0.10 One Hell Of A Goodbye
[this is the last chapter people. i hope you enjoy it.]
Raine looked out the window at the happy couple she had somehow helped create. She put her rag down on the counter and leaned against it.
Luke came out of the kitchen, ready to take in another pile of dirty dishes. As he passed behind Raine, he noticed her shaking. He furrowed his eyebrows, confused as to why she wasn't helping.
He raised his eyes and followed her gaze.
Jess. Rory.
"You did a good thing, Raine."
"I know." was her whispered reply. Her eyes were still glued to the scene before her.
A jingle from the door distracted her thoughts. It was Dean.
"Hey, man. How you feeling?"
"I feel like throwing up. They look like they're about to eat each other's heads out there."
"I know how you feel, Dean. It IS quite disgusting to watch. But I'm proud of you, Dean-O."
"Don't call me that."
"Righty-O."
When Dean left, Luke and Raine stood side by side, washing the dishes.
"I'll be leaving tonight, Mr. Luke."
Luke stopped for a second, "I'll help you get to the bus stop."
They waited until Jess was asleep. Raine quietly changed into the clothes that they had found her in. She had no bag. She took a final survey of Jess' room. Her eyes landed on his sleeping form. Raine smiled sadly and bent over his face.
From the doorway, Luke saw her give Jess a gentle kiss that felt like nothing, but meant everything. His own eyes watered at the pain in Raine's expression.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay?"
"Do you want my chest to implode, Mr. Luke?"
"I guess not."
The bus soon came, and took Raine away from Stars Hollow.
When they were opening the diner the next day, Jess was once again silent. Luke stood behind the cashier's register.
"Just like that, huh?" he said angrily.
"Yep, just like that." Luke answered, without looking at his nephew.
"I figured she'd say goodbye before she'd leave."
Luke just smiled a melancholy smile, thinking of Raine's pained kiss.
"She did, Jess. And she gave you one hell of a goodbye."
END
[this is the last chapter people. i hope you enjoy it.]
Raine looked out the window at the happy couple she had somehow helped create. She put her rag down on the counter and leaned against it.
Luke came out of the kitchen, ready to take in another pile of dirty dishes. As he passed behind Raine, he noticed her shaking. He furrowed his eyebrows, confused as to why she wasn't helping.
He raised his eyes and followed her gaze.
Jess. Rory.
"You did a good thing, Raine."
"I know." was her whispered reply. Her eyes were still glued to the scene before her.
A jingle from the door distracted her thoughts. It was Dean.
"Hey, man. How you feeling?"
"I feel like throwing up. They look like they're about to eat each other's heads out there."
"I know how you feel, Dean. It IS quite disgusting to watch. But I'm proud of you, Dean-O."
"Don't call me that."
"Righty-O."
When Dean left, Luke and Raine stood side by side, washing the dishes.
"I'll be leaving tonight, Mr. Luke."
Luke stopped for a second, "I'll help you get to the bus stop."
They waited until Jess was asleep. Raine quietly changed into the clothes that they had found her in. She had no bag. She took a final survey of Jess' room. Her eyes landed on his sleeping form. Raine smiled sadly and bent over his face.
From the doorway, Luke saw her give Jess a gentle kiss that felt like nothing, but meant everything. His own eyes watered at the pain in Raine's expression.
"Are you sure you don't want to stay?"
"Do you want my chest to implode, Mr. Luke?"
"I guess not."
The bus soon came, and took Raine away from Stars Hollow.
When they were opening the diner the next day, Jess was once again silent. Luke stood behind the cashier's register.
"Just like that, huh?" he said angrily.
"Yep, just like that." Luke answered, without looking at his nephew.
"I figured she'd say goodbye before she'd leave."
Luke just smiled a melancholy smile, thinking of Raine's pained kiss.
"She did, Jess. And she gave you one hell of a goodbye."
END