"About a Girl"
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me; I'm just borrowing
them for a short period of time.
Show: Once and Again
Pairing: Jessie/Katie
Rating: PG
Author: Janine
Synopsis: What happens to girl's after their kiss in Jessie's room?
Email: jbstories@h...
Part 8
Karen's House – A Week Later
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"You didn't have to do this," Karen said stepping back out of Judy's way as her friend moved across the kitchen to reach for the plates. After a conversation they'd had earlier that week, Judy had declared that she was going to come over and cook some real food, after all of the take-out they'd been living off of since Karen returned home. Karen had protested at first, but eventually Judy's promises of food that didn't come out of anything Styrofoam won her over.
"I know," Judy replied turning around to face her with a little smile. "I wanted to. Now gracefully accept, and call your brats for dinner," she continued moving into the dining room to set the table.
"Thank you," Karen said her voice teasing as she headed for the stairs. "Really," she continued more seriously.
"You're very welcome," Judy replied, and then turned back to her task as Karen set off up the stairs. It was still difficult for her to move around, and just moving around the house tired her out to a degree that she never would have imagined possible before, but she was getting better. And she was able to walk with only a cane now, so she had gotten back some of that independence she had sorely missed during the apex of her injury.
"Dinner ready?" Eli asked popping his head out of his door, his nose twitching as the smells from downstairs wafted up to him.
"Uh huh," Karen responded. "Is Jessie in her room?"
"Yeah, she got a phone call twenty-minutes so she's probably still squealing away," he answered pushing out of his room and heading for the stairs. "You'll be okay?" he asked wondering if she'd need his help down.
"Yeah," Karen nodded smiling at him. "Go ahead," and with that he disappeared down the stairs.
"No, you shut up," Jessie said laughing into the receiver. "No. No. No you shut up," she repeated again giggling as her mother approached her partially open door. Knowing that she probably shouldn't but unable to help herself, Karen propped herself up against the wall outside Jessie's room, listening to the happy sounds that drifted into the hallway, a smile working it's way across her face at hearing her daughter so obviously happy.
"You do more," Jessie went on, her voice teasing. "Hmmm," she continued thoughtfully. "Maybe. I said maybe," she went on drawing out the last word wickedly. Karen placed her hand over her mouth, overcome by the sheer preciousness of the scene. She remembered what it was like to be in High School, and how she had had similar conversations with boys from school just like the one Jessie was having now. "Hey," she heard Jessie exclaim, jarring her back to the present. "Yeah, I guess I do," she continued oblivious to her mother's presence.
Beginning to fell bad about her eavesdropping, Karen silently repositioned herself to make it seem as if she was just coming down the hall, and called out Jessie's name, pushing her door open as she did.
Jessie flipped over looking at her doorway to see her mother standing there. "I gotta go," Jessie said. "Dinner. Judy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Stop it," she said, pausing every few second's apparently answering questions from the person on the other end. "I gotta go. I mean it, she's standing right here. Okay. Bye," Jessie finished clicking off the phone and standing up. "I'll be right down, I just gotta wash my hands," she said looking over her mother.
"Okay, everything's set up so just come down when you're done," Karen responded backing out of the doorway to let her by. Then smiling as Jessie bounded down the hallway she made her way down the stairs.
"She was still on the phone?" Judy asked raising an eyebrow as Karen took her seat. "Who was she talking to?"
"Tad," Karen responded smiling as she reached for her silverware.
"I don't think so," Eli mumbled derisively around a mouth full of food.
"What do you mean?" Karen asked looking up at him curiously. She had been certain that with the way Jessie had been acting it had to have been Tad she was taking to. "Is she seeing someone else?"
"I don't think so, but that's not what I meant," Eli replied looking up for a second before turning back to food. "It was a girl on the other end. Probably Katie," he continued. "All I ever hear or see anymore is the two of them laughing and flitting around," he went on rolling his eyes as he reached for his drink. "Is there anything more annoying than teenage girls?"
"You didn't seem to mind them two years ago," Judy, commented grinning at Eli, who had the good graces to nod, conceding her point.
"She's been over there a lot too?" Karen asked looking over at Eli, her mind still wrestling with her earlier interpretation of Jessie's tone and the information that she had been talking to Katie, not Tad.
"Yeah," Eli muttered as he chewed. "I swear to god, Dad's going to have to convert the storage closet into a room for her or something, she's over there more than I am," he continued.
"She's so cool though," Judy said piping up. "I was talking to her about the new Victoria's Secret line, and she was so right about like everything. I went back, and pg. 56 really was probably the most unappealing thing I'd ever seen. The convent page," Judy continued chuckling to herself as she thought about it.
"Yeah, fabulous," Karen replied, forcing a smile onto her face. She was distracted, there was something nagging at her, scratching at the back of her mind trying to dig through, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She just knew that there was something that she should be getting but that just kept eluding her. However, before she ponder the situation anymore Jessie came tumbling down the stairs throwing herself into the free seat, drawing Karen's attention outwards once more.
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TBC...
Thank you for reading, I hope that you enjoyed it. Comments are very
much welcome and would be GREATLY appreciated, I'm a feedback whore,
enable me … please! :) jbstories@h...
Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me; I'm just borrowing
them for a short period of time.
Show: Once and Again
Pairing: Jessie/Katie
Rating: PG
Author: Janine
Synopsis: What happens to girl's after their kiss in Jessie's room?
Email: jbstories@h...
Part 8
Karen's House – A Week Later
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"You didn't have to do this," Karen said stepping back out of Judy's way as her friend moved across the kitchen to reach for the plates. After a conversation they'd had earlier that week, Judy had declared that she was going to come over and cook some real food, after all of the take-out they'd been living off of since Karen returned home. Karen had protested at first, but eventually Judy's promises of food that didn't come out of anything Styrofoam won her over.
"I know," Judy replied turning around to face her with a little smile. "I wanted to. Now gracefully accept, and call your brats for dinner," she continued moving into the dining room to set the table.
"Thank you," Karen said her voice teasing as she headed for the stairs. "Really," she continued more seriously.
"You're very welcome," Judy replied, and then turned back to her task as Karen set off up the stairs. It was still difficult for her to move around, and just moving around the house tired her out to a degree that she never would have imagined possible before, but she was getting better. And she was able to walk with only a cane now, so she had gotten back some of that independence she had sorely missed during the apex of her injury.
"Dinner ready?" Eli asked popping his head out of his door, his nose twitching as the smells from downstairs wafted up to him.
"Uh huh," Karen responded. "Is Jessie in her room?"
"Yeah, she got a phone call twenty-minutes so she's probably still squealing away," he answered pushing out of his room and heading for the stairs. "You'll be okay?" he asked wondering if she'd need his help down.
"Yeah," Karen nodded smiling at him. "Go ahead," and with that he disappeared down the stairs.
"No, you shut up," Jessie said laughing into the receiver. "No. No. No you shut up," she repeated again giggling as her mother approached her partially open door. Knowing that she probably shouldn't but unable to help herself, Karen propped herself up against the wall outside Jessie's room, listening to the happy sounds that drifted into the hallway, a smile working it's way across her face at hearing her daughter so obviously happy.
"You do more," Jessie went on, her voice teasing. "Hmmm," she continued thoughtfully. "Maybe. I said maybe," she went on drawing out the last word wickedly. Karen placed her hand over her mouth, overcome by the sheer preciousness of the scene. She remembered what it was like to be in High School, and how she had had similar conversations with boys from school just like the one Jessie was having now. "Hey," she heard Jessie exclaim, jarring her back to the present. "Yeah, I guess I do," she continued oblivious to her mother's presence.
Beginning to fell bad about her eavesdropping, Karen silently repositioned herself to make it seem as if she was just coming down the hall, and called out Jessie's name, pushing her door open as she did.
Jessie flipped over looking at her doorway to see her mother standing there. "I gotta go," Jessie said. "Dinner. Judy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Stop it," she said, pausing every few second's apparently answering questions from the person on the other end. "I gotta go. I mean it, she's standing right here. Okay. Bye," Jessie finished clicking off the phone and standing up. "I'll be right down, I just gotta wash my hands," she said looking over her mother.
"Okay, everything's set up so just come down when you're done," Karen responded backing out of the doorway to let her by. Then smiling as Jessie bounded down the hallway she made her way down the stairs.
"She was still on the phone?" Judy asked raising an eyebrow as Karen took her seat. "Who was she talking to?"
"Tad," Karen responded smiling as she reached for her silverware.
"I don't think so," Eli mumbled derisively around a mouth full of food.
"What do you mean?" Karen asked looking up at him curiously. She had been certain that with the way Jessie had been acting it had to have been Tad she was taking to. "Is she seeing someone else?"
"I don't think so, but that's not what I meant," Eli replied looking up for a second before turning back to food. "It was a girl on the other end. Probably Katie," he continued. "All I ever hear or see anymore is the two of them laughing and flitting around," he went on rolling his eyes as he reached for his drink. "Is there anything more annoying than teenage girls?"
"You didn't seem to mind them two years ago," Judy, commented grinning at Eli, who had the good graces to nod, conceding her point.
"She's been over there a lot too?" Karen asked looking over at Eli, her mind still wrestling with her earlier interpretation of Jessie's tone and the information that she had been talking to Katie, not Tad.
"Yeah," Eli muttered as he chewed. "I swear to god, Dad's going to have to convert the storage closet into a room for her or something, she's over there more than I am," he continued.
"She's so cool though," Judy said piping up. "I was talking to her about the new Victoria's Secret line, and she was so right about like everything. I went back, and pg. 56 really was probably the most unappealing thing I'd ever seen. The convent page," Judy continued chuckling to herself as she thought about it.
"Yeah, fabulous," Karen replied, forcing a smile onto her face. She was distracted, there was something nagging at her, scratching at the back of her mind trying to dig through, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She just knew that there was something that she should be getting but that just kept eluding her. However, before she ponder the situation anymore Jessie came tumbling down the stairs throwing herself into the free seat, drawing Karen's attention outwards once more.
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TBC...
Thank you for reading, I hope that you enjoyed it. Comments are very
much welcome and would be GREATLY appreciated, I'm a feedback whore,
enable me … please! :) jbstories@h...