If you're a Toronto Blue Jay... what the hell are you doing reading a Gilmore Girls fanfic?
Go outside and get some practice!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Toronto Blue Jays... nor do I wish to. I also do not own the Chicago Cubs... or the Atlanta Braves... but I'll take either team over the Blue Jays!
"What do you mean you have a daughter?" Jess asked. He'd just returned home from a trip to New York, and Luke was filling him in on the events of the past couple days.
"I mean, I have a daughter," Luke told him.
"But... how...," Jess started, but Luke interrupted.
"Jess, please tell me I don't have to give you the talk on the birds and the bees... cause I don't think I could!"
Jess laughed. "All I'm saying is... how could you be a father for sixteen years, and not know?"
Luke sat down, shaking his head. "Jacelyn, her mother... she just didn't tell me."
"Why?" Jess asked. He knew he should probably stop asking the questions, but he needed to know.
Luke shrugged. "Maybe she was afraid of ruining my life... didn't want to hurt my career... I don't know."
"Jess, listen," Luke went on. "I need you to help her out. You, more than anyone, should understand what it's like to come here and not want to be here."
"But, I came back because I wanted... remember?" Jess pointed out.
"Yeah, but Jess, we both know you didn't want to be here for the longest time," Luke told him. "Anyways, just... help her out anyway you see fit, ok?"
Jess shook his head. "Why should I?"
Luke sighed. "Because she's family Jess."
"It's not like she's my sister or anything!" Jess went on.
"No," Luke agreed. "But she is your cousin."
Jess sat down with a sigh. "She is, isn't she?"
Luke nodded. "Anyways, listen, I'm going to go upstairs and talk with her a bit... why don't you come meet her?"
Jess shook his head. "I think I'm going to go for a walk."
"OK," Luke said and got up. When he reached the doorway, he turned around to see Jess just about to close the door.
"She already knows," he called out.
"What?" Jess asked.
"Rory... she already knows about Cassidy," Luke told him.
Without commenting, Jess closed the door, and Luke went upstairs.
"Hey Cassidy," Luke said after he opened the door to the apartment and saw his daughter sitting on the couch.
"Hey," she replied without looking away from the tv.
"Well, that was a nice welcome," Luke said sarcastically as he sat down.
Cassidy laughed. "Sorry, but the Cubs are playing!" She still hadn't looked away from the television screen.
Luke groaned. "The Cubs! They're worse than the Toronto Blue Jays!"
"Wow, wow, wow," Cassidy said, throwing him a ready-to-kill look.
"OK, maybe that's over-doing it a bit..." Luke said, and laughed. "Who's winning?"
"The Cubs," Cassidy told him. "It's 4 to 1 in the beginning of the sixth inning."
"Who are they playing?" He asked.
"The Atlanta Braves," Cassidy replied.
"Good team," Luke stated
Cassidy laughed. "Not tonight, they aren't. Maddux has let two homeruns happen already!"
"Yikes!" Luke said, laughing again. "Maybe I should cheer for the Cubs tonight...."
"Of course you should," Cassidy told him.
"Go Cubs!" Luke shouted. With that, both fell back on the couch laughing.
When the game ended, Luke stood up and shook his head.
"What?" Cassidy asked, standing up.
Luke laughed. "We have more in common than I thought."
Cassidy shrugged. "I guess we do."
