Luke's Diner: Same time.
*Lorelai approaches the diner. Through the window she see Luke sitting at
the counter; his head down. She taps the glass, Luke looks up at her and
smiles; he stands up and opens the door for her.
"Is something wrong?" Lorelai asks immediately.
"Huh?" Luke asks with confusion. "Come in."
"Well, I'm just not used to getting called down to the diner late at
night," Lorelai says plainly. "Is there a ketchup emergency, oh no! Did the
dish run away with the spoon again?!" Lorelai smirks.
"It's Jess." Luke says calmly. Lorelai's smile fades, "Oh."
"He's on his way to your place." Luke smiles.
"H-he is?" Luke nods. "Why?"
"Something about, making a mistake.." Luke says nonchalantly Lorelai moves closer to him, "What did you tell him?" "Nothing." Luke replies. Receiving a stern look from Lorelai he continues, "I, uh just said that if he didn't do something no ,he uh, he'd end up like me." Luke avoids Lorelai's eyes; nervously he plays with his baseball cap.
"And that'd be a bad thing?" Lorelai questions.
"Sure. I mean, the kid gets on my nerves but I wouldn't wish that much regret on anyone...well maybe Taylor, but.." Luke is cut off by Lorelai's lips meeting his.
Lorelai pulls away; rest her arms around Luke's neck. "So Jess is at my house..." She says; short of breath.
"Right." Luke states.
"He's not here.." Lorelai grins.
"Right." Luke says gruffly, a smile breaking onto his face.
"So.." Lorelei trails off her fingers tangled in Luke's tousled hair. "Is there a ketchup emergency, or can we go upstairs?"
"Nope." Luke says, causing Lorelai to let go of his neck. "There's no emergency." He smirks. "Lorelai beams back at him before running up the stars. Luke turns to the front door, locks it and then bounds up the stairs after Lorelai.
*Gilmore Home: Next Morning 8:30am. Awaken by the light streaming in through her window, Rory mumbles to herself, crawls out of bed and makes her way to the closet. Stretching, she moans and then smiles; remembering the events of last night.
*Kitchen: Tristan is sitting at the table eating cereal and reading the paper. "Morning Mary sunshine." He smirks.
"Coffee?" She mumbles.
"Sorry, there isn't any." Wiping the sleep out of her eyes, "Don't be ridiculous, there's always coffee. Mom doesn't leave for Luke's until she makes coffee for the walk over there."
"I'm sure she doesn't, but uh I don't think she had to walk over there today."
"Of course she-" Rory nods in understanding. "Oh."
"So what about you? Goodnight?" Tristan's eyes dance as Rory goes pink.
"Not, THAT good...but good." Rory shakes her head at Tristan's assumption. "So what happened at Lane's? Jess was only her an hour, you were gone longer than that."
Tristan grins, "Lane says I'm the first boy she's brought home that was actually allowed in the house."
"Impressive."
"Her mom kept asking me if I had any long lost Korean ancestors."
"She was disappointed huh?"
"A little bit, but I think I won her over with my language skills."
"Yes, taking Korean to earn an extra credit in college is always a big draw socially.
"Yeah, well I got a dinner invite out of it, so that counts for something."
"Wow, this is serious." "Very, now enough small talk, lets get you some coffee." "Yay!"
Tristan holds the door open for Rory, who is busy humming to herself. "Um, on second thought I think I'll stay home.....brush up on that Korean." "What? Why?" Rory looks up as Jess appears in the driveway; a large Styrofoam cupo of coffee in his hand.
"Hi." He says quietly.
"Hi." Rory blushes.
"Hey." Jess acknowledges Tristan.
"Ok, well I better go through that dictionary again..I only have 9 hours." Tristan says seriously. "Bye, Mary."
"Can I walk with you?"
"Please."
They walk in silence, Jess' body close to Rory's, their hands almost touching. Jess clears his throat, "Sleep ok?" "Yeah, fell asleep right after you left." Rory replies, "You?" "Ok, I guess..I was about as comfortable as you can be sleeping in a booth at the diner." Jess smiles.
"Wait, why did yo-" Rory stops herself, "Right."
"Yeah, I figured I'd get more sleep in the diner than I would upstairs."
"Probably right."
Jess stops walking and turns to Rory; taking her hand, "I missed you."
"Y-you did?" Jess' honesty catches her off guard. "But, you were only at the diner for a few hours."
"Not just when I left your house, I've missed you since....3 years ago. I missed eating lunch with you, fighting over books, I missed your phone calls, sending you emails......I missed everything that had to do with you."
"Oh jess!" Rory leans in and hugs Jess tight, tears streaming down her face, "I-I missed you too."
Jess pulls out of the hug, and begins to walk again, his hands entwined with Rory's.
*Luke's Diner Jess and Rory enter, Rory's face is flushed, Jess is smiling. Luke is behind the counter, Lorelai is giggling to Luke. "Morning." Luke says gruffly over Lorelai's rambling. "Luke.." Jess grins. "Lorelai." Jess smirks at her. "Just getting home?" Luke raises an eyebrow at Jess. "Actually, no. I just went over to pick up a friend, who was worried sick because her mother never came home last night." Jess raises an eyebrow at Luke who avoids his eyes.
"Rory!" Lorelai interrupts.
"Mom!" Rory makes her way over to her mother and the two begin to talk, giggling and pointing at Jess and Luke. *10 minutes later Lorelai stands up, "Well, I should be going to work...Tucker has the chicken pox, so Sookie's not coming in today." Luke walks towards her, "See you tonight?" He whispers in her ear.
"Definitely, we should all have dinner together," "Yeah!" Rory replies. Lorelei walk to the door; hit with a sudden thought she turns around, "Oh and Jess, here's the address for when you go tomorrow."
"Uh, thanks." He replies taking the piece of paper from Lorelai.
"Bye babe, bye Luke." Lorelai says before leaving. Luke returns to work, Jess follows him, putting the paper down on the counter.
"Go, Go where?" Rory asks. "Just something I have to do." Rory grabs the paper, "..This is my grandma's address."
"Huh." Jess tries to play it off but fails. He starts to take a customers order when Rory exits the diner.
"I'm sorry." He says to the patron. "Luke."
"Yeah. Go."
*Outside the diner.
"Rory!" Half way down the street Rory turns around, "It's ok Jess, you don't have to tell me, really."
"Yes I do." He says defeated.
Walking towards him, "No, no you don't. Have your secrets, it's ok..I just thought we were starting a trusting relationship here, I guess I was wrong." Rory answers angrily. "I'm going to Hartford Hospital."
"What?"
"Apparently when you're declared dead, you can't just wake up a year later and pick up where you left off. I have to get some tests done....DNA and stuff, to prove who I am and to get my life back...that diploma in there means nothing to me if I don't get it sorted out....I can't get married, or legally get a job without proof of existence. So I get the tests done tomorrow I stay over and they have the results for me the next day, but rather than spend the night in a hotel your mom set it up so I could stay with your grandparents."
"Oh.." Rory says uncomfortably.
"Yeah."
"Look, I don't want to beat this to death or anything, but I need to know...why didn't you just tell me that?"
Jess sighs, "I wanted to-I was going to, Rory I was waiting, for the right moment...I wanted to ask you to come with me." Jess says quietly.
"Really?" "Yeah, I mean I know I seem all tough and stuff but...I'm not good with needles." Jess smiles nervously.
"So do you still wan me to.."
"Yes."
"Even though..."
"Yes." Rory hugs Jess grasping his neck tightly.
2 days later: 9am
Once again Rory is awaken by the sun streaming in through the bedroom window. She moans in dissatisfaction. Her moan is answer by a hand grazing her back. Rory reaches behind her in search of the hand. "Mmm," Rory makes a small noise as her hand is ceased, she turns towards her captor. "Hi." Her eyes meet Jess' and there is silence as the two search each other's souls. "Hi." "What time is it?"
"9:12" "My grandparents should be up by now." Rory says vanquished.
"Yeah...good thing we decided to go to a hotel." Jess smirks at Rory, leaning in to kiss her.
Rory pulls away, "Come on, we better get going, I promised my grandma we'd be on time for breakfast."
"What?"
"Oh come on I told you about this yesterday."
"You did not, wait does this mean I'm going to meet your grandfather?!" Jess' eyes widen.
"Well, yes usually he is present during breakfast."
"Does he know that we stayed here last night?"
"He knows we weren't at his house." Rory states.
"...He's going to kill me isn't he?" "No...hurt you a little maybe.but kill...." Rory answers guiltily.
"It's Jess." Luke says calmly. Lorelai's smile fades, "Oh."
"He's on his way to your place." Luke smiles.
"H-he is?" Luke nods. "Why?"
"Something about, making a mistake.." Luke says nonchalantly Lorelai moves closer to him, "What did you tell him?" "Nothing." Luke replies. Receiving a stern look from Lorelai he continues, "I, uh just said that if he didn't do something no ,he uh, he'd end up like me." Luke avoids Lorelai's eyes; nervously he plays with his baseball cap.
"And that'd be a bad thing?" Lorelai questions.
"Sure. I mean, the kid gets on my nerves but I wouldn't wish that much regret on anyone...well maybe Taylor, but.." Luke is cut off by Lorelai's lips meeting his.
Lorelai pulls away; rest her arms around Luke's neck. "So Jess is at my house..." She says; short of breath.
"Right." Luke states.
"He's not here.." Lorelai grins.
"Right." Luke says gruffly, a smile breaking onto his face.
"So.." Lorelei trails off her fingers tangled in Luke's tousled hair. "Is there a ketchup emergency, or can we go upstairs?"
"Nope." Luke says, causing Lorelai to let go of his neck. "There's no emergency." He smirks. "Lorelai beams back at him before running up the stars. Luke turns to the front door, locks it and then bounds up the stairs after Lorelai.
*Gilmore Home: Next Morning 8:30am. Awaken by the light streaming in through her window, Rory mumbles to herself, crawls out of bed and makes her way to the closet. Stretching, she moans and then smiles; remembering the events of last night.
*Kitchen: Tristan is sitting at the table eating cereal and reading the paper. "Morning Mary sunshine." He smirks.
"Coffee?" She mumbles.
"Sorry, there isn't any." Wiping the sleep out of her eyes, "Don't be ridiculous, there's always coffee. Mom doesn't leave for Luke's until she makes coffee for the walk over there."
"I'm sure she doesn't, but uh I don't think she had to walk over there today."
"Of course she-" Rory nods in understanding. "Oh."
"So what about you? Goodnight?" Tristan's eyes dance as Rory goes pink.
"Not, THAT good...but good." Rory shakes her head at Tristan's assumption. "So what happened at Lane's? Jess was only her an hour, you were gone longer than that."
Tristan grins, "Lane says I'm the first boy she's brought home that was actually allowed in the house."
"Impressive."
"Her mom kept asking me if I had any long lost Korean ancestors."
"She was disappointed huh?"
"A little bit, but I think I won her over with my language skills."
"Yes, taking Korean to earn an extra credit in college is always a big draw socially.
"Yeah, well I got a dinner invite out of it, so that counts for something."
"Wow, this is serious." "Very, now enough small talk, lets get you some coffee." "Yay!"
Tristan holds the door open for Rory, who is busy humming to herself. "Um, on second thought I think I'll stay home.....brush up on that Korean." "What? Why?" Rory looks up as Jess appears in the driveway; a large Styrofoam cupo of coffee in his hand.
"Hi." He says quietly.
"Hi." Rory blushes.
"Hey." Jess acknowledges Tristan.
"Ok, well I better go through that dictionary again..I only have 9 hours." Tristan says seriously. "Bye, Mary."
"Can I walk with you?"
"Please."
They walk in silence, Jess' body close to Rory's, their hands almost touching. Jess clears his throat, "Sleep ok?" "Yeah, fell asleep right after you left." Rory replies, "You?" "Ok, I guess..I was about as comfortable as you can be sleeping in a booth at the diner." Jess smiles.
"Wait, why did yo-" Rory stops herself, "Right."
"Yeah, I figured I'd get more sleep in the diner than I would upstairs."
"Probably right."
Jess stops walking and turns to Rory; taking her hand, "I missed you."
"Y-you did?" Jess' honesty catches her off guard. "But, you were only at the diner for a few hours."
"Not just when I left your house, I've missed you since....3 years ago. I missed eating lunch with you, fighting over books, I missed your phone calls, sending you emails......I missed everything that had to do with you."
"Oh jess!" Rory leans in and hugs Jess tight, tears streaming down her face, "I-I missed you too."
Jess pulls out of the hug, and begins to walk again, his hands entwined with Rory's.
*Luke's Diner Jess and Rory enter, Rory's face is flushed, Jess is smiling. Luke is behind the counter, Lorelai is giggling to Luke. "Morning." Luke says gruffly over Lorelai's rambling. "Luke.." Jess grins. "Lorelai." Jess smirks at her. "Just getting home?" Luke raises an eyebrow at Jess. "Actually, no. I just went over to pick up a friend, who was worried sick because her mother never came home last night." Jess raises an eyebrow at Luke who avoids his eyes.
"Rory!" Lorelai interrupts.
"Mom!" Rory makes her way over to her mother and the two begin to talk, giggling and pointing at Jess and Luke. *10 minutes later Lorelai stands up, "Well, I should be going to work...Tucker has the chicken pox, so Sookie's not coming in today." Luke walks towards her, "See you tonight?" He whispers in her ear.
"Definitely, we should all have dinner together," "Yeah!" Rory replies. Lorelei walk to the door; hit with a sudden thought she turns around, "Oh and Jess, here's the address for when you go tomorrow."
"Uh, thanks." He replies taking the piece of paper from Lorelai.
"Bye babe, bye Luke." Lorelai says before leaving. Luke returns to work, Jess follows him, putting the paper down on the counter.
"Go, Go where?" Rory asks. "Just something I have to do." Rory grabs the paper, "..This is my grandma's address."
"Huh." Jess tries to play it off but fails. He starts to take a customers order when Rory exits the diner.
"I'm sorry." He says to the patron. "Luke."
"Yeah. Go."
*Outside the diner.
"Rory!" Half way down the street Rory turns around, "It's ok Jess, you don't have to tell me, really."
"Yes I do." He says defeated.
Walking towards him, "No, no you don't. Have your secrets, it's ok..I just thought we were starting a trusting relationship here, I guess I was wrong." Rory answers angrily. "I'm going to Hartford Hospital."
"What?"
"Apparently when you're declared dead, you can't just wake up a year later and pick up where you left off. I have to get some tests done....DNA and stuff, to prove who I am and to get my life back...that diploma in there means nothing to me if I don't get it sorted out....I can't get married, or legally get a job without proof of existence. So I get the tests done tomorrow I stay over and they have the results for me the next day, but rather than spend the night in a hotel your mom set it up so I could stay with your grandparents."
"Oh.." Rory says uncomfortably.
"Yeah."
"Look, I don't want to beat this to death or anything, but I need to know...why didn't you just tell me that?"
Jess sighs, "I wanted to-I was going to, Rory I was waiting, for the right moment...I wanted to ask you to come with me." Jess says quietly.
"Really?" "Yeah, I mean I know I seem all tough and stuff but...I'm not good with needles." Jess smiles nervously.
"So do you still wan me to.."
"Yes."
"Even though..."
"Yes." Rory hugs Jess grasping his neck tightly.
2 days later: 9am
Once again Rory is awaken by the sun streaming in through the bedroom window. She moans in dissatisfaction. Her moan is answer by a hand grazing her back. Rory reaches behind her in search of the hand. "Mmm," Rory makes a small noise as her hand is ceased, she turns towards her captor. "Hi." Her eyes meet Jess' and there is silence as the two search each other's souls. "Hi." "What time is it?"
"9:12" "My grandparents should be up by now." Rory says vanquished.
"Yeah...good thing we decided to go to a hotel." Jess smirks at Rory, leaning in to kiss her.
Rory pulls away, "Come on, we better get going, I promised my grandma we'd be on time for breakfast."
"What?"
"Oh come on I told you about this yesterday."
"You did not, wait does this mean I'm going to meet your grandfather?!" Jess' eyes widen.
"Well, yes usually he is present during breakfast."
"Does he know that we stayed here last night?"
"He knows we weren't at his house." Rory states.
"...He's going to kill me isn't he?" "No...hurt you a little maybe.but kill...." Rory answers guiltily.