Sorry for the delay I had a lot school work, and a bit of writer's block, so bear with me. Anyway here's the next chapter.
A few weeks later.
"Shit." Jess slams a book into his locker.
"Jess?" Rory's voice comes up from behind him.
"Hey Rory." Jess half smiles and turns back around.
"Everything ok?"
"Peachy, everything's peachy. That's how everything is." Jess mutters
"Peachy?" Rory raises her eyebrows
"Yes, peachy. Life is great, nothing can be better."
"Want to tell me what happened?"
"Not particularly."
"Well, that's not an option." Rory starts "School's over, so we can drive somewhere and you can-"
"Seriously Rory, I don't want to talk. There's nothing to talk about."
"Okay, you ready to go then?" Rory asks taken back
"Actually, I'm taking the bus today." Jess says softly
"Okay, call me later?" Rory asks now slightly hurt.
"It will probably be more like tomorrow." Jess shuts his locker, and pauses "Uh….bye Rory." He quickly kisses her on the cheek and leaves.
Rory looks strangely after him as he hurries down the hall. Rory slowly walks outside and pauses at the front entrance Jess was waiting by the entrance of Chilton, apparently not waiting for a bus. A car pulls over to the curb and Jess climbs in. Rory slowly walks down the steps and tries to see who the driver is. She doesn't recognize the girl driving, but she did look young.
Rory frowns as she gets into her own car, starts it up and drives home.
"You're home early." Lorelai comments as Rory walks into the house.
"So are you." Rory says putting her things down.
"I have a good reason." Lorelai smiles holding up some bags.
"No, you're not." Rory protests "How did you get that anyway?"
"Doose's."
"He would not, Taylor wouldn't let out of his sight with that. How did you really?"
"Doose's." Lorelai insists
"Mom."
"All right, all right. But I really did get it from Doose's."
"You paid someone didn't you?" Rory accuses her
"No."
"Mom."
"Maybe."
"Mom!"
"Yes, all right I paid someone to go and buy it for me."
"That's pathetic I hope you know that." Rory leans against the counter.
"No it's not, I'm going to cook tonight." Lorelai replies pulling out packages of chicken
"Who are you feeding?" Rory asks eyeing all the food.
"Me, you and mymmndd." Lorelai mumbles
"What?" Rory asks
"I just told you, it's rude to ignore someone." Lorelai comments lightly
"Me, you and grandma and grandpa?" Rory smiles "You invited them over for dinner."
"Hey I finally got something over my mother."
"What's that?" Rory asks
"I can cook. You know what? My mom can't. Ha! She can't cook and I can cook."
"You only know how to make one thing and you've only done it once with Jess." Rory points out
"Yea well I'm going solo tonight." Lorelai pulls out the pans and pots she needs.
"I'm going to name them."
"No, you're going to leave." Lorelai snaps jokingly
"Let me see, Duncan, Hallie, Kenny….."
"You can go, do your homework, like now.." Lorelai ushers Rory away.
"Good luck." Rory laughs going into her room.
"Don't need it." Lorelai
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"Rory! Come here!" Lorelai calls for Rory
"What is it?" Rory asks now dressed in a pair of jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt.
"Look!" Lorelai points
"What happened?" Rory asks shocked
"I did it!" Lorelai jumps up and down. "I cooked! All by myself!"
Rory laughs and hugs Lorelai. "I'm so proud of you, all grown up and cooking."
"Hey this could be a new thing, we don't have to get dressed up for dinner, and we don't have to drive anywhere for Friday night dinners."
"Yea, well for that to happen, you need to learn how to cook more than just chicken cacciatore and pasta."
"That's what your boyfriend is for." Lorelai laughs "Help me set the table, they're going to be here any minute." The doorbell rings. "Or now. What time is it?"
"7:00" Rory answers looking at her watch
"Damn, why do you they always have to be on time. Okay, you answer the door and I'll finish here."
Rory runs inside and answers the door. "Hi grandma, grandpa."
"Hello Rory." Emily smiles coming inside. "What's that I smell? Did you ladies order in?"
"Nope, mom cooked." Rory smiles hanging up their coats.
"Lorelai? Cooked? I never imagined those two words would be in that order in a sentence." Emily looks surprised glancing at Richard.
"Well, let's go see what Lorelai cooked up. It would be nice to have a home cooked meal for once." Richard smiles straightening out his tie.
"Richard, we eat a home cooked me every night." Emily goes after him.
"Emily, there is quite a difference between your maid cooking and a housewife cooking."
"Hold up." Lorelai holds up her hand "First I'm not a wife, second I work and third I can only cook one thing. So I am not a housewife."
"My apologies Lorelai, still you understand my point." Richard replies taking a seat.
"Yes, I do and I appreciate it." Lorelai says as everyone sits down. She brings the food to the table.
"My, Lorelai this looks wonderful." Emily says as Lorelai puts some food into her dish.
Soon everyone is sitting down eating, Lorelai catches Rory grinning evilly at her.
"What?" Lorelai asks Rory
"Nothing." Rory replies her fork in her hand, her food otherwise untouched.
"No, what is it?" Lorelai demands glaring at her jokingly taking a bite of food.
"It's nothing, I was just wondering who killed Kenny." Rory smiles and takes a bite of her food. "It tastes great mom." She says taking another bite.
Lorelai chokes slightly on her food and glares at Rory "I swear, pillows in your sleep." She says shaking her head.
"What on earth are you talking about?" Emily asks glancing at the two of them.
"Mom just threatened she'd smother me in my sleep with a pillow." Rory explains "All I wanted to know was who killed Kenny."
"Who's Kenny? And Lorelai you do not tell your daughter you're going to smother her in her sleep." Emily says
Richard chokes back a laugh "I believe they're referring to the cartoon series, making an association to the chicken. Am I right?"
"Yup." Rory nods laughing.
"Then in that case, I believe it was I who killed Kenny." Richard smirks at Lorelai
"Richard, do not take part in such a crude conversation topic, especially at the dinner table." Emily corrects him.
"Dad, I'm amazed how do you know about Kenny?"
"Oh I know about a lot. It might even surprise you. Late night has become a bit of a vice for me." Richard laughs
"Unbelievable." Lorelai mutters under her breath, smiling.
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"Unbelievable." Lorelai says again, as her parents leave later that night. "Who would have thought?"
"Not me." Rory replies from where she is sprawled out on the couch "Dinner was good tonight mom."
"I'm in a bit of shock, my dad, my father knew about Kenny and he used against me. I'm going to have to invite here more often. Jess needs to teach me how to cook more things. Where is Jess anyway? I thought he was coming by tonight."
"He had some things to take care of, I think the Chilton workload surprised him." Rory smiles
"Took you by surprise at first too, give him some adjustment time." Lorelai assures her. "I'm going to go to bed, I'm tired."
"Okay, night mom." Rory replies turning on the television.
"Night babe." Lorelai goes up the stairs.
Rory watches her disappear and frowns hugging a pillow close wondering where Jess was and who that girl was with him and why he lied.
To be continued……..please R&R thanks.
A few weeks later.
"Shit." Jess slams a book into his locker.
"Jess?" Rory's voice comes up from behind him.
"Hey Rory." Jess half smiles and turns back around.
"Everything ok?"
"Peachy, everything's peachy. That's how everything is." Jess mutters
"Peachy?" Rory raises her eyebrows
"Yes, peachy. Life is great, nothing can be better."
"Want to tell me what happened?"
"Not particularly."
"Well, that's not an option." Rory starts "School's over, so we can drive somewhere and you can-"
"Seriously Rory, I don't want to talk. There's nothing to talk about."
"Okay, you ready to go then?" Rory asks taken back
"Actually, I'm taking the bus today." Jess says softly
"Okay, call me later?" Rory asks now slightly hurt.
"It will probably be more like tomorrow." Jess shuts his locker, and pauses "Uh….bye Rory." He quickly kisses her on the cheek and leaves.
Rory looks strangely after him as he hurries down the hall. Rory slowly walks outside and pauses at the front entrance Jess was waiting by the entrance of Chilton, apparently not waiting for a bus. A car pulls over to the curb and Jess climbs in. Rory slowly walks down the steps and tries to see who the driver is. She doesn't recognize the girl driving, but she did look young.
Rory frowns as she gets into her own car, starts it up and drives home.
"You're home early." Lorelai comments as Rory walks into the house.
"So are you." Rory says putting her things down.
"I have a good reason." Lorelai smiles holding up some bags.
"No, you're not." Rory protests "How did you get that anyway?"
"Doose's."
"He would not, Taylor wouldn't let out of his sight with that. How did you really?"
"Doose's." Lorelai insists
"Mom."
"All right, all right. But I really did get it from Doose's."
"You paid someone didn't you?" Rory accuses her
"No."
"Mom."
"Maybe."
"Mom!"
"Yes, all right I paid someone to go and buy it for me."
"That's pathetic I hope you know that." Rory leans against the counter.
"No it's not, I'm going to cook tonight." Lorelai replies pulling out packages of chicken
"Who are you feeding?" Rory asks eyeing all the food.
"Me, you and mymmndd." Lorelai mumbles
"What?" Rory asks
"I just told you, it's rude to ignore someone." Lorelai comments lightly
"Me, you and grandma and grandpa?" Rory smiles "You invited them over for dinner."
"Hey I finally got something over my mother."
"What's that?" Rory asks
"I can cook. You know what? My mom can't. Ha! She can't cook and I can cook."
"You only know how to make one thing and you've only done it once with Jess." Rory points out
"Yea well I'm going solo tonight." Lorelai pulls out the pans and pots she needs.
"I'm going to name them."
"No, you're going to leave." Lorelai snaps jokingly
"Let me see, Duncan, Hallie, Kenny….."
"You can go, do your homework, like now.." Lorelai ushers Rory away.
"Good luck." Rory laughs going into her room.
"Don't need it." Lorelai
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"Rory! Come here!" Lorelai calls for Rory
"What is it?" Rory asks now dressed in a pair of jeans and a long sleeve t-shirt.
"Look!" Lorelai points
"What happened?" Rory asks shocked
"I did it!" Lorelai jumps up and down. "I cooked! All by myself!"
Rory laughs and hugs Lorelai. "I'm so proud of you, all grown up and cooking."
"Hey this could be a new thing, we don't have to get dressed up for dinner, and we don't have to drive anywhere for Friday night dinners."
"Yea, well for that to happen, you need to learn how to cook more than just chicken cacciatore and pasta."
"That's what your boyfriend is for." Lorelai laughs "Help me set the table, they're going to be here any minute." The doorbell rings. "Or now. What time is it?"
"7:00" Rory answers looking at her watch
"Damn, why do you they always have to be on time. Okay, you answer the door and I'll finish here."
Rory runs inside and answers the door. "Hi grandma, grandpa."
"Hello Rory." Emily smiles coming inside. "What's that I smell? Did you ladies order in?"
"Nope, mom cooked." Rory smiles hanging up their coats.
"Lorelai? Cooked? I never imagined those two words would be in that order in a sentence." Emily looks surprised glancing at Richard.
"Well, let's go see what Lorelai cooked up. It would be nice to have a home cooked meal for once." Richard smiles straightening out his tie.
"Richard, we eat a home cooked me every night." Emily goes after him.
"Emily, there is quite a difference between your maid cooking and a housewife cooking."
"Hold up." Lorelai holds up her hand "First I'm not a wife, second I work and third I can only cook one thing. So I am not a housewife."
"My apologies Lorelai, still you understand my point." Richard replies taking a seat.
"Yes, I do and I appreciate it." Lorelai says as everyone sits down. She brings the food to the table.
"My, Lorelai this looks wonderful." Emily says as Lorelai puts some food into her dish.
Soon everyone is sitting down eating, Lorelai catches Rory grinning evilly at her.
"What?" Lorelai asks Rory
"Nothing." Rory replies her fork in her hand, her food otherwise untouched.
"No, what is it?" Lorelai demands glaring at her jokingly taking a bite of food.
"It's nothing, I was just wondering who killed Kenny." Rory smiles and takes a bite of her food. "It tastes great mom." She says taking another bite.
Lorelai chokes slightly on her food and glares at Rory "I swear, pillows in your sleep." She says shaking her head.
"What on earth are you talking about?" Emily asks glancing at the two of them.
"Mom just threatened she'd smother me in my sleep with a pillow." Rory explains "All I wanted to know was who killed Kenny."
"Who's Kenny? And Lorelai you do not tell your daughter you're going to smother her in her sleep." Emily says
Richard chokes back a laugh "I believe they're referring to the cartoon series, making an association to the chicken. Am I right?"
"Yup." Rory nods laughing.
"Then in that case, I believe it was I who killed Kenny." Richard smirks at Lorelai
"Richard, do not take part in such a crude conversation topic, especially at the dinner table." Emily corrects him.
"Dad, I'm amazed how do you know about Kenny?"
"Oh I know about a lot. It might even surprise you. Late night has become a bit of a vice for me." Richard laughs
"Unbelievable." Lorelai mutters under her breath, smiling.
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"Unbelievable." Lorelai says again, as her parents leave later that night. "Who would have thought?"
"Not me." Rory replies from where she is sprawled out on the couch "Dinner was good tonight mom."
"I'm in a bit of shock, my dad, my father knew about Kenny and he used against me. I'm going to have to invite here more often. Jess needs to teach me how to cook more things. Where is Jess anyway? I thought he was coming by tonight."
"He had some things to take care of, I think the Chilton workload surprised him." Rory smiles
"Took you by surprise at first too, give him some adjustment time." Lorelai assures her. "I'm going to go to bed, I'm tired."
"Okay, night mom." Rory replies turning on the television.
"Night babe." Lorelai goes up the stairs.
Rory watches her disappear and frowns hugging a pillow close wondering where Jess was and who that girl was with him and why he lied.
To be continued……..please R&R thanks.
