"Where are you going?" Jennie asked her daughter
"I'm going to stay with dad a couple days." Molly replied, lugging her bags around
"Oh, seriously?" Jennie scoffed, "You didn't think to run this by me?"
"I just need to get out of LA for a while. Till the madness that goes along with your show is over."
"So... you're walking out on me? Just like your father walked out on us?" Jennie folded her arms
"He didn't walk out on us. He walked out on you... and I'm sorry about that, but you can't put me in the middle. I asked him if I could stay till things wind down and he agreed." Molly sighed
"Yeah, because John never brought the paparazzi frenzy into our lives." Jennie mocked sarcastically
"You want me to stay?" Molly huffed
"Yes!" Jennie urged
"Then be honest with me." Molly placed her bags on the ground
"About what?" Jennie shrugged
"Everything. Everything that happened to you during this damn show that has made you so nuts. Why is the world so nuts over this thing?"
"I am not going nuts." Jennie sighed
"Yes, you are. I see it, Michael sees it. Talk to me like an adult, mum. I can handle it."
Flashback -Season 6
Jennie and Luke had wrapped up an emotional scene where Dylan tells Kelly of his engagement to Antonia. Understandably they both took it to heart. Jennie was engaged to John and Luke had mixed feelings about it all, which made their current scene together quite emotional, as Jennie could understand Dylan and Luke could understand Kelly.
It had been a quite few weeks between them on set. Cordial as always but there was such a distance. A painful distance that had them missing each other's company, but no longer knowing how to act in this situation. Luke had Rose, Jennie had John and these new relationships were growing strong, and their friendship was paying the price. Finally Luke decided to head into Jennie's dressing room to square it out.
"Listen..." He said walking in. Causing Jennie to jump in her chair.
"You scared me." She gasped, noticing the look on his face, "You okay?"
"I just wanted you to know, I've spoken to the producers and I've decided to leave the show."
"What?!" Jennie's heart fell into her stomach. "Luke, don't."
"I'm not happy here anymore. The storylines are ridiculous. Dylan's avenging his father." He cringed, "I've had other offers before but I loved coming to work here everyday. Now that feelings gone and I just think it's time for me to move on."
"I want you here." Jennie pleaded
"I know. But you've got things going on... and I'd like to take the next step with Rose. I just think it would be better for us if we started fresh." Luke couldn't look her in the eye.
"There's nothing I can say to make you stay? I can't imagine not seeing you everyday." Jennie cried
"We'll see each other. I promise."
Modern day
"She wants me to tell her why I'm so sensitive about this show." Jen ran her fingers through her long blonde hair, sipping a glass of wine in Tori's garden
"So tell her. She'd be able to understand you better, and honestly, she might like you more." Tori grinned
"You think?" Jen asked
"Yes, open up to your daughter, stop trying to shield her from everything. You can't protect her forever." Tori assured
"Is that what you would do? If Emma or Rachel were old enough?" Jennie asked
"Hey, I don't have to think about that for a good 9 years!" Tori joked and Jennie laughed
"Molly!" Jennie came rushing into her house.
"In the kitchen!" Molly called out
"Oh, thank god you didn't leave yet." Jennie let out a relieved sigh
"What is it, mum?" She asked
"Sit." Jennie patted the stool beside her, and Molly obliged
"I'm gonna tell you... I mean, I want to tell you about my past."
"Okay..."
"I hope that maybe in learning this, you'll learn more about me, and I hope you can empathize, and understand that I just wanted to protect you from fame... But you're all grown up now, and have a right to make your own decisions. Even if that means you wanna move out and live with your father."
Flashback -The run in
Jennie bumped into Luke after 2 years of being apart, they had talked throughout the years through phone calls but it had been a long time since she saw his face. He had gone on to make movies and she was filming BH90210's season 8.
"Wow it's you." She smiled, as he pulled her in for a hug. Her hair still smelled as great as it always did. "You cut your hair!" She gasped, playfully roughing it
"So did you." He smirked
"So what's new?" She asked
"I don't suppose your free for a cup of coffee?" He asked and she nodded.
They rarely had coffee dates, unless they were walking their dogs together. Since neither of them had their dogs, that could only mean one thing... Bar.
"So you got married? Her name's Rose right?" Jennie asked
"Yeah. You'd love her. We should double date sometime. She's heard a lot about you, dying to meet you." Luke smiled
"I'd love that... So how's life?"
"It's been good. Jobs here and there. Although everyone's looking for that James Dean type in their movies... Sometimes I worry I'll never be seen as anything else... and well, when I'm too old to play that type of character, hollywood would drop me."
"No, Luke. They wouldn't. You're too smart and too talented. I know you'll have a long career." Jennie rubbed his knee.
"Thanks Jen... what about you? How's the show, how's... John?"
"Uhm... it's good, John's... good. It's all good." Jennie forced a smile
"You sure?" He crinkled his forehead
"Yeah.. It's just been a little rough..." Jen sighed
"Jen... you know you can tell me anything." Luke flicked a stand of her hair
"Well... John's away filming a lot. And I'm trying to sort things out at work. As you Jason's been directing a few episodes trying to help me because..."
"Because what?" Luke asked
"...I'm pregnant." Jennie breathed out
"What?!" Luke gasped, "That's great!"
"Yeah, it is. We're really excited, it's just hard doing it on my own."
"So, why don't you just tell John you need him to stick around for this."
"This is a big moment in his career, Luke. I don't want him to miss this opportunity. Besides, I have the gang. I have Tori and all those guys."
"Well, if you ever need anything, you don't hesitate to call, you understand me? I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm always here."
"I'd love for you to... come home." She teased
Modern day
"And eventually after a lot of phone calls and discussions with Rose he did." Jennie confirmed
"He came back for you?" Molly asked
"No. Not just for me. I mean, yes he did come and help me while I was pregnant but the show wanted him too. Me, Tori, Jason... all of us talked to the producers about him coming back and I ran it by him. "
"So he helped you while you were pregnant with me?"
"Yeah, he'd pop round while your dad was filming elsewhere, see if I needed anything. He and Rose would call me whenever they headed to the store to see if I wanted anything. Same thing Aunt Tori did."
"So that's why my middle name is Perrie after Perry? Because he took care of you?"
"Well... not exactly." Jennie paused. "I... went into labour. And your dad's flight was delayed, he was rushing to get there to see your little face, but you just couldn't wait to come out. So I called Tori, but she didn't get the message, so I rang Luke. He rushed over and took me to the hospital. I spent 48 hours in labour and Luke stayed by my side the whole time. That's why you're named after him."
"Oh... Did he come back to work?" Molly asked
"He did... eventually. And it was wonderful to be around him everyday. But that's it. Everything else the press come up with is fabricated. When I was with your father I was committed. Anything that happened with Luke happened before and AFTER we were married. Never during."
"Okay." Molly nodded
"Okay?" She asked
"Yeah. Thank you for being so honest. Luke sounds like a stand up guy."
"He is..." Jennie smiled
"My earliest memory of him is after your show ended."
"Well, he was always in our lives... He's always been such a good friend."
"I remember him being there for you when daddy decided to leave."
"Yeah... and I'm sorry if you felt I was irresponsible back then. But Luke had been divorced and I was heartbroken when your father left. Luke comforted me and sometimes when you're that connected to someone, old flames start heating up again."
"I wasn't upset because I found out you had some fling with Luke again in 2012. I was upset because you didn't tell me, and left these tabloids give me their own fabricated version on my family."
"Well, I promise never to keep stuff from you again."
"I appreciate that." Molly smiled, and hugged her mother.
