As always, thank you so much for the reviews and follows/favourites. I'm really grateful for Kirsten34's suggestion to write the more explicit scenes as deleted scenes. That will happen at some point, but here's the next chapter to tide you over.
Rory sat on the edge of the bath, her head still spinning from the kiss. She was trying to work out if this was what she wanted but every time she managed to focus, her brain drifted back to the feel of Jess lips on her skin and she had to start the concentration process again. When her mind finally steadied, she robotically began getting dressed in her pyjamas. He'd said he loved her. The words she'd wanted to hear him say for so long, it was only now she realised it. She'd never truly moved on from him. She may have loved Logan and Dean, but not in the same way she loved Jess. He was finally saying he loved her at a time that it had the potential to mean something could happen. She may have been pregnant, a factor that would be a problem for most, but Jess had been more supportive of her than the babies own father had been. He may not know she was pregnant, but she had a feeling that when he finally found out, it wouldn't change the situation. He was married now and she and Logan had been together when they shouldn't have been, so it wasn't like he could be a father to the child. But could she ask Jess to be that to her child?
Knowing they had to talk it through, she walked to the door and braced herself. Taking a deep breath in, she pulled the door open to find Jess back to lying on the bed reading his book. When he looked up, he gave her a smile before folding the top of the page of the book, closing it and placing it on the bedside table. She made her way to the bed and climbed on, facing him with her legs crossed in front of her.
She hesitated for a moment, trying to work out what she was going to say next. When she finally knew where she wanted the conversation to go, she looked up to find him mirroring the way she was sat with his knees almost touching hers.
"Did you mean what you said? " she asked bowing her head down to avoid eye contact with him. She felt his finger under her chin, pulling her head up so that he could look her in the eye.
"Of course, I did Rory. Every other time that I have said that to you, I was wrong to. I had always said it out of desperation, and it was always at the wrong moment but this time it's different. I know it's not perfect timing with the baby but when I told you I'll be there for you I meant it," He reached across his lap and took both of her hands in his, looking directly into her eyes. "I understand if you say no Rory, but I want to be there for your child as much as I can. Logan is its father, I know that, but if you'll let me I want to be there for you and the baby as much as Luke was there for your mum and you."
Rory stared into his eyes for a moment, trying to see if he meant, to see an ounce of hesitation, but all she saw was sincerity. He meant every word he was saying, she could see that. She hadn't needed to ask him to be there for her, he'd straight up offered. He's said the words that she had wanted to hear. Before she could stop herself, she threw her body at him and kissed him hard.
Jess was startled by her sudden action for a second, before reaching his arms around her body and pulling her down onto the bed and on top of him. She tangled her fingers into his hair and relaxed her body into his, moving her knee's to either side of his hips. Rory pulled her hands from his hair and placed them on his chest, pushing her body up from his.
"Thank you." She said whilst brushing her fingers down the side of his face.
"What for?" Jess smiled and placed his hand over hers.
"For saying it without me asking," She tilted her head to the side, enjoying the feel of his hand over hers. "Logan is the baby's father, but I know it's unlikely he's going to be around. Me and him were a secret, it's not like he's going to risk his marriage to say that the child is his own. I've known Logan long enough to know that he is too selfish to give up his perfect life. I needed you to tell me you'd be more. To be..."
Rory stopped herself from finishing the sentence. What she was about to say could be too much.
"Like a father?" Jess murmured, catching Rory's attention.
"Yeah, that," Rory responded, a small smile on her face as she leant forward to place a brief kiss on his lips. Before she realised what was happening, Jess grabbed onto her hips and flipped them so he was on top of her. He kissed her passionately, an action Rory happily reciprocated.
Her hands crept up underneath his T-shirt, causing Jess to shiver from her cold fingertips on his stomach. He felt her hand pushing his T-shirt up and pulled away from her.
"Rory, what are you doing?" Jess asked as she pulled it over his head.
"Making up for lost time." She smiled and bit her lip whilst turning them back over so she was onto of him. Making her intentions clear, she pulled her top over her head. He pulled her back down to his chest.
"Well, ten years is a long time to make up for," Jess whispered in her ear, causing Rory to giggle. He turned them back over to kiss his way down her chest. She couldn't help but think how much she was going to enjoy making up for that time.
Took long enough, I know. Emily is finding out soon, I promise, but I just had to have Jess as more than just a friend when it happened as it'll make telling Emily the news even more entertaining!
