Title: Once and Again Season 4 Episode 4
Rating: T
Episode Name: Vengeance
Summary: Grace is standing in the kitchen shouting for Jessie to get ready because they are running late.
Authors Note: Hope you guys enjoyed the third episode of the fourth season of Once and Again.
If you have any ideas for episodes please write them under reviews. Just keep in mind that unlike the last three seasons of Once and Again this one is primary from Jessie, Katie, Grace, and Eli's perspective.
All episodes of Once and Again Season 4: Full Episodes will be posted on Fridays between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Once and Again Opening Song
Monday May 6, 2002
Sammler / Manning House Kitchen
It's a morning at the Sammler / Manning House Grace is standing in the Kitchen shouting for Jessie to come down so that they can leave, what she doesn't know is why Jessie is taking so long.
Jessie Black and White
"What do I say, I mean I've had never to tell family that I did something at school." Jessie looked at the camera very stressed.
Jessie is looking in her mirror contemplating how she is going to tell her dad that she got detention when she hears Grace voice echo throughout the house, "Jessie, come on! I'm leaving without you!" Jessie quickly grabbed her bag, through it over her shoulder and ran down stairs. When she walked in the kitchen she saw Rick and Eli sitting at the table.
Jessie Black and White
"I guess it's better to just rip the bandage off then peel it."
"Dad there something I need to talk to you about."
"Sure, Jess what is it?" Rick asked as he looked up from the newspaper.
"I have to stay after school today."
"Ok, for what?"
"Umm…I got detention." Jessie said struggling to get the words out of her mouth.
Eli started laughing uncontrollably, "You what?" was all he could get through his laughter.
"Jess, what happened?" Rick said as rage began to build up indie of him.
"I may have feel asleep in a class on Friday." It pained Jessie to have to lie to her father but she wasn't ready to tell him why she really got detention.
"You what!?" Rick then shouted he knew all too well that Jessie knew what was the right and wrong thing to do in a classroom, "When did this happen?"
"Last period, Friday." Jessie said
"And you didn't say anything because?" Rick said wanting to know why Jessie wouldn't say anything.
"Because…" Jessie didn't know what to say.
"Jessie come on we have to leave?" Grace shouted from outside waiting for Jessie to come so they could leave.
"Go to school we talk about this later." Rick said realizing what time it was when Grace shouted at Jessie.
As Rick picked up his newspaper and went back to reading it, Jessie slammed to door behind her, and Eli's laughter started to dye down. Jessie made her way down the steps, into the car, and the second she got in the car the first thing she heard was, "How much longer can you take to get out of your room in the morning. I mean every day, we are always running late. I mean what do you do in your room in the morning that takes so long."
"Make myself look nice, for Katie" Jessie said trying to get Grace off her back, "You don't drive me home after school I have to stay late, I'll see if Katie can give me a ride."
"Why do you have to stay late?" Grace asked knowing that Jessie never stayed late. It was usually from school with Katie either her Karen's house, Katie House, or the Sammler/Manning House.
"It doesn't matter." Jessie said staring out the window, "I don't want to talk about it."
"Whatever." Grace said trying to end the conversation before it turned into an argument before school, "I have Gay-Straight Alliance meeting anyway."
"How much longer do you have that for?"
"June 14th, the day of the dance, and the last day of school." Grace said enthusiastically that she would finally be done with a constant reminder of Mr. Dimitri, "Hmm…I just thought of something."
"What?" Jessie said not sure if she wanted to know what Grace was going to say or if she would just blow it off.
"You and Katie should go to dance…together." Emphasizing the word together.
"Why Grace? Why would we do that?" Jessie said in response to Graces idea.
"First of all, the school is going to have to find out eventually, and second it's the last day of school, so everyone would have the entire summer to get over it if they have a problem with it."
"Grace as good of a point as that is me and Katie already know what we are going to about coming out to everyone." Jessie said knowing what her and Kati agreed on.
"Oh really what's that?" Grace said having a feeling that it would be a while before they say anything to anyone other than her and Eli.
"When she's ready to say something at school, I will say something to my Dad and Lily."
"So basically never." Grace said as they pulled into the school parking lot.
"Ya basically." Jessie said wanting to end the conversation.
"I'm trying to help you."
"Grace we will tell people when were ready. Can we please drop the subject?"
"Fine where here anyway," Grace said as she put the car into park, they both got out of the car and started to the front of the school, "So what are you going to do about therapy today?"
"I'm taking her…Hi Billie." Katie came up from behind and gave Jessie a hug.
Jessie responded with a hug of her own, and said "Hi Billie."
"I'll see you two later."
"Was it something I said?" Katie asked wondering why grace stormed off.
"She's just being Grace." They both laughed and walked into the building for school.
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Period 3: Katie's World Cultures Class
"So where is the teacher class started like ten minutes ago?" One of the kids said
"Right here, for those you who don't know me I'm Mr. Nowlick and I'll be filling in for your teacher today," Mr. Nowlick said walking into the classroom, after he put his brief case on the desk he looked up and noticed sitting in front of the class was Katie and Tad, "Ms. Singer, Mr. Myers, I see I have the pleasure of teaching the two of you today, hopefully it is easier than last year." When he said that he got a little bit of a chuckle out of the class.
When that happened Katie thought back to what Jessie said on Friday, and only one word came to her mind, vengeance, "Mr. Nowlick I see that you have replaced that really bad comb over you had last year with and an even worse hair weave." When Katie said that the whole class started laughing. The table had turned.
Katie Black and White
"Love it makes you do crazy things." Katie said looking into the camera with a grin on her face.
"You know what Ms. Singer, I had almost forgot how good it felt to give you detention, right after school today." Mr. Nowlick said, infuriated with Katie.
"Every minute will be worth it." Katie said with a grin on her face.
"Go sit at your desk." Mr. Nowlick shouted.
Katie walked to her desk and sat down right next to Tad, "Katie, what was that all about? You knew he was going to give you detention." Tad whispered to Katie.
"I know." Katie whispered back.
"Why did you say that to him?"
"Remember in February last year when he made you look like a complete moron in front of the whole class."
"Ya. I wanted to poke his eye out with a pen."
"He did worse to Jessie on Friday, we'll be in detention together today."
"What did she…" Tad was cut off from his sentence.
"Ms. Singer, Mr. Myers would you please face the front of the classroom." Mr. Nowlick said noticing Katie and Tad talking.
Katie and Tad looked towards the classroom and started taking notes.
5 minutes until period 3 ends
Mr. Nowlick is going on and on about the his Buddhism, and Tad is staring out the window not paying attention, "Mr. Myers, care to join the class, maybe tell what's on your, if that's physically possible for you?" The class chuckled a little bit.
Tad thought about what he said for a second and realized that he said the exact same thing last year before he embarrassed Tad in front of the whole class. To prevent that from happening Tad said, "I was contemplating on how boring you are, also you should have stuck with the comb over." There was an outburst of laughter from the class, which caused Mr. Nowlick's face to turn red.
"You can now join Ms. Singer for detention after school." Mr. Nowlick's voice was filled with rage, "And also…" the bell cut Mr. Nowlick off.
Katie and Tad grabbed their bags and headed straight to the cafeteria, "What was that about?" Katie asked Tad wanting to know why he spoke out against Mr. Nowlick.
"He tried to make me look stupid again." Tad said
"Ya, I know, but it's so out of character for you to go and talk to well anyone like that." Katie said wondering what was on Tad mind.
"Katie he said the exact same thing to me last year before he made me look like a fool in front of the whole class. I wasn't going to let that happen again, so I turned the table on him."
"I know, but it's just not like you to talk to people like that." Katie said a little worried about Tad.
"Katie I wasn't goanna go through what I went through last year again. I'm fine, and now it doesn't have to be just you and Jess, in detention." Tad said reassuring Katie.
"Ok." They went into the cafeteria saw that Jessie wasn't in there yet, and went to the lunch line to get lunch.
Cafeteria the lunch table 10 minutes later
When they got to the lunch table Katie saw Jessie sitting at the lunch table waiting for them, leaning her head against one hand poking her fork at her food with the other hand.
"Hey, Jess." Tad said not noticing Jessie's depressed state.
Jessie didn't answer. She had so many thoughts going through her mind about what had happened on Friday, and have detention today that she didn't realize he was talking to her.
"Billy, are you alright." Katie said to Jessie hoping that she would respond. When Jessie didn't respond Katie got an idea in her head, "Jess, Tad told the school about us."
That broke Jessie out of her depressed state of mind, "He what!" Jessie became full of rage not realizing that Katie only said that to pull Jessie's head out of her ass, "Tad I am going to kill you." Jessie noticed that Katie was laughing, "Why are you laughing at this?"
"Jess, Tad, didn't tell anyone anything, I just said that to get your attention." Katie said as she continued to laugh.
Jessie playfully pushed Katie and said, "That's not funny." Katie was able to break through Jessie depressed state and put a smile on her face.
Once the laughing died down Katie got right to the point and asked, "So, why were you in a bad mood?" Katie asked.
"I was thinking having to stay after today, and how my dad was mad at me this morning."
"How mad was he?" Tad asked.
"He didn't ground me yet because we were in a hurry to leave the house, but I have a feeling that that's coming when he gets home from work today."
"Oh speaking of detention, you're not going to be alone." Katie said hoping that it would help to know that she wouldn't be alone.
It took Jessie a second but she realized what Katie meant, "What did you do Katie?"
"Vengeance." Katie said with pride in her voice.
"Vengeance." Jessie said
"Yes, Mr. Nowlick was our substitute in World Cultures last period. And I told him outright that his hair weave looks worse then the comb over he had last year."
Jessie started laughing, "Katie Singer I have never met anyone like you in my life. Thank you"
"Well I couldn't just let him get away with what he did on Friday."
"What about me don't I deserve a thank you."
"For what?" Jessie said wondering why she would ever thank Tad.
"I did something similar in class today to Mr. Nowlick, and I'll be in detention with the both of you after school today."
"What did you do?" Jessie said curious with what Tad could have done.
"I said to him that I was contemplating on how the hair weave he has, looks worse than the comb over he had last year." Tad said happy that he did that.
"So, basically you built off of what Katie said to him." Jessie said, knowing all too well that he must have had his own agenda behind saying something that to Mr. Nowlick.
"Jess, I was defending your honor, don't you think I deserve a thank you for that." Tad said not realizing that he had offended Jessie.
"First off, there is nothing wrong with my honor. Second off there is no way that you are saying something like to any teacher in the middle of a class without some agenda of your own behind it." Jessie snapped at him.
"I'm joking, and my agenda was that I wasn't going to let him make me look like a fool in front of the class again." they were quick for a second.
To break the quite Katie said, "Oh…Jess, I just remembered…um what are we going to do about the appointment after school today?"
"It's at 4:00 and are you still driving me there?" Jessie asked.
"I don't I have my parents car, Tad had to give me."
"I can drive you to this appointment."
"Thanks Tad." Jessie said
"What kind of appointment is this?"
"A doctor's appointment nothing big." Katie said, knowing that Jessie didn't like telling people that she went to therapy.
"Ok, so where are you two going after this appointment?"
"My moms." Jessie said
"We have detention, then after that we leave the school, go to this appointment, and I drop you and Jessie's Moms house, is that right?"
"Ya." Jessie and Katie said at the same time.
At the same time the bell rang, and the three of them grabbed their bags and headed to their next classes.
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Commercials have ended the show is back
Upton Sinclair High School Just after the last bell of the day rung
Katie and Jessie are standing by Jessie's locker waiting for Mr. Dimitri's old classroom to clear out so that detention can start.
"I'm sure I failed." Katie said. Her and Jessie where talking about a pop quiz Katie had last period.
"I'm sure you did fine."
"He through it us at last second and we only had five minutes to take it."
"Katie, when something goes into your head you never forget it."
"She's right you know." Tad walked up behind them, and backed up Jessie's statement
"Do you even know what we're talking about?" Katie asked Tad.
Tad paused for a second and thought about what to say because he had no idea what they were talking about, "It had to do with you rarely not forgetting things."
"Katie got a pop quiz last period, and she thinks that she failed."
"I did."
"You'll be fine. Somehow with you when one thing goes in one ear it doesn't go out the other."
Once the halls where empty "You three come in." they turned around and saw the Principle standing by the door.
"Mr. Stevens is in charge of detention?" Jessie asked having never been in detention before.
Katie and Tad where just as surprised, "Only when he wants to talk to the students himself," she turned her head and saw him glaring at them from the opening of the door to Mr. Dimitri's old classroom, "and that isn't often."
"Nowlick must have made a big deal out of what happened this morning." Tad said, as they turned around and walked into the classroom.
Once they entered Mr. Stevens said, "Close the door behind you, and take a seat" Tad closed the door and the three of them sat in the first three seats, "looks like it's just three of you today." "Ms. Singer, Mr. Myers good to see you two again. Ms. Sammler you're the last person I thought I would see in here."
"I guess there's a first time for everything." Jessie said
"Well this isn't it your free to go."
"What, why?" Jessie said surprised.
"I was walking past, your class at last period on Friday and saw what Mr. Nowlick did, I think you've been through enough, you can leave if you want, I'm not going mark you down for anything." The principle said, with a half grin on his face, knowing what a good student Jessie was, and that she was the last person that deserved to be in detention after what had happened.
"Does Mr. Nowlick know, I mean what if he says something?" Jessie asked not wanting to experience what she went through on Friday again.
"If he says something or talks you like the way he did on Friday again, just pick up your bag, and walk down to my office. There is a difference between, getting a student to pay attention, and embarrassing someone in front of a whole class." Jessie smiled at what the principle said.
"Thankyou." Jessie grabbed her bag and left the classroom, to go and find something do while Katie and Tad are in detention, "I'll see you guys after detention."
"Now Ms. Singer let's start with you, so you what did you say to Mr. Nowlick when he was subbing your class today." Mr. Stevens asked, he didn't seem to be willing to give Katie or Tad a break considering how often they were in detention there.
"I said that replaced that really bad comb over he had last year with and an even worse hair weave." Katie said no regret in her voice.
"and you Mr. Myers."
"I said that I was contemplating on how boring he was, and that he should have stuck with the comb over." Tad had the same tone in his voice.
Mr. Stevens tried not to make it known but, he chuckled a little bit at what Tad and Katie did, "As humorous as that is you still can't insult teachers in the middle of class," still had a half smile on his face trying to hold back a laugh, "How's about this if the two you just tell me why you said spoke to him like that, I'll let you out early, ok."
"Really, why?"
"I had planned on going home early today, and still want to…also to be honest with what Mr. Nowlick did to Jessie, and the way he treats other students here, I see it as you sticking up for other students. Also myself and a number of other teachers here think he probably deserved it." He said unable to hold back a smile anymore.
"Ok, Jessie is my…," Katie stopped for a second because she almost said girlfriend, "…best friend and with what happened to her on Friday, only one word came into my mind when I saw Mr. Nowlick, Vengeance."
"I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that you had the same motive." directing his attention towards Tad.
"Ya, pretty much."
Mr. Stevens took a deep breath and said, "Ok, you two are free to go."
"Thanks." Katie and Tad said at the same time as they grabbed their bags and walked out into the hallway.
"Well I think I'm out of good luck for the rest of the school year." Katie said
"I second that. So where do you think Jess, went?" Tad asked
"She probably went to the library, to find some she needs for homework or something."
"How are you so sure, maybe she's lying on a bench or something taking a nap or something?"
"Jessie Sammler is not using free time like this to sit on a bench and take a nap." Katie said with a grin on her face. She loved how smart Jessie is, but she didn't like it how whenever she saw without her, Jessie had a something related to school in her hand, and not something that doesn't have to do with school.
"How do you of all the people fall in love with a book worm?" Tad asked knowing all to well that Jessie and Katie were complete opposites.
"What do you mean by that?" Katie said not understanding what Tad meant by that.
"What do I mean…You two are complete opposites…You are always breaking the rules, and she is always following them. You always put out the bare minimum with school work, she goes the extra mile. You don' take crap from anyone, and she just walks away from it…I guess I thought you would have wanted to be with someone more like you." Tad said confused with how Jessie and Katie have lasted so long considering Katie last three relationships didn't last half the same amount of time.
"You know what they say, opposites attract." Katie said with a grin.
"I guess that explains what happened with Tara, Joana, and Sarah."
"Tara moved, you know that. Joana was still figuring things out, you know that. Sarah was the most self-centered person alive."
"I still think you and Tara could have pulled off the whole long distance relationship thing."
"She didn't, and you that."
"Ok, what don't I know about you and your relationship status."
"A lot of things. Now can we stop talking about my love life and find Jessie?"
"Isn't talking about where Jessie is considered talking about your love life, considering that she is your love life." Tad said with a smirk on his face.
Katie rolled her eyes and kept on walking.
Upton Sinclair School Library
Jessie is in the library walking through the romance section to find a good book that she can use to write a book report on.
Jessie Black and White
"Love will make you do crazy things in life" Jessie looked at the camera, "I guess Katie just demonstrated to me what love will make people do."
Jessie was so focused with what she was doing that she didn't realize what was about to happen.
"Hi, Billie." Katie snuk up behind Jessie and pulled her into a hug.
"Billie," Jessie hugged back, and saw Tad standing a couple of feet back, "I thought you both were still in detention."
"Stevens let us out early." Tad said.
"Apparently even he has a life outside of this school." Katie said, "Hey, what time is the…appointment at, I mean did you have to change the time." Katie paused for a second because she remembered that Tad was there and that Jessie didn't like people knowing that she went to therapy.
"It's still at 4:00."
"How far away is it?"
"About twenty minutes."
"We should probably leave now, its 3:30."
"Ya, let me just grab my bag." Jessie said.
Once Jessie grabbed her bag they made their way to the exit of the library and started to head out to the parking lot.
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Tad's car
The three of them are sitting car, circling around the parking garage to find a spot for to Tad to park while Jessie and Katie go inside for the session.
"So, how long is this going to be?" Tad asked.
"About an hour." Jessie said, leaning against one hand waiting for Tad to park the car so they can get out.
"What should I do? I mean should I come in, is there a waiting room?"
"No." Jessie said very quickly, not wanting Tad to find out about what the session is really for.
Jessie Black and White
"I probably shouldn't be embarrassed of it anymore, but I still am. I don't want people to know, and if I didn't think that I could trust Katie I would have never told her about having to meet with Dr. Rosenfeld."
Tad looked back at Jessie, wondering why she reacted the way she did.
"She means that there is no waiting room."
"Well what am I supposed to do?" Tad said as he pulled into a parking spot.
"I don't know sit the car, take a nap, read a book, do homework for a change." Katie said throwing out ideas for Tad.
"Hang on one second," Tad said realizing something, "isn't this supposed to be just for Jessie?"
Jessie and Katie looked at each other not sure what to say, "Actually it's for the both of us." Katie said.
"Well what kind of appointment is this?"
Once again the girls froze not sure what to say. Then Katie thought of an answer, before she said anything she motioned to Jessie to play along, "We are going see a relationship specialist." Tad turned his head back and looked straight at Katie when she said that.
"Katie!" Jessie screeched, not thinking that would be the answer Katie came up, starting to blush a little bit.
Jessie Black and White
"Relationship Specialist, or Pediatric Therapist to help treat me for anorexia," Jessie buried her face in her hands, "I guess the Relationship Specialist is better."
Tad became consumed with laughter, "Why are you two going to a relationship specialist?"
Jessie didn't know how to answer that question, and before she could come up with something to say Katie answered, "We need to spice up our relationship, and this person can help us with that."
Jessie once again screeched, "Katie!"
"You two want to spice up your relationship just sleep together." When Tad said that joking he noticed that both girls went mute and stared at each other, "You two already sleep together."
Katie slapped him on the side of the arm and said, "We'll be back in and hour." At the same time her and Jessie got out of the car and slammed to door shut also.
Once the girls where in the building heading up the stair to Dr. Rosenfelds office Jessie said, "A relationship specialist." Both girls stopped walking looked at each other and laughed, "Where did you come up that?" Jessie asked.
Katie then wrapped her arms around Jessie waste, "Well, when I looked at you I thought about our relationship, and for some reason that just came to mind."
Jessie leaned in and gave Katie a peck on the lips, "Thanks Katie."
Katie did the same and then asked, "For what?"
"For not telling Tad what we were really doing here." After Jessie answered Katie's question she kissed Katie one last time, broke apart, and walked into the waiting room of Doctor Rosenfelds office to realize that once again he was late.
"You know what Jess, why can't you just go to a therapist that's on time for his patients."
Meanwhile in the parking garage
Tad Black and White
"I've seen Katie with other people before Jessie. Sarah, Joana, and Tara. She didn't care for any of them the way she does Jessie, it's almost as if they were meant for each other."
Tad had been sitting in the car for a while and decided to get out of the car and try to find a bathroom. He entered the building and on his way up the stairs, he bumped in Dr. Rosenfeld, "Sorry." Tad said quickly.
"It's not a problem." Dr. Rosenfeld responded
"There a bathroom here?"
"There one in the waiting room of my office around the corner."
"Thanks. What your name?"
"Dr. Rosenfeld."
"What are you a doctor for?"
"Pediatric therapy."
"What's that?"
"It's basically therapy for people under the age of 18. I'm actually late for an appointment." He said. They got to his office and walked in, "Bathroom is the first door to the left."
"Tad, what are you doing in here?" Katie said.
"Me, what are you doing here, aren't the two of you supposed to be seeing a relationship specialist."
"A what?" Dr. Rosenfeld said confused with the situation.
Jessie had her head in her hands, taking it all in, her girlfriend and Tad are arguing in the middle of Dr. Rosenfeld office, Tad now knows about her and Jessie therapy sessions, and she now knows what it takes to confuse Dr. Rosenfeld.
"You were supposed to stay in the car." Katie said.
"I had to use the bathroom Katie. What do you want me to do if I've got to go."
"Wait until you get home."
"I'm not waiting close to 2 hours."
Dr. Rosenfeld just stands there looks over at Jessie. To see that she is just as confused with the situation as he is. The both now have grins on their faces, enjoying the situation, "Can you two stop arguing for a minute, and the four of us go into my office, and start to session. We only have an hour."
"The four of us?" Jessie not wanting Tad to join them.
"Yes, clearly these two have some issues that need sorting out, and sometimes it helps for me to meet other people involved with my patient's life. See what kind of people they keep around them."
"Katie, I always knew that being friends with you would lead to me having to go to therapy someday." Tad said
"Oh please, you did that yourself. Come on lets go into the shrinks office?"
Once they got into Dr. Rosenfelds office Jessie and Katie sat next to each other on the couch, Tad sat in a chair, and Dr. Rosenfeld pulled over the chair from his desk, "How was your days?" Dr. Rosenfeld started off.
All three of them looked at each other and said, "Fine."
"Anything happen after school?" Dr. Rosenfeld said with an implying tone in his voice, with that optimistic look on his face looking at Jessie.
Jessie thought about it for a second and then realized why he was doing that, "My dad called didn't he?"
"He just wanted me talk to you and see what happen, that's it." Dr. Rosenfeld said.
"It's Katie's fault." Jessie said outright
"How is it my fault?" Katie said not understanding how Jessie day dreaming could be her fault.
"If every other thought in my mind wasn't about you, I may have not day dreamed in his class."
"Oh please it is humanly impossible to not day dream in Mr. Nowlick's class. It's also impossible to have him teaching your class and not get detention. Me and Tad confirmed that today."
"You and Tad also got detention?"
"Unfortunately, Mr. Nowlick was subbing for our class today. Katie decided to get vengeance, and I didn't want him to make me look like a fool." Tad said answering his question.
"Vengeance?" Dr. Rosenfeld was curious about that.
"Mr. Nowlick embarrassed Jessie in front of her class on Friday and when he came in the room to sub for our class I made a comment on his comb over from last year, and his hair dye and weave from this year." Katie chuckled a little bit thinking to how much everyone laughed at him.
"And Tad how did you get detention, the same reason as Katie I assume, vengeance?" Dr. Rosenfeld said.
"Vengeance was apart of it. Also he made me look like an idiot in front of our class last year I didn't want that to happen again."
"That answers a few questions."
"So Tad, Katie how long have you two been friends." Dr. Rosenfeld started off the conversation.
"We meant back in the, was it second or third grade?" Tad asked Katie
"Second I think." Katie said, "Best friends since then…well until I meet Jessie of course."
"She stole the title of Katie's best friend from me, and I wouldn't have gotten it back if she and Jessie didn't become girlfriends." Tad said.
"You know about Jessie and Katie?" Dr. Rosenfeld asked interested with what Tad just said.
"Ya, I was one of the first people Katie told about her, and Katie had a drunken ranting about her Jessie at a party I had about two months ago." Katie put her face in her hands, still embarrassed about what happened months ago, not because she told Tad about her and Jessie, the reason she was still embarrassed was because Jessie had to see her like that. Jessie, is sitting in her chair thinking to herself - You idiot all your doing in giving him ammo -
"Jessie and Katie told me about that." Dr. Rosenfeld said as he picked up a glass of water and took a drink of it, "Tad correct me if I'm wrong but you took Jessie on a date at the beginning of the school year when you two where working on that play right?"
"Ya, she came with me to a bowling party."
"And then you asked her out again to a party at Katie's is that also correct?"
"Also correct."
"Jessie said, that at the party you tried to kiss her she didn't want to kiss you is that also correct?" Jessie started to blush a little bit still wondering why she told him that.
"It's a possibility."
"Possibility!" Katie burst out, "You practically tried to have sex with her on the couch in my living room."
"Katie!" Jessie said not wanting anyone to know that.
"Possibility or not you did try to kiss Jessie yes or no?"
"Yes, where are you going with this?"
"Just asking a few questions. I want to know what type of relationship you have with Jessie."
"If you wanted to know that you should've just asked. We sit and lunch, talk about Katie when she isn't around, she dates my best friend, and sometimes I give her a ride if she needs it. You know friends. "
"From what you said before that it seemed like you wanted to be more than just friends."
"That was at the time. Before…" Tad said which caught Jessie attention.
Jessie cut Tad off, "Tad, what do you mean, at the time?"
"Jess, I think it's pretty obvious he had a crush on you, and then you turned out to be dating me." Katie said in a stating the obvious tone.
"Is that true." Jessie asked.
Tad closed eyes for a second and scratched his eyebrow with his thumb once or twice, "Ya that pretty much sums it up."
Jessie looked over at Tad never realizing that he had a crush on her, "Tad, I didn't…"
Tad cut her off, "It's not a problem, you're with Katie now." He had one of those fake, every things fine, there isn't a problem in the world expressions on his face.
Jessie couldn't tell but Katie could tell the expression on Tad face that something was wrong, "Hey, can me Tad have the room for minute and talk?"
Jessie looked at Katie, surprised that she said that, "That fine, but I mean is everything ok?"
"Ya, every things fine I just need to talk to Tad in private for a minute." Katie turned her attention to Dr. Rosenfeld, "that ok Rosenfeld."
"First of its doctor Rosenfeld, second I don't have any problem with that." Once he said that he grabbed his clipboard, him and Jessie got up and walked out of the room.
"Ok what's going on with you?" Katie said
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"You know exactly what I'm talking about first, Mr. Nowlick this morning, then your willingness to give us a ride here, and you just had that fake every things fine, there isn't a problem in the world expressions on your face."
Tad was quite for a second, "Katie I…"
"You still like her don't you?" Katie interrupted Tad.
"What I do not." Tad said in denial.
"Tad, look it's…" Kati tried to say something let Tad know it's ok.
"Katie, I don't like her. Even if I did she gay, and she's your girlfriend." Tad said very pointedly trying to get Katie to drop the subject.
"First off we don't know for a fact that she's gay, she could be bi-sexual. Second, I get why you still like her, I'm not going judging you, I would never do that." Katie stopped for a second realizing that she was getting through to him.
"Katie she's gay, we both know that, and what if I do like her. I can't be with her. That doesn't mean I can't be nice her, and help her," Tad said stopping for a second to think, "Katie I know I can't be with her, I know that I have to move on, but it's just not that easy. Especially when you have to watch your best friend date the girl you wanted to date."
"Tad I'm sorry, I…" Katie got cut off by Tad.
"Katie please don't apologize, I have to learn to deal with this it's that simple now can we drop the subject."
"Ok."
In the waiting room just after Jessie, Dr. Rosenfeld walked out of Dr. Rosenfelds office.
"Has this ever happen before?" Jessie asked Dr. Rosenfeld realizing the situation they were in.
"Being asked to leave my office by girl who isn't one of my patients, or having a kid say in front of me that he used to have feelings for a girl that turned out to be gay." He said, they both had grins start to grow on their faces, "Is Tad one of your friends at school?"
"Ya, he sits has lunch with me Katie every day brings a number of football players over to table with him, I'm still trying to figure out how Katie and me are able to fit at that lunch table." Jessie chuckled a little bit, "Offers me and Katie a ride every now and then. He's a friend."
"From the way he looks at you, I think he may wish that you guys could be more than friends." Dr. Rosenfeld said with a half-smile.
"I've had that feeling for a while." Jessie said, "I just don't know what to do."
"Is that a question or is that an answer?"
"Both." Jessie said
"I can't tell you want to do?"
"Of course." Jessie said falling back in the chair she was sitting in.
"But I can say this, eventually you are going to have to say something about this or he is. You might as well get it out of the way now." Dr. Rosenfeld advised.
"What am I supposed to say…Hey Tad I'm sorry we can't be together, I am gay, with Katie, and I don't like you the same way."
"If that's how you want to."
"Thanks you're big help." Jessie said sarcastically.
"Just doing my job." Dr. Rosenfeld said, "So outside your relationship with Katie, Tad, and Mr. Nowlick, how is everything?"
"Everything is good," Jessie said trying not to give Dr. Rosenfeld anything to work with.
"I just remembered your dad wanted me to give you two messages. One your grounded for a week, and two his plane for Australia isn't leaving until Friday May 31st." Dr. Rosenfeld said, looking for something he could use. "Why so glum? This is a big opportunity for your Dad, and he's going to be here for an extra two weeks." Dr. Rosenfeld said a little confused about Jessie's expression.
"I know it's a big opportunity and I know that this is one of the things that he has always wanted to do, but I'm going to miss him?" Jessie said with her head held down upset that Rick was going to be leaving Friday night.
"That's understandable. Generally when people close to you go to different countries for a period of time you miss them."
"It's not just that, once a month he is going to have to just pick up and leave no matter what going on, what if there's and emergency here, and he can't get to us, what if something happens over there, what if…"
Dr. Rosenfeld cut Jessie off, "Jessie believe I get. Your dad's going to a different county, there are a lot of what ifs to worry about, but standing around worrying about those what ifs isn't going to do anything. What you have to do is be there for your Dad, show him some support and show him that you're ok with him going."
"I know." Once Jessie said that, Katie said that they could come back in.
Once they walked back into the Dr. Rosenfelds office he said, "Since we only have about 10 minutes left Jessie, Tad would you two like the room for a minute to talk."
"I think we need talk." Tad said not even giving Jessie a chance to say something.
Instead of saying a variation of maybe another time she said, "Ya, can we have a minute."
Once again Dr. Rosenfeld left the room, this time accompanied by Katie.
"We need to talk." Tad said nervous about this conversation.
"I can tell considering that you asked Katie and Rosenfeld to leave" Jessie joking, trying to change the mood.
"Look Jess I," Tad had a hard time thinking of what to say.
"Tad it's…"
Tad cut Jessie off from what she was going to say, "Jess, please listen to what I have to say."
"Ok."
"Look Jess, I'm guessing that Katie told you, but in case if she didn't prior to meeting you, I liked a different girl every other week."
"She mentioned it."
"After I met you it changed I wasn't doing that anymore, you've been the only girl on my mind these last few months. Jess, look what I'm trying to say is that I know you're with Katie, and I know we can't be together, but I would still would like for us to be friends. Is that ok?"
Jessie was shocked with what Tad said for a second and brought herself to say, "I'd like that. friends it is." Jessie said happy that she wouldn't have to lose Tad as a friend.
Tad felt as if a weight had been lifted off his shoulder, and was able to finally move on, "I guess we shouldn't keep them waiting in the hallway anymore." Jessie and Tad walked out of Dr. Rosenfelds office in good spirits.
"Hey are two ready to go?" Katie said the second she saw them.
"We are ready to go." Jessie said.
All three of them let Dr. Rosenfeld and began to walk down the hall to Tad's car, which was when he said joking, "So did you two really sleep together?" Katie hit him in one arm Jessie hit him in the other.
Screen turns black the episode has ended.