0.7 Jess Loves Me!
Raine adjusted the collar on her shirt as it was strangling her to the point of death. She rang the doorbell and waited. A few seconds later, the door opened and Kirk welcomed her in.
"Hey, buddy," she said.
He just looked at her funny. Huh. Quite a weird guy, this Kirk.
"Okay, I order a blueberry bagel. It's the last blueberry bagel in the store. You grab my wrist and I give this look," Kirk glared like an insane animal at Raine.
Raine instinctively glared back with a squinty eye.
"Faultless! That's the look I need! Then I throw the blueberry bagel in the air and we fight. I win. Then, I catch the bagel as it falls in the end. Miss Patty is choreographing the fight scene. It's going to be a dance number but a fighting dance number. Do you understand me?"
"Oddly enough, I do."
Raine walked around the living room as Kirk busied himself with his camera equipment. She stopped in front of a wall, covered in black and white photographs in neat frames, and studied each one. They were all pictures of the people in Stars Hollow.
"Hey, Kirk? When did you take these pictures?"
"I used to take them all the time. Kind of spy pictures, if you will," he said, not bothering to look up.
"You're a great photographer."
Silence was her answer. Then, Kirk stood and said, out of the blue, "Thank you."
He walked beside her and explained each one. They reached a familiar scene. It was taken in the diner. She had jumped on Jess' back as he was reaching for a chair. They were both laughing, which was a first, for Jess. Luke was behind the counter with a thoughtful smile on his face.
"So, you and Jess were pretty close."
"Yeah. We used to be."
It was two-thirty again. From his room, Jess could hear Raine and Leo. They were laughing, skating, probably drinking. He stared at the shadow which hung from the ceiling and pondered about what went wrong. A while later, he got up, took his jacket and made his way downstairs.
Both Raine and Leo were on their backs, on their skateboards. They were laughing, obviously very drunk.
"HEY! It's Jess! Hi! Hey, you got a nice ass!" Raine slurred and then snickered to Leo who was trying to slide headfirst into a big, cardboard box. She got up and put an arm around Jess. He jumped when he suddenly felt her hand slap his bottom, "Nice, nice, ass…"
That was it. He never did this, but this time it was serious. This was Raine.
Jess left her on a bench and pulled Leo next to her, "Stay."
Leo barked in response and both burst into a drunken laughter.
Luke dragged Leo's body into the diner, "Hey, you're pretty strong, man. I weigh, like, three-hundred and sixy-seventeen pounds!"
"Shut up."
Jess carried Raine, piggy-back style, as she requested. She put her arms around Jess' neck and whispered, "I love you, man!"
"Yes, yes, I love you, too."
"YOU DO?! Hey Leo! He loves me back!"
Leo slowly turned around and smiled, "GREAT!"
Raine giggled and gave Jess a sweet kiss on the cheek.
When they reached the apartment, both of them had passed out. Luke ungracefully dropped Leo's form onto the couch, "Can you handle Raine?"
"Yeah. Thanks, Luke. Go get your beauty rest."
Luke was too tired to snap a retort back. He simply nodded and went back to sleep.
Raine adjusted the collar on her shirt as it was strangling her to the point of death. She rang the doorbell and waited. A few seconds later, the door opened and Kirk welcomed her in.
"Hey, buddy," she said.
He just looked at her funny. Huh. Quite a weird guy, this Kirk.
"Okay, I order a blueberry bagel. It's the last blueberry bagel in the store. You grab my wrist and I give this look," Kirk glared like an insane animal at Raine.
Raine instinctively glared back with a squinty eye.
"Faultless! That's the look I need! Then I throw the blueberry bagel in the air and we fight. I win. Then, I catch the bagel as it falls in the end. Miss Patty is choreographing the fight scene. It's going to be a dance number but a fighting dance number. Do you understand me?"
"Oddly enough, I do."
Raine walked around the living room as Kirk busied himself with his camera equipment. She stopped in front of a wall, covered in black and white photographs in neat frames, and studied each one. They were all pictures of the people in Stars Hollow.
"Hey, Kirk? When did you take these pictures?"
"I used to take them all the time. Kind of spy pictures, if you will," he said, not bothering to look up.
"You're a great photographer."
Silence was her answer. Then, Kirk stood and said, out of the blue, "Thank you."
He walked beside her and explained each one. They reached a familiar scene. It was taken in the diner. She had jumped on Jess' back as he was reaching for a chair. They were both laughing, which was a first, for Jess. Luke was behind the counter with a thoughtful smile on his face.
"So, you and Jess were pretty close."
"Yeah. We used to be."
It was two-thirty again. From his room, Jess could hear Raine and Leo. They were laughing, skating, probably drinking. He stared at the shadow which hung from the ceiling and pondered about what went wrong. A while later, he got up, took his jacket and made his way downstairs.
Both Raine and Leo were on their backs, on their skateboards. They were laughing, obviously very drunk.
"HEY! It's Jess! Hi! Hey, you got a nice ass!" Raine slurred and then snickered to Leo who was trying to slide headfirst into a big, cardboard box. She got up and put an arm around Jess. He jumped when he suddenly felt her hand slap his bottom, "Nice, nice, ass…"
That was it. He never did this, but this time it was serious. This was Raine.
Jess left her on a bench and pulled Leo next to her, "Stay."
Leo barked in response and both burst into a drunken laughter.
Luke dragged Leo's body into the diner, "Hey, you're pretty strong, man. I weigh, like, three-hundred and sixy-seventeen pounds!"
"Shut up."
Jess carried Raine, piggy-back style, as she requested. She put her arms around Jess' neck and whispered, "I love you, man!"
"Yes, yes, I love you, too."
"YOU DO?! Hey Leo! He loves me back!"
Leo slowly turned around and smiled, "GREAT!"
Raine giggled and gave Jess a sweet kiss on the cheek.
When they reached the apartment, both of them had passed out. Luke ungracefully dropped Leo's form onto the couch, "Can you handle Raine?"
"Yeah. Thanks, Luke. Go get your beauty rest."
Luke was too tired to snap a retort back. He simply nodded and went back to sleep.