Grace stumbled into the kitchen at 10:00 the next morning; grateful that it was the weekend.

"You look bad" Zoe confirmed as Grace sat opposite her at the bench, a bowl of cornflakes in front of her.

"Shut up Zoe" Grace murmured, spooning some cereal into her mouth.

Zoe glared at her and then rose from her seat "someone got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning!" she hissed, and walked into the living room.

Grace rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming on; she didn't even notice Jessie walk into the kitchen, dressed in her tracksuit pants, hair pulled back and beads of sweat running down her brow.

"You need a bit more beauty sleep," Jessie said as she walked to the fridge.

Grace glanced up, and blinked her eyes a few times; should she be mad at her? Grace asked herself.

Jessie spun around, a carton of orange juice in hand "What time did you get up?" she asked.

Grace ignored the question "Where have you been?" asking the obvious.

Jessie rolled her eyes, and took a quick swig from the carton "Knitting a sweater" she said sarcastically, and smiled as she looked at Grace's blank face.

"I went for a run!" Jessie laughed, and put the carton back into the fridge.

Grace nodded her head, and looked up at the clock on the wall, it was 10:05.

Jessie took the seat Zoe had left vacant, and stared as Grace slowly spooned cereal into her mouth; Grace looked completely blown out! But, Jessie could swear that her face was 'glowing' just a little.

"Not feeling 110?" Jessie asked, and Grace met her eyes.

"I went out last night" she whispered, and smiled as she saw Jessie's eyebrows rise.

"Where? With who?" Jessie asked, leaning forward.

Grace finished her cereal, and looked up at Jessie "nowhere special" she said, and rose from her seat.

Jessie watched as Grace rinsed her bowl and put it into the dishwasher "C'mon Grace!" Jessie whined, "Where did you go?" she asked again.

Grace turned and gave her a wicked smile "huh?" she asked, and smiled even wider as she saw Jessie's face begin to fluster with frustration.

Grace walked out of the kitchen, and began walking upstairs, Jessie hot on her heels.

"Grace!" Jessie whispered harshly, but Grace continued to walk towards her room.

"Morning Girls"

Jessie and Grace both turned and saw Rick walking out of the bathroom, fully dressed, but still looking a little groggy.

"Morning daddy" Jessie chimed.

Rick walked past them, and Grace headed into her room.

"GRACE!" Jessie whined, louder.

Grace grabbed her jeans from the floor, and rummaged through her drawer for a top and underwear.

"What do you want to know?" Grace finally began to break.

Jessie smiled "Where did you GO? And with WHO?" Jessie asked, having a fair idea in her head about the 'who'.

"Oh, last night you mean?" Grace smiled, walking past Jessie.

"YES! About last night!" Jessie was becoming frustrated again.

Grace walked into the bathroom, but spun around before Jessie could enter aswell.

"With Eli" Grace said in the quietest whisper.

JESSIE I knew it!

Jessie's face broke into a huge smile, but before she could say anything else, Grace closed the door in her face, and locked it.

"Ohhhhhhhh! GRACE! Don't leave me hanging!" Jessie whined, banging a fist against the closed door.

"Hey!"

Jessie spun around and saw Lily staring at her "give her some privacy" Lily smiled, and walked into Zoe's room.

Jessie nodded and smiled back. And when Lily was out of earshot gave a frustrated sigh, clenched her fists; and walked into her own room!


Eli rolled over and blinked his eyes open, the harsh sunlight hitting his face.

"Ohhhh" he moaned as he rolled onto his other side, escaping the severe rays.

He glanced up at his clock, 10:15; he had to go to work!

Eli moaned again and slowly dragged himself out of bed staggering into the bathroom.

He looked into the mirror and smiled as he remembered last night.

Secret rendezvous'; Eli toiled with Grace's idea while he brushed his teeth.

Ring, Ring

Eli walked into the lounge room and picked up the phone.

"Eh" he murmured.

"ELI!" Jessie exclaimed, "I'm surprised I actually got through to you!" she said happily.

Eli rubbed the back of his neck "Huh? Oh yeah! How you doing Jess?"

Eli asked his sister, his tone slurred.

"Oh I'm just GREAT! And I bet you're really GREAT too!" Jessie giggled on the other end, and Eli frowned with confusion.

"Huh?" he asked lamely.

"Don't play dumb- even though you're so good at it!" Jessie let out a little laugh, "Grace told me you guys met up last night. So I guess you FINALLY got the message I left you!" Jessie was having a hard time holding in her excitement.

"Grace TOLD you? Oh god, Rick and Lily don't know- did she get caught-" Eli began to panic.

"No, no, no-" Jessie interrupted his stress attack "-Grace got in fine. Nobody's any the wiser! I'm so glad you guys have got it together-" Jessie trailed off.

"JESSIE!" Eli had to interrupt his sister's babbling, "-we aren't 'together', I just needed to know how she was doing. You're message really scared the hell outta me! -" Eli heard as Jessie made a deep sigh.

"So you guys aren't together?" her voice was flat now.

"No, well not technically speaking-" he rubbed the back of his neck again "-we didn't actually discuss it, we had more important things on our mind!"

"So you two didn't actually 'agree' that you couldn't see each other?" Jessie's tone lightened only a little.

"Well, no- she mentioned something about 'secret meetings'- but that doesn't mean-" Eli heard as Jessie made a small squealing noise, and he had to pull the phone away from his ear.

"Ohhhhhhhhh! This is so completely romantic! And, if I may say, this is all so 'James Dean' of you! Rebel without a cause……..sneaking out at night to be with the one you love!" Jessie trailed off again.

"Jessie- what the hell are you-" Eli was interrupted again.

"You two are a total modern day Romeo and Juliet! Ohhhh, but please don't kill yourselves at the end of all this- oh Eli, I am so glad you and Grace are fighting back to be together-" Jessie continued to speak……..

"Jessie!" but she wouldn't stop "Jessie? Hello?" still wouldn't shut up!

"JESSIE! WE ARE NOT TOGETHER!" --- sweet, sweet silence.

"-Yeah, but you still have feelings for her, don't ya?" she asked, knowingly.

Eli took a long sigh.

"HA! I knew it" Jessie laughed "Eli and Grace sitting in a tree-" Jessie began to sing

"I'm hanging up now," Eli said sternly.

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G"

"Goodbye!"

"First comes love then comes-"

'Click' Eli hung the phone up, and let out a little laugh.

"Then comes marriage, then comes a baby sitting in a carriage," Eli whispered under his breath as he walked back into the bathroom.

And shook his head with disgust "stupid" he hissed under his breathe, but couldn't help but smile.