Ok I'm not going to dispose of the story. Thanks to the few who continuously read and review. Thank you, you know who you are. Also please try to excuse any errors in this chapter, I am having to use a program without a spell check, and I'm not real confident in The program I'm going to have to find to spell check my work.
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Chapter 17
"Um... Adam?" Joan said kind of flustered.
"Hmm?" he answered.
"Does Grace have any aunts or uncles?"
"No why?" He looked up at her rather seriously.
Joan shook her head. "Then we need to get to Indiana. Now!"
Adams eyes shot wide open. "You have seen him! Where?"
Joan was in panic mode, she didn't even know why. She really knew nothing of this Mitch guy, other than the little bit Adam and Grace had attempted to tell her.
"What exactly did Grace do to this guy, Stuff him in a locker?"
Adam was packing franticly. " No, she didn't do anything to him. I'll tell you more about it on the way. Go home and get packed. I'll meet you at your house in 15 minutes."
Joan stopped for a moment to try to absorb exactly what was going on. "We don't even have plane tickets! And you know there is no way to get that trip booked and prepared by tonight. We can't even pay for it!"
Adam was still packing franticly." Adam! Slow down, stop and think, No plane tickets!"
"Oh yes we do. I got them as soon as Grace called and told me she was going to Indiana. (Joan tried to interrupt "Wait she told you she was going?" but Adam kept on talking.) They are good for any flight there, as long as we are traveling my uncle's airline, and we don't mind traveling cargo, coach at best. And we have to give them notice."
"But you haven't given notice!"
"I'm calling now. Hopefully the next flight isn't until a little later. That way maybe we can get aboard."
Joan watched as Adam ran around the room gathering stuff in his suitcase, He was going so fast she was starting to get dizzy.
"Adam, we can't go tonight. There is no way we can make it. We don't even know where they are staying."
"Jane! We have to, you don't know this guy, he's dangerous!"
"He seemed fine to me." she said in a giggly tone still not grasping the situation.
Adam glared at her unlike he had ever done before, and then he turned around and put his hands on his head. He seemed a little more than upset to Joan.
"Adam?" she questioned to see if he were all right.
When he turned to look at her his eyes looked as if they were about to explode with tears.
"Joan go!" He yelled in an attempt to get her to hurry.
Joan tried to humor Adam about flying. "The plane isn't leaving right away it isn't going to matter how fast we pack."
Adam started packing again, this time he was talking to himself as he went.
When he reached down to get his sketchbook he hit his head on a workbench.
"Damn it! "He yelled still quite upset. He flung his suitcase across the room and collapsed himself to the ground.
By this time Joan was now scared, she wasn't sure what to do, the last time she had seen him cry was when they had broke up, almost if not four years earlier. She did the only thing she could think of at the moment. She set down beside him and held him.
After he had calmed down he began to talk to her again.
"Jane." He said with a shaky voice. "I'm sorry, I... I'm scared. This guy, he tried o hurt Grace, and if he finds her again he'll kill her, I know he will."
Joan whipped a tear from his eye and pulled him closer, all together she was quite scared herself now. She to cared immensely for Grace, but not only was one of her best friends were in trouble, the guy wanted to hurt Adam as well.
Adam spoke again.
"She's my best friend Jane, we've been through everything together, I have to get to her!"
"Shh. we will, I promise." she said squeezing him tighter.
Back home again in Indiana... LOL it really is quite funny if you get it.
"Luke, Luke wake up." Grace tapped him while still in bed herself. She had no choice however; he had wrapped his arm around her waist and his leg around her thigh. This amused Grace since he used to do the same thing when they had shared their dorm.
After countless efforts to wake him up and moving him she finally decided to wait him out. She wasn't sure if he was awake and trying to aggravate her or if he was still asleep. She looked over at him. His blonde hair was all messed up from his pillow and he still wore his glasses which she remembered (after taking a closer look at them)were bent from a makeout session that had gotten out of hand. She smiled,He looked so peaceful,and happy.
She was happy too. When she was away from him she had been miserable. He was like a happy childhood memory to her,one she had never had. He was the only thing she had ever cherrished.
When he finally got up Grace had already managed to wriggle out and make coffee.
"Hey loverboy." she teased. "You know, you are supposed to rise with the sun,not with the smell of coffee."
"He smiled, "Your to talk! I don't remember a time ever in highschool that you were up before i called you/"
"Shut up." She smiled knowing he was right.
"We are going job hunting today." Grace stated.
"What?" He said looking surprised.
"Yep, you are getting all dressed up and i am going in just my jacket and some jeans."
"Thats what you think. No girl of mine is going in just a jacket and jeans. You have to wear a shirt." He smiled.
"You know what i meant."
"No, if i have to get all dressed up so do you, It's only fair." He laughed.
"Then i'm not going."
"It's your idea!" He laughed even harder amused at her stubborness.
She laughed also realising what she had just said.
He went to her and grabbed her by the waist. She attempted to kiss him but he pulled back still holding her. He had a height advantage.
"Nooo, he said with a smile as he ran a hand up her spine. She attempted to kiss him again, now pressing against him even harder.
"You have to promise me you'll dress up too."
"Luke, come on!" she urged as she made one finnal attempt to reach his lips before giving in.
"Fine, but i'm not wearing heals."
"Fine with me."He said with the same smile he had since he had gotten up. "But im not wearing a tie."
"Agreed." She said in a flirty voice before she finally took ahold of the back of his head and kissed him hard and violently. she pushed him back onto the bed intinsifying the mood. The kiss continued until Luke started unhooking her bra from under her shirt. She smiled and pulled away.
"You know that isn't going to happen." She said in a flirty but serious voice.
"You could have fooled me. You enjoy Patronizing me don't you?"
"Yep." She kissed him before finally getting off of him to release him from the bed.
"Now lets get ready we have to go get some jobs."
"But, what about resumes?" He retorted.
"Luke, be serious. I know you too well for that. You've had one made since before I met you. I know you never go anywhere without it."
Low and behold Luke gets out his laptop and saves his resume to a disk.
"Fine, but we have to stop at a library so i can print it out, then to a copy shop."
Grace laughed. "Fine Luke."
After they were both ready Luke in a nice shirt and pants, and Grace in a dress, (from her bat mitzvah) they prepared to seperate.
"Kiss for good luck?" Luke suggested.
Grace giggled, "Luke that's something your sister would do!"
"Well, so is giggling and you just did that." He smiled.
"Ughh fine Girardi, but if you tell anyone..."
He grabbed her cheek before she could finish and kissed her.
"I won't. He said as he literally pranced away.
Grace was shocked at her behavior that day, and yet she couldn't help it. She had never been so happy or felt that safe that she could remember. The funny thing about that was she had never been in as much danger in all her life.
Well, please tell me what you think. I headed a little different direction with this chapter, well i've done that direction before, lol but not in a while.Please please Review it only takes two seconds. It takes me forever to type a chapter lol i pluck at the keys!
