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Chapter 14

Previous chapter; ("Grace, what were you like, before this guy?")

"Luke, get to sleep."

"No Grace now!"

"Look I'm tired, and you know when I'm tired I'm grouchy. I'm pretty sure your sister said it best when she said "the day Grace isn't grouchy she's dead." I'm not sure Luke but I'm pretty sure that still applies so unless you want to be dead I suggest you leave it"

"No Grace."

"What?"

"No. I'm not leaving it. You always make me leave it! Not this time. What were you like?"

"I was an angel, now go to bed." She said sarcastically.

"Grace!"

"Luke! I'm tired!"

"Fine."

Luke got up and headed for the door.

"Wait! Fine."

Grace got up and went to the kitchen area of the hotel to start herself some coffee. After she had gotten some she went and set next to Luke on the couch. She sat with her back against the side and her knees pulled up to her chest. She looked a little vulnerable after having given in to Luke's demands.

"What do you want to know?" She said while looking at her toes.

What were you like, before him? He said encouragingly.

"I don't know, it was a long time ago. What kind of question is that anyways?"

"A simple one Grace! What do you mean it was a long time ago? You said it happened two years before I came, that's not that long ago, surely you can remember before then."

"Not really. Grace said softly."

"Not really? You once told me a story from when you were nine. Don't tell me that."

"I didn't mean not really as in I couldn't remember. I meant not really as in I actually knew him before the time I told you I first seen him."

"So you lied." Luke's face started to get red with anger. Grace remained as she was, starring at her toes.

"Why did you lie? Is this a big game for you? I mean, are we just playing cat and mouse? Because that's what it feels like Grace, me chasing you everywhere."

"No"

"Then why Grace!" He yelled.

"Because I don't like to think about then ok!" She still spoke quietly.

"Why? What happened?"

"Nothing Luke can we just drop it?"

No! I want to find out what else your lying about."

At this Grace got mad.

"Oh so now you don't trust me! That's just great Luke."

"No Grace, I'm sorry it came out wrong, I didn't mean…"

"No I think it came out just right," she said

"You know that train back to Maryland heads back tonight. Why don't you catch it."

"Grace please, I'm sorry. I'm just curious.

"Curious? Luke I don't need curious now, and that's not the word for it anyways."

"You're right, it's scared. I'm scared. I want to be able to protect you from him Grace, but I don't know anything about him."

"Well, did it ever occur to you that there might be a reason I don't want to talk about it?"

"Yeah, I guess I just wanted to know about him and about what happened so much that I didn't think about how it might be effecting you."

Well, I want a million dollars and my mom to stop drinking but we know that's not going to happen!"

Seeing Luke's face she knew she had gotten through to him.

"So now what, are you really going to dump me and make me take the train home?"

Grace laughed shaking her head, for what? Being a scared nib shit? No, come here." She hugged him tightly.

"I don't ever plan on getting rid of you. Unless of course you ask me to marry you then you're gone." She teased pushing him slightly.

"I wont." He lied knowing that some day he wanted to ask her.

They went to bed. After a long silence Grace spoke.

" His name is Mitch."

She hoped he had been asleep, and after he did not answer, she relaxed and fell asleep.

Luke had been awake however, and lay starring at the ceiling wide-awake thinking of what might have happened.

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