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This is the final chapter! Thanks to everyone who made it this far with me- you are very brave. Literati for life enjoy, my loves!
9
-The moment we decided to let love in-
Jess hung back with Luke so Rory and Lorelai could say goodbye alone. When they were ready, Luke gave Rory a quick hug and walked with Lorelai to the truck. Lorelai looked back at her daughter and sighed heavily.
"What?" Luke asked.
"Oh, just-that. Rory."
"I know, it's hard to believe."
"My baby's all grown up, off at college to learn about things I'll never comprehend, and coming home every night to a bed in her home for the next nine months," Lorelai sighed blissfully again.
"Yeah, you know it seems like just yesterday- wait, what did you say?"
"Huh?" Lorelai asked, annoyed to be pulled away from her reminiscence.
"What you just said. About Rory having a bed somewhere new,"
"Yeah, her dorm," Lorelai said, dumbfounded by Luke's apparent freak out. "So?"
"Lorelai, she'll be sleeping somewhere other than under your watchful eye,"
"Sooo-oh my God! Luke! I wasn't even thinking that until now!" Lorelai cried.
"What are we going to do? Okay, I know- I'll pay someone to steal Jess's car so he can't come and visit her." Lorelai looked back at where Rory stood, smiling, talking to Jess.
"Luke, I think Jess will get a little suspicious if his car disappears for a second time," Lorelai calmed a little. "Rory has a good head, she'll be okay. And we talk a lot, anyway." She punched him in the arm. "Don't do that to me!"
"Your mom looks like she's freaking out a little," Jess said, looking back at the truck where his uncle stood. "And she's beating up on Luke," he turned back to Rory. "So, I better get going."
"Yeah," Rory said, looking away. Jess watched her for a minute.
"So, hey- could you do something for me?" He asked.
"Sure," Rory said, looking back at him. He reached into his back pocket and pulled out what appeared to be a book and handed it to her. "What's this?" She asked. Unfolding it and flipping through the pages, she saw it was a notebook filled with Jess's distinctive handwriting.
"While you were in Europe, I decided to put down a few short stories I've been thinking about. I was wondering if you could take a look at them before you get to crazy with schoolwork, and maybe give me some notes?"
She smiled at him. "Sure, I'd love to. I'm confident they're amazing, though."
He shook his head. "I want honest opinions. Please rip them up if they really suck."
"Jess," she protested.
"Promise me," he said.
"Okay I promise. Brutal honesty," she conceded, folding her arms across her chest and hugging the notebook to her. He tucked a strand of hair behind her left ear and kissed her for a long moment.
"Talk to you tomorrow?" He asked, his hand lingering in her hair.
"I don't know, I might be busy at the paper shredder," she said, straight-faced. He smiled and kissed her again, breathing new life into his body.
"'Bye," he said, ordering himself to pull away from her. She caught his hand before it slipped to his pocket.
"'Bye. Love you," she said. He raised her hand to his mouth and brushed his lips against her fingers.
"Love you, too," he turned and walked away, stuffing his hands into his jacket pockets. Utterly high, he got in his car and made his way back to Stars Hollow as the sun glowed orange and shined on the pavement before him.
"You wait wanting this world to let you in
And you stand there, a frozen light, in dark and empty streets
And you smile, hiding behind a God-given face
But I know you're so much more, everything they ignore
Is all that I need to believe
You're the only one I ever believed it
The answer that could never be found
The moment you decided to let love in
Now I'm banging on the door of an angel
The end of fear is where we begin
The moment you decided to let love in…"
♥
My best, until the next
Coco x
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