Title: Once and Again Season 4 Episode 2
Rating: T
Episode name: Prologue to a Weekend with Katie
Summary: We start in the waiting room at Dr. Rosenfeld's office. It's Monday and the girls are going through the fall out of the events of Friday night's party, and talking about their day at school.
Authors note: I hope you guys enjoyed the first episode of Once and Again Season 4.
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Once and Again Opening Song
Monday April 29, 2002 3:55 p.m. Dr. Rosenfeld's office
Jessie and Katie are sitting in Dr. Rosenfeld's waiting area talking about the events of their day while they wait for Dr. Rosenfeld to finish up with the patient he was seeing.
"So, he gave us a pop-quiz all because someone fell asleep in the back of the classroom…" Katie stopped what she was saying when she noticed a big grin across Jessie's face, "what is so funny?"
"Oh, nothing. I just like hearing you talk." Jessie said as she leaded over and gave Katie a quick peck on the lips.
"What was that for?" Katie said curious of why Jessie just kissed her.
"For being you. The fun, babbling, girlfriend, that means the world to me." Katie then kissed Jessie.
Moments after the kiss ended Dr. Rosenfeld walked out of his office and called Jessie and Katie in. When they entered his office they sat on the coach, and he sat in his chair. He had that same optimistic look on his face that he did the last time, only this time he started the conversation, instead of the last time where he waiting for the two girls to start, "So how was your last week?" he asked them very directly.
Jessie was confused for a second considering that normally he waited for Jessie to start the conversation, "Fine, how was yours?"
"Very good, and Katie how was yours?" now directing his attention towards Katie
"For a most of the part is was a really good week." Katie answered his question, unaware that she gave him something to work with.
"What do you mean for a most of the part?" Dr. Rosenfeld found a flaw in what Katie had said that he could use to his advantage.
"Well, the 8 hours a day that I'm sleeping and can't see or talk to Jessie, aren't never good." Katie said as she looked over at her girlfriend. Both girls began to blush and smile.
"Did you two do anything fun, hang out with friends, go to the movies, go to a party, take my advice about telling your families maybe?"
"First off, my family does know, I just don't want other people to know. Second, we went to a very fun party on Friday." Katie wasn't thinking when she answered Dr. Rosenfelds questions.
Dr. Rosenfeld thought to himself, - Let's talk about the party and get into why they don't want other people to know. - "So how was the party?" he asked.
Jessie and Katie looked at each other.
"Fine."
"Ok."
"Sounds like you two didn't have to much fun?" Dr. Rosenfeld countered.
"Well it would have been better if Katie her hadn't gotten drunk after drinking 20 glasses of the punch," Jessie did the quote motion with her fingers when she said punch, "it would have been better." Jessie said glaring at Katie.
"Oh come on Jess, I told you yesterday when everything finally came be to me, that I only had six glasses of punch, and didn't realize how much me and Tad spiked it when we made it."
"Katie doesn't matter, you didn't pay attention to how much vodka you and Tad put in that punch, and you didn't pay attention to how much you drank…" Jessie was cut off by Dr. Rosenfeld.
"I'm lost what happened?" Dr. Rosenfeld said confused with what they were arguing about.
"We went to a party at Tad's house on Friday, him and Katie spiked the punch, they added way to much vodka because they were in a hurry to make it. After six glasses of it Katie got drunk, and had to be carried out of Tad's house. In the whole process Tad came outside to see why we were leaving, Eli was there to pick us up, and Katie accidentally let it slip through a drunken ranting that we were dating." Jessie glared at Katie praying that she would never have to see Katie like that again, "We ended up taking her back to my house where she spent the night with us."
"What did you say to Tad when he heard that?" Dr. Rosenfeld was curious what Jessie's reaction was too Tad's learning about her and Katie.
"I told him that if he told anyone he would find out why I'm a black belt in Tae Kwon Do."
"Katie, how did that make you feel?" Dr. Rosenfeld said as he looked over at Katie.
"I was completely embarrassed that Jessie had to see me like that, I was even more embarrassed with what I said to Tad, I should have never let myself get like that." Katie said.
"Have you ever gotten like that drunk before?" Dr. Rosenfeld asked.
"Once, when I was sophomore, the first party I went too. Someone brought beer, everyone was drinking, I joined in, and it ended with me passed out on Tad's coach." Katie said, as her eyes began to water a little bit. Dr. Rosenfeld reached for a tissue box and handed it Katie.
As Katie blew her nose Jessie pulled her in for a hug, "Katie, its ok. It's in the past and now we can…"
Katie cut Jessie off, "Jessie it's not ok, people knowing about us is that last thing the both of us want. You have your reason, and I have my reason remember."
"I know, Tad said at lunch that he wouldn't tell anyone, and my mom has no idea." Jessie shouted.
"I think this leads us to our next question, Katie why don't you want people to know about the two of you?" Dr. Rosenfeld.
"My last relationship which lasted a week, blew up in my face because people knew. I wasn't ready to tell people, she ended up telling people about us at a party, and I ended between us the second someone cracked a joke about me being gay at school the following day." Katie answered Dr. Rosenfeld's question.
"And Tad agreed to keep what's happening between you and Jessie a secret right?"
"Well, Ya." Katie answered, after wiping the tears off of her face.
"Jessie, why don't you want people know about you and Katie?" Now directing his attention towards Jessie.
"My mom doesn't support homosexuality, never has, and never will," Jessie as she ran her hand through her hair said, "but yet she, dated a guy that is 10 years younger than her, and currently dating a black man."
"So my point of view Katie doesn't want people to know because, of past experiences, and you don't want people to know because your worried about your mother rejecting you." Dr. Rosenfeld said summing up what she heard.
"Ya."
"Pretty much, Rosenfeld." They both said at the same time.
"It's Doctor Rosenfeld, and we are just about out of time." Dr. Rosenfeld said looking at his watch, "Look before we end this session Katie you need to learn how to leave the past behind you, if you keep on letting the past make your decisions for you, you'll never be happy with or without Jessie. Jessie you need to realize that it's your mother that you're talking about, eventually she will see reason, and she will support you, and that's all for this week I will see the two you next week."
The car ride to the Manning/Sammler house from Dr. Rosenfeld's office
"So what did you think of what Rosenfeld said?" Katie asked Jessie trying start a conversation. Most of the car ride had been quite so far.
"Which part?" Jessie said wishing that today's session had never happened.
"About people knowing about us?" Katie said. Once they stopped at a red light she looked over at Jessie who was just looking out the window at the people walking by, "Jess, are you alright."
"Ya, I'm fine. I mean I guess telling someone about why we don't tell people about us is different from us talking about it between us." Jessie said as she continued to look out the window.
"Ya, well I meant what did you think about what he said about me hanging onto the past, and thinking that your mother reject you?" Katie asked
Jessie finally looked up from the window at Katie, "We've talked about this haven't we when you're ready for people at school to know about us, I'll tell my dad, Lily and Eli," Jessie said.
"And what about your mom?" Katie asked.
Jessie held her head down, "I honestly don't know what to do about my mom. Katie the truth is she isn't going to accept me. She thinks that being gay is either a disease or just done out of pure stupidity. If she finds out I will be better off living with my Dad full time."
Katie looked at Jessie, and said very softly, "I know, and I wish it wasn't that way."
"What did you parents say when they found out about you?" Jessie asked, wondering how Katie got through to her parents.
"My dad could care less so long as he has grandkids so long as he has grandkids with his last name someday, my brothers have that covered, and my mom said and I quote, you're going to have a harder time finding a girlfriend then a boyfriend." Katie said, giggling.
"And what about your brothers."
"They cracked a few jokes but got over it real quick." Katie with a smile on her face.
"Katie I've met your parents the only thing they are concerned about is where you are going and if you're driving," Jessie said, "my parents are not as laid back, they have to have an input on every decision that I make. This what's happening between you and me us being in love is that first decision I made for myself without second guessing or having hundred people give their input on whether they think if it is right or wrong." Jessie paused for a second, "And what about you when do you think you be ready to put when past behind you and tell people about us, just so that I have a time frame for how long I have to plan how I'm going to tell my family about us." Jessie finished with a grin on her face.
"When I feel like we are at a point that nothing in the world can tear us apart." Katie said trying to sound dramatic as she smiled a little bit.
"So another week or two." Jessie said, "Hey something just came to mind, if people found out about us, do you think that people would forget about the whole Grace and Dimitri thing." Jessie asked very curious of what Katie was would say.
"Only if we get up on the table in the cafeteria, proclaim over love to each other, and kiss," Katie said her Jessie giggled a little bit, "and we are here." They had finally arrived at the Sammler/Manning house. Before they got out of the car to head in the house, they gave each other one last long kiss.
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The commercial has ended the show is back
Sammler/Manning House ten minutes before Jessie and Katie pull into the driveway.
Eli Black and White
"I'm glad my mom's happy, it's about time that she found some one that she could be with and be happy. Some one that she has a lot in common with, some one that's her own age." Eli said as he looked at the camera, "I just can't help but wonder one thing…what she would think if she knew about Jessie and Katie. I mean I know what she thinks about gay people, she does not support it, and odds are she will not support Jessie. Jessie would be better off living here."
Grace had walked into the room and saw Eli sitting on the coach staring into space, "Eli, what are you doing here?" Grace asked wondering why Eli was sitting in her living room.
"Henry is cooking my mom dinner at my house, and we both thought it would be a good idea if I spent the night here." Eli said to Grace knowing that she knew what he was talking about.
"Didn't realize they were sleeping to together." Grace said with some irony in her voice.
"Grace, can I talk to you about something for a minute." Eli asked Grace knowing that Zoe was upstairs doing homework and listening to music and the Rick and Lily weren't home from work yet.
"Ya, sure, what do you need?" Grace responded wondering where he was going with this.
"Grace this has to stay between us, like no one else can know this, not my dad, not Lily, not Judy, and especially not my mom." Eli said trying to make it very clear that this had to stay a secret, unaware that Grace already knew what was going on between Jessie and Katie.
"Eli whatever we say doesn't leave this spot." Grace said reassuring Eli, "Just let's talk in the kitchen I need some water."
"Ok, well you're going to think I'm crazy." Eli said as Grace poured herself a glass of water.
"Can't be any crazier than the way acting right now." Grace said having finished pouring her glass of water, beginning to drink it.
"Jessie and Katie are lesbians, and their dating." Eli said it outright hoping that Grace would say something to talk him out of this, but instead Grace choked on the water she was drinking and almost dropped the glass.
Once Grace had caught her breath she looked at Eli, she decided to play dumb and see what he's knows, "Look Eli they spend a lot of time together their best friends, that's what best friends do, and Jessie probably asked Katie to come to the wedding because she thought she would be bored out of her mind all day. Where is this coming from?"
Eli checked to make sure that Zoe was still upstairs listening to her music and wasn't spying on them, "Before I say anything I want to remind that you said whatever we say doesn't leave this spot. Grace, I saw them kiss."
Grace was speechless for a moment, and started to ask Eli questions, "When, where… how did you see."
"Last week, Monday night, in the kitchen. I turned around for a second, Jessie must have tried to give Katie a quick kiss thinking that I wouldn't see, but I turned around and saw them." Eli said running his hand through his hair wishing he didn't know what he did.
"Well, what did you do?" Grace not believing how careless Jessie and Katie had been.
"I turned around saw them, and turned back around, I didn't know what to do, and I still don't." Eli said.
"What did you say, I mean have you talked to them?" Grace asked beginning to wonder if she should tell him that she knows or if he should just find out on his own.
"Would I be talking to you right now if I had?"
"Point taken." Grace said as looked away trying to conceal that she knew anything about Jessie and Katie, tempted to tell Eli that she knew about them, "What are you going to do?"
"For now, keep it quiet, make sure my mom doesn't find out, try and figure out some way to tell Jessie and Katie that I know, and that they should be more careful about where they make out." Eli said.
"So you're ok with it?" Grace said
"Why wouldn't I be, I mean it makes sense after all."
"How does Jessie beginning gay make sense?" Grace asked confused with what Eli said.
"First off, Jessie has never had a boyfriend. Second off, I have never heard her come home and talk about a guy at school that she likes. Third off, Katie showing up at the wedding." Eli said with a grin on his face happy for Jessie.
Eli Black and White
"I guess she finally figured out what she wanted," Eli said as he looked at the camera, "I don't know how to tell Jessie I know about this, but what I do know is that if my mom does find out I will have Jessie's back ."
"Grace you can't tell anyone about this. If my mom finds out she is not going to support Jessie and Katie dating, as a matter a fact I think she might even try and do whatever she can to prevent Jessie from seeing Katie anymore." Eli said running his other hand through his hair.
Grace couldn't take it anymore, "I know."
"Thanks Grace." Eli said not realizing what she meant.
"No Eli, I mean I know about Jessie and Katie. I'm pretty sure that I knew Jessie was in love with Katie, before Jessie knew," Grace said looking at the floor, "there is a reason that she and Katie ask me to drive them places when Katie can't borrow her parent's car."
"Wait do you mean you knew before she did?" Eli didn't understand what that meant.
"Every other sentence that comes out of their mouths ever since they meet is about or involves each other. I see the way they look at each other every single day. Do you remember a few weeks ago the day that Jessie was out sick?" Grace asked Eli.
"Ya I remember. Katie came over in the afternoon to give her homework, and see how she was doing." Eli said
"That night before I basically told Jessie to just go for it, that no one would care, and I would be willing to bet anything that when Katie came over to see her, at some point when they were in Jessie room, they kissed." Grace said finishing her ranting feeling like a weight had been lifted after all of the lying she had been doing the last couple of weeks.
"Grace why didn't you say anything?" Eli asked.
"It's not my place to go and tell people about Jessie and Katie, would you have if you were in my place?" Grace said running her hand through her hair realizing that she basically just told Eli everything.
"Grace, what should I do? I mean should I talk to them, should I wait for them to say something to me?" Eli asked Grace
Grace was surprised that there wasn't any anger in Eli voice. She had thought that he would be infuriated with her for lying to him and not telling him about this. "Eli, it would probably help Jessie to know that at least two of her family members are ok with her and Katie beginning together. But that's just my opinion."
"Grace just one last thing, thank you, for looking out Jessie, for keeping her secret, and I promise I won't tell Jessie or Katie that you said anything me."
"You're not mad at me?" Grace asked Eli feeling even more weight being lifted from her shoulders.
"I have had my own suspicions for a while, and as far as I'm concerned you have been looking out for Jessie and Katie, and helping as much as you can. That is probably that nicest thing that anyone has ever done for Jessie." Eli said to Grace.
At the same time they heard a car pull in the driveway and heard Jessie and Katie voices coming up the steps.
Front Steps of the Sammler/Manning House
"I'm starting to see why you don't mind going to him?" Katie said.
"Because it's more time I get to spend with you?" Jessie giving Katie a quick kiss.
"That is one of the reasons." Katie said, "Here is another." This time Katie kissed Jessie. Once they finally broke apart they walked into the house and saw Grace and Eli standing in the kitchen.
"Hey did we miss something?" Katie asked wondering why Grace and Eli where standing in the middle of the kitchen motionless.
Grace and Eli weren't sure what to say after the conversation they just had about Jessie and Katie.
"No you didn't miss anything Eli and me where talking about what we should make for dinner. My mom asked me this morning to start the cooking and she would finish when she got home." Grace said breaking the awkward since, "Katie are you going to stay for dinner?"
"Depends on who's cooking, from what Jessie has told me Grace is no master chief, or chief of any kind." Katie said mocking Grace.
"Not everything that comes out of Jessie's mouth is true you know." Grace said trying not make a comeback, knowing all too well that she was not a good cook.
"Grace, I hate to break the bad news to you, but whenever you cook the food is either frozen, under cooked, or burned." Eli chimed in as him, Jessie, and Katie began to laugh.
"Fine than, have Jessie and Katie cook." Grace said.
Jessie and Katie looked at each other smiled, "You are aware that I am a very good cook." Katie said.
"She is right, a few weeks ago she cooked a really good dinner at my house." Jessie said backing up Katie.
Grace rolled eyes and walked out of the room.
"So, Eli what are you hungry for?" Katie asked trying to figure out what to cook.
"I'll eat anything." Eli answered as he walked out of the room to go sit on the coach and watch TV and determine how he was going to approach Jessie and Katie about them being together.
"Anything specific in mind?" Katie asked Jessie wondering what her girlfriend wanted to eat.
"You pick. I'll eat whatever you cook." Jessie as she gave Katie a quick peck on the lips knowing for a fact that no one could see them.
"Ok, then pasta it is." Katie said giving Jessie a kiss, which lasted a minute. Once the kiss ended they began to gather the ingredients they needed to cook dinner and started.
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Sammler/Manning House
Rick and Lily's Room 9:45 p.m.
Rick and Lily are getting ready for bed, Rick is telling Lily about an offer that Colin made Rick today which is very hard to refuse.
"Sam would go to Australia for the whole nine months, and I would have to only go one weekend a month."
"How would that even work with the architect being in a completely different country, last time I checked Sam is an artist not an architect?" Lily asked confused of how the project would even work.
"We hire an architect that I can communicate with through email and on the phone to run the construction process when I'm not there, and then once it gets closer to the due date me and Sam have him take over the rest of the project, and Colin said that he would find a project in Chicago for us to work on." Rick paused for a second, "What do you think Lil?"
"It's a great offer, I can tell that he wants you to build these hotels, and you know I won't tell you not to take this job, but Rick it doesn't matter what's going on one weekend a month you have to pick up and go to a completely different country. What happens if there's an emergency, or the baby comes early." Lily asked still a little skeptical about how this whole thing was supposed to work.
"Colin has already given me his word that if there is an emergency, I'm on the first plane back to Chicago."
"Sounds like everything is planned out." Lily said almost convinced that this would work.
"Lil I really want to do this, but you know that I won't if you don't think we can make this work."
"As long as you give me your word that you will be here for when this child is born we'll make it work."
"I didn't miss the day Eli was born, I didn't miss the day Jessie was born, and I won't miss the day that this baby is born." Rick said reassuringly.
Jessie's Attic 9:45 p.m.
Jessie and Katie are up in Jessie's room. Katie is supposed to be helping Jessie study for a history test that Jessie has tomorrow, but found a better way to spend the time.
"Would you stop throwing paper at me you're supposed to be helping me?" Jessie was starting to get annoyed with her girlfriend who was lying on her bed balling up pieces of paper from her notebook to throw at Jessie, who was sitting at the desk trying to ask questions, and get answers.
Katie rolled over on her back, "You don't need to study. I'm sure you probably already read everything over a million times."
"Not one of those millions times did I read it over with you." Jessie got up from the chair walked over to Katie and lied down on the bed right next to here. They both just lied there and stared at each other for at least a half hour.
"Jessie are you up there?" Rick asked knocking on the door before she entered. Ricks voice pulled the two girls out of there trance, and back into the real world.
"Ya, I'm up here." Both of the girls got up off of the bed, and made themselves look like two people who hadn't spent the majority of the time making out, and hour of Katie preventing Jessie from studying, and a half hour of them just staring at each other.
"Jess, it's getting…Katie I didn't realize you were still here. It's 10:20." Rick said.
"Is it that late I'm goanna leave." Katie said with a big yawn, she went to grab her bag.
"Hold on one second Katie do you have all of your stuff that you need for school tomorrow with you?" Rick asked.
"Ya, why?" Katie answered curious why Rick was asking that question.
"Why don't you spend the night here? It's late and you really shouldn't be out driving. You can call you parents on the phone the in the kitchen and asked them if it's ok." Rick suggest worried with how late it was, and if Katie were to fall asleep behind the wheel. He was still unaware of Jessie and Katie relationship.
Jessie and Katie both looked at each other beginning to fill with excitement, they tried not to make it known because they knew that if Rick knew about them he would have never suggest this arrangement, "Thankyou Mr. Sammler. I'll go call my mom." Katie ran passed Rick, and down the stairs to make the phone call.
"Hey, Jess do you have a minute there's something I wanted to talk to you about?" Risk asked
"Ya what is it?"
"It's about Australia." Rick said gaining Jessie full attention.
"Dad, I'm not going to Australia. I will lock myself in mom's basement, and let her deal with you first." Jessie said knowing all too well that even though her mom would never go along with her being gay she would never go along with Rick taking Jessie to Australia.
"No it's not that," Rick stopped for a second and chuckled, "Me and Sam talked about it with Colin, and figured something out. What were going to do is one weekend a month I'm going to fly out to Australia, and the rest of the month we'll do the work through email, and over the phone. Once it get closer to Lily having the baby someone else is going to take over the rest of the project. By then Colin will find something for me and Sam to work on in Chicago."
Jessie didn't know what to think she loved the idea that she didn't have to pick up and move to a different country, and that she wouldn't have to say goodbye to Katie, but she hated idea that once a month for the next nine months Rick would have to just pick up and leave, "Dad I mean that's great, but what about here, what's going to happen your just going to have to pick up and leave, what if something happens while you're in Australia, then what?"
"Colin has already given me his word that if anything happens I am on the first flight back home."
"That's not what I meant." Jessie said with a worried look on her face.
"Jess, nothing is going to happen to me over there I promise. If it looks like there is going to be any problems with this whole thing, I promise I will be on the first plane home."
"You promise." Jessie asked looking a her father wide eyed wishing that he didn't have to do this, but she knew deep down that there was no way anyone was talking him out of this after the last year he had with finding work, he couldn't let this job go.
"I've never broken a promise to you and I'm not going to start now." Rick said pulling Jessie in for a hug.
"I just got off the phone with my mom… is everything ok." Katie said as she had run back upstairs.
"I'll tell you later. What did she say?" Jessie said changing the subject.
"She said that I can stay over but I have to leave the car here for her and my dad to pick up tomorrow morning around 9:00. Is there any problem with that?"
"No that not a problem Eli spending the night he can meet your parents tomorrow." Rick said.
"Dad, Mr. and Mrs. Singer and the nicest people, Eli will ever meet." Jessie having met Katie's parents dozens of times.
"Well ok then, you two get ready for bed, and I'll see you both in the morning." Rick said as he began to walk out of the room.
Once Rick closed the door Katie turned to Jessie and said, "So what was that about?"
Jessie grabbed Katie and pulled her in for a kiss like none they ever had before, because now Jessie had the fear of having to say goodbye to Katie eliminated from her life. The kiss lasted for a very long time, "I don't have to go to Australia anymore."
When Jessie said that Katie pulled her in for another kiss, lasting the same amount of time as the last, "I guess we better start to get ready for bed", as they looked over at Jessie bed realizing this was the first sleepover they were having since they became girlfriends.
After they had washed up and gotten changed Katie lied down in Jessie's bed. At first Jessie was a little uncomfortable unsure of the situation she was thinking to herself - should I lye right next Katie, or keep a little distance between us, or cuddle with her, or are we going to… - "Billy would you come here and lie down with me, it's late." Jessie decided to just let Katie take the lead on this one. She lied down in the bed, once she was under the cover Katie moved towards her placed a kiss on her lips and said, "Good night Billy." Jessie kiss her back, they both cuddled together, and fell asleep in each other's arms.
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Jessie and Katie are in the back seat just staring at each other with dreamy looks on their faces. Grace is driving and the silence is starting to kill her. Katie has something that she needs to tell Jessie but she's not sure how to say it but she does know that if Eli is going to meet her parents she needs to tell Jessie and not let her find out on her own. "Jess, there's something that I need to tell you."
"What is it?" Jess said continuing to give Katie the same look, thinking that Katie was going to say something sweet.
"Jess, I'm being serious... They know." Katie said as she looked away from Jessie.
Jessie didn't understand what Katie meant but she had an idea, "Katie who knows what?"
"My parents, ok, I'm sorry they know about us."
"Katie, you said that we wouldn't tell anyone." Jessie said. Anger beginning to grow inside of her.
"I know what I said, but my family has known about me being gay for a year, and with the amount of times they've seen us together they called me out on it a week or two ago, I'm sorry Jess." Katie said upset.
Jessie realized that Katie was upset. Once she calmed down, Jessie lean over and gave her a hug, "It is ok I mean do you think they will say anything to…" Jessie got cut off by Grace.
"Eli knows." She said it quick barely able to get the words out.
Jessie and Katie's attention turned straight towards Grace, "What do you mean he knows?" Katie asked with some rage in her voice.
"Grace that's not for you to tell Eli." Jessie said about to blow a fuse.
"First of all, I didn't tell Eli anything, I would never do that. Second, you two should be a little bit more careful about where you kiss. He came to me saying that he saw the two of you kiss last Monday night, remember in the kitchen, he turned around saw you two, and turned back around." Grace said defensively.
Jessie and Katie both had blank expressions wondering if the next words out of their mouths should be an apology.
"Grace I'm sorry, I…" Jessie was cut off un able to finish her sentence.
"Just forget it." Grace said still angry that Jessie and Katie actually bombarded her like that, "He's trying to figure out if he is going to say something to the two of you about it, or for you two to say something to him."
The car became quiet for a second, "So, I guess if my parents bring up the subject we may have nothing to worry about." Katie said trying to change the mood of the car.
"Ya, well that's if Eli doesn't bring up the topic first, he made some joke this morning to me about getting to know the future in-laws." Grace said as three of them started to laugh a little bit, "So, what are you guy's going to do about Eli?" Grace asked wondering what their plan was.
"Cross that bridge when the time comes." Katie said as they pulled into the school parking. All three girls got out of the car.
"Oh, just one quick question. So last night you two obviously…shared a bed," she whispered that part, "did the two of you know?" Grace asked referring to sex.
"Oh my god, no…I can't believe you mind goes there." Jessie said surprised that Grace actually asked that question.
"And even if we did we won't tell you." Katie said they walked into the building and went to their lockers.
Sammler/Manning House
Its 8:55 a.m. Eli is in the kitchen making some coffee for when the Singers get there, he plans on inviting them in for a few minutes to talk them. Getting an idea of what type of people Jessie is going to be around if this thing with Katie does go somewhere in the future.
Eli heard a knock on the door - must be the Singer's - he answered the door and was greeted by a dirty blonde hair woman that looked a little bit like Katie, and tall man that had a couple of inches on Eli.
"Hi you must be Katie's parents."
"And you must Jessie's brother." Mrs. Singer responded quickly
Eli Black and White
"I can see the resemblance."
"It's nice to meet you, I'm Eli, would you like to come in for a few minutes I have some coffee on the stove." Eli said as polite as possible.
"Sure, I guess we have a few minutes." Mr. Singer said.
They walked into the kitchen, and took a seat at the table Eli grabbed three cups and poured the coffee in it.
"Well Mrs. Singer I can't even exaggerate how much you and Katie look alike."
"Please call me Katelin, and I get that from everyone." They sat there and each took a sip of the drinks.
"So, Eli where are your parents I assumed they would be here?" Mr. Singer said.
"My dad is at work, and my step-mom is at work."
"What about you how come you're not at work."
"I work at that new book store, my shift doesn't start till 12:00… So, what do you guy's think of Jessie?" Eli was very direct trying avoid the, what do you think of my sister and your daughter dating, question.
"Well if Katie is dating her I'm sure she's good." Mrs. Singer said very direct the same as her daughter.
Eli Black and White
"Ok, Katie has to be this women's clone."
"You know." Eli asked surprised that Katie parents knew, and they were keeping it a secret from Rick and Lily.
"Well of course. Why you didn't" Mr. Singer said.
"I have known for a total of eight days, because I caught them by accident, and I'm pretty sure that they don't know that I know." Eli said
"Katie, was a little bit more forthcoming with us I'm sure that when Jessie's ready she'll say something." Mrs. Singer said.
"Thanks for the advice," Eli said, "I still debating on whether to say something or to wait for them to say something." He said take a big gulp of his drink.
"The reason we know that they're dating is because we just asked Katie out right. Jessie is a completely different person, but I'm sure you'll make the right decision." Mr. Singer said.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence."
"So, Mr. Singer, Katelin what do you do?" Eli asked trying to change the subject.
"Where both investment specialists actually." Mr. Singer said.
"What's that like?"
"Mainly just arguing with people over the best way to invest their money, and convince them not to touch the money they invest." Katelin said, as the three of them finished there drinks.
"Well, would you look at that, thank you for the coffee Eli but we have to go. A lot to do in a very short period of time. We're are going out of town for the weekend and we have to get everything we need for our trip." Mr. Singer said.
"Is Katie going with you?" Eli asked.
"No, we leave Friday night and come back Sunday night, she'll be fine on her own for two days." Katelin said, "I hope it not a problem but she said that she might ask Jessie to have a weekend long sleepover."
Eli Black and White
"Now I have to talk to her, and make sure she isn't going to do something that she'll regret." Eli said looking at the camera remembering how he used to bring girls over his father apartment, when he wasn't home.
"You guys have been dealing with dealing this a lot longer than I have, if you guys don't have problem with it, then I don't have a problem with it, but there is one thing." Eli said, realizing that if it wasn't him here they might have ended up saying something to Rick or Lily about Jessie and Katie, "Can you do me a favor and not say anything about Jessie and Katie to my parents until they Jessie and Katie say it's ok, because I know for fact that that Jessie would want it come from her, and that my mom isn't going to have the greatest reaction."
"I don't have any problem with that." Katelin said.
"Thanks, it was great getting to meet the both of you." They waved goodbye as Eli shut the door.
Eli thought to himself - and those are the future in laws -
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"So any way my parents are going to be out of town this weekend for some business trip, and they said you can come over for the weekend if you want. Do you want to?" Katie asked Jessie.
Jessie kind of dazed off for a second thinking about all of the things that her and Katie could do, all but one thing, "Sounds like a good weekend."
"I'll take that as a yes." Katie said. Unlike Jessie, Katie was thinking of all the things they could do.
"Hey Jess, hi Katie." Tad had come and sat at the lunch table sitting on the other side of Jessie as always. When Jessie and Katie talked to Tad about them yesterday they said for him to still sit next to Jessie so that no one would start to wonder why all of a sudden Tad stopped sitting next to her. Jessie and Katie had big smiles on their faces thinking about the weekend ahead of them, "What are you two day dreaming about?"
"What?" Katie said as she and Jessie pulled themselves out of the early stages of one of their long stares.
"We were not day dreaming we were ahh…" Jessie was cut off by Tad.
"Ya, I know what you two were actually doing?"
"Oh really what were we doing?" Katie said wanting to know what Tad was thinking they were doing.
"I'd say but I would break a promise I made to the both of you yesterday, and find out why Jessie is blue belt in Tae Koon Doe."
"It's a black belt." Jessie said correcting Tad.
"Black, blue, orange, what's the difference it's the color of a belt, I'm sure thousands of people have it." Tad said having no idea what he was talking.
"I'm goanna run to the girl's room real quick, I'll be right back." Katie said trying to get out of there seeing that Jessie was about to erupt on Tad. She got up and left as quickly as she could.
"Color of a belt!" Jessie snapped at Tad, who saw that he offended her.
"Jess, look I'm sorry ok. I'm sure there is a lot more to it." Tad said trying calm Jessie down. Tad thought to himself - I guess Katie's temper has rubbed off onto her -, "So changing the subject, what were you Katie talking about before I came over here? I noticed that you two were smiling and laughing and talking about something."
Jessie was annoyed with Tad, he was changing the subject instead of owning up to his stupidity, "We were talking about the first half of our day, and then she invited me to spend the weekend at her house."
"Wait, why did she asked you to go over her house for the weekend?" that was the only part of what Jessie said that Tad cared about.
Jessie having finally calmed down said, "Her parents are going out of town on a business trip, and they basically said me and Katie can have a weekend long sleepover."
Tad went wide eyed, and only one thing went straight to his mind sex, "Katie's parents are going out of town."
"Yes."
"You're going over there, day and night for the whole weekend."
"Yes." Jessie said slowly wondering were Tad was going with this.
"So, are you two going to…" Tad was cut off by Jessie who realized he was referring to sex.
"God, no," she starting to blush a little bit, "between you and Grace, she assumes last night and you assume this weekend."
Tad became curious what Grace had to do with this, as he starting to laugh at Jessie reaction, "Wait, what does Grace have to do with this?"
"She thinks that we, you know, last night because Katie had to sleep over." Tad began to laugh of how innocent and unaware Jessie was.
"Jess, a little advice generally when someone's, significant other sleeps over, or is invited to sleep over that is code for…We had or let's have sex." Tad said the last part quietly and earned himself a punch on the side of the arm.
Katie finally came back from the bathroom, "What's going on here?" seeing Tad rubbing the side of his arm in pain, never realizing how hard Jessie could actually punch.
"Tad said something about what Grace said this morning." Jessie said satisfied with Tad's pain. The bell rang, "I'll talk to my parents tonight and see if it's ok." Jessie said as she got up real quick grabbed her bag and headed to her next class not wanting to be late.
"So, what were you and Jess talking about?" Katie was a little confused, with what Tad was in pain over, and what Jessie meant by what Grace said this morning.
"I had to interpret for her that when someone's, significant other sleeps over, and is invited to sleep over that is code…We had or lets have sex." once and again whispering the part.
"She actually didn't realize that?" Katie said surprised.
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"Did she really not know that? I mean everyone our age knows that." Katie said looking at the camera confused.
"I guess, I mean it didn't seem like she did until told her." Tad said
"She has the rest of the week to think about, and plan on it." Katie said, as her and Tad finally got to their classroom and walked in for their class.
"Ms. Singer, Mr. Myers so glad you could join us," the teacher said.
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