Chapter 32 | Damn Girl
"I just don't know what to do" Grace said with frustration to Felicity.
"It's a hard one, from what you had told me it sounded if they were so happy together"
"I know, how could he leave her because she was pregnant? What sort of a guy would do that?"
"Maybe there's more to it" Felicity said hesitantly.
Grace sighed. "I wish there was something we could do to help, It's been a week and she still wont leave her room except to use the bathroom"
"Hey Flick!" Grace looked up at the sound of a familiar voice.
"Matt, to what do we owe this pleasure?" Felicity asked her brother sarcastically.
"What? Can't a brother just want to visit his sister?" Matt asked innocently.
"This brother?" Felicity asked with a smile, "As if! Come on, out with it"
Grace half smiled, listening to the exchange between her friend and Matt. It had been a while since they had spoken, she'd seen him in the hallway but always avoided his eyes, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed after what had happened.
[Grace- Nothing happened, that kiss, was just for Eli, that's all it was]
"Well, one of the guys is having a party tonight . . ."
"And you want me to cover for you?" Felicity finished his sentence.
"Well, since you offering"
"You never learn, aren't you grounded for the last party you snuck out to when you were already grounded?"
"Yeah, but if you cover for me, then I wont get busted, will I?" Matt hedged.
Felicity pretended to think it over.
"Okay, but on one condition" she agreed.
"What's that?" Matt groaned.
"You take Grace with you" * * * * *
"Some friend you are" Muttered Grace after Matt walked away.
"What?" Felicity asked, trying to hide her smile.
"You know what, come on, now what am I going to do?"
"Go to the party" she said with a smirk.
Grace groaned.
[Grace- how much I'd like to kill her right now]
"But . . . It's . . . I can't"
"Why not?"
"Well, you know . . ." Grace mumbled. She hadn't told Felicity about kissing Matt, she was too embarrassed. After all it wasn't like it meant anything.
"Yeah I do know, you like Matt, he likes you, end of story"
"I don't like Matt" Grace said, too quickly.
"Uh huh" Felicity nodded, uncapping her bottle of coke, "And that kiss meant nothing as well"
[Grace- . . . the kiss . . . (Squints at camera) . . . wait! How does she know about that?"]
"What kiss?" Grace asked casually, trying unsuccessfully not to blush.
"I heard you two put on quite a show!" she laughed at the embarrassed look on Grace's face.
"Lighten up a bit Grace, he's my brother, of course I know" Felicity gulped down a mouthful of coke before closing to bottle and putting it back in her bag.
"I didn't mean anything" Grace defended herself.
"My brother doesn't just kiss anyone ya' know. He may be a major flirt but he doesn't do anything he doesn't mean"
The bell rang just then and the crowded cafeteria began to empty out.
"My place after school!" Felicity called out to Grace over the noise. They had 2 more classes that afternoon, neither of which they were both in.
* * * * * "So what was meant when James was described as manipulating and two faced?" It was Eli's last period of the week, English. The subject he'd come to dread everyday since breaking up with Grace. He'd struggled without her, and now he couldn't even bother trying, what was the point? He was going to fail anyway.
The teacher looked around the room and when no one offered an answer her eyes came to a rest on Eli, who was sitting up the back gazing out of the window.
"Eli? What do you think?"
The teacher had been making an extra effort to pay more attention to him in class, to encourage him more, because she had seen how well he had done with Graces help. She also knew that something had changed, and Eli had slipped back into his old habits.
"Eli?"
[FLASH BACK]
Eli was awoken by a sharp nudge in his side, looking up he saw the teacher looking down at him.
"Try and stay awake during class Eli, okay, see me after class"
[Eli- Shit]
* * * * * "I don't like your brother" Grace protested to Felicity as she opened her front door.
"Sure you don't," she nodded in that knowing way of hers. Putting her bag down on the couch she turned to Grace.
"Want something to eat or drink?"
"A drink would be great, can I use your phone?" Grace asked, she wanted to call Lily. Wanted not needed. It was a Friday night and Lily was pretty relaxed about what time she got home. It was a little after four and Grace didn't need to be back till six, or didn't need to call till six in that matter.
[A while later] "Okay girl, lets find you something to wear" Felicity announced grabbing hold of Graces arms and pulling her up the stairs.
"But . . ."
"No buts, come on, I've got this great mesh top thingy that'd look great on you.
[Grace- Mesh top? (Stares at camera worriedly)]
"Mesh?"
"Relax, girl, it's gonna look great, Matt'll love it!" Flick said opening up her wardrobe.
Grace sat on the edge of her bed and looked around. Things had changed since she'd last been there, posters now covered every inch of Felicity's once freshly painted walls. Clothes lay in piles the once brand new carpet.
"Here, try this on" Felicity said, chucking a red Singlet top at her and a pair of black pants.
"I dunno" Grace hesitated, getting up from the bed.
Flick just looked at her then turned back to where she was rifling through her wardrobe.
Grace undid the buttons of her jeans and pulled them off, slipping the black pants on. She was surprised at how well they fit, having expected them to be to tight. She peeled off her top and put on the Singlet, which fit snugly but in length was to short. Grace stood in front of Felicity's floor length mirror and tugged on the bottom of the top.
"Aha!" Flick exclaimed, turning around from her wardrobe with something in her hand.
"Her you look great" she said admiringly, "but put this on".
Grace took the mesh top and pulled it over the Singlet, then turned to take in her appearance in the mirror.
[Grace- Whoa!!!]
"Damn girl you look hot!" Felicity exclaimed,
"I dunno, this top is a bit short" Grace said worriedly pulling on it.
"Stop worrying, it's cool, anyway we aren't finished yet.
Grace groaned.
[Grace- why did I even agree to this?]
"I just don't know what to do" Grace said with frustration to Felicity.
"It's a hard one, from what you had told me it sounded if they were so happy together"
"I know, how could he leave her because she was pregnant? What sort of a guy would do that?"
"Maybe there's more to it" Felicity said hesitantly.
Grace sighed. "I wish there was something we could do to help, It's been a week and she still wont leave her room except to use the bathroom"
"Hey Flick!" Grace looked up at the sound of a familiar voice.
"Matt, to what do we owe this pleasure?" Felicity asked her brother sarcastically.
"What? Can't a brother just want to visit his sister?" Matt asked innocently.
"This brother?" Felicity asked with a smile, "As if! Come on, out with it"
Grace half smiled, listening to the exchange between her friend and Matt. It had been a while since they had spoken, she'd seen him in the hallway but always avoided his eyes, and she couldn't help but feel embarrassed after what had happened.
[Grace- Nothing happened, that kiss, was just for Eli, that's all it was]
"Well, one of the guys is having a party tonight . . ."
"And you want me to cover for you?" Felicity finished his sentence.
"Well, since you offering"
"You never learn, aren't you grounded for the last party you snuck out to when you were already grounded?"
"Yeah, but if you cover for me, then I wont get busted, will I?" Matt hedged.
Felicity pretended to think it over.
"Okay, but on one condition" she agreed.
"What's that?" Matt groaned.
"You take Grace with you" * * * * *
"Some friend you are" Muttered Grace after Matt walked away.
"What?" Felicity asked, trying to hide her smile.
"You know what, come on, now what am I going to do?"
"Go to the party" she said with a smirk.
Grace groaned.
[Grace- how much I'd like to kill her right now]
"But . . . It's . . . I can't"
"Why not?"
"Well, you know . . ." Grace mumbled. She hadn't told Felicity about kissing Matt, she was too embarrassed. After all it wasn't like it meant anything.
"Yeah I do know, you like Matt, he likes you, end of story"
"I don't like Matt" Grace said, too quickly.
"Uh huh" Felicity nodded, uncapping her bottle of coke, "And that kiss meant nothing as well"
[Grace- . . . the kiss . . . (Squints at camera) . . . wait! How does she know about that?"]
"What kiss?" Grace asked casually, trying unsuccessfully not to blush.
"I heard you two put on quite a show!" she laughed at the embarrassed look on Grace's face.
"Lighten up a bit Grace, he's my brother, of course I know" Felicity gulped down a mouthful of coke before closing to bottle and putting it back in her bag.
"I didn't mean anything" Grace defended herself.
"My brother doesn't just kiss anyone ya' know. He may be a major flirt but he doesn't do anything he doesn't mean"
The bell rang just then and the crowded cafeteria began to empty out.
"My place after school!" Felicity called out to Grace over the noise. They had 2 more classes that afternoon, neither of which they were both in.
* * * * * "So what was meant when James was described as manipulating and two faced?" It was Eli's last period of the week, English. The subject he'd come to dread everyday since breaking up with Grace. He'd struggled without her, and now he couldn't even bother trying, what was the point? He was going to fail anyway.
The teacher looked around the room and when no one offered an answer her eyes came to a rest on Eli, who was sitting up the back gazing out of the window.
"Eli? What do you think?"
The teacher had been making an extra effort to pay more attention to him in class, to encourage him more, because she had seen how well he had done with Graces help. She also knew that something had changed, and Eli had slipped back into his old habits.
"Eli?"
[FLASH BACK]
Eli was awoken by a sharp nudge in his side, looking up he saw the teacher looking down at him.
"Try and stay awake during class Eli, okay, see me after class"
[Eli- Shit]
* * * * * "I don't like your brother" Grace protested to Felicity as she opened her front door.
"Sure you don't," she nodded in that knowing way of hers. Putting her bag down on the couch she turned to Grace.
"Want something to eat or drink?"
"A drink would be great, can I use your phone?" Grace asked, she wanted to call Lily. Wanted not needed. It was a Friday night and Lily was pretty relaxed about what time she got home. It was a little after four and Grace didn't need to be back till six, or didn't need to call till six in that matter.
[A while later] "Okay girl, lets find you something to wear" Felicity announced grabbing hold of Graces arms and pulling her up the stairs.
"But . . ."
"No buts, come on, I've got this great mesh top thingy that'd look great on you.
[Grace- Mesh top? (Stares at camera worriedly)]
"Mesh?"
"Relax, girl, it's gonna look great, Matt'll love it!" Flick said opening up her wardrobe.
Grace sat on the edge of her bed and looked around. Things had changed since she'd last been there, posters now covered every inch of Felicity's once freshly painted walls. Clothes lay in piles the once brand new carpet.
"Here, try this on" Felicity said, chucking a red Singlet top at her and a pair of black pants.
"I dunno" Grace hesitated, getting up from the bed.
Flick just looked at her then turned back to where she was rifling through her wardrobe.
Grace undid the buttons of her jeans and pulled them off, slipping the black pants on. She was surprised at how well they fit, having expected them to be to tight. She peeled off her top and put on the Singlet, which fit snugly but in length was to short. Grace stood in front of Felicity's floor length mirror and tugged on the bottom of the top.
"Aha!" Flick exclaimed, turning around from her wardrobe with something in her hand.
"Her you look great" she said admiringly, "but put this on".
Grace took the mesh top and pulled it over the Singlet, then turned to take in her appearance in the mirror.
[Grace- Whoa!!!]
"Damn girl you look hot!" Felicity exclaimed,
"I dunno, this top is a bit short" Grace said worriedly pulling on it.
"Stop worrying, it's cool, anyway we aren't finished yet.
Grace groaned.
[Grace- why did I even agree to this?]