Disclaimer: I Dream about owning Milo. Does that count?
Chapter One. The background
It's been a while now. But it all felt like just yesterday. Just yesterday she had gone to Philadelphia to see him. She knew that's why she went. She didn't dare to hide it from herself. She wanted to see if there was anything left between them. Oh, how right she was. She could feel it. She could feel when his eyes were on her, & she blushed when she realized he was watching her walk. But it would be hypocritical for her to say it was horrible. She couldn't help but stair as he walked upstairs. & she couldn't get her eyes off him as he accidentally slid up his tee-shirt while taking off the pullover jacket he was wearing. She knew it was wrong, but all of a sudden she was sitting there remembering the feeling of his lips on hers. She gently touched her lips and could have sworn she still felt the warmth of his crashing into hers. She had called him a few times but hung up automatically, or threw her voice & tried selling him something. She almost fainted the first time she had called. He was panting, trying to catch his breath. She hoped that he had just got done running, & was standing in his sweats & no top sweating gently. She convinced herself that was it. He wasn't with some other girl. That night every emotion she shared with Logan, Jess was the face she saw. She went over to the copy of The Subsect he had given her. She gently rubbed her hands across his name, knowing it was the closest she would get to him. She screwed up majorly. Something in her said aloud that she loved Logan. But why? Was she afraid he would leave her again? But her heart broke when she realized he said he had no idea what love was. Meaning he never loved her. She knows she shouldn't have left. She put the rest of her stuff into her boxes & decided to walk away. She was the one who chose to run back to Logan. That horrific Logan. Rory didn't know why, but everything about him seemed wrong compared to Jess. He wasn't as into books, or as sarcastic. He wasn't as cute, and the kiss' they shared felt nothing compared to Jess. How is it that Jess kept popping into Rory's head? She brought her herself over to Luke's & ordered a coffee.
"Rory Hi." Luke seemed more nervous then before. Usually he was sane. But today he was different
"Hey Luke. Whatsup?"
"Um. Not a lot." Luke started mumbling & whispered something under his breath. "So uh... how's your mom?"
Rory smiled. She always knew that they were destined for each other. She always thought that she & jess would end up together along with Lor & Luke. She gently shook that old picture away. Why did she keep bringing him up? "She fine. Shes at the inn actually, something about crazy demanding tourist" Rory couldn't help it; she soon blurted out "Can I ask you something? DoyoustillhaveJess'number?"
Luke wasn't sure if he had heard right. Last time he checked Rory was with Logan. & Logan had proposed. Had Rory said no? Luke was going to ask her to repeat herself until she saw how nervous she was. She wasn't used to asking her moms ex for her ex's phone number. Luke walked upstairs & came back with a black phonebook. "Here." He handed her the number, "it should still be in service." She smiled & Luke did also. He always knew that Rory & Jess were meant for each other. Rory said thank you, asked for her coffee to go, & walked out. She stared at the number & pulled out her phone, "RORY!" Well that's not working Lor thought to herself "LORELAI LEE GILMORE!" Rory turned around & saw her mom. She gently tucked the number back into her pocket. "Oh hi. What-"Lor cut Rory off by asking why she was in Lukes & for asking for complete details on their conversion
"He asked about you. I said you were at the inn. Where do you guys stand anyway?"
Lor looked inside Lukes & watched him for a second or two. "I don't know."
Rory could tell her mom was still in love with him, "Well go talk to him!"
"What do I say? Hey guess what, I think I made the wrong choice with Chris since I still tend to hope for us to get back together?"
"YES! Now Go" She pushed her mother towards Lukes
"Uh. Presious offspring of mine, why are you trying to get rid of mommy? Are you hiding something from me?"
Rory nervously looked around, "no. not at all. I just have a call to make, or uh some work to do and uh box-" Lor put her hand over her daughters mouth, "hunny. Whats going on with you? Ive never seen you this nervous.."
Rory sighed, "you go talk to Luke. I promise to fill you in later" Lor smiled & walked inside, just as Rory walked home. She knew that she couldn't make the call outside, especially in such a small town. She got inside her moms house & picked up the phone. Instead of automaticly calling him, she went toward the mirror & rehearsed what she was going to say.
Back at Lukes, Lor finally pulled herself up to the counter. She ordered a small coffee & started making small talk with Luke. Simple conversation turned into flirting & right as Luke was about to ask Lor out, he heard an obnouxious beeping singaling Luke had a voicemail. "Hey Lor. Ive got to take this call. But don't leave. I'll be right back" He walked up stairs & re-dialed the previous number. "You have the worst timing ever you know?"
Jess laughed & looked at the caller ID, which he had soon gotten after getting one too many prank calls. He saw Lukes number & slightly frowned. When he got the last prank call he could have sworn the saleswomen sounded just like Rory. He thought about her for awhile & soon noticed the phone was still ringing, "LUKEY!" Jess laughed as Luke grumbled.
"Unless you have a death wish, don't call me that"
Jess smirked, "alright fine. So did you get my message?"
" Yea. Its good to hear from you." Luke paused, & decided to do some simple meddleing. "Hey, what are you up to this weekend?"
Jess knew Luke was up to something. & He hoped it had to do with Rory. Jess smirked & thought about the 100 letters he wrote her but never sent "Uh. Nothing.. any reason for asking?"
"Come into town. You're...uh...your mom. She wants to see you"
Jess sighed, ofcourse this would have nothing to do with rory. For all he knew, Rory & that dick could still be together, Jess shook the thought of Rory happy with another guy out of his head. "Uh. Yea sure. I'll be in sometime Saturday. How does that work?
"Fine. Bye Jess" & with that Luke hang up, & Jess decided to go for a walk. He thought about dropping in on Rory while he was in town. He thought about how perfect it would be, for the two of them to met up once again. But that damn jerk of a boyfriend of hers. What if he's still in the picture? What if things became more serious between them since Philly? It had been little over a year. It had been exactly 27 first dates, 13 second dates, 196 one-night stands, and no one close to Rory since Philly. But it's not like he's really going into town to visit Rory. He's going to see his mom, & his sister. If they run into each other, great. If they don't…, Jess will go home alone. Again. He'll just drown his sorrow in whisky & if he's lucky enough, find someone who slightly resembles Rory & make it 197. He sighed & pulled out a book.
Back at Luke's Lor was just about to leave when Luke came back down. "sorry. I had to make a phone call"
Lor smiled & took a sip of the freshly refilled coffee of hers, "oh really? I gess that exsplains the phone" She gently laughed & looked at Luke. She sat there for what felt like hours waiting for him to say something. She finally gave up & was about to leave, when Luke slid her a small note. For some reason, the words wont come out of my mouth. So I thought id write them down Lor smiled gently after reading the next part, i was wondering if you wanted to go out with me on Friday
She nodded her head, "I have to get back to the inn. But yes" Luke smiled as she waved gently & walked away. he declared coffee was on the house for the next ½ hour.