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Chapter 3 – Look Who's Back
"Luke, Come on, Open the door!" Jess yelled as her pounded on the diner door. "Open the friggin' door!"
"What the hell?" Luke grumbled, unlocking the door. "Who is – Jess? Jess! What are you doing here?!"
"I decided to come back."
"You decided to come back at" Luke glanced at his watch "3 in the morning?"
" It was the cheapest time." Jess shrugged.
"The cheapest…Oh, Never mind…you can't just decide to come back."
"Fine turn me out." Jess shrugged once more. "When I'm a serial killer on the it'll be your fault for putting me on the streets." Jess turned to go.
"Now hold up." Luke pulled Jess into the diner. "You can stay on three conditions. Number one – pull you grades up. Two – you have to help out around here. Three – stop being such a jerk off."
"Okay, whatever." Jess started to head up the stairs, he stopped. "Besides what would you do with all this extra room without me?"
Jess reached his room, finding it exactly the way he left it, flopped down on the bed and slipped into a deep sleep.
* * * * *
"Rory, Why didn't you tell me?!" Dean walked up to Rory's bus stop furious. "You lied!"
Oh no, did he find out she went to New York, who could have told him, Rory thought frantically. It serves me right, she thought guiltily; I shouldn't be keeping things like this from him. But how can I tell him…maybe another note would work, it did last time. No…a note couldn't explain this, if she told him, that would be the end. Just stay calm, she reminded herself.
"What are you talking about, Dean?"
"You said he left, that he was gone. Oh, don't look so innocent, Rory, I know you go to the diner every morning. "
Jess? Could he be back? No, it didn't make sense, Jess was in New York.
"No…no" Rory said shaking her head slowly. "My mom and Luke had a fight, we haven't been there since the accident."
"You really didn't know that jackass was back?" Dean asked suspiciously.
"Jess, his name is Jess. No, I really didn't." Rory replied quietly lost in thought.
Jess. Jess was back. In Star's Hollow. She couldn't even explain her feelings to herself. He was here. So close to her. Rory felt like she couldn't breathe, like a brick was on top of her chest. Maybe, he wasn't really back. Maybe Dean was hallucinating or it was just a rumor. It didn't matter if Jess was back, she reminded herself, she had Dean, and that was all she needed. But still, she thought, it was good to know he was safe, at home.
* * * * *
"I hear that boy, Jess is back." Babette told Miss Patty.
"Well, I must admit, I've missed seeing his fresh young face…and ohhh, that butt," replied Miss Patty.
Lorelai couldn't help hearing the conversation in front of her.
Damn it, she thought, here just when she thought everything would be okay. She knew Rory was having a hard time, but she'd get over it. It wasn't like Rory could just get up and go to New York everyday. Lorelai knew her daughter was attracted to this boy, and she could see why…he was different and interesting. And new and wild. But he'd break her heart and she'd fall hard. Falling lightly wasn't possible when it came to a boy like Jess. She didn't want to see her daughter broken, and she didn't want to have to pick up the pieces. But most of all she didn't want to see her daughter end up like her, a mother too early. With Dean that was never a problem, Dean was safe, he lacked passion, the passion Rory would need to truly fall in love with him. However, with Jess, it was a completely different story.
Chapter 3 – Look Who's Back
"Luke, Come on, Open the door!" Jess yelled as her pounded on the diner door. "Open the friggin' door!"
"What the hell?" Luke grumbled, unlocking the door. "Who is – Jess? Jess! What are you doing here?!"
"I decided to come back."
"You decided to come back at" Luke glanced at his watch "3 in the morning?"
" It was the cheapest time." Jess shrugged.
"The cheapest…Oh, Never mind…you can't just decide to come back."
"Fine turn me out." Jess shrugged once more. "When I'm a serial killer on the it'll be your fault for putting me on the streets." Jess turned to go.
"Now hold up." Luke pulled Jess into the diner. "You can stay on three conditions. Number one – pull you grades up. Two – you have to help out around here. Three – stop being such a jerk off."
"Okay, whatever." Jess started to head up the stairs, he stopped. "Besides what would you do with all this extra room without me?"
Jess reached his room, finding it exactly the way he left it, flopped down on the bed and slipped into a deep sleep.
* * * * *
"Rory, Why didn't you tell me?!" Dean walked up to Rory's bus stop furious. "You lied!"
Oh no, did he find out she went to New York, who could have told him, Rory thought frantically. It serves me right, she thought guiltily; I shouldn't be keeping things like this from him. But how can I tell him…maybe another note would work, it did last time. No…a note couldn't explain this, if she told him, that would be the end. Just stay calm, she reminded herself.
"What are you talking about, Dean?"
"You said he left, that he was gone. Oh, don't look so innocent, Rory, I know you go to the diner every morning. "
Jess? Could he be back? No, it didn't make sense, Jess was in New York.
"No…no" Rory said shaking her head slowly. "My mom and Luke had a fight, we haven't been there since the accident."
"You really didn't know that jackass was back?" Dean asked suspiciously.
"Jess, his name is Jess. No, I really didn't." Rory replied quietly lost in thought.
Jess. Jess was back. In Star's Hollow. She couldn't even explain her feelings to herself. He was here. So close to her. Rory felt like she couldn't breathe, like a brick was on top of her chest. Maybe, he wasn't really back. Maybe Dean was hallucinating or it was just a rumor. It didn't matter if Jess was back, she reminded herself, she had Dean, and that was all she needed. But still, she thought, it was good to know he was safe, at home.
* * * * *
"I hear that boy, Jess is back." Babette told Miss Patty.
"Well, I must admit, I've missed seeing his fresh young face…and ohhh, that butt," replied Miss Patty.
Lorelai couldn't help hearing the conversation in front of her.
Damn it, she thought, here just when she thought everything would be okay. She knew Rory was having a hard time, but she'd get over it. It wasn't like Rory could just get up and go to New York everyday. Lorelai knew her daughter was attracted to this boy, and she could see why…he was different and interesting. And new and wild. But he'd break her heart and she'd fall hard. Falling lightly wasn't possible when it came to a boy like Jess. She didn't want to see her daughter broken, and she didn't want to have to pick up the pieces. But most of all she didn't want to see her daughter end up like her, a mother too early. With Dean that was never a problem, Dean was safe, he lacked passion, the passion Rory would need to truly fall in love with him. However, with Jess, it was a completely different story.