`*~ These Are Days ~*`
Author: Genevah
Rating: R
Pairing: Rory/Jess
Disclaimer: I claim to own nothing.
Summary: Tweaked 'Teach Me Tonight' to my own likings. *Warning. Insane amounts of fluff o'nutters in this story… please read with caution* Oh… and it's definitely a Literati, anything else would be uncivilized!
A/N: I've revised some chapters… just makes me feel better. They're subtle changes, mostly in the writing, not necessarily the storyline.
Gather 'round children… it's STORY TIME!!!
`**~// Luke's Diner: Late Afternoon \\~**'
Rory was sitting at the counter enjoying her cup of coffee, contently waiting for her burger to arrive, when out of nowhere she heard…
Pssst.
Rory peeked through the corner of her eye in the direction of the 'pssst' sound, not moving her head. She wasn't sure if she was just hearing things.
Pssst.
And there it was again.
Rory scrunched her eyebrows in confusion, not knowing if the 'psst' was directed at her. She ignored it and resumed sipping her coffee again.
Psssssst!
What the hell? She finally cocked her head in the direction of the storage room and her eyes fell upon a certain dark haired boy desperately trying to get her attention. He gestured a 'come here' with his index finger.
Rory looked around the room, making sure no one saw the exchange. Although there was no need to, she just felt like playing along. Fortunately, everyone seemed to be in their own worlds and more importantly Luke was nowhere in sight… she made her move and darted across the room past the staircase and into the storage room, her eyes wide with wonder.
She took in his appearance. He looked refreshingly clean. He must've just showered, she thought. His hair was still a little wet, perfectly gelled into his usual funky do, smelling of shampoo, soap, and cologne… God he smells nice. There's nothing better than a nice smelling boyfriend. She lost all her senses with one whiff of him and the next thing she knew, she found herself grabbing the cotton material of his shirt, pulling him towards her and covering his lips completely with her own. *sigh* Tastes good too.
Needless to say, he was downright stunned by her forwardness. He definitely didn't expect that to happen and he would kill himself over and over for making his next move… there was a point to this meeting after all…
Jess reluctantly pulled away, his hands carefully pushing her shoulders, holding her back. He was extremely grateful that her kiss didn't reach that certain point where there would be no stopping him and the purpose of him asking her to come to him in the first place would've been forgotten.
"Damn." Jess groaned quietly. The look of astonishment on his pretty face brought color to Rory's pale cheeks. Before she had a chance to look away, he noted the look in her eyes… so full of want and desire, with tiny hint of sex…
She glanced at her shoes… his shoes… he floor under their shoes. Yes she was a little embarrassed by her advances towards Jess, but in her defense he smelled really, really nice… what was a girl supposed to do?
Jess saw the embarrassment he had caused when he strangely pulled away from her assault. She still wouldn't look at him. He wished she wouldn't take it the wrong way, he loved being woman-handled.
"Hey." He said quietly, wanting his less timid Rory back.
Rory bit her bottom lip as she brought her eyes to meet his. She couldn't help but smile at his silly little smirk.
"Shut up," she said, knowing that a teasing remark was about to leave those beautiful lips.
"I-"
"Don't say a word Jess." She playfully warned. The last thing she needed was him saying it out loud that he had some weird control over her. Some things were better left unsaid. Besides, it was more fun that way.
His silly little smirk couldn't be contained though. She rolled her eyes at him. He was taking way too much pleasure in her aggressiveness.
"Was there a reason for this secret rendezvous?" She noticed that he was hiding something behind his back. "Whatcha got there Jess?" She grinned like a little girl on Christmas and tried to sneak a peak behind his back.
He finally revealed to her what he was hiding.
"For you." He said cheesily.
"Aww Jess…" She grinned up at him. She didn't know why she deserved such a pretty gift.
Jess shifted a little in his place. He felt kinda weird giving her a sappy gift like this, he would much rather give her a book or cd. "I know it's nothin' but-"
"-No I love it. Thank you." She really did love it. A simple gesture of a single delicate sunflower from Jess made her heart skip a beat - literally. "But what is this for?"
"Two months."
She thought for a second, "Hey, it's not for three more days. You're cheating."
"I know. Just… wanted to beat you to it."
"Not fair… but you did score some major brownie points for remembering that I love sunflowers."
"Boy scout." Jess corrected.
"Boy scout, brownie… you really think that makes a difference." She teased.
"Huh… you got me there."
She twirled the sunflower in her fingers, bringing it up to her nose to smell it. "Softy." She mumbled into the sunflower, her blue eyes tormenting his.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" He smirked.
Rory didn't answer him, just smirked back. She knew he heard her.
They stood in comfortable silence.
"So…" Jess said breaking the silence. "… you can grab me by the shirt and kiss me again if you want." He said with mock seriousness.
She laughed at his bluntness. She pretended to think about it. "No… I think I'll pass."
His eyes widened, his silly smirk appearing on his face again. She gave him no kind of indication that she would give him the pleasure again. "Geeze… you're gonna make me beg aren't you?"
She shrugged, his silly smirk was contagious. "You missed out on a one time thing there mister. Sorry, but I do believe the moment has passed."
He feigned shock, dropping his jaw, "That's mean Rory, even for you. You know how hard it was for me to pull away." He knew she was playing him and he wouldn't let her get away with it.
Rory nodded.
"Please." Jess tried to use his puppy brown eyes to his advantage, but she didn't look like she would budge.
She shook her head. "Nope."
"Are you sure?"
"Yup."
"Positive?"
"Positive."
"Huh. Alright alright. Not a problem… bet I could get you to do it again though." He said confidently.
"Oh really." She was a bit intrigued.
"Uh-huh."
"I'm up for a challenge." How hard could it be? He didn't have that much hold on me… right?
He took the sunflower from her and laid it on a small table, taking both her hands in his, perfectly entwined. She let him back her up into the corner wall away from the closed door, hidden from view behind steel shelves that were packed full with boxes of diner condiments, supplies, and canned foods. His body trapped hers with his most provocative lean. She thought that he couldn't possibly get any closer than he already was except for him actually being… in her. There I go again, I'm going to hell, she proclaimed to herself. Truthfully, that wasn't the first time she had thought about Jess being… in her. She thought about it numerous times in fact.
She could feel the rapid beat of his heart and tone-ness of his body in that one lean. She finally breathed when she realized she was holding her breath. And again with another sniff of his nice smell, Rory was high on Jess all over again… and in one fell swoop, just as he waged, she released her fingers from his, grabbed him by the sides of shirt and completely covered his lips with hers for the second time that day.
There was no reason for him to pull back this time. He was getting a second chance at her advances and there was no doubt in his mind that he would take full pleasure in it… now if only he could actually think straight… he was starting to feel a little lightheaded when she did her own bang up job of leaning into him. He couldn't concentrate, there were too many things going on. One of her hands was in its rightful place in his hair, her delicate fingers working their magic, while the other was between his shoulder blades pushing him into her as if there was enough room to actually do that, and of course, if that weren't enough, there was her lean. He could effectively feel her curves against him. They upped the kiss into a steamy one for a few short minutes. Rory would emphasize 'short' minutes. She was slightly disappointed when she later found her lips devoid of his in a flash.
His body used hers as a prop. He laid his head on her shoulder, desperately trying to regain his senses and calm his breathing. His body was glued to hers, his hands holding her hips, using them to steady himself. She used this moment for her own benefit too, regaining her own momentum. She could feel the warm breath he emitted against her neck, secretly wishing he would continue… and as if he were reading her mind, she felt his warm lips move hungrily over her neck.
"Jessss…" Rory hissed. Did I just hiss?
Did she just hiss? He smiled against her skin.
He inwardly begged her not to say stop. It was excruciating enough as it is to stop and take a breather.
But when he felt her moan under his lips, it assured him she was saying his name out of pleasure. He took it as a sign to venture on. He backed away, giving him sufficient room for his hand to join in. His lips kissed the soft skin on her clavicle as his fingertips ran the distance from her jaw - line to the place just above her breast. His lips now taking the same exact route his fingertips had just taken. He stopped. Looked dead into her now deep blue eyes… seeking permission for his next move.
She kissed him and although her green light was blinding, he was able to continue the task at hand… literally. Their lips still connected, he carefully brought his hand down to her breast and at that same moment he gently squeezed, he felt her wince against his mouth.
He brought his other hand to the pair and caressed and fondled, unable to get enough of her. Jess took a gander and busied himself with the simple task of unbuttoning her shirt.
Oh god… OH GOD! Rory panicked. Her mind went blank. She prayed she was wearing one of her pretty bras.
Jess smirked and slightly laughed.
Oh this is so not good. She opened her eyes a little and saw Jess with a huge grin on his face seeming laughing at her chest. Rory grabbed the flaps of her shirt to cover herself but Jess stopped her. She couldn't look at him, flushed cheeks were so hard to hide so the next best thing is to believe that by not looking at him, he couldn't possibly notice her rosy complexion. She knew the idea was ridiculously absurd.
"Didn't know you were into Paul Frank." He said, quickly glancing at her chest.
She looked down at her chest and rightfully so both of her boobs were covered with the face of Julius the cheeky monkey. She wanted to kill her mother. She was the one who gave it to her on her birthday… she wanted to kill herself for actually putting it on. She had to admit… it was her favorite… until now…
She chuckled. "You should see my underwear." She teased. She might as well take light in the situation.
He cocked an eyebrow at her. She definitely caught his interest.
"I was kidding Jess." She couldn't believe she had just said that aloud.
"Oh nonononono, I have to see the matching underwear Rory. You can't leave me hanging here." He boldly placed his fingers on her belt buckle, ready to do some UN-buckling. He knew deep down she would object to it, but there was no reason not to flirt with the idea.
"Jess!" Her hands were on his, preventing him from carrying on.
"Ah come on Rory, just a peek. I promise I won't think any dirty thoughts." He gave her his best pouty puppy face. "Just a peak. I'll keep my hands to myself… I just want to see." He really did just want to see the matching undies.
To her surprise, she actually thought about it. Oh what the hell… he is my boyfriend… it is just underwear… underwear covering my most private of privates… but nevertheless, it covered…
"Fine. But just a peek." She felt her cheeks warm up… the weird things she did around Jess.
Oh Christ. He didn't expect her to actually do it. He thought they would playfully argue back and forth until he finally gave in and let the whole thing go. He heard the beat of his heart pounding in his ears, but he was still able to act unfazed by it.
She unbuckled her belt, unbuttoned and unzipped her jeans, pulling the flaps aside to reveal yet another picture of Julius' face on her crotch. The underwear set really was cute. The panties looked like boy briefs except cut lower. It was teal blue with a navy outlining.
Jess cleared his throat. "Oh my God." Jess chuckled. "Where the hell did you find those?" He felt the need to ask. He couldn't believe he still had a voice after seeing what she had shown him. He had to remind himself that he was supposed to be paying attention to the monkey face and not what was hiding behind it.
She quickly zipped, buttoned and buckled up. "Birthday present from my mother."
"Huh. Very interesting." He managed, still playing it cool.
Silence followed and both realized that Rory's shirt was still unbuttoned, twin monkey faces staring Jess in the eyes, beckoning him to touch her again. He ran a hand through his hair, obviously a little uncomfortable with Rory standing in front of him in her bra. It was easier when they were in the throws of passion, but with that momentary break, there was some heat loss… but he definitely wanted to continue… what guy wouldn't?
He gently took her face in his hands, lifting it up to meet his and kissed her with the same gentleness. Slowly but surely the heat was making it's come back. His hands left her face and covered both monkey faces with his hands, continuing where he left off. He pushed the teal cloth aside, uncovering her breasts. He stopped kissing her, wanting to see what he had revealed. But first, he needed to see those beautiful blue eyes and they didn't disappoint either. They were the deepest of blues- so honest and trusting… and innocent. He could tell that she was a little uncomfortable about him seeing her naked for the first time. He knew it was cliché to say in moments like these, but it had to be said…
"God Rory… you're so beautiful." He whispered genuinely. "How the hell did I ever get you?" Just when he thought that he was actually worthy of her, things like this happen and they put him back rightfully in his place again. He would never be worthy of her, no matter how hard he tried. She was so good and pure and he would only tarnish and taint her.
She noticed the anguish in his eyes.
"Jess… I'm the one who got you." She whispered, giving him a reassuring smile. She was the lucky one. Jess was the most amazing guy. He was smart and intellectual, he had a sense of humor that was uniquely his own, he had all the other wonderful qualities that every girl wanted and he only showed them to her, which made it all the more special. Jess' hard exterior only masked all the incredible things that he had to offer. He was the beautiful one- inside and out. She was undoubtedly the lucky one.
She took his hand and placed it on her bare chest, kissing him passionately. "I want you Jess." She muttered against his lips. There was a double meaning to what she told him and she hoped he understood. She stopped to make sure of it. She stared deep into his eyes. "I want you Jess. I care so much about you and I don't ever want you to think that I'm too good for you when in fact you are too good for me."
He scoffed. "Hardly." He said quietly breaking the eye-contact.
"Jess… you're ruining the moment." She said playfully, aware that his hand was still on her chest. But she went back to being serious. "I mean it Jess… we're equals okay… no one's better than the other." She gave him her stern face.
"Okay." He said giving in, just for her sake though. In his mind, she was still and will always be too good for him.
She brought them into a kiss again, more passionate than the previous one. He broke away from her kiss, bringing his lips down to the soft pale skin where she laid his hand. She shuddered at the feel of his lips on her and she watched him and all his gentleness as he took her into his mouth.
"Jess…" She lazily moaned. She ran her fingers wildly through his hair, urging him on by pushing herself into him. He eagerly complied, his mouth watering at her sweetness.
Suddenly they heard the door open. Rory quickly tucked her boobs back in her bra and started buttoning her shirt and with the same haste, Jess turned around seemingly shielding her from their unwelcome visitor, mentally composing himself in the process.
"Jess? Are you back there?" Luke's voice echoed through the small room as he cautiously walked in.
"Oh crap…" Rory said in a panic whisper. Thanking God she had enough time to button all her buttons… now if she could only have enough time to get the flushed, lustful look off her face.
Luke slowly made his appearance known to the two, walking behind the harboring steel shelves.
"Jess, what the hell are you doing back here-" He stopped short staring in disbelief. Rory was hiding behind Jess. "R-rory?" He leaned in towards Jess. "What the hell is going on here?" He said quietly not wanting Rory to hear, but that was just impossible.
"Nothin' Uncle Luke." He said smartly.
"Well… get back to work." Luke had no idea how to handle the situation. He didn't want to embarrass Rory… or himself for that matter… but Jess… oh boy, Jess was gonna get it later. "Oh and Rory your burger's ready."
"O-oh o-ok, thanks Luke." Rory stammered.
Luke didn't leave the room until the two left before him. Luke shook his head behind them… these two are just asking for trouble…
`**~// Gilmore Home \\~**`
"Yeah, hello?" Lorelai answered the phone.
"Lorelai."
"Oh hey Luke, what can I do you for?"
"I have something to tell you…" He said slowly, hoping that he was doing the right thing.
"Luke I already know you're in love with me." She joked.
"What?" Luke almost peed his pants.
"Just kidding Luke, what do you have to tell me?"
Geeze, give a guy a heart attack. "Uh, I just caught Rory and Jess in the storage room."
"What? What the hell were they doing in the storage room?"
"What do you think?"
"Rory was helping Jess stock the shelves?" She said hopefully.
"Iiiii don't think so. By the guilty, flushed look on their faces, I don't think they were stocking the shelves."
"Huh." Lorelai quoted Jess.
"Look I just thought you should know and maybe you could have one of those talks with Rory. I-i don't know…" Luke paused. "...you think Rory should go on the you know what?" he muttered awkwardly. "I think those two may be in for some trouble if you know what I mean."
"Huh." She quoted Jess again.
"Lorelai?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you okay?"
"Mmhmm."
"Well. Okay. Uh, I gotta bet back to work."
"Thanks Luke."
"No problem."
They hung up their respective phones.
Lorelai dialed a number.
"Hello?"
"Luke?"
"Lorelai?"
"She's not gonna get pregnant is she?"
"No, she's not… I hope. Look I'm gonna talk to Jess after I wring his neck and maybe I can scare him or somethin'. I don't know Lorelai… to tell you the truth I have no idea what I'm doing."
"I just don't want to say the wrong thing, you know? And push her into having sex with him." She sighed, "Luke?"
"Yeah?"
"I hate Jess."
"Yeah me too."
`**~// Gilmore Home: The Next Day — Night \\~**`
"Hello Rory." Lorelai greeted her daughter as she walked into the kitchen.
"Um… hello mother." Rory slowly greeted back. She could tell something was up.
"Come sit with me." Lorelai said patting the chair next to her.
"Ooo kay." Rory sat down at the table. "What's up?"
Lorelai looked intently at her daughter and for a moment she saw Rory when she was four years old- so full of innocence and curiosity. When did she grow up? When did I miss it? Lorelai's heart ached a little. She smoothed Rory's hair behind her ears in a motherly fashion and smiled a proud smile. Rory had grown up a good kid. That's all she could ask for.
But now back to the matter at hand. "I think you should go on the pill." She said carefully, making sure her voice wasn't overbearing.
"What?" Rory said disbelieving. "Oh my God… Luke told you?" She didn't even know why she bothered asking. Of course Luke told her. Why wouldn't Luke tell her?
"Honey its Luke. He's just looking out for you."
"Yeah I know…" She paused, thinking about what her mother said. "You think I should go on the pill?"
Lorelai gave her a motherly smile, an 'it'll be alright' smile.
"It's just if I go on it… it'll feel official or something."
This was exactly what Lorelai was afraid of. "Well, try not to think about it that way… I know it's easier said than done, but hey that's all I got right now. I don't know how to make you not have sex and I know that I can't make you not have sex because that is completely your decision to not have sex and I'm not exactly giving you permission to have sex, but I'm just giving you that extra precaution just in case you decide to have sex-" Lorelai rambled on.
"Mom?" Rory had to interrupt. She didn't think she would stop saying the word sex.
"Right… Rory I don't want you to have sex with Jess. I want my little girl back." Lorelai whined. It's what she really felt and there was no other way to say it.
Rory smiled and gave her mom a comforting hug. "Mommy?"
"Don't mock me child." Lorelai said as she pulled out of the hug.
"It's gonna be okay." That was all that Rory could come up with. She didn't want to lie to her mother and tell her that she wouldn't have sex with Jess. 'Cause around Jess anything was possible. She could honestly say that he was irresistible in that area and if it weren't for the interruptions, she would've… When did things get so complicated? She was growing up and lately the subject of sex had been on her mind a lot. It was quite scary, but exciting at the same time.
"Promise me Rory." Lorelai dramatically begged. Her hands intertwined together in begging position. "Promise me you won't have sex with Jess."
"Mmom." Rory tried to get up, but her mother was hugging her arm. "Down mother."
Lorelai let go of her arm and began to pout. "Okay, okay. Fine. Go have sex… with Jess."
"Mmom."
"Sorry."
"Thank you… I'm gonna go meet up with Lane and Sydney."
"Okay." Lorelai said gloomily.
"Are you okay?" Rory said over-actively.
Her mother sighed. "Yeah I'll be fine."
Rory kissed her mother on the top of her head and walked out the door.
`**~// Luke's Diner \\~**`
"So you're gonna go on the pill right?" Sydney asked after Rory had told her and Lane the conversation she had with her mother.
"Shhh." Rory looked around the diner to see if anyone heard. There weren't many people in the diner just a mother and daughter seated way across the room.
"I don't know. It's all so weird."
"I'm on the pill." Sydney said slowly.
Both Lane and Rory were surprised.
"What? You look at me like it's a bad thing."
"You never told us." Rory said.
"I don't know. I didn't want you guys thinking I was weird or whatever."
"What else are you not telling us?" Lane pressed.
Sydney gave them a look indicating she had sex.
Again both Lane and Rory were surprised. They usually told each other everything… the two thought about it though. They probably wouldn't have shared it either.
Rory looked at Sydney with a confused look on her face. "You said you didn't have a boyfriend in Florida."
"I didn't… I was at this party… I wasn't drunk or anything… I just felt like getting lost for a little while." Sydney's voice was soft with that last sentence. Her expression was a sad one. "My parents were having problems at the time." She stared at her fork on the table. "There was a lot of fighting and yelling…"
They didn't know what to say. Her parent's seemed so together.
Sydney didn't want to go on about her parents anymore. "So yeah… I had sex with a random guy. Wasn't one of my proudest moments, but I don't regret it."
Needless to say, Lane and Rory were shocked from hearing that Sydney had casual sex. It didn't seem like her.
"Were you on the pill before or after?" Lane asked.
"After… I was late and it scared the hell outta me, but thankfully my period was just in a funk that month."
"Does your mom know that you're on the pill?" Rory asked.
"No, I went to one of those Planned Parenthood places."
"Oh."
Just then Jess came downstairs to start his shift. He noticed the three seated at the corner by the window and walked over to them.
"Hello ladies." He greeted as he stood next to Rory, his hand affectionately messaging her neck.
The three greeted him back.
"So what's the hot topic of the hour? Did Shawn and Belle break up again?"
Rory looked up at Jess. "Why does it surprise me that you just said that?" She chuckled.
Jess just gave her a cheeky grin. He saw bits and pieces of Days when he was channel surfing early. Those names just seemed to have stuck.
He pulled up a chair next to Rory, sitting in it backwards. "So, what are we talking about?"
"Sex." Lane said blatantly.
"Birth-control." Syndey added.
"Huh," was all Jess could muster up. He looked behind him at an imaginary Luke. "Yeah I'm comin'!" He yelled to no one. He quickly got up from the chair, sliding it back underneath its rightful table. "Luke. Needs me… in the back." He stammered and quickly walked away.
The three smiled at the semi-embarrassed Jess.
"You guys are cruel." Rory chuckled.
A/N: Gimmie an R!
Gimmie an E!
Gimmie a V!
Gimmie an I!
Gimmie an E!
Gimmie a W!
YAY!!! GO TEAM GO!!! ;p
I know my earlier A/N was a bit odd considering the rating change! You guys better not be children!!!