Title: Hands Clean 10/?
Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net) if you want to email me during the week email me at (23405@sjamail.net)
Disclaimer: these characters belong to once and again except any characters you don't recognize
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"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"
"Come Grace, blow out the candles." Austin said.
"Make a good wish." Lily said.
Grace blew them all out in breath. She had made a wish, which she did not think would come true.
The rain started to fall out side.
"That's strange I didn't know that it was going to rain today." Lily said.
"Well not everything in life is predictable." Grace said sadly as she got up.
"Gracie are you all right?" Lily asked.
"I don't know yet." Grace said back. "Oh mom, I have a favor to ask."
"Sure, what is it?"
"Can I stay here tonight?" She asked.
"Sure, it'll be nice to have you home."
"But what about August, he doesn't want to see you tonight?" Zoe asked.
"August?" Jake asked worried.
"She means Augustine my boyfriend." Grace spoke up.
"No, you said August." Zoe said.
"No, you must have misunderstood her because I've meet him and his name is Augustine." Eli spoke up.
"August, Augustine why does it matter?" Zoe asked confused.
"It doesn't." Grace said getting up. "I'm going to go lay down if that's ok."
"That's fine and Gracie I hope you had a good birthday." Lily said.
"I'm busy tonight Chris." August said into the phone.
"Chris? As in x-girlfriend, Chris?" Grace whispered.
"I'd like to see you too but like I said I have plans." August laughed. "If I had a girlfriend don't you think you would have met her?"
"She's had meet me, remember." Grace pointed out.
"Actually you have meet her Chris, a long time ago." August laughed again. "Well you were a little different the she was. I didn't mind go back to someone from a long time ago with her because she's special and Chris well you and I you know we're over." "Her name, I don't think you really need to know that. Chris, I'm doing to go before I end up telling you everything that I don't want to. You know you have that affected on me. Bye." August said as he put the phone down.
"So Chris wanted to go out tonight?" Grace asked.
"Yes she wanted to go out with a group of friends but I didn't want to leave you."
"Yeah I know but you know what I can't wait for?"
"What?"
"When we can go out together in public."
"Well that will happen when you graduate."
Grace's cell phone rang. Grace rolled over and grabbed it. "Hello?"
"Grace…" August started to say.
"Don't please, unless you are going to say you're sorry then I don't really want to have this conversation."
"Well I was planning on saying that but first I would like it if you would come outside."
"Why?"
"Because it's raining out here and I'm getting soaked."
Grace went over to her window and sure enough, there was August standing out in the rain. "What are you doing out there?"
"I'm waiting for you so I can apologize in person and then we can go tell your parents."
"I'm not sure that's the best idea, August… look I'll be there in a second but we still need to talk." Grace said as she hung up her phone. She got up, headed down stairs, and went outside. "Come under here please, or you will freeze to death." Grace said to August who came under the over hang.
"I think I already have." He said smiling.
"Well you're still alive and that's a good sign. Now why would you go to all this trouble just to apologize?"
"Because I knew this was a big deal to you. That's why I'm ok now with going in there and telling everyone." He said as he started to walk towards the door.
She stopped him. "Don't, please just let it drop. Just having you here is enough."
"Really? You're not just saying that?" He asked.
"No, I mean it. Now you need to go home and change before you really do catch cold."
"I'm going, but I just want to make sure…."
"We're fine, I promise. This strangely enough is almost what I wished for. Now good night." She said as she gave him a kiss.
"Good night." He said as he started to walk back to his car.
Grace turned around to head back in when she saw Rick sitting at the table.
"what part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
what part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
what with this distance it seems so obvious?"
