(Just a little author's note. I know I haven't mentioned this yet so I
thought I would. I don't own the characters, except for Amanda.
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Sorry it took so long to update but I've haven't been concentrating and I hit a writers block with this and my other Once and Again story but I think I am over it.. End of Author Note)
"Honestly what Eli?" Grace asked.
"Grace if you don't know I'm not going to tell you." Eli said and got up and walked out.
Grace threw a pillow at the closed door.
"Ok be that way Eli." She said outloud.
The next day at school, Grace arrived at Dimitri's class before anyone. Dimitri was sitting at his desk writing. Grace sat in her chair and pulled out her notebook and started studying her notes.
A couple of minutes later, Amanda and Tad walked through the door and sat at their respective seats.
After Dimitri's class, Amanda and Alexa walked down to their next class. Stopping at Amanda's locker, so she could pick up her science notebook.
Continuing on their way, they passed Grace, who was looking out a window. Amanda stood beside her and looked out of the window and saw what Grace was looking at. Eli with his latest flavor of the week. A petite blonde who didn't look more than 16 or 17.
"Could he be more in public." Grace said.
"Probably." Amanda said.
"How?"
"He could be in the middle of a packed stadium."
"oh ok."
"you know what you need Grace?"
"What?"
"a day with the girls." Amanda.
"yeah Grace." Alexa added.
"ok. Where?" Grace asked.
"Hello where else.."
"THE MALL." Both Amanda and Alexa said at the same time.
"Ok."
"Cool we can take my car. We should meet outside at the doors after Dimitri's class."
"ok. Oh look at the time we gotta go to science." Alexa said.
The three girls went to their separate classes.
After school they met by the doors and Amanda led the way to her car. They got in and Amanda drove the car out of the parking lot.
Two hours later. The girls are sitting in Amanda's room. Talking about boys, Amanda brings up that she and Tad decided it wasn't working and that they broke up.
"and when did this happen?" Alexa asked.
"this morning. He came over before school and said we needed to talk and we were late so we caught up during lunch and went to the library and broke up. Quick simple a little pain." Amanda replied.
"oh ok."
The girls went back to work on their homework.
A couple hours later they were sharing a pizza at the mall. Amanda suddenly checked her watch and discovered it was getting late and that they matter get going.
After she had dropped Alexa off at her house, Amanda and Grace drove to Grace's house. Amanda pulled the car to the curb and turned the engine off.
"Grace I think there's something I should tell you."
"what? You and Tad didn't break up? You don't actually like Alexa? What"
"you know Mr. Dimitri." Pause. "sorry stupid question. Well umm he is my father and yes this is his car and I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."
Grace looked shocked. But she quickly got over it.
"So can I sleep over sometime?"
"Grace. I don't know. Would your parents allow you to sleep over at Dimitri's?"
"They will if they don't know you live with him."
"Ok"
"Cool well see you at school tomorrow."
"Ok see you."
Grace got out of the car and walked up to her house. Amanda drove away.
Later that evening, Tad called Amanda for some help on the homework.
"I don't know how to write what I feel."
"Well don't think and just write whatever comes to you. That's the good thing about computers you can delete something and add stuff without writing the whole thing over."
"ok I'll it thanks."
"you're welcome. Oh yeah guess what tad? I told Grace about my dad."
"what did she say?"
"she asked to sleep over."
"that's funny." He said laughing.
"I said what would her parents say. She said they wouldn't know."
Tad keeps laughing.
"Well I hope that she knows the truth, she'll be my friend again."
"Gawd Amanda you are truly something. You want Grace as a friend after what she's said about you."
"We all need as many friends as we can get. Well I better be going. Its getting late and dad wants me to go to bed."
"It's only 10 after 9."
"Yeah well my dads from the old school. Early to bed early to rise."
Tad laughs.
"Ok Amanda talk to you later."
"Later."
They both hang up their phones.
The next day at school, Grace walked over to Amanda in the hallway. "Hey."
"Hey. So talk to eli?"
"yeah."
"so what did he say?"
"the usual. 'why? Were you spying on me or something? Just cuz we are step siblings does not mean I can't kiss someone else?'"
"harsh."
"oh look here he comes now." Grace says pointing at something behind Amanda.
Amanda turns around and sees Eli with his arm around another girl. Eli walks past and looks at Amanda and Grace.
"Come on Grace lets get to Class. You want to sit with us today instead of across and sending dirty looks?"
"Ok and sorry about the dirty looks thing. I guess I was just jealous."
"Jealous of moi? Why?"
"cuz you had the attention of Eli, Tad, and Mr. Dimitri, which I now totally understand. So sorry again."
"It's ok and I was jealous of you too. Because you got to live with Eli."
"Ok I know I would be jealous of that too if I was you."
"Shut up" Amanda said.
They entered the classroom and sat down at neighboring desks. Dimtri soon entered and began the class.
40 minutes later the class was over and the class was dismissed. Amanda asked Grace to stay a minute. Once everyone else was gone Amanda and Grace walked up to Mr. Dimitri's desk.
"Grace this is my dad, Mr. Dimitri." Amanda said pointing to Dimitri.
"Dad this is one of my friends Grace." Amanda said.
"Amanda I know who Grace is."
"yeah and I know Mr. Dimitri."
"I know but you haven't been properly introduced by me. I never got to do that."
After school, Alexa, Grace and Amanda were at Grace's house watching a movie in Grace's room.
"Nice room Grace." Amanda said. "I wish my dad would let me have my room like this."
"Thanks and what do you mean? Your room is cool and your dad is tres cool."
There was a knock at the door.
"come in." Grace said.
The door opened and Eli walked in.
"hey Grace, Alexa."
"Hey eli." Grace and Alexa said at the same time.
"umm grace could I talk to you for a minute? Outside?"
"ok."
Grace got up and followed Eli out the room and closed the door behind her.
Amanda looked at Alexa and they both got up and silently walked over to the wall. They pressed their ears against the walls but could hear nothing so they sat back down.
A few minutes later Grace reentered the room and told Amanda that Eli wanted to talk to her. Amanda got up and left the room.
She walked downstairs to Eli's room and knocked on the door. He opened it and she walked in.
"So Grace said you wanted to talk to me?"
"yeah umm so hows life?"
"its ok." Amanda replied.
"so Grace told me about your dad. So that's cool that he is your dad."
"most of the time."
They both laugh.
"so umm..." he said.
"ummm... what?"
"what I meant to say is ummm... we should sit down shouldn't we?" he said.
"I guess."
"so lets sit." He said motioning to the bed.
They sat down and Eli looked at his hands in his lap.
"so Amanda..."
"so Eli..."
Amanda got up and turned on the radio and started to do the funky chicken and then the hokey pokey, which caused Eli to laugh. Amanda stopped and sat back down beside Eli.
"why did you do that?"
"just wanted to lighten the mood." She replied.
"ok."
"yeah you should ask Grace, I'm crazy..."
"no your not."
"yes I am."
"no."
"ok maybe not. Can we move on to something else?"
"ok what?"
"I dunno."
"ok."
"so why did you want me to come down here?"
"I forgot."
"ok. Maybe I should go before they get worried."
"nah they wont worried cuz they are probably right outside the door."
"yeah probably."
"so are you going to school tomorrow?" Eli asked and then realizing how stupid it sounded he mentally kicked himself.
"umm I think so unless I find something better to do." She said joking. "well maybe I'll see you there."
"maybe. I should really get going."
"ok well see ya."
She got up and walked out.
"god eli why are you being like this. You never get shy around girls." He said to himself.
Upstairs in Grace's room, Alexa and Amanda were gathering up their schoolbooks and getting ready to go.
Later that night, at Amanda's house, she and Dimitri are sitting at the kitchen table. Dimitri was reading the previous night's homework.
"so I went over to Grace's house."
"ok."
"we passed around a bottle of tequila."
"that's great hon. Glad you had..... wait you did WHAT??????"
"Joking just wanted some attention."
"oh ok."
They went back to eating and after eating Amanda cleaned up while Dimitri went into the living room to continue. After she was done, Amanda walked into the living room and sat down beside him. She saw Grace's paper on top of the 'to read' pile. She picked it up and got up and walked over to the oversize chair in the corner.
She starts reading and when she was done she put it back on the pile. She walked down the hallway to her room and walked in and closed the door.
The next day, sitting at the table eating breakfast and reading the paper, Dimitri told Amanda that he had to go out of town the upcoming weekend to go to a teachers conference.
"what about me?"
"is there someone you could stay with? It would just be overnight and I know how you don't like to stay home alone overnight and I don't like you too either."
"maybe I could stay with Grace or Alexa. I'll see during school. But you might need to meet their parents."
"ok."
"I'm talking about Grace Mannings parents who from what Grace told me aren't too fond of you."
"hmmm well we see."
"ok. Well gotta go meet Grace. See ya at school." She got up, put her dishes in the dishwater and got her stuff and left.
Grace and Alexa pulled up in front of Amanda's house right as she walked out the door. Amanda got in and Grace started the car and drove down the street. On the way they talked about boys, school, and more boys.
They arrived at school and went their separate ways. A few hours later they met up in Mr. Dimitri room. Amanda had already been there for a few minutes when the others showed up.
"Hey Mr. Dimitri."
"Hello Alexa and Miss. Manning."
They took their seats and Mr. Dimitri passed out the previous nights homework. "like I thought 'A'" Amanda said to grace and Alexa after class.
"that's only because your close to the teacher." Grace said.
"just like you wanted to, Grace, Jealous Much?" Alexa said.
"no." Grace replied.
"oh grace I was wondering something. Would it be ok if I stayed at your house Saturday? My dad has to go to a conference or something."
"well I'll have to check with my parents but I think it will be ok."
"cool."
A couple of days later, Graces parents said it was ok and now Amanda and Grace are in Amanda's room trying to decide what Amanda needs to bring.
"Amanda you are just going to my house for one night. Your not going around the world in 80 days. Do you really need so much stuff?"
"yes."
"why?"
"just cuz."
"oook."
Later that night Grace and Amanda were sitting in Grace's room watching Scream.
"are you really mad at me for letting it slip earlier about Dimitri?"
Earlier at the table the manning/sammlers and Amanda were eating pepperoni pizza and talking about how school was. After dinner was over Mrs Sammler got the plates and went into the kitchen to clean up. Amanda followed.
"Amanda you don't have to help, you're a guest."
"I know and I don't mind."
"ok then. so Amanda how are you doing in school?"
"ok I guess I have to say that my best is English but it must be something in the genes cuz my dad, hes a writer and a English teacher."
"that must be nice. Having someone who can help. So where does he work?"
"Um at my school. You probably don't want to know who."
"Why not?"
"Umm, because you wont like him and I don't want you to not like me because of him."
"Amanda what are you talking about?" Mrs. Sammler said facing Amanda.
"I'm saying that the teacher that you despise is my father."
"Mr. Dimitri is your father?" Mrs. Sammler asked.
Amanda simply nodded.
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If you like the story show your support and review. I need the confidence boasters so I can get inspired to write more.
Sorry it took so long to update but I've haven't been concentrating and I hit a writers block with this and my other Once and Again story but I think I am over it.. End of Author Note)
"Honestly what Eli?" Grace asked.
"Grace if you don't know I'm not going to tell you." Eli said and got up and walked out.
Grace threw a pillow at the closed door.
"Ok be that way Eli." She said outloud.
The next day at school, Grace arrived at Dimitri's class before anyone. Dimitri was sitting at his desk writing. Grace sat in her chair and pulled out her notebook and started studying her notes.
A couple of minutes later, Amanda and Tad walked through the door and sat at their respective seats.
After Dimitri's class, Amanda and Alexa walked down to their next class. Stopping at Amanda's locker, so she could pick up her science notebook.
Continuing on their way, they passed Grace, who was looking out a window. Amanda stood beside her and looked out of the window and saw what Grace was looking at. Eli with his latest flavor of the week. A petite blonde who didn't look more than 16 or 17.
"Could he be more in public." Grace said.
"Probably." Amanda said.
"How?"
"He could be in the middle of a packed stadium."
"oh ok."
"you know what you need Grace?"
"What?"
"a day with the girls." Amanda.
"yeah Grace." Alexa added.
"ok. Where?" Grace asked.
"Hello where else.."
"THE MALL." Both Amanda and Alexa said at the same time.
"Ok."
"Cool we can take my car. We should meet outside at the doors after Dimitri's class."
"ok. Oh look at the time we gotta go to science." Alexa said.
The three girls went to their separate classes.
After school they met by the doors and Amanda led the way to her car. They got in and Amanda drove the car out of the parking lot.
Two hours later. The girls are sitting in Amanda's room. Talking about boys, Amanda brings up that she and Tad decided it wasn't working and that they broke up.
"and when did this happen?" Alexa asked.
"this morning. He came over before school and said we needed to talk and we were late so we caught up during lunch and went to the library and broke up. Quick simple a little pain." Amanda replied.
"oh ok."
The girls went back to work on their homework.
A couple hours later they were sharing a pizza at the mall. Amanda suddenly checked her watch and discovered it was getting late and that they matter get going.
After she had dropped Alexa off at her house, Amanda and Grace drove to Grace's house. Amanda pulled the car to the curb and turned the engine off.
"Grace I think there's something I should tell you."
"what? You and Tad didn't break up? You don't actually like Alexa? What"
"you know Mr. Dimitri." Pause. "sorry stupid question. Well umm he is my father and yes this is his car and I'm sorry I didn't tell you before."
Grace looked shocked. But she quickly got over it.
"So can I sleep over sometime?"
"Grace. I don't know. Would your parents allow you to sleep over at Dimitri's?"
"They will if they don't know you live with him."
"Ok"
"Cool well see you at school tomorrow."
"Ok see you."
Grace got out of the car and walked up to her house. Amanda drove away.
Later that evening, Tad called Amanda for some help on the homework.
"I don't know how to write what I feel."
"Well don't think and just write whatever comes to you. That's the good thing about computers you can delete something and add stuff without writing the whole thing over."
"ok I'll it thanks."
"you're welcome. Oh yeah guess what tad? I told Grace about my dad."
"what did she say?"
"she asked to sleep over."
"that's funny." He said laughing.
"I said what would her parents say. She said they wouldn't know."
Tad keeps laughing.
"Well I hope that she knows the truth, she'll be my friend again."
"Gawd Amanda you are truly something. You want Grace as a friend after what she's said about you."
"We all need as many friends as we can get. Well I better be going. Its getting late and dad wants me to go to bed."
"It's only 10 after 9."
"Yeah well my dads from the old school. Early to bed early to rise."
Tad laughs.
"Ok Amanda talk to you later."
"Later."
They both hang up their phones.
The next day at school, Grace walked over to Amanda in the hallway. "Hey."
"Hey. So talk to eli?"
"yeah."
"so what did he say?"
"the usual. 'why? Were you spying on me or something? Just cuz we are step siblings does not mean I can't kiss someone else?'"
"harsh."
"oh look here he comes now." Grace says pointing at something behind Amanda.
Amanda turns around and sees Eli with his arm around another girl. Eli walks past and looks at Amanda and Grace.
"Come on Grace lets get to Class. You want to sit with us today instead of across and sending dirty looks?"
"Ok and sorry about the dirty looks thing. I guess I was just jealous."
"Jealous of moi? Why?"
"cuz you had the attention of Eli, Tad, and Mr. Dimitri, which I now totally understand. So sorry again."
"It's ok and I was jealous of you too. Because you got to live with Eli."
"Ok I know I would be jealous of that too if I was you."
"Shut up" Amanda said.
They entered the classroom and sat down at neighboring desks. Dimtri soon entered and began the class.
40 minutes later the class was over and the class was dismissed. Amanda asked Grace to stay a minute. Once everyone else was gone Amanda and Grace walked up to Mr. Dimitri's desk.
"Grace this is my dad, Mr. Dimitri." Amanda said pointing to Dimitri.
"Dad this is one of my friends Grace." Amanda said.
"Amanda I know who Grace is."
"yeah and I know Mr. Dimitri."
"I know but you haven't been properly introduced by me. I never got to do that."
After school, Alexa, Grace and Amanda were at Grace's house watching a movie in Grace's room.
"Nice room Grace." Amanda said. "I wish my dad would let me have my room like this."
"Thanks and what do you mean? Your room is cool and your dad is tres cool."
There was a knock at the door.
"come in." Grace said.
The door opened and Eli walked in.
"hey Grace, Alexa."
"Hey eli." Grace and Alexa said at the same time.
"umm grace could I talk to you for a minute? Outside?"
"ok."
Grace got up and followed Eli out the room and closed the door behind her.
Amanda looked at Alexa and they both got up and silently walked over to the wall. They pressed their ears against the walls but could hear nothing so they sat back down.
A few minutes later Grace reentered the room and told Amanda that Eli wanted to talk to her. Amanda got up and left the room.
She walked downstairs to Eli's room and knocked on the door. He opened it and she walked in.
"So Grace said you wanted to talk to me?"
"yeah umm so hows life?"
"its ok." Amanda replied.
"so Grace told me about your dad. So that's cool that he is your dad."
"most of the time."
They both laugh.
"so umm..." he said.
"ummm... what?"
"what I meant to say is ummm... we should sit down shouldn't we?" he said.
"I guess."
"so lets sit." He said motioning to the bed.
They sat down and Eli looked at his hands in his lap.
"so Amanda..."
"so Eli..."
Amanda got up and turned on the radio and started to do the funky chicken and then the hokey pokey, which caused Eli to laugh. Amanda stopped and sat back down beside Eli.
"why did you do that?"
"just wanted to lighten the mood." She replied.
"ok."
"yeah you should ask Grace, I'm crazy..."
"no your not."
"yes I am."
"no."
"ok maybe not. Can we move on to something else?"
"ok what?"
"I dunno."
"ok."
"so why did you want me to come down here?"
"I forgot."
"ok. Maybe I should go before they get worried."
"nah they wont worried cuz they are probably right outside the door."
"yeah probably."
"so are you going to school tomorrow?" Eli asked and then realizing how stupid it sounded he mentally kicked himself.
"umm I think so unless I find something better to do." She said joking. "well maybe I'll see you there."
"maybe. I should really get going."
"ok well see ya."
She got up and walked out.
"god eli why are you being like this. You never get shy around girls." He said to himself.
Upstairs in Grace's room, Alexa and Amanda were gathering up their schoolbooks and getting ready to go.
Later that night, at Amanda's house, she and Dimitri are sitting at the kitchen table. Dimitri was reading the previous night's homework.
"so I went over to Grace's house."
"ok."
"we passed around a bottle of tequila."
"that's great hon. Glad you had..... wait you did WHAT??????"
"Joking just wanted some attention."
"oh ok."
They went back to eating and after eating Amanda cleaned up while Dimitri went into the living room to continue. After she was done, Amanda walked into the living room and sat down beside him. She saw Grace's paper on top of the 'to read' pile. She picked it up and got up and walked over to the oversize chair in the corner.
She starts reading and when she was done she put it back on the pile. She walked down the hallway to her room and walked in and closed the door.
The next day, sitting at the table eating breakfast and reading the paper, Dimitri told Amanda that he had to go out of town the upcoming weekend to go to a teachers conference.
"what about me?"
"is there someone you could stay with? It would just be overnight and I know how you don't like to stay home alone overnight and I don't like you too either."
"maybe I could stay with Grace or Alexa. I'll see during school. But you might need to meet their parents."
"ok."
"I'm talking about Grace Mannings parents who from what Grace told me aren't too fond of you."
"hmmm well we see."
"ok. Well gotta go meet Grace. See ya at school." She got up, put her dishes in the dishwater and got her stuff and left.
Grace and Alexa pulled up in front of Amanda's house right as she walked out the door. Amanda got in and Grace started the car and drove down the street. On the way they talked about boys, school, and more boys.
They arrived at school and went their separate ways. A few hours later they met up in Mr. Dimitri room. Amanda had already been there for a few minutes when the others showed up.
"Hey Mr. Dimitri."
"Hello Alexa and Miss. Manning."
They took their seats and Mr. Dimitri passed out the previous nights homework. "like I thought 'A'" Amanda said to grace and Alexa after class.
"that's only because your close to the teacher." Grace said.
"just like you wanted to, Grace, Jealous Much?" Alexa said.
"no." Grace replied.
"oh grace I was wondering something. Would it be ok if I stayed at your house Saturday? My dad has to go to a conference or something."
"well I'll have to check with my parents but I think it will be ok."
"cool."
A couple of days later, Graces parents said it was ok and now Amanda and Grace are in Amanda's room trying to decide what Amanda needs to bring.
"Amanda you are just going to my house for one night. Your not going around the world in 80 days. Do you really need so much stuff?"
"yes."
"why?"
"just cuz."
"oook."
Later that night Grace and Amanda were sitting in Grace's room watching Scream.
"are you really mad at me for letting it slip earlier about Dimitri?"
Earlier at the table the manning/sammlers and Amanda were eating pepperoni pizza and talking about how school was. After dinner was over Mrs Sammler got the plates and went into the kitchen to clean up. Amanda followed.
"Amanda you don't have to help, you're a guest."
"I know and I don't mind."
"ok then. so Amanda how are you doing in school?"
"ok I guess I have to say that my best is English but it must be something in the genes cuz my dad, hes a writer and a English teacher."
"that must be nice. Having someone who can help. So where does he work?"
"Um at my school. You probably don't want to know who."
"Why not?"
"Umm, because you wont like him and I don't want you to not like me because of him."
"Amanda what are you talking about?" Mrs. Sammler said facing Amanda.
"I'm saying that the teacher that you despise is my father."
"Mr. Dimitri is your father?" Mrs. Sammler asked.
Amanda simply nodded.
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