" Grace asked trying to change the subject.

"We'll fast forward to a few years later

And no one knows except the both of us

And I have honored your request for silence

And you've washed your hands clean of this"