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Throughout the day Ace keeps looking at the picture. While Graham and Ryan catch up, Ryan keeps asking questions about Ace and watches as Graham's face glows each time he talks about her. Later that night after Ryan is gone there is a knock on Graham's door. "Liam?"

"I need to talk to you," Graham opens the door wide enough to let Liam in.

"Do you want some tea or something to drink?"

"Tea is fine with me, but you may want something harder."

With worry creeping into his voice even though he just got off the phone with Ace a few minutes ago, "is Ace ok."

Liam is glad to hear Graham's thought is of Ace. "She's fine, but I am here to talk about her, well you and her."

"What do you mean?"

"Do you like her?"

"I do." Graham sits down, "what is this about."

"When the time comes that the two of you start dating, you better treat her right."

"I will."

"Everyone can tell that the two like each other, and there was a realization on how far my sister's feelings go for you. I don't know you well enough to know how deep yours go for her, all I know is how you look at her and you got worried when I said we needed to talk."

"I like your sister a lot, I just don't know how to go about it, I am widowed, and Grace was the first to make a move."

"Why not you?"

"She was my nurse when I had cancer."

"You had cancer?"

"I did."

"Does my sister know?"

"She does, she makes sure I go in for regular check ups."

"Do you?"

"I go more frequently than needed to swage Ace's fears."

"How often do you need to go?"

"Since I have been in remission for over four years, once a year. Since I met Ace, I go every two months."

"You must really like her."

"She has become my best friend."

"What would you do for her?"

"Anything, her smile lights up the room," Graham smiles thinking of Ace's smile.

"You're thinking of it right now aren't you?"

"What would you say if I was?"

Liam pointed to Graham's phone, "call her."

"We just got off the phone not long before you showed up."

"The two of you talked twice today?"

"We did, we normally do," Graham furrows his eyebrows.

"Tegan, Nyssa and I after we read the article went to check on her."

"Thank you, Ace told me about it."

"You didn't check the news first?"

"No, I made my morning coffee, then called Ace. Each morning the two people I want to talk to before I read the news are Ryan and Ace."

"You need to ask my sister out."

"I don't know how, but when I think about it; I get nervous."

"You have been thinking about it?"

"I have, how can I not. I already love spending most of my free time with her already."

"You want the benefits?"

"Like hand holding, and kissing," Graham adds.

"Nothing more?"

"You are her brother?"

"And you are attracted to her in the most primal way aren't you?"

"I am attracted to everything about her, most importantly her heart."

"It's ok, when I met my sister, one of the guys I was hanging out with kept asking me about her, even though we literally just met."

"Umm."

"Don't worry I won't tell Ace anything you tell me."

"There are things I am still working on, I like your sister a lot, she is the first person I have liked since losing Grace."

"I am glad my sister is the first."

Smiling, "I am too, she is amazing."

"I am going to head out, but you need to take the plunge and ask her out." Liam leaves and Graham goes back to his thoughts. "Grace, I am ready to move on, but I don't know how to do it." Graham looks at the picture of the two on their wedding day, "I think I am falling for Ace, but I want you to remain in my heart too." Graham sets down the picture and goes over to his laptop and goes to where he saved the picture, 'I do look at Ace like I looked at Grace.' Graham gets ready for bed, his heart stuck between two women.

'Graham, Graham O'Brien,' Graham is fast asleep as he hears a voice he doesn't hear anymore.

'Grace?'

'It's me, it's ok to move on, I have been watching you and Ryan everyday, this Ace is perfect for you.'

'I feel like it, are you sure it's ok?'

'Of course I am, I want you to be happy.'

'I have been happier in the past six months than I have been since I lost you.'

'I know, I was also watching everything happen last night.'

'I am so sorry about Lisa.'

'She has a habit of falling for people who like others. She should've told you before yesterday that she liked you.'

'I would've told her the same, I look at her like a sister.'

'I know that. I also know one day she will find someone, that Liam seemed to have a good heart.'

'From what Ace has told me, he does, should I see if he is single and likes Lisa.'

'Not yet wait for a while, see if after a while you can set up a double date with you, Ace, Liam and Lisa.'

'You think Ace will say yes to dating me?'

'She will, like I know you saved the picture that was taken of the two of you last night, she saved it too.'

'She did?'

'She spent a lot of the day looking at it, just like you.'

'Am I pining too much?'

'No, you are falling in love with her, you deserve it.'

'Are you ok with me falling in love?'

'I am more than ok with it, especially with someone as amazing as Ace. There are a few people who knew Ace up here and they all say how wonderful she is and glad it seems she finally found someone who loves everything about her. I'm going to go now and let you return to dreams of Ace.' Grace leaves Graham's dream and he starts to dream of ways to ask Ace out.