Saving Grace

Chapter 4

Grace's POV

"Hey Grace, I heard from mom. She wants to meet us tomorrow at her hotel." My mom wants to see us again. After all this time. I was scared. I've only talked to her over email. I never saw her face since the day she left us. Now I'm finally going to get answers.

I finished cleaning up the dishes and I went back to my room. I went into my closet and found my old shoe box filled with old family pictures. I pulled it out and sat on my bed. I had countless pictures starting from when Chris was a baby all the way up until a few weeks before my mom left. I remember her giving them to me like it was yesterday.

*Flashback*

"Hey Grace, sweetie can you come here for a minute?" I heard my mom call from upstairs. I was busy doing my homework so I could play outside with Sam and Matt. It was hard being a fourth grader. "I'm coming mommy!" I yelled up the stairs.

I crawled up the stairs like a gorilla then I walked all the way to my parent's bedroom. "You wanted to see me mommy?" I asked standing in the doorway. "You can come in sweetie." I walked into my parents bedroom and sat on the bed. I notice a couple of suitcases sitting on the other side of the bed. "You going on a trip again mommy?" "Yes sweetie but I want to give you something."

She sat down next to me on the bed with a shoe box in her lap. "Grace, I want to give you these pictures." She hands me the box. I opened it and started to pull out the pictures carefully. They are all of the family pictures that we've had taken. "Sweetie, don't let you father get to these. When the new photos come in make sure you get them. Keep these safe. Don't forget mommy loves you. Now go play with your brothers."

She left that night and never came back.

*Flashback over*

I was crying remembering the last time I saw my mom. I heard a knock on my door. "Grace, it's Chris can I come in?" "It's a free country isn't?" Then Chris came in. "You worried about seeing mom tomorrow?" I shook my head yes. "Don't be everyone is going to be there. Me, Patrick, Trent, Matt, and Sam. You have nothing to worry about."

I was worried. Chris left my room so I decided to pick out my outfit for tomorrow. After I picked out my outfit I decided to straighten my hair a little bit more. When I got done I put on some of Jc's sweatpants and and plain old white tee shirt. I heard a little scratching noise at my door and when I opened it I notice there was a little Wishbone at my door. I let him in then I went right to bed.

*The next morning*

I woke up and saw Wishbone still sleeping. I got up and decided to get ready. I put on a flowery skirt, a blue button down tank, sandals, my glasses, and a brown leather cross body. I did my make up and painted my nails a light pink color that matched my outfit. Then I went out into the kitchen to get me some breakfast.

When I got out there only Matt was up and Chris wasn't here yet to pick us up. "Grace you ready to see mom after seven years?" Matt asked me. "Do you want the truth or lie?" "The truth please." "I'm scared. What if she isn't the same person I used to know? It's so unfair that you had more time with her then me." We heard a knock on the door.

I ducked under the counter just in case it was my dad. Then I heard Matt. "Oh hey Chris! Come on in. We were waiting on you." I was still hiding under the counter wanting to scare Chris which I didn't do a whole lot as a child. "Where's Grace? Shouldn't she be up and ready by now?" "Boo!" "Agh!! Grace you scared me!" "Pay back is a bitch older brother." "Chris, Grace, we better get going or we're going to be late."

We piled into Chris' rental car. Matt was up front with Chris and I was sitting in the back by myself. "Hey Grace, I hope you don't mind but we have to pick up Sam from the airport." Chris asked me as we were pulling up into the airport parking lot. We all got out and went inside to wait for Sam. About five minutes later a boy who looks just like me without the long hair and ombré came out of the gate.

"Sammy!!" I ran up and hugged him. "I missed you too Gracey." We were catching up on life when we pulled up to my mom's hotel. "This is it guys." Chris said to us. When we went inside and in the lobby was Trent and Patrick. "Hey guys! I've missed you guys so much!" I said hugging Trent and Patrick. "Are you guys ready?" Chris asked us and we all nodded our head yes.

We went into the elevator and went up to the fifth floor were all the suits are and my mom. We were walking down to the hallway all the way to room 524. My mom was behind that door. The answers to why she left us is behind the door that is in front of us.

Chris knocked on the door and it opened. And there stood a women who looks like me, Sam, and Trent. Our mom. "Come in everyone. I have a lot of explain to do don't I?" She said while ushering in the six of us. "Alright sit down were ever you'd like and I'll start explaining in a minute." We all sat down surprisingly in our birth order. Then our mom sat in a chair in front of us all.

"Look at all of you. All grown up. I know I have a lot of explaining to do so I'll just start from the beginning. I was only twenty years old when you were born Chris and I wasn't ready for a family quite yet but your father insisted that we keep you and raise you ourselves. We got married legally when I was seven months along with you Patrick. After you were born I didn't want anymore kids but your father insisted on having more so Trent, Matt, and Sam that's where you guys come in. I wanted a little girl so we tried for just one more and we got Grace. Now when Grace was about a year old your father started having affairs. But one time I caught him, he had gotten another women knocked up. The day that I left was the day I found out about it. Nine months later I found out though social media that it was a girl. I'm pretty sure that's when your father started to abuse you Grace. I'm finished with my story, now want you to tell me a little about you own lives."

"Well I meet this girl named Jenna. We hit it off really well. We got married about five years ago and we are currently expecting our first child." Chris says. "Oh my gosh Chris! Why didn't you tell us earlier?" I say looking down the other end of the couch. "We wanted to make sure everything was ok first. And in case your wondering she is about four months along." My mom got up from her chair and hugged Chris. "Congratulations honey."

"Ok my turn. Well I just recently got married to an amazing girl named Rachel and we just got back from our month long honeymoon in Australia." Patrick says. "Well I'm still in school and getting good grades and I meet this girl and I really like her." Trent says. "Well after school finished up for the year I moved out here to LA with my friends Connor, Ricky, Jc, Kian, and Sam. And we've all signed up to be volunteer firefighters, well except for Kian and Sam who are too young to join." "That's fantastic Matt. What about you Sam?" "Well I've been at school, getting good grades, and watching my back for dad." "Grace sweetie?"

"Well I graduated high school about two months ago. I moved out here to LA to live with Matt. And I've been seeing this great guy. His name is Jc." "Wait Grace has Jc asked you to be his girlfriend yet?" Matt asked me. "No but he texted me in the car on the way here that he wants to take me out on a proper date."

"Aww... All my babies are growing up." "Anna? Whats going on out there? Who are these people?" We heard a man say and he joined us in the living room. "James, these are my children from my first marriage." "Wait you had kids?" "Um yeah. This is Christopher, Patrick, Trenton, Matthew, Samuel, and lastly Grace." We all raised our hands when our name was called out.

"Oh well good. I think Ava and James would like some siblings."

I hoped you guys liked this chapter. I worked really hard on this for two weeks. Here is the polyvore links for Grace's outfits so far.

http://www.polyvore.com/dressy_cute_casual/set?id=133886825

http://www.polyvore.com/floating_on_cloud_caylen/set?id=133677934

http://www.polyvore.com/flawless/set?id=133562947

http://www.polyvore.com/lazy_for_days/set?id=133577214