Chapter 1
Rory is sitting in her living room reading "Oliver Twist" for the 50th time. She sighed and looked at her watch. It was 6:20 p.m. She was going to meet Dean at Luke's Diner for dinner at 7:00 p.m. She closed her book, got up off the couch, stretched, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Rory came out of the bathroom fifteen minutes later and walked into her room. She sighed again as she shut the door. Rory walked to her bookshelf and thought, "I don't want to go with Dean to Luke's. Why can't we go somewhere else."
"Rory where are you?" Lorelia's said breaking into Rory's thoughts.
"In my bedroom." Rory said while walking over to her closet to fine something to wear.
Lorelia came into Rory's room saying, "Oh why, oh why, oh why?"
"What's wrong?" Rory asked bringing a burgundy dress out of the closet.
"Well Jess is back." Lorelia said walking over to Rory's desk's chair and sitting down.
"Yeah I know." She said as she pulled the dress over her head.
"How do you know that he's back?" Lorelia asked standing up to button up Rory's dress.
"Well Jess was at Sookie's wedding, and we were talking, and then I kissed him, and then he started kissing me back. But then I pulled away." She said really fast without looking at her mother.
"Oh." She said and then she muttered, "Like mother like daughter."
" What do you mean, mom?" Rory said turning slowly around.
" Well, I went in Luke's for my evening coffee and I was talking to Luke. Then, I left, but I had forgotten my purse on the counter. I started walking home when Luke came up behind me with my purse. He said I left it. I looked at him and said thanks and I held out my hand for it, and he handed it to me. And before I knew what I was doing I started kissing him and he was kissing me back. Then, I pulled away and ran home, leaving him there."
"Oh," Rory said putting on earrings.
"Oh. That's all you're going to say?" Lorelia asked dumbstruck. "Well, yeah, what do you want me to say?" Rory asked her.
"Well what should I do?"
"I don't know."
"I have to talk to him."
O.k. so while I'm with Dean at Luke's you can be talking to Luke." Rory said sitting on her bed pulling on her burgundy dress shoes.
"What? Do you think that is wise to go to Luke's with Dean?" Lorelia asked sitting on the bed beside Rory.
"Why not?"
"Because, Jess is going to be there."
"Yeah, I know." Rory said pulling on her other shoe.
"So are you still with Dean?"
"Yes."
"Have you told him about the kiss?"
"No, you know how he would react." Rory said looking at her mother quickly.
"Have you talked to Jess yet?"
"No." Rory said getting up to get her brush.
When Rory got her brush and sat back down on her bed, Lorelia said, "Are you going to stay with Dean and forget about Jess?"
"I don't know," Rory said as she started brushing her hair.
Lorelia took the brush out of her hand and started brushing Rory's hair for her. Then she said, "So the only thing that is certain is that you are going to Luke's with Dean and you haven't told Dean about the kiss and you haven't talked to Jess, is that right?"
"Yeah, that's right." Rory said sighing.
They sat on the bed silent as Lorelia brushed Rory's hair until Lorelia asked, "Did you like the kiss?"
"What?" Rory asked shocked.
"Did you like it?"
"Yes, I liked it, but I don't want to hurt Dean."
"Do you love Jess?"
"What? No, I can't love him, I love Dean."
"Rory," Lorelia said slowly.
"No, no, no, I can't love him, I can't, it would hurt Dean."
"Rory, listen, you don't skip school to go to New York to see a guy you don't love."
"Mom, that was a long time ago. Everything has changed."
"Oh has it? You kissed him at Sookie's wedding." Lorelia said.
"God, I don't know, I don't want to hurt Dean, but I never thought of hurting Jess."
There was a moment of silence, where both women sat on Rory's bed thinking about their own thoughts. Lorelia's of how Rory was upset and how she knew she was falling in love with jess. Rory was thinking of how she doesn't want to hurt Dean but she knows that she loves Jess.
"I can't hurt him it would be too painful to see him hurting." Rory said lying down on her bed. "But I love Dean, too"
"You have to choose." Lorelia said lying down beside her.
"Well, Dean and I have very little in common now," Rory said with her 20th, sigh that day. "When we go to the movies I want to see a classic or a light comedy and he wants to go see Star Wars. With Jess, we read the same books and we watch the same movies.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Lorelia asked looking at her watch. "It's 6:40. You don't have to make up your mind tonight you can break the date with Dean and think about it more."
"Or I can break my date and hang out with you and think about it tomorrow," Rory said getting up and walking toward the doorway.
"It's up to you, Babe," Lorelia said getting up and following Rory out the door. Lorelia walked into the kitchen to make coffee.
Rory walked into the living room to call Dean. She walked over to the couch and searched the cushions until she found the phone. She picked it up from underneath the third cushion and dialed Dean's number by memory. He picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?" Dean's husky voice sounded in the earpiece.
"Hi, Dean." She said after taking a slow breath.
"Rory?"
"Yeah, um, what are you doing?"
"Getting ready to pick you up."
"Yeah about that I can't go tonight."
"Why?"
"My mom is really sad right now and I have to stay here and cheer her up. I'm sorry."
"Yeah that's ok."
"You're not mad are you?"
"No."
"Ok, well I'll talk to you tomorrow. Ok?"
"Sure."
"Bye"
"Bye" He said as he hung up the phone.
She waited until she heard the dial tone then she hung up the phone. She walked back into the kitchen to talk to her mom. When she got near to the kitchen door and she smelt coffee making.
"So what did he say?" Lorelia asked her when she took a seat at the table.
"Well I told him that you were upset and I had to cheer you up." Rory said.
"Oh." Lorelia said getting up to get two cups of coffee. "So what are we going to do tonight," She said as she sat the cups down on the table.
"Well I was thinking about having a famous Lorelia and Rory's movie night."
"Yes, lets go."
They drank their coffee in a hurry and then they got their coats from the coat hangers. Then they got into their jeep and headed toward Doose's market and the movie store.
When they parked in front of Doose's market they saw Luke come out and walk across the street to the diner. "Do you think Luke and Taylor got into it again?" Rory asked as she got out of the car.
"I don't know." Lorelia said as she got out and came around to the sidewalk. They walked into the store and headed to the isles.
"Ok we need chocolate, marshmallows, whip cream, ice cream, chips, dip, pop tarts, pop corn, and pizza." Rory said as they went down the isles.
"We'll call the pizza place they have better pizza." Lorelia said.
"Ok," Rory said as they went toward the checkout line.
Jess was standing in line in front of them. He turned around when he heard them coming up behind him. He said, " Hey is it a movie night tonight?"
"Yep." Rory said. "What are you here for?"
"Luke sent me over here to get baking soda."
"We saw him when we came in why didn't he get it when he was here?" Lorelia asked him.
"Taylor and him got into an argument about something and he left." He said as he moved up in front of the casher.
"Oh. What was it about?"
"I don't know. He was too upset to tell me." He said as he paid the casher.
"Oh. Bye," Rory and Lorelia said at the same time.
"Bye."
After he left they paid the casher and walked out of the market. Then they walked across the street to Luke's. When they passed the window and Lorelia saw Luke she said, "Rory, I need some coffee."
"But the movie store is going to close in a minute."
"Well you go get the movie and I'll get us some coffee."
"Ok."
Lorelia walked into Luke's diner and sat down at the bar. Luke came over and asked her, "What do you want?"
"Coffee."
"Ok." And he walked over to the coffee pot and gave her a cup of coffee.
She took a drink and sat it down on the bar. Then, Rory came into the door and said, "Got it."
"Yeah! Which one did you get?"
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Rory said.
Luke looked over at them and asked, "Is it a movie night?"
"Yep," Lorelia said.
"Ok, have fun."
"Bye."
"Bye."
They walked out of the diner, across the street and to the jeep. They got in the jeep and drove back to their house for their movie night.
Rory is sitting in her living room reading "Oliver Twist" for the 50th time. She sighed and looked at her watch. It was 6:20 p.m. She was going to meet Dean at Luke's Diner for dinner at 7:00 p.m. She closed her book, got up off the couch, stretched, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
Rory came out of the bathroom fifteen minutes later and walked into her room. She sighed again as she shut the door. Rory walked to her bookshelf and thought, "I don't want to go with Dean to Luke's. Why can't we go somewhere else."
"Rory where are you?" Lorelia's said breaking into Rory's thoughts.
"In my bedroom." Rory said while walking over to her closet to fine something to wear.
Lorelia came into Rory's room saying, "Oh why, oh why, oh why?"
"What's wrong?" Rory asked bringing a burgundy dress out of the closet.
"Well Jess is back." Lorelia said walking over to Rory's desk's chair and sitting down.
"Yeah I know." She said as she pulled the dress over her head.
"How do you know that he's back?" Lorelia asked standing up to button up Rory's dress.
"Well Jess was at Sookie's wedding, and we were talking, and then I kissed him, and then he started kissing me back. But then I pulled away." She said really fast without looking at her mother.
"Oh." She said and then she muttered, "Like mother like daughter."
" What do you mean, mom?" Rory said turning slowly around.
" Well, I went in Luke's for my evening coffee and I was talking to Luke. Then, I left, but I had forgotten my purse on the counter. I started walking home when Luke came up behind me with my purse. He said I left it. I looked at him and said thanks and I held out my hand for it, and he handed it to me. And before I knew what I was doing I started kissing him and he was kissing me back. Then, I pulled away and ran home, leaving him there."
"Oh," Rory said putting on earrings.
"Oh. That's all you're going to say?" Lorelia asked dumbstruck. "Well, yeah, what do you want me to say?" Rory asked her.
"Well what should I do?"
"I don't know."
"I have to talk to him."
O.k. so while I'm with Dean at Luke's you can be talking to Luke." Rory said sitting on her bed pulling on her burgundy dress shoes.
"What? Do you think that is wise to go to Luke's with Dean?" Lorelia asked sitting on the bed beside Rory.
"Why not?"
"Because, Jess is going to be there."
"Yeah, I know." Rory said pulling on her other shoe.
"So are you still with Dean?"
"Yes."
"Have you told him about the kiss?"
"No, you know how he would react." Rory said looking at her mother quickly.
"Have you talked to Jess yet?"
"No." Rory said getting up to get her brush.
When Rory got her brush and sat back down on her bed, Lorelia said, "Are you going to stay with Dean and forget about Jess?"
"I don't know," Rory said as she started brushing her hair.
Lorelia took the brush out of her hand and started brushing Rory's hair for her. Then she said, "So the only thing that is certain is that you are going to Luke's with Dean and you haven't told Dean about the kiss and you haven't talked to Jess, is that right?"
"Yeah, that's right." Rory said sighing.
They sat on the bed silent as Lorelia brushed Rory's hair until Lorelia asked, "Did you like the kiss?"
"What?" Rory asked shocked.
"Did you like it?"
"Yes, I liked it, but I don't want to hurt Dean."
"Do you love Jess?"
"What? No, I can't love him, I love Dean."
"Rory," Lorelia said slowly.
"No, no, no, I can't love him, I can't, it would hurt Dean."
"Rory, listen, you don't skip school to go to New York to see a guy you don't love."
"Mom, that was a long time ago. Everything has changed."
"Oh has it? You kissed him at Sookie's wedding." Lorelia said.
"God, I don't know, I don't want to hurt Dean, but I never thought of hurting Jess."
There was a moment of silence, where both women sat on Rory's bed thinking about their own thoughts. Lorelia's of how Rory was upset and how she knew she was falling in love with jess. Rory was thinking of how she doesn't want to hurt Dean but she knows that she loves Jess.
"I can't hurt him it would be too painful to see him hurting." Rory said lying down on her bed. "But I love Dean, too"
"You have to choose." Lorelia said lying down beside her.
"Well, Dean and I have very little in common now," Rory said with her 20th, sigh that day. "When we go to the movies I want to see a classic or a light comedy and he wants to go see Star Wars. With Jess, we read the same books and we watch the same movies.
"So what are you going to do about it?" Lorelia asked looking at her watch. "It's 6:40. You don't have to make up your mind tonight you can break the date with Dean and think about it more."
"Or I can break my date and hang out with you and think about it tomorrow," Rory said getting up and walking toward the doorway.
"It's up to you, Babe," Lorelia said getting up and following Rory out the door. Lorelia walked into the kitchen to make coffee.
Rory walked into the living room to call Dean. She walked over to the couch and searched the cushions until she found the phone. She picked it up from underneath the third cushion and dialed Dean's number by memory. He picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?" Dean's husky voice sounded in the earpiece.
"Hi, Dean." She said after taking a slow breath.
"Rory?"
"Yeah, um, what are you doing?"
"Getting ready to pick you up."
"Yeah about that I can't go tonight."
"Why?"
"My mom is really sad right now and I have to stay here and cheer her up. I'm sorry."
"Yeah that's ok."
"You're not mad are you?"
"No."
"Ok, well I'll talk to you tomorrow. Ok?"
"Sure."
"Bye"
"Bye" He said as he hung up the phone.
She waited until she heard the dial tone then she hung up the phone. She walked back into the kitchen to talk to her mom. When she got near to the kitchen door and she smelt coffee making.
"So what did he say?" Lorelia asked her when she took a seat at the table.
"Well I told him that you were upset and I had to cheer you up." Rory said.
"Oh." Lorelia said getting up to get two cups of coffee. "So what are we going to do tonight," She said as she sat the cups down on the table.
"Well I was thinking about having a famous Lorelia and Rory's movie night."
"Yes, lets go."
They drank their coffee in a hurry and then they got their coats from the coat hangers. Then they got into their jeep and headed toward Doose's market and the movie store.
When they parked in front of Doose's market they saw Luke come out and walk across the street to the diner. "Do you think Luke and Taylor got into it again?" Rory asked as she got out of the car.
"I don't know." Lorelia said as she got out and came around to the sidewalk. They walked into the store and headed to the isles.
"Ok we need chocolate, marshmallows, whip cream, ice cream, chips, dip, pop tarts, pop corn, and pizza." Rory said as they went down the isles.
"We'll call the pizza place they have better pizza." Lorelia said.
"Ok," Rory said as they went toward the checkout line.
Jess was standing in line in front of them. He turned around when he heard them coming up behind him. He said, " Hey is it a movie night tonight?"
"Yep." Rory said. "What are you here for?"
"Luke sent me over here to get baking soda."
"We saw him when we came in why didn't he get it when he was here?" Lorelia asked him.
"Taylor and him got into an argument about something and he left." He said as he moved up in front of the casher.
"Oh. What was it about?"
"I don't know. He was too upset to tell me." He said as he paid the casher.
"Oh. Bye," Rory and Lorelia said at the same time.
"Bye."
After he left they paid the casher and walked out of the market. Then they walked across the street to Luke's. When they passed the window and Lorelia saw Luke she said, "Rory, I need some coffee."
"But the movie store is going to close in a minute."
"Well you go get the movie and I'll get us some coffee."
"Ok."
Lorelia walked into Luke's diner and sat down at the bar. Luke came over and asked her, "What do you want?"
"Coffee."
"Ok." And he walked over to the coffee pot and gave her a cup of coffee.
She took a drink and sat it down on the bar. Then, Rory came into the door and said, "Got it."
"Yeah! Which one did you get?"
"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Rory said.
Luke looked over at them and asked, "Is it a movie night?"
"Yep," Lorelia said.
"Ok, have fun."
"Bye."
"Bye."
They walked out of the diner, across the street and to the jeep. They got in the jeep and drove back to their house for their movie night.