Here is chapter 2! I hope you all like it! I have gotten a few reviews! Thanks to those of you who did! I hope I did well on this, I kinda just write as I go. R&R!!
A Change of Heart
Chapter 2
Lorelai couldn't believe it. Rory, her daughter, was engaged! She wanted to go talk to her about it, but she didn't want Rory to get angry with her about spying. Lorelai thought that the relationship between her and Jess was over for sure, but Rory never gave up hope. Now she wanted full details on what happened.
Luke was watching Lorelai at the diner. She was sitting there, either in shock or sad, he couldn't tell. She was just sitting there, staring at her hands, unmoving. He was concerned, but he was afraid to go over there to talk to her.
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Rory was sitting on the bench with Jess, holding his hand. She could not believe that Jess actually came back and proposed to her. It was just so unimaginable. She sighed and smiled to herself.
"What's wrong?" Jess asked when he heard her sigh.
"Nothing. Nothing's wrong for the first time in a while. Everything is perfect." Rory said smiling at Jess.
Jess lifted her hand with the new engagement ring and kissed it. He was so happy to be here with her, his girl…fiancee. Although the guilt of leaving her so many times and always finding out he left her broken broke his heart, he knew that Rory loved him. But what were they going to do now that they were engaged? When would the wedding be? Where would they live? Will they have kids? All these questions suddenly flooded into Jess's head and he suddenly got nervous.
Rory was thinking when she suddenly felt Jess tense up.
"Jess, what's wrong?" Rory asked concerned. She worried that he might have changed his mind now.
"There are just so many things to think about now." Jess answered nervously.
"What do you mean?" Rory tilted her head to the side and looked at Jess.
"Well, there's the wedding date, where are we going to have the wedding, where are we going to live, are we going to have kids? There are just so many things to think of now. I didn't really think of that before." Jess began to stress.
"Well…" Rory began to think, "…we could get married in two months. It will give me time to find a good job and start getting an income. And I think we should get married here. I have always imagined my wedding being outside at the gazebo in the center of town."
"You mean like my mom had?" Jess asked.
"Your mom got married here?" Rory gave Jess a shocked look.
"Yeah, a couple years ago. It wasn't the best wedding I have been to, of course it was middle ages themed and was one of the most hilarious things I have seen…no offense to my mom at all, but you can ask Luke and your mom." Jess was trying not to laugh as he recalled the wedding his mom thought was beautiful.
"Jess! Don't laugh at your mother's lack of sense of style!" Rory was trying to guilt Jess, but she could tell that she wasn't going to win so she just giggled with him.
"Ok, back on track here." Rory said.
"Right, right. Well that is fine by me. If you want your wedding here, then you can have it. I want you to be happy." Jess gently replied.
"And as for the other questions, I think we should go talk to Luke and my mom before we discuss where we are going to live and if we will get a house or an apartment." Rory was thinking it through.
"Ah, but you left out one thing." Jess accused.
"And what's that?" Rory asked, knowing too well what Jess was accusing her of.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." Jess softly told her.
"Jess, can we talk about that later? I think we should discuss our wedding first, and with my mom and Luke. Let's go!" Rory jumped up excitedly and pulled Jess with her.
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Luke had been watching Lorelai for the past half hour. She still hadn't moved from her previous position looking at her hands. He finally got up and went to sit by her.
"Lorelai, are you ok? You have been sitting there for the past half hour just staring at your hands." Luke soothingly asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I was just thinking. I can't believe Rory is going to get married. It seems like just yesterday she was my little baby, and now she is getting married. Pretty soon she will be having her own kids." Lorelai said trying to hold back tears.
Luke reached out and grabbed her hand. He wanted to comfort her, but he knew that this wasn't something that needed comforting. It was life. It was something that Rory would eventually have to deal with to.
Lorelai looked up at Luke when he grabbed her hand and smiled. She looked out the window of Luke's and saw Jess and Rory walking to the diner. Lorelai sat up straight and looked at Luke.
"Here they come." Lorelai told Luke tilting her head back.
"You ready for this?" Luke asked taking her hand in his.
"Yeah." Lorelai sighed.
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Rory and Jess were walking to Luke's when suddenly Rory stopped.
"Rory, what's wrong?" Jess asked anxiously.
"I'm nervous. I don't know how my mom is going to take this, I mean it's not just like getting into Yale or getting a job. This is getting married." Rory was getting nervous and Jess could see it on her face.
"We can do this, together. We have to get used to doing things together. We will be doing this for the rest of our lives." Jess said gently pulling her forward with him.
"Alright, let's go." Rory was still nervous and started breathing heavily.
Jess stopped and turned to Rory, taking her other hand in his. " We can do this Ror. Don't worry, I doubt that your mom will freak out. This is a big deal, and for her not to be happy for you wouldn't make sense."
"Yeah, you're right." Rory replied smiling. She got braver and pulled him inside the diner with her.
"Mom!" Rory exclaimed as she walked in the diner.
"Yeah hon?" Lorelai asked turning around to face her daughter.
"Mom, I have something to tell you. It's kind of big, well it is big." Rory calmly said.
Lorelai shot Luke a glance then looked back at her daughter.
"Ok, shoot."
"Well…as you see Jess is back…"
"Yes…"
"And, well…we're getting married!" Rory cheered.
"Wow, you engaged?" Lorelai looked at Rory smiling.
"You're not upset are you? I mean I know this is sudden and everything and I know that you don't really like Jess…"
"Rory, Jess has changed so much. How can I NOT like him? And I am not angry, I am extremely happy for you." Lorelai jumped up and grabbed Rory's hand looking for the ring. When Rory saw what she was looking for she showed her mom her hand and they both jumped up and down and screamed.
"Jess, I didn't know you knew what you were doing with jewelry." Luke said standing up to congratulate his nephew.
"Well it's a given talent." Jess jokingly replied smirking.
"Ah, still the same old Jess. Congratulations. I know you can do this." Luke said giving Jess a hug.
"Yeah, we wanted to come tell you first before we started discussing some other things." Jess told Luke.
Lorelai overheard the last part and misinterpreted it.
"What do you mean discuss some other things?" Lorelai asked turning to Rory, "You're not pregnant are you?"
"What? No! He meant where we will live, if we will get an apartment or a house, things like that mom. Geesh! I can't believe you would automatically assume the worst!" Rory sternly said.
"Oh, right. Sorry." Lorelai apologized to Jess and Rory.
"So let's get discussing then." Luke said breaking the awkwardness between them.
There you have it!! Hope you liked it!! Again please review! You know you want to! lol This is going to be maybe a 5 chapter long story, I have something else in mind for another story so i want to make this quick. it was meant to be a short story. Until next time!!
