Chapter 11
Rory sat with her blankets pulled up to her chest, used tissues surrounded her as she cried. The realization of what had happened today along with everything else that had happen over the past few weeks were too much for her. It all started when she found out she was pregnant, then she broke up with Dean, almost lost her baby, had to tell her grandparents, got into a fight with Jess because he never broke up with Shane, and because Dean kissed her. And as if that wasn't enough she got kicked out of Chilton, now she would have to go to Stars Hollow High. "At least life can't get any worst," Rory sniffed to herself and reached for another tissue from the box, but her hand came out empty. "Stupid tissues," she growled and threw the box at wall, as Lorelai entered.
"Whoa. Next time warn me of flying objects before I enter your room." Lorelai laughed. "You're dangerous. I mean you should seriously hang a sign that says 'boxes crossing' or something"
"Sorry." She sniffled. "There's no more tissues."
"Well, they're stupid anyway," she mocked.
"Mom," she sobbed as Lorelai moved to comfort her.
"I know. I'm sorry." She sighed and brushed a tear off Rory's cheek. "Oh sweetie. Why don't you call Jess and talk to him for a little while, maybe he'll make you feel better," she suggested.
"Yeah I need to tell him about Chilton, but I want to tell him in person. I'll just go see him at Luke's," Rory told her, she hadn't been out of the house since she got back from Chilton and she really needed to be with Jess, he would make her better.
"That sounds like a good idea. I need coffee. I'll go with you."
Rory looked at the clock. "It's only 4:30, he's not done being tutored yet, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind finishing 30 minutes early."
Lorelai panicked, remembering what Becka had said earlier at the high school. "Actually...maybe we should stay home," Lorelai stuttered nervously.
"What are you talking about? You just said it was a good idea. You said you were hungry." She looked at her suspiciously.
"Well, umm Luke is having a coffee special. Two for one. It starts at ummm 5:00" she struggled for an excuse.
"First of all, you get free coffee now," Rory reminder her. "and second of all you suck at lying. What's going on?"
"Nothing Rory...God, why would think...why do you say I'm...nothing's wrong," she stuttered and ended with a smile.
"Mom!"
"Fine. When I went to the school today to enroll you...I kinda heard that girl that tutors Jess talking to her friend..."
"And," Rory pushed.
"...and she said she was going to try something with Jess today," she told reluctantly.
"What! I knew I couldn't trust that...that.."
"Hussy," Lorelai finished.
"For lack of a meaner word, yes!" she yelled.
"Hey, don't yell at me, save it for the hussy."
"Okay, I will," she yelled again, throwing her covers off and putting on a pair of jeans and a long sleeved shirt. "I'm going to Luke's."
"Oh, I wanna come. I'm an experienced fight stopper, remember." Lorelai smiled with excitement as the girl grabbed their coats.
"Fine, but just don't stop it till I get a punch in," Rory told her before they left.
"Deal."
**Luke's **
"Hey Luke. Can I go up? Thanks," Rory stated without a pause as she rushed threw the diner and up the stairs.
She had already made it halfway up before he had a chance to say. "Yeah, go ahead."
"Call me if you need back up," Lorelai called. She stayed downstairs and went to explain to Luke.
Rory stormed up the steps and pressed her ear against the door to hear what was going on. "I think that's enough studying for today." Becka smirked as she leaned over and closed the book in front of Jess.
"Okay, good. I'll see you tomorrow then," he told her, trying to get her out as soon as possible. She has spent the last week flirting with him and he was starting to get nervous that she would try something. He would never do anything to hurt Rory, but he was nervous that his hormones would take over. Hormones could be a scary and unpredictable thing, if anyone knew that, it was him now that Rory's were out of control.
"Actually, I was hoping we could just hang out for a little while." Becka brushed his shoulder and Rory rolled her eyes. "Listen to the some music, turn the lights down...mess around a little," she offered, running her hand threw his hair, Rory's eyes widened with anger.
"NO I don't think that's such a good idea." Jess stood up quickly, this brought a smile to Rory's face. Jess grabbed her jacket and held it out to her. "Here."
She took it, threw it on the couch, then pushed him against the wall and pressed her hand against the wall behind him, one hand on either side of his head. "Forget about her," She told him, referring to Rory. "She'll never give you what I can."
"Look Becka, I'm not interested," he told her, trying to duck under her arms, but she wouldn't let him out.
"Get your slutty hands off of him," Rory yelled, opening the door.
"Well, look who's here." Becka grinned. "Does Rory know what a bad boyfriend you've been?"
"What?" Jess questioned with a mixture of anger and nervousness. "Rory, I didn't do anything. I swear."
"I know you didn't," Rory told him, pushing Becka's hand up and pulling Jess towards her. "I think you need to leave and forget about tutoring Jess again."
"I think that's for Jess to decide."
"I agree," he told her.
"Shut up Jess. You're just saying that because your freak of a girlfriend is here. You know you wanted me."
"Okay, that's it! I've had enough. Jess doesn't want you! Get it through your head. I know it's probably hard for you to process and store more then one piece of information in that tiny brain of yours, but if you have to remember one thing it better be that you will NEVER ever get Jess," Rory yelled and Becka opened her mouth say something. "Shut up. I'm not done. Just to repeat so that it gets threw to you. Leave my boyfriend alone! Don't talk to him, don't touch him, don't even LOOK at him or I promise you, you will regret it, you little slut!"
"You bitch," Becka screamed, slapping her in the face. "Don't ever talk to me that way again."
Rory held her face, then pushed her with force almost knocking Becka down. "I've put up with people ten times worse then you and I can take whatever insult you have. No matter what you do, I can guarantee you that you will never have Jess and that is a promise."
"Whatever," Becka growled, grabbing her jacket. "I'll see you tomorrow, Jess," she called sweetly before leaving.
"Bitch," Rory whispered. She began to cry and buried her face into his waiting shoulder.
"I'm soo sorry Rory," he sighed, wrapping his arms around her. "I got a tutor to help us get a better future and I just made matters worse."
"It's not your fault," Rory told him through the sobs. "It doesn't matter anyway. I'm not going to Harvard."
"What are you talking about Rory?" He pulled back. "We've already been through this. We planned it all out. I mean, I know there's no guarantee that it will work out, but I'm trying my..."
"Stop it," she told him weakly. "I got kicked out."
"What?"
"Of Chilton! They kicked me out," she revealed, bringing back her tears.
"Why? How could they do this Rory?"
"They called me out of class, told me they don't allow pregnant girls at Chilton, and made me leave. They called had a whole PTA meeting about it and eveyone voted that I would be kicked out. It was so embarrassing Jess! Everyone knew. I felt so stupid." She cried and he pulled her into his again.
"You need to sit down and take a deep breath. This isn't good for the baby." He lead her to the couch and she rested her head on his lap. He gently stroked her hair. "Everything's going to be okay," he whispered, as she closed her eyes and began to drift to sleep. "I love you," Jess said for the first time out loud, thinking she was asleep. He kissed her forehead.
"I love you too." she whispered, her eyes still closed. Jess smiled and leaned back and closed his eyes too.
Rory sat with her blankets pulled up to her chest, used tissues surrounded her as she cried. The realization of what had happened today along with everything else that had happen over the past few weeks were too much for her. It all started when she found out she was pregnant, then she broke up with Dean, almost lost her baby, had to tell her grandparents, got into a fight with Jess because he never broke up with Shane, and because Dean kissed her. And as if that wasn't enough she got kicked out of Chilton, now she would have to go to Stars Hollow High. "At least life can't get any worst," Rory sniffed to herself and reached for another tissue from the box, but her hand came out empty. "Stupid tissues," she growled and threw the box at wall, as Lorelai entered.
"Whoa. Next time warn me of flying objects before I enter your room." Lorelai laughed. "You're dangerous. I mean you should seriously hang a sign that says 'boxes crossing' or something"
"Sorry." She sniffled. "There's no more tissues."
"Well, they're stupid anyway," she mocked.
"Mom," she sobbed as Lorelai moved to comfort her.
"I know. I'm sorry." She sighed and brushed a tear off Rory's cheek. "Oh sweetie. Why don't you call Jess and talk to him for a little while, maybe he'll make you feel better," she suggested.
"Yeah I need to tell him about Chilton, but I want to tell him in person. I'll just go see him at Luke's," Rory told her, she hadn't been out of the house since she got back from Chilton and she really needed to be with Jess, he would make her better.
"That sounds like a good idea. I need coffee. I'll go with you."
Rory looked at the clock. "It's only 4:30, he's not done being tutored yet, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind finishing 30 minutes early."
Lorelai panicked, remembering what Becka had said earlier at the high school. "Actually...maybe we should stay home," Lorelai stuttered nervously.
"What are you talking about? You just said it was a good idea. You said you were hungry." She looked at her suspiciously.
"Well, umm Luke is having a coffee special. Two for one. It starts at ummm 5:00" she struggled for an excuse.
"First of all, you get free coffee now," Rory reminder her. "and second of all you suck at lying. What's going on?"
"Nothing Rory...God, why would think...why do you say I'm...nothing's wrong," she stuttered and ended with a smile.
"Mom!"
"Fine. When I went to the school today to enroll you...I kinda heard that girl that tutors Jess talking to her friend..."
"And," Rory pushed.
"...and she said she was going to try something with Jess today," she told reluctantly.
"What! I knew I couldn't trust that...that.."
"Hussy," Lorelai finished.
"For lack of a meaner word, yes!" she yelled.
"Hey, don't yell at me, save it for the hussy."
"Okay, I will," she yelled again, throwing her covers off and putting on a pair of jeans and a long sleeved shirt. "I'm going to Luke's."
"Oh, I wanna come. I'm an experienced fight stopper, remember." Lorelai smiled with excitement as the girl grabbed their coats.
"Fine, but just don't stop it till I get a punch in," Rory told her before they left.
"Deal."
**Luke's **
"Hey Luke. Can I go up? Thanks," Rory stated without a pause as she rushed threw the diner and up the stairs.
She had already made it halfway up before he had a chance to say. "Yeah, go ahead."
"Call me if you need back up," Lorelai called. She stayed downstairs and went to explain to Luke.
Rory stormed up the steps and pressed her ear against the door to hear what was going on. "I think that's enough studying for today." Becka smirked as she leaned over and closed the book in front of Jess.
"Okay, good. I'll see you tomorrow then," he told her, trying to get her out as soon as possible. She has spent the last week flirting with him and he was starting to get nervous that she would try something. He would never do anything to hurt Rory, but he was nervous that his hormones would take over. Hormones could be a scary and unpredictable thing, if anyone knew that, it was him now that Rory's were out of control.
"Actually, I was hoping we could just hang out for a little while." Becka brushed his shoulder and Rory rolled her eyes. "Listen to the some music, turn the lights down...mess around a little," she offered, running her hand threw his hair, Rory's eyes widened with anger.
"NO I don't think that's such a good idea." Jess stood up quickly, this brought a smile to Rory's face. Jess grabbed her jacket and held it out to her. "Here."
She took it, threw it on the couch, then pushed him against the wall and pressed her hand against the wall behind him, one hand on either side of his head. "Forget about her," She told him, referring to Rory. "She'll never give you what I can."
"Look Becka, I'm not interested," he told her, trying to duck under her arms, but she wouldn't let him out.
"Get your slutty hands off of him," Rory yelled, opening the door.
"Well, look who's here." Becka grinned. "Does Rory know what a bad boyfriend you've been?"
"What?" Jess questioned with a mixture of anger and nervousness. "Rory, I didn't do anything. I swear."
"I know you didn't," Rory told him, pushing Becka's hand up and pulling Jess towards her. "I think you need to leave and forget about tutoring Jess again."
"I think that's for Jess to decide."
"I agree," he told her.
"Shut up Jess. You're just saying that because your freak of a girlfriend is here. You know you wanted me."
"Okay, that's it! I've had enough. Jess doesn't want you! Get it through your head. I know it's probably hard for you to process and store more then one piece of information in that tiny brain of yours, but if you have to remember one thing it better be that you will NEVER ever get Jess," Rory yelled and Becka opened her mouth say something. "Shut up. I'm not done. Just to repeat so that it gets threw to you. Leave my boyfriend alone! Don't talk to him, don't touch him, don't even LOOK at him or I promise you, you will regret it, you little slut!"
"You bitch," Becka screamed, slapping her in the face. "Don't ever talk to me that way again."
Rory held her face, then pushed her with force almost knocking Becka down. "I've put up with people ten times worse then you and I can take whatever insult you have. No matter what you do, I can guarantee you that you will never have Jess and that is a promise."
"Whatever," Becka growled, grabbing her jacket. "I'll see you tomorrow, Jess," she called sweetly before leaving.
"Bitch," Rory whispered. She began to cry and buried her face into his waiting shoulder.
"I'm soo sorry Rory," he sighed, wrapping his arms around her. "I got a tutor to help us get a better future and I just made matters worse."
"It's not your fault," Rory told him through the sobs. "It doesn't matter anyway. I'm not going to Harvard."
"What are you talking about Rory?" He pulled back. "We've already been through this. We planned it all out. I mean, I know there's no guarantee that it will work out, but I'm trying my..."
"Stop it," she told him weakly. "I got kicked out."
"What?"
"Of Chilton! They kicked me out," she revealed, bringing back her tears.
"Why? How could they do this Rory?"
"They called me out of class, told me they don't allow pregnant girls at Chilton, and made me leave. They called had a whole PTA meeting about it and eveyone voted that I would be kicked out. It was so embarrassing Jess! Everyone knew. I felt so stupid." She cried and he pulled her into his again.
"You need to sit down and take a deep breath. This isn't good for the baby." He lead her to the couch and she rested her head on his lap. He gently stroked her hair. "Everything's going to be okay," he whispered, as she closed her eyes and began to drift to sleep. "I love you," Jess said for the first time out loud, thinking she was asleep. He kissed her forehead.
"I love you too." she whispered, her eyes still closed. Jess smiled and leaned back and closed his eyes too.