Disclaimer: I don't own them. Wish I did. Especially Jess/Milo. :) The title is a Dashboard Confessional song. Check them out. They kick booty.
Rating: PG13, I had to change it to do what I *really* wanted to do.
Summary: I don't really know what to say. It's a funny fic I wrote for a challenge. I thought I should mention now.. it's AU, kinda. lol.
AN: Like I said, I wrote this for a challenge. (P.S. I wrote this chapter in 30 minutes.)
The Challenge: The story(chapter) MUST include the following:
*Sookie
*mention of Jess' mom
*town meeting
*contest or bet
*gazebo
*Sense & Sensibility
*reference to the WB
Shirts and Gloves
Sookie was in the kitchen at the inn stirring something on a burner. Michel was standing near the door about to say something when Lorelai burst through the door rambling. She stopped short when she caught sight of Sookie. Michel looked at Lorelai with a smirk on his face, "I bet you five dollars she burns something."
Lorelai looked at him with narrowed eyes and her jaw hanging open, "How can you say that?" She paused a moment, "Do I look stupid enough to take that bet? Wait don't answer that."
Before Michel could say a word they were both pulled out of their thoughts by an, "Oops! Ouch." They turned their heads towards Sookie to see a foot high flame around the pan, and her turning a knob to off as she clutched her eyebrows. "I'm okay really," she said pulling her hand away from her eyebrows.
Michel stifled a laugh as Lorelai gaped at Sookie. "Sookie, Hun," Lorelai said walking towards the woman, "I think we'd better take you to the hospital." Lorelai lead Sookie past the chuckling Michel and out the door.
"But I'm okay. Really! It didn't hurt a bit. Okay well maybe a little," Sookie giggled.
"Sookie, you have no more eyebrows. We're going to the hospital."
Meanwhile, Rory was sitting in the gazebo reading Sense & Sensibility. She and Lane had just got done shopping and now Rory was planning on relaxing a while since Lane's mom had forced her to go to Bible Studies for the afternoon. She crunched on the pretzel stick she was holding in her right hand and shifted on the bench as she got to a good part. Just then she felt something heavy hit the bench beside her. She looked up startled, to stare straight into Jess' eyes. Rory swallowed her pretzel and said, "Hey Jess."
He nodded and said, "Hey Rory, Sense & Sensibility huh?"
She nodded and marked her place setting the book down, "So how are you doing?"
"Pretty good considering."
She tilted her head, "Considering what?"
"I'm still in Stars Hollow," he responded smirking at her.
She rolled her eyes, "Anyways, I had fun last night."
"Yeah me too," He said looking down, "Hey prepare yourself, I'm about to get truthful and crap."
She pretended to brace herself then nodded, "Go for it."
He looked up at her out of the corner of his eye, "I like your mom."
Rory relaxed a bit, "Funny, so do I. Don't make me fight you for her!" She laughed a bit.
He laughed at her laughing, "Yeah well she's nice, and cool."
"Ah I'm sure your mom's not that bad."
A shadow crossed Jess' face and it became stony again as he looked back at his shoes, "Yeah, she is."
"How so?"
Jess stood up abruptly and started to walk away.
"Jess wait, I'm sorry."
He turned to her, "No I'm sorry. I should have... I. I just, not now Rory. Maybe sometime. But not now."
She nodded in understanding and motioned for him to sit back down.
He looked at her a moment, "No I've got to get back to the diner. I'll see you at tonight's meeting though."
Rory couldn't do anything more than nod and say, surprised, "Okay. Sure."
The meeting was practically half over that night when Lorelai and Rory got there. Taylor glared at Lorelai, "You're late."
Rory ducked into a row next to Jess and Luke as Lorelai responded speaking fast, "Yes I see. Well it was all the Oompa Loompa's fault."
"Here we go," Rory whispered to Jess. He just looked at her puzzled.
"What?" Taylor asked.
"Well then they were dancing with the pink elephants in the salsa," Lorelai was still speaking with super speed as she made her way to the end of the row Rory was in. Jess was smirking.
"Huh?" Taylor said
Luke looked at Lorelai, "Don't sit here."
"And all the clocks were set back while the dolphins played in the green grassy lagoon and they said 'squeak squeak' but meant 'meeting meeting' and I finally got past the big guy name Bubba who was at my door. Then all the way here the frog from the WB was following me and Rory so we had to tie it up." Rory glared at her mom.
"Okay just sit down," Taylor finally said.
Jess leaned towards Rory as Lorelai sat down, "Next time I'm coming in with you guys."
Lorelai leaned in front of Rory smiling at Jess, "Anytime you want to cause trouble you're welcome to be late with us.
Rory watched Jess and Lorelai grin/smirking at each other and smiled. Finally, they were getting along.
