Title: Just Dance With Me
Rating: T. (There will be some language. Also some sexual content. I'm not sure how much, but if it changes and the rating needs to be raised, don't worry, I will let you know and label all chapters appropriately)
Disclaimer: All of the lovely characters used thus far are not mine at all. They belong to the lovely folks of Once and Again, and I can't claim any of them, unfortunately for me. The only ones that are mine are Ash and Gina.
Feedback: Yes please. Let me know what you think. (I hope you like it, of course)
Summary: This is a Jessie/Katie story. You've been 'warned.' It tells about them meeting college and everything that goes along with it. (Yes, that means they are going to be together in this story.) Tad, Grace, Sarah, etc. also fall into the plot a bit, but this is mostly Jessie/Katie.
Author's Notes: It's taken me a little while to get this updated, I know. I'm sorry about that, but there should be updates more regularly now because I shouldn't have so much work to do. Thank you to everyone who continues to review this story. Also, I don't actually know Jessie's foods for this chapter…So, I came up with some that I thought might be suitable. Enjoy :)
Jessie stood there for a moment and looked at Katie as she held out the gardenia. The gardenia was so beautiful, but it was Katie's loving expression that Jessie found herself drawn to. She smiled and nodded, accepting the gardenia. "Sure, I'll go to dinner with you." Jessie had decided that she at least had to hear Katie out on what had happened. The blonde put the gardenia in some water before turning around to face Katie who hadn't moved from the doorway. "You can move inside, you know."
"I wasn't sure how far into the dorm I was accepted before I spoiled you tonight." Katie grinned and showed her classic Singer charm and Jessie smirked, weakening.
"I'll be the judge of that," the younger girl decided as she cocked her head to the side waiting for Katie's comeback.
"Your Honor, please come with me in that case." Leave it to Katie to take Jessie being the judge so literally. Katie held out her hand, and waited until Jessie delicately took a hold of it. She forced herself to not make another statement about whether she was on probation or not.
Since the two girls lived close to each other, they were able to simply walk to Katie's dorm room. They had been walking for about a minute before Jessie broke the silence. "Hey Katie, what did I see today?"
The two girls were still holding hands, but Katie took a deep breath before answering. She knew that this was coming, and had been trying to prepare herself for it. "Today, you saw Sarah kissing me, right?" A quick glance over at Jessie confirmed her suspicions. "It honestly didn't mean anything, at least not like the way it seemed. Sarah found out about Ash and Gina and Gina's ex-boyfriend, and she was still really freaked out about it. She was upset, and I was trying to comfort her." Katie paused to take a breath, when Jessie interrupted.
"Comfort her with your kiss?" Jessie looked at Katie to gauge her reaction. Her girlfriend shook her head, and looked serious for once.
"No. I was trying to calm her down, by talking to her, but then I gave her a hug. She was still really confused, and the next thing I know she's pressing her lips against mine. I was in shock at first, and you must have walked away right before I pulled away and talked to her about it. I asked her about it afterward, and she felt bad. She wasn't thinking clearly because she was still messed up over Ash. She left, and I sat there waiting to talk to you. I know it sounds like some horribly sappy movie, but that's the truth." Katie sucked in a deep breath and looked at Jessie.
Jessie stood there momentarily and tried to digest it all. After it began to sink in, she managed to ask the main question she was wondering. "How long did you wait"
Katie took a deep breath. "Three hours."
"You sat in the coffee shop for three hours?" Jessie questioned.
"Well, after that they were beginning to stare at me really oddly, and I'm pretty sure they didn't appreciate my reading my book and drinking my coffee anymore. They knew I had ulterior motives for sitting there."
"Like what?"
"I was waiting for my beautiful girlfriend so we could talk, and so I could do this…" Katie leaned forward and planted a soft kiss on Jessie's lips. She pulled back to see if she was winning Jessie over or not. The young blonde looked content, but then raised one eyebrow.
"You're not getting off the hook that easy, but I do believe you." Both girls smiled, and Katie opened her door. Sarah was gone by the time that Katie had gotten back. She had left a note stating that she was going to go stay the night with a mutual friend of theirs and that she'd see her tomorrow.
The room was still a normal dorm room, but Katie had managed to squeeze in two white dressy-looking chairs and a small table which was covered in a white tablecloth. On the table there was a plate for both of them, along with a cup. Jessie raised her eyebrows curiously and Katie pulled out a chair so that she could sit down before going and getting a plate with their food on it. On the plate was two egg, sausage and cheese biscuits (that Katie had actually made, and not bought from any certain fast-food restaurant) and then poured each of them a glass of strawberry and banana smoothie. Jessie laughed as Katie brought the food out. "Hey, it's not my fault that you have very original food favorites."
Jessie grinned. "No, it looks great." She took a bite of the sandwich and her eyes widened in pleasure. "Okay, wow. That really is good, Katie."
Katie let out a sigh of relief. "Good…Thank you." They continued with some small-talk, willing to put the afternoon behind them for the moment seeing as it had just been talked out, and neither girl was going to be able to handle another dosage of thorough discussion for the moment. Jessie knew that Katie really liked her, and Katie knew that Jessie really liked her. That's all that mattered for the moment. Well, that and the food.
When they had finished the 'breakfast' sandwiches, Katie pulled out another little dish. Only this contained two vanilla cupcakes with strawberry frosting on each. It was Jessie's favorite desert.
"Thank you, Katie." Jessie commented when she had finished it. "It really was delicious." Katie grinned again involuntarily.
"Does that mean that I'm off probation, Your Honor?" Katie finally let herself use her probation joke from earlier that night.
Jessie connected the probation and the judge reference to earlier that night. "How long have you been waiting to use that one?"
Her girlfriend smiled. "Since I first commented on judges earlier tonight," Katie admitted. Jessie laughed at her girlfriend's silliness and then looked thoughtful.
"I can't say I'm okay with what happened, but I do believe you. I know you wouldn't lie to me. We still have to talk about some things…or at least settle them with Sarah…but for now. That was still a great dinner that you cooked for me." Jessie scooted over to her girlfriend's bed and sat on it. Katie followed suit, and sat next to her.
"You're worth it," Katie murmured in the blonde girl's ear before kissing her neck lightly.
"You're amazing," Jessie sighed as Katie kissed a little bit further down her neck and towards her neckline. Jessie leaned back on the bed as Katie pulled herself over top of her, bracing herself up by her hands. Katie brought her lips back to Jessie's and they were eagerly met. Jessie ran her tongue across the older girl's bottom lip and deepened the kiss and pulled her closer. Katie was definitely willing to be brought closer to the blonde's body. Katie pulled back and looked into her girlfriend's eyes.
"Jessie, I love you."
Jessie grinned and leaned up to give Katie a quick kiss before replying. "I love you too." Just as she was leaning back into kiss her again, there was a knock at the door. Both girls tried to ignore it, but the knocking just got louder. "Think whoever it is will go away?" Jessie whispered as they both listened to the knocking growing louder by the minute.
"Yes," Katie whispered back before shouting in hopes to stop the knocking, "Nobody's home."
"Very smooth," Jessie chuckled.