Summary: Lorelai never came home and found Rory and Dean. Now she's not sure how to handle this or what to do.
A/N: Just so you know, I don't think this is going to be a Rory and Dean pairing. Mainly because I think Dean is overprotective and annoying and way too jealous and like 1 step away from being a stalker.
Rory was at lunch with her mother and grandmother. Emily had just annouced that she was going to Europe.
"Excuse me," Emily said, "I need to use the washroom."
As soon as Emily left the room Lorelai broke into a smile. "A whole summer with no Friday night dinners. No Simon Legree for a whole summer. It's a dream come true."
"Mom, I don't think its fair to compare Grandma to a slave driver." Rory scolded.
"No you're right. I need someone even more evil. How about Hitler?" Lorelai gave Rory an innocent face. "Anyways, what's up with you lately? You seem kind of distracted."
"Oh you know, school's over, and I have a whole summer ahead of me." Rory lied. She was ashamed to tell Lorelai what had happened with Dean. How could she do that? Dean was married after all. Internally Rory shook her head and scolded herself for being so naive.
"Yeah well, just think of all the fun we'll have." Lorelai rubbed her hands together in anticipation and Rory faked a smile.
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Aweek or solater...
Rory rolled out of bed and hurried to the washroom. She felt sick and wondered why she did as she threw up.
When she was finished she cleaned up then went to the kitchen, where she found a note from her mom.
Rory,
I had to go into work early. Michel got into a fight with the new busboy and the new busboy is threatening to quit. Meet me at Luke's for lunch around 1.
Love,
The wonderful lovely lady that gave birth to you.
Rory laughed just picturing the scene between Michel and the busboy. She couldn't wait to meet her mother so she could hear what happened. She wandered into her room looking for a book to read. She picked out 1984, a good book, and one she hadn't read in a while.
Rory had started to head out to the bridge - her favorite place to read - when all of a sudden she had a food craving. A craving for apples? She knew that they didn't have any at home so she headed to Doose's market, and was almost there when it hit her.
Her mother had fruit craving when she was pregnant. Could that explain the throwing up this morning?
Rory quickly went past Doose's market and headed into Luke's. She sat at the counter and waited for Luke to come take her order.
"Hey Rory. Coffee? Nevermind, of course you want some coffee, you're a Gilmore." Luke got her a cup and was about to pour her some coffee when she stopped him.
"Um Luke... can I use your washroom? Preferably the one in your apartment because no offense, but the one down here smells a little." Rory looked at Luke and pouted.
"Sure, go on up. You know where it is."
"Thanks Luke."
Rory headed up the stairs into the apartment and felt a little bad about lying to Luke. He was always so nice to her and more of a father figure to her than her father had ever been. Rory searched the apartment until she found what she was looking for. She looked around and found a notepad on Luke's nightstand. She ripped off two pieces of paper. On one she copied down the information and on the second she wrote a note to her mother.
When she was finished she headed back down the stairs. "Thanks Luke. For everything. Oh, could you give this to my mom when she comes by? Thanks." Rory handed the paper containing her note to Lorelai to Luke and left the diner.
Luke scratched his head, confused by the interaction, but decided it was best not to question a Gilmore Girl.
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Rory went home and found her biggest purse. Inside it she stuffed some books, a shirt, and a pair of jeans that she had to roll into a tiny little ball. She left another note for her mom, apologizing for the first note, and then she left.
As Rory boarded the bus she wondered if she was doing the right thing. She figured that she probably wasn't, but the bus was already moving so she didn't have much of a choice.
She pulled out Franny and Zooey and began reading, awaiting the end of the bus ride.
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Rory held out the address on the piece of paper, and compared to the door she was standing in front of.
Yup this was it. But did she dare knock on the door? After making a quick pro-con list in her head, she knocked on the door. No response. She knocked again, louder.
The doorknob jangled as someone started to open it from the other side of the door.
"Rory?" Jess asked. He was in disbelief. Rory Gilmore could not be standing in front of his door, smiling at him. Sure it was an uneasy smile, but it was a smile nonetheless.
"Hi Jess."
"Rory, what are you doing here?"
"Oh you know." Rory stated, waving her hand as if this happened all the time. She looked at Jess and saw he looked angry and upset. His hair was as mess, he was pale and he looked like he hadn't slept or showered in the past few days.
"No. I don't know, and honestly I don't think I want to know. A few days ago I went to your dorm and I asked you to run away with me. I practically turned myself inside out for you and you shot me down. Now you're standing in front of my doorway acting like it's the most natural thing in the world. I think I at least deserve some kind of explaination."
"Listen Jess. Can I please come in?" Rory pouted, hoping to give in. She didn't feel comfortable under his angry glare.
"Give me one good reason why."
"Because... because I did something really stupid." Her voice cracked in the middle of her sentance, and Jess saw tears glimmering in her eyes. Sighing, he opened the door and ushered her in.
