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A/N: So, only one person reviewed. That's a little disappointing. But no matter I will continue and hope that people will review for the second chapter. And to blackwing angel: Thanks for your review and idea! I think I'll use it. Yeah, I definitely will. Thanks again and keep reviewing!

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Chapter 2

Stephanie reached over the table and poured some more cereal into her half empty bowl. Stuffing a large spoonful into her mouth she turned a page of her book, which was propped up against the milk carton. Her eyes traveled its educational contents attempting to remember the basics of corporate law.

As she wondered what the heck indemnification was and if the Board of Directors had anything to do with it her grandma walked in tying a long cotton bathrobe around herself. " Oh, good morning, honey," she said once she spotted Stephanie at the table.

" Hey, Grandma," she said turning from the book.

" You should've waited till I was awake I would have made you breakfast."

" That's ok. I found the cereal."

Kim eyed the cereal disapprovingly, " Are you sure, honey? Because I could make you some eggs or something."

Stephanie smiled, "No, I'm fine, Grandma," then after thinking for a while she asked, " Grandma? If you don't like the cereal, why do you buy it?"

"

Oh," Kim said fixing some tea for herself, " just in case someone comes to visit."

Stephanie felt a wave of guilt come over her. Her family hardly ever visited, and her family was the only one that came and stayed with her. They just lived the closest and her aunts and uncles could only afford to come once a year. She didn't know why she felt so guilty, she tried to come as often as she could, which probably wasn't often enough. But she was here now and she was going to try and make up for lost time.

" What's that your reading?" her grandma asked pointing to the book as she sat down at the head of the table.

"Hmm? Oh," droned Stephanie, " Basics of Corporate Law."

"Oh," her grandma said nodding, " Looks complicated."

" Kinda, but it gets a little bit easier after you learn to decipher the language. They mostly repeat themselves."

" Mmm. Aren't you a little young to be reading this stuff? I mean your only seventeen," Kim pointed out.

"Yeah," Stephanie sighed, " But you know my parents, always trying to ' make me the best I can be'."

"Yes, I know your parents," Kim agreed. They sat in silence for a while as Stephanie continued reading the articles of Corporation, until Kim finally said, "But your parents aren't here. I thought you were suppose to be taking a break."

" I am suppose to be," Stephanie replied looking up from the book, "But my parents have this, like, supernatural thing where they can tell I'm not studying."

Her grandma gave her a dubious look. "I'm serious!" Stephanie exclaimed, "Its like, its…its crazy! They seriously called me one time when I stayed with Aunt Pauline and told me to study. I hadn't pick up a book for two day! I'm telling you they're paranoid with my education."

Kim just raised her eye brows and continued to drink her tea. Stephanie returned to her book for a few seconds and then looked up again saying, " I mean, really. I graduated from high school early for them, I skipped a grade. They're just never happy. Never. I come home with a 3.9 and they're like, and they say this, they're like, ' That's unacceptable, you won't get anywhere with grades like that.' Can you believe them?"

" I know its difficult, honey, but they're just doing what they think is best for you,"her grandma said sympathetically.

" I know, Grandma," Stephanie said, " Its just… I just get so tired of it sometimes. But," she said closing her eyes and breathing in deeply, " I'm going to do my best and show them that I can."

Kim grinned and simply said, "Good."

After another couple of minutes her grandma broke the silence, " How about we look at the photo album," she suggested.

Stephanie was about to protest but one look at her grandma's hopeful eyes and she couldn't. Her grandmother loved showing the pictures of when she was younger and beautiful. " Alright, grandma," she relented getting up from her seat and following her grandma into the living room. She sat down on the sofa and Kim grabbed the old photo book off of the coffee table in front of them.

As her grandmother pointed at each picture and recounted each of the memories Stephanie's eyes journeyed the reminiscences. She had seen them several times already but paid attention anyways. Not that she was particularly interested, but her grandma was just so enthusiastic about them she thought it only polite.

" I looked a lot like you do now, when I was younger," she was saying, "Except your hair is blonder, that would be because of your mother. But we still have the same brown eyes."

Stephanie nodded and looked over the portrait picture of her grandmother. They did look a like the same facial features except Stephanie had higher cheek bones and her lips weren't as full. As she gazed at the picture a locket she had never noticed before caught her eye. It looked nice and she wondered if she still had it. Perhaps she could barrow it. She knew the perfect outfit it could go with. "Hey, Grandma?"

"Yes, dear?" Kim stopped in her rambling.

" Do you still have that locket?" she asked pointing to it.

"Oh," Kim said as if she had just remembered it from many years ago, "Edward gave me that locket."

"Edward?" Stephanie asked, confused. Her grandmother rarely talked about him.

" Yes, the man with the scissors," her grandmother replied impatiently.

" So this picture was taken after you met him?"

"Of course it was, child, use your head."

Puzzled by her grandmother's briskness as a reaction to the locket she said, " But you didn't say her gave you a locket."

"Minor detail, I didn't think about it."

"So… do you still have it?"

Her grandmother sighed, "No, no I don't."

"Well… what happened to it?"

"I don't know, perhaps…" Kim became very thoughtful for a moment, " Yes… yes, of course!"

"What?" Stephanie cried becoming more and more confused.

"Listen," her grandmother said, turning solemnly to her, "I need you to go up to the mansion on the hill."

"What?" she cried once again, " You told me never to go up there!"

" I know what I told you!" she said fiercely. Stephanie's eyes opened wide at her grandma's anger. "But I'm telling you now," she began more gently, "I need you to go up there and see if Edwards there and ask him for the locket."

"But, is it safe? All these years you've told me never to go up there."

"That's not the reason why," her grandma said guiltily.

Ok, this is getting way to confusing, Stephanie thought. Apparently her grandma could read minds, or at least facial expressions and she said, " The reason was purely selfish, but I won't go into detail," she added seeing Stephanie's questioning face. "Will you do it?" she asked again, eyes pleading.

"Grandma," Stephanie sighed, " Why can't you?"

"Darling, you know I can't go anywhere with my health. I even have to pay someone to go grocery shopping for me," she answered.

Stephanie rolled her head back and closed her eyes, then she straightened her neck and opened her eyes looking immediately into her grandma's beseeching ones. She rubbed the back of her neck and said reluctantly, " Alright, Grandma."

Joy spread itself across Kim's aged face as she took Stephanie's face in her hands and kissed her forehead, "Thank you, dear."

"But I'm not going till tomorrow," Stephanie said.

"Why? It's still early in the morning," Kim said, hopes dashed a little. She had wanted news from Edward today, any news.

"Because, it's going to get me all day and night to get up my courage," she replied sheepishly.

A/N: So… what'd ya think? Really bad by the way. I'm just sooo tired. And Ed is going to be in the next chapter, if anyone reviews. And ideas about why the locket is so important are welcome. I have a few floating around in my head, but