Season 4 Episode 15
"Oh, She..."
"Mom, please, you have to understand my feelings," Jessie was saying to Karen on the way to the hospital. "Jessie, I just can't let you hurt yourself. You have no idea of what this situation means." Karen is really under control, although she's in pain on the inside. Jessie doesn't say anything. Karen goes on, "I know you hate me now. But you're my little girl, and I..." She's interrupted by Jessie, "That's the problem! I'm your little girl and now you're upset because the real Jessie is not the Jessie you planned!" Jessie's attitude surprises Karen a little. She doesn't what to say to that and she's relieved they've arrived at the hospital, so the conversation is over for a while.
Upstairs, Rick is in Lily's room, where's she's telling him about the talk with Jake. "It's exactly what I thought. He's jealous of you." She says that with a sad smile. "What?" Rick asks stunned. "He's jealous because you took care of all the family since my accident and he's feeling his place on this family was stolen from him." Rick laughs. "Oh, that's so ridiculous." Lily smiles and then goes on, "I know. But that's how he's feeling," and at this point she begins to fight back tears, "And he's still going to try to get the girls." Rick runs his hand through her hair as he says, "Don't worry, Lil. We'll win this thing. And Jake will realize what a jerk he's being about this." Lily smiles at his support, but she's not convinced. "When is the hearing?" She asks. "In ten days." Rick answers. "Oh my God!" Lily says letting tears fall down on her face. "I won't be able to make it!" Rick hugs her. "Oh, Lil, don't cry. I'll be there fighting for you." Rick says. But he knows Lily's not a fool. "Oh, Rick. I know that if I don't show up Jake's chances will be bigger." Rick looks at her, not knowing what to say.
It doesn't matter, anyway, because Karen has knocked on the door. She wasn't really sure she wanted to see Lily, but she needed to talk to Rick. "Come on in," Rick said as Lily wiped her tears. "Oh, hi, Karen" Lily said, surprised to see Karen there. "Hello, Lily. How are you doing?" Karen said trying to fake a smile, as if she was really interested on that. "Oh, I'm much better now. Listen, I didn't have the chance of thanking you for what you did to me on the day of my accident. Thanks a lot. And, please, say thank you to your friend Henry too." The mention of Henry's name made Karen's fake smile disappear for a second.
Soliloquy Karen appears. "Oh, Henry. I treated him so badly." Pause. "And he was right."
Karen quickly gets her smile back and says, "Oh, sure. I'll tell him." Pause. Rick is not sure what to say. He looked a little nervous.
Soliloquy Rick is chuckling. "I know this is silly, but when I'm in the same room with Lily and Karen, I feel so weird. I never know what to do."
Lily breaks the silence asking Karen, "Are you alone?" Karen answers quickly, "Oh, no, Jessie is outside. I'll tell her to get in while I talk to Rick about..." She stutters, "about the mortgage of my house." Karen doesn't sound very convincing, but apparently Lily doesn't care. "Oh, OK. Tell Jessie to come here, I really miss her." Karen nods and calls Jessie, as she and Rick leave to talk.
Soliloquy Lily looks like she's reflecting. After a while she says. "Why do I feel everyone is hiding something from me?"
"So, Jessie, how have you been?" Lily asks after the girl enters the room. "Oh, fine." Jessie answers. Lily looks at her and says, with a serious smile, "Really?" Jessie is a little uncomfortable but she insists, "Yeah, I'm fine. Everything is the same." She quickly changes the subject saying, "You know, the baby is starting to show." That comment really touches Lily and she says, grinning, "You're the first one to notice!"
Meanwhile, Grace is at home, and she's asking Eli for another Dimitri- related favor. This time, she wanted him to tell Rick they were going together to a party, so she could go to Dimitri's house. "No, Grace, no! I don't want trouble for me anymore." Eli answered, and he didn't look like he could change his mind. "But Eli, I need to see him." She asked tenderly. "Grace, don't you fear what could happen? I thought that after I told you about your Dad and the custody thing, you'd think about what you're doing." Grace takes a moment to think of an answer. "Of course I'm afraid. You have no idea how much. But I won't let fear rule me. I'm going to fight for what I want." Eli looked at her as if he had never seen her before. But he stayed in silence. "Fine!" Grace said. "I'll go anyway." She leaves, slamming the door.
Soliloquy Grace looks a little angry. "No one understands. No one ever did." She pauses, and then smiles. "Except him."
"Rick, what are we going to do now?" Karen asked after she finished telling him about the most recent events. "I don't know, Karen. We should talk to Jessie, and see what she wants to do..." Karen interrupts him, "What she wants to do? Rick you don't seriously believe a 15 year old girl knows what to do in a situation like this, do you?" Karen is nervous, but Rick is doing his best to stay calm. "Well, Karen, do we know what to do?" He asks.
Soliloquy Karen is smiling, but she doesn't look happy. "That's what I hate about him the most, he always thinks he's right."
Karen sighs and says, "We, for sure, know better than she does. We're her parents."
Soliloquy Rick is also annoyed. "That's what I hate about her the most. She always thinks she's right."
"OK, Karen, what do you want to do?" Rick says, beginning to lose his patience. "I think we should keep her away from this girl, make her think about what she was doing, maybe even take her back to the therapist." Rick nods, "The therapist is a good idea. I think we all could use that. But about keeping her away from Katie, I'm not sure, but it's just going to make things worse." He says, sitting down. "Yes, I know that, but I think Katie's mom already made this decision." Karen says, sitting next to him. "Yeah, you're right. But Jessie will want to be near Katie." Rick says. He makes a pause to think and then goes on. "You know, Karen, I think Jessie should be here when we're having this conversation." She looks at him, disapprovingly, "I'm not sure, she'll just yell at every thing we say." Karen had a bitter tone on her voice. "Still, I think it's not fair making decisions behind her back." Karen nods, defeated, "You're right." She can't look at Rick's eyes as she says that. She gets up to leave, and Rick says, "Leave Jessie here. She'll be good for Lily." Karen doesn't like it very much, but agrees, "OK. Will you take her to my place later?" Rick quickly nods, "Yeah, sure. We'll be there in less than 2 hours. And then we can finally talk, the three of us, about this." Karen smiles, as she remembers of something, "Two hours is perfect. I'll be waiting for you." She leaves, thinking she had enough time to stop at Henry's house.
While Rick and Karen were talking, Jessie and Lily were also talking. Their conversation, however, was a much lighter one. "And then the teacher said, in front of everyone, that my paper was the best she had ever read," Jessie was telling Lily, very happy. "Oh, that's wonderful, congratulations, Jess," Lily said running her hand through Jessie's hair. The conversation stopped for a moment, and Lily quickly grabbed the chance to ask Jessie something, "So, Jessie, is everything OK at home? I mean, with you, Grace, Zoe, Eli, Rick..." Jessie was not sure what Lily knew or wanted to know, but she just nodded, "Yes, everything is normal. Except everyone misses you a lot," She says smiling. "Really?" Lily asks. "Really! Don't you believe me?" Jessie asks, playfully. "Of course I do, dear, it's just that I've got this feeling that everyone that has come to see me was hiding something that I needed to know." She says, trying not to look very worried. "Oh, don't worry. No one is hiding anything," Jessie said, faking a smile.
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"Mom, please, you have to understand my feelings," Jessie was saying to Karen on the way to the hospital. "Jessie, I just can't let you hurt yourself. You have no idea of what this situation means." Karen is really under control, although she's in pain on the inside. Jessie doesn't say anything. Karen goes on, "I know you hate me now. But you're my little girl, and I..." She's interrupted by Jessie, "That's the problem! I'm your little girl and now you're upset because the real Jessie is not the Jessie you planned!" Jessie's attitude surprises Karen a little. She doesn't what to say to that and she's relieved they've arrived at the hospital, so the conversation is over for a while.
Upstairs, Rick is in Lily's room, where's she's telling him about the talk with Jake. "It's exactly what I thought. He's jealous of you." She says that with a sad smile. "What?" Rick asks stunned. "He's jealous because you took care of all the family since my accident and he's feeling his place on this family was stolen from him." Rick laughs. "Oh, that's so ridiculous." Lily smiles and then goes on, "I know. But that's how he's feeling," and at this point she begins to fight back tears, "And he's still going to try to get the girls." Rick runs his hand through her hair as he says, "Don't worry, Lil. We'll win this thing. And Jake will realize what a jerk he's being about this." Lily smiles at his support, but she's not convinced. "When is the hearing?" She asks. "In ten days." Rick answers. "Oh my God!" Lily says letting tears fall down on her face. "I won't be able to make it!" Rick hugs her. "Oh, Lil, don't cry. I'll be there fighting for you." Rick says. But he knows Lily's not a fool. "Oh, Rick. I know that if I don't show up Jake's chances will be bigger." Rick looks at her, not knowing what to say.
It doesn't matter, anyway, because Karen has knocked on the door. She wasn't really sure she wanted to see Lily, but she needed to talk to Rick. "Come on in," Rick said as Lily wiped her tears. "Oh, hi, Karen" Lily said, surprised to see Karen there. "Hello, Lily. How are you doing?" Karen said trying to fake a smile, as if she was really interested on that. "Oh, I'm much better now. Listen, I didn't have the chance of thanking you for what you did to me on the day of my accident. Thanks a lot. And, please, say thank you to your friend Henry too." The mention of Henry's name made Karen's fake smile disappear for a second.
Soliloquy Karen appears. "Oh, Henry. I treated him so badly." Pause. "And he was right."
Karen quickly gets her smile back and says, "Oh, sure. I'll tell him." Pause. Rick is not sure what to say. He looked a little nervous.
Soliloquy Rick is chuckling. "I know this is silly, but when I'm in the same room with Lily and Karen, I feel so weird. I never know what to do."
Lily breaks the silence asking Karen, "Are you alone?" Karen answers quickly, "Oh, no, Jessie is outside. I'll tell her to get in while I talk to Rick about..." She stutters, "about the mortgage of my house." Karen doesn't sound very convincing, but apparently Lily doesn't care. "Oh, OK. Tell Jessie to come here, I really miss her." Karen nods and calls Jessie, as she and Rick leave to talk.
Soliloquy Lily looks like she's reflecting. After a while she says. "Why do I feel everyone is hiding something from me?"
"So, Jessie, how have you been?" Lily asks after the girl enters the room. "Oh, fine." Jessie answers. Lily looks at her and says, with a serious smile, "Really?" Jessie is a little uncomfortable but she insists, "Yeah, I'm fine. Everything is the same." She quickly changes the subject saying, "You know, the baby is starting to show." That comment really touches Lily and she says, grinning, "You're the first one to notice!"
Meanwhile, Grace is at home, and she's asking Eli for another Dimitri- related favor. This time, she wanted him to tell Rick they were going together to a party, so she could go to Dimitri's house. "No, Grace, no! I don't want trouble for me anymore." Eli answered, and he didn't look like he could change his mind. "But Eli, I need to see him." She asked tenderly. "Grace, don't you fear what could happen? I thought that after I told you about your Dad and the custody thing, you'd think about what you're doing." Grace takes a moment to think of an answer. "Of course I'm afraid. You have no idea how much. But I won't let fear rule me. I'm going to fight for what I want." Eli looked at her as if he had never seen her before. But he stayed in silence. "Fine!" Grace said. "I'll go anyway." She leaves, slamming the door.
Soliloquy Grace looks a little angry. "No one understands. No one ever did." She pauses, and then smiles. "Except him."
"Rick, what are we going to do now?" Karen asked after she finished telling him about the most recent events. "I don't know, Karen. We should talk to Jessie, and see what she wants to do..." Karen interrupts him, "What she wants to do? Rick you don't seriously believe a 15 year old girl knows what to do in a situation like this, do you?" Karen is nervous, but Rick is doing his best to stay calm. "Well, Karen, do we know what to do?" He asks.
Soliloquy Karen is smiling, but she doesn't look happy. "That's what I hate about him the most, he always thinks he's right."
Karen sighs and says, "We, for sure, know better than she does. We're her parents."
Soliloquy Rick is also annoyed. "That's what I hate about her the most. She always thinks she's right."
"OK, Karen, what do you want to do?" Rick says, beginning to lose his patience. "I think we should keep her away from this girl, make her think about what she was doing, maybe even take her back to the therapist." Rick nods, "The therapist is a good idea. I think we all could use that. But about keeping her away from Katie, I'm not sure, but it's just going to make things worse." He says, sitting down. "Yes, I know that, but I think Katie's mom already made this decision." Karen says, sitting next to him. "Yeah, you're right. But Jessie will want to be near Katie." Rick says. He makes a pause to think and then goes on. "You know, Karen, I think Jessie should be here when we're having this conversation." She looks at him, disapprovingly, "I'm not sure, she'll just yell at every thing we say." Karen had a bitter tone on her voice. "Still, I think it's not fair making decisions behind her back." Karen nods, defeated, "You're right." She can't look at Rick's eyes as she says that. She gets up to leave, and Rick says, "Leave Jessie here. She'll be good for Lily." Karen doesn't like it very much, but agrees, "OK. Will you take her to my place later?" Rick quickly nods, "Yeah, sure. We'll be there in less than 2 hours. And then we can finally talk, the three of us, about this." Karen smiles, as she remembers of something, "Two hours is perfect. I'll be waiting for you." She leaves, thinking she had enough time to stop at Henry's house.
While Rick and Karen were talking, Jessie and Lily were also talking. Their conversation, however, was a much lighter one. "And then the teacher said, in front of everyone, that my paper was the best she had ever read," Jessie was telling Lily, very happy. "Oh, that's wonderful, congratulations, Jess," Lily said running her hand through Jessie's hair. The conversation stopped for a moment, and Lily quickly grabbed the chance to ask Jessie something, "So, Jessie, is everything OK at home? I mean, with you, Grace, Zoe, Eli, Rick..." Jessie was not sure what Lily knew or wanted to know, but she just nodded, "Yes, everything is normal. Except everyone misses you a lot," She says smiling. "Really?" Lily asks. "Really! Don't you believe me?" Jessie asks, playfully. "Of course I do, dear, it's just that I've got this feeling that everyone that has come to see me was hiding something that I needed to know." She says, trying not to look very worried. "Oh, don't worry. No one is hiding anything," Jessie said, faking a smile.
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