Season 4 Episode 16
"...Just Drives Me Crazy"
It was already eight o'clock at night when Grace arrived at Dimitri's house. "Grace! You finally arrived! I was so worried!" He said as he opened the door and held her. "What happened?" He asked. "Oh, nothing, Eli couldn't drive me here." Grace said, trying to make it sound not important. "Well, you could've called, and I could've picked you up." Grace looked at him, not saying anything but meaning "Are you crazy?". He understood and quickly explained himself, "Not at your place, of course, but somewhere... I was just dying here, thinking of what might be happening."
Soliloquy Grace is giggling. "Oh, he's so cute."
Meanwhile, Rick and Jessie have arrived at Karen's. Things are tense as none of them knows how to begin that conversation. Jessie surprises her parents, saying, "OK. I promise I'll listen to you if you first listen to what I have to say. And please, consider it before you say or do anything." Speechless, Karen and Rick just nodded. Jessie then proceeded to tell everything she was feeling. She told a little about how it began, but not to much because there were many things she didn't want to share with her parents. "Mom, Dad, I know you think I'm just confused, and I know Katie's mom said I should stay away from Katie, but I don't want to." She pauses and sighs. "I really need your help."
Soliloquy Jessie looks anxious. "Please, please, I can't go through this alone."
Karen and Rick looked at each other for a long moment. Karen nodded to Rick, to say he should start. "Jessie, dear, we're all lost on this." He looked at Karen almost every second. "All we want is your happiness, so you have to understand that this is hard for us too. Because we know how many bad things are waiting for you around the corner." He took a deep breath between the sentences. "But you can count on us." Karen the said, "Yes, dear. I know I said I couldn't accept it, and to be honest I still can't, but all do my best to respect your feelings." She pauses. "If... this is real." Jessie smiles and says, "It is real, Mom." Karen didn't like to hear that, which Rick realized. Before Karen could say something, he said, "We thought it could be good for us to go see a therapist again." Jessie wasn't sure if it was a innocent offer, or if they were thinking they could "cure" her. "Oh, I don't think I need it, but... It would be nice." She said. The phone then rang and Jessie ran to answer it.
Soliloquy Jessie looks a little sad. "I'm not sure if they're being honest."
After Jessie left, Rick said, "Karen, I need if you really want to support Jessie on this, because it doesn't look like it's coming from your heart." He sounds really angry. "I just think we should take things really slowly, and first try to know what's really going on. Then we'll take sides." Karen said with a very cool voice, which really pissed Rick off. "Which sides are there to take?!? I know only one, and it's Jessie's." He said, almost yelling. Karen looked upstairs, where Jessie went to take her call. "You don't yell, Rick." She said. Rick lowered his voice and said. "I won't let you hurt her, Karen. Just remember that."
Soliloquy Rick looks extremely annoyed. She gets up from the stool and paces the room for a while. "Can you see why I couldn't stand staying married to her?"
At Dimitri's house, things are much better. They've just finished having dinner. Ha had prepared everything - his father taught him to cook when he was a child. He even put candles on the table, and Grace couldn't be more pleased. "Thanks for making me forget my problems," She said to him as they headed to the living room. "Actually, I am your biggest problem." He said. Grace wasn't sure if he was making a joke or being bitter. She just smiled and said, "Well, if this is a problem, can you imagine if it weren't?" He nodded and looked the other way.
Soliloquy Dimitri is also nodding, "Yes... I would prove that heaven exists."
After that special moment, they cuddled in the couch. "I have a new poem for you," He said, "But this one I'm not going to put on my book. I want you to carry it wherever you go, like a lucky charm." Grace was smiling hugely, "That's so nice. Let me see it." He handed her the poem. She read it over and over, touched with every word in it. Afterwards, they read many other poems, from many authors, to each other. They didn't see time go by. But it went by very fast, and suddenly they were both asleep on the couch.
Back at Karen's, Jessie has come back from her phone call. She's crying. "Honey, what happened?" Karen asks. Jessie can barely speak between her tears. "It was Katie, and she said her Mom..." She couldn't talk at this point. "Her Mom what?" Rick asked. "Her Mom has beaten her up after we left today." Rick and Karen just looked at each other, both totally shocked. "Oh, my God. We should call the police." Rick said, already reaching for the phone. "Oh, no." Jessie grabbed his hand. "Katie said it would be worse if we did that." He looked at Karen and said, "You're a lawyer. Don't we have the right to call the police?" He asked. Karen shook her head. "I'm not sure. This is not my field, but I believe it depends on how bad she is. If it can't be proved she was really beaten up, her Mom could sue us." Rick kept looking at her. "Damn law." He said, looking the other way. Karen understood what he felt and said, "Let me call a friend of mine who works in that field and make sure." She grabbed the phone and went to make the call. Rick and Jessie were left alone, and they were staring at each other when Jessie said, still between tears, "Dad, do you when you love a person so much that even the thought of something bad happening to this person can kill you?" Rick smiled sadly and thought, "Yes, dear, I know." His eyes were full of tears now. "That's exactly how I feel about you," He said. Jessie just hugged him tightly.
TO BE CONTINUED...
It was already eight o'clock at night when Grace arrived at Dimitri's house. "Grace! You finally arrived! I was so worried!" He said as he opened the door and held her. "What happened?" He asked. "Oh, nothing, Eli couldn't drive me here." Grace said, trying to make it sound not important. "Well, you could've called, and I could've picked you up." Grace looked at him, not saying anything but meaning "Are you crazy?". He understood and quickly explained himself, "Not at your place, of course, but somewhere... I was just dying here, thinking of what might be happening."
Soliloquy Grace is giggling. "Oh, he's so cute."
Meanwhile, Rick and Jessie have arrived at Karen's. Things are tense as none of them knows how to begin that conversation. Jessie surprises her parents, saying, "OK. I promise I'll listen to you if you first listen to what I have to say. And please, consider it before you say or do anything." Speechless, Karen and Rick just nodded. Jessie then proceeded to tell everything she was feeling. She told a little about how it began, but not to much because there were many things she didn't want to share with her parents. "Mom, Dad, I know you think I'm just confused, and I know Katie's mom said I should stay away from Katie, but I don't want to." She pauses and sighs. "I really need your help."
Soliloquy Jessie looks anxious. "Please, please, I can't go through this alone."
Karen and Rick looked at each other for a long moment. Karen nodded to Rick, to say he should start. "Jessie, dear, we're all lost on this." He looked at Karen almost every second. "All we want is your happiness, so you have to understand that this is hard for us too. Because we know how many bad things are waiting for you around the corner." He took a deep breath between the sentences. "But you can count on us." Karen the said, "Yes, dear. I know I said I couldn't accept it, and to be honest I still can't, but all do my best to respect your feelings." She pauses. "If... this is real." Jessie smiles and says, "It is real, Mom." Karen didn't like to hear that, which Rick realized. Before Karen could say something, he said, "We thought it could be good for us to go see a therapist again." Jessie wasn't sure if it was a innocent offer, or if they were thinking they could "cure" her. "Oh, I don't think I need it, but... It would be nice." She said. The phone then rang and Jessie ran to answer it.
Soliloquy Jessie looks a little sad. "I'm not sure if they're being honest."
After Jessie left, Rick said, "Karen, I need if you really want to support Jessie on this, because it doesn't look like it's coming from your heart." He sounds really angry. "I just think we should take things really slowly, and first try to know what's really going on. Then we'll take sides." Karen said with a very cool voice, which really pissed Rick off. "Which sides are there to take?!? I know only one, and it's Jessie's." He said, almost yelling. Karen looked upstairs, where Jessie went to take her call. "You don't yell, Rick." She said. Rick lowered his voice and said. "I won't let you hurt her, Karen. Just remember that."
Soliloquy Rick looks extremely annoyed. She gets up from the stool and paces the room for a while. "Can you see why I couldn't stand staying married to her?"
At Dimitri's house, things are much better. They've just finished having dinner. Ha had prepared everything - his father taught him to cook when he was a child. He even put candles on the table, and Grace couldn't be more pleased. "Thanks for making me forget my problems," She said to him as they headed to the living room. "Actually, I am your biggest problem." He said. Grace wasn't sure if he was making a joke or being bitter. She just smiled and said, "Well, if this is a problem, can you imagine if it weren't?" He nodded and looked the other way.
Soliloquy Dimitri is also nodding, "Yes... I would prove that heaven exists."
After that special moment, they cuddled in the couch. "I have a new poem for you," He said, "But this one I'm not going to put on my book. I want you to carry it wherever you go, like a lucky charm." Grace was smiling hugely, "That's so nice. Let me see it." He handed her the poem. She read it over and over, touched with every word in it. Afterwards, they read many other poems, from many authors, to each other. They didn't see time go by. But it went by very fast, and suddenly they were both asleep on the couch.
Back at Karen's, Jessie has come back from her phone call. She's crying. "Honey, what happened?" Karen asks. Jessie can barely speak between her tears. "It was Katie, and she said her Mom..." She couldn't talk at this point. "Her Mom what?" Rick asked. "Her Mom has beaten her up after we left today." Rick and Karen just looked at each other, both totally shocked. "Oh, my God. We should call the police." Rick said, already reaching for the phone. "Oh, no." Jessie grabbed his hand. "Katie said it would be worse if we did that." He looked at Karen and said, "You're a lawyer. Don't we have the right to call the police?" He asked. Karen shook her head. "I'm not sure. This is not my field, but I believe it depends on how bad she is. If it can't be proved she was really beaten up, her Mom could sue us." Rick kept looking at her. "Damn law." He said, looking the other way. Karen understood what he felt and said, "Let me call a friend of mine who works in that field and make sure." She grabbed the phone and went to make the call. Rick and Jessie were left alone, and they were staring at each other when Jessie said, still between tears, "Dad, do you when you love a person so much that even the thought of something bad happening to this person can kill you?" Rick smiled sadly and thought, "Yes, dear, I know." His eyes were full of tears now. "That's exactly how I feel about you," He said. Jessie just hugged him tightly.
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