Part 1: Afraid of Being Alone
She was finally home. She was finally where she wanted to be since the day she arrived in Washington. She saw her mom and took her bags and ran towards her. "MOM!"
"Rory!!" They embraced for what seemed like forever and then Rory stopped. She backed up and looked past Lorelai's head. "Huh what' wrong?" She turned too look at what her daughter was staring at. *ah. Of course.* Jess.
"Who...who's that girl over there."
"Uh her name's shane...she's...kinda ditzy...very ditzy actually...she's stuck up and snotty...her parents are like butt-rich and her and Jess are 'dating'" she made air quotes with her fingers.
"What do you mean 'dating'?" She copied the same movement with her fingers.
"Luke asked him if they were dating and Jess said...let me quote him on this..." She pretended to think, "'eh'....so we just do the whole 'dating' thing." She made the finger motions again.
"I see..." She was still looking at them. They were sucking each other's faces off....*sick!....they're in public! PUBLIC! Jeez get a room...wait....no don't do that...*
LATER IN THE DINER
"So let me guess coffee, Rory??"
"Do you even have to ask?"
"So...." He poured the coffee. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?"
"You...your acting weird..."
"I'm just tired." He nodded suspiciously as Jess and Shane stumbled through the door, they ran towards the stairs. Luke saw the expression on Rory's face and stopped them.
"Jess...uhhh..." He tried to come up with an excuse to make Rory more comfortable. Luke knew that Rory liked Jess....at least on some level he knew....
"What!" He answered very annoyed.
"I....uhh....need some help here."
"I'll go find Caesar."
"Jess...." Luke said warningly.
"Fine. But just for a few minutes."
"Whatever." Luke walked away.
"Hey just wait here for like 10 minutes ok?" Jess asked Shane.
"Yeah ok." Rory continued to stare down at her coffee. She was so tired. She moved her coffee a little to the side and put her arms on the table while laying her head on them. She closed her eyes....
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"Well this is my stop. I'll see you at school or somethin."
"K. See ya Paris." Paris waved as she got off the bus into Hartford. About 15 minutes later the bus driver informed the passengers that the bus was having problems so they would have to wait for another 2 hours before they could get back out on the road. Rory stepped off the bus and walked to the nearest book store.
1 HOUR LATER
Rory walked out of the bookstore with 2 new books in hand. Her thoughts suddenly faded to Jess. How was she going to figure this out between him and Dean....she kissed Jess....Jess....kiss......*it was wonderful....ok stop...Dean focus on Dean here...* she continued walking and was all of a sudden dragged into an alley. She screamed and fought...but it was too late....nothing or no one could save her now.
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Rory picked up her head and noticed that Jess was staring at her. Then a voice suddenly spoke...it seemed louder than a normal voice should be....*why is everything so loud?* "Hey you ok?"
"What?" She turned to look at this new girl, Shane who had asked her the question.
"You were like whimpering....." *I was whimpering...oh no...that's not good....*
"Uhh yeah I'm fine..." Shane shrugged her shoulders and went back to gazing longinly at Jess. The image of her in the alley with those two guys kept playing over and over in her head. She sighed out of frustration, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples. Then her phone started to ring...*too loud...make it stop!!* she quickly picked it up and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey babe it's me!"
"Hey mom..."
"You ok? You sound like your not ok! Are you ok!!"
"Mom calm down i'm fine...just really tired...."
"Ok well I just wanted you to know that I won't be home till like 2 tonight i'm really sorry....but you need your rest anyway ok? I'll-oh I gotta get goin! By chica love you!"
"Bye..." Rory hung up her phone...she didn't really want to be alone tonight....she didn't want to be alone at all....she was afraid of being alone....
She was finally home. She was finally where she wanted to be since the day she arrived in Washington. She saw her mom and took her bags and ran towards her. "MOM!"
"Rory!!" They embraced for what seemed like forever and then Rory stopped. She backed up and looked past Lorelai's head. "Huh what' wrong?" She turned too look at what her daughter was staring at. *ah. Of course.* Jess.
"Who...who's that girl over there."
"Uh her name's shane...she's...kinda ditzy...very ditzy actually...she's stuck up and snotty...her parents are like butt-rich and her and Jess are 'dating'" she made air quotes with her fingers.
"What do you mean 'dating'?" She copied the same movement with her fingers.
"Luke asked him if they were dating and Jess said...let me quote him on this..." She pretended to think, "'eh'....so we just do the whole 'dating' thing." She made the finger motions again.
"I see..." She was still looking at them. They were sucking each other's faces off....*sick!....they're in public! PUBLIC! Jeez get a room...wait....no don't do that...*
LATER IN THE DINER
"So let me guess coffee, Rory??"
"Do you even have to ask?"
"So...." He poured the coffee. "What's wrong?"
"Huh?"
"You...your acting weird..."
"I'm just tired." He nodded suspiciously as Jess and Shane stumbled through the door, they ran towards the stairs. Luke saw the expression on Rory's face and stopped them.
"Jess...uhhh..." He tried to come up with an excuse to make Rory more comfortable. Luke knew that Rory liked Jess....at least on some level he knew....
"What!" He answered very annoyed.
"I....uhh....need some help here."
"I'll go find Caesar."
"Jess...." Luke said warningly.
"Fine. But just for a few minutes."
"Whatever." Luke walked away.
"Hey just wait here for like 10 minutes ok?" Jess asked Shane.
"Yeah ok." Rory continued to stare down at her coffee. She was so tired. She moved her coffee a little to the side and put her arms on the table while laying her head on them. She closed her eyes....
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"Well this is my stop. I'll see you at school or somethin."
"K. See ya Paris." Paris waved as she got off the bus into Hartford. About 15 minutes later the bus driver informed the passengers that the bus was having problems so they would have to wait for another 2 hours before they could get back out on the road. Rory stepped off the bus and walked to the nearest book store.
1 HOUR LATER
Rory walked out of the bookstore with 2 new books in hand. Her thoughts suddenly faded to Jess. How was she going to figure this out between him and Dean....she kissed Jess....Jess....kiss......*it was wonderful....ok stop...Dean focus on Dean here...* she continued walking and was all of a sudden dragged into an alley. She screamed and fought...but it was too late....nothing or no one could save her now.
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Rory picked up her head and noticed that Jess was staring at her. Then a voice suddenly spoke...it seemed louder than a normal voice should be....*why is everything so loud?* "Hey you ok?"
"What?" She turned to look at this new girl, Shane who had asked her the question.
"You were like whimpering....." *I was whimpering...oh no...that's not good....*
"Uhh yeah I'm fine..." Shane shrugged her shoulders and went back to gazing longinly at Jess. The image of her in the alley with those two guys kept playing over and over in her head. She sighed out of frustration, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples. Then her phone started to ring...*too loud...make it stop!!* she quickly picked it up and answered. "Hello?"
"Hey babe it's me!"
"Hey mom..."
"You ok? You sound like your not ok! Are you ok!!"
"Mom calm down i'm fine...just really tired...."
"Ok well I just wanted you to know that I won't be home till like 2 tonight i'm really sorry....but you need your rest anyway ok? I'll-oh I gotta get goin! By chica love you!"
"Bye..." Rory hung up her phone...she didn't really want to be alone tonight....she didn't want to be alone at all....she was afraid of being alone....