Making a Difference (sequel to PDA)

Ch.38: Grace and Levi

~Grace~

It had been so strange to even think about how me and Levi wasn't even that closed anymore after I left to go to New York so my dad could pursue his dreams of being something on Broadway. Levi was a different person than I could remember actually. He used to stand out from the crowd and he was amazing person who I could never forget. He would used to call me while I was out in New York. I remember feeling happy that he wanted to connect to me all the time. I was thirteen and lost in the world. He was the first person who knew something wasn't right. I never forget the call he did. It was over skype and I answered it with a beaming smile and Levi was smiling at me a little bit. "How's it going Grace" Levi asked me and I shrugged my shoulders. "Wish I was back home" I answered him and Levi sighed. "So did you tell your father that you want to do baseball not track anymore"  I asked him and Levi shook his head. "No way not after the argument that Chris and him had. I wasn't going to bring that up. Grace whatever is going on. You need to tell your parents" Levi pointed out to me and I rolled my eyes. "I doubt they care. All they do is argue at each other and I'm done trying to get their attention to at least acknowledge me" I confessed while brushing my hair back and putting it into a ponytail. "Grace, I know you are hurting and I know that you hurting yourself because you need some kind of relief but maybe it's time to be honest and admit to yourself that you have a problem" Levi said to me and I just fiddled with bracelets on my right hand that covered my cuts and burns. "It's time to ask for help" Levi said to me with a sad smile. "There's nothing wrong with asking for help" Levi said to me while rubbing the back of his neck. "i know what it's like to never feel good enough but Grace everybody feels that way and I have experienced considering that I will never be good at English because of my dyslexia and I accepted that but Grace this thing you are feeling is not normal and you can change your life" Levi told me before hanging up before saying anything. I sighed and I walked downstairs to hear my parents arguing. I stood in the middle of them and they stopped arguing and just stared at me. I removed the bracelets and both of my dads just looked at me with shock. "I have a problem and I could use my parents right now" I told them and my dad urged me to sit down and I told them everything with tears streaming down my face. I told them how I didn't fit in at school and I just wanted to go back where my uncles were. I sobbed into his chest. 

The next time Levi skyped me, my bags and boxes were packed up and my parents wasn't arguing as much anymore. It seemed like my life was getting back to normal or was okay. I sat down in front of my laptop. Levi had a big grin on his face. I wasn't wearing long sleeves anymore, i wasn't wearing bracelets to cover up my marks anymore. "Hey" Levi finally spoke up to me. "Hey" I responded to him and Levi just smiled a little bit at me. "Going somewhere" Levi raised an eyebrow up and I nodded. "Yeah just back home where everybody is" I told him and Levi had this big splitting grin on his face which showed his braces that was clear. "Sweet, can't wait to see little Gracie" Levi joked with me and I rolled my eyes at that comment. "Don't call me that" I told him and Levi rolled his eyes. "Can't help it considering how much younger you are than us" Levi said to me and I rolled my eyes at Levi. "Shut up I'm only two years younger" I argued with Levi and Levi said he had to go and just like that he hung up and I jumped down on my bed lying down while staring at the ceiling with a smile on my face. 

I just looked around the room looking at old photos that Levi and I had taken together and I put in a dvd into my laptop and I just watched the performance of me dancing that somehow Levi captured and I just smiled at the sight of Levi laughing and enjoying life. I heard a knock on my door and there came my dad. He sat down next to me with his long brown feathered hair. He just watched the tape with me. "You know it's strange that Levi won't ever call me Gracie again and that kind of stings a bit to me" I laid my head on my dad's shoulder and he sighed. "Yeah it's true considering that Levi was like a son to me actually and I'm not just saying that because he was my godson"