She sat there thinking of what how to tell Eli that she was trying to see
if she really like Dimitri. Then Karan came in to see who was at the door.
She saw it was Grace and turned around to go back to bed. Grace and Eli
were looking at each other and Karen didn't want to interrupt and as she
had taken the next step she fell landing with a thud making eli look up.
Seeing his mom laying there he rushed over and tried to see if she was
breathing.
"Grace call 911." he screamed while trying to see if his mom was still breathing. Grace ran to the phone and dialed while Eli was checking for a heartbeat and trying to stifle the tears. after a minute Grace came in and said that the ambulence would be here in a few minutes.
"where's Henry?"
At the hospital, he does have other patients besides my mom.'' Eli said.
the EMS arrived and checked for heartbeat, they couldnt find one and tried to bring her back but there was no hope, she was gone. they took her to the hospital for further test trying to see what had happened. After they were gone Eli broke down in Graces arms.
"it gonna be ok Eli, i know it will be." she whispered. Later that evening, Henry had gotten paged at the hospital and drove to Karen's where Eli and Grace were asleep. He left before either of them woke up and drove back to the hospital to see if anything had happened. He found out that Karen had had a sudden heart attack, killing her a moment or two after it happened.
The next morning Eli woke up to the smell of eggs being cooked and toast. He walked into the kitchen and found Grace standing in front of the stove. He thought she had never looked so beautiful as she did just then, even though her hair was a mess and had no makeup on.
'' Hey." he said and she turned around and said morning even though it was almost noon.
Grace's pager went off and she went to go see who it was. It was Dimitri. She knew he was probably worried about her and wondered what had happened. She asked Eli if it was ok if she used the phone in his mother's room, forgetting for a moment what had happened.
"Oh my. I'm sorry i just had a lapse of memory."
"it's ok go ahead.it is ok."
she went into the room and called dimitri. meanwhile back in the kitchen Eli watched the eggs and when they were done put them on plates and sat them on the table. Grace came in after a couple of minutes to find eli sitting at the table, with his face in his hands. Grace said " eli are you ok?"
he lifted his head and grace could clearly see the tears running down his face. she slided her chair over and hugged him. he broke down in her arms.
"now i have nobody and no future. what am i going to do? "
" I dont know eli. i dont know.But you have me and we will figure something out."
"thanks for being here."
"i am always here for you."
They decided to go to her apartment and get away for awhile. They stopped at Blockbuster and got some movies. They arrived at her dorm a little before noon. They watched the movies and decided to go grab some food and hit the mall. they went back to his house so Eli could grab some stuff as he didnt want to be by himself and Grace decided he should stay with her. Eli went into his room while Grace sat on the couch and turned on the tv. Eli came out and asked Grace to come help him pack up. She went in and saw eli's room was a complete pig sty with clothes strewn about.
"How do you find anything in this mess?" She asked as she stepped over a shirt that was lying on the floor, wrinkled.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and Grace got it to see her father standing there.
"Dad what are you doing?"
"i heard what happened and decided to see how eli was." he walked in and saw Eli was standing behind Grace.
"Hey Eli how are you doing."
"I've been better." He said sarcastically.
A couple of hours later, Eli put a couple of suitcases in the car and Grace and him drove to her apartment. they got out of the car and went upstairs and were about to unlock the door when Grace found a note of the floor address to her. She picked it up, it was from Dimitri. he wanted her to tell Eli sorry about his situation. She did and they went in and put his bags on the floor.
Alexa came over and was surprised when she saw Eli and asked what he was doing there.
"He's staying here for a little while. but be nice his mom just died."
"when have i ever not been nice?" Alexa said.
Grace shot her a look.
"oh yeah sorry." Alexa said remembering about Dimitri.
"Hey uh Alexa isnt it?" eli said when he saw Alexa.
"We were just about to watch a movie wanna join us?" Grace said, knowing that Alexa had a tiny crush on Eli.
"Sure."
they sat down on the couch and Grace put the first tape in. It was Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst.
"Oh great a chick flick." eli said.
"yeap." Grace said as she got up and went into the kitchen to get some snacks. She also wanted to leave Alexa and Eli alone together. While the popcorn was cooking the phone rang. Grace picked it up.
"Hello August." grace said
"How did you know it was me?" he said surprised/
"Caller ID ever heard of it." she replied.
"Yes i have i just didnt know you had it."
"well now you do. So why did you call?"
"no reason."
"ok."
"oh ok now i remember i wanted to ask how is Eli?"
"he doing ok right now he's here watching a movie with Alexa."
Dimitri laughs.
"what's so funny." Grace asked.
"nothing it just Alexa and you being friends it still makes me laugh. so what are you watching?"
"the popcorn in the mircowave."
"i meant what movie?"
"oh yeah BRING IT ON."
"let me guess it's a so called chick flick." Dimitri said causing Grace to laugh. " what?"
Grace stopped laughing long enough to say " guys over 30 should not say Chick Flick."
they both started laughing. the popcorn was done and after the microwave beeped, Grace took it out and emptied the bag into a bowl. She talked to Dimitri for a couple more minutes until they said bye and Grace hung up the phone. She walked back into the living room where she was surprised to see Alexa and Eli having a chat about whether or not all male cheerleaders are gay. She said that it wasnt possible and he had that macho view that any guy who becomes a cheerleader is gay. Grace set the popcorn on the table and sat in one of the chairs she had brought over from Manning Manor. She had had a moving company bring some of the furniture to her apartment.
An hour or so later the movie was over and it was getting late. Alexa left because she had to finish a term paper that was due tomorrow. After she left, Grace started on some homework that she had to do, at the kitchen table. An half hour later Eli came in and sat down across from her.
"so...uh.... how is the homework coming? " he asked.
"ok.. i guess. why?"
"so about Alexa....."
"I knew it. you didnt want to talk about my homework." she interrupeted him.
"fine i was just wondering if you have her number?"
"yeah why, could it be possible you like her?" she said.
"no."
"then tell me why."
"if you must know, she left her jacket." he said.
"oh." she said disappointed and wrote her number on a piece of paper. She gave the number to Eli who took it into another room and called. Grace got up and stuck her ear trying to hear what he was saying.
Eli sat on the couch and called. Alexa answered.
" Hello."
"Hi Alexa it's me Eli."
"Hey eli what do you want?"
"You left your jacket here."
"thanks. i come over and get it."
"ok see ya. bye."
"bye."
Eli hung up the phone.
A few minutes later, Eli went downstairs to the lobby and waited with Alexa's coat and waited for a few minutes until she showed up. She was about to go upstairs until she saw him. She walked over and he gave her the jacket.
"thanks." she said.
"no prob. i needed to get out of that apartment."
"Well thanks again. well i gotta go. term paper."
"ok bye."
''bye." Alexa said and turned around and started to walk towards the door. She had only taken about five steps when Eli said.
"Alexa Wait."
she turned around and looked at him. "Yeah."
"you wanna go get something to eat sometime?"
"sure. when?"
"how about next friday?"
"ok see you then."
"ok i call you with the details."
"bye."
"bye"
Alexa walked out of the lobby smiling and Eli went back up to Graces apartment. When he got there she was still doing homework. He went into the living room and turned on MTV. The Real World was on and two of the cast mates were in a heated argument. They were cussing about every other word. A commercial break happened and Eli walked into the kitchen and grabbed a soda.
"Need help?" he asked Grace.
"No thanks. i'm almost done." Grace said and Eli walked back to the living room. A few minutes later Grace sat down beside him on the couch and started watching tv.
"So what did alexa say?"
"About what?" he asked surprised thinking she knew he asked Alexa to go out.
"when you gave her back her jacket?"
"oh that she said thanks."
"what did you think i meant?"
"nothing."
The next day Grace went to class and saw Alexa. Alexa seemed really happy about something and Grace asked if she was happy about a grade or something.
"no." Alexa replied.
"then what?"
"he asked me out." Alexa said really fast and excited.
"who? who? you have to tell me." Grace said eagerly
"ELI." Alexa said still excited.
"Really? Eli? as in my stepbrother? When?" Grace said.
"Really. yes Eli as in Eli your stepbrother. last night when he returned my jacket. "
When Grace got home, Eli was sitting on the couch watching some show on tv.
"Why didnt you tell? " she said
"tell you what?"
"about you and alexa"
"what about us?"
"why didnt you tell me you were going out with her Friday?"
"cuz i didnt think it was any of your buisness."
"ok."
friday comes and Grace and Alexa are in Graces room trying to get ready since Grace is going out with Dimitri to the movie and Alexa is going with Eli to this cafe. Dimitri comes over and him and eli sit on the couch every so often one of them getting up and knocking on graces door and asking if they are ready yet. after a while Alexa and Grace come out and Eli says Finally. they walk down to the parking lot and Grace and Dimitri get into Dimitri's car and Alexa and Eli get into Eli's car. they pull out of the parking lot and go in opposite directions.
Find out what happens on the date in chapter 5.
"Grace call 911." he screamed while trying to see if his mom was still breathing. Grace ran to the phone and dialed while Eli was checking for a heartbeat and trying to stifle the tears. after a minute Grace came in and said that the ambulence would be here in a few minutes.
"where's Henry?"
At the hospital, he does have other patients besides my mom.'' Eli said.
the EMS arrived and checked for heartbeat, they couldnt find one and tried to bring her back but there was no hope, she was gone. they took her to the hospital for further test trying to see what had happened. After they were gone Eli broke down in Graces arms.
"it gonna be ok Eli, i know it will be." she whispered. Later that evening, Henry had gotten paged at the hospital and drove to Karen's where Eli and Grace were asleep. He left before either of them woke up and drove back to the hospital to see if anything had happened. He found out that Karen had had a sudden heart attack, killing her a moment or two after it happened.
The next morning Eli woke up to the smell of eggs being cooked and toast. He walked into the kitchen and found Grace standing in front of the stove. He thought she had never looked so beautiful as she did just then, even though her hair was a mess and had no makeup on.
'' Hey." he said and she turned around and said morning even though it was almost noon.
Grace's pager went off and she went to go see who it was. It was Dimitri. She knew he was probably worried about her and wondered what had happened. She asked Eli if it was ok if she used the phone in his mother's room, forgetting for a moment what had happened.
"Oh my. I'm sorry i just had a lapse of memory."
"it's ok go ahead.it is ok."
she went into the room and called dimitri. meanwhile back in the kitchen Eli watched the eggs and when they were done put them on plates and sat them on the table. Grace came in after a couple of minutes to find eli sitting at the table, with his face in his hands. Grace said " eli are you ok?"
he lifted his head and grace could clearly see the tears running down his face. she slided her chair over and hugged him. he broke down in her arms.
"now i have nobody and no future. what am i going to do? "
" I dont know eli. i dont know.But you have me and we will figure something out."
"thanks for being here."
"i am always here for you."
They decided to go to her apartment and get away for awhile. They stopped at Blockbuster and got some movies. They arrived at her dorm a little before noon. They watched the movies and decided to go grab some food and hit the mall. they went back to his house so Eli could grab some stuff as he didnt want to be by himself and Grace decided he should stay with her. Eli went into his room while Grace sat on the couch and turned on the tv. Eli came out and asked Grace to come help him pack up. She went in and saw eli's room was a complete pig sty with clothes strewn about.
"How do you find anything in this mess?" She asked as she stepped over a shirt that was lying on the floor, wrinkled.
Suddenly the doorbell rang and Grace got it to see her father standing there.
"Dad what are you doing?"
"i heard what happened and decided to see how eli was." he walked in and saw Eli was standing behind Grace.
"Hey Eli how are you doing."
"I've been better." He said sarcastically.
A couple of hours later, Eli put a couple of suitcases in the car and Grace and him drove to her apartment. they got out of the car and went upstairs and were about to unlock the door when Grace found a note of the floor address to her. She picked it up, it was from Dimitri. he wanted her to tell Eli sorry about his situation. She did and they went in and put his bags on the floor.
Alexa came over and was surprised when she saw Eli and asked what he was doing there.
"He's staying here for a little while. but be nice his mom just died."
"when have i ever not been nice?" Alexa said.
Grace shot her a look.
"oh yeah sorry." Alexa said remembering about Dimitri.
"Hey uh Alexa isnt it?" eli said when he saw Alexa.
"We were just about to watch a movie wanna join us?" Grace said, knowing that Alexa had a tiny crush on Eli.
"Sure."
they sat down on the couch and Grace put the first tape in. It was Bring It On with Kirsten Dunst.
"Oh great a chick flick." eli said.
"yeap." Grace said as she got up and went into the kitchen to get some snacks. She also wanted to leave Alexa and Eli alone together. While the popcorn was cooking the phone rang. Grace picked it up.
"Hello August." grace said
"How did you know it was me?" he said surprised/
"Caller ID ever heard of it." she replied.
"Yes i have i just didnt know you had it."
"well now you do. So why did you call?"
"no reason."
"ok."
"oh ok now i remember i wanted to ask how is Eli?"
"he doing ok right now he's here watching a movie with Alexa."
Dimitri laughs.
"what's so funny." Grace asked.
"nothing it just Alexa and you being friends it still makes me laugh. so what are you watching?"
"the popcorn in the mircowave."
"i meant what movie?"
"oh yeah BRING IT ON."
"let me guess it's a so called chick flick." Dimitri said causing Grace to laugh. " what?"
Grace stopped laughing long enough to say " guys over 30 should not say Chick Flick."
they both started laughing. the popcorn was done and after the microwave beeped, Grace took it out and emptied the bag into a bowl. She talked to Dimitri for a couple more minutes until they said bye and Grace hung up the phone. She walked back into the living room where she was surprised to see Alexa and Eli having a chat about whether or not all male cheerleaders are gay. She said that it wasnt possible and he had that macho view that any guy who becomes a cheerleader is gay. Grace set the popcorn on the table and sat in one of the chairs she had brought over from Manning Manor. She had had a moving company bring some of the furniture to her apartment.
An hour or so later the movie was over and it was getting late. Alexa left because she had to finish a term paper that was due tomorrow. After she left, Grace started on some homework that she had to do, at the kitchen table. An half hour later Eli came in and sat down across from her.
"so...uh.... how is the homework coming? " he asked.
"ok.. i guess. why?"
"so about Alexa....."
"I knew it. you didnt want to talk about my homework." she interrupeted him.
"fine i was just wondering if you have her number?"
"yeah why, could it be possible you like her?" she said.
"no."
"then tell me why."
"if you must know, she left her jacket." he said.
"oh." she said disappointed and wrote her number on a piece of paper. She gave the number to Eli who took it into another room and called. Grace got up and stuck her ear trying to hear what he was saying.
Eli sat on the couch and called. Alexa answered.
" Hello."
"Hi Alexa it's me Eli."
"Hey eli what do you want?"
"You left your jacket here."
"thanks. i come over and get it."
"ok see ya. bye."
"bye."
Eli hung up the phone.
A few minutes later, Eli went downstairs to the lobby and waited with Alexa's coat and waited for a few minutes until she showed up. She was about to go upstairs until she saw him. She walked over and he gave her the jacket.
"thanks." she said.
"no prob. i needed to get out of that apartment."
"Well thanks again. well i gotta go. term paper."
"ok bye."
''bye." Alexa said and turned around and started to walk towards the door. She had only taken about five steps when Eli said.
"Alexa Wait."
she turned around and looked at him. "Yeah."
"you wanna go get something to eat sometime?"
"sure. when?"
"how about next friday?"
"ok see you then."
"ok i call you with the details."
"bye."
"bye"
Alexa walked out of the lobby smiling and Eli went back up to Graces apartment. When he got there she was still doing homework. He went into the living room and turned on MTV. The Real World was on and two of the cast mates were in a heated argument. They were cussing about every other word. A commercial break happened and Eli walked into the kitchen and grabbed a soda.
"Need help?" he asked Grace.
"No thanks. i'm almost done." Grace said and Eli walked back to the living room. A few minutes later Grace sat down beside him on the couch and started watching tv.
"So what did alexa say?"
"About what?" he asked surprised thinking she knew he asked Alexa to go out.
"when you gave her back her jacket?"
"oh that she said thanks."
"what did you think i meant?"
"nothing."
The next day Grace went to class and saw Alexa. Alexa seemed really happy about something and Grace asked if she was happy about a grade or something.
"no." Alexa replied.
"then what?"
"he asked me out." Alexa said really fast and excited.
"who? who? you have to tell me." Grace said eagerly
"ELI." Alexa said still excited.
"Really? Eli? as in my stepbrother? When?" Grace said.
"Really. yes Eli as in Eli your stepbrother. last night when he returned my jacket. "
When Grace got home, Eli was sitting on the couch watching some show on tv.
"Why didnt you tell? " she said
"tell you what?"
"about you and alexa"
"what about us?"
"why didnt you tell me you were going out with her Friday?"
"cuz i didnt think it was any of your buisness."
"ok."
friday comes and Grace and Alexa are in Graces room trying to get ready since Grace is going out with Dimitri to the movie and Alexa is going with Eli to this cafe. Dimitri comes over and him and eli sit on the couch every so often one of them getting up and knocking on graces door and asking if they are ready yet. after a while Alexa and Grace come out and Eli says Finally. they walk down to the parking lot and Grace and Dimitri get into Dimitri's car and Alexa and Eli get into Eli's car. they pull out of the parking lot and go in opposite directions.
Find out what happens on the date in chapter 5.