I am continuing A Big Responsibility but am suffering a bit from writer's block at the moment so while you bear with me with that story, I got this idea for a new story. I don't think it's been done before so I hope you like it! :)
Basically, it's another twin story but Rory has a brother in this one and the twist is that he's gay. This will follow their journey through school and college with lots of obstacles, drama and romance. There will also be javajunkie in this obviously because I love them! :D It will start near the beginning of season 2.
I hope you like it! :)
Chapter 1
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Matthew asked as he went into his sister's room.
"Fine." Rory said.
"Really? I mean, I know it must feel weird, knowing you're going to most likely bump into him." Matthew said.
"I'll just sit behind some really tall kid." Rory shrugged.
Matthew sighed. "Rory..."
"What?"
"It's ok to be upset, you know." He said. "I wanted mom to marry Max as much as you did."
"You did?" Rory asked quietly, glancing up at him.
"Well yeah. Max was cool. He treated us like a package deal rather than just putting up with us because he wanted to be with mom." He said.
Rory sighed. "I really wanted him to be our step-dad, Matt." She admitted.
"Me too." He said softly.
"I guess I'm going to have to speak to him at some point. I mean, he is my teacher." Rory said.
"I'm sure it'll be fine." Matt said.
"Easy for you to say. You won't have to see him every day. Why couldn't mom have decided to date a Stars Hollow High teacher?" She said.
"Because they're all weirdos." He smirked. "Come on, we should head off if we want to go to Luke's beforehand." He said.
While they were sat eating breakfast, Lane came rushing in.
"Oh thank God, you haven't left yet!" She said.
"Nope, what's up?" Rory asked.
"Well, I found the greatest record store in the world. It's ten minutes from your school and I'm wondering how much you love me." She grinned.
"A lot." Matt smirked.
"Address." Rory said.
"Record Breaker Incorporated, 2453 Berlin Turnpike." Lane said.
"Got it. Place your order now."
"Ok, Charles Mingus, 'The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady.'" She recited.
"Good choice." Lorelai nodded in approval.
"Right." Rory said writing it down.
"The Sonics, 'Here are the Sonics'." Lane continued.
"Burn me a copy. Next?" She said.
"MC5, 'Kick Out the Jams'. Fairport Convention, 'Leige and Lief' and Bee Gees, 'Odessa'." Lane told her.
"Bee Gees, really?" Matt asked.
"Well, Mojo says." Lane said.
"So it must be true." He smirked.
"Ok, that's it. Now if I could just find a copy of Whistler, 'Chaucer, Detroit and Greenhill', I will finally be done with the sixties." She said.
"I can get there today, tomorrow at the latest." Rory said.
"I love it when you go back to school." Lane grinned.
"Me too." She said. "Hey!" She exclaimed when Lorelai stood up.
"I am getting doughnuts for later. As soon as I do, I will take you to school and the nice men in the white coats will pick you up." Lorelai teased.
"I'm going to go help her." Matt said getting up and joining his mom at the counter where he just heard the end of Taylor lecturing a group of boy scouts.
"Make my fries crispy!" One of the boys were saying.
"Mine too!" Another piped up.
"You didn't order fries." The first one said.
"So?"
"So you can't order crispy fries without first ordering fries." Luke interrupted them.
"Why not?"
"Because you can't make something crispy that doesn't exist." He said.
"Why not?" The boy repeated.
"Get him away from me Taylor." Luke growled.
"Hey, doughnuts please!" Lorelai chipped in.
"We were here first!" The first boy exclaimed.
"On the planet?" She said.
"What?"
"You lose." Matt grinned. "Chocolate, cinnamon and sprinkles please!" He said just as the diner phone rang and everyone groaned. He watched Luke go answer it and start talking so he headed round the counter to get their doughnuts.
"Hey Mr. Doose. He's not supposed to do that." The boy said.
"That's right. He's breaking the rules and people who break the rules end up very lonely with no friends because they have become society's outcasts." Taylor said.
"Already one of those anyway what with the gay thing." Matt quipped.
The conversation between Luke and whoever was one the other line started getting heated and it ended with Luke slamming the phone down.
"Is everything ok?" Lorelai asked concerned.
"Do you have a sister?" He asked.
"Uh, no." Lorelai said confused, knowing Luke knew she didn't.
"Hey I do!" Matt piped up.
"You have my sympathies." Luke said dryly.
"Thanks!" Matt grinned.
"Yes and that sister is going to do something she'll regret if you don't bag up those doughnuts right now!" Rory called from their table.
"Coming!" He smirked.
"I don't think we've ever met Luke's nephew, have we?" Rory asked their mom as they walked towards Luke's after school and work.
"Nope." Lorelai said.
"I wonder what he's like." Matt said.
"Well we'll soon find out. He should be here now." She said entering the diner with them and going up to sit at the counter. "Hey!" She smiled at Luke.
"Oh geez!" Luke said spilling some coffee.
"Sorry." Lorelai said sheepishly.
"No, I'll just…you want some coffee?" He asked.
"It's ok. I'll just lick it off the table." She joked.
"Well I won't. Two coffees please for me and Rory." Matt said.
"Coming up." Luke said.
"So?" Lorelai prompted.
"So what?" Luke said.
"Is he here?"
"He's here." He nodded.
"Yeah? How is he?"
"He's fine."
"Did he see the bed?" Lorelai teased.
"He saw the bed."
"Well, where is he? We want to meet him." She grinned.
"And scare him? Maybe not on his first day here." Luke said dryly, smirking slightly.
"Hey!" Lorelai said indignantly.
"He is right though, mom. You can be a bit full on." Matt said with Rory nodding in agreement.
"I resent that." Lorelai frowned.
"He's out anyway." Luke said.
"Out where?"
"I don't know."
"You don't?"
"No, he just went out." Luke said.
"You didn't ask him where he was going?" Lorelai asked.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because he's not two." He said.
"Yeah, but Luke, he's new in town. He doesn't know his way around yet." She said.
"Way around what? This is Stars Hollow. You take three left turns and you're back in the centre of town." Rory said.
"Exactly." Luke said.
"Even so, Luke, when a kid goes out, you have to at least ask where he's going." She said.
"Why?"
"Because you're responsible for him now. If he goes and knocks over a liquor store, it's going to be your fault."
"And which liquor store would that be?" Matt asked.
"I resent you all." Lorelai pouted just as Jess walked into the diner.
"Jess, hey!" Luke said. "There's some people I want you to meet." He said.
Matt glanced over at Jess who had stopped in front of the curtains, looking like he'd rather be anywhere else but there. He couldn't help but look at his gelled up hair and leather jacket approvingly. He was lost in his own thoughts for a moment when he suddenly tuned into his mom's ramblings about how Luke would probably fill his head with lies about her. "Way to not be full on." He said quietly, smirking slightly, when he watched Jess just stand there looking unimpressed not saying anything. He smirked when he felt his mom nudge him in the side.
"And this is Rory and her brother Matt." Luke said. "They're Lorelai's kids. Maybe they could show you around some time once you've settled in?" He said.
"Hi!" Rory smiled.
"Hey." Matt said.
"Hi." Jess finally spoke.
"Well it's nice to meet you. I hope you like it here." Lorelai said still not getting a response from him. "So..uh..class dismissed." She joked, finally allowing Jess to disappear upstairs.
"Well I think it's easy to see that he's Luke's nephew. Very chatty." Lorelai joked.
"Huh what?" Matt said finally tearing his gaze back to them.
"Nothing." Lorelai said turning back to Luke.
Matt glanced at Rory who was smirking at him. "What?" He said.
"He's not gay." She said.
"What?" He said confused.
"Come on, I know that look. You only have that look when you fancy someone and I just thought I'd save you the embarrassment and tell you he's not gay." She teased.
"And how do you know?" He said.
"Just intuition." She grinned.
"You're only saying that because you fancy him yourself." Matt smirked.
"What? No I don't!" Rory said.
"Sure you don't. Who wouldn't fancy him?" Matt said.
"I don't fancy him." Rory repeated. "Besides, I'm not ready for another relationship yet."
"Ror, you and Dean have been broken up for months now. You're allowed to move on." He said his tone softening.
"It's just...not time yet." Rory said quietly.
"Ok." Matt said. He then smirked. "But when it is, you better not go after Jess!" He joked.
Rory just rolled his eyes. "Thank god we don't have the same taste in guys then." She said.
"Well that's still to be seen." Matt said. He grinned as Rory rolled her eyes and focused on the conversation their mom and Luke were having about having dinner that evening to properly welcome Jess to town. He glanced towards the curtain and then back at his mom and sister and he smiled. He knew his mom and sister had known he was gay before he came out to them but finally telling them and saying those words was such a huge relief. Of course his mom and Rory had been extremely supportive of him as was the whole town when he finally plucked up courage to make it public knowledge. The only people he hadn't told were his grandparents because he wasn't sure how they would react. He knew he would have to tell them at some point but right now he didn't want to cause any more drama between them.
Matt glanced over to Jess who was taking a book out of his locker at school the next morning. The dinner party had been eventful to say the least and he knew it ended up with some disagreement between his mom and Jess and then subsequently an argument between their mom and Luke. Their mom hadn't told them exactly what had happened but he knew it must have been bad because now their mom seemed to think Jess was public enemy number one. He hesitated before walking towards them. "Hey." He said.
Jess looked up and looked surprised. "Hey." He nodded.
"Good book?" Matt asked, not really knowing what to say.
"Not bad." Jess answered.
Matt just nodded. "So...what lesson have you got first?" He asked awkwardly.
"Maths." He said bored.
"Same. Want me to show you the way?" He offered.
Jess glanced up at him before putting the book in his back pocket and nodded. "Sure." He said.
"Wow, you really are Luke's nephew." Matt joked as he led Jess towards the right classroom.
"What do you mean?" Jess said.
"Monosyllabic uncle, monosyllabic nephew. You're basically clones of each other." Matt smirked.
Jess' lips twitched slightly. "Right." He said, smirking slightly.
"If we hurry, we might get seats near the back. It's normally first come first served." He told him.
"Not a fan of math?" Jess said.
"Not really. Why, are you?" Matt smirked.
"Why do you think I have my book?" Jess smirked.
"Exactly what I thought." Matt laughed.
"Wow, so you actually did an interview with Max?" Matt asked surprised.
"Yeah, I had to." Rory sighed.
"And?"
Rory smiled slightly. "It was actually good. It was nice to get some stuff off my chest." She admitted. "He was nice."
"Well, good." Matt smiled. "See, I told you it would be ok."
"I know." She smiled softly.
"So...Luke pushed Jess in the lake huh?" He smirked.
"I can't believe you didn't see it!" Rory grinned.
"Nah, I left early so must have just missed it. I'm gutted." He laughed. "Bet he looked hot dripping wet though!" He grinned.
"Matt!" Rory exclaimed.
"What?" He laughed.
Rory just rolled her eyes. "I've got to get some stuff for school. Want to come with?" She asked.
"Sure." He nodded. "You can tell me all about your Paris dramas today." He grinned.
"Urgh, have you got all day?" She joked as they headed out.
Matt and Rory were walking back down the street on their way home when Jess suddenly appeared.
"Hey." He said.
"Hey." Rory said.
"What are you doing out here?" Jess asked.
"I needed something for school." Rory said gesturing towards the bag she was holding.
"And I came so she wasn't lonely." Matt joked. "What about you?"
"Oh yeah, same thing." Jess said.
"And the real reason?" Matt smirked.
"Luke decided to lecture me about he wasn't going to let me be a failure so I had to get out of there." He said.
"He only cares." Rory said.
Jess just shrugged. "Maybe." He said.
"What are you doing?" Rory asked as he played around with a coin.
"Oh this? Nothing." He said doing an illusion with a coin. "Just another little disappearing act."
"Impressive." Matt said.
"Little tip?" Rory said.
"Yeah?" Jess said.
"If you ever want to speak to me again, don't pull that out of my ear." Rory said.
"So I assume the nose is off limits too?" Jess said.
"Any place you wouldn't naturally find a coin, let's leave it that way." Rory nodded.
"And how about you?" He asked Matt.
"Hey, you can pull that out of anywhere on me." Matt smirked.
"Good to know." Jess said smirking slightly. "So what are you doing now?" He asked them.
"I have some homework to finish." Rory said.
"Ok." He nodded. "Then I'll leave you this last little trick." He said handing her a book.
"Hey that's mine!" Matt said taking the book.
"I thought you were the reader." Jess asked Rory.
"She is but this is one of the few that's actually mine." Matt said. "Thief." He joked.
"Borrowed it." Jess corrected him. "Just wanted to put some notes in the margins for you." He said.
"What?" Matt said looking through the book. "You've read this before." He realised. He knew when he saw Jess always with a book at school that he must have lied about not reading much.
"I thought you said you didn't read much." Rory said.
"Well? What is much?" Jess said smirking slightly. "Goodnight Rory."
"Goodnight Dodger." She smirked.
"Dodger?" He questioned.
"Figure it out." She said.
"Oliver Twist." Jess said after a moment.
"Very good." She smiled, turning to leave.
"Night thief." Matt grinned.
"Night." He smirked.
Matt then turned and followed Rory, putting his arm round hers. "I am so in." He said.
"He's still not gay." Rory smirked.
"Ah you're only saying that because you do actually fancy him now that he reads!" Matt teased.
"Nope, just trying to save you." She joked.
"Sure you are." He teased.
"Shut up." Rory smirked. "Your flirting was rubbish anyway."
"Pulling the coin out of anywhere on me was too much?" Matt asked innocently.
"Just a bit." Rory laughed.
"Well you know me, sis, it's either go hard or go home for me." Matt grinned.
"Dirty." She smirked.
"Jealous." He retorted.
Rory just shook her head. "My life's never boring with you in it, is it?" She said.
"And you wouldn't like it any other way!" He joked.
Rory smiled. "No. I wouldn't." She said.
"Hey, race you home?" Matt grinned. "First one back gets to choose the movie. And go!" He said racing off.
"Wait, what? No! Matt! That's not fair!" Rory exclaimed but Matt was already disappearing from sight. "Just my luck. I get a gay brother but he just happens to be the best at sport in school. What are my odds?" She muttered. "Matt, wait!" She exclaimed, attempting to run after him.
So I hope you liked it! I know it's a bit different but I've got so many ideas for this so I hope you stay with me. :) Please let me know what you think and whether you'd like me to continue. Feel free to let me know who you'd like to see Matt with as well and even Rory if you want to! Thanks! :)
[Rory smiles and nods. They both walk away.