Title: Hands Clean 12/?
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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"Just make sure you don't tell on me especially to members of your family
We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse
I wish I could tell the world cuz you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
I might want to marry you one day if you watch that weight and keep your firm body"
"How long have you been sitting there?" Grace asked Rick worried.
"Long enough, how about you sit down." Rick suggested.
Grace took a chair. "Rick, you've got to promise me that you won't tell my mother…."
"Stop! Grace will you listen to yourself when anything about that man comes up you start lying and keeping secrets. Is that really what you want to do?"
"No, but…"
"Then don't do it. You see anyone or anything that causes you to lie to people that you love and care about, really shouldn't be things you should be involved in."
"Oh so what should I have done?"
"Told us what was going on? Maybe we could have stopped this."
"Like you did before? By sending him away? I didn't want you to send him the way the first time and I definitely don't want you to send him away this time."
"Grace, I know you and you're a great person but when things that involve him come around, you have a tendency to be a little blind."
"A little blind? I see what is there. I see a man that loves me, who cares about me more than anyone else in my life has ever loved or cared about me before."
"How can say he loves you, Grace? He's hiding you, he's keeping you as his little secret, that's not love. That's lust if it's anything at all. If he really loved you he wouldn't be calling at 1 in the morning to see you and sneaking around with you."
"He has no choice."
"Every man has a choice, he just choice this one and he knew you'd be naive enough to think it was love."
"Naïve enough? What you think I'm stupid?"
"No, I think you're a very smart person but when it comes to him for some reason you're normal train of thought goes out the window. If you'd get it back for even a little while then maybe you'd see what exactly is going on with you two."
"What if I was too tell you I loved him with all my heart?"
"Then I wouldn't be shocked because you never do anything half way you always do it with your full-heart. So if you love him then of course you're going to love him with all your heart."
"You really think I love him?"
"I really think you love the man you think he is." Rick said getting up.
"Are you going to tell my parents?"
"No, you are."
"I am?"
"Yes, and you're going to think about what kind of relationship you are really in with this man. At least I hope any way. Good night Grace." Rick said as he gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Good night, Rick."
"So let me get this straight you have a girl that you're failing because she has never even been to our class once? How exactly is that possible?" Grace asked as she put August's grade book down.
"I really shouldn't be telling you any of this."
"Oh who cares? It is not like I have any one else to tell."
"I care, as a teacher I'm not suppose to give out personal information about my students. How would you feel if I did that to you?"
"I find it funny because you really would have no way of explaining how you knew all this information."
"I'm serious you really wouldn't be happy if I told everyone your grades, or your personal problems."
"Well I'm passing your class with straight A's so I really wouldn't mind who knew. So what personal problem would you tell people?" She asked curious.
"I'm not taking that bait."
"Bait?"
"Yes, you're just trying to start a fight with me I say even one word and then all the sudden you are mad, I'm not falling for that."
"Well you're no fun."
"I'd rather be no fun, then be in a fight with you."
Grace woke up, she looked around she had not even made it up stairs. She had cried herself to sleep. Everything Rick said had it too close to home for her.
"Grace, you ok?" Austin asked as he came into the kitchen.
Grace looked up shocked to see him. "I'm… I'm ok."
He walked over to her. "Then why have you been crying?"
"I know this might not make any sense to you, but sometimes crying is the only thing I can do. It's not always a bad thing any way."
"So you cried for a good reason?"
"Well no, not really, I just cried because… because I well it's the only thing that I thought would make me feel good."
"Austin, how about you go get dressed so we can go to the park?" Lily said as she came in.
"To the park, great!" Austin said running off.
"Rick said that you had something to tell me?" Lily asked as she walked over to Grace.
"Yeah um… I just wanted to say that I can't stay much longer I've got to go." Grace said getting up and grabbing her purse.
"You sure that's what it was?"
"I'm sure, um… bye mom, tell everyone I love them and thanks." Grace said as she left.
"Where's Grace?" Rick asked coming in.
"She said that she had some where's to go and she left." Lily said confused.
"Great." Rick said sarcastically.
"Ooh this could be messy and
Ooh I don't seem to mind
Ooh don't go telling everybody
And overlook this supposed crime"
