TITLE: Whatever Gets You Thru the Night
AUTHOR: chessqueen
DISCLAIMER: Gilmore Girls and its characters belong to the WB and Amy Sherman-Palladino. Josh's speech is taken from the movie The Last Days of Disco written and directed by Whit Stillman.
SPOILERS: Season 2 to Present
SUMMARY: Rory wants to do the deed with Jess but will she? ---------------------------------------------------------
"Stop," Rory Gilmore said as she pushed Jess' hand away.
"What," he said as he put his hand back on her thigh. They were sitting on the couch in Luke's apartment making out.
"Luke will be here any minute."
"No he won't," Jess said as he repositioned himself so that he could comfortably put his other hand on the small of her back.
"Stop Jess," Rory said pushing his hands away and sitting up. "I should probably go," she said as she began gathering her things.
"Don't go Rory. Luke is probably busy with the dinner crowd," Jess said as he put his hands on her waist and tried drawing her closer.
"No," Rory said then stood up. "My mom is probably looking for me. I'll see you later," she said then moved in to kiss him. He turned his head.
"Don't be like that Jess."
"Be like what?"
"You know."
"No, I don't. Be like what Rory?"
"Never mind. Let's just drop it. I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked hesitantly. She could tell that he was mad.
"I don't know. I may have to work tomorrow."
"Fine," she said moving past him and out the door.
As she rushed down the stairs, she nearly bumped into Luke coming up the stairs.
"Leaving already?" he asked.
"Yeah, my mom's probably waiting for me at home. Tonight's pizza night."
"Pizza night. Pizza that you're not ordering from here."
"You don't serve pizza."
"That's not the point," Luke said then continued upstairs.
A few hours later Rory sat in her room trying to concentrate on her Lit homework but all she could think about was Jess. She liked him ... a lot. In fact she had all these feelings for him, feelings she'd never had for Dean ... sexual feelings.
Rory pushed aside her books and got up. She padded downstairs to the kitchen.
"Hey," she said as she plopped down into the chair across from Lorelai who was busy paying bills at the kitchen table.
"What's up kiddo?" Lorelai asked as she reached out and put her arms around Rory.
"I don't want to talk about it. Do we have any pizza left?"
"No but there's some Chinese food left over from yesterday."
"I'll pass."
"Your loss. You know you can talk to me about anything, right hon?"
"Yeah."
"Is this about Jess?"
"Yes, but I'd rather not talk about it."
"Are you sure? I'm a good listener. I can put on a pot of coffee and I think there are some donuts in the cupboard."
"Okay, you've twisted my arm."
"So," Lorelai said after rising from the table and starting the coffee maker.
"Remember I told you I had these feelings for Jess?"
"Yes," Lorelai said slowly sitting back down.
"I don't know what to do. I still have these feelings for him but I'm not ready to have sex with him."
"Then don't. Of course, as your mother, I'm required by law to say that. But seriously hon, you don't have to and shouldn't do anything you don't want to do. You'll be ready when it's right."
"I hope so."
"I know so. I'm sure you'll do the right thing."
After drinking coffee, eating donuts, and helping her mother with the bills, Rory went back to her room. Though she'd just finished talking to Lorelai about Jess, she knew that Jess was a touchy subject with her mother. She knew that Lorelai didn't particularly like Jess, but Jess was brilliant and he did have a sensitive side to him. Granted most people didn't get to see it, but he had thought enough of her to show it to her and that had to mean something. He wanted to have sex with her and she wanted to do more too, so what was the problem? Why wasn't she ready?
***
"So you don't want to go to Luke's," Lane Kim said as she and Rory circled the Star's Hollow town square for the fifth time.
"Definitely not Luke's."
"Did you and Jess have a fight?"
"No."
"So?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh c'mon. You know you can tell me anything. For the love, don't keep me hanging like this, you know I live vicariously through you."
"Ok, ok. I've been having these feelings for Jess, strong feelings and I don't know what to do about them. There, I've said it. Now can we please talk about something else?"
"This is too much, I really need to sit down," Lane said walking toward a bench across from the town fountain. After they'd both sat down, Lane turned to Rory and said "Have you talked to Jess about this?"
"No. What would I say to him?"
"I don't know. Mama Kim would die if she even thought I was thinking about having sex with some guy."
"Well, Mother Gilmore isn't all that happy about the Jess thing to tell you the truth."
"Really?! I thought Lorelai would be really cool about something like this. I'd think she'd be willing to take you to get birth control and everything."
"If I asked her, I'm sure she still would but she keeps throwing out this Lady and the Tramp reference when it comes to me and Jess. She won't come out and say it's about us but I know it is."
"Lady and the Tramp?"
"A couple of weeks ago we rented this movie The Last Days of Disco. Well, there's this scene where this group of twentysomethings are sitting around talking."
"Disco. Could you imagine going to Studio 54 back in the day? The music, the celebrities, the sex, the drugs."
"Lane, I'm trying to make a point."
"Sorry. Kids, club, talking."
"So there's this guy Josh who's in love with this girl Alice who's in love with this jerk Des."
"Ok?"
"One night at the club, Josh starts talking about Lady and the Tramp. Well, my mom's been slipping it into conversations ever since. 'Rory, remember that funny scene in that movie about those kids who wanted to all sleep together, going to that club that isn't Studio 54, but is, but isn't? Ha, ha, ha. Funny stuff," Rory said doing a half-hearted impression of Lorelai.
"What is this Lady and the Tramp thing?"
"Ok, ok, ok. Well Josh says 'Lady, the ostensible protagonist is a fluffy blond cocker spaniel with absolutely nothing on her mind. She's great looking but, let's be honest, incredibly insipid.'"
"Rory, I'm sure Lorelai isn't talking about you and Jess. I know she doesn't think you're insipid."
"I know. But here is the Jess part: 'Tramp, the love interest, is a smarmy braggart of the most obnoxious kind. An oily jailbird out for a piece of tail, or whatever he can get.'"
"Uh oh," Lane said putting her index finger to her mouth and chewing the nail.
"It gets worse. 'No, he's a self-confessed chicken thief -- an all around sleaze ball. What's the function of a film of this kind? Essentially it's a primer on love and marriage directed at very young people; imprinting on their little psyches the idea that smooth talking delinquents, recently escaped from the local pound, are a good match for nice girls from sheltered homes. When in ten years, the icky human version of Tramp shows up around the house, their hormones will be racing, and no one will understand why.'"
"Ouch."
"There's more. 'Films like this program women to adore jerks. The only sympathetic character, the little Scotty who's loyal and concerned about Lady, is mocked as old-fashioned and irrelevant, and shunted off to the side.'"
"Dean?"
"I'm thinking yes," Rory said raising her arms in exasperation then dropping them to her side.
"Lorelai really doesn't like Jess."
"Yep."
"Yep."
"What are you going to do?"
"I haven't got a clue."
AUTHOR: chessqueen
DISCLAIMER: Gilmore Girls and its characters belong to the WB and Amy Sherman-Palladino. Josh's speech is taken from the movie The Last Days of Disco written and directed by Whit Stillman.
SPOILERS: Season 2 to Present
SUMMARY: Rory wants to do the deed with Jess but will she? ---------------------------------------------------------
"Stop," Rory Gilmore said as she pushed Jess' hand away.
"What," he said as he put his hand back on her thigh. They were sitting on the couch in Luke's apartment making out.
"Luke will be here any minute."
"No he won't," Jess said as he repositioned himself so that he could comfortably put his other hand on the small of her back.
"Stop Jess," Rory said pushing his hands away and sitting up. "I should probably go," she said as she began gathering her things.
"Don't go Rory. Luke is probably busy with the dinner crowd," Jess said as he put his hands on her waist and tried drawing her closer.
"No," Rory said then stood up. "My mom is probably looking for me. I'll see you later," she said then moved in to kiss him. He turned his head.
"Don't be like that Jess."
"Be like what?"
"You know."
"No, I don't. Be like what Rory?"
"Never mind. Let's just drop it. I'll see you tomorrow?" she asked hesitantly. She could tell that he was mad.
"I don't know. I may have to work tomorrow."
"Fine," she said moving past him and out the door.
As she rushed down the stairs, she nearly bumped into Luke coming up the stairs.
"Leaving already?" he asked.
"Yeah, my mom's probably waiting for me at home. Tonight's pizza night."
"Pizza night. Pizza that you're not ordering from here."
"You don't serve pizza."
"That's not the point," Luke said then continued upstairs.
A few hours later Rory sat in her room trying to concentrate on her Lit homework but all she could think about was Jess. She liked him ... a lot. In fact she had all these feelings for him, feelings she'd never had for Dean ... sexual feelings.
Rory pushed aside her books and got up. She padded downstairs to the kitchen.
"Hey," she said as she plopped down into the chair across from Lorelai who was busy paying bills at the kitchen table.
"What's up kiddo?" Lorelai asked as she reached out and put her arms around Rory.
"I don't want to talk about it. Do we have any pizza left?"
"No but there's some Chinese food left over from yesterday."
"I'll pass."
"Your loss. You know you can talk to me about anything, right hon?"
"Yeah."
"Is this about Jess?"
"Yes, but I'd rather not talk about it."
"Are you sure? I'm a good listener. I can put on a pot of coffee and I think there are some donuts in the cupboard."
"Okay, you've twisted my arm."
"So," Lorelai said after rising from the table and starting the coffee maker.
"Remember I told you I had these feelings for Jess?"
"Yes," Lorelai said slowly sitting back down.
"I don't know what to do. I still have these feelings for him but I'm not ready to have sex with him."
"Then don't. Of course, as your mother, I'm required by law to say that. But seriously hon, you don't have to and shouldn't do anything you don't want to do. You'll be ready when it's right."
"I hope so."
"I know so. I'm sure you'll do the right thing."
After drinking coffee, eating donuts, and helping her mother with the bills, Rory went back to her room. Though she'd just finished talking to Lorelai about Jess, she knew that Jess was a touchy subject with her mother. She knew that Lorelai didn't particularly like Jess, but Jess was brilliant and he did have a sensitive side to him. Granted most people didn't get to see it, but he had thought enough of her to show it to her and that had to mean something. He wanted to have sex with her and she wanted to do more too, so what was the problem? Why wasn't she ready?
***
"So you don't want to go to Luke's," Lane Kim said as she and Rory circled the Star's Hollow town square for the fifth time.
"Definitely not Luke's."
"Did you and Jess have a fight?"
"No."
"So?"
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh c'mon. You know you can tell me anything. For the love, don't keep me hanging like this, you know I live vicariously through you."
"Ok, ok. I've been having these feelings for Jess, strong feelings and I don't know what to do about them. There, I've said it. Now can we please talk about something else?"
"This is too much, I really need to sit down," Lane said walking toward a bench across from the town fountain. After they'd both sat down, Lane turned to Rory and said "Have you talked to Jess about this?"
"No. What would I say to him?"
"I don't know. Mama Kim would die if she even thought I was thinking about having sex with some guy."
"Well, Mother Gilmore isn't all that happy about the Jess thing to tell you the truth."
"Really?! I thought Lorelai would be really cool about something like this. I'd think she'd be willing to take you to get birth control and everything."
"If I asked her, I'm sure she still would but she keeps throwing out this Lady and the Tramp reference when it comes to me and Jess. She won't come out and say it's about us but I know it is."
"Lady and the Tramp?"
"A couple of weeks ago we rented this movie The Last Days of Disco. Well, there's this scene where this group of twentysomethings are sitting around talking."
"Disco. Could you imagine going to Studio 54 back in the day? The music, the celebrities, the sex, the drugs."
"Lane, I'm trying to make a point."
"Sorry. Kids, club, talking."
"So there's this guy Josh who's in love with this girl Alice who's in love with this jerk Des."
"Ok?"
"One night at the club, Josh starts talking about Lady and the Tramp. Well, my mom's been slipping it into conversations ever since. 'Rory, remember that funny scene in that movie about those kids who wanted to all sleep together, going to that club that isn't Studio 54, but is, but isn't? Ha, ha, ha. Funny stuff," Rory said doing a half-hearted impression of Lorelai.
"What is this Lady and the Tramp thing?"
"Ok, ok, ok. Well Josh says 'Lady, the ostensible protagonist is a fluffy blond cocker spaniel with absolutely nothing on her mind. She's great looking but, let's be honest, incredibly insipid.'"
"Rory, I'm sure Lorelai isn't talking about you and Jess. I know she doesn't think you're insipid."
"I know. But here is the Jess part: 'Tramp, the love interest, is a smarmy braggart of the most obnoxious kind. An oily jailbird out for a piece of tail, or whatever he can get.'"
"Uh oh," Lane said putting her index finger to her mouth and chewing the nail.
"It gets worse. 'No, he's a self-confessed chicken thief -- an all around sleaze ball. What's the function of a film of this kind? Essentially it's a primer on love and marriage directed at very young people; imprinting on their little psyches the idea that smooth talking delinquents, recently escaped from the local pound, are a good match for nice girls from sheltered homes. When in ten years, the icky human version of Tramp shows up around the house, their hormones will be racing, and no one will understand why.'"
"Ouch."
"There's more. 'Films like this program women to adore jerks. The only sympathetic character, the little Scotty who's loyal and concerned about Lady, is mocked as old-fashioned and irrelevant, and shunted off to the side.'"
"Dean?"
"I'm thinking yes," Rory said raising her arms in exasperation then dropping them to her side.
"Lorelai really doesn't like Jess."
"Yep."
"Yep."
"What are you going to do?"
"I haven't got a clue."