Title: Homemade Always Says It Best
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, but I plan on bringing it up to PG-13 at some point.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine...I cannot claim them. They all belong to the hardworking people involved with Once and Again.
Feedback: Yes please, I want to know what everyone thinks of this story so far.
Summary: This will be a J/K or Jessie and Katie story eventually. It's just my take on another way that the girls could have ended up discovering their feelings for each other.
Author's Note: Thank you to everyone who reviews. I really appreciate it…and, here's the next chapter. Whoo.
Katie ended up sitting in the backseat with Devon, while Jessie was placed in the front with Tad. Devon was rambling about some camp that he had gone to when he was little. He was telling stories about it, but Katie was trying to listen to Jessie and Tad's conversation. The blonde girl kept smiling at him during the drive. Apparently Jessie had a funny date anyway.
"Hmph," Katie sighed unhappily and looked out the car window for the rest of the ride until they got to the theatre.
The guys went to buy the tickets and the girls went to get the popcorn. "Was the ride here really that bad?" Jessie looked at the miserable girl who was standing next to her.
"Did you know that he went to camp for eight years?" Katie's eyes bugged out a little bit in distress as she asked Jessie.
"What's wrong with camp?" Jessie glanced over at Katie and started to laugh while trying to order the popcorn. The movie attendant got slightly annoyed but got the popcorn anyway.
"He told me how he got thrown out of camp each year…most of which involved him mooning some counselor." Katie's rolled his eyes. "He's so immature! And still not funny." She pouted and Jessie offered her some popcorn in return.
"Goody, fun date huh?" Jessie couldn't help but laugh at Katie's miserable face.
"Jess! That's mean. You have to save me." She said it dramatically while grabbing some more of Jessie's popcorn.
"Fine. Sit by me on one side during the movie, okay?" Jessie raised her eyes to meet Katie's.
"Yeah," Katie nodded in agreement. "Wait. Weren't we going to sit like that anyway?"
"Yeah," Jessie admitted sheepishly. She was trying to make her best friend feel better, but she saw through her plans anyway. Maybe that was the purpose of a best friend anyway.
"This movie is supposed to be the best horror flick available." Tad was describing the movie to Devon as the two guys walked back with tickets.
"Horror flick?" Jessie immediately paled. She hated horror movies.
"Yeah. It has four stars. Really gory. I'm glad that we were able to get you girls to come see it actually." Jessie paled some more. Apparently Tad didn't know her as well as he thought. Jessie was petrified of horro movies. Plus, Katie hated her date. Perfect match.
"Aw, our girls love horror movies." Tad smiled at them both. "Don't they?" They were still frowning, so he looked at Devon for help.
"They're just speechless," Devon decided and Tad nodded in agreement.
It was fifteen minutes into the movie before Jessie screamed for the first time. "It's just a dog," Katie muttered to Jessie when the bush shook where the teenager hid. The teenager in the film was cowering in fear when something poked the bush. Then a bark was heard. It was the teenager's dog.
"How did you know?" Jessie glanced in amazement over at her best friend, who shrugged sheepishly.
"I've had to go to a lot of movies with Tad," she explained. "They're all pretty much the same."
Jessie nodded. "So, it's going to be his sister in the house right?"
Katie shook her head. "It's going to be the killer." A few minutes later, the teenaged boy was running away from the guy with the knife again. Katie was right.
"My God, how many of these did he make you go to?" A withering look from Katie made Jessie giggle and allow the older girl not to answer.
"So," Jessie continued, thinking that if she kept talking that she wouldn't get too into the movie. The guys had glared at them both already for talking. "The creepy guy with the mask is the uncle right?"
"No," Katie looked confused. "That's obviously the killer." The boy pulled the mask off of the creepy guy, and it was, in fact, just his uncle.
"Ooh, score one for Jessie!" The blonde was happy, and it wasn't Katie's fault when she then threw some popcorn at Jessie. "Huh!" Jessie exclaimed before throwing some popcorn back at the older girl. Their game ended when the guys glared at them again. They were supposed to be quiet. It worked for a few minutes, and then Jessie screamed again. So, it was only natural when Katie slipped her hand into Jessie's, and it was natural when Jessie casually threaded her fingers through Katie's. It was Tad's fault, after all, for bringing the blonde to the movie. She didn't think to hold his hand, and instead, she snuggled into Katie's shoulder. Both girls didn't notice the look that the guys gave them.