Works of Fiction
Chapter one: The day after the day before.
It was unusual for him to wake up early, but today it was the early morning sun shining through the windows of their small New York apartment that roused Jess from sleep, the window had no curtains hanging, so the sun was free to stream across his bed. At first he thought about simply turning over and going back to sleep, but there was something keeping him from it. The feeling was almost foreign to him, but he managed to identify it as happiness, for a while he tried to kid himself that the cause of this feeling was being back in New York and away from the crazy town of Stars Hollow, but he was too intelligent to fool himself for long, reality pulled at him until he had to admit it to himself, the reason for his altered mood revealed itself. Images of the day before flooded his mind, Rory had come to New York to see him, she'd skipped school and everything just to see him. She'd ended up missing her mums graduation, which she'd phone to tell him, starting off angry and yelling at him and about how stupid she'd been, but they'd managed to make it from her being angry and him defensive, to them both laughing and talking good naturedly, the way it always seemed to be between the two of them. He decided what to do after sitting at his desk for well over an hour, aimlessly flicking through a book, trying to concentrate but finding it more and more difficult. Once the decision was made all he had to do was wait for him mum to wake up and tell her what he had decided. While waiting he mainly paced round him room, packing his books and a few clothes into his duffle bag. He questioned his decision several times, but always ended up coming up with the same solution, he had to go back because despite what he'd thought, being away from her was harder than being around her. From the moment she'd shown up in New York, and smiled at him, he'd known he would go back to Stars Hollow.
It was just before lunch that he finally heard his mum walking out of her room, he dropped his book onto his bed and made his way to the messy kitchen/lounge, finding his mum sat on the floor with a container of leftover Chinese food. He walked over, narrowly missing knocking down a stack of books that were piled up next to the tatty green couch, he leaned against the kitchen counter and looked down to the floor where his mum sat cross legged in her pyjamas.
'Shouldn't you be at school or something.' She said, not looking up at him, she'd not bargained on him returning from his Uncle's so soon after arriving, and now she wasn't sure how to deal with him again.
'Probably. Shouldn't you be looking for a job?' He countered. She didn't respond. Instead she ignored him and acted as though he hadn't spoken, remembering what he'd come out of his room for in the first place he cleared his throat to speak.
'I want to move back to Stars Hollow.' He spoke up, surprising his mum. The words felt strange being spoken out loud.
'Have you spoken to your Uncle?' Liz asked, feeling slightly relieved that Luke would be dealing with Jess again and she wouldn't have to try and cope.
'Not yet. I figure it'd be better to talk to him in person, when I get there.' Jess said firmly.
'You've made up your mind then, when will you leave?' Liz asked, getting to her feet.
'There's a bus in an hour, I'm packed and I plan to be on it.' Jess replied.
'Fine. Tell my Luke I'll call him, and don't cause him any trouble.' Liz said going back into her room. No goodbye, she simply walked in there and didn't come back out, didn't answer when he knocked her door and called goodbye, he wasn't surprised.
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Luke had agreed that he could come back, that things would have to be different which Jess had agreed to, because he was in no place to act all smart and rebel against authority, he'd come here to beg to be taken back in and wasn't about to risk being told no. Luke had warned him when he'd gone to leave that Rory was still with Dean, and to stay away. A fact that was niggling away at Jess, he tried to hide the fact that it was jealousy. Though as Luke had been warning him to stay away he'd made the mistake of saying that Rory wouldn't be home, because she was at Sookie's wedding with Dean. As he walked towards the inn where the wedding was being held he grew a little more confident at the reaction he'd get from Rory. Sure she was still with Dean, but she had come to New York to see him, that had to mean something right?
Any doubt he'd had was washed away when he saw her, she spun around in her bridesmaids dress and stopped dead as she spotted him, at first with a look like she thought she'd imagined him, but then she walked towards him, her expression surprised and happy.
'What are you doing here?' She asked still looking stunned.
'You look nice.' Jess replied avoiding her questions, trying to get her wound up a little. Though his sentiments were true, she did look nice, beautiful in fact, but he wouldn't go as far as saying that, not yet. The spoke for a while longer, her rambling and stumbling over words, and him enjoying the nervousness in her actions, and baiting her with evasive answers, before finally telling her he'd moved back, and after more jumbled questioning he'd told her why, as honestly as he could without saying too much.
'Just wanted to.' It was the truth, partially. He had wanted to, he'd just left out why, though by Rory's next movement he figured she'd understood. She leaned forward, throwing her arms round his waist and kissed him. He kissed her back and for a few seconds felt as though everything was perfect. Then she pulled away, looking like a deer caught in the headlights, made him promise not to say a word and then ran away, calling a quick welcome home over her shoulder as she went.
Jess stood down by the river for a while longer, not quite believing what had just happened.
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