Title: Strong Enough Ch2
Author: Nicki C.
Email: I don't own Once and Again and I'm not a member of Sixpence none the Richer so I don't own the characters or the song
Summery: Eli just watched Grace run out of his room after somewhat of a declaration of his "feelings".
Feedback: Of Course I want it.
A/N The next chapter won't be a song fic, in my vast experience as a writer (this is the second chapter of my first fic) I've discovered that using a song can seriously help you establish characters.
Alright here's the thing, there used to be a song in this chapter, it was important and integral part of the song, but since songs aren't allowed on this site, i'd recommend googleing my penname and the title of this story and reading it there. I'll fix this up a little bit to let you know where it goes
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Eli had decided that tonight was going to be the night that he told Grace how he felt. He'd actually gotten up the nerve to invite her to his room; but when she'd gotten there he'd just blurted out his feelings. "Way to go Sammler Eli thought, you somehow screwed it up again" He'd gotten used to messing up, he'd just have to chalk this one up to experience. "Well, that didn't go exactly as I expected it" Eli said to the empty room.
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Later that night as Eli lay in bed, he replayed the whole three-minute fiasco over and over again in his mind. It was hard to chalk it up to experience when he wasn't even sure what it was that he did wrong this time. Grace was just too emotional; he didn't need that kind of girlfriend right now anyway. He kept telling himself this at least, but his mind kept drifting to Grace. To her smile, to her eyes, thoughts of those funny little side comments she was always making. It frustrated him, he tells himself "I should have know she'd run away, she can't deal with me" But he knew deep down that he was glad he'd said because even though tonight hadn't gone as planned at least now she knew.
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Seeing her the next few days was a struggle. His ego said, "Screw her". His mind said, "It's not the first time you've been rejected, it won't be last. It's pretty much the story of your life." But his heart kept telling him to do something, say something, anything to make her love you. They hadn't spoken more than a couple of words to each other since that night, but he was still thinking of her constantly and often into the early hours of the morning.
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It was driving him crazy he didn't know what to do to make it better. He didn't have anyone to talk to about it. She was the one he always talked to but it was kind of out of the question now. The crazy thing was, except for her utter avoidance of him. She seemed fine. He could barely get out of bed in the morning and go to work and she was doing great.
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He was hard at work (well as hard as he worked) putting stock away at booklovers when someone walked up behind him. It might have been wishful thinking but he knew it was Grace before he even turned around.
"Eli, I think we need to talk, I've got a lot to say and we need to clear the air" Grace Stated. Eli was livid, "she wanted to clear the air he thought, things would be fine if you weren't so scared". He tried to keep a lid on his anger but seeing her there looking so normal when he felt and looked liked he hadn't slept in days got to him. "Grace I think we've talked enough lately, remember when I told you how I felt and you left, well that's about as clean as the air gets around here" Eli stated in a cold voice that he hadn't know he possessed. "Eli I'm…" Grace murmured and left.
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"Eli strikes again," he thought, but at least this time he'd actually given her a reason to run away. But as soon as she was gone he knew he had to give her a reason to come back.