Disclaimer: I don't own it. No sir. Or ma'am. Whatever the case. By the way, the song below is Rainy Days by Mary J. Blige featuring Ja Rule
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: R/J
A/N: This is another Literati. It's a future fic, and it's kind of a different style than normal, Hence, I need the feedback for reassurance ;-) I hope all of you like it, and...without further ado...here it is...the Prologue and Chapter 1. I discontinued the Trory, by the way. I'm not a Trory fan. I just couldn't do it. Sorry!
When it's Raining
Prologue---Grey Skies
"..and I...kiss the clouds on a rainy day...and...smile for you when skies are grey..."
Anyone outside would know that the sky was about to open up, bursting into droplets of liquid grey. Clouds were darkening the daytime, rolling over the bright blue with ease, storming the sky. Then, the world's assumption proved correct. Slowly, the sky began to release its watery tears, single drops and drizzle first, then bluish splotches against the grey sky backdrop. It cast a damp gloom over the mood in the city. However, while most people were outside, scrambling for cover, or inside, gazing out the window with melancholy eyes, Rory Gilmore simply sat on her front steps. The rain had an odd effect on her.
A smile lighting her still girlish, innocent features, she watched the storm with sparkling sapphire eyes. As she had many times in the past when the rain came, she rose, and began to walk along the sidewalk, uncaring. Her hair rose in tangles against the wind, her clothes becoming matted and soaked through. Still, with the rain splattering against her cheeks like tears, and dripping from her eyelashes, blurring her vision, she continued to walk. And in tandem with someone else, coming from the opposite place, walking in the same direction, she placed one foot in front of the other. Right. Left. Right. Left.
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Jess Mariano smiled a rare smile as he watched the raindrops cluster in puddles, and listened to the light patter of water on the windows and the car roof. The memories came rushing back. No matter who he was with or what he was doing, he always stopped and took a walk when it poured in the city. So he parked his car, got out, and began to walk along the sidewalk. He didn't know where she was now, or what she was doing. He hadn't seen her for nearly 4 years.
His hair was drenched. Once-clean work clothes were now ruined with splashes of grey rain water and muddy streaks. He still wore baggy pants, but they were khakis now, with a white button down shirt. He had just gotten off of an interview with a publisher. He continued to stroll, his mind wandering aimlessly. Some pedestrians struggling with umbrellas watched him curiously, and some softly chuckled. However, Jess took no notice. He never was the type to notice what anyone thought. He was simply reveling in his own thoughts, unaware of anything else.
He remembered the contours of her body, her shining ocean eyes, her wet hair gathered in clumps and hanging in disarray around her face. She had been beautiful. As the rain poured onto his face, he remembered of the rumble of thunder in the distance, the green leaves bending under the weight of water. He remembered the watery warm feeling of her mouth, the scent of spring and summer in her hair. He remembered the heat even though grey drops were pounding him, icy cold. Most of all, he remembered her last words to him. "And every time it rains..." she had trailed off. Her smile still haunted him. Especially when it rained.
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The two walked, now about a half a mile away from each other. Both were still reminiscing, and both knew that this feeling of nostalgia that seemed packaged with every rainstorm would never go away. Once again in tandem with each other, they tilted their heads and looked towards the sky, watching liquid fall from semi-darkness. "And every time it rains..." they said, together. There they stood, in unison, but not together, waiting for something. Closure? Maybe. Or maybe it was just another excuse to escape from a troubled, ordinary world and return to the last time they had both gotten what they wanted.
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