A/N- Sorry about not posting right away but I sort of had writers block.
But I'm back with the next chapter. Oh yeah, and when I named Chapter
Eleven, I wasn't thinking about the Backstreet Boys song. Sorry about the
confusion.
Disclaimer: I DON'T own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters. Amy Sherman Pallidino does. She'd really lucky. I am not making any money off of this story either. I do own this story though because I wrote it.
Chapter Twelve- Reason Why
"Your father's in the hospital." Emily sniffed.
"Why? What happened?" Lorelai felt tears in her eyes.
"He had a heart attack during breakfast. I called an ambulance right away, and on the way to the hospital, he went unconscious. He still is, and hasn't woken up since. Lorelai, I'm so frightened! What if he doesn't survive?"
"Oh, mom. Don't say that. He's Richard Gilmore. Retirement didn't stop him from living his dream, why should a heart attack?" Lorelai started sobbing now. "I'll be at the hospital in twenty minutes, okay?"
"All right." Emily managed to say between sobs.
"Mom, I promise you, everything is going to be fine. Dad is strong. He'll pull through." She reassured her mother and secretly, herself.
"I know. Goodbye Lorelai."
"Bye Mom. See you soon." Lorelei hung her phone up and walked into Luke's.
Luke immediately noticed Lorelai's expression, and ran from behind the counter and toward Lorelai. "Lorelei, what's wrong?" He asked.
Seeing the worried expression on Luke's face only made her cry harder. "My dad is in the hospital." She said and fell into Luke's arms, putting her head on his chest.
Luke awkwardly put his arms around her. "Why, what happened?"
"He had a heart attack and went unconscious on the way to the hospital. I'm going they're now." Lorelai pulled her head up and looked at Luke. "I need you to tell Rory what happened, because I don't know where she is and I'm not going to bother looking for her."
"I'm coming with you Lorelai. I'll go tell Caesar to tell Rory if he sees her." Luke started to pull away, but Lorelai tightened her grip.
"You don't have to do this Luke."
"I want to." Lorelai let go of Luke and watched him find Caesar.
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Rory and Jess were sitting in the storage room, each holding a book. "Done." Jess announced.
"Not fair. My book was longer." Rory whined, putting down The Diary of Anne Frank.
"It's two words longer than The Giver. Hand over the pop tart."
"Wait, I only have two pages left. If I can finish them in thirty seconds, will you give me half?"
"Okay." Jess looked at his watch. "Go."
Rory quickly picked up her book and started reading. Fifteen seconds later, she was finished the book. "Done!"
"In record time too." Jess broke the pop tart in half. "So, didn't understand any of it?"
"Not a word."
Jess laughed and took a bite out of his half. "How long have we been stuck in here?"
"Well it's 2pm now and we realized the door was locked at eleven thirty. So about two and a half hours."
"When do you think Andrew will come back?"
"At six in the morning, when he opens." Rory paused when realization struck her. "Oh my God! My mom! She's gonna be so worried! She's going to think I was out with you all night!"
"Well technically, you will be."
"Oh no. What if she calls the police? She's gonna tell the whole town that I'm missing. Everyone will tell her that the last time they saw me, I was with you and my hair was blue. What is she going to think? This is the second time this happened."
"Do you mean the second time you were stuck in a storage room, or the second time you were out all night?"
Rory looked a little nervous. "Second time I was out all night." She said quickly.
"Are you serious? Where were you?"
"It's a long story."
"Hey, I'm not going anywhere." Jess half smiled.
"Well..." So Rory told him the whole story of the time she and Dean fell asleep in Miss. Patty's studio. "And when I got home, my mom and Grandma were both there.
"Interesting." Jess said thoughtfully after a minute.
"What's interesting?" Rory asked.
"You, Rory Gilmore, spent the night with Bag Boy."
"I didn't 'spend the night' with Bag- I mean Dean." Rory said defensively.
"Technically, you did."
"What's with you and the technicalities?" Rory asked annoyed, remembering what he said before.
"I'm just stating the truth."
"Well it's annoying." Rory said.
"Hey, I was just joking, no need to get defensive. If you want me to shut up, just say so."
"I don't want you to shut up. I'm sorry, I'm just worried, and angry. I'm sorry if I took it out on you."
"You didn't. Don't worry about it."
"So Jess, ever going to tell me what you did to get sent here?" Rory inquired..
Jess stood up and walked over to the shelf of damaged books. He fingered a book called Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. "Do you really want to know?" He asked without looking at her.
"Sure, if you really don't mind telling me."
"I don't mind." Jess took a deep breath. "I got into a lot of fights."
"Gang fights?" Rory asked.
Jess laughed. "I wasn't in a gang. Just fights with guys from my neighborhood."
"Physical? Did you use weapons?"
Jess took another deep breath. "Most of the time. So anyway, one night, me and this asshole, Jake, were about to fight in the alley behind the apartment building I lived in. There were a lot of homeless guys around us watching like it was a fight on pay per view." Jess paused and laughed, remembering the look on their faces. "It was probably the only entertainment they got every week." He stopped smiling, and turned to look at Rory. "Anyway, we were both holding knives and were about to start to try and kill each other when a police car passed by. They saw us and stopped the fight, taking us both to the police station. I remember spending the night in a cell. The police tried calling my mom, but she didn't answer. Of course, she was probably out at some club with her new boyfriend. At ten the next morning, Liz finally answered the phone and the police told her to come and get me. She got there like two hours later and thanked the officers for phoning her. They told her to do something to keep me out of trouble since it was like the eighth time I was arrested for fighting. And her solution was to ship me off to the uncle I never met who lived in Boringsville, USA." Jess turned around and flipped through the book he was looking at before, and then put it back down. "So that's the whole story."
"That's the reason why you came here?" Rory asked.
"Yep, why were you expecting something else? Like stealing a pack of gum from a 7-11, or drowning a kitten or something?" Jess asked as he finally picked up the book and walked back toward Rory and sat on the floor next to her.
"Well, no." Rory took the ripped book from Jess's hands. "Just tell me something."
"What?"
"Have you ever drowned a kitten before?" Jess laughed and shook his head. "Good." Rory sounded relieved. She looked down at the book in her hands. "Ever read this?" Jess shook his head again. "Well then I advise that you don't." Rory threw the book across the room. She then stood up and walked toward the shelf and picked up two books. She threw one to Jess. "Whoever finishes last has to sing and dance to O Christmas Tree."
"No way." Jess said and tossed the book a couple feet away.
Rory picked it up and gave it back to Jess. "Scared you'll lose?" She teased.
"I'm scared all right, but not because I might lose. Did you look at the book you gave me?" Rory looked at the cover.
"101 Ways on How To Have A Healthy Pregnancy. Young women like you Jess, should always be prepared you know."
"That's not funny."
"I think it was." Rory sat down next to Jess. "I'm bored. What do you wanna do?" Jess wiggled his eyes suggestively. "Okay, let me rephrase that. What do I- want to do?"
A/N- Next chapter will be up soon hopefully. In the meantime, please review. Tell me what you like and disliked, tell me that they weren't in character, just say something. I need to know what I'm doing wrong and right. Thanks.
Disclaimer: I DON'T own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters. Amy Sherman Pallidino does. She'd really lucky. I am not making any money off of this story either. I do own this story though because I wrote it.
Chapter Twelve- Reason Why
"Your father's in the hospital." Emily sniffed.
"Why? What happened?" Lorelai felt tears in her eyes.
"He had a heart attack during breakfast. I called an ambulance right away, and on the way to the hospital, he went unconscious. He still is, and hasn't woken up since. Lorelai, I'm so frightened! What if he doesn't survive?"
"Oh, mom. Don't say that. He's Richard Gilmore. Retirement didn't stop him from living his dream, why should a heart attack?" Lorelai started sobbing now. "I'll be at the hospital in twenty minutes, okay?"
"All right." Emily managed to say between sobs.
"Mom, I promise you, everything is going to be fine. Dad is strong. He'll pull through." She reassured her mother and secretly, herself.
"I know. Goodbye Lorelai."
"Bye Mom. See you soon." Lorelei hung her phone up and walked into Luke's.
Luke immediately noticed Lorelai's expression, and ran from behind the counter and toward Lorelai. "Lorelei, what's wrong?" He asked.
Seeing the worried expression on Luke's face only made her cry harder. "My dad is in the hospital." She said and fell into Luke's arms, putting her head on his chest.
Luke awkwardly put his arms around her. "Why, what happened?"
"He had a heart attack and went unconscious on the way to the hospital. I'm going they're now." Lorelai pulled her head up and looked at Luke. "I need you to tell Rory what happened, because I don't know where she is and I'm not going to bother looking for her."
"I'm coming with you Lorelai. I'll go tell Caesar to tell Rory if he sees her." Luke started to pull away, but Lorelai tightened her grip.
"You don't have to do this Luke."
"I want to." Lorelai let go of Luke and watched him find Caesar.
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Rory and Jess were sitting in the storage room, each holding a book. "Done." Jess announced.
"Not fair. My book was longer." Rory whined, putting down The Diary of Anne Frank.
"It's two words longer than The Giver. Hand over the pop tart."
"Wait, I only have two pages left. If I can finish them in thirty seconds, will you give me half?"
"Okay." Jess looked at his watch. "Go."
Rory quickly picked up her book and started reading. Fifteen seconds later, she was finished the book. "Done!"
"In record time too." Jess broke the pop tart in half. "So, didn't understand any of it?"
"Not a word."
Jess laughed and took a bite out of his half. "How long have we been stuck in here?"
"Well it's 2pm now and we realized the door was locked at eleven thirty. So about two and a half hours."
"When do you think Andrew will come back?"
"At six in the morning, when he opens." Rory paused when realization struck her. "Oh my God! My mom! She's gonna be so worried! She's going to think I was out with you all night!"
"Well technically, you will be."
"Oh no. What if she calls the police? She's gonna tell the whole town that I'm missing. Everyone will tell her that the last time they saw me, I was with you and my hair was blue. What is she going to think? This is the second time this happened."
"Do you mean the second time you were stuck in a storage room, or the second time you were out all night?"
Rory looked a little nervous. "Second time I was out all night." She said quickly.
"Are you serious? Where were you?"
"It's a long story."
"Hey, I'm not going anywhere." Jess half smiled.
"Well..." So Rory told him the whole story of the time she and Dean fell asleep in Miss. Patty's studio. "And when I got home, my mom and Grandma were both there.
"Interesting." Jess said thoughtfully after a minute.
"What's interesting?" Rory asked.
"You, Rory Gilmore, spent the night with Bag Boy."
"I didn't 'spend the night' with Bag- I mean Dean." Rory said defensively.
"Technically, you did."
"What's with you and the technicalities?" Rory asked annoyed, remembering what he said before.
"I'm just stating the truth."
"Well it's annoying." Rory said.
"Hey, I was just joking, no need to get defensive. If you want me to shut up, just say so."
"I don't want you to shut up. I'm sorry, I'm just worried, and angry. I'm sorry if I took it out on you."
"You didn't. Don't worry about it."
"So Jess, ever going to tell me what you did to get sent here?" Rory inquired..
Jess stood up and walked over to the shelf of damaged books. He fingered a book called Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King. "Do you really want to know?" He asked without looking at her.
"Sure, if you really don't mind telling me."
"I don't mind." Jess took a deep breath. "I got into a lot of fights."
"Gang fights?" Rory asked.
Jess laughed. "I wasn't in a gang. Just fights with guys from my neighborhood."
"Physical? Did you use weapons?"
Jess took another deep breath. "Most of the time. So anyway, one night, me and this asshole, Jake, were about to fight in the alley behind the apartment building I lived in. There were a lot of homeless guys around us watching like it was a fight on pay per view." Jess paused and laughed, remembering the look on their faces. "It was probably the only entertainment they got every week." He stopped smiling, and turned to look at Rory. "Anyway, we were both holding knives and were about to start to try and kill each other when a police car passed by. They saw us and stopped the fight, taking us both to the police station. I remember spending the night in a cell. The police tried calling my mom, but she didn't answer. Of course, she was probably out at some club with her new boyfriend. At ten the next morning, Liz finally answered the phone and the police told her to come and get me. She got there like two hours later and thanked the officers for phoning her. They told her to do something to keep me out of trouble since it was like the eighth time I was arrested for fighting. And her solution was to ship me off to the uncle I never met who lived in Boringsville, USA." Jess turned around and flipped through the book he was looking at before, and then put it back down. "So that's the whole story."
"That's the reason why you came here?" Rory asked.
"Yep, why were you expecting something else? Like stealing a pack of gum from a 7-11, or drowning a kitten or something?" Jess asked as he finally picked up the book and walked back toward Rory and sat on the floor next to her.
"Well, no." Rory took the ripped book from Jess's hands. "Just tell me something."
"What?"
"Have you ever drowned a kitten before?" Jess laughed and shook his head. "Good." Rory sounded relieved. She looked down at the book in her hands. "Ever read this?" Jess shook his head again. "Well then I advise that you don't." Rory threw the book across the room. She then stood up and walked toward the shelf and picked up two books. She threw one to Jess. "Whoever finishes last has to sing and dance to O Christmas Tree."
"No way." Jess said and tossed the book a couple feet away.
Rory picked it up and gave it back to Jess. "Scared you'll lose?" She teased.
"I'm scared all right, but not because I might lose. Did you look at the book you gave me?" Rory looked at the cover.
"101 Ways on How To Have A Healthy Pregnancy. Young women like you Jess, should always be prepared you know."
"That's not funny."
"I think it was." Rory sat down next to Jess. "I'm bored. What do you wanna do?" Jess wiggled his eyes suggestively. "Okay, let me rephrase that. What do I- want to do?"
A/N- Next chapter will be up soon hopefully. In the meantime, please review. Tell me what you like and disliked, tell me that they weren't in character, just say something. I need to know what I'm doing wrong and right. Thanks.