Author's notes: I own no part of the show Once and Again, nor do I own any part of the song Someday We'll Know. I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone reading this and also thanks so very much for your patience. Real life has been getting in the way of my writing but hopefully I'm back and on a calmer schedule now and can update regularly! Thanks so much for reading, thanks so much for your feedback and I hope yall enjoy!

One day I'll go
Dancing on the moon

They made love. Years of torment, denial, hiding, and fear were forgotten as two souls merged together. They talked of love and fears. They talked about their future and touched on questions from the past. They talked and they laughed.

Some time later, sleep overtook them and neither had ever slumbered more peacefully. Eli and Grace dreamt of each other and their love, realizing their lives had blissfully changed. Neither thought about their respective families. Neither thought about what disasters that night could hold. Neither thought anything could ruin the love and passion they just shared.

Eli was the first awake. He felt his body jerk as he began to rouse and felt an arm around him, a warm body beside him, and long brown hair across his chest. He smiled. 'Beautiful Grace. It was real. This really happened. She loves me. Why? Why would a woman like Grace love me after all the pain I've caused her since the day we met? Why would she love me after all the mistakes I've made in my life? I don't deserve her. So what if I've cleaned up my act and turned it all around. She can't possibly forget the past. God she's beautiful.' Eli kissed the top of her head, sighed, and closed his heavy lids. 'I'll just sleep a few more minutes and then I'll wake her. We've got plenty of time.' Eli never realized the seconds on the clock were ticking away faster and faster.

The sound of faint snoring brought Grace out of her dream. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw a chest. 'A nice chest. Eli's been working out. Eli. He loves me. After all these years, we finally broke down the idiotic barriers around our hearts and gave in to our love. I love this beautiful man more than I ever imagined I could love another.' Grace sighed and realized she had her arm across his stomach. She felt a sharp pain run through her other arm and realized Eli was lying on it. She wanted to be as gentle and quiet as possible so she woudn't wake him but knew she had to stop the pain in her arm. 'Well, they don't discuss this in any romance novel. Excruciating pain in one's arm caused by their lover isn't discussed in health books either. Hmm, how do I politely get the man of my dreams off my arm so I can move it at some point in the future?'

She wanted to laugh. She knew if she laughed the spell would be broken so she held it in. 'Well now my stomach hurts from trying not to laugh at this silly situation I'm in. Why am I worried about any of this? Why am I trying so hard not to spoil any sort of moment that could occur after we wake up? He loves me dammit. I am an idiot. I am simply too old to be worrying about adolescent things. I will just quickly yank my arm out from under him. That should work. No more pain for me and maybe I will have my arm out so quickly, he wont wake up. I'll count and then pull and my arm should be free. One, two, three.'

Grace tried to get her arm out from under his body but she couldn't. She must have jerked too hard because she felt him move. Grace could no longer hold it in and burst out laughing. Eli woke up, sat straight up in bed and yelled "WHAT?" He sat there a moment and realized where he was and then remembered he was not alone. A lazy grin covered his face and he looked at Grace. 'She's laughing. What in the world is she laughing about?'

"Grace, you are laughing at me. I was snoring wasn't I? What's wrong? Are you okay?" Eli watched as Grace lifted her arm up and then held it with her other hand. He smiled and realized what happened as he lay back down and put his arms around her. "Grace, I was on your arm. I'm sorry." He didn't mean to laugh. He couldn't help but laugh. Soon the two were laughing together. "I'm so glad we can still laugh. You and I used to laugh a lot didn't we? We both cried back then but we laughed too. Sometimes I miss those days. Yeah, I know, we were in denial but I liked being in the same place with you all the time. I knew that if I walked downstairs or if I walked out of the garage and into the kitchen I'd see you. Just knowing I could be in the same room with you whenever I wanted gave me this feeling inside I could never explain. Not until now." Eli paused and remembered the moment in the backyard when he found her and realized what she meant to him and smiled.

"Home. Grace you are home to me. When I left I wasn't whole anymore. I left most of myself here. I'd write about you and that would help a little. I would wish I was back home but then when I thought about coming back here to visit I could never find the courage. I'd made plans a few times to visit. Honest. I just couldn't bring myself to get in the car and drive or convince myself to buy a ticket. Oh, and don't think there wasn't at least 30 people yelling at me to come home and see you. They guys in the band, whatever extra crewmembers we had at various times, even complete strangers at clubs would tell me I need to find this woman I'm singing about and tell her how I feel. Zoe wrote me letters asking why I never visited and then there's Jessie. My sister was practically begging me to come home and see you. She always knew. God, you remember those days when she'd be so upset when you and I would talk or hang out or even if we looked at each other for a second longer than necessary. My little sister always knew what you and I could never admit."

Grace looked in Eli's eyes and was finally able to see through to the deepest part of his soul. He'd let her in. "I miss the good times from those days. Although, I don't want to relive those years and feel the pain all over again. Watching you try and destroy yourself, that hurt me as much as it hurt your mom and dad. Now here we are. Healthy, happy, and in love. Although, I was always in love with you, you simply never knew. Wait, you wrote about me? What about what's-her-name? I thought all your songs were about her. Where is she by the way? I thought you were bringing her to the wedding. I could have sworn mom told me she would be here. What? What's that look for? Eli?" Grace looked at him and watched his face blush and a smile creep across it. "Eli Sammler, what did you do?"

"Sweetheart, I don't know how to tell you this. I didn't intentionally lie to you. I guess I lied but I did it to save myself. She, uh, she doesn't exist. No, now I've dated a few women here and there. Not many and there was no one special. But then I found out through the grapevine, actually an entire vineyard, that you were happy and in love and I couldn't stand it. I couldn't talk to your mom on the phone and hear all about you and your happiness and then not have a thing to tell her about my life except the band and the newest song I wrote for her daughter. I couldn't tell my mom that there was no one special in my life because I was pining away for my stepsister that she was convinced I hated. I simply invented a woman that was the complete opposite of you. Bleached platinum blonde hair, crystal blue eyes with nothing in them, no brain, madly in love with me and someone that agreed with everything I said. See, completely opposite of you. Well, except maybe the madly in love with me part. You are madly in love with me right? I mean, you wouldn't be lying here in bed with me if you weren't would you?" Eli chuckled as Grace playfully punched him.

"You do realize we need to get up." Grace wanted to stay in bed all night but she knew they couldn't. 'Not yet. I have to face the family. I have to face Geoff.' Grace once more found herself wanting to give in to desire and forget about the outside world.

"What time is it? Okay, we still have a while so lets just take another nap because I need to feel you next to me. Grace, there is no feeling in the world that compares to how I feel right this moment. I am happy. Honestly one hundred percent completely utterly positively content with my life. I don't think I have ever been able to say that in all the years I've been in this world. I've been happy before but never complete and I am now because of you. No, I'm not going to get all romantic and start quoting movies. You know me better than that. Odd though that I immediately realized I was so close to quoting a movie. Mmm, anyway, lets go back to sleep. I'll set the alarm so we don't sleep all night even though I know its what we both wanna do. Okay now sleep. And keep your arms out from underneath me so you don't get hurt again. I am sorry." Eli stroked Grace's hair until he heard her breathing steady and slow and knew she was sleeping. 'I suppose I talked you to sleep. Not sure I should think that I have a soothing voice that calms you so completely or if I simply bored you to sleep.' He shut his eyes and fell back into a deep, content slumber.

Neither Eli nor Grace heard the car pull into the driveway. They didn't hear the car door slam. They didn't hear the doorbell or the knock on the front door. They didn't know he walked into the house and called out their names. They were asleep lying in each other's arms dreaming of the beautiful love they made. The lovers didn't hear him open the bedroom door, never saw him enter the room, and never heard his gasp.