A.N. ok, this is the chapter (i think) everyones been waiting for! i know i have! rory might seem just a tid bit childish this chapter, but when does she not! so here it is!
disclaimer: remember remember the fifth of november. it was the day they told me i didn't own gilmore girls.
Thunder: Night four, One or the Other
Rory's eyes snapped open, and she sat up with a gasp. She was just glad it wasn't a yelp. She was having the weirdest dream. It started out everything fine, her and Lor going to the diner. Then zombies were everywhere. And vampires. And maybe a werewolf or two. They were all graphic and in detail and in color, and Rory was scared. Normally, her scaredness goes away. But not tonight.
Naw. Tonight there was a storm. Go figure.
She didn't want to go to him. No, scratch that, she didn't want to know that she wanted to go to him. She wanted to call Dean. Naw, she didn't. She wanted Jess.
Stop it! She scolded herself. Dean.
Jess. Dean. Jess! Dean! Jess!
Dean...Dean...Jess.
Jess Jess Jess.
Well, now that that's settled, she, well, she didn't do anything.
Because she heard something in the kitchen. Or outside maybe. Something close. Something loud and sneekish. Like someone outside. Like someone breaking and entering.
Her mind instantly went to The Strangers. Her heart started pumpin blood everwhere around her. Get up? Stay down. Get up? Get up and die? Stay down. Stay down and die.
Great. An impass. Hmmm. Stay down and die. Thundered rumbled. Rory whimpered. Get up and die!
She got up slowly. Walked to the door slowly. Held her breath. Creaked the door open. Peeked around in the kitchen. She strained her ears so hard that she swear she popped a blood vesel.
Nothing. She sighed in relief. Well, until lightening flashed half the house, and she saw a shadow outside. She yelped. (what's with all the yelping?) Her whole body either flushed or drained. Either way she turned a new color. She was totally frozen.
Thunder crashed at the same time someone said, "Rory?" She screamed and whipped around to the source of the sound. Her heart was pounding double time. Rain could be heard pattering on the roof. Shadows played in the corners. Rory whimpered again. She could only see the outline of the person.
"Are you ok?" she heard Jess ask, and she deflated. She nodded. She felt tears of relief fall down her face. Hey, she was really scared! She thought someone was breaking in!
"Why are you crying then?" Jess asked as he moved closer to her. Lightening flickered and Rory saw the concern in his eyes. Why wouldn't the tears stop? She quickly wiped them away.
"Well, I had a really scarey dream, it was terrible, everyone I knew and loved was dying, and it was so graphic...then I woke up and noticed the storm and I got even more scared. And then I heard something outside, and I thought of the movie The Strangers, and I thought I was going to die! So I got up to check it out, and then the lightening went everwhere, and I thought someone was in here, but it turned out to be you, But I didn't know that, so I screamed, and then it was you, and I cried in relief!" Whew. That was a long one. She could tell, because Jess was laughing. She didn't have the energy to be mad at him.
One, because his laugh made her feel happy.
Two, because it was kinda funny.
And three, because while she was telling her story, he had come up to her and hugged her.
Hugged her! And she had somehow laid her head on his chest. Which was still bare. She would never get tired of that. She sighed.
"I doubt anything like The Strangers is gonna happen in Stars Hollow, but either way, I'm terribly sorry I scared you."
They stood in silence. Rory didn't know why she suddenly had the urge to kiss him. And not on the chest, or out of tiredness. She actually wanted him to be there when she kissed him.
It was either now or never. She tilted her head up, craning it to see his eyes. Lightening flared, and she could feel the electricty suddenly engulfing the room. She leaned in. She didn't care if he didn't want to kiss her, she was going to do it anyways.
Lips touched. Thunder growled, but Rory didn't jump. Or yelp. She just kissed Jess.
And kissed Jess.
Kissed Jess.
She pulled back after a second. That was a second right? No, no, it was much much too long for that. Jess grinned at her. Rory grinned back. Strangers? What strangers?
"Rory?" she heard Luke say from the stairs. Rory ripped away from Jess.
"Yes?" her voice cracked. Why was she suddenly so nervous?
"Are you ok? I heard a scream." She could hear him pounding down the stairs.
"Yeah yeah, I'm fine. Just thought I saw something outside, but there's nothing, so it's ok. I can go back to bed now. Good night!" she said. She was back in her room before Luke even entered the kitchen, so when he got entered, there was no one there.
Jess went back to his room quietly after Rory pulled away from him. He tried not to let it hurt him as much as it did. He sighed. That was a mistake. A mistake he would gladly make again and again and again, but still a mistake. Well, for Rory anyways.
He sighed again sadly. She wasn't going to come to his room anymore. She probably wasn't even going to talk to him again. Damn you, Jess! Why did you have to kiss that beautiful girl back?! Even though she kissed you first, you should've known better than to do what you want! Think a little next time! he scolded himself. Except there wouldn't be a next time. Damn damn damn
Jess rolled over on his side, about to fall asleep. That is, until he heard his door open. It took all he had not to jump up and see if it was her.
He slowly got up instead. What would his image be if he jumped up and down like a preppy school girl? Well, it'd be a preppy school girl, instead of a bad boy. And Rory wouldn't like him anymore.
He saw. It was her.
Jess felt the thunder slowly rumble through his body and stop at his heart, that was about to explode. In a good way of course. Great way, more like.
He watched her walk over and crawl into bed. He didn't let her put his arms around her. He did that himself. He figured it'd be too much too hope if she gave him a good night kiss, so he just left the arms around her and said, "Good night, Rory." very very close to her ear.
She had different plans. She did kiss him goodnight. This time he felt lightening at his heart. Wonderful lightening. "Goodnight Jess." she whsipered millimeters from his lips. She laid back down.
Rory looked out the window. She saw another shadow dance across her vision.
She wasn't scared this time. Wonder why?
She sighed and snuggled closer to Jess. He sqeezed her tighter, and the shadows disappeared all together.
That's why.
A.N. short? oh well, please tell me it was good?! i felt it was, but i wanna know what you feel! please please please! and i've actually reacted like that once. I turned out the lights and i was at a hotel, and it was after i just watched the strangers, and i really did think someone was out there! it's ok to laugh, i'm used to it! ha ha
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