A/N: Ah… trouble's near… hmmm….
FEEBACK! Feedbacks are good inspirations…
Part 6: Sweet…
Wednesday – 29th of March 2006 – 10pm
'I can't do this anymore… I'm falling for my own patient. What should I do?' Jessie was pacing around in her own bedroom all night. She sticks her head out of her room to see if Grace was anywhere outside. 'Damn, she's not out her.'
"Grace?" Jessie calls out from her room.
"In the study," Grace's muffled voice came from downstairs.
Jessie treads down the stairs and walks into the study, which is next to the stairway.
"Can I talk to you about something?" Jessie asked, voice filled with worry.
"Yeah sure…hang on." Grace replies still looking at the computer typing.
Jessie waits patiently until Grace finally finishes what she was typing, saves it, and turns her computer chair to face her attention towards Jessie.
"So… How can my intellect be of help to you?"
"…. Grace…" Jessie begins slowly, "I think I've fallen in love… with a patient of mine…."
"Uh huh…and…" Grace urged on.
"And… you know how I'm not allowed to fall in love with my patients…"
Grace nods.
"Well… I can't help myself…" Jessie says.
"Well do you know if your patient knows you like…" Grace pauses for a second, "them." She wasn't sure if this 'patient' of Jessie's was a he or a she, but her suspicions leans more towards a she.
"Well I don't know if she does… well you see, we're friends, and I don't know, we kinda flirt a little… Actually I'm not sure if that's called flirting, seeing that I've never really flirted before. Well not that I've known of, or at least not intentionally." Jessie began to babble, not even realizing she let out the gender of her 'patient'.
'A she… interesting…' Grace thought wickedly. "So you don't know if 'SHE' likes you, but you guys flirt with each other." Grace emphasizes 'she' as she speaks.
'She knows it's a she? How… damn… must've slipped.' Jessie thought. "Uh…Yes."
"You know what's ironic, you're the psychologist here, I don't why see you bother asking me… but then again, I am of good help…" Grace jokes, "So, the way to solve this problem so you can start going out with her is to introduce her to another therapist, so you're not her doctor anymore."
"But what am I suppose to say to her when I do introduce her to another doctor? She doesn't know I like her, so I can't say, 'Sorry I think I'm falling for you… So I'm going to introduce you to another doctor.'" Jessie says sarcastically.
"Jessie… Jessie… Test her out, check if she likes you. Ask her out to dinner with you… etcetera, etcetera."
"I just turned her down today for dinner…" Jessie replies guiltily.
"WHAT?"
"What?" Jessie drags out in a whiny tone, "I was scared."
"Well did she look unhappy or disappointed when you couldn't go?"
Jessie sat there trying to recall Katie's expression, but all she could think of, was Katie's bright smile. 'Damn it Jessica Sammler, how unprofessional of you…'
"You can't recall?" Grace asked incredulously after a long moment of silence.
"Yeah." Jessie replies stupidly.
"Well try again next time… if she asks you to go to dinner or whatever else, check to see her expression when you say yes… or no…" Grace suggested. "Anyways… out you go now my sister, I'm busy."
"Thanks… I'll remember to do that." Jessie says as she makes her way back upstairs.
Thursday – 30th of March 2006 – Lunch
"Grace…" Katie asked in a very familiar tone of voice to Grace.
"Yea…"
"I think I've fallen in love with someone."
Grace nearly spits out her food but instead swallowed it hard, causing her to choke.
"Woah, are you okay?" Katie asked.
"Yeah… I'm fine…" Grace said after taking a drink of water. "So you were saying… you fell in love with someone?"
"Yeah… and I can't, well… shouldn't fall in love with her, because of our relationship…" Katie, just like Jessie, let's the gender of this anonymous someone slip.
Grace nodded, 'can't believe I'm stuck between them two… how peculiar.'
"She's your…"
"Uh… client…" Katie blurted out.
"Client… you know… nobody said you can't date you own clients…" Grace teased knowingly.
"But… uh… what if we break up… then it'll be all weird… and I don't want to… um… lose a client. Not to mention, I don't even know if she likes me or not." Katie tried to explain, but failed miserably.
Grace rolled her eyes, "Well then… introduce her to another person to work with in our company, so that you can try dating her. When you guys do break up, it won't be as awkward, because you guys aren't working together."
"What am I suppose to say to her… I can't say 'Sorry I think I'm falling for you… So I'm going to introduce you to another person to work with.'" Katie replied, using practically identical words Jessie used.
"Don't worry Singer… I'm sure she is falling deep and hard for you… I mean, how can she possibly resist your charms?" Grace said nonchalantly. "By the way… out of curiosity… is she Jessie?"
It was Katie's turn to choke on her food this time.
"Wha… Wha… How did you…" Katie stuttered.
"She had to 'talk' to me about a special someone she was falling for… and how she can't fall in love with her… Basically the same kinda stuff you just said to me." Grace explained as she continued to eat her lunch.
"Did she say who it was?" Katie asked hopefully.
Grace rolled her eyes again at Katie's obliviousness, "She didn't, but I'm pretty sure she meant you. I mean, with the whole, she's my patient, she asked me to dinner but I turned her down… You did ask her to dinner last night right?"
"YEAH!" Katie replied excitedly, glad that the chances of Jessie liking her is high.
"Ask her again…"
"I'll ask right now…"
Grace shook her head in disdain to Katie's childlike giddiness.
Thursday – 30th of March 2006 – Dinner
Katie decided to have dinner with Jessie at a secluded high class restaurant, where you had to dress rather formally. Not many people went there to eat a daily night dinner, mainly because it's expensive, and well… you had to dress formally for dinner. This night after Katie picked Jessie up from her penthouse, they made their way here to this restaurant, with them both sneaking little stares and glances at each other.
"So… Uh… You look really nice tonight." Katie began the conversation.
"Well, same for you too." Jessie replied as she blushes bright red.
There conversation went on, awkwardly at first, but started flowing a little later. They ate through their entrée, their main course, and just before their desert, they went for a little dance.
At first they kind of had to clumsily find a spot to place their hands, seeing that neither girl have danced with another girl before. But finally they ended up with one of the more…intimate way of dancing together. Where Katie has her arms around Jessie's waist, and Jessie's arms around Katie's neck. Katie self-consciously touches the bare skin just above Jessie's waist, for she was wearing another stunning dress, this time with a gaping hole at the back, which reaches down to just above her waist.
The lights dimmed, as the song continued to play, and unknowingly, both girls move closer and closer together. So close that they could hear the other girls breathing. They look into each other's eyes for a long moment, and just as they were about to lean their heads forward to close off the little gap, Jessie pulls back.
"I can't…" Jessie says, as her arms untangle themselves from Katie's neck.
Katie also unwillingly lets go of Jessie's waist, and takes a step back and bows her head down to stare at the floor.
"I'm sorry, but… I can't… I'm not supposed to date my patients." Jessie explains, hurt to see the disappointed face of Katie.
"It's ok… I understand…" Katie replied, and turns away.
Just as Katie turns away, Jessie grabbed her arm, "Wait… what if… what if I get you another therapist…" Jessie finally recalled Grace suggestion.
Katie looks up at Jessie, her green eyes brightening up.
"Yeah… I can introduce you to Russell; he also works at the same clinic."
"You serious?"
"Well, if you want to change a therapist that is." Jessie replied shyly.
"Oh My God… This is so great!" Katie says, and picks Jessie up and swings her around in her arms.