Chapter 1-Oh the Cheese

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Story time: Sequel to Over My Head

AN: Alrighty, I've started back up (well obviously) Anyways, here's the first chapter. I didn't include that much action, but hey, I wanted to save it for the next chapter. ;o) For those who have forgotten, Dean and Rory are no more. She isn't technically with Jess *yet* but she's really close ;o) Hey, I have to have some material to work with. I always thought the action moving up to the good thing was the easiest but when you actually get there and done with it, well you can't really think of anything to write. So I'm just doing it my way. :o) Enjoy! -FB-

"Last time I ever eat cheese," Mom mumbles holding her stomach with one hand while the other covers her mouth.

"You know that's so untrue."

"Did Macy Gray try to say goodbye?"

Mom-- with her little pop culture phrases. I smile.

"Well it's not like you didn't know the cheese was expired." I say

"It was expired?"

I roll my eyes. "Mom! It said '02 on it"

"What year is it?"

"I bet you've been writing 2002 on every single thing."

"That totally happens to everyone when the year changes!"

I sigh. Mothers.

"Bathroom!" Mom yells while running to the bathroom.

I sink back into the couch. I should probably start my homework even though it's a Saturday night. But tonight, my motto is "Hard work has a future payoff.... laziness pays off now"

I turn my mind back to Mom. I know what I'm in for.

"5,4,3,2,- ."

"Rory! Helllp!" Mom yelps.

Hair duty. I get up and walk to where my mother is and consider cleaning out the fridge.and how many days it will take.

------ 15 minutes later, Mom is done and she crawls to the couch.

"Guess you won't be going anywhere anytime soon"

"Hmm.guess not Rory" Mom says harshly.

"Let me guess - you haven't had coffee."

"Does it look like I've had coffee? Does it look like that sweet, gorgeous liquid had graced my body today?" Mom adds something about "spurring fights" but I don't catch what she says.

"Ok, Tybalt, you've obviously gone Nest on me. If I get you coffee, do you think you could keep it down?" (A.N: I used Nest as an allusion to the book One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. Hopefully you'll catch on now ;o) )

"Does the colonel sell chicken?"

I eye mom then figure, what's the use?

"Be back, Mom"

"Adieu till then." ------ I leave the house baffled that Mom knows French. She hardly even knows English. She calls lip reading "word mouthing". She must be sick. I finally arrive at my coffee destination and go in. It's never crowded around this time of day -after breakfast and before lunch-, which I love. I plant myself down at the counter.

I smiley as I say to Jess, "Coffee to go java lackey"

"Somebody like thesaurus'."

"Gotta love Webster's New World."

"4?"

"4 what?" I ask thoroughly confused.

"4 turkeys in the straw.yonder." He says in a sarcastic folk tune voice.

"I didn't know you were into old folk tunes." I start laughing thinking of names I might be able to tease Jess with later on.

"4 coffees. At least that's what I'm assuming. I'll get those for you."

"What? I thought it was funny!"

He brings the coffee pot and to go cups to where I'm sitting and starts pouring.

"You could've poured over there and saved the labor of bringing the stuff over here."

"Do you want me to pour over there? 'Cause I can pour over there instead of pouring over here."

I look down at my hands.

"I'm sorry." He puts his hand under my chin and lifts my head back up. "I'm just not having one of those pop n' fresh mornings. It's getting better not if it's any consolation."

We stare at each other for a minute. He takes his hand away from me.

"Hey! I have an idea."

"Go on, fair lady"

I feel myself blush - "beautiful lady". Score points for Rory! (A.N: For all those who aren't really up to snuff of Shakespearian terms -which I don't really blame you for- fair means beautiful so that's where I came up with "beautiful lady".)

"Me- you- well we, we should.I don't know-." Jess cuts me off.

"Go somewhere tonight?"

I was amazed, but completely relieve I technically didn't ask Jess out. I'm just old fashioned like that.

"That'd be really nice." I say softly.

"Alright then, how about 7?"

"Ok, what are we going to do?"

"It's a surprise," he answers mysteriously with that grin of his. I almost die. Right there. I start breathing again to see that Jess is now serving some else. I put my money on the counter and walk to the door. Jess looks up at me and smiles and I do the same.

End Chapter 1

Ok, so there's the first part of Chapter 1 that I wrote. I was thinking it was originally too long so I'm going to split up the first one. Anyone like at all? Tell me what you think and I might get the next chapter typed and posted quicker ;o) I've always liked bribery.j/p. Thanx for reading! -FB-