Chapter 12
It was the day of Jess's release from hospital and he couldn't wait to leave.
He fought about needing to sit in a wheel chair just to be taken to the entrance when he could walk but he was forced to sit in the chair by a bulky nurse and wheeled to the entrance.
Once in the fresh air, Jess stood quickly from the chair and walked over to Luke who was waiting by his truck.
"You need any help getting in?" Luke asked him. Jess didn't respond, he just walked around to the passenger's side and got in quietly.
Luke sighed upset and slight annoyance but got in also. The drive back to stars hollow was quiet and had made an uncomfortable atmosphere in the truck.
Once outside the diner, Jess exited quickly and practically ran up to the apartment above the diner. Luke locked the truck and walked into the diner to find the customers staring at him quietly. He stared back until they turned and continued their conversations and eating.
Luke walked up to the apartment and entered slowly. He saw Jess lying on his bed reading.
"Only just got out of the hospital and already got your head stuck in a book huh?" Luke asked with a chuckle at the end hoping to lighten the mood.
Jess again said and did nothing. "Jess, look, um...we need to talk" Luke told the teen. "No we don't" was the kid's short answer.
"Jess c'mon" Luke said again. Jess moved the book from his chest and slammed it down next to him standing quickly.
"What, what do you want to talk about" he shouted at his uncle. "Jess stop yelling the doctor said..." but he was cut off before he could finish.
"I don't care what the doctor said and I don't care what you have to say. You made your feelings pretty clear the other day" he yelled at his uncle.
"Jess, I'm sorry, I am, I didn't mean what I said, i..." Luke pleaded. "NO" Jess shouted. "I don't want to hear it" he said while walking to the door.
"Where are you going?" Luke asked him. "Out" his nephew replied. Luke looked down to the floor shaking his head.
Jess walked around aimlessly for at least a half hour before walking to the direction of the Gilmore residence.
He walked up the steps to the front door and knocked. He heard a bang and a yell then Lorelai appeared at the door and yanked it open with a frustrated look on her face and her jeans soaking wet.
"Oh, hi Jess, come in. Rory's in her room" she told the boy. As he followed her toward the kitchen area he asked "are you ok". It was barely audible and Lorelai could tell that this was his way of making an effort.
"Oh well, um, ya see, I'm not very good with lifting or balancing and well, my water bottle doesn't like me because I yell at it and I was trying to put the bottle on the tap thingy and it was heavy and then it tried to attack me by falling on me and soaking me and well here we are" she finished with a smile.
Jess couldn't help but smirk. "Do you want some help?" he asked her.
She hesitated for a moment then replied "sure...that would be great; ya know if you're ok too..."
"I'm fine" he replied, a hint of agitation in his voice. She let the quick, slightly rudely toned answer slide, the kid had gone through alot and she didn't want to gang up on him.
"Ok, well the water bottle is on the porch. Remember what I said, the bottle is evil and it heard me talking so, be careful" she told him.
Jess nodded along the whole time but was silently thinking how crazy his girlfriend's mother was.
He walked out the back door and Lorelai watched as he easily lifted it and put it where it needed to be. "Wow, you make it look so easy" she told him. He looked at her and replied "if you need it changed again get Rory to ask me before you end up killing yourself trying to do it" he told her.
Lorelai nodded then said "death by water bottle...that's a bad way to go". Jess chuckled at her remark.
Rory heard the voices and came out of her room to see her boyfriend smiling at her mother. She had to take a double look to make sure she wasn't seeing things but she wasn't, this was happening.
"Oh hey Rory, look, Jess helped me change the water bottle" Lorelai told her daughter. Rory smiled and then said "Jess, you wanna come with me to my room before mum gets you to do other jobs around the house?" she glared at her mother jokingly.
"Ok" was his quiet reply.
He followed her into her room and she closed the door behind her. Once the door was shut, she practically ran to him, flung her arms round him and kissed him deeply and passionately.
It made him slightly unsteady and he had to take a step back to regain his balance but kissed her back.
He eventually pulled back and looked at her. "What was that for?" he asked smiling slightly.
"Because, i...because I..."
To be continued...
