The Girl Next Door Chapter 3

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!

***

Oow! Sorry this took SO long! I was away for ages and then there is school and blah blah blah! Also I save my work on 3 ½ floppies, and this chapter wouldn't open… excuses, excuses! Puh1! Enjoy!

***

Grace followed Jessica nervously. The blond climbed into a rickety looking cab and patted the seat next to her.

She gave the driver the address and the cab choked as it pulled into the traffic. Grace shifted uneasily; the seats were cracked and squeaked loudly with every corner. The cab smelt of vomit and the windows were grimy.

"So, where you from, mate?" Jessica asked the driver.

"Stop a, a mocking me, you bloody Yankee!" he growled in an exotic voice.

"Just trying to be friendly."

Grace poked Jessica. "Ask him if he has ever delivered a baby." She whispered.

Jessica nodded. "So, amigo, have you ever delivered a baby in this cab?"

He turned sharply and braked on the curb. "Get out, you a bloody Americanos! Get out a of a my cab!"

Jessica threw up her hands. "I'm just kidding, friend…"

The driver climbed out and yanked open the door. "I am not you friend." He cried, pulling the two women out. He got into his car. "Now walk!" he snorted and spat onto the ground.

Jessica bent over laughing as he drove off. "Ooh, Touchy!"

Grace was staring around nervously. "Now what?"

Jessica straightened and looked around. "We walk, follow me." She led the way down an alley. Grace stood frozen on the curb. A rat scuttled over her food and with a squeal she ran after Jessica.

***

(Two hours later.)

"My feet hurt!" Grace whined.

"Well, you wanted to wear those shoes…"

"We're lost Jessica!"

Jessica lowered her head. "Yeah, we are."

They hailed a new cab and went back to their building, without being friendly. It seemed as if news had travelled, because he overcharged them and grunted the whole way.

In the elevator Jessica spoke. "I'm sorry, Grace."

"It's okay." Grace sighed. "So I stepped in some foreign substances and a rat scratched the suede boots, it's nothing, just another day in the life of Grace."

"Some other time?"

Grace smiled. "That's pushing it."

The two women parted and disappeared into their different apartments.