* So Eli and Grace finally get it together only to find out their parents
are dating. What happens next I'm not quite sure, have any ideas let me
know, like the way the stories going? Hate it? Read and Review! *
Chapter 15 | Whisperings
Grace awoke early that morning with the hope that she would leave before her mother awoke, however she had no such luck. Grace still unable to meet her mother's eyes sat down at the table for breakfast, which Lily had spoken early to prepare. She hadn't known what to expect when she finally faced her mother but it wasn't this. Lily had greeted her as usual that morning, acting as if the previous nights events had never occurred. Not that she wasn't grateful but Grace was sort of nervous at the fact that Lily had let the topic drop so easily. So she was looking forward to leaving the house.
What she wasn't looking forward to was the talk she knew her and Eli had to have, wether he liked it or not it had to happen.
Grace wasn't sure she knew how she felt. She cared about Eli a lot, couldn't keep it out of her mind, truthfully. It was like a dream come true when they finally did kiss. The arm he placed around her waist seemed to acknowledge the fact that things had changed between them, but now after what he said about her mother, she didn't know how to feel anymore.
Grace let out a sigh as the car came to a stop outside the school.
[Grace- No going back] _____
Meanwhile Eli was on his way to school dreading the same thing. Although Eli hadn't been sure of what he was doing kissing Grace he knew that it felt right and he knew that he hadn't felt that way for someone since . . . well since Carla. He'd messed things up between them and now he'd done the same with him and Grace.
Not only that but he had awoken that morning to find a note from his father telling him that he was expected home straight after school. Something about having a talk, that's the last thing he needed right now.
Arriving at school he stopped and looked up at the building in front of him.
[Eli- Standing alone- There's no going back now]
_____
It was first break and Carla and Grace were sitting in the hallway talking to some of here friends about what Grace has witnessed the day before. "What you mean you saw them totally naked and everything?" "eww, that's disgusting", "did he have a good body at least?", "I saw my parents doing it one time", "So my parents do it all the time". Graced wished they'd all shut p and go away. She was grateful for Carla being there for her the night before but she wished Carla hadn't said anything, at least she hadn't mentioned Eli's name the night before. "So grace, what'd Eli think?" Carla asked turning to face Grace. "Eli?" everyone turned to face Grace at once." You know Eli?" Grace shook her head and sighed.
[Grace- they probably think . . . no I don't want to know what they think].
"Yeah, its no big deal, I was just tutoring hi in English for a while" Grace said trying to brush off their excited looks. All at once they began firing questions at her.
_____
It was Grace's last period of the day, English. They had finished studying shakespere and were discussing their presentations, which were due on the last day of school, now only 2 days away. Grace wasn't paying attention, choosing instead to listen to the quiet whisperings coming from the back of the room. Feeling the stares of those looking at her she knew the topic they were talking about was her. Why they were talking about her she did not know. _____
Grace was the last person to leave class, as she walked into the hall full of people talking everyone suddenly went quiet. First the whisperings in class now this; Grace had no idea what was going on. Grace continued down the hallway, turning left into the girl's bathroom, going into the only empty stall. Next to her she could hear the voices of 2 girls talking, straining she tried to hear what they were saying. "I can't believe it" she heard the voice of one girl say. "Well you better, I am her best friend after all" Grace recognised the voice of Carla, which was followed by a snort, as if someone was trying to cover up a laugh. "I mean, her and Eli, who would have thought" Grace realised with a shiver that it was her they were talking about.
[Grace- Why would Carla do that? I thought she was my friend]
Grace felt a single tear slide down her face. "Its like, Eli is so . . . Hot and Grace is . . . Grace is" Grace couldn't hear the last word but it was followed by another burst of laughter. They tears coming quickly now she leaned closer towards the wall separating her stall from the girl next to her.
"Anyway, with you back in the picture it looks like she's gonna have a little competition" Grace couldn't listen anymore. Wiping the tears off her face she fled the bathroom just as Carla walked out of her toilet.
[Carla- Opps- Looks at camera and try's to keep a serious face- I guess the cats out of the bag now]
_____
It was lunchtime and Eli was looking for Grace. He'd tried looking for her in all her usual places, with all her usual friends but she wasn't there. Which wasn't surprising after hearing what the latest rumour mill was churning out.
[Eli- How could things become so . . . so bad, in such a short time]
He could only begin to imagine how Grace felt, after all he'd already ad more than enough guys come up to him and ask him whether they thought Grace would 'put out' for them.
Eli walked quickly down the hallway towards the area where Grace and Carla's lockers were. Seeing Carla with a group of friends he ran over to her. "Eli, hey, what are you doing here?" Eli ignored Carla's question. "Have you seen Grace?" he asked. "Welllll" Eli didn't like the tone of her voice, or the smile that Carla's friends were trying to hard.
"Carla, please tell me you didn't do anything," he said harshly grabbing her arm. Carla smiled seductively taking a step closer, "I didn't do anything," she said smiling up at him. "I just didn't stop anyone from doing anything," running a hand down his arm, which Eli shrugged off. "Anyway what do you need with a girl like her," she asked a smirk on her face, "when you can have me?" _____
[At the same time]
Grace couldn't believe the scene she was witnessing. Eli, the same Eli she had been kissing in the same spot not too long ago was there with Carla who was . . . all over him.
[Grace- I can't-]
Grace saw Carla take a step closer to Eli, closing in the space but was unable to hear the words Carla was speaking, she saw the seductive smile-
[Grace- I just- looks at hands]
and then she saw Eli, who brushed her off and began to walk away.
[Grace- smiles with relief- he didn't]
Eli walked off down the hallway, in her direction. Although she didn't want Eli to see her she just couldn't bring herself to move. Her mind was saying 'run!' but her feet were staying still. Eli spotted her, a huge smile spreading across his face. Weaving his way through the crowded hallway he made his way to Grace ignoring the calls of his friends.
"Hey" he paused, "Grace" almost as an afterthought. Grace looked down at her feet trying not to look at his soft lips, which had kissed her in that very same hallway. "So, I was umm" Eli tried to make the words come out but wasn't exactly sure what to say. "Yeah, ahh" "Eli?" Grace said, smiling at his nervousness even though she wanted not too. "I'm sorry about what I said, it wasn't supposed to come out like that I just meant that," he stopped yet again. "You meant?" Grace asked gently prompting him. Eli shook his head. "Not here" turning around he grabbed the door handle to the nearest classroom and opened it, hoping no one was inside. "In here" Grace followed him inside closing the door behind her. Eli leaned up against a desk and remained silent for a moment. Grace walked over and sat on the same desk as him and waited. "What I meant was that my dad had to be dating your mum, of all people, of all people he had to choose" Grace opened her mouth to speak but he keep going wanting to get it out. "He had to choose the mother of the girl I really care about" he finished in almost a whisper. Grace stared at him, not sure how to answer, or what to say if anything.
* A long chapter!!!!! Well for me it seemed like such a long chapter to write. Hope you liked it! I'm also hoping to start involving some of the other characters a bit more. Last5ly sorry about the lack of updates, some big ones coming soon*
Chapter 15 | Whisperings
Grace awoke early that morning with the hope that she would leave before her mother awoke, however she had no such luck. Grace still unable to meet her mother's eyes sat down at the table for breakfast, which Lily had spoken early to prepare. She hadn't known what to expect when she finally faced her mother but it wasn't this. Lily had greeted her as usual that morning, acting as if the previous nights events had never occurred. Not that she wasn't grateful but Grace was sort of nervous at the fact that Lily had let the topic drop so easily. So she was looking forward to leaving the house.
What she wasn't looking forward to was the talk she knew her and Eli had to have, wether he liked it or not it had to happen.
Grace wasn't sure she knew how she felt. She cared about Eli a lot, couldn't keep it out of her mind, truthfully. It was like a dream come true when they finally did kiss. The arm he placed around her waist seemed to acknowledge the fact that things had changed between them, but now after what he said about her mother, she didn't know how to feel anymore.
Grace let out a sigh as the car came to a stop outside the school.
[Grace- No going back] _____
Meanwhile Eli was on his way to school dreading the same thing. Although Eli hadn't been sure of what he was doing kissing Grace he knew that it felt right and he knew that he hadn't felt that way for someone since . . . well since Carla. He'd messed things up between them and now he'd done the same with him and Grace.
Not only that but he had awoken that morning to find a note from his father telling him that he was expected home straight after school. Something about having a talk, that's the last thing he needed right now.
Arriving at school he stopped and looked up at the building in front of him.
[Eli- Standing alone- There's no going back now]
_____
It was first break and Carla and Grace were sitting in the hallway talking to some of here friends about what Grace has witnessed the day before. "What you mean you saw them totally naked and everything?" "eww, that's disgusting", "did he have a good body at least?", "I saw my parents doing it one time", "So my parents do it all the time". Graced wished they'd all shut p and go away. She was grateful for Carla being there for her the night before but she wished Carla hadn't said anything, at least she hadn't mentioned Eli's name the night before. "So grace, what'd Eli think?" Carla asked turning to face Grace. "Eli?" everyone turned to face Grace at once." You know Eli?" Grace shook her head and sighed.
[Grace- they probably think . . . no I don't want to know what they think].
"Yeah, its no big deal, I was just tutoring hi in English for a while" Grace said trying to brush off their excited looks. All at once they began firing questions at her.
_____
It was Grace's last period of the day, English. They had finished studying shakespere and were discussing their presentations, which were due on the last day of school, now only 2 days away. Grace wasn't paying attention, choosing instead to listen to the quiet whisperings coming from the back of the room. Feeling the stares of those looking at her she knew the topic they were talking about was her. Why they were talking about her she did not know. _____
Grace was the last person to leave class, as she walked into the hall full of people talking everyone suddenly went quiet. First the whisperings in class now this; Grace had no idea what was going on. Grace continued down the hallway, turning left into the girl's bathroom, going into the only empty stall. Next to her she could hear the voices of 2 girls talking, straining she tried to hear what they were saying. "I can't believe it" she heard the voice of one girl say. "Well you better, I am her best friend after all" Grace recognised the voice of Carla, which was followed by a snort, as if someone was trying to cover up a laugh. "I mean, her and Eli, who would have thought" Grace realised with a shiver that it was her they were talking about.
[Grace- Why would Carla do that? I thought she was my friend]
Grace felt a single tear slide down her face. "Its like, Eli is so . . . Hot and Grace is . . . Grace is" Grace couldn't hear the last word but it was followed by another burst of laughter. They tears coming quickly now she leaned closer towards the wall separating her stall from the girl next to her.
"Anyway, with you back in the picture it looks like she's gonna have a little competition" Grace couldn't listen anymore. Wiping the tears off her face she fled the bathroom just as Carla walked out of her toilet.
[Carla- Opps- Looks at camera and try's to keep a serious face- I guess the cats out of the bag now]
_____
It was lunchtime and Eli was looking for Grace. He'd tried looking for her in all her usual places, with all her usual friends but she wasn't there. Which wasn't surprising after hearing what the latest rumour mill was churning out.
[Eli- How could things become so . . . so bad, in such a short time]
He could only begin to imagine how Grace felt, after all he'd already ad more than enough guys come up to him and ask him whether they thought Grace would 'put out' for them.
Eli walked quickly down the hallway towards the area where Grace and Carla's lockers were. Seeing Carla with a group of friends he ran over to her. "Eli, hey, what are you doing here?" Eli ignored Carla's question. "Have you seen Grace?" he asked. "Welllll" Eli didn't like the tone of her voice, or the smile that Carla's friends were trying to hard.
"Carla, please tell me you didn't do anything," he said harshly grabbing her arm. Carla smiled seductively taking a step closer, "I didn't do anything," she said smiling up at him. "I just didn't stop anyone from doing anything," running a hand down his arm, which Eli shrugged off. "Anyway what do you need with a girl like her," she asked a smirk on her face, "when you can have me?" _____
[At the same time]
Grace couldn't believe the scene she was witnessing. Eli, the same Eli she had been kissing in the same spot not too long ago was there with Carla who was . . . all over him.
[Grace- I can't-]
Grace saw Carla take a step closer to Eli, closing in the space but was unable to hear the words Carla was speaking, she saw the seductive smile-
[Grace- I just- looks at hands]
and then she saw Eli, who brushed her off and began to walk away.
[Grace- smiles with relief- he didn't]
Eli walked off down the hallway, in her direction. Although she didn't want Eli to see her she just couldn't bring herself to move. Her mind was saying 'run!' but her feet were staying still. Eli spotted her, a huge smile spreading across his face. Weaving his way through the crowded hallway he made his way to Grace ignoring the calls of his friends.
"Hey" he paused, "Grace" almost as an afterthought. Grace looked down at her feet trying not to look at his soft lips, which had kissed her in that very same hallway. "So, I was umm" Eli tried to make the words come out but wasn't exactly sure what to say. "Yeah, ahh" "Eli?" Grace said, smiling at his nervousness even though she wanted not too. "I'm sorry about what I said, it wasn't supposed to come out like that I just meant that," he stopped yet again. "You meant?" Grace asked gently prompting him. Eli shook his head. "Not here" turning around he grabbed the door handle to the nearest classroom and opened it, hoping no one was inside. "In here" Grace followed him inside closing the door behind her. Eli leaned up against a desk and remained silent for a moment. Grace walked over and sat on the same desk as him and waited. "What I meant was that my dad had to be dating your mum, of all people, of all people he had to choose" Grace opened her mouth to speak but he keep going wanting to get it out. "He had to choose the mother of the girl I really care about" he finished in almost a whisper. Grace stared at him, not sure how to answer, or what to say if anything.
* A long chapter!!!!! Well for me it seemed like such a long chapter to write. Hope you liked it! I'm also hoping to start involving some of the other characters a bit more. Last5ly sorry about the lack of updates, some big ones coming soon*