I'll never leave you.

Disclaimer: I own Jason and Tammy, that's it.

Author's Note: I'm getting more of this done now thankfully. I'm starting to plan the final scene too. Though, if you ask me how many chapters of this are left, I won't be able to tell you. I'm aiming for twenty-ish I think lol. Any road, let me know what you all think (:


Chapter 12

"How about carnations? Oh, pink ones!" Lorelai quickly scribbled the thought down on her notepad and looked up to beam at Luke. She had decided to face the wedding head on, a tactful move to dodge any nagging feelings about the road ahead of her. Even though this was what she had wanted for a very long time, Lorelai couldn't help feel apprehensive. Something always seemed to go wrong for her, whether she liked it or not.

But for now, all she wanted to worry about was what flowers to use at the wedding.

"But I'm not that sure Luke since red tulips are nice too…" Lorelai set down her pen and folded her forearms on top of the counter so that she could watch Luke properly and talk at the same time. "Rory and I were talking about it last night when I told her. She was really happy by the way, but I guess you already know that seeing as she nearly suffocated you with her hug this morning! No-one realizes it but that girl has a death grip. I feel sorry for Tristan, I really do…But the point is that she suggested red tulips. Though, not bright red tulips since they look fake, but deep red tulips. What do you think? Pink carnations or red tulips?"

Luke stopped wiping down the counter long enough to look at his fiancée who was sitting opposite him on a stool. Being on pregnancy leave from work meant she spent most of her day watching him do work. Most of the time it was okay, but now with them being engaged she would be throwing wedding suggestions all the time. "I'm not discussing flowers with you Lorelai," he told her before carrying on with his task.

"And why not? Go ahead and correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked you are part of this too Luke." Lorelai tilted her head to one side and squinted down at her notepad. "Y'know what, I'm feeling the red tulips more…"

Before Luke had a chance to give Lorelai a sarcastic remark, the bell rang and Jason walked up to the pair.

"Hey Luke, do y'know where Jess is? I wanted to talk to him."

Dropping his towel onto the counter, Luke looked at Jason trying to figure out what he and Jess could possibly need to talk about. He wasn't stupid, he knew Jason disliked Jess and vice versa.

"He's not here Jason." Luke shrugged at the younger man, "Was it important?"

Jason gave Luke a smile that was anything but friendly. "I just wanted to welcome him to the family."

Now it was Lorelai's turn to speak. She shifted her gaze from her notepad to Jason. "So you're saying that Jess and Tammy are…"

"Together," Jason filled in, the distaste clear in his deep voice. "Look, do you know where I could find him?"

"Why do you want to talk to Jess?" Lorelai asked as she looked the man up and down suspiciously.

"Yeah, why do you want to talk me?"

All three adults turned towards the door to see Jess and Rory walk towards them. Jess looked at Jason, analyzing the scene in front of him. Of course Jess knew why Jason wanted to talk to him. Jason wanted to know if Jess got up to anything with his baby sister. He stopped in front of Jason and smirked slightly. "What can I do for ya Jase?"

Narrowing his eyes at the younger man at the use of his nickname, Jason gave him a tight smile. "I think we need to discuss a few things."

Jess nodded slowly, "Uh-huh. Interesting, interesting. Well, you see Jase the thing is that I was only coming back here for a while 'cause Rory wanted to come back but after I got the girl home I was planning on heading out again. I don't think I have time to discuss anything with you."

Rory quietly sat down on a stool next to her mom. "What's up with them two?" She whispered as she leaned close to Lorelai to watch the scene unravel in front of her.

"Jess and Tammy are together as you've probably heard. I'm guessing they got up to a few things that Jase over there isn't too happy about," Lorelai replied, her voice matching her daughter's tone. "It's like something out of West Side Story…"

"Oh please, like Jess can dance," Luke muttered as he added to the Gilmore's hushed conversation.

"Hey, you never know. Jess could do ballet behind closed doors…" Rory whispered as she watched the two males stare each other down.

Lorelai snorted and quite loudly said, "Jess and ballet! I bet he's got twinkle toes and he's just been holding out on us!"

Jess turned to the woman and glared. "What the hell are you talking about?"

Lorelai just gave him a thumbs-up and winked at him. "Don't you worry, Twinkle!"

Jason cleared his throat and turned to Jess. "How about you come back to my place? Maybe we could talk," Jason suggest. Then he added dryly, "Only if you can fit me into your tight schedule that is."

Jess nodded slowly, "I think I can fit you in. But shall we go now before someone else calls, in need of my great company?"


As Jess walked into the house through the kitchen backdoor, he was greeted by the sound of "Animals" by Nickelback being blasted from somewhere upstairs.

Smirking to himself as he listened to the muffled lyrics of the words, Jess turned to the Jason. "I'll take it that Tammy's home?"

"Where else would she be?" Jason snapped before he apologized. He had to be civilized about this. He'd get nowhere if he was shouting at Jess every five seconds.

Gesturing for Jess to sit at the kitchen table with him, Jason took a seat on one of the wooden chairs. "I take you know what this is about…"

Jess shrugged as he leaned back in his seat. "I heard you get up last night, I'm not stupid. However you must be if you thought I was having sex with your sister."

Jason frowned; he thought he had heard him wrong. "Excuse me?"

Jess tilted his head to one side. "Jason, Jason. Come on, why would I do that with Tammy with you in the same house? Please, give me some credit."

Jason glared at Jess. The smirk the teenager was wearing was starting to piss him off. "If you weren't having…if you weren't doing that then what were you doing?"

Jess shrugged, "I don't think you'd believe me if I told you."

Jason simply raised an eyebrow at him, silently challenging him.

"We were playing Truth or Dare…"

Jason's mouth twitched.

"Laugh at me and I'll hurt you," Jess spat. He sighed, "You don't know how crazy your sister is."

Jason openly laughed this time. "Oh I know how crazy she is!" Jason leaned back in his chair and sighed happily. "You have no idea how much that cheered me up."

"I'm glad to be of service," Jess said dryly. He glanced down at his watch and then stood up. "Well, sorry to cut this short Jase, but I gotta go. People to see and all that."

"Not so fast Jess," Jason said as he stood up to stand in front of him. "We aren't done yet."

Jess looked into the older man's eyes. Was Jason really supposed to scare him? Jess smirked to himself, Jess feared no-one. "I think we are." Jess turned on his heel and left the kitchen, heading for the front door.

Jason silently seethed, Jess wasn't going to leave that fast – not without him having serious words with him. "Jess!" He shouted as he stalked his way over the where Jess stood, at the bottom of the stairs. Jason eyed him up. "Where do you think you're going?"

Jess rolled his eyes as he nodded towards upstairs. "Where do you think?"

Jason grabbed him by the arm before he had the chance to move. "I don't think so," he said in a harsh whisper. "You listen to me Jess, and you listen up good." Jason smiled as Jess tried to get out of his firm grip. "Tammy doesn't know what's good for her. She may be my sister and I love her but she's stupid. She trusts people she shouldn't. She gets herself into shit because of it."

"Well she won't with me," Jess interjected defiantly.

Jason tilted his head to one side before pushing Jess into the nearby wall. "And I'm supposed to believe that? She got both of us into trouble last time and for what? All for a cheap fuck and 'love'. I love my sister, I really do, but Tammy doesn't think about what she's doing. She gets an idea and acts on it before she has time to think about it. I mean, she's with you isn't she?" Jason held Jess by his collar tighter before whispering in his ear. "I know guys like you. You think you're tough, that no-one can hurt you but you can hurt who you like. 'Cause you don't care do you? All you want is a quick fuck and someone's head to fuck around with."

Jess glared into Jason's cold green eyes. He was trying to keep his anger in check. He couldn't punch his girlfriend's brother, especially not with her upstairs. All he could know was try and get away before he did something he regretted. "Get the hell of me Jason."

Jason shook his head before shoving Jess against the wall again. "I'll do what I want; you seem to have forgotten that this is my house." Jason shook his head again before staring into Jess's eyes. "Look Jess, I don't want my baby sis to get into any sort of trouble again. I can't afford to piece her back together when someone like you breaks her. She deserves better. I'm just looking out for her."

"Could have fooled me," Jess said, sarcasm dripping from his tongue.

Jason frowned at him. "You can never shut the fuck up can you?" Jason sighed as he glanced up the stairs. Tammy still had her music on loud so hopefully she hadn't heard the two talking. Slowly, Jason let Jess go and instead folded his arms across his chest. He watched as Jess brushed himself off and ran a hand through his messy hair.

Jess quickly glanced to where the music was coming from before sighing lightly. He'd have to wait until Tammy decided to come and see him. Even though he would love to punch the shit out of Jason, Jess decided that the non-violence approach would be best. He didn't have to physically hurt Jason; Jess knew Tammy was going to hurt her brother by coming after him anyway.

With the front door now open, Jess was about to leave the house when Jason called out his name and warned him to be careful around him. Jess stood still in the doorway, his hands in his pockets, as he held his head high and looked out at the street in front of him. His eyes narrowed at the sight of a car parked opposite the house. It could just be him, but he could have sworn he saw someone in the driver's seat watching him.

Shrugging off the thought, Jess looked over his shoulder to give Jason a 'whatever' look before stepping out of the door and walking away.


In the car, someone else was giving Jason a look, but it was a far cry from 'whatever'. It was a more determined look, a look that showed the unwavering hostility that they felt for the man.

Leaning back in the leather seat of the black car, the shaded figure watched as Jason looked around, glimpsing briefly at the car, before turning his back and shutting the door. The figure smiled as one thought ran through his mind.

Time to say hello to an old friend.


Righto, the main storyline of this is now going to pick up hard and fast (: Stay tuned - you're in for a wild ride!