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Author's Note~ Once again, thanks for your support and reviews. I am still not sure if this will be a Jory or a Trory, but there will be elements of both. The 24-year-old English teacher who I am wants it to be a Jory. The 17-year-old girl I once was wants it to be a Trory. I'm not sure who will win. The 24 year old is smarter; the 17 year old is bitchier.
AN#2~ Now that you know I am an English teacher, please don't get critical of my grammar/punctuation. Away from work, I do not dwell on little specifics, especially when I am writing quickly. :)
Feedback~ The more feedback I get, the more quickly I will be motivated to update.
Decisions~ by Berry
Part 3- When Fate Steps In
Later that Night~ Gilmore House
~~~
"Hey sweetie, I'm home."
Lorelai looked for Rory in the livingroom. She then checked the kitchen.
"Rory, are you here?"
Lorelai stepped into Rory's bedroom and saw her at her computer with her headphones on. She flicked her light switch to get her attention without scaring her. Rory turned around and saw her mom.
"Hey mom," she said as she took off her headphones.
"Hey, I'm home."
"Where were you anyway?"
"Remember I had that dinner to run at the inn."
"Oh yeah."
Lorelai plopped down on Rory's bed.
"Babette accosted me on my way inside. She said she saw a boy here earlier. Actually, her exact words were that you 'got a visit from a hunk.'"
Rory could tell Lorelai was dying for the details.
"Nothing huge. Tristan came over to work on a project for school."
Lorelai eyes got huge, "Evil Tristan was at our house."
"Stop calling him that. Let's call him mildly annoying Tristan now. Anyway, we have a project for English. Amazing, but he actually did more work than I did."
"That is amazing. How did that happen?"
"I guess I have been kind of distracted." Rory hinted.
She wanted to talk to her mom about the Jess/Dean situation but she just couldn't bear to bring it up herself. However, she had to know if her mom would agree with Tristan's analysis. Hopefully, Lorelai would get the hint.
Lorelai could tell Rory wanted to talk, "What's been distracting you sweetie?"
Rory loved the fact that her mother knew her so well. Now she just had to get her to bring up the subject. For some reason she did not want it to be her own idea to talk about it.
"I don't know I guess I have just been confused about some things."
Lorelai smiled and pushed down her instinct to gloat, "Honey, does this possibly have something to do with Dean?"
Rory nodded in confirmation.
Lorelai continued to grin, "And perhaps the nephew of our favorite coffee dealer?"
Rory stretched out next to her mom.
Defeated, she answered, "Yeah."
Rory then proceeded to tell her mom the whole story about Jess and her seemingly growing relationship. She explained the serious strain it was having on her relationship with Dean. Finally, she told her mom about her conversation with Tristan.
"You confided in Evil Tristan before you confided in me. That is just flat out blasphemy."
Rory rolled her eyes, "I didn't tell you because I knew that you would gloat."
Lorelai faked being shocked, "Me gloat. Never. Just because I saw this coming months ago doesn't mean I would gloat, and tell you I told you so."
Rory glared at her mom, "Only you could turn a denial of gloating into actually gloating itself."
Lorelai played innocent, "I have no idea what you are talking about."
Rory returned to the subject at hand, "Do you think Tristan is right?"
Lorelai saw the confusion in her daughter's eyes. Her heart went out to her.
"Which part? That you HAVE to choose? Or, that you have already chosen?"
"Both."
Lorelai wasn't sure what Rory actually wanted to hear. It didn't really matter though because she had to be truthful.
"Sweets, I think he is right on both counts. You have to choose because, unfortunately, you can't have them both. You could try, but I don't see Dean and Jess being into a threesome."
Rory smacked her mom, "Mother!"
Lorelai giggled, "What? I was just saying."
Rory looked less than amused, "Please don't joke about this."
"Okay, no more joking. Evil, Mildly Annoying, but Amazingly Insightful Tristan is right Rory. You know who you want to be with. You just won't admit it."
"Why are you both so sure that I know?"
"Because we have heard the way you talk about them. When you talk about Dean, he sounds like an obligation to you. When you talk about Jess, he sounds like everything to you."
Rory laughed at the irony.
Lorelai was puzzled, "What's so funny?"
"Right before Jess kissed me, he told me Dean could never be everything for me. Then he told me he could."
The irony was not lost on Lorelai, "Looks like Jess is as insightful as Tristan."
Rory's eyes filled with tears, "Mom, Dean loves me."
"You are absolutely right, he does."
"I don't know that I am ready to walk away from that."
"That's understandable. Nothing is better than being loved by someone... Except loving them back."
With that Lorelai got up and kissed Rory on the forehead.
"Sleep on it sweetie. Maybe things will look clearer in the morning."
~~~
Next Evening (Friday)- Emily & Richard Gilmore's House
~~~
The entire drive to Hartford had been made in silence. Rory obviously wasn't ready to talk about her current situation, and Lorelai didn't want to push. Unfortunately, Emily brought the subject up over dessert.
"So, Rory are you still dating Dean?"
Richard loudly removed himself from the table. Rory had never looked so uncomfortable in her own skin.
She smiled politely, "Yes Grandma, we are still together."
Lorelai tried to jump in and save her, "Wow Mom, great dessert. Did you stew these prunes yourself?"
Emily ignored her daughter, "He seemed like a very nice boy. I know Grandpa didn't like him, but what does he know?"
Rory shifted in her seat. Lorelai tried a different tactic.
"Rory is working on a project with Tristan DuGrey."
Rory looked at Lorelai confused. She understood completely when Emily spoke.
"Oh, I know his parents and grandparents. He is a very nice young man. Are you two friends, Rory?"
Although Rory wasn't completely comfortable with this topic, it was ten times better than the last.
"Uh, yeah. I guess we are friends."
"Oh good. We will have to invite his family over to dinner some Friday."
"Sure Grandma, that would be fine."
Thankfully, the conversation never strayed back to the topic of Dean.
~~~
Later that Evening~ Luke's
~~~
As Lorelai and Rory walked from the Jeep to the entrance of Luke's, Rory stopped Lorelai.
"Thanks for getting Grandma to back off, Mom. I was kind of freaking out."
"Hey, it's my job. Plus, I have way more experience at it. So, have you made any decisions you'd like to share with your dear old mother?"
"Let's talk about it later. I need coffee."
"Ooh, and pie."
"We just had dessert."
"No, we were just served dessert. I didn't touch the stewed prunes. Did you?"
"Good point."
As they entered Luke's, Rory noticed the place was empty. Lorelai took a seat at the bar. Rory stayed standing.
Lorelai jumped to order as soon as Luke appeared, "Hi, Luke. We need two coffees and two pieces of cherry pie."
"No."
Lorelai was surprised, "Just No."
"Yes, no."
Lorelai acted baffled, "What no witty reminder that caffeine kills brain cells and pie clogs arteries?"
"Nope."
"Why?"
"I only have chocolate cream, and I already cleaned the coffee pot. You do know we close in 10 minutes."
"Yes, ten minutes of perfectly good coffee brewing time."
Rory just sat and watch her mom and Luke. Their behavior always amused her. At the moment she was about to jump into their bizarre conversation, Jess appeared from upstairs. He didn't bother with pleasantries. He walked straight to Rory.
"I knew I heard your voice. We need to talk."
Rory felt her anxiety rise, "I can't. We ordered pie."
"You hate chocolate cream pie."
"No, I don't, " Rory lied.
"Yes you do. Come on, let me walk you home."
Rory knew she couldn't tell him no.
"Mom, I'm going to skip the pie. Jess is going to walk me home."
Lorelai gave Rory a knowing stare, "Okay, I'll be home in a while. As soon as the Coffee Nazi gives in, I'm going to go see Sookie for a bit."
~~~
1 Outside Gilmore House
~~~
So much for "we need to talk." Jess and Rory walked the entire way home in complete silence. Finally, Jess could no longer stand it.
"Are you going to ignore what is going on between us forever?"
Rory could barely form a thought, "What are you talking about?"
"Rory, it's getting old."
"Look Jess, I just need a little time. I need to make a pretty big decision."
Jess locked eyes with Rory and took a step closer to her.
"I think that you have already made a decision."
Why did everyone keep telling her that? Was it literally written all over her face?
"No, I haven't."
Jess stepped even closer to Rory. They were less than a foot apart, and she could almost feel him breathe.
"I think you have."
"Jess I'm still with Dean."
He moved so his face was just inches from hers, "Yeah, but you don't want to be."
Before Rory could protest, Jess leaned and brushed his lips softly against hers. She stepped back to break the kiss, but her back hit the front door and Jess stepped right with her never losing contact. Before she could stop herself Rory's hands were in Jess's hair, pulling him harder to her mouth. On her cue, Jess deepened the kiss pressing his body against Rory's. Rory knew that she shouldn't be doing this. Not, yet. But, she couldn't seem to stop herself.
Suddenly Jess broke the kiss, leaning his forehead against Rory's.
"Let's go inside."
"We can't," Roy stuttered.
Jess started to kiss her again, and Rory knew she was in trouble.
"Okay, for a little while."
She initiated another kiss as her hand reached behind her to open the door.
"What in the hell is going on here?"
Rory froze. She didn't need to look. She could just picture the look on Dean's face.
AN~ Did you all catch the Austen reference in this week's ep? I was quite proud. I started this chapter before the ep. After seeing it, I have to admit I'm leaning towards a Jory. However, who knows if it will stay that way.
Author's Note~ Once again, thanks for your support and reviews. I am still not sure if this will be a Jory or a Trory, but there will be elements of both. The 24-year-old English teacher who I am wants it to be a Jory. The 17-year-old girl I once was wants it to be a Trory. I'm not sure who will win. The 24 year old is smarter; the 17 year old is bitchier.
AN#2~ Now that you know I am an English teacher, please don't get critical of my grammar/punctuation. Away from work, I do not dwell on little specifics, especially when I am writing quickly. :)
Feedback~ The more feedback I get, the more quickly I will be motivated to update.
Decisions~ by Berry
Part 3- When Fate Steps In
Later that Night~ Gilmore House
~~~
"Hey sweetie, I'm home."
Lorelai looked for Rory in the livingroom. She then checked the kitchen.
"Rory, are you here?"
Lorelai stepped into Rory's bedroom and saw her at her computer with her headphones on. She flicked her light switch to get her attention without scaring her. Rory turned around and saw her mom.
"Hey mom," she said as she took off her headphones.
"Hey, I'm home."
"Where were you anyway?"
"Remember I had that dinner to run at the inn."
"Oh yeah."
Lorelai plopped down on Rory's bed.
"Babette accosted me on my way inside. She said she saw a boy here earlier. Actually, her exact words were that you 'got a visit from a hunk.'"
Rory could tell Lorelai was dying for the details.
"Nothing huge. Tristan came over to work on a project for school."
Lorelai eyes got huge, "Evil Tristan was at our house."
"Stop calling him that. Let's call him mildly annoying Tristan now. Anyway, we have a project for English. Amazing, but he actually did more work than I did."
"That is amazing. How did that happen?"
"I guess I have been kind of distracted." Rory hinted.
She wanted to talk to her mom about the Jess/Dean situation but she just couldn't bear to bring it up herself. However, she had to know if her mom would agree with Tristan's analysis. Hopefully, Lorelai would get the hint.
Lorelai could tell Rory wanted to talk, "What's been distracting you sweetie?"
Rory loved the fact that her mother knew her so well. Now she just had to get her to bring up the subject. For some reason she did not want it to be her own idea to talk about it.
"I don't know I guess I have just been confused about some things."
Lorelai smiled and pushed down her instinct to gloat, "Honey, does this possibly have something to do with Dean?"
Rory nodded in confirmation.
Lorelai continued to grin, "And perhaps the nephew of our favorite coffee dealer?"
Rory stretched out next to her mom.
Defeated, she answered, "Yeah."
Rory then proceeded to tell her mom the whole story about Jess and her seemingly growing relationship. She explained the serious strain it was having on her relationship with Dean. Finally, she told her mom about her conversation with Tristan.
"You confided in Evil Tristan before you confided in me. That is just flat out blasphemy."
Rory rolled her eyes, "I didn't tell you because I knew that you would gloat."
Lorelai faked being shocked, "Me gloat. Never. Just because I saw this coming months ago doesn't mean I would gloat, and tell you I told you so."
Rory glared at her mom, "Only you could turn a denial of gloating into actually gloating itself."
Lorelai played innocent, "I have no idea what you are talking about."
Rory returned to the subject at hand, "Do you think Tristan is right?"
Lorelai saw the confusion in her daughter's eyes. Her heart went out to her.
"Which part? That you HAVE to choose? Or, that you have already chosen?"
"Both."
Lorelai wasn't sure what Rory actually wanted to hear. It didn't really matter though because she had to be truthful.
"Sweets, I think he is right on both counts. You have to choose because, unfortunately, you can't have them both. You could try, but I don't see Dean and Jess being into a threesome."
Rory smacked her mom, "Mother!"
Lorelai giggled, "What? I was just saying."
Rory looked less than amused, "Please don't joke about this."
"Okay, no more joking. Evil, Mildly Annoying, but Amazingly Insightful Tristan is right Rory. You know who you want to be with. You just won't admit it."
"Why are you both so sure that I know?"
"Because we have heard the way you talk about them. When you talk about Dean, he sounds like an obligation to you. When you talk about Jess, he sounds like everything to you."
Rory laughed at the irony.
Lorelai was puzzled, "What's so funny?"
"Right before Jess kissed me, he told me Dean could never be everything for me. Then he told me he could."
The irony was not lost on Lorelai, "Looks like Jess is as insightful as Tristan."
Rory's eyes filled with tears, "Mom, Dean loves me."
"You are absolutely right, he does."
"I don't know that I am ready to walk away from that."
"That's understandable. Nothing is better than being loved by someone... Except loving them back."
With that Lorelai got up and kissed Rory on the forehead.
"Sleep on it sweetie. Maybe things will look clearer in the morning."
~~~
Next Evening (Friday)- Emily & Richard Gilmore's House
~~~
The entire drive to Hartford had been made in silence. Rory obviously wasn't ready to talk about her current situation, and Lorelai didn't want to push. Unfortunately, Emily brought the subject up over dessert.
"So, Rory are you still dating Dean?"
Richard loudly removed himself from the table. Rory had never looked so uncomfortable in her own skin.
She smiled politely, "Yes Grandma, we are still together."
Lorelai tried to jump in and save her, "Wow Mom, great dessert. Did you stew these prunes yourself?"
Emily ignored her daughter, "He seemed like a very nice boy. I know Grandpa didn't like him, but what does he know?"
Rory shifted in her seat. Lorelai tried a different tactic.
"Rory is working on a project with Tristan DuGrey."
Rory looked at Lorelai confused. She understood completely when Emily spoke.
"Oh, I know his parents and grandparents. He is a very nice young man. Are you two friends, Rory?"
Although Rory wasn't completely comfortable with this topic, it was ten times better than the last.
"Uh, yeah. I guess we are friends."
"Oh good. We will have to invite his family over to dinner some Friday."
"Sure Grandma, that would be fine."
Thankfully, the conversation never strayed back to the topic of Dean.
~~~
Later that Evening~ Luke's
~~~
As Lorelai and Rory walked from the Jeep to the entrance of Luke's, Rory stopped Lorelai.
"Thanks for getting Grandma to back off, Mom. I was kind of freaking out."
"Hey, it's my job. Plus, I have way more experience at it. So, have you made any decisions you'd like to share with your dear old mother?"
"Let's talk about it later. I need coffee."
"Ooh, and pie."
"We just had dessert."
"No, we were just served dessert. I didn't touch the stewed prunes. Did you?"
"Good point."
As they entered Luke's, Rory noticed the place was empty. Lorelai took a seat at the bar. Rory stayed standing.
Lorelai jumped to order as soon as Luke appeared, "Hi, Luke. We need two coffees and two pieces of cherry pie."
"No."
Lorelai was surprised, "Just No."
"Yes, no."
Lorelai acted baffled, "What no witty reminder that caffeine kills brain cells and pie clogs arteries?"
"Nope."
"Why?"
"I only have chocolate cream, and I already cleaned the coffee pot. You do know we close in 10 minutes."
"Yes, ten minutes of perfectly good coffee brewing time."
Rory just sat and watch her mom and Luke. Their behavior always amused her. At the moment she was about to jump into their bizarre conversation, Jess appeared from upstairs. He didn't bother with pleasantries. He walked straight to Rory.
"I knew I heard your voice. We need to talk."
Rory felt her anxiety rise, "I can't. We ordered pie."
"You hate chocolate cream pie."
"No, I don't, " Rory lied.
"Yes you do. Come on, let me walk you home."
Rory knew she couldn't tell him no.
"Mom, I'm going to skip the pie. Jess is going to walk me home."
Lorelai gave Rory a knowing stare, "Okay, I'll be home in a while. As soon as the Coffee Nazi gives in, I'm going to go see Sookie for a bit."
~~~
1 Outside Gilmore House
~~~
So much for "we need to talk." Jess and Rory walked the entire way home in complete silence. Finally, Jess could no longer stand it.
"Are you going to ignore what is going on between us forever?"
Rory could barely form a thought, "What are you talking about?"
"Rory, it's getting old."
"Look Jess, I just need a little time. I need to make a pretty big decision."
Jess locked eyes with Rory and took a step closer to her.
"I think that you have already made a decision."
Why did everyone keep telling her that? Was it literally written all over her face?
"No, I haven't."
Jess stepped even closer to Rory. They were less than a foot apart, and she could almost feel him breathe.
"I think you have."
"Jess I'm still with Dean."
He moved so his face was just inches from hers, "Yeah, but you don't want to be."
Before Rory could protest, Jess leaned and brushed his lips softly against hers. She stepped back to break the kiss, but her back hit the front door and Jess stepped right with her never losing contact. Before she could stop herself Rory's hands were in Jess's hair, pulling him harder to her mouth. On her cue, Jess deepened the kiss pressing his body against Rory's. Rory knew that she shouldn't be doing this. Not, yet. But, she couldn't seem to stop herself.
Suddenly Jess broke the kiss, leaning his forehead against Rory's.
"Let's go inside."
"We can't," Roy stuttered.
Jess started to kiss her again, and Rory knew she was in trouble.
"Okay, for a little while."
She initiated another kiss as her hand reached behind her to open the door.
"What in the hell is going on here?"
Rory froze. She didn't need to look. She could just picture the look on Dean's face.
AN~ Did you all catch the Austen reference in this week's ep? I was quite proud. I started this chapter before the ep. After seeing it, I have to admit I'm leaning towards a Jory. However, who knows if it will stay that way.