By: Beth

5/31/02

(Gabrielle is in the apartment looking through the newspaper as Bo walks through the door)

Gabrielle:  Hi.    Your back!

Bo:  Hey.  She's gonna love me for this

Gabrielle:  I didn't know w-where you w-went.  Stop stuttering girl!

Bo:  I went to Viki's   Just for you baby

Gabrielle:  Oh....I didn't mean for you to do that.    Oh, how sweet

Bo:  I know you didn't.   I did it because I'm your knight in shining armour

Gabrielle:  Uh...right, so well um I guess this probably good bye.    I don't want to leave!

Bo:  What?   Oh hell, she can't leave!

Gabrielle:  Well that was Viki's conditions.  Damn her.

Bo:  Gabrielle......

Gabrielle:  So, if it's ok with you, it's ok with me, so ah realistically I can probably be out of here by tomorrow.  Please stop me!

Bo:  Whoa, Whoa, Whoa, just slow down ok?  The job at the Banner, it's yours....but this ins't goodbye.    We're just gettin started

Gabrielle:  Bo, the job was offered to me on the condition that you and I have nothing more to do with each other.   Again, Damn her.

Bo:  Yea, I know.    But, I fixed it

Gabrielle:  So, if you want me to take the job that must mean that you want me to move out of here and that's ok with me......     I'm lying!  Please see that I am lying.  You've always been able to tell before!

 Bo:  W-W- Whoa. Slow, would you just slow down for just a minute.  I don't want you to move out of here.   How am I supposed to get you in my bed if you don't live here anymore?

Gabrielle:  But Viki said

Bo:  I know what Viki said but Viki doesn't speak for me.  Does Viki speak for you?    Yea right......a little spitfire like you with a mind of her own.  God you turn me on! 

Gabrielle:  No!    Hell No!  I have a mind of my own!

Bo:  Well do you wanna move out of here?   Please say no.

Gabrielle:  God NO!   Not really.

Bo:  Do you want that job at the Banner?   Now that was a dumb question.

Gabrielle:  Hell Yea!   Be awfully nice.

Bo:  Ok, then guess what it's yours, no strings attached.    I am good

Gabrielle:  What?!  

Bo:  Yea, it looks like my roomie is the new style editor at the Banner.   (sing songing)  And gets to stay living with meeeee!

Gabrielle:  Oh Bo!  (hugs him and showers him with kisses on cheeks and forehead.  Bo leans in to seal it on the lips.)

Gabrielle:  Good God Almighty he's kissing me!

Bo:  Good God Almighty she's kissing me back!

(Bo and Gabrielle still kissing but came apart)

Gabrielle:  Uh....    WHOA!

Bo:  Uh.....I'm uh....   THAT.....was Awesome!

Gabrielle:  I'm so.....I'm so sorry.    No I'm not

Bo:  Um....uh.......     I'm so damn flustered.  God she's hot.  Ok, I 'm turned on now.

Gabrielle:  I don't know what that....um....Do you know...if I'm going to do this job.....at the Banner....I have so many things to get organized.....  Good save Gabby.

Bo:  Yea    No don't go!

Gabrielle:  We don't......we don't want to be overwhelmed...we musn't be overwhelmed.  Uh.....um.  I'll see you later.    Why am I leaving? 

Bo:  Yup.    Why is she leaving?  Stop her!

(Gabrielle opens the door and there stands Asa)

Gabrielle:  Bo, y- your father's here.  Nice to see you.  Bye!   Asa would shit a brick if he knew what just happened. 

Asa:  What was that all about? 

Bo:  Sounded to me like she was trying to say goodbye.   Hurry back my love!

Asa:  She's usually not that easy to get rid of. 

Bo:  No stop!  Just stop right there!   Ass!

Asa:  Stop what? 

Bo:  I want you to stop making life tough for someone who I happen to like(love) and for me too.  You can stop trashing Gabrielle(hottie) right to her face and stop telling me to get rid of her and if you can't stop all that then just stop stopping by here.   Eh, way to stand up for you gal Bo.  You hero you. 

Asa:  Whoa!  Hold on Bo.  Anything that I did, I did to protect you. 

Bo:  No, I don't need your protection, or anyone else's ok, because I make my own choices, which means I choose my own friends, and thats what Gabrielle is!  She's a friend.  (Yea, keep telling yourself that)  Yea, we share this place, and we share a few laughs but that's it!   ( Not for long though)  Alright, is that clear?!

Asa:  Clear to who Bo?  Me?  Or you?

Bo:  You know what?  I'm tired of people wondering about me and Gabrielle.  (So, why let them wonder anymore?  God, those lips were yummy)

Asa:  She under your roof.  People are gonna wonder what else she's under. 

Bo:   (Ooh, what else she's under huh?  Pa, you're puttin thoughts in my mind and you don't even know it.)  Well, you know what that's their problem because I'm too busy to worry about what other people think. 

Asa:  Oh yea you were too busy when I cam in here.  You were standing there like you swallowed a raw fish.  Gabrielle charged out of here like the place was on fire.  What was that all about? 

(Door bell rings at Viki's)

Viki:  Unles it's Bo, I want none of it!  (answers door)

Gabrielle:  Hello Viki.   (What the Hell is her problem?)

(back at Bo's)

Bo:  Gabrielle and I weren't doing anything.  ('Cept getting closer) And that's the last time you get to ask.

Asa:  Alright.

Bo:  But.   (Go ahead make another dumbass wisecrack about my girl.  You may be my Pa but I can take you)

Asa:  But what?  If you tell me that she is your roommate and your buddy and if that's fine with you......

Bo:  Yea?

Asa:  It's fine with me. I will not, I promise, interfere anymore.

Bo:  What are you up to?  (No good!)

Asa:  Bo I'm serious.  That's waht I came over here to tell you.  Partly.

Bo:  What's the other part?  (That you're mad cuz I get Gabs and you don't? Sucks to be you.)

Asa:  Bo I gotta tell you, real good news.  I met a terrific woman.

Bo:  Oh Pa, are you serious?  What about Renee?

Asa:  What about.....it's not for me, it's for you.  I thought you know maybe you'd like to take her out.  You are a free man right?

Bo:  (Hell no!  Not if I can help it!)

(Back at Viki's)

Gabrielle:  (Flashing back to the kiss)  (Oh why did I leave?)  I uh....I thought I'd stop by because I wanted to thank you for offering me the position at the Banner.  (Ugh, being nice to you is making me ill.)

Viki:  You're welcome.  Is that it?

Gabrielle:  (Don't shut the door on me!)  Well......I also wanted to thank you for lifting your conditions...give up my friendship with Bo or there's no job.  I just wanted to say that I'm very grateful that you changed your mind.  (Grateful?......Ha!  You're lucky to have me woman.)

Viki:  So you're not moving out of Bo's? 

Gabrielle: (Hell No!)  No....no Bo convinced me to stay.  As a friend, that's all.  (Yea, keep telling yourself that Gabby.)

Viki:  A word t the wise Gabrielle.  If you want things to run smoothly at MY newspaper, then you keep things the way they are.  Friends......nothing more. 

Gabrielle:  (Shut your piehole!  How dare you tell me I can't be more than just friends with Bo.  If I want to jump Bo's bones then I'll jump Bo's bones!)  Oh Viki.  What I have with Bo is perfect just the way it is and I have no intention of complications things.  (Yes I do)

Viki:  Good for you.  Well....love to stay and chat, kettles boiling.

Gabrielle:  Oh uh wiat just one second.  Is there anything I need to do to prepare for my new position at the Banner?  (Like get Bo to sleep with me?)

Viki:  Nope!  (slams door)

Gabrielle:  (Psycho!...She's acting like she's Niki Smith or something again.)

(Back at Bo's)

Bo:  Take care Pa.

Asa:  Yea,  you too son

Gabrielle:  Oh, leaving so soon?  (Thank God)

Asa:  Yes, I said my piece.  I told Bo I wasn't going to interfere anymore and I'm not.  I'll see you around Gabrielle. 

Gabrielle:  (Yea right!  You're such a liar Asa.  Have you forgotten, it takes one to know one you idiot?)  What happened with him? 

Bo:  What?  Nothin.  He uh......not much.  Uh listen Gabrielle about that kiss.  (Can we do it again?)

Gabrielle:  Oh, that was barely a kiss Bo.  ( I didn't mean that!  Pleeeeeaaase don't think I meant that.)

Bo:  What would you call it?  (Crap, this is going to be harder to woo her than I thought.  I need to brush up on my kissing skills tonight with my pillow)

Gabrielle:  Gesture of friendship?  Don't you agree?  (Noooooo don't agree!  It was an I want you and have to have you gesture) 

Bo:  Absolutely  (Ugh!)

Gabrielle:  They do it in Europe all the time.  (Oh good one Gabby)

Bo:  That's what I hear. (But I have a feeling they don't swap tongues like that in Europe all the time)

Gabrielle:  Right.  Well then should we do the usual, take-out for dinner?  (Then on to bed.......your bed.)

Bo:  Uh, you know what?  You're going to have to do without me becaue something came up.  (Piss!  She wants to have dinner with me and I have a freakin date!)

Gabrielle:  Oh, what? (This better be good) 

Bo:  Huh?  (Please don't make me tell you. I really would rather hang out with you and have dinner with you.......in bed) 

Gabrielle:  What came up?  (What could you possibly rather do than have dinner with me......in bed?)

Bo:  Well, you're never gonna believe it but, I gotta date.  (I'm so sorry Gabby!  But, I'll kick her out early so we can pick up where we left off.)

Gabrielle:  (WHAT?!  You have a date, when 30 minutes earlier we were playing tonsil hockey?!  This is not over!  You WILL play with my tonsils again one day soon .  You can count on that!