Chapter 1

"Oh, sorry I didn't realise anyone was here" Grace blushed furiously at Eli who was sprawled across the couch.

"Obviously" Eli looked at her appraisingly, that all too familiar smirk on his face. Grace looked down at what she was wearing, oh yeah, definitely embarrass worthy. Why had she decided to go down stairs before she got dressed like she usually did. Oh yeah, that's right, no one was supposed to be home.

"Ah did you want something" Grace looked up at the sound of Eli's amused voice, "or were you just planning on staring at yourself all day"

"Get stuffed Eli" Grace said angrily, glaring at him before turning on her heals to flee back up the stairs.

"Grace wait, I'm sorry" Eli called after her.

"What do you want?" Grace hesitated on the stairs, something about his voice made her consider that he might in fact mean it.

"You should know me well enough by now to know when I'm serious Grace. It was just a joke"

"You know Eli, your right. Considering we live together I should know you well enough by now, but I don't. And as far as I can see, that wasn't my decision"

'Jerk' Eli scolded himself as he watched her disappear up the stairs again. 'Why can't you just be nice to her for once' he asked himself, and then realized that he already knew the answer.

He couldn't be nice to her, because that's exactly what he wanted to do, he thought as images of her smooth bare legs flashed into his mind. 'Stop it!' he told himself. When they had moved he had made himself a promise and it was one he'd managed to keep.

It wasn't easy though. Living in the house with the one person you wanted to jump every time you saw them was far from it. But it had to be that way, he was Eli Sammler, cool, confident, popular. And Grace was... well Grace was confident, and surprisingly cool, but she definitely wasn't popular. She just wasn't his type and that was it.

Then why did he still want to grab her every time he saw her.

"I don't understand what you see in him anyway" Grace shook her head causing her friend to laugh.

"Come one Grace, you can see it just as well as me. Eli is gorgeous. He has a great body. Plus his in a band" Carla said a small smile creeping onto her face, "what more could a girl want?"

"Ah, for us to have at least one conversation that doesn't end in me walking away" Grace groaned, she was still angry from what had happened that morning.

"Grace, he's your step brother, you aren't meant to get along. But then again" Carla looked at her thoughtfully, "what you described sounds like plain old sexual tension to me. What were you wearing again?" she asked raising an eyebrow then ducking to avoid the pillow Grace tossed her way.

"You know it isn't like that" Grace glared at her, sitting up from where she lay on the bed.

"Yeah I guess not, you aren't exactly his type"

"Dude, you're telling me she walked out practically in her underwear and you didn't even slightly like what you saw"

"Coop, she's like my sister. That would be wrong" Eli said as he picked up his guitar, "no, wait, that would be illegal".

"Since when did that bother you?" Coop laughed, picking up his own guitar, "and anyway, it's not like I'm telling you to go have sex with her or anything, I mean I would, but then that would be like, weird"

"You want to have sex with Grace? Are you fucking crazy?" Eli yelled.

"No I meant you, having sex with Grace, its one thing to look, but touching is a different story altogether" he answered with a smile.

"You know what you need?" Carla asked watching as finished the last of the cookie dough ice cream that was in front of her, "a night out. You need to relax girl, have some fun"

"Ah, I don't know... I'm um," Grace stumbled over her words, the last thing she wanted was a night out, "busy, that's it" she said triumphantly "I've got to baby sit Zoë tonight" she said using the first excuse that came to her mind.

"Come on Grace, you think I don't know you better than that? I'm your best friend remember. We are going out tonight and you are going to have fun. Come on Gracie, you never come out with me" she rolled her eyes at her friends use of her childhood nickname. Best friend? Yeah that's why they once were, but lately Grace had been feeling different around Carla, things had stopped being fun, she was sick of going to parties and sitting in some corner alone while Carla was out there hooking up with some random guy she had only just met.

"You know what Carla you're right. I do need to have some fun. What have you got planned?"

Its funny now thinking back on that da.y God, I was so embarrassed. It's amazing how much I have changed since then. After everything that has happened, that should just be a fading memory. But it isn't. Because that was the day that changed everything.

How often can you say 'that was the moment that changed everything' because even though I didn't know it at the time, it did. And it was only just the beginning.

Authors Note: I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who reviewed my first chapter, it was great to hear so much positive feedback. I really enjoyed writing it as it's completely different to the other fan fics I have written.This chapter isn't anything special, just something to set the story up, your feedback would be greatly appreciated.