I don't own any of these characters expect Jessica, sadly they all belong
to the WB.
"Jessica! No! Put that down!" Rory exclaimed as she dropped the last of the groceries on the kitchen table.
"But I wanna color!" Said the dark, curly haired girl holding the crayon.
"I'm sorry honey, but those are Mommy's very important papers. Okay?" Rory blew a piece of hair out of her face. "Why don't you color in your coloring books? I'll get them out for you."
"Okay Mommy." Jessica watched as her mother took a stack of coloring books out of a drawer and placed them in front of her.
"There ya go." Rory sighed and began placing food items she bought from the store away. Just let me get through these next couple of weeks, please! She thought to herself. "What would you like for dinner sweetie?" Turning her attention back to her only daughter. "Spaghetti or soup?"
"Hmmm." Jessica stopped her coloring and looked up at her mother thoughtfully. Her long dark hair cascading down her back, curls stuck out everywhere unruly. "Spaghetti please."
Rory's breath caught in her throat, God she looks so much like her father sometimes. Tears formed in her eyes and she quickly looked away from her daughter not wanting Jessica to see her upset.
"Are you okay Mommy?" Jessica asked her blue eyes wide.
"I'm just fine. Keep coloring while I make dinner." She doesn't fail to notice anything does she? Another tribute given to Jessica by her father. Rory studied her daughter, Jessica had inherited the famous Gilmore eyes, the bright blue that never faded. But the rest of her came from him. The dark curly hair that Rory could never control, the small nose and the acute habit to notice everything about her mother.
"My birthday is in fifteen days Mommy!!! Only fifteen more days and I'll be 5 years old." Jessica said obviously ecstatic. "That's one whole hand Mommy!" She held up five fingers.
"Yes I know sweetie." Rory tried to sound excited at the sound of another year without him. She never liked that day that was steadily approaching, Only fifteen more days. Jessica's words echoed in her mind.
"And then I get to go to school!!" Jessica was now bouncing around the kitchen, her coloring soon forgotten.
"You sure do! You'll love it, I just I know it." Rory said this time with real enthusiasm. Rory knew her daughter was bright, anyone could see it. Rory continued making dinner and thought about her own work. She was a small time lawyer that worked for a small firm. Tomorrow she had a divorce case to work on, she detested working on these cases. It reminded her of her past which made the whole situation even worse. Rory still had dreams of opening up her own firm; but she knew it would never happen. Being a single parent took up too much of her time, besides she was content with the job she had.
"Time for dinner!" Rory announced a half an hour later. The two of them sat down to eat, Rory in her own chair and Jessica in her chair with a stack of phone books beneath her.
"Are we going to Grandma's tomorrow!?" Jessica asked while playing with the strands of her spaghetti.
"No honey, not for another week remember?" Rory answered once again, becoming depressed at the thought of going to Stars Hollow.
"Oh yeah!" Jessica laughed. "I keep forgetting. But I wish it were tomorrow! We never go to Stars Hollowey. Grandma and Grandpa always come here.! How come Mommy?" Jessica asked.
"Because it's easier that way, that's why." Rory explained. "Now eat your dinner."
Jessica slurped up a piece of spaghetti spraying sauce everywhere, right onto her mothers face. "Oopsie!" Jessica giggled. "Sorwy Mommy."
Rory gave her daughter a very stern look, "That's it missy I've had enough of your shenanigans!!!." Jessica looked startled and crouched in her seat. "You're in for it!" Rory stood up and came over to Jessica, she scowled at her and then a huge smile appeared on her face. "Tickle attack!!"
Jessica screamed and leapt out of her chair knowing what was coming. She ran into the family room with Rory at her heals. Rory caught her at the couch and began tickling her unmercifully. Jessica's giggles and screams echoed through out the house.
"Mom-Mommy s-stop!" Jessica screeched and giggled at the same time. Finally Rory stopped and laughed, "Have you had enough?"
Jessica nodded and threw her arms around her mom, "I love you Mommy, even more then I love movie nights!"
Rory returned the hug, smiling. "I love you even more than I love coffee!"
Jessica pulled away from "Even more than cwoffy?" Her eyes widened. '"Wow, Mommy you must love me lots!"
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One Week Later...
The familiar sites of the town that Rory once loved so dearly stung her heart. Driving slowly through the center of Starts Hollow memories came flooding back to Rory, ones that cut through her like a knife. Jessica buzzed around in the back of the Jeep Cherokee noisily.
"Are we almost there Mommy? Almost?" Jessica said as she peered out the window waving to all the townspeople.
"Only a few more minutes." Rory said completely exhausted from the trip. She was almost glad they had finally arrived in Stars Hollow. The two hour drive from her town of Cratsville to Starts Hollow wasn't a very long one but it was one that she did not enjoy taking.
"Hey Mommy there's Grandpa's hardware stwore!!" Jessica pointed excitedly. "But of course it just sells cowffy!" She giggled. "Mommy look, don't you see it? Look, Mommy, look!"
But Rory couldn't bring herself to look, that was one diner that she never wanted to set foot in again. Rory pushed back memories as she drove up the familiar driveway to her childhood home, a home that no matter what happened she would always love. She climbed out of the car as did Jessica while her mother, Loreli, and Luke stepped out of the house
"Grandma! Grandpa!" Jessica ran to them arms open. Kisses and hugs were exchanged as Rory watched a smile growing on her face.
Loreli looked up at her only daughter, "Welcome home babe." They embraced and Rory wanted her never to let go. She wanted to stay in her mother's loving arms forever.
"I've missed you Mom." Rory said still holding on tight.
"I've missed you too sweets." Loreli pulled away from the tight embrace and looked her daughter in the eyes. "How does it feel to be back?" By this time Luke had seen that mother and daughter had needed some alone time and went inside with Jessica.
"Not so great." Rory forced a smile. "But I'm glad to be back with my dear old Mom."
"Hey! Watch your language missy! You can't call me old until I'm forty."
"Mom, you're over forty." Rory said as the walked towards the house.
"I like to think of my self as 20, with 24 years of experience."
"Keep telling yourself that Mom."
"I only speak the truth."
"Enough talk, did you make coffee?"
"Nope."
"What? I come home to no coffee?"
"Luke made it. I only speak truth, for I did not prepare the coffee."
"Jeez Mom." Rory rolled her eyes. "Try not to scare me like that again.
Rory lie awake in her bed that night willing herself to fall asleep; willing herself not to think of the memories that kept creeping into her mind. She hadn't slept in this bed for over five years, it hurt too much. But tonight Jessica and Loreli were in the TV room having a girls sleepover. Rory had been invited, but she was too exhausted to stay up late. Yeah right, so much for not staying up to late. It's already 1:30 and I still haven't fallen asleep yet! Rory thought. She knew why she hadn't fallen asleep though. Why did I think I would be able to sleep here tonight? Unwanted tears crept down Rory's face, she quickly wiped them away and forced herself not to cry as she thought of her husband, Jess Mariano.
1 Flashback
"Jess, what are you doing?" Rory asked as Jess crept into her room.
"You can't actually expect me to stay away from you?" Jess gave a mock pout. "Besides it was cold out there on the couch by myself."
Rory threw back her covers, "Get in, but I must forewarn you, there's barely enough room for me in here." She laughed as Jess climbed in and wrapped his arms around her.
"Don't worry, we'll just have to make space." They lay facing each other, foreheads almost touching. "It's not right to keep us apart anyway, I mean we have been married almost six months!"
"I know, but we didn't think there was enough room. Though obviously there is." Rory said as she snuggled into the curve of her husbands shoulder.
Jess kissed the top of her hair, "You know, tomorrow is our six month anniversary, we really should do something to celebrate tonight."
"In my mothers house!!??" Rory looked up at him. "Are you nuts?" Jess cupped her face in his hands and kissed her tenderly; The kiss grew more passionate until they were both out of breath. "Apparently not." Rory murmured. .
Rory, weeping, called out, "Why? Why did you leave me?" The sobs racked through her body making her shake uncontrollably. "I loved you some much. I still do." She whispered as she tried to control her tears. "I thought you loved me too. But you left, and you're not coming back." As her sobbing subsided Rory thought back again to that night. They had made love so tenderly that night, and then she had fallen asleep in his arms. Together they had conceived Jessica that night, it was something that she could never forget though she had tried thousands of times.
Rory's last thought before she drifted off to sleep were the words that Jess had spoken to her that night right before they had fallen asleep. "I'll love you forever and I'll never leave you. You mean more to me then life itself."
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"Jessica! No! Put that down!" Rory exclaimed as she dropped the last of the groceries on the kitchen table.
"But I wanna color!" Said the dark, curly haired girl holding the crayon.
"I'm sorry honey, but those are Mommy's very important papers. Okay?" Rory blew a piece of hair out of her face. "Why don't you color in your coloring books? I'll get them out for you."
"Okay Mommy." Jessica watched as her mother took a stack of coloring books out of a drawer and placed them in front of her.
"There ya go." Rory sighed and began placing food items she bought from the store away. Just let me get through these next couple of weeks, please! She thought to herself. "What would you like for dinner sweetie?" Turning her attention back to her only daughter. "Spaghetti or soup?"
"Hmmm." Jessica stopped her coloring and looked up at her mother thoughtfully. Her long dark hair cascading down her back, curls stuck out everywhere unruly. "Spaghetti please."
Rory's breath caught in her throat, God she looks so much like her father sometimes. Tears formed in her eyes and she quickly looked away from her daughter not wanting Jessica to see her upset.
"Are you okay Mommy?" Jessica asked her blue eyes wide.
"I'm just fine. Keep coloring while I make dinner." She doesn't fail to notice anything does she? Another tribute given to Jessica by her father. Rory studied her daughter, Jessica had inherited the famous Gilmore eyes, the bright blue that never faded. But the rest of her came from him. The dark curly hair that Rory could never control, the small nose and the acute habit to notice everything about her mother.
"My birthday is in fifteen days Mommy!!! Only fifteen more days and I'll be 5 years old." Jessica said obviously ecstatic. "That's one whole hand Mommy!" She held up five fingers.
"Yes I know sweetie." Rory tried to sound excited at the sound of another year without him. She never liked that day that was steadily approaching, Only fifteen more days. Jessica's words echoed in her mind.
"And then I get to go to school!!" Jessica was now bouncing around the kitchen, her coloring soon forgotten.
"You sure do! You'll love it, I just I know it." Rory said this time with real enthusiasm. Rory knew her daughter was bright, anyone could see it. Rory continued making dinner and thought about her own work. She was a small time lawyer that worked for a small firm. Tomorrow she had a divorce case to work on, she detested working on these cases. It reminded her of her past which made the whole situation even worse. Rory still had dreams of opening up her own firm; but she knew it would never happen. Being a single parent took up too much of her time, besides she was content with the job she had.
"Time for dinner!" Rory announced a half an hour later. The two of them sat down to eat, Rory in her own chair and Jessica in her chair with a stack of phone books beneath her.
"Are we going to Grandma's tomorrow!?" Jessica asked while playing with the strands of her spaghetti.
"No honey, not for another week remember?" Rory answered once again, becoming depressed at the thought of going to Stars Hollow.
"Oh yeah!" Jessica laughed. "I keep forgetting. But I wish it were tomorrow! We never go to Stars Hollowey. Grandma and Grandpa always come here.! How come Mommy?" Jessica asked.
"Because it's easier that way, that's why." Rory explained. "Now eat your dinner."
Jessica slurped up a piece of spaghetti spraying sauce everywhere, right onto her mothers face. "Oopsie!" Jessica giggled. "Sorwy Mommy."
Rory gave her daughter a very stern look, "That's it missy I've had enough of your shenanigans!!!." Jessica looked startled and crouched in her seat. "You're in for it!" Rory stood up and came over to Jessica, she scowled at her and then a huge smile appeared on her face. "Tickle attack!!"
Jessica screamed and leapt out of her chair knowing what was coming. She ran into the family room with Rory at her heals. Rory caught her at the couch and began tickling her unmercifully. Jessica's giggles and screams echoed through out the house.
"Mom-Mommy s-stop!" Jessica screeched and giggled at the same time. Finally Rory stopped and laughed, "Have you had enough?"
Jessica nodded and threw her arms around her mom, "I love you Mommy, even more then I love movie nights!"
Rory returned the hug, smiling. "I love you even more than I love coffee!"
Jessica pulled away from "Even more than cwoffy?" Her eyes widened. '"Wow, Mommy you must love me lots!"
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One Week Later...
The familiar sites of the town that Rory once loved so dearly stung her heart. Driving slowly through the center of Starts Hollow memories came flooding back to Rory, ones that cut through her like a knife. Jessica buzzed around in the back of the Jeep Cherokee noisily.
"Are we almost there Mommy? Almost?" Jessica said as she peered out the window waving to all the townspeople.
"Only a few more minutes." Rory said completely exhausted from the trip. She was almost glad they had finally arrived in Stars Hollow. The two hour drive from her town of Cratsville to Starts Hollow wasn't a very long one but it was one that she did not enjoy taking.
"Hey Mommy there's Grandpa's hardware stwore!!" Jessica pointed excitedly. "But of course it just sells cowffy!" She giggled. "Mommy look, don't you see it? Look, Mommy, look!"
But Rory couldn't bring herself to look, that was one diner that she never wanted to set foot in again. Rory pushed back memories as she drove up the familiar driveway to her childhood home, a home that no matter what happened she would always love. She climbed out of the car as did Jessica while her mother, Loreli, and Luke stepped out of the house
"Grandma! Grandpa!" Jessica ran to them arms open. Kisses and hugs were exchanged as Rory watched a smile growing on her face.
Loreli looked up at her only daughter, "Welcome home babe." They embraced and Rory wanted her never to let go. She wanted to stay in her mother's loving arms forever.
"I've missed you Mom." Rory said still holding on tight.
"I've missed you too sweets." Loreli pulled away from the tight embrace and looked her daughter in the eyes. "How does it feel to be back?" By this time Luke had seen that mother and daughter had needed some alone time and went inside with Jessica.
"Not so great." Rory forced a smile. "But I'm glad to be back with my dear old Mom."
"Hey! Watch your language missy! You can't call me old until I'm forty."
"Mom, you're over forty." Rory said as the walked towards the house.
"I like to think of my self as 20, with 24 years of experience."
"Keep telling yourself that Mom."
"I only speak the truth."
"Enough talk, did you make coffee?"
"Nope."
"What? I come home to no coffee?"
"Luke made it. I only speak truth, for I did not prepare the coffee."
"Jeez Mom." Rory rolled her eyes. "Try not to scare me like that again.
Rory lie awake in her bed that night willing herself to fall asleep; willing herself not to think of the memories that kept creeping into her mind. She hadn't slept in this bed for over five years, it hurt too much. But tonight Jessica and Loreli were in the TV room having a girls sleepover. Rory had been invited, but she was too exhausted to stay up late. Yeah right, so much for not staying up to late. It's already 1:30 and I still haven't fallen asleep yet! Rory thought. She knew why she hadn't fallen asleep though. Why did I think I would be able to sleep here tonight? Unwanted tears crept down Rory's face, she quickly wiped them away and forced herself not to cry as she thought of her husband, Jess Mariano.
1 Flashback
"Jess, what are you doing?" Rory asked as Jess crept into her room.
"You can't actually expect me to stay away from you?" Jess gave a mock pout. "Besides it was cold out there on the couch by myself."
Rory threw back her covers, "Get in, but I must forewarn you, there's barely enough room for me in here." She laughed as Jess climbed in and wrapped his arms around her.
"Don't worry, we'll just have to make space." They lay facing each other, foreheads almost touching. "It's not right to keep us apart anyway, I mean we have been married almost six months!"
"I know, but we didn't think there was enough room. Though obviously there is." Rory said as she snuggled into the curve of her husbands shoulder.
Jess kissed the top of her hair, "You know, tomorrow is our six month anniversary, we really should do something to celebrate tonight."
"In my mothers house!!??" Rory looked up at him. "Are you nuts?" Jess cupped her face in his hands and kissed her tenderly; The kiss grew more passionate until they were both out of breath. "Apparently not." Rory murmured. .
Rory, weeping, called out, "Why? Why did you leave me?" The sobs racked through her body making her shake uncontrollably. "I loved you some much. I still do." She whispered as she tried to control her tears. "I thought you loved me too. But you left, and you're not coming back." As her sobbing subsided Rory thought back again to that night. They had made love so tenderly that night, and then she had fallen asleep in his arms. Together they had conceived Jessica that night, it was something that she could never forget though she had tried thousands of times.
Rory's last thought before she drifted off to sleep were the words that Jess had spoken to her that night right before they had fallen asleep. "I'll love you forever and I'll never leave you. You mean more to me then life itself."
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