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Chapter 9
Rory sighed as she entered her dark room and flipped on the lights. She couldn't believe that she and Jess had gotten into a fight. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. They were supposed to be happy and in love, but instead they were miserable, fighting and apparently dating other people. "Bed." She called with longing as she shuffled towards it and climbed in. "I missed you."
"Hey sweetie." Lorelai smiled. "Did you just get home?"
"Yup." She sighed.
"I take it the talk with Dean didn't go great."
"How'd you guess?"
"What happened?" she asked taking a seat on Rory's bed.
"He kissed me."
"Dean?"
Rory nodded. "Jess saw."
"Oh my God." She put her hand over her mouth. "Did he kick his ass?"
"NO! He thought that I was still in love with Dean and he just walked away." She sighed. "Well, actually ran."
"He actually thought that?"
"Yup."
"What a jerk. Doesn't he trust you?"
"Exactly my point." she agreed
"So that's what you guys fought about?"
"And the fact that he and Shane are still dating." He added.
"WHAT!?"
"In his defense, he didn't know they were still dating. He forgot to break up with her."
"OK I know I've asked this before, but let me repeat... He thinks he's going to Boston college?"
"Mom now's not a good time."
"How could you forget to break up with someone?" she asked.
"I don't know!"
"I mean that has to hit a 10 on the stupidity meter."
"There's a stupidity meter?"
"NO ... but if there were ... he would definitely get a 10 out of 10." Lorelai nodded.
"I'm not disagreeing."
"So how long till you make up?"
"I don't know Mom." She sighed.
"Well, I need you to come with me to get coffee tomorrow." She wined.
"Hey, I'm on strict orders to stay in this bed for 3 more days. I can't go to Luke's."
"Oh please The only time you've been in the bed is when you're sleeping." Lorelai told her. "That's just an excuse."
"It's not my fault I can't lay in this bed all day." She sighed. "But I decided that I should probably start now."
"Yeah OK. Let's see how long that lasts."
"I could tell you right now. 3 days."
"Put your money where you mouth is."
"If I had money I would."
"Fine." She dug into her pocket. "Here's 10 bucks. Congratulations on your baby." She smiled slamming the bill into her hand.
"Thanks." She smiled taking the money.
"Hey hey hey. You have the money now you can bet me."
"Fine I will."
"OH it's on sister." She clapped. "I feel my wallet getting big as we speak."
"You don't have a wallet."
"Well, if I did I would feeling it gettin bigger." She yelled with excitement.
"So if you win you get this." She held up the bill. "What do I get if I win?"
"Well, then you get to keep that 10 dollars that I just gave you." She smiled.
"Wow." She put on a fake smiled. "What motivation."
"Isn't it?" she looked at the digital clock beside Rory's bed, it read 10:07. "You need sleep." She told her.
"Yeah." She agreed as Lorelai stood and kissed her forehead. "Night."
"Night sweets." She smiled before switching off the light and pulling the door closed.
**Luke's apartment**
Jess slammed the door behind him after entering the apartment. "You break it you buy it." Luke called from the couch.
"Whatever." He sighed and walked towards his room.
"Wait." Luke stopped him. "What's going on?"
"I'm not in the mood for a Full House moment right now." He replied before slamming his bedroom door behind him. Jess ripped off his jacket and threw it on the floor. He pulled his shirt over his head and slipped on a white tee shirt. He grabbed a book from his collection and threw himself onto his bed. After a few minutes of reading and trying to find a comfortable position, he finally gave up. "This only makes me think of her more." He sighed and tossed the book onto his night table. He pulled down the covers and slipped under, then reached over and switched of his lamp.
"OK this is going to bother me." Luke announced, entering the room and switching the over head light on.
Jess sat up quickly is his bed. "What the....."
"Did something happen with Rory? Is she OK?"
"Luke she's fine, we just had a fight."
"About what?"
"Leave me ALONE!" he yelled pulling the covers over his head.
"Fine but I'll find out eventually."
"I'm sure it will be in the local gossip column tomorrow." Jess told him sarcastically.
"Why would it be in there?"
"Oh my God. There's an actual gossip column?"
"No, but there's Miss. Patty."
"Well, then go talk to her." He grumbled from under the blanket. "And turn off the light before you go."
** Next day **
"Hey Mister." Lorelai greeted as she entered the diner. She took a seat at the counter.
"Hey where's Rory?" he asked.
"In bed." She replied. "Coffee."
"What happened with her and Jess?"
"Shouldn't you be asking Jess that?" she wondered
"I already did, but he told me to leave him alone."
"So he was his normal, kind self." She joked, not receiving a smile from Luke. "Oh come on. Don't I even get a little smile?"
"Tell me what happened."
"Fine." She agreed and explained the whole situation to Luke.
"Wow."
"I know." She sighed. "Give me a coffee to go. I have to get a doctor's note from Rory's doctor for Chilton."
"For what?"
"Well, she decided that she should stay in bed and actually follow the doctor's orders." She explained. "She doesn't want to get any unexcused absences."
"Good idea."
"I thought so." Lorelai agreed.
"I'll see you later." She called, grabbing her coffee.
"Later." He replied as Jess came shuffling down the stairs with his backpack over his shoulder. "Morning sunshine."
"It's too early."
"Well, now that you're actually going to school and you can't sleep till noon, I would have to agree that 8:00 would be pretty early for you."
"Yup." he replied and grabbed a pop tart from a box under the counter
"Are you gonna go see Rory today after school?"
"Why did she say something?" He wondered trying to show little enthusiasm but failing miserably.
"No, she didn't come this morning. She's staying in bed for the next 3 days."
"Oh." He sighed and headed for the door. "See yeah."
That afternoon, Jess walked down the sidewalk on his way home. He was having a hard time adjusting to his new schedule, before he would only go to school when he felt like it or when he had nothing better to do to pass the time until Rory would get home. He smiled at the thought of her and decided that he need to fix everything with her.
He came to her front door and paused for minute, before knocking. "Who is it?" He heard Rory call from inside, her voice sounded muffled.
"It's me." He replied.
"Jess?" she asked, surprised that he had come over. "I don't know if want you here." She told him.
"We need to talk Rory."
"Fine the door is open." She called. Jess opened the door and stepped in. "I'm in here." Her voice came from the bedroom. He made his way through the kitchen and stopped in her doorway.
"Hey."
"Hey?" she repeated. "Can I get a little more then a hey? Maybe an I'm sorry would be nice."
"I was getting there." He told her. "Just figured I should greet you first."
"Come in." She permitted and he complied, entering the room
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm really sorry for everything that happen last night. I was an idiot to believe that you still like Dean."
"Yes, you were. Go on." She sat up is her bed and crossed her arms.
"And I'm also really REALLY sorry that I didn't know me and Shane were still dating, but don't worry because I ended everything with her today."
"That's nice." she sighed
"Rory come on." he pleaded. "I'm trying to make things better... I don't want to be in a fight with you."
"I don't either."
"So are we OK now?"
"I guess." She sighed.
"Rory..."
"Come here." She motioned for him to sit on the bed beside her. She cupped her hands around his face and kissed him. "I missed you."
"Yeah after that whole day we were apart." He laughed.
"You didn't miss me?"
"Of course I did.. . n't" Jess laughed, receiving a smack on the shoulder. " I'm joking."
"You better be." She pointed her finger at him. He smiled and leaned over to kiss her again.
"Want to go for a walk?"
"I can't. I have to stay in bed."
"It won't hurt if you're out for 20 minutes." He told her.
"I know but then I'll lose."
"Lose?"
"My mom and I made a bet. She said that I won't be able to stay in bed for 3 days and I said that I will. "
"What do you get if you win?"
"I get to keep that 10 dollar that she gave me."
"Wow." He said sarcastically.
"I know. I want to rub her face in it when I win, but the 10 bucks is definitely a plus."
"Well, good luck with that." He told her, standing up.
"Where are you going?"
"I have to meet Becka at the diner in 10 minutes. We're doing American history today" He sighed and kissed her forehead. "I know you don't like her."
"I never said that. All I said was she doesn't like me."
"OK well. I'll call you later or something. If we get done early enough, but I'm not calling after 9:00 so don't wait up." He told her.
"I'll see you later." She smiled as he walked towards the door. "Have fun."
"I'm sure." He called.
"Not too much." She whispered to herself after she heard the door close.
** Next day**
Rory is walking through the kitchen on her way back from the bathroom when her mom spots her. "HEY you're out of bed." Lorelai pointed out.
"Oh come on you can't be serious." Rory laughed. "Bathroom trips don't count."
"We never agreed on that." Lorelai told her. "If they did then you would be out of bed every 5 minutes so there would be no point to the bet."
"Didn't you figure I would have to use the bathroom?"
"Yeah that's what I was counting on." Lorelai smiled.
"Not fair."
"Fine bathroom breaks are aloud." She agreed reluctantly, taking a sip of her coffee. "But only in 5 minute intervals."
"Mom."
"Come on I need to make it interesting. My life is boring with you in bed all the time."
"I'm going in bed now." She told her.
"That's good because you're time ran up... " she looked at her watch. " ... 2 minutes ago... I'll let it go this time."
"How big of you." Rory trudged back into her room.
"I'm going to Luke's, then the Inn. I should be back around 6:00. I'll call if I'm gonna be late." Lorelai called. "Bye sweets." She walked out the front door and closed the door behind her.
**Diner**
"Good morning people." Lorelai greeted as she entered the diner and sat down. "Coffee please Lucas."
"Don't call me that and you can have all the coffee you want." He told her putting an empty cup in front of her.
"Really?"
"Yeah For today." He smiled slightly and Lorelai frowned. "After that you're limit is a pot."
"What if me and Rory are both drinking from the pot and I only get half, do I get another half a pot?"
Luke looked at her in amazement. "You're whacked."
"So I've been told." She smiled brightly as he filled her cup. She looked over at the stairs as Jess came flying down.
"You're down early today." Luke noted out loud.
"Yup." He replied grabbing a cup and filling it with orange juice. "Morning Lorelai."
"Morning." She greeted with a hint of surprise in her voice. "You're very chipper this morning."
"Yeah, I had a good sleep." He told her. "How's the bet going?"
"I take it you and Rory made up." She smiled and Jess nodded. "The bet is going really bad, for me at least. For her it's going just peachy." Lorelai reached into her purse and pulled out 2 dollar bills. "Look at this. I'm in desperate need of that 10 dollars." She questioned and put her money on the counter. "Jess I was thinking that you could....."
"Don't get me involved in this." He held his hands up.
"On the house." Luke shoved the money back towards her.
"Thanks you just saved me from going bankrupt." She joked and Luke handed her a coffee to go. "How did you know I was gonna ask for this?"
"You ask everyday."
"But what if I wasn't going to ask today. What if I wanted to change it up a little and get orange juice or milk?"
Luke gave her a look. "From the moment the I met you I have never know you to ask for anything other then coffee, unless someone forced you to drink something else."
"That someone would be you." Lorelai added. "I still can believe you gave me hot chocolate instead of coffee."
"It was good wasn't it?"
"Chocolate does contain caffeine." She agreed and grabbed her purse. "I'll see you later."
"Later." Luke replied then turned and found Jess staring at him. "What?"
"You soo want her." Jess smiled before grabbing his things and leaving.
Chapter 9
Rory sighed as she entered her dark room and flipped on the lights. She couldn't believe that she and Jess had gotten into a fight. This wasn't how it was supposed to be. They were supposed to be happy and in love, but instead they were miserable, fighting and apparently dating other people. "Bed." She called with longing as she shuffled towards it and climbed in. "I missed you."
"Hey sweetie." Lorelai smiled. "Did you just get home?"
"Yup." She sighed.
"I take it the talk with Dean didn't go great."
"How'd you guess?"
"What happened?" she asked taking a seat on Rory's bed.
"He kissed me."
"Dean?"
Rory nodded. "Jess saw."
"Oh my God." She put her hand over her mouth. "Did he kick his ass?"
"NO! He thought that I was still in love with Dean and he just walked away." She sighed. "Well, actually ran."
"He actually thought that?"
"Yup."
"What a jerk. Doesn't he trust you?"
"Exactly my point." she agreed
"So that's what you guys fought about?"
"And the fact that he and Shane are still dating." He added.
"WHAT!?"
"In his defense, he didn't know they were still dating. He forgot to break up with her."
"OK I know I've asked this before, but let me repeat... He thinks he's going to Boston college?"
"Mom now's not a good time."
"How could you forget to break up with someone?" she asked.
"I don't know!"
"I mean that has to hit a 10 on the stupidity meter."
"There's a stupidity meter?"
"NO ... but if there were ... he would definitely get a 10 out of 10." Lorelai nodded.
"I'm not disagreeing."
"So how long till you make up?"
"I don't know Mom." She sighed.
"Well, I need you to come with me to get coffee tomorrow." She wined.
"Hey, I'm on strict orders to stay in this bed for 3 more days. I can't go to Luke's."
"Oh please The only time you've been in the bed is when you're sleeping." Lorelai told her. "That's just an excuse."
"It's not my fault I can't lay in this bed all day." She sighed. "But I decided that I should probably start now."
"Yeah OK. Let's see how long that lasts."
"I could tell you right now. 3 days."
"Put your money where you mouth is."
"If I had money I would."
"Fine." She dug into her pocket. "Here's 10 bucks. Congratulations on your baby." She smiled slamming the bill into her hand.
"Thanks." She smiled taking the money.
"Hey hey hey. You have the money now you can bet me."
"Fine I will."
"OH it's on sister." She clapped. "I feel my wallet getting big as we speak."
"You don't have a wallet."
"Well, if I did I would feeling it gettin bigger." She yelled with excitement.
"So if you win you get this." She held up the bill. "What do I get if I win?"
"Well, then you get to keep that 10 dollars that I just gave you." She smiled.
"Wow." She put on a fake smiled. "What motivation."
"Isn't it?" she looked at the digital clock beside Rory's bed, it read 10:07. "You need sleep." She told her.
"Yeah." She agreed as Lorelai stood and kissed her forehead. "Night."
"Night sweets." She smiled before switching off the light and pulling the door closed.
**Luke's apartment**
Jess slammed the door behind him after entering the apartment. "You break it you buy it." Luke called from the couch.
"Whatever." He sighed and walked towards his room.
"Wait." Luke stopped him. "What's going on?"
"I'm not in the mood for a Full House moment right now." He replied before slamming his bedroom door behind him. Jess ripped off his jacket and threw it on the floor. He pulled his shirt over his head and slipped on a white tee shirt. He grabbed a book from his collection and threw himself onto his bed. After a few minutes of reading and trying to find a comfortable position, he finally gave up. "This only makes me think of her more." He sighed and tossed the book onto his night table. He pulled down the covers and slipped under, then reached over and switched of his lamp.
"OK this is going to bother me." Luke announced, entering the room and switching the over head light on.
Jess sat up quickly is his bed. "What the....."
"Did something happen with Rory? Is she OK?"
"Luke she's fine, we just had a fight."
"About what?"
"Leave me ALONE!" he yelled pulling the covers over his head.
"Fine but I'll find out eventually."
"I'm sure it will be in the local gossip column tomorrow." Jess told him sarcastically.
"Why would it be in there?"
"Oh my God. There's an actual gossip column?"
"No, but there's Miss. Patty."
"Well, then go talk to her." He grumbled from under the blanket. "And turn off the light before you go."
** Next day **
"Hey Mister." Lorelai greeted as she entered the diner. She took a seat at the counter.
"Hey where's Rory?" he asked.
"In bed." She replied. "Coffee."
"What happened with her and Jess?"
"Shouldn't you be asking Jess that?" she wondered
"I already did, but he told me to leave him alone."
"So he was his normal, kind self." She joked, not receiving a smile from Luke. "Oh come on. Don't I even get a little smile?"
"Tell me what happened."
"Fine." She agreed and explained the whole situation to Luke.
"Wow."
"I know." She sighed. "Give me a coffee to go. I have to get a doctor's note from Rory's doctor for Chilton."
"For what?"
"Well, she decided that she should stay in bed and actually follow the doctor's orders." She explained. "She doesn't want to get any unexcused absences."
"Good idea."
"I thought so." Lorelai agreed.
"I'll see you later." She called, grabbing her coffee.
"Later." He replied as Jess came shuffling down the stairs with his backpack over his shoulder. "Morning sunshine."
"It's too early."
"Well, now that you're actually going to school and you can't sleep till noon, I would have to agree that 8:00 would be pretty early for you."
"Yup." he replied and grabbed a pop tart from a box under the counter
"Are you gonna go see Rory today after school?"
"Why did she say something?" He wondered trying to show little enthusiasm but failing miserably.
"No, she didn't come this morning. She's staying in bed for the next 3 days."
"Oh." He sighed and headed for the door. "See yeah."
That afternoon, Jess walked down the sidewalk on his way home. He was having a hard time adjusting to his new schedule, before he would only go to school when he felt like it or when he had nothing better to do to pass the time until Rory would get home. He smiled at the thought of her and decided that he need to fix everything with her.
He came to her front door and paused for minute, before knocking. "Who is it?" He heard Rory call from inside, her voice sounded muffled.
"It's me." He replied.
"Jess?" she asked, surprised that he had come over. "I don't know if want you here." She told him.
"We need to talk Rory."
"Fine the door is open." She called. Jess opened the door and stepped in. "I'm in here." Her voice came from the bedroom. He made his way through the kitchen and stopped in her doorway.
"Hey."
"Hey?" she repeated. "Can I get a little more then a hey? Maybe an I'm sorry would be nice."
"I was getting there." He told her. "Just figured I should greet you first."
"Come in." She permitted and he complied, entering the room
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm really sorry for everything that happen last night. I was an idiot to believe that you still like Dean."
"Yes, you were. Go on." She sat up is her bed and crossed her arms.
"And I'm also really REALLY sorry that I didn't know me and Shane were still dating, but don't worry because I ended everything with her today."
"That's nice." she sighed
"Rory come on." he pleaded. "I'm trying to make things better... I don't want to be in a fight with you."
"I don't either."
"So are we OK now?"
"I guess." She sighed.
"Rory..."
"Come here." She motioned for him to sit on the bed beside her. She cupped her hands around his face and kissed him. "I missed you."
"Yeah after that whole day we were apart." He laughed.
"You didn't miss me?"
"Of course I did.. . n't" Jess laughed, receiving a smack on the shoulder. " I'm joking."
"You better be." She pointed her finger at him. He smiled and leaned over to kiss her again.
"Want to go for a walk?"
"I can't. I have to stay in bed."
"It won't hurt if you're out for 20 minutes." He told her.
"I know but then I'll lose."
"Lose?"
"My mom and I made a bet. She said that I won't be able to stay in bed for 3 days and I said that I will. "
"What do you get if you win?"
"I get to keep that 10 dollar that she gave me."
"Wow." He said sarcastically.
"I know. I want to rub her face in it when I win, but the 10 bucks is definitely a plus."
"Well, good luck with that." He told her, standing up.
"Where are you going?"
"I have to meet Becka at the diner in 10 minutes. We're doing American history today" He sighed and kissed her forehead. "I know you don't like her."
"I never said that. All I said was she doesn't like me."
"OK well. I'll call you later or something. If we get done early enough, but I'm not calling after 9:00 so don't wait up." He told her.
"I'll see you later." She smiled as he walked towards the door. "Have fun."
"I'm sure." He called.
"Not too much." She whispered to herself after she heard the door close.
** Next day**
Rory is walking through the kitchen on her way back from the bathroom when her mom spots her. "HEY you're out of bed." Lorelai pointed out.
"Oh come on you can't be serious." Rory laughed. "Bathroom trips don't count."
"We never agreed on that." Lorelai told her. "If they did then you would be out of bed every 5 minutes so there would be no point to the bet."
"Didn't you figure I would have to use the bathroom?"
"Yeah that's what I was counting on." Lorelai smiled.
"Not fair."
"Fine bathroom breaks are aloud." She agreed reluctantly, taking a sip of her coffee. "But only in 5 minute intervals."
"Mom."
"Come on I need to make it interesting. My life is boring with you in bed all the time."
"I'm going in bed now." She told her.
"That's good because you're time ran up... " she looked at her watch. " ... 2 minutes ago... I'll let it go this time."
"How big of you." Rory trudged back into her room.
"I'm going to Luke's, then the Inn. I should be back around 6:00. I'll call if I'm gonna be late." Lorelai called. "Bye sweets." She walked out the front door and closed the door behind her.
**Diner**
"Good morning people." Lorelai greeted as she entered the diner and sat down. "Coffee please Lucas."
"Don't call me that and you can have all the coffee you want." He told her putting an empty cup in front of her.
"Really?"
"Yeah For today." He smiled slightly and Lorelai frowned. "After that you're limit is a pot."
"What if me and Rory are both drinking from the pot and I only get half, do I get another half a pot?"
Luke looked at her in amazement. "You're whacked."
"So I've been told." She smiled brightly as he filled her cup. She looked over at the stairs as Jess came flying down.
"You're down early today." Luke noted out loud.
"Yup." He replied grabbing a cup and filling it with orange juice. "Morning Lorelai."
"Morning." She greeted with a hint of surprise in her voice. "You're very chipper this morning."
"Yeah, I had a good sleep." He told her. "How's the bet going?"
"I take it you and Rory made up." She smiled and Jess nodded. "The bet is going really bad, for me at least. For her it's going just peachy." Lorelai reached into her purse and pulled out 2 dollar bills. "Look at this. I'm in desperate need of that 10 dollars." She questioned and put her money on the counter. "Jess I was thinking that you could....."
"Don't get me involved in this." He held his hands up.
"On the house." Luke shoved the money back towards her.
"Thanks you just saved me from going bankrupt." She joked and Luke handed her a coffee to go. "How did you know I was gonna ask for this?"
"You ask everyday."
"But what if I wasn't going to ask today. What if I wanted to change it up a little and get orange juice or milk?"
Luke gave her a look. "From the moment the I met you I have never know you to ask for anything other then coffee, unless someone forced you to drink something else."
"That someone would be you." Lorelai added. "I still can believe you gave me hot chocolate instead of coffee."
"It was good wasn't it?"
"Chocolate does contain caffeine." She agreed and grabbed her purse. "I'll see you later."
"Later." Luke replied then turned and found Jess staring at him. "What?"
"You soo want her." Jess smiled before grabbing his things and leaving.