A/N: SORRY IT'S TAKEN AWHILE TO REWRITE BUT I FIGURED IF IM HOME ON MY COMPUTER I SHOULD WORK ON MY BOOK. 12000 WORDS GOING STRONG. ANYHOO, HERE'S CH. 2 AND I HOPE JU LIKE IT.

SAM:

At about six in the morning, Grace had to get up for school. Well, actually I just woke up and she had to get up anyway. My voice was soft and light, "Grace. You have to get up now." She shooed my away. Damn. I took her face in my hands and I kissed her softly. She reached behind her head nonchalantly and pulled the pillow out from under her head. It plopped down softly onto the sheets with me face still stuck to hers. What was she doing?

She flipped over and pressed the pillow down onto my face, pretending to playfully smother me. I futilely attempted to save myself and then went limp. Hoping she would fall for it, I forgot that I knew Grace, tactful Grace. Instead she sat on my stomach, and with my grunt from impact she took the pillow off my face.

"Never wake me up from school again, or next time there will be no mercy." she said finally moseying off the bed and toward the dresser.

"looking forward to it." I wasn't nearly as tired as she said she was. She pulled on a blue tank top with a zebra on it and squeezed into some light skinny jeans and a pair of beige hiking boots. When she was done in the bathroom, I got out of bed and pulled on some jeans too, but that's all I needed. We headed out to the kitchen and leaned against the counter while eating cheerios. 'What do you want to do today?" she asked.

"HMM. I say that we take a trip to the memorial day fair on main street and hit up the fireworks display after some dinner. Sound good?"

"Yep" as she replied the door opened and Cole walked through in only some shorts and a pair of sneakers holding an ipod. Obviously he had been out for a morning run. He waved casually and walked past us only speaking one phrase, "Nice rack, Brisbane." You could see a lot of cleavage from the way she was leaning over the counter.

She retaliated, "Nice trip, St. Clair." He was forming a 'what?' but it never came out because Grace stuck her foot out under Cole when he wasn't looking and he went down like a ton of bricks. He grunted when he hit the ground. I huffed a laugh and gave Grace a high five. We left with Cole still on the floor.

I hopped in the car and opened the windows to smell the new and warm air, it was supposed to get to eighty later. "Beck wants to have us for dinner tonight at his new place in Duluth. After that we'll head out to the fair."

"When did you hear about this?"

"Just now." I held up my phone and showed her the text. She took the hand that wasn't on the wheel and held it in her hand and bit one of my fingers softly between her teeth. Blink 182's Rock Show came on and she turned up the volume. It's not really my type of music but she likes it so whatever. After that, apparently a marathon of Blink, Man Overboard. Then Always, then Feeling This, and finally ending with What's My Age Again, All the Small Things, Down, and Transvestite. When that ended we were pulling into the school parking lot when Rachel came bounding towards us only to rip open the door and practically sit on my lap to get to Grace. "O my God! Grace, John Marx has been waiting outside the building since I got here for zero period with flowers and a huge card with Grace inscribed on it." she turned to Sam, "So, Boy, be warned. Don't hurt the man."

She hopped out and lent me a hand. I told Sam to stay close behind me as we approached John at the entrance. His face lit up when he spotted me. I stopped Rachel in her tracks and I went the rest of the distance by myself. I saw Sam leaning against a pillar on the far side, watching as I had asked. When I gat their I spoke first, awkward and nervous. "Hey, John."

"Grace, I want to give you these." he handed me what he held.

"Oh" smile "Why?"

"Because I would like to take you to the fair tonight." smug grin.

"Like as a date?"

"Yeah." his face dropped a little bit when I put accent on date but it came right back up like a ball.

"Oh, John, You know I have a boyfriend." I put a hand behind my back and signaled for Sam to head this way.