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When Grace got home, Lily was sitting at the kitchen table, waiting for her. "Where have you been?" Lily asked in an annoyed tone. Grace shrugged casually.
"At the library, studying," Grace replied calmly. "What's the big deal?" Lily folded her arms over her chest.
"The big deal, Grace, is that the library closed an hour and a half ago," she said, raising her eyebrows at her daughter. "Now, let's try this again. Where. Have. You. Been?"
Grace sighed. Now what? "I went to a concert in the park, okay? Eli told me about it." Lily shook her head.
"Nope. Wrong again, Grace. You weren't there, because Eli is home and he told me that you went to the library. Gosh, Grace! What's going on? You never lie to me!" Lily said, hurt.
"What does it matter where I was? I'm home now, safe and sound," Grace said, heading for the stairs.
"We're going to talk about this, Grace! You can count on that!" Lily yelled after her. Grace rolled her eyes as she ran up the stairs. Eli was waiting at the top for her, glaring.
"What's your problem?" Grace asked, trying to get past him. Eli grabbed her wrist. "I think you're the one with the problem," he snarled. Grace narrowed her eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about-" she said, trying to pull away from him. "Don't give me that! You think that nobody knows, Grace? Are you honestly that delusional?!" Eli exclaimed.
"Eli, I think you need to mind your own damn business!" Grace said angrily as she jerked her arm away from him and retreated to her room, slamming the door behind her.
Eli stood in the hall, tears threatening in his eyes. She just didn't understand. That perverted teacher was so wrong for her, their relationship was so...wrong. Why couldn't she see what was right in front of her? Why did she have to go looking for trouble in the most unorthodox place? Eli sighed and retreated to his own room, thoroughly depressed and angry.
The next morning, Grace wasn't nervous about going to school. She knew that August wouldn't let on about anything, and she knew she wouldn't. Maybe keeping this secret wouldn't be so bad after all. As long as she got to be with him, she didn't care that it had to be secret. But Eli knew, and that was dangerous. Grace hoped she could trust him.
Grace was right. Mr. Dimitri didn't act any differently than any other day. It was almost the end of the year, and soon, she could be with him and then nobody could keep them apart.
Grace was upstairs doing her trig homework when Lily got home. Grace had been dreading this all day. Sure enough, Lily bellowed up the stairs, "Grace! Get down here, we're going to have a talk!" Grace sighed as she slammed her trig book , and sluggishly tromped down the stairs. Lily was sitting in the living room.
"All right, Gracie, I'm going to ask you one more time, and I want you to tell me the truth. Where were you last night?"
Grace looked at the floor. "Let me save you the effort of having to invent a new excuse. I know where you were," Lily said coldly, restraining her anger.
Grace looked up and cocked her head, challenging her mother. "And if you ever go to Mr. Dimitri's house again, ever, for whatever reason, I will call the school board and have him fired," Lily said in that same, strange tone.
"Mother, he was giving me a book-" Grace began. "A book, Gracie?!" Lily cried. "You can get books at the library! You don't lie about a book! It's not right and you know it! I've warned you about this before, Grace, and you know that too, and you have to start listening to me before you get the both of you into serious trouble. You better get your head on straight and I mean now !" Lily cried in a hushed angry tone.
Grace's eyes were filled with tears of anger. "You can't stop me from seeing August," she said defiantly. "AUGUST?!" Lily exclaimed. "Grace, why in the hell are you calling him August?! For God's sake, he's your teacher!"
"You think I don't know that?! My God, I know, I know, I know he's my teacher! I have to think about that every single second! But I don't care anymore! I just don't care, because I love him-" Grace cried.
"You what?! You love him?! Grace, you don't love him! This is just sick, and I'm calling the school. You're not going to see him out of school or in, no!" Lily said, shaking her head and grabbing the phone.
Just then, Rick came in to see what all the commotion was. He arrived just in time to witness Grace grabbing the phone out of Lily's hand and slamming it back down.
"That's it! I've HAD IT WITH YOU, Grace! Get out!" Lily screamed, tears running down her cheeks. Grace stepped back, stunned. Had Lily just said what she thought she'd said?
"Lil, hon, calm down," Rick said, touching Lily's arm. Lily jerked away. "No, Rick, I've tried to be patient with her about this, but not anymore. I've looked at her like my child, needing to be protected from this man, and she obviously has no interest in being protected from him. So what am I supposed to do? I don't want any part of this...this sickness. If she wants to ruin her life by spending it with some pedophile, she's more than welcome, but she's not going to do it living under my roof."
With that, Lily turned and walked away. Grace looked at Rick with tears in her eyes and then headed for the front door. Eli was standing the kitchen.
"You told," Grace said tearfully. "I hope you're happy. " She got into her car, and didn't know where to go. There was no way she was going to Dimitri's house, she wasn't about to get him in trouble by spending the night there. She couldn't go to Jenna or Hayley, they'd only pry. Dad? No way. Judy? No, Lily had probably called her by now. Grace just started driving, and ended up in the park. She locked her car, and laid down across the two front seats, and cried herself to sleep.
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When Grace got home, Lily was sitting at the kitchen table, waiting for her. "Where have you been?" Lily asked in an annoyed tone. Grace shrugged casually.
"At the library, studying," Grace replied calmly. "What's the big deal?" Lily folded her arms over her chest.
"The big deal, Grace, is that the library closed an hour and a half ago," she said, raising her eyebrows at her daughter. "Now, let's try this again. Where. Have. You. Been?"
Grace sighed. Now what? "I went to a concert in the park, okay? Eli told me about it." Lily shook her head.
"Nope. Wrong again, Grace. You weren't there, because Eli is home and he told me that you went to the library. Gosh, Grace! What's going on? You never lie to me!" Lily said, hurt.
"What does it matter where I was? I'm home now, safe and sound," Grace said, heading for the stairs.
"We're going to talk about this, Grace! You can count on that!" Lily yelled after her. Grace rolled her eyes as she ran up the stairs. Eli was waiting at the top for her, glaring.
"What's your problem?" Grace asked, trying to get past him. Eli grabbed her wrist. "I think you're the one with the problem," he snarled. Grace narrowed her eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about-" she said, trying to pull away from him. "Don't give me that! You think that nobody knows, Grace? Are you honestly that delusional?!" Eli exclaimed.
"Eli, I think you need to mind your own damn business!" Grace said angrily as she jerked her arm away from him and retreated to her room, slamming the door behind her.
Eli stood in the hall, tears threatening in his eyes. She just didn't understand. That perverted teacher was so wrong for her, their relationship was so...wrong. Why couldn't she see what was right in front of her? Why did she have to go looking for trouble in the most unorthodox place? Eli sighed and retreated to his own room, thoroughly depressed and angry.
The next morning, Grace wasn't nervous about going to school. She knew that August wouldn't let on about anything, and she knew she wouldn't. Maybe keeping this secret wouldn't be so bad after all. As long as she got to be with him, she didn't care that it had to be secret. But Eli knew, and that was dangerous. Grace hoped she could trust him.
Grace was right. Mr. Dimitri didn't act any differently than any other day. It was almost the end of the year, and soon, she could be with him and then nobody could keep them apart.
Grace was upstairs doing her trig homework when Lily got home. Grace had been dreading this all day. Sure enough, Lily bellowed up the stairs, "Grace! Get down here, we're going to have a talk!" Grace sighed as she slammed her trig book , and sluggishly tromped down the stairs. Lily was sitting in the living room.
"All right, Gracie, I'm going to ask you one more time, and I want you to tell me the truth. Where were you last night?"
Grace looked at the floor. "Let me save you the effort of having to invent a new excuse. I know where you were," Lily said coldly, restraining her anger.
Grace looked up and cocked her head, challenging her mother. "And if you ever go to Mr. Dimitri's house again, ever, for whatever reason, I will call the school board and have him fired," Lily said in that same, strange tone.
"Mother, he was giving me a book-" Grace began. "A book, Gracie?!" Lily cried. "You can get books at the library! You don't lie about a book! It's not right and you know it! I've warned you about this before, Grace, and you know that too, and you have to start listening to me before you get the both of you into serious trouble. You better get your head on straight and I mean now !" Lily cried in a hushed angry tone.
Grace's eyes were filled with tears of anger. "You can't stop me from seeing August," she said defiantly. "AUGUST?!" Lily exclaimed. "Grace, why in the hell are you calling him August?! For God's sake, he's your teacher!"
"You think I don't know that?! My God, I know, I know, I know he's my teacher! I have to think about that every single second! But I don't care anymore! I just don't care, because I love him-" Grace cried.
"You what?! You love him?! Grace, you don't love him! This is just sick, and I'm calling the school. You're not going to see him out of school or in, no!" Lily said, shaking her head and grabbing the phone.
Just then, Rick came in to see what all the commotion was. He arrived just in time to witness Grace grabbing the phone out of Lily's hand and slamming it back down.
"That's it! I've HAD IT WITH YOU, Grace! Get out!" Lily screamed, tears running down her cheeks. Grace stepped back, stunned. Had Lily just said what she thought she'd said?
"Lil, hon, calm down," Rick said, touching Lily's arm. Lily jerked away. "No, Rick, I've tried to be patient with her about this, but not anymore. I've looked at her like my child, needing to be protected from this man, and she obviously has no interest in being protected from him. So what am I supposed to do? I don't want any part of this...this sickness. If she wants to ruin her life by spending it with some pedophile, she's more than welcome, but she's not going to do it living under my roof."
With that, Lily turned and walked away. Grace looked at Rick with tears in her eyes and then headed for the front door. Eli was standing the kitchen.
"You told," Grace said tearfully. "I hope you're happy. " She got into her car, and didn't know where to go. There was no way she was going to Dimitri's house, she wasn't about to get him in trouble by spending the night there. She couldn't go to Jenna or Hayley, they'd only pry. Dad? No way. Judy? No, Lily had probably called her by now. Grace just started driving, and ended up in the park. She locked her car, and laid down across the two front seats, and cried herself to sleep.
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