Title: Home is where your heart is, right? 1/?

Author: Christen (purplehaysc@netscape.net) and if you want a quick response from meaning during the week email me at (23405@sjamail.net)

Disclaimer: these characters belong to Once and Again except any characters you do not recognize

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Grace walked into her room and shut the door. She looked around at what was left of her room. There were boxes everywhere. The few things she hadn't packed where the things she needed for school. She had agreed to send the things she didn't need at school right now ahead to Australia. This way when she finished this last week she wouldn't have to pack in a hurry. Eli had already moved out there with Rick a month ago. Zoe was leaving in two days and starting school the day after she got there. She was so happy about it. Jessie had convinced her mother to let her move in with her so she could stay here with Katie. She was moving in at the end of this week, the same day Grace was leaving. Lily had already talked to some producers about doing a show out there. Rick had found a house that had enough rooms for Jessie to visit and for a baby to live there too. Sam and Judy had already moved out there when Rick and Eli did. Everyone seemed happy, everyone that is but Grace. Grace sat down on her bed and started to cry. She didn't want to leave yet. She couldn't move. No matter how good Eli or Rick made it sound she just couldn't get happy about it. She wanted to stay but she couldn't tell her mother why. She couldn't tell her why because truthfully she didn't know why. She tired to look for an explanation but she just couldn't find one. It's not like she had some one waiting for her not like Jessie had Katie. It's not like she couldn't finish school in Australia. Her family was going to be there, most of it any way. But she still didn't want to go but she couldn't break her mother's heart and tell her she wanted to stay behind. Even though she had everything packed up, everything ready to go or so it seemed, she just wasn't ready. It made her mad that she couldn't figure out what was holding her back. She wanted to be happy like everyone else. She wanted to move to Australia and be happy but she just couldn't. Grace let out a loud scream that even scared her. But she knew that screaming was the least of what she was going to do if she was forced to move. She knew she'd be unhappy and wreck havoc on her family. That's what she did when she was upset so why not just tell people the truth about how she felt? Because she knew she didn't really know how she felt just yet.

"So are you ready to go Zoe?" Lily asked her youngest daughter as she came into her room.

"Yeah, I'm a lot further along then Grace is."

"You're supposed to be, you're leaving before she does, remember?" Lily pointed out.

"True but at least I'm happy about going." Zoe pointed out.

"Grace is happy about going." Lily said confused.

"Right and when was the last time you saw Grace cry because she was happy?" Zoe asked.

"Grace is crying?" Lily asked worried.

"Yeah when ever you leave and she doesn't think I'm listening she cries and screams. You know what Mom I think she's seriously messed up."

"Do you know why she's doing this?"

"She's insane, mom. That's the only explanation you need."

"Zoe, your sister isn't insane."

"Right, then explain to me why she's so upset about moving."

"I will after I talk to her. How about you go to bed?"

"Fine but I'm telling you she's just crazy."

"I know I heard you the first time, sweetie." Lily said as she walked out of the room. She walked down the hall to Grace's room. The door was cracked open and she could see Grace on her bed crying. She almost walked in but when she heard Grace start to speak she stopped.

"Can't I just be happy? That's all I want! I just want to be happy about moving? Don't I deserve to be happy in life for one second!" She screamed up at the ceiling.

Lily closed the door and tears started to slide down her face. She headed into her bedroom and dialed Jake's phone number.

"Thanks for letting me still do something here." August told the principal on the phone.

"No problem but you've got to promise me that you will not have any interaction with Grace Manning." The principal warned.

"I promise. Plus this exchange program has nothing to with her so I'm pretty sure I won't even see her."

"Yeah well that was the reason we thought of you for this job."

"Because it was the one thing you were sure she wouldn't ever get involved in?"

"That and because the guy who was running this quit and you're the only person who needs the job so desperately."

"I don't how to take that."

"I don't care how you take it just take it."

"I've already agreed to take the job."

"I know I just… the mayor is putting so much pressure on the school's to make this program better than it's ever been. I don't want to you to screw it up."

"I won't."

"You know I wish I could believe you."

"Then do. Look I've got to go. Thanks for the job."

"Don't tell me thanks until you've gotten the job done."

"Fine, then I'll call you when that happens." He said as he hung up the phone.