Title: Hands Clean 13/?

Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net) if you want to email me during the week email me at (23405@sjamail.net)

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"Ooh this could be messy

But you don't seem to mind

Ooh don't go telling everybody

And overlook this supposed crime"

"He's hiding you, he's keeping you as his little secret, that's not love. That is 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." Rick's words ran through Grace's head again as she sat down on her bed. She had class now, she had his class but she was not going. She could not look at him. Tears started to roll down her face, could what Rick said be true? Was he just using me?

"I'm ok now with going in there and telling everyone." August words came back to her. He did care about her, he wanted to tell everyone. "You look just gorgeous, you're the most beautiful person I've ever seen."

He mumbled. "I love you." He really did love her, didn't he?

"She's got that glow, and there's the smudged lip stick." Casey pointed out. Even Casey saw it, saw that he loved me and that I loved him. So why couldn't Rick?

"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." Was Rick right? Was I really not seeing what was going on with August and I?

"It means that Grace you are in college and we shouldn't have to be sneaking around like this any more." August said.

 "Yeah fun for you but they'd kill me especially that father of yours. And I really don't want to die sorry sweetie." Was he really afraid of my family or was he just trying to get me to be keep this secret a little longer?

"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." Was this the real reason I was passing his class or was I really good? She didn't know any more.

"Grace, you know maybe we shouldn't be doing this? I mean I'm your teacher and you're my student…"

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

"I am the one being serious but I don't think you are. You're dating your teacher, a man that was fired from your last school because he was trying to get too close to you." Eli's words came back.

"I'm not going along with such a rash decision like this. Grace this involves a lot of careful thinking and I don't think you've done any careful thinking." August had told her he didn't want people to know all those times before why hadn't she listened? Why hadn't she listened to everyone when they told her she was wrong for being with him? Why had she let it get this far? Why had she let her self get hurt like this?

"Every man has a choice, he just choice this one and he knew you'd be naive enough to think it was love." She had been naïve. He knew what she wanted to hear and said it. He knew that if he came over, knowing it was too late to tell anyone, and told her what he knew she wanted to hear. Grace took her phone and unplugged it. She did not want to talk to anyone. She just could not take that right now. She needed to be alone to cry.

"Ok so let me get this right, you'd prefer to be locked up in this dorm room with me than to be out with your friends?" Grace asked shocked.

"Despite what you think I don't really have that many friends." August said.

"You have Chris." Grace pointed out.

"Who I'm glad to get rid of every chance I get."

"Wait I thought you liked her?"

"I do sometimes but she's a little nosy especially when it comes to matters involving you."

"And no one can know about us, right?"

"Of course because then I'd lose you and I couldn't take that."

"So it's not because you could lose your job?"

"Well that's just an added negative but it's not my main reason for not telling everyone."

"Your love for me is?"

"Of course, there's nothing as strong in my life."

"Hey Jessie, Eli can I ask you a question?" Rick asked as he came up to his kids who were sitting at the kitchen table.

"Aren't you supposed to be with Austin and Lily?" Jessie asked confused.

"Yeah but I decided there was something more important to do."

"And we can help you, I'm guessing?" Eli asked.

"Yeah, I want to know what you two know about Grace's boyfriend." Rick said sitting down.

Jessie gave Eli a warning look to not say anything. "What do you want to know dad?" Jessie asked.

"Everything you to know." Rick asked.

"Well we know…." Eli started to say.

"We don't know much of anything." Jessie said interrupting him.

"I don't believe you, either one of you." Rick said seriously.

"What you thinking we're lying to you or something?" Eli asked.

"Yes and let me tell you both some things before you two go on much longer and that's first I'm scared for Grace, that's the only reason I would be asking you to tell me and second I know she's dating Dimitri."

"How did you know find out?" Jessie asked.

"So you two did know?" Rick asked.

"Yeah she's known for a couple of days. I've only for known for a day." Eli said.

"Why didn't either one of you tell me or Lily or even Jake?" Rick asked shocked.

"She made us promise not to." Eli said.

"That shouldn't make a difference, this relationship she's in, isn't good for her."

"But she loves him…." Jessie started to say.

"Damn it, Jessie! Do you really think that matters? This man is using her and in the end, she is going to be hurt. How could two not tell us the second you found out about this!" Rick said mad.

"We didn't want Grace to get upset with us." Eli said.

"Yeah well if she thinks that getting a little upset is anything, she's sadly mistaken because that boyfriend of hers is going to hurt her worse than any one else could."  Rick said seriously.

"What are you going to do?" Jessie asked.

"She's not leaving me with much of a choice. I gave her the chance to tell Lily and Jake and she did not. It looks like I'm going to have to tell them." Rick said sadly.

"Maybe you shouldn't." Eli said.

"I can't just sit back and let this continue. The second that Lily gets back I'm going to tell her and then let her tell Jake." Rick said getting up.

"Grace is never going to forgive you." Jessie said.

"Yeah well I don't care if she forgives me or not. All I care about is that she is safe. And if she can't see right now that that is why I am doing this then there's nothing I can do about it." Rick said as he started to leave.

"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"