Title: Listen to the Rain
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Once and Again characters, as stated in the previous chapters...I'm not making money off of this either, simply allowed to borrow the characters, but I own the Dana Johnson character who might show up in another chapter sometime again.
Summary: Basically some teen loving going on between Jessie and Katie. Some of the other regulars of the show will make an appearance in here. There will also be some lovely humour, and some angst they have to deal with first.
Feedback: Still loving any feedback I get, and thanks again to everyone who has been sending some. I appreciate it.
Jessie opened one eye and looked at her clock. After a night with no sleep, she was not ready to face her parents and school. Sighing, she stood up and walked to the bathroom. Downstairs, she could hear Grace and Lily having a serious conversation, no doubt, it involved Lily apologizing for jumping to conclusions. Okay, so Lily was more understanding the day after. Does that mean that she would be understanding the day after if Jessie really came out to her? What about her dad and mom? She brushed her teeth, and other morning bathroom rituals before rushing back to her room trying to figure out what to wear.
While listening in once more to conversations, she had managed to get herself running late. Now, she still had to pick out an outfit. She wanted it to be something that Katie would like, but she still hadn't decided whether or not she should talk to the older girl or not. In one hand, she loved her and wanted to be with her. On the other hand, she wasn't sure how that would go over with everyone else. She decided that she would go to school and not make any major attempts to talk to Katie, but if it happened, then it must be fate. Fate. Jessie decided that 'fate' was a good phrase to think about. She finally decided on a pair of perfectly fitting navy blue jeans and a purple sweater. The sweater was actually one that Katie had let her borrow earlier, but she hadn't gotten a chance to wear it yet. Today must be the perfect opportunity to get to wear it.
Jessie could hear Grace downstairs asking if she was ready yet. Instead of answering, she just grabbed her book bag and ran down the stairs. Grace was standing there waiting for her. Oddly enough, once more Jessie forgot to eat a meal in her haste and no one seemed to notice. They both hopped into the car, and Grace took off towards school. The ride was pleasantly silent for once, no bickering or fighting. Once they were at school, they parted simply after saying good-bye. Immediately Jessie saw Katie, who was looking beautiful, of course. She was trying her hardest not to stare, really she was. Katie had her hair down today and it was hanging around her face, but it made her look even more stunning in Jessie's eyes. She was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, and a white button-up shirt. It was the kind of outfit that would seem simple when described, but on Katie it looked amazing.
And yes, Jessie had to admit, she had a thing for white shirts. It didn't matter if it was a tank top, t-shirt, or dress shirt; she loved white shirts. Especially button-up-the-front white shirts. Yum. Wait. She wasn't suppose to be thinking like this, and she definitely wasn't suppose to be staring at her. 'You're ogling her.' No. No, of course she wasn't. She tried to make her mind stop thinking about it, but she knew it was true. She was ogling Katie, and damn proud of it. Just, not proud enough to tell everyone else that was outside right then...Perhaps sometime. Uh-oh. Suddenly, Jessie's brain was telling her to hide. Katie had caught her staring! She panicked looking to the sides before diving behind a bush.
Katie was talking to a couple of her friends, though they weren't the ones she wanted to talk to. She was just trying to be friendly. She turned and saw Jessie staring at her. Was her mouth hanging open a little? Katie smiled at her, and waved before walking over towards her. Suddenly, Jessie shut her mouth and...dived into a bush? What the heck. Katie had been wanting to talk to Jessie since she had shown up last night, that had to be a good thing right? The staring at her had to be good to, right? That, or she had stuff in her teeth, and Jessie had really good vision. One of the two. Hopefully, not the latter. She tip-toed over to the bush where Jessie was 'hiding,' "Uh, Jess?" The bush wiggled a little bit, apparently while Jessie tried to hide herself some more. Katie poked at the bush and she felt someone...bite at it? "Jess!" Suddenly, Jessie's head shot up from the bush sheepishly.
"Uh, I, uh, lost my bracelet." She sheepishly held up her bracelet that she had clutched in her hand, obviously just having yanked it off her hand. Katie raised her eyebrows at her, and Jessie flushed a deeper red.
"Did you bite me?" Oh, crap. Jessie had tried, she really had, but she couldn't help it. Here Katie was, looking all beautiful, and Jessie couldn't do anything about it! All she could do was look. So, when Katie's hand presented itself, she couldn't help but react to it. Plus, it wasn't suppose to realize that she was in the bush...She wasn't suppose to be in this situation right now! Jessie nodded, but she had to try not to smile because Katie's questioningly raised eyebrow was starting to get to her in an odd way. Instead, Jessie just tried to change the subject.
"So, I found my bracelet, ready to go to class now?" Katie smiled noticing the subject change but willing to go along with it. She took Jessie's arm, and for the first time, Jessie didn't wonder if other people were looking. Both girls got their books, and then Katie walked Jessie to class. They didn't see each other again for the first couple of hours of school because they were busy rushing from class to class. However, this didn't stop them from constantly thinking about each other. In fact, both girls were trying to plot how to see the other girls again...there had to be a way to see each other before lunch. Jessie knew that Katie had chemistry fifth hour, just before lunch. It was about three doors away from her own class, English. She asked for the bathroom pass, and then was excused.
Meanwhile, Katie had similar plans. She had been thinking of Jessie all morning. She was wearing the purple sweater that she had lent her, and it looked better on her, much better in Katie's opinion. She definitely wouldn't be making Jessie give that one back anytime soon. She considered asking for the bathroom pass, but Tad had just taken it, and she didn't think she could wait until he came back. So, she thought of a better plan, that would probably allow her just to leave the class for a bit without further questions. They were suppose to be reading chapters 15 and 16 in their textbooks, so Katie casually wandered up to the desk. Luckily, her chemistry teacher was a guy. "May I please go to the bathroom?"
He looked up from his newspaper and narrowed his eyes at her. "Tad has the bathroom pass, but you may go as soon as he returns."
Katie tried to look nervous and leaned in a little bit to whisper, "I'm having girl troubles right now though, so it'd really help if I could go to the bathroom NOW." He didn't seem to get it. He just looked at her confused.
Sarah had over-heard this and rolled her eyes. "She means she has her period." Sarah had decided to help Katie find herself out of the class. His eyes grew wide for a moment, and soon enough she was excused. Katie thanked Sarah discretely on the way out, though now the whole class was looking at her. Ah well. She started toward the bathroom for lack of anywhere else to go. She passed by Jessie's classroom, but the door was shut. Crap. Jessie walked out of the bathroom starting back towards her classroom because she wasn't sure how much longer she could stall. She had already washed her hands six times. She turned to enter the hallway, and then she noticed Katie. Katie was coming straight towards her.
Instantly both girls smiled, realizing what had gone on. They both had wanted to see each other, and were getting their wish. "Hi Billie," Katie reached out spontaneously and hugged Jessie. Jessie was surprised because she wasn't sure what the reasoning for the hug was, but she hugged back anyway.
"Hey there yourself," she answered definitely realizing the closeness between herself and Katie. She was suppose to be controlling herself, and not suppose to be decided whether or not she was going to take the leap into more then friends. Somehow though, all of her inhibitions seemed to fail as their hug lasted a few more seconds then needed. Jessie's eyes strayed down to Katie's shirt and then back up to her beautiful eyes. Katie smirked notching Jessie checking her out. Of course, she used the moment to check out Jessie too. Jessie closed her eyes momentarily, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
Katie laughed, "You already are remember?"
Jessie laughed for a minute realizing that, yes, she was talking to her at the moment. "Oh, you know what I mean." With that, Jessie pulled Katie into the bathroom. She shut the main door, and then checked the stalls to make sure that no one else was in there. There wasn't. Katie watched Jessie check everything and began to wonder what Jessie had to say. "I'm sorry."
Katie simply looked at her questioningly, "For what?"
Jessie began to play with her bracelet nervously. "For everything. First off, because I didn't really lose my bracelet this morning. I was hiding because I was afraid you saw me staring at you. Also, for running away. I shouldn't have done that, ever." Katie looked at the ground, Jessie was trying to apologize for not wanting to hang out with her anymore since she knew that Katie was in love with her. Jessie noticed the older girl's rejected look and immediately tried to stop that. She lifted her hands to Katie's face to raise it to look at her gently. "Hey, look at me, okay? I'm not done yet. I said I was hiding because I was staring at you, pretty obviously," she let out a small chuckle after saying this while Katie looked at her confused. "I was sorry for running because I was trying to run from my own feelings. In reality, when I was trying to run away, you saw where I ran. I ran straight back to you. Do you know why I ran back to you?"
Katie was afraid to guess, "because you forgot your house key?" She offered that weakly hoping that it wasn't really the reason. Jessie laughed adoringly at the other girl. "No, Katie, because I'm in love with you." Katie, who was looking at Jessie, allowed her mouth to drop open slightly.
Jessie laughed again. "Hey now, you're looking like I did when I was looking at you this morning." Katie blushed a bit. "Though, I must say, you look good even with your mouth hanging open." Katie smiled sheepishly still looking at Jessie. The smile on Katie's face was too much for Jessie when added to Katie's beauty and her shirt. Suddenly she found herself brushing her lips softly against Katie's. Katie willingly accepted the kiss, kissing back with all of her heart. Both girls had a lot of built up passion and the kiss deepened.
Jessie's hands moved from Katie's face to her hair, while Katie's hands wrapped themselves around Jessie's waist pulling her as close as possible. Jessie backed Katie up against the wall in hopes of being able to push herself closer to Katie. In response, Katie moaned softly feeling Jessie against her like that. Suddenly, Katie came to her senses and pulled back a bit as much as she didn't want to. Jessie looked at her confused. "Jessie, as much as I would love to kiss you some more, I don't think this is the best place or time to do this."
Jessie smiled a bit realizing that this was true. "Mr. Dimitri probably thinks that I've gotten completely sick or decided to skip his class. Ugh, I don't want to go back now."
Katie laughed, "Well, if it makes you feel any better I'm suppose to be dealing with 'girl problems' right now." Jessie smiled and nuzzled into Katie's neck because they were still standing very close with Katie backed up against the wall.
"Well, you better not be having any other girl problems besides me."
"Oh, not too many..." Jessie pulled her head away from Katie's neck hearing this and narrowed her eyes at her. This made Katie laugh, and Jessie feel a little silly realizing that Katie was kidding. "I love you."
"I love you too, Katie." They both smiled at each other leaning in for one last quick kiss. Just as they pulled away, the bell rang. "Guess I don't have to go back to class now! It's lunch!'
"Not so fast, you still have to get your books," Katie was trying to reason with Jessie, which was weird. Usually, Jessie had to be reasonable one while Katie had the crazy and exciting ideas. Jessie pouted at Katie who tried to ignore that look knowing she would give into it if she looked at it too much. Uh-oh, she looked. She was done for. "Fine fine, leave the books for now. You do have to come with me and get something to eat though, okay?"
Katie hadn't failed to noticed that Jessie looked tired, and she assumed that she hadn't gotten much to eat then either. "Alright, getting a sandwich with you sounds a lot better then getting my books and explaining to Mr. Dimitri why I was here so long. Wait, don't you have to get your books?" It was weird how Katie seemed to realize exactly what Jessie needed without her having to say it. She had completely forgotten that she hadn't eaten her last couple of meals...If her parents knew, she'd be in for a lecture, when in truth, it was just by accident. It would be okay now though, she had Katie and soon she'd get a sandwich.
Katie tapped her head, "I was thinking ahead and took my books to my locker first. You know, 'girl problems' take a while to take care of." "Why didn't I think of that!" Katie laughed again looking at her girlfriend. Wait, was Jessie her girlfriend? "You were too busy thinking of other things like," as if on cue Jessie's stomach growled. "Well, I was going to say like me, but perhaps a sandwich is what's on your mind huh?"
"Hm, you're both on my mind, but right now the sandwich is winning. Come on, I know you're always hungry too." Katie smiled at Jessie as she let herself be pulled along out of the bathroom and towards the cafeteria. Girlfriend or not, Jessie was important in her life, small details could be worked out later.
Author's Note: I had to post this at the end to avoid spoiling any of what I wrote for anyone. If you thought that it was unreasonable for them to be making-out in the bathroom (something similar has happened in my school, but no, neither one of the people involved in that were me.) And also, similar reasoning to get out of classfor the 'girl-problems' has also taken place in my life. So, these types of things (if you were wondering) can happen, yes. Also, I admit, I'm the one with the fetish for white shirts...just let Jessie borrow it.