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Luke didn't expect Grace to agree, but she did. The look of surprise was evident on his face, and Grace couldn't help but laugh.

"You really want to go away with me?" Luke asked, still not sure if he had been hearing things.

"Yup."

"Just you and me?"

"Yup."

"With no parents what-so-ever?"

"Do you want me to say no?" Grace asked, arching her eyebrow. Luke quickly shook his head.

"I'm just shocked," Luke explained. Grace shrugged it off, and stood up from the couch. She raised her arms, and stretched. Her tank top rode up, leaving some of her stomach exposed. A glint of silver told Luke that Grace's belly button ring still inhabited her navel. He licked his lips, that ring having been the subject of a few late night fantasies.

"Dude, you're staring," Grace commented, noticing Luke's far away look.

"Uh... right..." Luke said, uncomfortably. "Well, you should get a bag ready. And some sleep, because I might fall asleep at the wheel if I'm sleeping in my car."

"Nah, you're not sleeping in your car. You'll sleep in my room," Grace said. A look of surprise crossed Luke's face, but Grace just shrugged. "You know, on the floor." Luke's goofy grin subsided a little, but he was still smiling.

"Fine, fine." He was only human. A teenage boy, to be exact.

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The next morning, the two teens snuck out of the Polanksi house, making their way to Luke's car. Luke started the car, noticing that he was in need of some gas. When Grace got in, they drove off to the nearest gas station.

"Shouldn't you two be in school?" asked the gruff gas station attending. Luke shook his head, hoping that Grace would hurry up at the bank. "Your girlfriend over there looks on the up and up, but you look a little young..." he said, scratching his balding head.

"I look young for my age..." Luke lied, trying his best to sound sincere. But lying was never a strong point for him.

The attending eyed Luke one last time before replying, "All right. That'll be $20 for the gas and snacks."

Luke payed the man, and waited for Grace to come back. When she did, her face looked a little pale. "Dude, we should get going."

"Why?"

"Just drive geek, and I'll explain!" Grace exclaimed. Luke did what he was told, and took off towards the highway. "Dude, your mom was in the bank. I slipped out without her seeing me, or at least I think she didn't see me..."

The trip up to the cabin took most of the day, and the two teenagers stopped in the small town just before the cabin to buy some groceries. The woman at the cashier was checking Luke out, which annoyed Grace.

"Do you have some sort of staring problem?" Grace snapped, unable to take it any longer. Luke looked up from where he was counting change, and the young woman seemed taken back.

"Excuse me?" the blond cashier asked. Luke looked back and forth from his girlfriend, back to the cashier, and then back to Grace.

"You heard me, quit staring at my boyfriend," Grace said with as much venom as she could muster.

"Oh, I didn't know he was your boyfriend," the cashier sneered, "but he looks familiar. Are you Luke Girardi?"

Luke looked surprised. "Yeah. Who are you?" he asked, unsure who this blond was. Her name tag said "Cindy", and Luke could have sworn she looked familiar also.

"Cindy DuChamp. Remember we used to go swimming together whenever you'd come up with your family?" she asked, acting like those were the best days of her life.

"Oh yeah. I remember you," Luke said. "You had that green bathing suit. Yeah, yeah. Okay, I know who you are." Grace inwardly groaned. She didn't need this right now.

"Can you people hurry it up?" asked an old woman behind them, with a basket full of dog food. "I need to get home to feed my dogs."

"Keep your nylons on, we were just leaving," Grace said, before dragging Luke out of the store.

"Where you jealous?" Luke asked, as they lifted the food into the trunk.

"Jealous?" Grace laughed. "Never. I was just tiered of the blond dits' attitude."

Luke smiled. "You can be jealous, you know."

"Yeah, yeah. Now let's get up to that cabin so I can get some sleep. You snore, dude." Luke laughed and both teens got into the car.

The cabin came into view, a beautiful wooden cabin with flowers growing all around, and Luke suddenly felt content. He had always loved the peace and tranquility of the small cabin, with the vast lake in the back. It was such a change to his normal life, it felt so very refreshing.

Grace couldn't help but marvel at the beauty of the place. How the trees were just high enough to cover the cabin, but yet not cover the sky, and how all the plants were vivid and colourful. The lake was viewable from the front, it's shining surface stretched out for miles.

"Ah, I feel home now," Luke sighed happily. "I feel home, without my family. I think this is one vacation I won't have to wish my family drowned in the lake."

Grace sniggered. "Sometimes I wish your sister would drown too. But we can't all get what we want," she said, pushing past Luke. She grabbed the keys out of his hand, and walked up to the front door. "Are you coming, or are you just gonna stare at the lake for the next few weeks?"

"Yeah, I'm coming," Luke said, picking up his bags. He stepped inside the cabin after Grace, and smiled. It was exactly as they had left it, with the exception of dust everywhere.

There was a beautiful fireplace, made with grey stone. On the mantle was a picture of the Girardi family, years ago. Luke was wearing his braces, and Kevin was standing, in the picture. Grace laughed at how funny Luke looked, and how Joan looked funny in her one-piece bathing suit. "Mom wouldn't let her buy a two piece. It was either that, or a granny suit. She chose that," Luke explained. "Blackmail," was Grace's respond.

The living room, where the fireplace was, was joined to the little kitchen, where a fridge, a stove and an old table resided. Luckily, the fridge and the stove where still in good working conditions. It seems as thought the Girardi parents payed their electric bills for the cabin.

Luke and Grace unloaded their groceries, storing the stuff in the fridge and the small cupboard. They were still full from lunch, having ate at the small diner in the town, before coming up to the cabin.

They went upstairs and went to their separate rooms. Grace was to use Joan's old room, while Luke would use his and Kevin's old room. They unpacked their clothes, and met in the hallway to start cleaning up the place.

Once they were done, Grace made some hot chocolate, and Luke started a fire. The two sat down on the graying couch, and watched the sun set from the window next to the fire place.

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Author's note: Not quite sure where this one's going. Just gonna go with the flow, see where this story goes. I LOVE reviews, yet out of the 100 people who've read this story, 5 reviewed for the last chapter. :(