The Girl Next Door Chapter 2

By: Ruffy!!!

Disclaimer: Will & Grace belong to Everything Entertainment in association with

NBC Studios/Three Sisters Entertainment. I'm borrowing them for a while and created Jessica so that something new could happen. So, leave me alone! I know my rights!

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Grace sat at the dinning room table sulking. Will was rushing around the apartment packing. He was going away for the weekend , without her. He jogged up to the fridge and pulled open the door. He looked around and then skipped over to the door where his bags were. "Okay, there are plates of food in the fridge with cooking instructions taped to them, I left money for pizza on the breadbin and you have my number if anything goes wrong…"

Grace grunted. "Yes mom!"

Will came over and kissed her hair. "I'm going to miss you." He said.

"Me too. Love you!" she gave him a puppy dog face.

He smiled at her. "Love you."

~*~

Grace sat on the couch scratching through a box of cereal, she wanted the toy. She was bored out of her mind and Will had only been gone for two hours. A knock on the door made her get up and hide the box.

The opened the door to see Jessica standing there. "Hi." She greeted.

"Hi." Grace answered. "Come in."

"Later, maybe, I have a need for Chinese food, do you want to come with me? There's a place across the road…" she pointed over her shoulder.

Grace looked around the empty apartment. "Sounds good."

She grabbed a coat and followed Jessica into the elevator. "How was your week?" the blond asked.

They made small talk until they were seated and ordered large portions of fried noodles and chicken. Jessica sipped at a large coke. "God! I love food!" she gushed.

Grace laughed. "So do I! How do you keep so thin?"

"Gym." Jessica smiled. "Want to feel my muscles?"

Their food came and they ate in silence. Grace was happy for a mere human presence and Jessica was grateful for company.

They each had a large ice cream and two fortune cookies came with the bill.

Jessica cracked hers open. "You are close to the pot at the end of the rainbow." She wrinkled her nose. "Think I'm going to come into money?"

Grace shrugged and snapped hers open. "Expect the unexpected."

Jessica giggled. "That makes no sense. If you are expecting the unexpected, then it isn't unexpected, know what I mean?"

Grace nodded. "Yes, well, I will watch out for that bus as I walk across the road!"

Jessica reached for the bill, Grace reached out to stop her. "No, my treat."

Jessica kept her hand on the paper. "I invited you."

"Well, I want to pay."

"You can pay for the drinks at the bar." She dug money out of her wallet.

"Bar? What bar?"

"We're going to a karaoke bar."

"Oh." Grace smiled. "Sound fun."