As I walked inside I was surprised to see how much the layout of his house was like mine. "So how are you feeling?", he asked. "Better. Thank you for letting me stay with you even after how I acted towards you", I told him. "It's no problem. What was I to expect? I mean I completely caught you off guard", he said apolejectly. I shook my head and looked around awkwardly. "Oh yeah!", he walked away and I followed him. "This is your room. It's a little small but its the only place we have unless you want to sleep with me. Wait! That came out wrong. I meant to sleep in my bed with me", he said hurriedly covering up his mistake. 

I carefully sat down my things on the bed and silently thanked God that the walls and ceiling is blue instead of white. "Thank you. It's a beautiful room", I told him. "Do you mind showing me where the bathroom is? I'd like to take a shower and get dressed in something more comfortable", I said looking down at my dirty jeans and sleeveless shirt. "Yeah, of course, follow me", he said and I grabbed my clothes before following him. When he opened up the door I looked at his hand which was empty. "Umm, where are your towels?", I asked stuttering a little. He opened a closet next to the door and handed me a large, fluffy, blue towel. 

They like blue I thought to myself before giggling a little bit. "What?", he asked. I shook my head and closed the door as he walked away.  I had to hold in my moan as I got in under the hot water off the shower. I stood under the water for a few more seconds before I washed my hair and body. I then got out and, wrapping the fluffy blue towel around me, started to dry off. I groaned as I saw that I left my shorts in the other room. I quickly checked the hallway and saw that it was clear. I ran out into the hallway and ran straight into T.J. I squeaked and ran into my room slamming the door. I leaned against the door and sat on the floor. 

T.J. P.O.V

I stood there surprised for a moment and then walked to the kitchen where I found Dylan. "Whats up? Why do you look so surprised?", he asked me. "Well I was walking upstairs looking for you and when I passed your bathroom Gracie came running past and slammed into me with nothing no shorts on", I told him sitting down. "Shit is she okay? Doesn't something like that embarrass a girl? Where is she? If she's alone she could be cutting", he freaked out. "Look I'm betting she's fine", I told him. A couple seconds later after I said that Gracie slowly came down the stairs. "Y-you didn't see..anything right?", she asked me. 

"No. No of course not", I told her quickly. "O-okay just making sure", she said before running to the fridge. She opened the fridge and sighed not seeing anything she wanted. "Can someone drive me to Kroger? I need to get some food for this house. Some good food", she said and looked at both of us before grabbing her jacket and bookbag. I followed her outside and caught up with her as she started walking towards the Marathon up the street. 

"Gracie! Do you even have any money? Nothing there is healthy for you! You need to eat some real food", I said to her trying to keep up. "I know you think you should be worried about me but I'm fine. There's no reason for you to be worried about. And I have over $2,000 on me. But I'm running out of product. So you can go back and I'll be fine", she said and my jaw dropped. "Holy crap! What type of job do you have?", I asked shocked. "You mean you've never seen me?", she asked. "No.", I told her even more confused. 

"Oh well then. I sell candy and energy drinks at school. And you should really tell your friends. Especially the honors students. I bet a couple of them could use an energy drink with all the up all night studying that they are doing", she said smiling. "Will do", I told her. We walked in silence for a little while until we walked into Marathon. "Hey Gracie", the teen guy behind the counter said. "Hey, Daniel. How's your dad and uncle?", she asked. They talked back and forth like friends as she walked around putting things in the bookbag. 

Twizzler pull aparts, Nerds, Gobstoppers, Pop Rocks, Gummy Bears, Gummy Worms, Monster, Red Bull, Rockstar, Lollipops, Starbursts, Jolly Ranchers, Swedish Fish, Candy Corn, etc. I looked on in aw as she kept pilling it on. She looked at me and smiled. "Do you want something? I still have some money left", she said and smiled wider as I grabbed a coke. She grabbed a lemonade type drink and we walked to the counter. "That will be 1,879 dollars", Daniel said. I started shoving everything into the bag as Gracie started handing him hundred dollar bills. 

"Thanks, Daniel", she said and we started walking back to Dylan's house. "So where are your school things?", I asked her curiously. "There in my music locker at school. I only have a couple folders so I shove the rest in my other bag and then sell the energy drinks for $1.85 and the snacks and candy range", she told me as she pulled the bookbag up her shoulder. I grabbed the bookbag from her and almost groaned from the weight. She chuckled and opened the front door for me. I thanked her and sat the bookbag down on the couch.