*1 week later.
"Well, that's the last of it. You are officially moved in." Jess smiles at Rory.
"Great. I think I'll go take a shower."
"Oh man. This is going to take some getting used to."
"What?"
"Sharing a bathroom."
"Oh come on, you were engaged for a year you had to ha—
"Nope, my old place had two bathrooms."
"Oh, well than you better get used to it quick." Rory Smiles as she heads down the hall.
The phone rings, Jess decides to let the machine get it, as he sits down on couch reading his book. It rings 3 times before the newly recorded message begins.
(Rory's Voice) Hi, You have reached 345-8975. Neither Jess or I are in so leave a message after the beep. Jess smiles at the simple message, his thoughts are interrupted suddenly by the voice on the machine.
"Hello? Jess? It's your mother, I was just calling to check up on you, we obviously have a lot to talk about call me ba—
"Hi, Mom."
"Who was that on the machine?"
Jess scratches his unshaven face and answers "Oh, uh that's Rory."
"Rory who? What is she doing on your answering machine?"
"Mom, you know who Rory is. You met her a few years ago. Remember, she came to visit me in New York, and for your information She moved in with me last week."
"I don't remember Jess. Honestly, I'm your mother it wouldn't kill you to call and tell me these things."
"Actually it might have, haven't you heard of those new explosives, sent through the telephone? For all I know you could have been some psychopath out to kill me."
"Don't start Jess."
"So why did you really call, mom?"
"Well, I called your uncle a few days ago, and he told me you were doing real good…and well I have this thing to go to just outside of Harvard, and I thought I might come by and see you."
"Mom, I'm working all this week, I don't think its really possible—
"Oh come on, you can introduce me to Riley."
"Rory, mom."
"What kind of name is Rory, anyway?"
"It's short for Lorelei." Jess says shortly.
"Oh. Well, I'm coming up on Wednesday, my meeting is on Thursday, so then I figure we can spend Friday and Saturday together."
"Alright, sounds fine see you wed—
"Of course, I called a few hotels in the area, and everything's booked until Friday…"
"Oh no. Mom, Rory's just getting settled in and—
"Jess, I'm sure your little fling won't mind if I spend a few nights, I'll pack up Friday and be out of your way. You do think she can keep her panties on that long don't you?"
"Look I've had enough, Rory is a nice girl. I'm sure she'd be fine with you staying here; it's just—
"Great, so I'll see you Wednesday!" With that the phone clicks and Liz is off of the line.
At that moment Rory appears at the bathroom door, wearing pajamas and drying her hair with a towel.
"What's going on?" she inquires.
Jess sits down on the couch his head in his hands. He mumbles.
"What?"
"My mother is coming."
"Oh…well, that should be fun."
"She wants to stay here."
"Ok, so we'll clean up a little bit before she comes, what's the problem."
"Do you have any idea, how horrible she is going to be to you?"
"Well, I'm sure she's a little upset that you didn't tell her we were living together, but I think after a little bit she'll be fine with it.
"You don't know my mother. Just promise me, you won't let her treat you like crap, while she's here."
"Jess, I can stand up for myself, besides once she sees how happy you are she's not going to care."
*Wednesday afternoon.
*Liz has just arrived Jess ahs gone downstairs to grab her bags, Rory is waiting upstairs for them.
A medium build brunette enters the apartment followed by Jess.
"Hello, Mrs. Marino it's nice to—
"It's Danes dear…Ms. Danes."
"Oh…right. I'm sorry."
"No it's fine, really. How would you have known, you've been dating what 3 weeks now?" Liz quips looking towards her son.
Jess' gaze turns hard as carries his mothers things to his bedroom. Liz follows him and does an inventory of the room.
"This is your room?"
"Yep."
"So, where will you be sleeping?"
"Across the hall." Jess points to Rory's room as Liz walks past him towards the other room.
"You can't sleep in here."
"Why not?"
"Well, you can't ask this girl to sleep on the couch."
"I wasn't going to."
"You can't be serious. I don't care if you are living with this girl, it's not the right thing to do."
"Mom, This is my apartment—
"Jess, it's ok. Your mother can stay in my room. You'll stay in there...and I'll take the couch. It's not a big deal, besides I'll be up late working on my paper anyway."
"See, Jess, now everything is solved." Liz smirks.
*The rest of the day goes by quickly. Rory leaves at 3 for class, Jess takes his mother over to the paper, to see where he works. They go out to lunch afterwards and then return to the apartment.
*7pm
Jess checks his watch again. Rory is an hour late.
"Come sit down Jess, there's all this nice spaghetti here. You don't want it to get cold."
"No one called while I was in the shower did they mom?"
"No, now come eat."
"Its just Rory's supposed to be home at 6, and she's never late."
"What an irresponsible girl, not calling like that."
"Her name is Rory, mo—
*The door swings open to reveal Rory, her book bag slung across her back, her pants muddy.
Jess runs to her.
"Are you ok? What happened?"
"Well, I missed my bus, and then decided to walk back, and half way here a truck came by and, the rest is history." Rory says annoyed pointing to her pants.
"Why didn't you call me, I was her I would've come and got you."
"I did call. Three times, it was busy."
Jess stares hard at his mother. "No calls mom?"
"I had to call and makes sure Wendi had fed my fish." Liz replies no remorse in her voice.
"Well, you're home now, come eat."
"I just want to shower." Rory says, face flushed.
"That girl needs an attitude adjustment if you ask me."
"Enough Mom."
*The evening passes quickly. Rory goes out for Chinese, as by the time she's done showering, the spaghetti has been thrown away. Jess decides it is better to let Rory cool off, so he stays home and writes his article. Liz retreats to Rory's room at 9.
*Rory returns home at 9:30 to find her bedroom door locked. She heads across the hall to Jess' room.
"Hey, you're back."
"Yea…and I have nothing to sleep in."
"Here, wear one of my shirts." Jess gets up and moves towards the dresses, he hands his old faded black Metalica to Rory. Rory smiles at him. "You know...I'm sorry about all this, my mom's a maniac. I don't know why I let her come. I don't even like her.—
"Yea, but you love her, and nothing's going to change that. Besides it's only until Friday. I'm sure she just needs to get used to me."
"Alright, but if she calls you that girl one more time…she out. Got it?"
"Ok. Goodnight."
"Why don't you stay in here, with me?"
Rory's eyes widen at Jess' words. "N-no I better stay on the couch, in case your mom wakes up. Goodnight." Rory walks out to the living room. While the couch wasn't the most comfortable place to sleep, Rory was glad Liz had made a big deal about Jess staying in her room. While they had been dating for 3 months, and were living together, the two had never spent an entire night in the same bed. Rory was self-conscious about having Jess so close to her. It was way too intimate for her, at least right now.
*Rory's relief soon turns to discomfort, as she lies awake thinking of Jess. The subject of sleeping in the same bed had only come up once, and the notion was quickly squashed, although the option had been left open. Now, as the option was no longer available, Rory began to feel lonely. She had never noticed how empty it was sleeping by herself, and now as she lies there on the couch, she wishes she'd taken Jess' offer. The shuffling of feet across the floor interrupts her thoughts. Rory looks up to see Jess standing barefoot in his boxer shorts.
"Um, are you asleep?" He whispers.
"Who could sleep under these conditions?"
"Mind if I join you?" Jess asks awkwardly
"Not at all. I was getting kind of lonely out here by myself."
"Really? Me too." Jess says as He slides in next to Rory. He puts his arm over her and whispers, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
"Well, that's the last of it. You are officially moved in." Jess smiles at Rory.
"Great. I think I'll go take a shower."
"Oh man. This is going to take some getting used to."
"What?"
"Sharing a bathroom."
"Oh come on, you were engaged for a year you had to ha—
"Nope, my old place had two bathrooms."
"Oh, well than you better get used to it quick." Rory Smiles as she heads down the hall.
The phone rings, Jess decides to let the machine get it, as he sits down on couch reading his book. It rings 3 times before the newly recorded message begins.
(Rory's Voice) Hi, You have reached 345-8975. Neither Jess or I are in so leave a message after the beep. Jess smiles at the simple message, his thoughts are interrupted suddenly by the voice on the machine.
"Hello? Jess? It's your mother, I was just calling to check up on you, we obviously have a lot to talk about call me ba—
"Hi, Mom."
"Who was that on the machine?"
Jess scratches his unshaven face and answers "Oh, uh that's Rory."
"Rory who? What is she doing on your answering machine?"
"Mom, you know who Rory is. You met her a few years ago. Remember, she came to visit me in New York, and for your information She moved in with me last week."
"I don't remember Jess. Honestly, I'm your mother it wouldn't kill you to call and tell me these things."
"Actually it might have, haven't you heard of those new explosives, sent through the telephone? For all I know you could have been some psychopath out to kill me."
"Don't start Jess."
"So why did you really call, mom?"
"Well, I called your uncle a few days ago, and he told me you were doing real good…and well I have this thing to go to just outside of Harvard, and I thought I might come by and see you."
"Mom, I'm working all this week, I don't think its really possible—
"Oh come on, you can introduce me to Riley."
"Rory, mom."
"What kind of name is Rory, anyway?"
"It's short for Lorelei." Jess says shortly.
"Oh. Well, I'm coming up on Wednesday, my meeting is on Thursday, so then I figure we can spend Friday and Saturday together."
"Alright, sounds fine see you wed—
"Of course, I called a few hotels in the area, and everything's booked until Friday…"
"Oh no. Mom, Rory's just getting settled in and—
"Jess, I'm sure your little fling won't mind if I spend a few nights, I'll pack up Friday and be out of your way. You do think she can keep her panties on that long don't you?"
"Look I've had enough, Rory is a nice girl. I'm sure she'd be fine with you staying here; it's just—
"Great, so I'll see you Wednesday!" With that the phone clicks and Liz is off of the line.
At that moment Rory appears at the bathroom door, wearing pajamas and drying her hair with a towel.
"What's going on?" she inquires.
Jess sits down on the couch his head in his hands. He mumbles.
"What?"
"My mother is coming."
"Oh…well, that should be fun."
"She wants to stay here."
"Ok, so we'll clean up a little bit before she comes, what's the problem."
"Do you have any idea, how horrible she is going to be to you?"
"Well, I'm sure she's a little upset that you didn't tell her we were living together, but I think after a little bit she'll be fine with it.
"You don't know my mother. Just promise me, you won't let her treat you like crap, while she's here."
"Jess, I can stand up for myself, besides once she sees how happy you are she's not going to care."
*Wednesday afternoon.
*Liz has just arrived Jess ahs gone downstairs to grab her bags, Rory is waiting upstairs for them.
A medium build brunette enters the apartment followed by Jess.
"Hello, Mrs. Marino it's nice to—
"It's Danes dear…Ms. Danes."
"Oh…right. I'm sorry."
"No it's fine, really. How would you have known, you've been dating what 3 weeks now?" Liz quips looking towards her son.
Jess' gaze turns hard as carries his mothers things to his bedroom. Liz follows him and does an inventory of the room.
"This is your room?"
"Yep."
"So, where will you be sleeping?"
"Across the hall." Jess points to Rory's room as Liz walks past him towards the other room.
"You can't sleep in here."
"Why not?"
"Well, you can't ask this girl to sleep on the couch."
"I wasn't going to."
"You can't be serious. I don't care if you are living with this girl, it's not the right thing to do."
"Mom, This is my apartment—
"Jess, it's ok. Your mother can stay in my room. You'll stay in there...and I'll take the couch. It's not a big deal, besides I'll be up late working on my paper anyway."
"See, Jess, now everything is solved." Liz smirks.
*The rest of the day goes by quickly. Rory leaves at 3 for class, Jess takes his mother over to the paper, to see where he works. They go out to lunch afterwards and then return to the apartment.
*7pm
Jess checks his watch again. Rory is an hour late.
"Come sit down Jess, there's all this nice spaghetti here. You don't want it to get cold."
"No one called while I was in the shower did they mom?"
"No, now come eat."
"Its just Rory's supposed to be home at 6, and she's never late."
"What an irresponsible girl, not calling like that."
"Her name is Rory, mo—
*The door swings open to reveal Rory, her book bag slung across her back, her pants muddy.
Jess runs to her.
"Are you ok? What happened?"
"Well, I missed my bus, and then decided to walk back, and half way here a truck came by and, the rest is history." Rory says annoyed pointing to her pants.
"Why didn't you call me, I was her I would've come and got you."
"I did call. Three times, it was busy."
Jess stares hard at his mother. "No calls mom?"
"I had to call and makes sure Wendi had fed my fish." Liz replies no remorse in her voice.
"Well, you're home now, come eat."
"I just want to shower." Rory says, face flushed.
"That girl needs an attitude adjustment if you ask me."
"Enough Mom."
*The evening passes quickly. Rory goes out for Chinese, as by the time she's done showering, the spaghetti has been thrown away. Jess decides it is better to let Rory cool off, so he stays home and writes his article. Liz retreats to Rory's room at 9.
*Rory returns home at 9:30 to find her bedroom door locked. She heads across the hall to Jess' room.
"Hey, you're back."
"Yea…and I have nothing to sleep in."
"Here, wear one of my shirts." Jess gets up and moves towards the dresses, he hands his old faded black Metalica to Rory. Rory smiles at him. "You know...I'm sorry about all this, my mom's a maniac. I don't know why I let her come. I don't even like her.—
"Yea, but you love her, and nothing's going to change that. Besides it's only until Friday. I'm sure she just needs to get used to me."
"Alright, but if she calls you that girl one more time…she out. Got it?"
"Ok. Goodnight."
"Why don't you stay in here, with me?"
Rory's eyes widen at Jess' words. "N-no I better stay on the couch, in case your mom wakes up. Goodnight." Rory walks out to the living room. While the couch wasn't the most comfortable place to sleep, Rory was glad Liz had made a big deal about Jess staying in her room. While they had been dating for 3 months, and were living together, the two had never spent an entire night in the same bed. Rory was self-conscious about having Jess so close to her. It was way too intimate for her, at least right now.
*Rory's relief soon turns to discomfort, as she lies awake thinking of Jess. The subject of sleeping in the same bed had only come up once, and the notion was quickly squashed, although the option had been left open. Now, as the option was no longer available, Rory began to feel lonely. She had never noticed how empty it was sleeping by herself, and now as she lies there on the couch, she wishes she'd taken Jess' offer. The shuffling of feet across the floor interrupts her thoughts. Rory looks up to see Jess standing barefoot in his boxer shorts.
"Um, are you asleep?" He whispers.
"Who could sleep under these conditions?"
"Mind if I join you?" Jess asks awkwardly
"Not at all. I was getting kind of lonely out here by myself."
"Really? Me too." Jess says as He slides in next to Rory. He puts his arm over her and whispers, "Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
