A/N: I re-uploaded this because it came out all in one paragraph the first
time, even though I didn't type it that way. Hopefully it's better now.
A/N: Hey, sorry it's been so long since I updated. I've been really busy with school, (why do all my teachers decide they want to schedule their tests on the same day?) So basically with a few hours of homework a night, photography club every Tuesday, and life in general I have not had much time to write. Also I've had huge, huge, huge writer's block. I wrote this chapter on my 45-minute bus ride home the other day. I'm admitting that it's not the best chapter I've written, but it's something, and hopefully will eventually lead to better chapters. All right, enough babbling, here you go: Chapter 8.
Happy Birthday
A month later Jess stepped off the bus and into Stars Hollow. His cast was off, and his ribs were fully healed.
It was early, only seven am. He hadn't expected anyone to be waiting for him. Luke he knew would be at the diner working, and Rory would be at home sleeping. Which is why he was surprised to find he lying on the bench, asleep.
He threw his duffle bag over his shoulder, and bent down to pick her up.
"Jess." She mumbled. Barely waking up, she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Go back to sleep."
"K" she rested her head on his shoulder.
As soon as he reached the Gilmore house she fully woke up.
"Welcome home." She kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey." Lorelai appeared at the door.
Rory jumped out of Jess' arms. "Be right back." She ran inside.
"So, eighteen huh?" Lorelai said.
"Yeah."
"Happy birthday."
Jess nodded.
"You see Luke yet?"
"Nope."
Rory came running outside, and nearly collided with Jess.
"Happy birthday." She handed him a book.
He smiled at her, and looked at the book-Oliver Twist, a first edition.
"Thanks. I love it."
"Welcome." She threw her arms around his neck. "I missed you."
"You to."
Hug and kiss all you want later." Lorelai said. "Right now I need coffee. So we have to go to Luke's."
Rory and Jess walked slowly behind Lorelai.
"Slowpokes." Lorelai mumbled.
Luke looked up as they entered the diner. "How was New York?"
Jess shrugged.
"Your mom?"
Jess just looked at him.
"Right, wrong subject."
"Be back in a minute." Jess went upstairs. "I'm working?" he said when he came down a few minutes later.
"Tomorrow. Happy birthday."
"I wanted to have a party." Lorelai said. "But Luke said no."
"Jess nodded. "No party."
"Told you he wouldn't want a party." Rory said.
"And Rory said that." Lorelai added.
They all sat down.
"Luke! Where's my coffee?" Lorelai shouted across the diner. Luke ignored her. "Hey don't ignore me!" she got up and ran over to him.
"So," Rory said to Jess as she watched her mother follow Luke around the diner. "Happy to be back?"
"I never thought I'd say this, but yes."
"So what do you want to do for your birthday?"
"Nothing."
"Oh come on you have to do something."
"I am doing something. I'm sitting here with you."
"Jess."
"Ok we'll do something. What do you want to do?"
"You choose it's your birthday."
"I don't know."
"How about a movie night? Just us."
"Sounds good."
"Tonight then. Movies and a large amount of junk food and coffee."
"It's a date."
"What's a date?" Lorelai asked, returning with a cup of coffee for herself and another for Rory.
"We're having a movie night tonight." Rory said.
"Good. What movie?"
"Just me and Jess mom. For his birthday."
"Ohhhh! An actual date. None of that sitting and reading, and calling it a date." Lorelai took a sip of coffee. "So I'll forgive you this once for having a movie night without me."
"Thank you."
"And for tonight only, I am revoking the rule about not being alone in the house with a guy. But only tonight. For Jess' birthday."
"Thanks."
"Now I need something to do tonight."
"Have a girls' night with Sookie."
"We did the other day, when you went to the movies with Lane."
"Hang out with Luke." Jess suggested.
"You mean annoy Luke all night by begging for coffee, and naming appliances." Luke said as he passed by their table.
"Sounds like fun. Good idea Luke."
He sighed. "Should've kept my mouth shut."
"What appliance should I name first?" Lorelai wondered out loud.
"Nothing." Luke said as he passed by again.
"Maybe the tables and chairs."
"Don't do it now." Rory said. "Or you won't have anything to do tonight."
"Good point, but I can make a mental list of names now. You know so I have a few options." She paused. "Luke, coffee please!"
Luke came over to the table, holding the coffee pot.
"No argument?! Luke are you feeling ok?" she stood up and felt his forehead. "No fever."
"You can have more if-"
"Spoke to soon." Jess muttered.
If you promise not to name the tables, chairs, or any other inanimate object in here."
Lorelai put her hand behind he back and crossed her fingers. "Deal." She sat down as Luke refilled her cup.
"Ha!" she said once Luke had left. "I had my fingers crossed."
"We know." Jess said.
"Don't tell him."
"Ok."
"So, are you guys gonna start movie night now and have a movie morning, afternoon, and night? Or are you gonna just gonna hang out now?" Lorelai asked.
"I dunno." Rory said and Jess shrugged.
"Well whatever you do, don't stay up to late, you guys have school tomorrow."
"Ok."
"Lorelai's cell phone rang, and she dug through her bag to find it.
"Hello?"
"Outside." Luke pointed to the door.
"No Michele. No stop talking to people in French. Hey were those French curses? You gotta teach me." he voice faded as she stepped outside.
Rory and Jess sat staring at each other, not saying anything.
"Move." Lorelai said, coming inside.
"Huh?" Jess said.
"I said move, you know don't sit still."
"I know what it means. But why?"
"Cause it's weird to sit still that long."
Luke looked up from the table he was now cleaning, "You only say that because you can't sit still that long."
"True. I have to go." She said. "Michele was complaining about some guests and started cursing at them in French. He made some little old lady cry. Should be fun."
"See ya later."
"Bye!" Lorelai left.
"So." Rory said.
Jess leaned over and kissed her.
"Ok."
A/N: see, told ya. Not my best work. But hey, you could've loved it ;) Anyways, can't promise when I'll have more. Hopefully soon.
A/N: Hey, sorry it's been so long since I updated. I've been really busy with school, (why do all my teachers decide they want to schedule their tests on the same day?) So basically with a few hours of homework a night, photography club every Tuesday, and life in general I have not had much time to write. Also I've had huge, huge, huge writer's block. I wrote this chapter on my 45-minute bus ride home the other day. I'm admitting that it's not the best chapter I've written, but it's something, and hopefully will eventually lead to better chapters. All right, enough babbling, here you go: Chapter 8.
Happy Birthday
A month later Jess stepped off the bus and into Stars Hollow. His cast was off, and his ribs were fully healed.
It was early, only seven am. He hadn't expected anyone to be waiting for him. Luke he knew would be at the diner working, and Rory would be at home sleeping. Which is why he was surprised to find he lying on the bench, asleep.
He threw his duffle bag over his shoulder, and bent down to pick her up.
"Jess." She mumbled. Barely waking up, she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Go back to sleep."
"K" she rested her head on his shoulder.
As soon as he reached the Gilmore house she fully woke up.
"Welcome home." She kissed him on the cheek.
"Hey." Lorelai appeared at the door.
Rory jumped out of Jess' arms. "Be right back." She ran inside.
"So, eighteen huh?" Lorelai said.
"Yeah."
"Happy birthday."
Jess nodded.
"You see Luke yet?"
"Nope."
Rory came running outside, and nearly collided with Jess.
"Happy birthday." She handed him a book.
He smiled at her, and looked at the book-Oliver Twist, a first edition.
"Thanks. I love it."
"Welcome." She threw her arms around his neck. "I missed you."
"You to."
Hug and kiss all you want later." Lorelai said. "Right now I need coffee. So we have to go to Luke's."
Rory and Jess walked slowly behind Lorelai.
"Slowpokes." Lorelai mumbled.
Luke looked up as they entered the diner. "How was New York?"
Jess shrugged.
"Your mom?"
Jess just looked at him.
"Right, wrong subject."
"Be back in a minute." Jess went upstairs. "I'm working?" he said when he came down a few minutes later.
"Tomorrow. Happy birthday."
"I wanted to have a party." Lorelai said. "But Luke said no."
"Jess nodded. "No party."
"Told you he wouldn't want a party." Rory said.
"And Rory said that." Lorelai added.
They all sat down.
"Luke! Where's my coffee?" Lorelai shouted across the diner. Luke ignored her. "Hey don't ignore me!" she got up and ran over to him.
"So," Rory said to Jess as she watched her mother follow Luke around the diner. "Happy to be back?"
"I never thought I'd say this, but yes."
"So what do you want to do for your birthday?"
"Nothing."
"Oh come on you have to do something."
"I am doing something. I'm sitting here with you."
"Jess."
"Ok we'll do something. What do you want to do?"
"You choose it's your birthday."
"I don't know."
"How about a movie night? Just us."
"Sounds good."
"Tonight then. Movies and a large amount of junk food and coffee."
"It's a date."
"What's a date?" Lorelai asked, returning with a cup of coffee for herself and another for Rory.
"We're having a movie night tonight." Rory said.
"Good. What movie?"
"Just me and Jess mom. For his birthday."
"Ohhhh! An actual date. None of that sitting and reading, and calling it a date." Lorelai took a sip of coffee. "So I'll forgive you this once for having a movie night without me."
"Thank you."
"And for tonight only, I am revoking the rule about not being alone in the house with a guy. But only tonight. For Jess' birthday."
"Thanks."
"Now I need something to do tonight."
"Have a girls' night with Sookie."
"We did the other day, when you went to the movies with Lane."
"Hang out with Luke." Jess suggested.
"You mean annoy Luke all night by begging for coffee, and naming appliances." Luke said as he passed by their table.
"Sounds like fun. Good idea Luke."
He sighed. "Should've kept my mouth shut."
"What appliance should I name first?" Lorelai wondered out loud.
"Nothing." Luke said as he passed by again.
"Maybe the tables and chairs."
"Don't do it now." Rory said. "Or you won't have anything to do tonight."
"Good point, but I can make a mental list of names now. You know so I have a few options." She paused. "Luke, coffee please!"
Luke came over to the table, holding the coffee pot.
"No argument?! Luke are you feeling ok?" she stood up and felt his forehead. "No fever."
"You can have more if-"
"Spoke to soon." Jess muttered.
If you promise not to name the tables, chairs, or any other inanimate object in here."
Lorelai put her hand behind he back and crossed her fingers. "Deal." She sat down as Luke refilled her cup.
"Ha!" she said once Luke had left. "I had my fingers crossed."
"We know." Jess said.
"Don't tell him."
"Ok."
"So, are you guys gonna start movie night now and have a movie morning, afternoon, and night? Or are you gonna just gonna hang out now?" Lorelai asked.
"I dunno." Rory said and Jess shrugged.
"Well whatever you do, don't stay up to late, you guys have school tomorrow."
"Ok."
"Lorelai's cell phone rang, and she dug through her bag to find it.
"Hello?"
"Outside." Luke pointed to the door.
"No Michele. No stop talking to people in French. Hey were those French curses? You gotta teach me." he voice faded as she stepped outside.
Rory and Jess sat staring at each other, not saying anything.
"Move." Lorelai said, coming inside.
"Huh?" Jess said.
"I said move, you know don't sit still."
"I know what it means. But why?"
"Cause it's weird to sit still that long."
Luke looked up from the table he was now cleaning, "You only say that because you can't sit still that long."
"True. I have to go." She said. "Michele was complaining about some guests and started cursing at them in French. He made some little old lady cry. Should be fun."
"See ya later."
"Bye!" Lorelai left.
"So." Rory said.
Jess leaned over and kissed her.
"Ok."
A/N: see, told ya. Not my best work. But hey, you could've loved it ;) Anyways, can't promise when I'll have more. Hopefully soon.