Title: Hands Clean 14/?

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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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!!! (ok there are no more flashbacks for the rest of the chapters because I think the present is good enough with out the flashbacks)

 "You're essentially an employee and I like you having to depend on me

You're kind of my protégé and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me

I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian

I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it"

"Hey guys, what's going on?" Lily asked as she came into the house followed by Austin.

"Zoe, can you take Austin to his room for us, we need to talk." Rick asked Zoe.

"Sure, come on Austin let's go play one of your games." Zoe said as she got up and led Austin up stairs.

"Ok what's going on?" Lily asked worried.

"You might want to sit down." Jessie said.

"Ok now I'm really worried, tell me what's wrong!" Lily begged.

"It's about Grace and Lil, Jessie's right you are going to want to sit down." Rick said walking over to her.

She took a seat. "I'm sitting now tell what's wrong with Grace."

"It's about Dimitri…." Rick started to say.

"Dimitri? He's been gone for some time now, why would you bring him up?" Lily asked confused.

"Actually he's not as gone as you think he is." Eli said.

"What is he talking about?" Lily asked Rick confused.

"He's her teacher." Rick said.

"How? Why didn't they call us? When did this happen?" Lily asked mad.

"Wait, that's not all." Rick said stopping her.

"There's more?" She asked confused.

"He's also been dating her for quite some time now." Rick said sadly.

"What! Why didn't she tell us! How do you know about this?"

"I saw them last night together." Rick said.

"And why didn't you wake me up last night to tell me?" She asked furious.

"Because I wanted Grace too."

"And you two knew?" She asked looking at Jessie and Eli.

"We both accidentally found out." Jessie said.

"And why didn't one of you tell me!"

"Because she made us promise not to. She said she'd be upset if you found out." Eli spoke up.

"How long as this been going on?" She asked ignoring what Eli said.

"We don't know really but I'm guessing since he started teaching her." Rick said.

"I can't believe this is happening. I can't believe she'd lie to me again about this! What was she thinking!" Lily said.

"I was thinking that you would be ashamed of me if you found out." Grace said.

(earlier that day)

There was a knock on Grace's door, she didn't want to answer it but knew she had to. She got up and opened the door. August was standing there. "What do you want?" She asked.

"Ms. Manning, I wanted to bring you the assignment you missed." He said so no one else would get what was going on. "Can I come in?" he whispered.

"Fine, but it make it quick." She said as she let him in.

"What's wrong?" August asked worried.

"Everything, you, this fake relationship we are in." Grace said mad.

"Ok what changed since I last saw you?" He asked confused.

"I talked to Rick, he saw us last night."

"And let me guess he didn't take the news very well."

"No, he basically ordered me to tell my parents and to open my "naïve" eyes to what our relationship really is."

"So I'm going to guess you didn't tell you parents or I wouldn't have a job. And what does he mean naïve eyes?"

"No I didn't, he meant that you've been lying to me all along, telling me what I want to hear but lying to me just the same."

"What! That's not true, Grace. You know that's not true." August pleaded.

"Yeah well then prove it. Come with me now to my parents house and tell them with me about us!" Grace said thinking he would back down.

"Fine, let's go." He said as he headed for the door.

Lily got up and went over to Grace. "Be ashamed of you? You were taking advantage of, that's not your fault."

"Mom, that's not really what happened." Grace said nervously as August came up behind her.

"What's he doing here!" Lily said mad.

"He came with me to tell you." Grace said.

"Get out of this house! Get away from my daughter!" Lily screamed.

"Mrs. Sammler, I love your daughter." August said in defensive.

"Rick, Eli, do me a favor and throw this man out of our house." Lily said.

Rick and Eli got up and headed over to Dimitri.

"Mom, please." Grace said pleading.

"Grace, just let him go." Lily said.

"No! You have no clue what has been going on. None of you really knows what's been going on."

"Fine, tell us!" Lily said.

"I started spending a lot of time with him first because you wouldn't let me be with the guy I wanted to be with and I knew he didn't want me at least I thought he didn't." Grace said looking at Eli who turned away. "But I started to develop feelings for him and I wanted to be with him." Grace said.

"Yeah and I bet he didn't stop you."

"Actually he told me it wasn't right that I shouldn't be trying to get close to him, but I couldn't stop. Then you found the book, freaked, and sent him away. I was heart broken and I didn't think I could ever feel better again. But I started to when I found him again at school. Again I couldn't stop the feelings and he tried to push me away but I wouldn't let him this time. This time I wasn't too young, I wasn't in high school. I loved him and I wasn't going to lose him again so we started dating and agreed both of us not to tell anyone because we knew how everyone would react. That you wouldn't understand."

"And you just thought you would do this for ever, live a lie?" Lily asked mad.

"We hated lying to everyone but we didn't think we had a choice."

"And now?"

"And now after being forced to tell you, we're telling you, hoping you will understand."

"I do and I'm sorry Grace but he's got to go…"

"What about me? What am I suppose to do?"

"Move on and if you can't then go with him but understand this I will not accept this under any circumstances. So make your choice carefully." Lily pleaded.

"Ooh this could get messy

But you don't seem to mind

Ooh don't go telling everybody

And overlook this supposed crime"