He just took the box out of her hand and opened it up before sitting it on the table in front of them. He watched as her eyes got wide when she looked at the diamond ring that rested in the box. "I wanted this to be more special. I should have put the ring in my sock drawer or something. I should have known that you were going to find it … especially after Luke did." He said as he looked down at his lap. He was rambling … that was supposed to be her thing. But, then again that just shows how much she had rubbed off on him. That and the fact that he was actually going back to the hell known as Stars Hallow High.
"Luke found it?" She asked him as she looked into his eyes. He felt like pounding his head into the table right then and there as her eyes pierced his soul. Everyone in the damn place was waiting for him to answer that only made it worse.
"I fell out of my pocket the night I got back. I was sitting in the waiting room and then he finally told me how bad you really were. I freaked out and left. I didn't even see it fall." He explained as he looked at her.
"You almost lost my ring?" She asked with a laugh. He couldn't help, but to smile at the way she said 'my ring'. It was like she said yes before he even had a chance to ask her.
"I didn't care about that silly ring then. All I could think about was being there for you, but they wouldn't let me." He said as he looked at her. He placed his hand gently on the side of her face. "It killed me to see you in so much pain and I couldn't do anything. I love you more than anything in the world. Hell, I didn't know what it meant to love till I met you." He said softly as he looked in her eyes. Her smile just got bigger as he talked before disappearing as she clearly started to think.
"How long have you had this for?" She asked as she looked down. He knew what she was thinking. He knew that she didn't want him to do this out of pity or just to make things right after he left her.
"Since I knew that Yale was 22.8 miles away from here." He answered simply. She smiled at him again. It seemed like forever before she said anything.
"So, when are you going to ask?" She asked with a laugh.
Lorelai busted into Luke's clearly in a bad mood and in desperate need of coffee. It was so obvious that he met her at the counter with a cup of coffee. "You look just peachy." Luke mumbled to her.
"Yeah well you would too if your kid was in some good damn chair, and you were being replaced by a James Dean wannabe. Why doesn't Rory see that he is just going to leave again? Oh, and there is the fact that I can't buy the Dragonfly anymore. Lifes a bitch. Right, that is an understatement." Lorelai rambled as she stared at her coffee. "Where's my Danish?" She asked as she looked up at him. He just walked away and grabbed her a cherry Danish.
"Here." He said as he placed it in front of her. "I would get used to Jess being around, if I were you by the way. I have a feeling that he isn't going to be leaving anytime soon." Luke said as he looked at Lorelai.
"Right, he had something great with her and he bolted. He did it once he will do it again." She huffed. She knew she was right. He was just like Chris. She was just thanking god that Rory wasn't as dumb as she was. She couldn't handle it if he left her with a kid.
"No he isn't…" Luke said before he lowered his voice. "I think he is going to propose." He said as he looked her in the eyes. No, no, no those words did not just come out of his mouth. Her daughter could NOT marry that punk. That just wasn't going to happen. She wasn't going to lose her daughter to someone who will only hurt her even more. "And he reenrolled in school on his own will. They are meant for each other Lorelai." He added.
"No, he isn't the one. He is just her bad boy phase." She snapped as she got up.
"You didn't pay!" He called after her.
"Put it on Jess's tab!" She yelled back bitterly as she thought about this more. She wanted to kill that dumbass child. She wanted to bash his damn head in.
He just laughed a little. "Well, I was going to wait till you were out of here. I wanted to take you down to the bridge. That's where I fell in love with you, but somehow I have a feeling you aren't going to let me wait that long." He said as he looked at her.
"If you really want to wait you can." She said as she closed the ring box and pushed it towards him. He didn't know if she realized that she was pulling her pout out or not. He would do anything for that pout.
"No, I can't." He said as he picked up the box kicking the chair he was sitting on back as he got down on one knee. He just sat there trying to make the words in his head come out of his mouth. It was scarier than he ever pictured it being.
"Jess you do realize that you have to verbalize here?" She whispered to him as he stared into her eyes.
"Marry Me?" He asked as he looked at her. He saw the first tear roll down her face and started to freak out. Maybe he missed read everything. Maybe she was going to say no. But, then as more tears fell she just nodded her head causing him to smile as he slipped the ring on her finger.
"I love you." She mumbled to him before he moved to touch his lips against her.
"I love you too." He replied with a smile. "I always will."
