State of Grace
Chapter
15
The month of May went by as quickly
as it came. Grace found herself in June with loads of homework
and finals to study for. May and Michael’s relationship
continued to grow; they were soon inseparable and Grace found
herself missing her best friend. Annie and Ryan soon became less
present around Grace’s house. Annie, Annie’s mother
and Grace’s mother spent their days getting the house ready
for a baby. Even Luke was missing from the picture. Ella was
getting better with the prospect of the summer coming and Luke
could spend more time away from her.
Grace thought he’d spend more time at the farm but she soon
found out he had a new girlfriend. He was dating Ashley Smithson,
the beautiful redhead he met at the prom. Although Grace was
happy for him because Ashley seemed like a wonderful person, much
better than Rachael, she couldn’t help feeling a little bit
jealous. Grace started taking walks through the town on weekends
and she kept running into the new couple. They spent every night
at the park or at the local pizza joint.
Luke seemed different when Grace ran into them. He
wasn’t wearing his usual cut off and jeans. He wore cargo
shorts and button up shirts and dress pants. He was hardly
recognizable without his cowboy hat. One Friday night, she
actually saw him wearing sneakers. The only time he didn’t
wear his boots was Sunday mornings at Church.
“Wow Luke,” she said to him one night at work,
“you’ve really changed.”
He rolled his eye and put his hands on his hips. He was dressed
in his regular work clothes and seemed almost back to normal.
“Well honey ain’t you the smartest tool in the
shed!” he said with an added emphasize on his slow southern
drawl. For some reason Grace loved when he talked like that; it
reminded her of her father and brother.
“Why are you laughing?” he asked.
“You’re not like other boys, Luke,” she said
with a smile as she returned to her work.
“Tell Ashley that,” responded Luke. Grace turned to
respond back but Luke was already
gone.
