*2 months have past, Jess' roommate has moved out and Rory's moved in. With
great recommendations from her teachers at Harvard Rory has secured a job
at an important newspaper uptown.
**It now 5 p.m. Jess is in the kitchen making dinner as Rory returns from work.
"I'm home." Rory walks in drops her briefcase and walks towards Jess who is waiting in the doorway. She kisses him gently and he smiles.
"Good, just in time for stuffed shells."
"Mm, yummy."
*They sit down together discussing their day; Jess suddenly remembers the message on the machine this afternoon.
"Oh, um by the way there was a message on the phone from your grandmother."
"What, my grandmother?"
"You sound surprised."
"Well, she's not very into the whole living together before getting married thing, I thought she'd shun me."
"I don't know, I called her back, and she didn't seem that upset."
"You talked to her, without letting me smooth everything over first?" Rory gave an exasperated look at Jess as he calmly took a sip of his soda.
"There was nothing to smooth over, I mean when I first got on the phone she sounded a little callous, but I stayed calm and I explained everything."
"Everything? What did you say?"
"Well, I explained that I was brought up in a place where the men didn't stick around for more than a few months, that it wasn't until I moved in with Luke that I understood that love was more than sex-
"Wait, you said that word to my grandmother, the grandmother that got offended when they used it on my registration form to Chilton?"
"Actually, I said something like I didn't understand that love was real and then she elaborated for me." Rory dumbstruck gawked at Jess as he continued on. I told her that I wanted to make this relationship work, and to do that I needed to make sure that I could handle living with you before I made the decision---other wise we both could make a big mistake. She seemed fine with that answer, I mean she told me she saw where I was coming from."
"Wow, I guess my grandmother has grown up over the last few years."
"Oh yea, Ror-one more thing, she asked if we would go have dinner with her on Saturday night."
"Oh well I'll call her and tell her we can't, you have that meeting with Ray at 7."
"I already called Ray and moved the meeting up to Friday, I told your Grandmother we'd be there at 6." Rory couldn't believe how collective Jess had been. A month ago when he accompanied Rory back home to discuss moving to Boston with Lorelei, Jess had basically stood in the corner silently as she talked with her mother. Rory knew that Jess had taken great initiative over the last few weeks but getting along with her conservative grandmother was something she thought she'd never see him do.
*The rest of the week has gone on quickly highlighted with Jess' meeting w/ the head of the teaching department at the center, Ray. It turns out that Jess has been offered a job at a local school teaching 2nd graders. The job would be a big step up from his work at the center, and has secretly been a dream of Jess' for years, he accepted immediately and for the first time ever, he passed up a celebration at the bar down the street.
*Driving to Hartford. Rory has fallen asleep due to stay up late the night before working on an article. Alone with his thoughts Jess begins to go over his plan of action in his head, a sudden thought distracts him and he picks up the cell phone and dials it.
"Lorelei Gilmore, Super Model speaking."
"Hi."
"Oh, Jess, hello." Lorelei's voice changes slightly she is not amused.
"Are you busy, I can call back later." Lorelei hears the disappointment in his voice, and knowing Jess wouldn't call her unless it was important decides to give in.
"No I'm not busy, what's up."
"I don't know if you've talked to your mother lately, but Rory and I are on our way to Hartford right now."
"What? Why?"
"Because, Emily invited us."
"Oh. She called Rory?"
"Um no, actually…I called her."
**It now 5 p.m. Jess is in the kitchen making dinner as Rory returns from work.
"I'm home." Rory walks in drops her briefcase and walks towards Jess who is waiting in the doorway. She kisses him gently and he smiles.
"Good, just in time for stuffed shells."
"Mm, yummy."
*They sit down together discussing their day; Jess suddenly remembers the message on the machine this afternoon.
"Oh, um by the way there was a message on the phone from your grandmother."
"What, my grandmother?"
"You sound surprised."
"Well, she's not very into the whole living together before getting married thing, I thought she'd shun me."
"I don't know, I called her back, and she didn't seem that upset."
"You talked to her, without letting me smooth everything over first?" Rory gave an exasperated look at Jess as he calmly took a sip of his soda.
"There was nothing to smooth over, I mean when I first got on the phone she sounded a little callous, but I stayed calm and I explained everything."
"Everything? What did you say?"
"Well, I explained that I was brought up in a place where the men didn't stick around for more than a few months, that it wasn't until I moved in with Luke that I understood that love was more than sex-
"Wait, you said that word to my grandmother, the grandmother that got offended when they used it on my registration form to Chilton?"
"Actually, I said something like I didn't understand that love was real and then she elaborated for me." Rory dumbstruck gawked at Jess as he continued on. I told her that I wanted to make this relationship work, and to do that I needed to make sure that I could handle living with you before I made the decision---other wise we both could make a big mistake. She seemed fine with that answer, I mean she told me she saw where I was coming from."
"Wow, I guess my grandmother has grown up over the last few years."
"Oh yea, Ror-one more thing, she asked if we would go have dinner with her on Saturday night."
"Oh well I'll call her and tell her we can't, you have that meeting with Ray at 7."
"I already called Ray and moved the meeting up to Friday, I told your Grandmother we'd be there at 6." Rory couldn't believe how collective Jess had been. A month ago when he accompanied Rory back home to discuss moving to Boston with Lorelei, Jess had basically stood in the corner silently as she talked with her mother. Rory knew that Jess had taken great initiative over the last few weeks but getting along with her conservative grandmother was something she thought she'd never see him do.
*The rest of the week has gone on quickly highlighted with Jess' meeting w/ the head of the teaching department at the center, Ray. It turns out that Jess has been offered a job at a local school teaching 2nd graders. The job would be a big step up from his work at the center, and has secretly been a dream of Jess' for years, he accepted immediately and for the first time ever, he passed up a celebration at the bar down the street.
*Driving to Hartford. Rory has fallen asleep due to stay up late the night before working on an article. Alone with his thoughts Jess begins to go over his plan of action in his head, a sudden thought distracts him and he picks up the cell phone and dials it.
"Lorelei Gilmore, Super Model speaking."
"Hi."
"Oh, Jess, hello." Lorelei's voice changes slightly she is not amused.
"Are you busy, I can call back later." Lorelei hears the disappointment in his voice, and knowing Jess wouldn't call her unless it was important decides to give in.
"No I'm not busy, what's up."
"I don't know if you've talked to your mother lately, but Rory and I are on our way to Hartford right now."
"What? Why?"
"Because, Emily invited us."
"Oh. She called Rory?"
"Um no, actually…I called her."