What's A Girl Supposed To Do?

Chapter 1. Et tu, Zoe?

Author: j_rock873

Rating: R

Summary: What if Jessie wasn't the only one in the Sammler/Manning home who developed feelings for Katie Singer?

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone in this story.

Reviews: Yes, I would like them.

Author's notes: A little while after "The Gay-Straight Alliance". Grace is the only one who knows about Jessie and Katie's relationship. The parents are still clueless. There are a few lines from a popular 80's movie. Let's see if you can remember the lines and the movie they're from.


B&W Grace: (looks directly into the camera with a slight smirk on her face) "I can't believe how clueless my mom and Rick can be. Here they are probably thinking that I'm gay and are totally oblivious to the way Jessie and Katie act around each other. I also have noticed that Zoe seems to have a crush on Katie because she always acts weirder than usual whenever Katie's around. I doubt that anyone here notices that either. Why does Katie have the ability to get so many to fall for her?" (she then rolls her eyes)

B&W Zoe: (looks up with a slightly troubled look on her face) "What am I going to do? Why do I have these feelings for Katie? Maybe if she wasn't so nice to me all the time, I wouldn't feel this way. It makes me nervous just to be around her and Jessie. I don't think my mom notices it. She's too busy trying to figure out if Grace is gay."

B&W Lily: (looks down at a picture of Grace that's in her hands) "Grace and I used to be so close, but ever since she brought up the Gay–Straight Alliance she gets so defensive whenever we try to talk about how things are going at school." (suddenly a look of panic crosses over her face) "Oh my! What if she's gay? Will I be able to handle it? What will I tell Jake?"

Saturday morning

Jessie and Katie walked downstairs toward the kitchen for breakfast after another sleepover. They were unaware that they were holding hands until Jessie saw a big smile forming on Grace's face. She quickly let go of Katie's hand and gave her a brief, apologetic look. Katie simply smiled back at her.

"Good morning, girls, did you sleep well? Would you like some pancakes?" Lily asked as she set a plate, stacked with pancakes, on the middle of the kitchen table.

"Yeah, we did, Lily. Yes, we would like some pancakes," Katie replied with a slightly goofy look on her face as she looked back and forth between Jessie and Lily. The look was only noticed by Grace and Jessie, who elbowed Katie in the ribs gently to get her to stop

"What?" Jessie glared at Grace, who arched her eyebrow at them when Jessie elbowed Katie.

"Nothing," Grace said before grabbing another bite of her breakfast, only to be interrupted by a nervous looking Zoe.

"Uh, Grace? Can you take me to over to Dad's?" Zoe asked, seeming to grow more nervous by the moment.

"Sure, just let me finish eating. Then I'll take you."

She quickly finished, and they headed out the door.

Before leaving the room, Lily, with a puzzled look on her face, asked Jessie and Katie, "What was that all about?"

"I don't know," Jessie answered back, just as confused.

"Me either."

Katie, however, seemed to have a rough idea of what it was, but didn't want to jump to any conclusions. Then the girls sat down and ate their breakfast.

Meanwhile, Grace and Zoe began a conversation on the way over to their dad's place.

"Zoe, what was making you so nervous back there?" Grace questioned her while flipping through the radio stations.

"I don't know what you're talking about, Grace," Zoe responded calmly but still looked a little bit nervous.

"Come on, Zoe. I know something's bothering you, and I think I know what it is."

"Right now the only thing bothering me is you."

Grace simply smiled at her sister.

"Fine. You want to know what's bothering me? It's Katie, happy now?"

"Why? What did she do to you?" Grace inquired, already knowing the answer.

"Nothing, it's just that I really like her."

"It's obviously a crush."

"Then why does it hurt so much?"

Zoe then began to cry a little bit.

"That's why they call them crushes. If they were easy, they'd call them something else."

B&W Grace: (looks at the camera while holding Zoe in her arms) "I knew it."

B&W Zoe: (looks up for a second, then starts crying on Grace's shoulder)

Back at the Sammler/Manning home

"So, what would you like to do today, Jessie?" Katie quizzed excitedly as they finished their breakfast.

"I'm not sure. What about you?" Jessie said before giggling at Katie.

"How about we check out some of the sights around Chicago? We could go to the Navy Pier and then hang out by the lake for a few hours."

"Ok, let's go get changed then."

Jessie grabbed Katie's hand and quickly led her back upstairs.

As soon as they reached the attic, Jessie looked around for a swimsuit to wear under her clothes until they got to the lake. Katie helped her by picking out a blue bikini that matched the color of Jessie's eyes. While Jessie looked for everything else she needed, Katie got out a bright red bikini and began changing. Jessie wasn't aware of this since she had her back to Katie. When Jessie turned around to face Katie, she saw her standing there in her underwear and getting ready to remove her bra. Jessie quickly blushed and turned around so Katie couldn't see her face.

"Aw, did I just make my sweet Billie nervous?"

Katie grabbed Jessie by her shoulders, turned her around, and seductively winked at her.

"N-No," Jessie lied quickly before quickly turning her back toward Katie again.

"If you'd prefer it, I could change in the bathroom, so you could have some privacy."

Katie grabbed her bikini and slowly began to strut to the stairs, knowing what it would do to Jessie. Jessie stopped Katie by putting her hand on Katie's shoulder.

"No, Katie. I'll go. You're almost done anyway."

"Ok."

Katie turned around a little and removed her bra, unaware that Jessie had looked over her shoulder and got a good side view of Katie's chest. This caused Jessie to stare a little bit too long, stumble down the remaining two steps, and run into the door.

"OW!" Jessie shouted as she hit the door.

"Oh my god. Jessie, are you alright?"

Katie looked concerned as she leaned over the railing. Then she started to smile as she saw that Jessie was staring directly at her chest.

"Uh, yeah, I'm ok. I just tripped, that's all,"

Jessie blushed as she realized she was caught staring at Katie with a goofy look on her face.

"Try to be more careful next time."

"Ok, I will."

Jessie then made a quick dash to the bathroom.

B&W Jessie: (looks into the camera, sighs, and says to herself) "Way to go, dummy!"

B&W Katie: (looks into the camera and laughs) "My Billie is so cute when she's embarrassed."