An idea I'm toying with—what happens when Jess' mom gives the ok for him to
come home? R/J—Deans already out of picture
*It's 7.pm; Jess is at the Gilmore's being tutored by Rory. Luke is in the diner, Lorelei at the counter when the phone rings
"Luke's"
"Oh hi, Liz. Yea. Well he's not here right now. Where is he? Um at his tutor's. What, no he's fine. He actually doing pretty well. He works in the diner before school, comes home works some more does his homework. I only suggested the tutor to get his grades up a bit. * Lorelei eyes Luke inquisitively; Luke pours her more coffee as he continues talking to his sister. "This weekend? No, that wouldn't b a problem, it's just that I'm renovating so there's really no room her for you--*Luke stops looking at Lorelei who's arms are flailing –Hold on Liz."
"Luke!! She can stay at the Inn, come on then no one will have to sleep on any uncomfortable blow up bed." Luke looks dejectedly at Lorelei
"Liz? There's an inn near by, a friend of mine runs it, so if you want to come down this weekend it'd be great. All right, we'll see on Friday. Bye Liz."
Lorelei piping up "So, Liz is coming to town, this is going to be fun."
"Are you kidding, it's going to be a nightmare; Liz hasn't come back to Stars Hollow in almost 17 years, she's looking for something."
"Come on Luke, Her son is here could it be she just wants to see him, I mean he's been here for 7 months already—
"Exactly my point, Lorelei; He's been here for 7 months and she's only here on 3 occasions, the day Jess got here, 2 months later when she couldn't find her favorite lighter, and then 2 weeks asking me to send his report card home. And every time she called, Jess refused to speak to her, so I don't think it's Jess she's coming to see."
*At this moment Jess and Rory walk in the diner.
"Hey guys, how's studying going?" Lorelei giggled
"Pretty good actually, I think Jess is ready for the SATs on Saturday."
"That's what I like to hear." Luke grins awkwardly at his nephew.
Jess ignores his uncle's look and starts to speak "So, yea we've been studying for hours, and I'm starving."
"Me too." Rory looks expectantly at Luke.
"Two hamburgers coming up."
"Uh Luke, three hamburgers—don't ignore me, I will not be ignored!!."
"Fine. Oh by the way Jess, I talked to your mom today."
"And?"
"She felt bad she'd missed you."
"Sure…and what disappeared that made her call?"
"Actually, she's coming to visit." Jess face goes blank, Rory and Lorelei who had been chatting noisily behind them, go quiet.
"W-when?"
"Friday."
"She staying here?"
"No, at the inn."
"Thank God." Jess mutters.
Lorelei approaches Luke, "We'll take ours to go."
"Bye Jess."
Rory waves to Jess as they leave he turns slightly "Later."
*Days pass, it is now Thursday, Rory's bus turns the corner, Rory spots Jess walking out of the book store, from her window she calls his name. He looks up and starts to walk towards the bus stop. The bus stops; Rory gets off and the two teens begin to walk towards her house.
"Haven't seen you lately."
"Yea, well I've been busy."
"You're really bothered by this whole thing aren't you?" Rory blurts out as Jess stops and looks at her.
"I dunno, I mean I haven't seen her for months let alone talked to her and now out of the blue she wants to see me, doesn't compute."
"She's your mother, maybe she misses you."
"Not possible, she was never home long enough, to acknowledge my existence when we lived together, do you really think she's going to start caring now?"
*Not knowing what to say Rory remains silent, Jess looks at her knowingly.
"Well, I better get back to the diner, Luke'll get pissed if I['m late for my shift., see you later Rory Gilmore."
Jess turns to leave and Rory shouts, "Good luck on Saturday.
*Luke's Diner—Lorelei is once again at the counter talking to Luke—its 2 hrs after J/R's confrontation Jess is upstairs doing HW
"So, already for Liz' visit?"
"As ready as I'm going to be, Jess is a mess though."
"Really? That's surprising."
"Yea, well Liz is famous for doing a lot of damage…not even a kid like Jess is immune to it."
"This must be really hard on him."
"Well yea, I mean thrown out of your house at 17 with out giving the kid a real answer as to why he's sent off to live with a relative he's never met and now coming back to make nice. I just wish I could make this easier for him."
"Yea, but it can't be easy for you either, I mean your sister really gave you no choice with Jess and totally turned your life upside down—It worked out but, I mean what if it hadn't?"
"Yea, I guess, but I don't care about me, I just want to get Jess through these next 3 days."
"Well, if you need anything Rory and I are just a phone—
"Actually, I was thinking that tomorrow night, I'm making dinner for Liz and maybe you and Rory could come, I think it'd be nice for Jess to a friend there. And you know it'll be nice for me to have a friend there as well."
"Sounds good, captain. See you at 7?"
"Ok." Lorelei leaves.
** Friday, Independence Inn; Lorelei's at front desk. A sandy haired woman approaches her and smiles.
"Hello, welcome to The Independence Inn can I help you?"
"Yes, I'm checking in, my brother made the arrangements it's under the name Danes."
"You, you're Liz. Hi. I'm Lorelei Gilmore, a friend of Luke's. If I can do anything to make your stay more enjoyable let me know."
Liz looking a bit overwhelmed replies "Thank you, can you show me my room please?" The two woman head upstairs. After getting herself situated Liz heads to the diner.
*Luke's
"So, this is what you did to dad's store?"
Luke looking up, "yea well I did my best."
"Well, are you going to come give me a hug or not?"
The two siblings embrace, Jess walks in undetected.
"Hello, mom."
"Jess!" The tall woman runs towards Jess, "Still dressing like a ruffian I see." Liz gives Jess a disapproving look.
"Well, if I'm not needed here, I think I'll go study." Jess looks at his uncle, and Luke nods, Jess runs upstairs.
"Luke, why did you do that?"
"The boy has a test tomorrow, Liz; As long as he's willing to study I'll take advantage."
"You know very well he's not up there studying."
"What do you want me to do, Liz; force him to spend time with you? You haven't been that eager to even talk to him let alone see him." Luke suddenly gaining nerve looks towards the door, approaches the open sign and turns it around. "Come on Liz, we got to talk." Liz intimidated by Luke's aggressive side, follows reluctantly.
*They walk for an hour. Luke really gives it to his sister. While at first refusing to give into his banter, after 20 minutes Liz' ego begins to tarnish.
*Luke's –Luke opens the door turns the sign and begins cooking burgers, Liz approaches the steps and goes upstairs.
"Jess?"
"Yea?"
"I'm sorry."
"Uh huh." Jess turns back to his book.
"I didn't know how to deal with you. You were out of control. Working all day I didn't have the energy to reprimand you prop—
"Out of control, I took up smoking and went to a few parties, I wasn't out roaming the streets dealing drugs."
"Come on Jess, listen to yourself—
"Why not listen to yourself, this is bull, you worked 9-4 and when you came home, you were going out with what ever Jerk showed interest in you that week."
Liz looks at her son amazed at his honesty, "Y-your right."
"Yea well, I'm not going run over there and hug and have a little love fest just because you admit to it."
"I don't expect you to. Do think we could talk so more though." She looks at her son expecting to be rejected.
"What do you want to know?"
*It's 7.pm; Jess is at the Gilmore's being tutored by Rory. Luke is in the diner, Lorelei at the counter when the phone rings
"Luke's"
"Oh hi, Liz. Yea. Well he's not here right now. Where is he? Um at his tutor's. What, no he's fine. He actually doing pretty well. He works in the diner before school, comes home works some more does his homework. I only suggested the tutor to get his grades up a bit. * Lorelei eyes Luke inquisitively; Luke pours her more coffee as he continues talking to his sister. "This weekend? No, that wouldn't b a problem, it's just that I'm renovating so there's really no room her for you--*Luke stops looking at Lorelei who's arms are flailing –Hold on Liz."
"Luke!! She can stay at the Inn, come on then no one will have to sleep on any uncomfortable blow up bed." Luke looks dejectedly at Lorelei
"Liz? There's an inn near by, a friend of mine runs it, so if you want to come down this weekend it'd be great. All right, we'll see on Friday. Bye Liz."
Lorelei piping up "So, Liz is coming to town, this is going to be fun."
"Are you kidding, it's going to be a nightmare; Liz hasn't come back to Stars Hollow in almost 17 years, she's looking for something."
"Come on Luke, Her son is here could it be she just wants to see him, I mean he's been here for 7 months already—
"Exactly my point, Lorelei; He's been here for 7 months and she's only here on 3 occasions, the day Jess got here, 2 months later when she couldn't find her favorite lighter, and then 2 weeks asking me to send his report card home. And every time she called, Jess refused to speak to her, so I don't think it's Jess she's coming to see."
*At this moment Jess and Rory walk in the diner.
"Hey guys, how's studying going?" Lorelei giggled
"Pretty good actually, I think Jess is ready for the SATs on Saturday."
"That's what I like to hear." Luke grins awkwardly at his nephew.
Jess ignores his uncle's look and starts to speak "So, yea we've been studying for hours, and I'm starving."
"Me too." Rory looks expectantly at Luke.
"Two hamburgers coming up."
"Uh Luke, three hamburgers—don't ignore me, I will not be ignored!!."
"Fine. Oh by the way Jess, I talked to your mom today."
"And?"
"She felt bad she'd missed you."
"Sure…and what disappeared that made her call?"
"Actually, she's coming to visit." Jess face goes blank, Rory and Lorelei who had been chatting noisily behind them, go quiet.
"W-when?"
"Friday."
"She staying here?"
"No, at the inn."
"Thank God." Jess mutters.
Lorelei approaches Luke, "We'll take ours to go."
"Bye Jess."
Rory waves to Jess as they leave he turns slightly "Later."
*Days pass, it is now Thursday, Rory's bus turns the corner, Rory spots Jess walking out of the book store, from her window she calls his name. He looks up and starts to walk towards the bus stop. The bus stops; Rory gets off and the two teens begin to walk towards her house.
"Haven't seen you lately."
"Yea, well I've been busy."
"You're really bothered by this whole thing aren't you?" Rory blurts out as Jess stops and looks at her.
"I dunno, I mean I haven't seen her for months let alone talked to her and now out of the blue she wants to see me, doesn't compute."
"She's your mother, maybe she misses you."
"Not possible, she was never home long enough, to acknowledge my existence when we lived together, do you really think she's going to start caring now?"
*Not knowing what to say Rory remains silent, Jess looks at her knowingly.
"Well, I better get back to the diner, Luke'll get pissed if I['m late for my shift., see you later Rory Gilmore."
Jess turns to leave and Rory shouts, "Good luck on Saturday.
*Luke's Diner—Lorelei is once again at the counter talking to Luke—its 2 hrs after J/R's confrontation Jess is upstairs doing HW
"So, already for Liz' visit?"
"As ready as I'm going to be, Jess is a mess though."
"Really? That's surprising."
"Yea, well Liz is famous for doing a lot of damage…not even a kid like Jess is immune to it."
"This must be really hard on him."
"Well yea, I mean thrown out of your house at 17 with out giving the kid a real answer as to why he's sent off to live with a relative he's never met and now coming back to make nice. I just wish I could make this easier for him."
"Yea, but it can't be easy for you either, I mean your sister really gave you no choice with Jess and totally turned your life upside down—It worked out but, I mean what if it hadn't?"
"Yea, I guess, but I don't care about me, I just want to get Jess through these next 3 days."
"Well, if you need anything Rory and I are just a phone—
"Actually, I was thinking that tomorrow night, I'm making dinner for Liz and maybe you and Rory could come, I think it'd be nice for Jess to a friend there. And you know it'll be nice for me to have a friend there as well."
"Sounds good, captain. See you at 7?"
"Ok." Lorelei leaves.
** Friday, Independence Inn; Lorelei's at front desk. A sandy haired woman approaches her and smiles.
"Hello, welcome to The Independence Inn can I help you?"
"Yes, I'm checking in, my brother made the arrangements it's under the name Danes."
"You, you're Liz. Hi. I'm Lorelei Gilmore, a friend of Luke's. If I can do anything to make your stay more enjoyable let me know."
Liz looking a bit overwhelmed replies "Thank you, can you show me my room please?" The two woman head upstairs. After getting herself situated Liz heads to the diner.
*Luke's
"So, this is what you did to dad's store?"
Luke looking up, "yea well I did my best."
"Well, are you going to come give me a hug or not?"
The two siblings embrace, Jess walks in undetected.
"Hello, mom."
"Jess!" The tall woman runs towards Jess, "Still dressing like a ruffian I see." Liz gives Jess a disapproving look.
"Well, if I'm not needed here, I think I'll go study." Jess looks at his uncle, and Luke nods, Jess runs upstairs.
"Luke, why did you do that?"
"The boy has a test tomorrow, Liz; As long as he's willing to study I'll take advantage."
"You know very well he's not up there studying."
"What do you want me to do, Liz; force him to spend time with you? You haven't been that eager to even talk to him let alone see him." Luke suddenly gaining nerve looks towards the door, approaches the open sign and turns it around. "Come on Liz, we got to talk." Liz intimidated by Luke's aggressive side, follows reluctantly.
*They walk for an hour. Luke really gives it to his sister. While at first refusing to give into his banter, after 20 minutes Liz' ego begins to tarnish.
*Luke's –Luke opens the door turns the sign and begins cooking burgers, Liz approaches the steps and goes upstairs.
"Jess?"
"Yea?"
"I'm sorry."
"Uh huh." Jess turns back to his book.
"I didn't know how to deal with you. You were out of control. Working all day I didn't have the energy to reprimand you prop—
"Out of control, I took up smoking and went to a few parties, I wasn't out roaming the streets dealing drugs."
"Come on Jess, listen to yourself—
"Why not listen to yourself, this is bull, you worked 9-4 and when you came home, you were going out with what ever Jerk showed interest in you that week."
Liz looks at her son amazed at his honesty, "Y-your right."
"Yea well, I'm not going run over there and hug and have a little love fest just because you admit to it."
"I don't expect you to. Do think we could talk so more though." She looks at her son expecting to be rejected.
"What do you want to know?"