Golden rays of a beaming light trickled through the blinds; breaking
through to a new day. Coyly, Rory eyed her surroundings. She was lying on
the couch in the living room. She was almost sad at the fact that she
wasn't in Jess' arms, but alone in the dimly lit area. Stretching to an
upright position, Rory stood and quietly walked to his room. He was in bed
basking in the morning light from the windows across the room. Rory
observed how he hugged himself; sleeping on the right side of the bed as if
to say to Rory, 'the space left here is for you'.
As quietly as she could, she slipped in unnoticed into his bed. She could feel the heat radiating off his curled up body. She then started to worry because she could feel him moving. Rory laid straight and kept her eyes closed tightly; pretending she was invisible. He awoke to find her lying there like a stiff piece of bread, eyes closed shut. He smiled as he turned all the way around the face her.
"Why Ms. Gilmore, how convenient that I should find you here in my bed, pretending to be asleep, when in actuality you aren't."
She turned over to him.
"Well don't we have a smart mouth this morning."
"It's only smart cause' I make it smart!."
"The couch was uncomfortable and I wanted to see if your bed was softer.turns out it is!."
"So you came under the covers and decided you would sleep here?."
"Yes." she said timidly.
"Huh. is it to your liking, Ms. Gilmore?"
"Yes it's to my liking Mr. Mariano!" she said in a dull mocking voice, throwing the covers over her head and turning to her side.
Rory still lay under the covers while Jess slipped out. A yawn departed the lips of a mischievous Jess. He pulled himself out of bed and slumped into the kitchen. Rory could hear a few items being moved around, but dismissed it as Jess just trying to annoy her. Like a snake, the coiled scent of aromatic liquid waft through the air, causing Rory to arise obligingly to the call of coffee. As Rory's drooping body was carried into the kitchen, Jess could do nothing as the corners of his shallow lips pulled vertically to the point of a mocking stance.
"You're mean, you know that?" said Rory, taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"So I've been told."
"Well it doesn't hurt to hear it again!."
Jess shook his head, as the pot of coffee was ready. Jess, tauntingly, hovered the coffee pot and cup over a weak Rory.
"Stop the madness! I demand justice!!" she said throwing down her fist angrily against the wooden kitchen table.
"Only if you say sorry."
"And give you the complete satisfaction? I think I'd read Hemingway instead!."
"Really?"
"No! Are you insane?!"
There was a dreary silence as Rory's head fell into her arms. Jess, giving in, put the cup and coffee pot down and poured some coffee into it. Rory smiled as the cascade of the luscious dark liquid was poured into her cup.
"Aha! I knew you couldn't resist my Gilmore charms!" said Rory taking the cup into her own and inhaling the sweet scent of coffee in the morning.
"Among other things." he whispered, pouring himself a cup of coffee. She blushed and looked away.
Rory thought to herself as she observed every dissimilar object her eyes were attracted by. She wondered what Jess did for a living, so she asked.
"Hey Jess? What exactly do you do for a living?"
"Currently? Well right now, I own a small bookstore. It's nothin' fancy, but I do, however get the finer things in life." He replied. Rory smiled as she nodded knowingly.
"So. What do you feel like doing today?" Rory asked, sipping her coffee.
"Umm, oh I know, lemme take you to this really awesome bookstore/ coffee shop. They got great books."
"Yea sure, that sounds like fun." She said standing up from the coffee table and called over her shoulder, "Just gimme a few minutes to get ready."
"Sure." Jess hollered back.
Rory walked into the living room and to the couch. She picked out a white shirt that said 'If I Throw a Stick, Will you Leave?' and a pair of shorts. Rory stopped and out of the blue, looked around her. This was Jess's world; everything had a little part of him. What would she do now? Where do they stand? She pushed those unearthly thoughts away as she changed in the bathroom. When she finished she walked back out into the kitchen and said, "All done."
Jess responded with, "Okay, gimme a few minutes." Rory nodded as he went into his bedroom and shut the door. Rory patiently waited in the kitchen, sipping the remains of her coffee. She gazed sadly at the cup of coffee as Jess emerged from his bedroom in a pair of tattered old jeans and a white shirt.
"Okay." said Jess and Rory nodded as she finished off her coffee.
They walked out of the house and across the street. Rory was unnervingly silent. Jess gave her a side ways glance and she didn't even acknowledge his ungraceful stare. Rory gazed at her feet as they carried her to the bookstore. Without even thinking, Rory blurted out the one thing that was on her mind at that moment.
"Jess? What happens now?" The words so silent, it was almost as if they didn't exist.
While every sadden thought dawned on him, he still held up his guard.
"Whatever you want to happen." he took her hand in his and held it tight. They both pulled to a stop. The warm touch of his hand against hers, sent shivers through her entire body.
Indecisive drops of salty hate had trickled down her cheek. Jess' hand reached up to her face and washed them away. He thought that if that single tear were to have fallen, the world would have cracked open and cried.
"I want. I want you with me. but. I don't know.- I just don't know.I don't.- I don't want to sound selfish, but that's what I want."
Unanimously, the fear in her heart had won and all the tears were falling uncontrollably.
"What do you want to happen.?" she asked and with all the sincerity his voice could offer, he said,
"I want you. I've always wanted you. I never wanna leave your side again. everything doesn't make sense when you aren't with me. I wanna wake-up next to you. I wanna share everything with you. I want everything with you."
Every being or living creature went silent, the wind stopped hustling, the soft sounds of her whimpering were dismissed, the incessant chatter constantly battling for her hearts desire had frozen, until she spoke.
"But we live in 2 different worlds, you have everything here and all I have is an overpriced apartment and a single bed." The tears and cries came about again.
"I don't care about my life here. I care about you, I don't want to lose you again just because we live in 2 different places."
The silence encased the house and the 2 just stood there on the sidewalk looking anywhere and everywhere but the others eyes. "So. we both want the same thing.but what do we do?" He stood still and his eyes were focused on the ground.
"I'll more to New York, if that's what it takes to be with you." he said.
"I can't let you leave California for me, you have a life here. I don't want to take that away from you."
"You'll only make me happy if you're with me."
"So you mean, you'd give all of this up for me?." Rory said, gesturing to their surroundings.
"Yes! God I would swim the Mississippi for you!"
"Let's now get carried away now."
Jess' eyes led him to where they became one. Their fingers were laced with the others' hands. He held her closer to him and he kissed her soft and sweetly.
"Now, I'm tellin' ya, this bookstore's the best!. Remember the time you came to New York after the uh ahem. and we went to that record store and that guy that worked their was like a walking and talking encyclopedia on every punk, metal, and garage band? The guy that works at this bookstore we're going to now, has twice the mileage on the freak scale; he probably knows more than the internet does." Said Jess as they walked down the sidewalk.
"No one knows more than the internet!.." said Rory folding her arms as Jess slipped his arm around her waist.
"Oh how little you know." he whispered in her ear as the two walked hand in hand to the bookstore.
As quietly as she could, she slipped in unnoticed into his bed. She could feel the heat radiating off his curled up body. She then started to worry because she could feel him moving. Rory laid straight and kept her eyes closed tightly; pretending she was invisible. He awoke to find her lying there like a stiff piece of bread, eyes closed shut. He smiled as he turned all the way around the face her.
"Why Ms. Gilmore, how convenient that I should find you here in my bed, pretending to be asleep, when in actuality you aren't."
She turned over to him.
"Well don't we have a smart mouth this morning."
"It's only smart cause' I make it smart!."
"The couch was uncomfortable and I wanted to see if your bed was softer.turns out it is!."
"So you came under the covers and decided you would sleep here?."
"Yes." she said timidly.
"Huh. is it to your liking, Ms. Gilmore?"
"Yes it's to my liking Mr. Mariano!" she said in a dull mocking voice, throwing the covers over her head and turning to her side.
Rory still lay under the covers while Jess slipped out. A yawn departed the lips of a mischievous Jess. He pulled himself out of bed and slumped into the kitchen. Rory could hear a few items being moved around, but dismissed it as Jess just trying to annoy her. Like a snake, the coiled scent of aromatic liquid waft through the air, causing Rory to arise obligingly to the call of coffee. As Rory's drooping body was carried into the kitchen, Jess could do nothing as the corners of his shallow lips pulled vertically to the point of a mocking stance.
"You're mean, you know that?" said Rory, taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"So I've been told."
"Well it doesn't hurt to hear it again!."
Jess shook his head, as the pot of coffee was ready. Jess, tauntingly, hovered the coffee pot and cup over a weak Rory.
"Stop the madness! I demand justice!!" she said throwing down her fist angrily against the wooden kitchen table.
"Only if you say sorry."
"And give you the complete satisfaction? I think I'd read Hemingway instead!."
"Really?"
"No! Are you insane?!"
There was a dreary silence as Rory's head fell into her arms. Jess, giving in, put the cup and coffee pot down and poured some coffee into it. Rory smiled as the cascade of the luscious dark liquid was poured into her cup.
"Aha! I knew you couldn't resist my Gilmore charms!" said Rory taking the cup into her own and inhaling the sweet scent of coffee in the morning.
"Among other things." he whispered, pouring himself a cup of coffee. She blushed and looked away.
Rory thought to herself as she observed every dissimilar object her eyes were attracted by. She wondered what Jess did for a living, so she asked.
"Hey Jess? What exactly do you do for a living?"
"Currently? Well right now, I own a small bookstore. It's nothin' fancy, but I do, however get the finer things in life." He replied. Rory smiled as she nodded knowingly.
"So. What do you feel like doing today?" Rory asked, sipping her coffee.
"Umm, oh I know, lemme take you to this really awesome bookstore/ coffee shop. They got great books."
"Yea sure, that sounds like fun." She said standing up from the coffee table and called over her shoulder, "Just gimme a few minutes to get ready."
"Sure." Jess hollered back.
Rory walked into the living room and to the couch. She picked out a white shirt that said 'If I Throw a Stick, Will you Leave?' and a pair of shorts. Rory stopped and out of the blue, looked around her. This was Jess's world; everything had a little part of him. What would she do now? Where do they stand? She pushed those unearthly thoughts away as she changed in the bathroom. When she finished she walked back out into the kitchen and said, "All done."
Jess responded with, "Okay, gimme a few minutes." Rory nodded as he went into his bedroom and shut the door. Rory patiently waited in the kitchen, sipping the remains of her coffee. She gazed sadly at the cup of coffee as Jess emerged from his bedroom in a pair of tattered old jeans and a white shirt.
"Okay." said Jess and Rory nodded as she finished off her coffee.
They walked out of the house and across the street. Rory was unnervingly silent. Jess gave her a side ways glance and she didn't even acknowledge his ungraceful stare. Rory gazed at her feet as they carried her to the bookstore. Without even thinking, Rory blurted out the one thing that was on her mind at that moment.
"Jess? What happens now?" The words so silent, it was almost as if they didn't exist.
While every sadden thought dawned on him, he still held up his guard.
"Whatever you want to happen." he took her hand in his and held it tight. They both pulled to a stop. The warm touch of his hand against hers, sent shivers through her entire body.
Indecisive drops of salty hate had trickled down her cheek. Jess' hand reached up to her face and washed them away. He thought that if that single tear were to have fallen, the world would have cracked open and cried.
"I want. I want you with me. but. I don't know.- I just don't know.I don't.- I don't want to sound selfish, but that's what I want."
Unanimously, the fear in her heart had won and all the tears were falling uncontrollably.
"What do you want to happen.?" she asked and with all the sincerity his voice could offer, he said,
"I want you. I've always wanted you. I never wanna leave your side again. everything doesn't make sense when you aren't with me. I wanna wake-up next to you. I wanna share everything with you. I want everything with you."
Every being or living creature went silent, the wind stopped hustling, the soft sounds of her whimpering were dismissed, the incessant chatter constantly battling for her hearts desire had frozen, until she spoke.
"But we live in 2 different worlds, you have everything here and all I have is an overpriced apartment and a single bed." The tears and cries came about again.
"I don't care about my life here. I care about you, I don't want to lose you again just because we live in 2 different places."
The silence encased the house and the 2 just stood there on the sidewalk looking anywhere and everywhere but the others eyes. "So. we both want the same thing.but what do we do?" He stood still and his eyes were focused on the ground.
"I'll more to New York, if that's what it takes to be with you." he said.
"I can't let you leave California for me, you have a life here. I don't want to take that away from you."
"You'll only make me happy if you're with me."
"So you mean, you'd give all of this up for me?." Rory said, gesturing to their surroundings.
"Yes! God I would swim the Mississippi for you!"
"Let's now get carried away now."
Jess' eyes led him to where they became one. Their fingers were laced with the others' hands. He held her closer to him and he kissed her soft and sweetly.
"Now, I'm tellin' ya, this bookstore's the best!. Remember the time you came to New York after the uh ahem. and we went to that record store and that guy that worked their was like a walking and talking encyclopedia on every punk, metal, and garage band? The guy that works at this bookstore we're going to now, has twice the mileage on the freak scale; he probably knows more than the internet does." Said Jess as they walked down the sidewalk.
"No one knows more than the internet!.." said Rory folding her arms as Jess slipped his arm around her waist.
"Oh how little you know." he whispered in her ear as the two walked hand in hand to the bookstore.