Hey guys, I've been working on this chapter forever. It's a lot about Gracie's family, which is probably a little boring, but I kinda thought it was necessary. Thanks for all the continued support- you guys rock.

Moving In

Gracie walked through the door and found her parents sitting in their living room on the couch, the only piece of furniture in the room.

"Hey sweetheart, is Castle Rock looking any better, yet?" Caroline asked smiling as she moved over a bit to give Gracie some room.

"Definitely," Gracie replied with a smile.

"Meg told me Jackie has a nice group of friends. Did you meet them?" David inquired.

"Yeah- they're awesome," Gracie replied, "How did Talia and Liv get along?"

"Great, so far. Liv didn't seem too put off by Talia's 'its all about me' attitude" David responded.

"Well, that's always a plus." Gracie replied, "I see some of the furniture came. Is my bed here?"

"Yep, it's all made up in your room. I'm afraid your bed is the only thing in your room so far. The trucks with everything else will be here tomorrow morning at 7:00" Caroline answered.

"7:00 A.M.?!" Gracie whined

"Bright and early" Caroline smiled

"That is way too early." Gracie said as she walked up the stairs to here room, "Oh, by the way, the people I met today said that they would help out tomorrow"

"That's great, sounds like that group is made up of some good people" David commented.

"Yeah...goodnight" Gracie replied.

"Goodnight honey"

The Next Morning

"Gracie, wake up!!" Caroline called from downstairs. Gracie woke up and couldn't help display some frustration at the ungodly hour her parents decided to wake her up at. She threw on some old jeans, a white tank top and wore a bandana to keep the hair out of her face.

"Gracie!!!!!" David yelled as he brought a box in and noticed his daughter still was missing in action.

"I'm COMING!!!" Gracie moaned as she walked down the stairs with a huge frown on her face.

"Good morning, sunshine!!" David smiled at his daughter.

"I need coffee, now" Gracie replied.

"Well, you're mother and I haven't had any time to make any, the movers are here." David replied gently pushing Gracie outside. All she could see was absolute chaos. Kylie was sitting on a blanket in the front year balling. Benjamin was getting into anything and everything he could and Adrienne had found a soccer ball and was kicking it around the yard, frequently colliding into random movers. Talia was running around, looking through all the boxes for "her stuff". And Gracie's mother looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown. Gracie had to laugh at the sight.

"You see why we desperately need your help?" David inquired.

"How could I not? What do you need me to do?" Gracie asked.

"Well, you can try to bring some order to the delinquents....and if you find time, move some boxes in. Think you can handle that?"

"Affirmative." Gracie replied as she headed out to the lawn. Her first course of action was to disarm Adrienne and hide the soccer ball.

"Hey Adrienne- wanna play a game?" Gracie called after her sister who eagerly ran up to her excited to be receiving some attention.

"What kind of game?" Adrienne asked.

"Oh well, its where I tell you to go find something and you bring it back as quick as you can."

"Is there a prize?" Adrienne asked

"Sure....I'll get you a Popsicle- agreed?"

"Yeah!"

"Okay, I want you to find me a red rock- okay?" Gracie asked as Adrienne nodded. "Alright, go on- but you can't go anywhere other than the front and back yard" she yelled as Adrienne ran off.

"One down, three to go" Gracie thought to herself as she saw Jackie and Liv walk up. "Jackie, you're here already? It's a little early"

"You're parents told my mom when the movers were coming" Jackie grumbled.

"Ouch- that sucks- well, thanks for coming. Do you know when everyone else will show up?" Gracie asked

"Umm, Chris and Gordie should be coming in about half an hour. Everyone else should be here around nine"

"Awesome- the more, the merrier. Hey- where's your mom?" Gracie inquired.

"Oh, she'll swing around later, she said. Your mom told her that you guys were going to open a café. I think she's out getting some stuff for the shop- I guess she's gonna work there, too."

"That'll be fun"

"Yeah, so...what can I do?"

"Well, right now, I'm just in charge of the little ones." Gracie responded noticing Talia and Liv pulling more stuff out of boxes. She walked over to the two girls. "Hey Talia, I think you're stuff is in that truck. Why don't you take some boxes to your room and start decorating?" Gracie suggested.

"Yeah! Liv, you wanna help?" Talia seemed excited at the idea of decorating her new room.

"Sure" replied Liv as she and Talia started taking some small boxes inside.

Jackie went over and picked up the screaming Kylie and calmed her down a little while Gracie got Benjamin to play the "finding game" with Adrienne.

"You're not too bad at this" Jackie commented as Gracie sat down on the blanket with her and Kylie.

"Thanks, most of these techniques won't work for too much longer. Those rug-rats get smarter and smarter by the day." Gracie joked as she saw Chris and Gordie walk up.

"Well, hello ladies." Gordie greeted them.

"Hey, guys, how's it goin'?" Jackie asked brightly.

"It's early" Chris commented.

"That it is" Gracie replied with a smile.

"So, this must be Kylie" Chris mentioned as he bent down to look at the blonde baby with Gracie's eyes.

"Yup, and the two running over by the bushes are Adrienne and Benjamin." Gracie responded.

"Isn't it a little weird that every single person in your family has blonde hair?" Gordie asked.

"Yeah, I know its crazy. Although I've heard there are these crazy scientists who say it has something to do with genetics," Gracie joked.

"Funny. So what can we do? We live to serve" Gordie and Chris took a bow.

"Well, my dad's over there, I'm sure he'll think of something." Gracie smiled as the boys walked off and her mother came over, looking very stressed.

"Hey mom, how ya doin'?" Gracie asked.

"Oh, better know that the little rascals are a little more under control. Who are those two boys?" She inquired.

"Oh, the guy in the green shirt is my boyfriend, Gordie. The guy in the white is his best friend, Chris. Teddy, Vern, Sophie and Gwen will be coming around later." Jackie answered

"Oh, wonderful." Caroline commented as she noticed Meg coming up the driveway. "Good morning, Meg."

"Hello, I found these amazing table and chair sets at a store downtown, but I though I'd wait to ask your opinion before I bought any. I thought I'd head on over here to see if I could be of any use."

"Well, you can always relieve Jackie and Gracie of their babysitting duties so they can help out with the boxes." Caroline suggested.

"Oh I'd love to. Come here cutie" Meg replied as she picked up Kylie.

"Gracie, why don't you and Jackie get whatever boxes are yours and start taking them up to your room" Caroline offered.

"Alright, mom. Want me to get you anything?"

"Later on, some tea might be nice if you can find teabags." Caroline replied.

"No problem, remember: just relax" Gracie said as she patted her mom on the shoulder.

From then on, the day went by pretty stress free. The rest of the group came by and helped out. All of the boxes were in the house by one o'clock in the afternoon and all the teenagers were up in Gracie's room hanging out while she unpacked some of the boxes.

"Hey Jackie, does the high school have a dance team?" Gracie inquired.

"Yeah- why, you gonna try out?" Jackie replied.

" Thinking about it."

"Why?!" Teddy asked shocked

"I like to dance- is there a problem?"

"The dance team is full of the biggest snobs in Castle Rock. They don't associate with anyone outside of the team." Gwen added.

"You guys don't think I'd actually be like that- do you?" Gracie asked

"No- it's just that we've known really nice girls disown their old group of friends after joining the team" Sophie replied.

"Well, I won't be like that" Gracie emphasized, "Why do you guys think I'm just gonna turn my back on you after you've all been so nice to me?"

"We know you won't" Chris smiled reassuringly, "Why don't we all go down to the candy shop?"

After everyone agreed, the group headed out of the house. As they were walking down the street, Gracie touched Chris' arm and pulled him to the back of the group. "Do they really think I would sell out like that?" Gracie asked concerned.

"Is this about the dance team?" Chris asked and Gracie nodded, "Don't worry about it. The truth of the matter is that Jackie's old best friend, Heather, joined the team and pretty much cut off all communication with all of us. She wouldn't say 'hi' to us in the halls, she stopped calling Jackie. It was just a lot of bullshit." Chris replied, maintaining his reassuring attitude.

"That's horrible. I really would never do that, especially after how nice you've all been to me."

"I know you wouldn't." Chris replied and paused, "Gracie?" Chris asked hesitantly.

"Yeah- what is it?"

"Well, um...I know you just moved here, but I really, I don't know. I feel some sort of connection." Chris shyly replied.

"Me too- I feel so comfortable around you" The two smiled at each other and all Chris could think about was taking Gracie out, just the two of them. He loved the vibe of the group, of course; however he wanted some time alone with Gracie so he could get to know her better.

"I was thinking, maybe next Saturday," Chris was about to continue until he noticed that the whole group was at a halt a few feet in front of him and Gracie.

"Next Saturday....what were you gonna say?" Gracie asked and then followed Chris' gaze to see that Ace and two of his friends were blocking the path of the group. "Not again.." she thought to herself. She noticed Sophie, Jackie and Gwen were stepped to the side of the sidewalk on some grass while Gordie, Teddy, and Vern were forming some kind of blockade facing Ace and his two pals.

"Chris?" Gracie asked nervously.

"Go get the other girls and get outta here, meet us at the tree house" Chris replied, continuing his stare on Ace.

"Chris, I'm not leaving." Gracie replied as she caught his hand.

"Well, look, little Chambers found himself a girlfriend" Ace smirked walking past Teddy, Gordie and Vern.

I'm cutting off the chapter here, it was getting a little long. But don't worry, I'll be posting the rest soon. Feel free to review and thanks for your time.