Season 4 Episode 3
"It's Time I Said I Love You"
Rick opens the door, after arriving from the hospital. He expected everyone to be sleeping, but to his surprise he could hear Jessie and Eli in the kitchen. It sounded like an argument. He didn't like to eavesdrop on his kids, but he couldn't help it. "Jessie! How can you talk about something like that, even think about something like that, when Lily is in the hospital?" Eli says. "I just can't accept it, Eli! When our Mom had an accident just like that, it took you days to visit her, to be interested in he. And now, with Lily, you're going around totally depressed! You care more about Lily than about our own mother!" Jessie is almost yelling.
Soliloquy Eli is standing up. "This is not true!" He yells.
Back to the kitchen, Eli is really upset, but he's trying to stay calm. "Jessie, listen," he begins. "You can't compare these two situations. I was having a lot of problems with Mom when that happened. And you know that." He's pacing the kitchen while he speaks. "Now, with Lily, it's different. I'm feeling guilt for what happened. I know it wasn't my fault, but..." Suddenly he stopped. He could tell from the look in Jessie's face that she wasn't believing in any of that. He sighed, and said, "I don't want to talk about this anymore." Then he left for his room. Jessie stayed in the kitchen for about 5 minutes. Her feelings were so messed up, she didn't know what to think. Sometimes she thought she was being too hard on Eli, but she was hurt by that situation. "Maybe I shouldn't be thinking about that," She thought. And also, there was her friendship with Katie. If only she were brave enough, she could have someone there with her, to help her go through all this. When she left for her attic bedroom, she didn't see Rick. After he saw she was gone, he muttered to himself, "This can't be happening."
The next day, it's morning and Sam and Judy are at a cafeteria. "I can't believe you're doing this," Judy is saying. She looks really angry. "Judy, I'm sorry. I wish I could stay here with you, but I can't lose this opportunity. You have to put ourself in my place." Sam tries to justify himself. Judy thinks for one moment than says, "I know it's your big chance, but..." she stops. "But what?" Sam asks. Judy goes on, "I don't want to let you go." Sam holds her hands. "I love you," she says. She has tears in her eyes. "And I'm afraid I'm losing my last chance of being happy." They look at each other for a moment. "I don't know what to do. I'm not going to ask you to come with me, because I know how much your family needs you now. But, if you're willing to wait, I guarantee I'm coming back." Judy smiles sarcastically and gets up. "I don't need you in one year. I need you now." She leaves. Sam stays there, watching her go and feeling totally empty in the inside.
Soliloquy Judy is crying. "Well... nothing lasts forever." She tries to smile, but it's totally fake.
Meanwhile, at Rick and Lily's house, Grace and Jessie are having breakfast and talking about Lily's situation. Zoe is there too, but she's not eating or saying anything. Suddenly, Eli appears on th kitchen. He ignores Jessie and talks only to Grace. "Grace," he says, "Could you come over to my room after you finish your breakfast? I need to talk to you." Grace feels that something is going on, for the looks in Eli's and Jessie's faces. "OK, I'll be there in a minute." She answers. Eli leaves and Jessie couldn't be angrier.
Soon after Eli left, Jessie also left the kitchen. She was so hurt. She needed someone. She knew who that someone was. Fifteen minutes later, she is knocking in Katie's door. "Hi!" Katie is happily surprised. "Come on in," She says. "I'm so glad you're here." Jessie smiles. "I'm happy to be here too." Katie realizes something is wrong with Jessie. "You don't seem very happy." Jessie sighs. "I really need to talk to you. Are we alone?" She asks. "Yes, my parents already left for work." They sit on the couch. "What's happening?" Katie asks, worried. "I'm so confused and hurt by everything that's going on. I'm feeling totally alone." Jessie says. "But you aren't! You have me!" Katie says. "I know, but you're not with me as much as I wanted you to." Katie was starting to see where this was going to. She felt her heart pounding. But she didn't want to say anything, she couldn't scare Jessie and ruin this moment. "What do you want from me?" Katie asks, trying to control her urge to hug Jessie so tight. Jessie answers, "I want to be with you." She pauses. "It's time I said I love you." Another pause. "And you know what I mean." Katie is grining. "Oh, Jessie..." They look at each other for a long moment. Finally, they kiss, much more passionatelly than they did the first time. "This is the greatest moment of my life," Katie says while hugging Jessie. She goes on, "I wanted to tell you how I felt, but I didn't have the nerve to do that. Thank God you did." They stay in that embrace for a long time, never wanting it to end. They weren't thinking about what other people would say or do. That didn't matter. Not yet.
Soliloquy Jessie is smiling. She looks at us and gets up, smiling, dancing a little. She's really happy.
"What's wrong between you and Jessie? You acted so strange in the kitchen." Grace says as she enters Eli's room. He's lying in the bed and she sits on it, facing him. "We had an awful argument." Eli says. "About what?" Grace asks. "She thinks I like Lily better that I like our Mom." Grace is shocked. "My God! But don't worry Eli, we're all very sensitive these days, that's probably why she said that." Eli sits on the bed. "No, Grace. She really meant it." He says. "But it's not true, is it?" Grace asks. "Of course not! I mean, I like your mom a lot, but obviously not as much as I like my Mom." Grace thinks for a moment and then says, "So, pretty soon Jessie will realize she said a very stupid thing. The truth always comes out." Eli is not very convinced by that. "Yeah. Let's hope." Grace sees he's getting angry and decides to change the subject. "You're not feeling guilt about my Mom's accident, are you?" She asks. Eli smiles a little. "Not so much." Grace smiles. "Well, that's good. Because it really wasn't your fault." Eli smiles, feeling better, and asks, "The last time you were here, you left with a devious smile. What were you going to do?" He asks. "Oh," she says, surprised that he remembers that. "Nothing important." She says. "Oh, come on, Grace. I trusted you with my problems. You can trust me." He says, sitting closer to her.
Soliloquy Grace is shaking her head. "I can't trust him. I know that."
Grace sighs. "OK." Before she goes on, she gets up and closes the door. Back to the bed, she starts telling Eli what happened. She still could fell it as if it was happening now.
Grace was sitting at a restaurant table, on a neighboorhood very far from where she lived. The table was on the sidewalk, so she was looking at the people on the street as she was thinking. "I shouldn't have done that. Not now. My Mom is in the hospital and I'm here getting into trouble. But I needed to see him so much," she thought. She couldn't believe when Mr. Dimitri, her former teacher, accepted to see her when she called him. "Maybe he needed to see me too," That thought made her smile. Lost in her thoughts, it took her two or three minutes to see Mr. Dimitri standing there, just looking at her. "Hi," she says. "Hi," he answers, as he sits. They look at each other for a second, and then he says, "I don't why I'm here." He says. "Because I called you." Grace says, smiling. "Yes. And because I'm crazy." He says, laughing a little. The he gets serious. "I heard about your mother. I'm really sorry." Grace smiles. "Thanks. It has been really hard. But she's much better now." Mr. Dimitri says, "I'm glad to hear that." He pauses then goes on, "But why did you need to see me so much?" He asks. "I was feeling lost. And you are the only one who really understands me." She says. She reaches for his hand. For the first time, he doesn't try to avoid it. It's nice to hear you still trust me. After all that happened." Grace laughs. "And why wouldn't I trust you? Nothing has changed." She looks at his eyes. "Nothing." Mr. Dimitri starts to feel uncomfortable. "Grace, you know that..." Grace interrupts him, "Don't say it. Because you don't mean it. If you didn't want to see me, you wouldn't have come." Dimitri can't say anything. He knows she's right. After that, they go for a walk in a park nearby. They talk for over an hour about everything that's happening to her. Then, Grace looks at her watch and remembers she has to go back. "I have to go now," she says. There's silence. She leans on and kisses him, and he doesn't resist it. She smiles. "I said nothing had changed. I was wrong. Everything is different now." She walks away, smiling. After a few steps, she stops, looks back and says, "I almost forgot the most important thing: I love you." She keeps walking as he warns her not to call him back. But he knows she will call, and he knows he will agree to see her again.
"Oh, my God!" Eli exclaims. He can't believe what he just heard. "So, what's going on? You two are dating?" He asks. "Of course not." Grace answers. "Nothing is going on. We didn't talk after that, I still have to call him." Eli has got up and is pacing on the side of the bed. "This is so unbelievable." He stops and looks at her. "And it's so much trouble." Grace says, "You said I could trust you. So I trusted you. Don't disappoint me again." She says seriously, as she gets up. She opens the door, but looks at him again before leaving and says, "Please."
It's three days later. It's afternoon, Rick is talking to a man. He's a new client. They're discussing how much he is going to pay Rick for him to project a small store. After some time, Rick has no other choice but to agree with what the man wants to pay. It's not much, but it's something and he needs money. He has kids to support and a wife who's going to need a special treatment. And that's the only job he was offered. He was starting to see that things were not going to be easy. As he was looking at the sheet of paper with the description of the store, the phone rang. "Hello, it's Rick Sammler," Rick said, hoping it would be a job offer. "Hello, Mr. Sammler, it's Dr. Farrell. I'm taking care of your wife Lily," we hear from the other side of the line. "Is something wrong with Lily?" Rick asks, scared. "No," Dr. Farrell answers. "I just wanted to talk to you, but I have to leave the hospital now, so I called you. I hope I'm not disturbing your work." Rick smiles as he thinks he has no work at all. "No, you're not," Rick says. "Well, all I wanted to say is that Lily is much better and we are thinking about letting her leave the hospital in 10 days." Rick is so relieved to hear that. "That's great," he says. Dr. Farrell goes on, "I wanted to tell you so you could get everything ready. She's going to need a full-time nurse." Rick didn't like that last part. He knew that costs a lot of money. "Oh, OK Doctor. Thanks for calling. Thanks for the good news." They hang up. Rick rest in the chair as he looks at the sheet of paper with his new "project". He sighs and says out loud, "This is not fair."
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Rick opens the door, after arriving from the hospital. He expected everyone to be sleeping, but to his surprise he could hear Jessie and Eli in the kitchen. It sounded like an argument. He didn't like to eavesdrop on his kids, but he couldn't help it. "Jessie! How can you talk about something like that, even think about something like that, when Lily is in the hospital?" Eli says. "I just can't accept it, Eli! When our Mom had an accident just like that, it took you days to visit her, to be interested in he. And now, with Lily, you're going around totally depressed! You care more about Lily than about our own mother!" Jessie is almost yelling.
Soliloquy Eli is standing up. "This is not true!" He yells.
Back to the kitchen, Eli is really upset, but he's trying to stay calm. "Jessie, listen," he begins. "You can't compare these two situations. I was having a lot of problems with Mom when that happened. And you know that." He's pacing the kitchen while he speaks. "Now, with Lily, it's different. I'm feeling guilt for what happened. I know it wasn't my fault, but..." Suddenly he stopped. He could tell from the look in Jessie's face that she wasn't believing in any of that. He sighed, and said, "I don't want to talk about this anymore." Then he left for his room. Jessie stayed in the kitchen for about 5 minutes. Her feelings were so messed up, she didn't know what to think. Sometimes she thought she was being too hard on Eli, but she was hurt by that situation. "Maybe I shouldn't be thinking about that," She thought. And also, there was her friendship with Katie. If only she were brave enough, she could have someone there with her, to help her go through all this. When she left for her attic bedroom, she didn't see Rick. After he saw she was gone, he muttered to himself, "This can't be happening."
The next day, it's morning and Sam and Judy are at a cafeteria. "I can't believe you're doing this," Judy is saying. She looks really angry. "Judy, I'm sorry. I wish I could stay here with you, but I can't lose this opportunity. You have to put ourself in my place." Sam tries to justify himself. Judy thinks for one moment than says, "I know it's your big chance, but..." she stops. "But what?" Sam asks. Judy goes on, "I don't want to let you go." Sam holds her hands. "I love you," she says. She has tears in her eyes. "And I'm afraid I'm losing my last chance of being happy." They look at each other for a moment. "I don't know what to do. I'm not going to ask you to come with me, because I know how much your family needs you now. But, if you're willing to wait, I guarantee I'm coming back." Judy smiles sarcastically and gets up. "I don't need you in one year. I need you now." She leaves. Sam stays there, watching her go and feeling totally empty in the inside.
Soliloquy Judy is crying. "Well... nothing lasts forever." She tries to smile, but it's totally fake.
Meanwhile, at Rick and Lily's house, Grace and Jessie are having breakfast and talking about Lily's situation. Zoe is there too, but she's not eating or saying anything. Suddenly, Eli appears on th kitchen. He ignores Jessie and talks only to Grace. "Grace," he says, "Could you come over to my room after you finish your breakfast? I need to talk to you." Grace feels that something is going on, for the looks in Eli's and Jessie's faces. "OK, I'll be there in a minute." She answers. Eli leaves and Jessie couldn't be angrier.
Soon after Eli left, Jessie also left the kitchen. She was so hurt. She needed someone. She knew who that someone was. Fifteen minutes later, she is knocking in Katie's door. "Hi!" Katie is happily surprised. "Come on in," She says. "I'm so glad you're here." Jessie smiles. "I'm happy to be here too." Katie realizes something is wrong with Jessie. "You don't seem very happy." Jessie sighs. "I really need to talk to you. Are we alone?" She asks. "Yes, my parents already left for work." They sit on the couch. "What's happening?" Katie asks, worried. "I'm so confused and hurt by everything that's going on. I'm feeling totally alone." Jessie says. "But you aren't! You have me!" Katie says. "I know, but you're not with me as much as I wanted you to." Katie was starting to see where this was going to. She felt her heart pounding. But she didn't want to say anything, she couldn't scare Jessie and ruin this moment. "What do you want from me?" Katie asks, trying to control her urge to hug Jessie so tight. Jessie answers, "I want to be with you." She pauses. "It's time I said I love you." Another pause. "And you know what I mean." Katie is grining. "Oh, Jessie..." They look at each other for a long moment. Finally, they kiss, much more passionatelly than they did the first time. "This is the greatest moment of my life," Katie says while hugging Jessie. She goes on, "I wanted to tell you how I felt, but I didn't have the nerve to do that. Thank God you did." They stay in that embrace for a long time, never wanting it to end. They weren't thinking about what other people would say or do. That didn't matter. Not yet.
Soliloquy Jessie is smiling. She looks at us and gets up, smiling, dancing a little. She's really happy.
"What's wrong between you and Jessie? You acted so strange in the kitchen." Grace says as she enters Eli's room. He's lying in the bed and she sits on it, facing him. "We had an awful argument." Eli says. "About what?" Grace asks. "She thinks I like Lily better that I like our Mom." Grace is shocked. "My God! But don't worry Eli, we're all very sensitive these days, that's probably why she said that." Eli sits on the bed. "No, Grace. She really meant it." He says. "But it's not true, is it?" Grace asks. "Of course not! I mean, I like your mom a lot, but obviously not as much as I like my Mom." Grace thinks for a moment and then says, "So, pretty soon Jessie will realize she said a very stupid thing. The truth always comes out." Eli is not very convinced by that. "Yeah. Let's hope." Grace sees he's getting angry and decides to change the subject. "You're not feeling guilt about my Mom's accident, are you?" She asks. Eli smiles a little. "Not so much." Grace smiles. "Well, that's good. Because it really wasn't your fault." Eli smiles, feeling better, and asks, "The last time you were here, you left with a devious smile. What were you going to do?" He asks. "Oh," she says, surprised that he remembers that. "Nothing important." She says. "Oh, come on, Grace. I trusted you with my problems. You can trust me." He says, sitting closer to her.
Soliloquy Grace is shaking her head. "I can't trust him. I know that."
Grace sighs. "OK." Before she goes on, she gets up and closes the door. Back to the bed, she starts telling Eli what happened. She still could fell it as if it was happening now.
Grace was sitting at a restaurant table, on a neighboorhood very far from where she lived. The table was on the sidewalk, so she was looking at the people on the street as she was thinking. "I shouldn't have done that. Not now. My Mom is in the hospital and I'm here getting into trouble. But I needed to see him so much," she thought. She couldn't believe when Mr. Dimitri, her former teacher, accepted to see her when she called him. "Maybe he needed to see me too," That thought made her smile. Lost in her thoughts, it took her two or three minutes to see Mr. Dimitri standing there, just looking at her. "Hi," she says. "Hi," he answers, as he sits. They look at each other for a second, and then he says, "I don't why I'm here." He says. "Because I called you." Grace says, smiling. "Yes. And because I'm crazy." He says, laughing a little. The he gets serious. "I heard about your mother. I'm really sorry." Grace smiles. "Thanks. It has been really hard. But she's much better now." Mr. Dimitri says, "I'm glad to hear that." He pauses then goes on, "But why did you need to see me so much?" He asks. "I was feeling lost. And you are the only one who really understands me." She says. She reaches for his hand. For the first time, he doesn't try to avoid it. It's nice to hear you still trust me. After all that happened." Grace laughs. "And why wouldn't I trust you? Nothing has changed." She looks at his eyes. "Nothing." Mr. Dimitri starts to feel uncomfortable. "Grace, you know that..." Grace interrupts him, "Don't say it. Because you don't mean it. If you didn't want to see me, you wouldn't have come." Dimitri can't say anything. He knows she's right. After that, they go for a walk in a park nearby. They talk for over an hour about everything that's happening to her. Then, Grace looks at her watch and remembers she has to go back. "I have to go now," she says. There's silence. She leans on and kisses him, and he doesn't resist it. She smiles. "I said nothing had changed. I was wrong. Everything is different now." She walks away, smiling. After a few steps, she stops, looks back and says, "I almost forgot the most important thing: I love you." She keeps walking as he warns her not to call him back. But he knows she will call, and he knows he will agree to see her again.
"Oh, my God!" Eli exclaims. He can't believe what he just heard. "So, what's going on? You two are dating?" He asks. "Of course not." Grace answers. "Nothing is going on. We didn't talk after that, I still have to call him." Eli has got up and is pacing on the side of the bed. "This is so unbelievable." He stops and looks at her. "And it's so much trouble." Grace says, "You said I could trust you. So I trusted you. Don't disappoint me again." She says seriously, as she gets up. She opens the door, but looks at him again before leaving and says, "Please."
It's three days later. It's afternoon, Rick is talking to a man. He's a new client. They're discussing how much he is going to pay Rick for him to project a small store. After some time, Rick has no other choice but to agree with what the man wants to pay. It's not much, but it's something and he needs money. He has kids to support and a wife who's going to need a special treatment. And that's the only job he was offered. He was starting to see that things were not going to be easy. As he was looking at the sheet of paper with the description of the store, the phone rang. "Hello, it's Rick Sammler," Rick said, hoping it would be a job offer. "Hello, Mr. Sammler, it's Dr. Farrell. I'm taking care of your wife Lily," we hear from the other side of the line. "Is something wrong with Lily?" Rick asks, scared. "No," Dr. Farrell answers. "I just wanted to talk to you, but I have to leave the hospital now, so I called you. I hope I'm not disturbing your work." Rick smiles as he thinks he has no work at all. "No, you're not," Rick says. "Well, all I wanted to say is that Lily is much better and we are thinking about letting her leave the hospital in 10 days." Rick is so relieved to hear that. "That's great," he says. Dr. Farrell goes on, "I wanted to tell you so you could get everything ready. She's going to need a full-time nurse." Rick didn't like that last part. He knew that costs a lot of money. "Oh, OK Doctor. Thanks for calling. Thanks for the good news." They hang up. Rick rest in the chair as he looks at the sheet of paper with his new "project". He sighs and says out loud, "This is not fair."
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