The Things I Do For You/(Modern Day Cinderella)
pairings: r/j of course..nothing else would be civilized!!!! and a lil javajunkie too!~
disclaimer: i own nothing..i'm poor! hehe jk! although i would like nothing more than to have that milolicious stud! ; )
"We're clos-" Jess started as he heard the bell jingle over the door of the diner.
"I know," came a familiar voice.
He looked up from his book and smiled, "Well hello there pretty lady, what brings you here so late?"
"Mom had to work a few hours longer than she planned at the inn so I decided I'd drop in on my favorite hoodlum," Rory said with a smirk as she sat down at the bar in front of him.
"Oh yeah?" Jess responded with a smirk of his own to match hers.
"Uh huh," she stated with a grin.
"Well in that case.." He said before leaning over the counter top and giving her a gentle yet passionate kiss on the lips.
Rory couldn't supress the moan that escaped from the back of her throat, "Mmm," she blushed despite herself.
"I'll take that as a compliment, " Jess said with a cocky grin.
Rory playful slapped him on the arm and he pretended to be hurt.
They both knew they'd fallen for each other, and they didn't wanna get up.
"Wanna go for a walk?" Jess asked.
Rory nodded her head "yes" in reply.
Jess took her hand and they were off.
Neither of them had to ask where they were going, they both knew, 'their' bridge.
"Hemmingway? You've got to be kidding me!"
"C'mon Ror, just try it, if you don't like it then I promise I'll make it up to you!"
"Fine!"
They continued on like this for hours, discussing books, and ocassionally jumping into other topics, neither of them knew just how fast the time was passing.
Rory was in mid-sentence when she just happened to glance at her watch and then jumped up, "Oh man, it's late, I gotta get home!"
"I'll walk you," Jess suggested.
When they reached the Gilmore residence, they shared a sweet kiss and said their goodnights. "Mom, I'm home," Rory stated.
"In here hun," Lorelai called from the living room.
Rory made her way to the living room and sat down on the couch next to her mom.
"So, how's Jess?"
"He's great, we're great, everything's great!"
"So, great huh?"
They both laughed.
"Well I'm worn out, sorry to bail on you so early since this is the first time I've seen you since this morning, but I do have Chilton hell tomorrow and I've had a tiring day so I need my rest."
"Yea well what kind of mother am I to deny my precious daughter her beauty sleep? Go, go."
"Thanks mom, love you, night."
"Love you too babe, sweet dreams."
And with that, Rory made her way to her room and passed out on her bed.
When she woke up the next morning, she laughed to herself, recalling the dream she has the night before. She dreamt that she was Cinderella, Madeline and Louise were her ugly stepsisters, Paris was her evil step mother, Lane was her fairy godmother, and of course, Jess was her Prince Charming. She couldn't help but be amused cuz it was a silly dream, but in fact, it wasn't that different from her real life. Rory got out of bed and went into the kitchen to see her mother TRYING to cook breakfast.
"Damn this toaster and damn the fork that got stuck in this toaster!"
Rory tried to stifle a laugh, but Lorelai heard her and turned around. "Mornin' sunshine!"
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Wellll..I was trying to make breakfast..but.."
"Do you not remember the last time you 'tried to make breakfast'?"
"Huh, yea actually, I still haven't called the fellas down at the fire department and thanked 'em.."
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"To Luke's!!"
On their way to Luke's, Lorelai was listening intently with her occasional comments as Rory told her about her dream.
"And I wasn't in it?"
"Well..no.."
"I'm hurt!"
"Mom, it was just a dream!"
"No dream without me in it can be a dream, more like a nightmare!"
Lorelai pretended to be mad.
"Ok..tell you what, the next dream I have..you can be the star!"
"Really? Oh wow..let' see..now what should I wear?.."
Jess' face lit up when he saw the pair entering the diner, first Lorelai followed by Rory, the latter being the reason.
"Ohhhh Lukeyyyy.." Lorelai's voice rang through the diner. "I need the sweet elixer of life!"
Luke walked over and sighed. "Here's your coffee, and if you ever want any from me again (dirty!) then DON"T call me 'Lukey'!"
"Fine! Ruin all my fun flannel man!"
On the other side of the diner, Jess and Rory were sitting at a table talking about their plans for that night.
"You know..I hear that new bookstore in Hartford is supposed to be really nice," Jess said.
"Ok, let's check it out tonight, and then when we get back to Stars Hollow, you can come over and we can watch movies."
"K, sounds good to me, pick you up at 7?"
"Great! Ok, we'll I've gotta get to school..see you tonight." She kissed him and then walked out to catch her bus.
When Rory got home that afternoon, she changed out of her uniform and into some more comfy clothes and decided to start getting ready for her date with Jess that night.
Lorelai got home from work early, "Any beautiful daughters of mine home yet?"
"Nope, just me!" Rory yelled from her room.
Lorelai walked into Rory's room and sat down on her bed. "Hey babe."
"Hey mom."
"Wow, wasn't someone hit with the pretty stick!"
"Thanks mom..I just wanna look good for Jess tonight."
"Hun, you always look good..for Jess..for anyone."
They hugged and just stood there like that for a while.
"My baby's growing up," Lorelai sighed.
"Nah!" Rory said and picked up a pillow throwing it at Lorelai, hitting her square in the forehead.
"Oh, you've done it now!" Lorelai yelled, starting a full fledged pillow fight between mother and daughter.
A while later, they both heard a cough and turned around to see Jess standing there smirking. "Ladies.."
"Jess..what are you doing here? You were supposed to be here at 7 and it's.."
Rory looks at her watch
"..7:09..oh Jess I'm sorry."
"It's ok..I knocked on the door and no one answered and the door was unlocked so I came in to see if everything was ok..and then I heard your girly screams comin from back here.."
Rory looked sheepishly at her mom and grinned and then looked back to Jess. "Shall we go?"
"Your chariot awaits my lady."
They all laughed and then Jess and Rory were out the door.
"Wow that book store was awesome!" Rory said as the two emerged from the store.
"I agree." Jess stated. "So now where to?"
"Home sweet home!"
They arrived back in Stars Hollow, picked up their movies, and went back to the Gilmore house to enjoy.
Rory checked the messages on the machine as she enter the house and there was one from her mom saying that she was at an emergency meeting at the inn and she wouldnt be back til late.
"Just me and you Dodger." Rory said with a grin.
"Just me and you," he restated, pulling her into him.
He looked into her eyes, those deep pools of light blue, thoughtfully and said, "I love you."
"Wow..I uh..um.."
"Rory, it's ok, you don't have to say it back..I meant it..and if you don't-" He rambled, sounding more and more like her by the second.
"Shutup, I love you too!" She said and kissed him hard. "Wow."
"Yea, wow."
"So how bout those movies, huh!?"
pairings: r/j of course..nothing else would be civilized!!!! and a lil javajunkie too!~
disclaimer: i own nothing..i'm poor! hehe jk! although i would like nothing more than to have that milolicious stud! ; )
"We're clos-" Jess started as he heard the bell jingle over the door of the diner.
"I know," came a familiar voice.
He looked up from his book and smiled, "Well hello there pretty lady, what brings you here so late?"
"Mom had to work a few hours longer than she planned at the inn so I decided I'd drop in on my favorite hoodlum," Rory said with a smirk as she sat down at the bar in front of him.
"Oh yeah?" Jess responded with a smirk of his own to match hers.
"Uh huh," she stated with a grin.
"Well in that case.." He said before leaning over the counter top and giving her a gentle yet passionate kiss on the lips.
Rory couldn't supress the moan that escaped from the back of her throat, "Mmm," she blushed despite herself.
"I'll take that as a compliment, " Jess said with a cocky grin.
Rory playful slapped him on the arm and he pretended to be hurt.
They both knew they'd fallen for each other, and they didn't wanna get up.
"Wanna go for a walk?" Jess asked.
Rory nodded her head "yes" in reply.
Jess took her hand and they were off.
Neither of them had to ask where they were going, they both knew, 'their' bridge.
"Hemmingway? You've got to be kidding me!"
"C'mon Ror, just try it, if you don't like it then I promise I'll make it up to you!"
"Fine!"
They continued on like this for hours, discussing books, and ocassionally jumping into other topics, neither of them knew just how fast the time was passing.
Rory was in mid-sentence when she just happened to glance at her watch and then jumped up, "Oh man, it's late, I gotta get home!"
"I'll walk you," Jess suggested.
When they reached the Gilmore residence, they shared a sweet kiss and said their goodnights. "Mom, I'm home," Rory stated.
"In here hun," Lorelai called from the living room.
Rory made her way to the living room and sat down on the couch next to her mom.
"So, how's Jess?"
"He's great, we're great, everything's great!"
"So, great huh?"
They both laughed.
"Well I'm worn out, sorry to bail on you so early since this is the first time I've seen you since this morning, but I do have Chilton hell tomorrow and I've had a tiring day so I need my rest."
"Yea well what kind of mother am I to deny my precious daughter her beauty sleep? Go, go."
"Thanks mom, love you, night."
"Love you too babe, sweet dreams."
And with that, Rory made her way to her room and passed out on her bed.
When she woke up the next morning, she laughed to herself, recalling the dream she has the night before. She dreamt that she was Cinderella, Madeline and Louise were her ugly stepsisters, Paris was her evil step mother, Lane was her fairy godmother, and of course, Jess was her Prince Charming. She couldn't help but be amused cuz it was a silly dream, but in fact, it wasn't that different from her real life. Rory got out of bed and went into the kitchen to see her mother TRYING to cook breakfast.
"Damn this toaster and damn the fork that got stuck in this toaster!"
Rory tried to stifle a laugh, but Lorelai heard her and turned around. "Mornin' sunshine!"
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"Wellll..I was trying to make breakfast..but.."
"Do you not remember the last time you 'tried to make breakfast'?"
"Huh, yea actually, I still haven't called the fellas down at the fire department and thanked 'em.."
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"To Luke's!!"
On their way to Luke's, Lorelai was listening intently with her occasional comments as Rory told her about her dream.
"And I wasn't in it?"
"Well..no.."
"I'm hurt!"
"Mom, it was just a dream!"
"No dream without me in it can be a dream, more like a nightmare!"
Lorelai pretended to be mad.
"Ok..tell you what, the next dream I have..you can be the star!"
"Really? Oh wow..let' see..now what should I wear?.."
Jess' face lit up when he saw the pair entering the diner, first Lorelai followed by Rory, the latter being the reason.
"Ohhhh Lukeyyyy.." Lorelai's voice rang through the diner. "I need the sweet elixer of life!"
Luke walked over and sighed. "Here's your coffee, and if you ever want any from me again (dirty!) then DON"T call me 'Lukey'!"
"Fine! Ruin all my fun flannel man!"
On the other side of the diner, Jess and Rory were sitting at a table talking about their plans for that night.
"You know..I hear that new bookstore in Hartford is supposed to be really nice," Jess said.
"Ok, let's check it out tonight, and then when we get back to Stars Hollow, you can come over and we can watch movies."
"K, sounds good to me, pick you up at 7?"
"Great! Ok, we'll I've gotta get to school..see you tonight." She kissed him and then walked out to catch her bus.
When Rory got home that afternoon, she changed out of her uniform and into some more comfy clothes and decided to start getting ready for her date with Jess that night.
Lorelai got home from work early, "Any beautiful daughters of mine home yet?"
"Nope, just me!" Rory yelled from her room.
Lorelai walked into Rory's room and sat down on her bed. "Hey babe."
"Hey mom."
"Wow, wasn't someone hit with the pretty stick!"
"Thanks mom..I just wanna look good for Jess tonight."
"Hun, you always look good..for Jess..for anyone."
They hugged and just stood there like that for a while.
"My baby's growing up," Lorelai sighed.
"Nah!" Rory said and picked up a pillow throwing it at Lorelai, hitting her square in the forehead.
"Oh, you've done it now!" Lorelai yelled, starting a full fledged pillow fight between mother and daughter.
A while later, they both heard a cough and turned around to see Jess standing there smirking. "Ladies.."
"Jess..what are you doing here? You were supposed to be here at 7 and it's.."
Rory looks at her watch
"..7:09..oh Jess I'm sorry."
"It's ok..I knocked on the door and no one answered and the door was unlocked so I came in to see if everything was ok..and then I heard your girly screams comin from back here.."
Rory looked sheepishly at her mom and grinned and then looked back to Jess. "Shall we go?"
"Your chariot awaits my lady."
They all laughed and then Jess and Rory were out the door.
"Wow that book store was awesome!" Rory said as the two emerged from the store.
"I agree." Jess stated. "So now where to?"
"Home sweet home!"
They arrived back in Stars Hollow, picked up their movies, and went back to the Gilmore house to enjoy.
Rory checked the messages on the machine as she enter the house and there was one from her mom saying that she was at an emergency meeting at the inn and she wouldnt be back til late.
"Just me and you Dodger." Rory said with a grin.
"Just me and you," he restated, pulling her into him.
He looked into her eyes, those deep pools of light blue, thoughtfully and said, "I love you."
"Wow..I uh..um.."
"Rory, it's ok, you don't have to say it back..I meant it..and if you don't-" He rambled, sounding more and more like her by the second.
"Shutup, I love you too!" She said and kissed him hard. "Wow."
"Yea, wow."
"So how bout those movies, huh!?"