Title: Christmas Loves
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls.
Spoilers: Same warning as last chapter.
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Lorelai and Rory walked over to Luke who was standing at a table. They eyed the coffeepot and Lorelai smiled.
"Coffee!" She said, reaching for a plastic cup. Luke pulled the cups away.
"It's not ready yet!" Luke told them.
"What?" Lorelai looked like she was going to cry.
"Mommy." Rory did a puppy dog face to her mom.
"What do you mean it's not ready yet? How can it not be ready yet?" Lorelai asked.
Luke looked around and then reached under the table and pulled out a thermos full of coffee. He handed it to them. "You didn't get this from me!" He told them.
"Then who would we send our kisses of thank you, too?" Lorelai asked, smiling.
"Sometimes I think you love that coffee more then me." Luke muttered.
"Not that's just not true!" Lorelai smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "We have to go. Thank you, Luke." Lorelai and Rory walked over to the dance floor. Almost as soon as they had started to drink the coffee, then Katie dragged Jess over.
"Coffee! Where did you get that?" Katie looked like she was going to kill for a drink of coffee. Jess rolled his eyes with a smile.
"Well, we can't tell you that." Lorelai said, tilting her head toward Luke.
Katie looked over at him. She walked over to him and Jess stayed where he was.
"Wow, that girl likes coffee almost as much as we do, huh, Rory?" Lorelai laughed.
Jess smiled. "I'm pretty sure she could teach you two a few things."
"Lies!" Lorelai gasped. "No one is more coffee crazy then the Gilmore two!"
Jess just laughed. Katie returned with a warm cup of coffee. "Bless that Luke!" She said taking a big gulp of her coffee. "Damn, Lorelai, you've got a great boyfriend there! Any guy who brings you coffee is pretty great! It's cold as heck in here! The only time I've been this cold indoors is when I went to that old tree house at Millers field." She added off in an off handed way.
Jess put on his fake hurt face. "And I'm NOT a good boyfriend? I'm hurt, Kat!" Katie rolled her eyes.
"I never said that, Jess! You have to be a pretty good boyfriend if you entered a 24-hour dance contest with me. Now come on! Two minutes and we start!" Katie pulled on Jess' sleeve. Jess rolled his eyes again and followed her.
Lorelai laughed as She and Rory got ready to dance. Soon the countdown began. "Two... three one!" The fast music began to dance. Rory and Lorelai danced and laughed. Lorelai spun Rory around and giggled. Jess and Katie came dancing by, having a great time as anyone could see. But Rory and Lorelai were going to win no mater what!
~~ Hour Five ~~
Katie moaned into arm. "Ugh!" She said. "Doesn't this band no anything by AC/DC?"
"Some how I think not." Jess told her, running a hand threw her hair. He liked her being so close to him. It was very nice. "Remember, you are the on who wanted to do this in the first place."
"Shut up!" Katie moaned. "You didn't have to say yes!"
Rory and Lorelai danced by. "You guys tiered yet?" Rory asked with a yawn.
"Katie is, I'm doing just fine." Jess said. Katie hit his arm playfully.
"Liar!" She hissed.
Lorelai and Rory smiled and danced away. Lorelai whispered into Rory's ear, "We've got it made, sister!"
~~ Hour Fifteen ~~
Katie and Jess where kind of swaying now. They where both about to fall asleep. "Coffee!" Katie moaned. "My kingdom for coffee! Heck, I'll give my Lord of the Rings book set to the highest coffee bidder!" Jess sighed.
"I wouldn't say that if I where," Rory said who was dancing with Lorelai right behind them. "Kurt might just take you up on that offer."
Katie moaned again and looked up at Jess. "We are getting coffee after this, right?"
"Yes, Katie, now keep dancing." Jess said, laughing.
~~ Hour Twenty ~~
"It's almost over!" Katie said in a happy tone. "Oh I'm never doing this again!"
"Amen, sister!" Rory moaned.
"I'd like to remind you that it was your idea in the first place." Jess said.
"Yeah, mom!" Rory snapped.
"Jess, I said it before and I'll say it again, shut up!" Katie placed her cheek on his shoulder. Goodness only knew how good that felt. She didn't mind the dancing so much as long as she got to stay like that. She closed her eyes, basking in the joy she felt.
"Katie Bethany!" Katie's eyes snapped open at the voice from behind her. Oh no! Katie thought. Anyone but him!
She turned around and found her father standing there. Katie moaned again. "Hi, dad." She said. "Uhh... this is Jess... and Rory and Lorelai..."
"What do you think you are doing?" Her dad snapped. "Dancing with this gang member or male whore or whatever he is!"
"Daddy, Jess isn't any of those things!" Katie sighed. "He's a nice guy."
"Sure, Katie!" He yelled. "Why should I believe you? You're trash, just like your mom!"
"Shut up!" Katie yelled in reply. "Mom's not trash! She's a wonderful person!"
"She's a bitch, just like you! You and her are just the same! Good for nothing, lying, sex-the-first-bastards- that-comes-along, bitches!"
"Hey, that's my girlfriend you are talking about!" Jess said, glaring at the man that stood before him.
"You'll always be shit, Katie!" He told her. "You are nothing! A piece of crap, and nothing more."
Katie felt tears come to her eyes as her father went on about all the awful things she was. Everyone was staring at them now. She felt tears run fast down her face now. She had to get out of there. She ran out of the room, with Jess calling after her.
Jess began to follow her, but her dad was in front of him before he knew it. "And you!" He hissed. "You stay away from my daughter! It's people like you that make her a bitch, you good for nothing punk!" Luke ran up behind Katie's dad, spun him around and punched him right in the kisser.
"That's for talking to me nephew like that," Luke snapped before hitting him again, "That's for making me yell," and then he hit him once more, "and that's for Katie!"
There was a long silence as the man before Luke fell to the floor. Then, starting with Rory and Lorelai, the whole room erupted with cheers. Luke blushed a little. Jess smiled. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Luke asked. "Go find Katie, Jess." Jess smiled and ran to go find the women he loved.
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Jess looked all over the town for two hours. Now it was snowing and Jess was sitting on the bridge. He wished he knew where she was. He gazed at the water. He knew Katie was upset and he did tend to run off when he was upset... but he had never been the one looking for the person he had run off with.
As he sat there, his eyes landed on a reflection of a tree. A few leaves floated on the water. IT was funny... it seemed to remind Jess of something... but what?
Jess got up with a start. He knew here she was!
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Katie sat in the corner of a small tree house. She held a blanket close to her. Her CD player was playing Staind's "epiphany". She had long since stopped crying, now she had begun to drown her sorrows in beer. It was so much better that way. No tears, no pain, just being drunk and knowing that because you are drunk, you won't remember a thing.
She wondered what Jess. Was he with Rory, making out in the back alley of Luke's? Ugh! She knew she had to stop doing this to herself. Jess loved her... though come she may not remember that if she drank enough.
"Katie?" She jumped as she looked up and saw Jess standing there. He looked so worried. She cringed and looked away. Great, now she had hurt the one who meant so much to her.
Your words to me, just a whisper. Your face is so unclear. I try to pay attention, Your words just dissapear.
"Hey." Jess said, sitting next to her. He looked down at the drained three bottles of beer. He sighed. "Are you trashed?"
"Not trashed enough." Katie said as tears began to fall again. She flung her arms around Jess and cried into his shoulder. He ran a hand threw her hair in a comforting way.
'Cause it's always raining in my head.
So I speak to you in riddles, 'Cause my words get in my way. I smoke the whole thing to my head, And feel it wash away. I can't take any more of this, I wanna come apart. And dig myself a little hole, inside your precious heart.
Jess kissed the top of her head. He whispered sweet nothings into her ear and rocked her back and forth. "Jess..." She muttered.
"Yes?"
"I'm glad you are here... you're all I ever wanted and more. You're caring, and loving, and a great kisser, and you comfort me when I cry. And when things are bad at home... I think of you and I remember how at least one person in the world cares about me. Jess... I love you."
'Cause it's always raining in my head, Forget all the things I should have said.
I am nothing more than, A little boy inside. Who cries out for attention, though I always try to hide. And I talk to you like children, 'Cause I don't know how I feel. But I know I'll do the right thing, If the right thing isn't feel.
'Cause it's always raining in my head. Forget all the things I should have said.
Jess tilted her head to look him in the eyes. "I love you, too, Katie." He whispered. Katie smiled a little before crying into his shoulder once more. Jess sat there, rocking her back and forth.
Soon, Katie was fast asleep. Jess didn't want to mover her so he just sat there, rocking his sleeping angel. He looked at his watch. The dance marathon was over now. It had almost felt like they had been dancing why he had been rocking her.
There was a soft knock at the "door" to the tree house. Jess looked up and saw Luke standing there. He smiled a little. "She asleep?" Luke asked.
Jess nodded. "Ok, come on," Luke walked over to them and looked down at Jess. "We need to get her out of the cold." Jess nodded again and they began to carry Katie towered the diner.
Half way there, Katie opened her eyes and looked at Jess. It was still snowing, but the moon was peeking out of the clouds and it was shinning down on them. She tilted her head to one side. "Am I dreaming?" She asked.
"Not at the moment." Jess said. Katie smiled.
"Good." She lay a hand on his chest and gazed longingly into his eyes. "I wanted to kiss you in the snow." She leaned up and gave him a passionate kiss. He kissed back after a moment and noticed that her lips where salty from the tears. Katie pulled away and looked up at him. "I love you." She whispered. Jess smiled.
"I love you, too, Katie." Jess whispered in reply.
~~
TBC
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls.
Spoilers: Same warning as last chapter.
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Lorelai and Rory walked over to Luke who was standing at a table. They eyed the coffeepot and Lorelai smiled.
"Coffee!" She said, reaching for a plastic cup. Luke pulled the cups away.
"It's not ready yet!" Luke told them.
"What?" Lorelai looked like she was going to cry.
"Mommy." Rory did a puppy dog face to her mom.
"What do you mean it's not ready yet? How can it not be ready yet?" Lorelai asked.
Luke looked around and then reached under the table and pulled out a thermos full of coffee. He handed it to them. "You didn't get this from me!" He told them.
"Then who would we send our kisses of thank you, too?" Lorelai asked, smiling.
"Sometimes I think you love that coffee more then me." Luke muttered.
"Not that's just not true!" Lorelai smiled as she kissed him on the cheek. "We have to go. Thank you, Luke." Lorelai and Rory walked over to the dance floor. Almost as soon as they had started to drink the coffee, then Katie dragged Jess over.
"Coffee! Where did you get that?" Katie looked like she was going to kill for a drink of coffee. Jess rolled his eyes with a smile.
"Well, we can't tell you that." Lorelai said, tilting her head toward Luke.
Katie looked over at him. She walked over to him and Jess stayed where he was.
"Wow, that girl likes coffee almost as much as we do, huh, Rory?" Lorelai laughed.
Jess smiled. "I'm pretty sure she could teach you two a few things."
"Lies!" Lorelai gasped. "No one is more coffee crazy then the Gilmore two!"
Jess just laughed. Katie returned with a warm cup of coffee. "Bless that Luke!" She said taking a big gulp of her coffee. "Damn, Lorelai, you've got a great boyfriend there! Any guy who brings you coffee is pretty great! It's cold as heck in here! The only time I've been this cold indoors is when I went to that old tree house at Millers field." She added off in an off handed way.
Jess put on his fake hurt face. "And I'm NOT a good boyfriend? I'm hurt, Kat!" Katie rolled her eyes.
"I never said that, Jess! You have to be a pretty good boyfriend if you entered a 24-hour dance contest with me. Now come on! Two minutes and we start!" Katie pulled on Jess' sleeve. Jess rolled his eyes again and followed her.
Lorelai laughed as She and Rory got ready to dance. Soon the countdown began. "Two... three one!" The fast music began to dance. Rory and Lorelai danced and laughed. Lorelai spun Rory around and giggled. Jess and Katie came dancing by, having a great time as anyone could see. But Rory and Lorelai were going to win no mater what!
~~ Hour Five ~~
Katie moaned into arm. "Ugh!" She said. "Doesn't this band no anything by AC/DC?"
"Some how I think not." Jess told her, running a hand threw her hair. He liked her being so close to him. It was very nice. "Remember, you are the on who wanted to do this in the first place."
"Shut up!" Katie moaned. "You didn't have to say yes!"
Rory and Lorelai danced by. "You guys tiered yet?" Rory asked with a yawn.
"Katie is, I'm doing just fine." Jess said. Katie hit his arm playfully.
"Liar!" She hissed.
Lorelai and Rory smiled and danced away. Lorelai whispered into Rory's ear, "We've got it made, sister!"
~~ Hour Fifteen ~~
Katie and Jess where kind of swaying now. They where both about to fall asleep. "Coffee!" Katie moaned. "My kingdom for coffee! Heck, I'll give my Lord of the Rings book set to the highest coffee bidder!" Jess sighed.
"I wouldn't say that if I where," Rory said who was dancing with Lorelai right behind them. "Kurt might just take you up on that offer."
Katie moaned again and looked up at Jess. "We are getting coffee after this, right?"
"Yes, Katie, now keep dancing." Jess said, laughing.
~~ Hour Twenty ~~
"It's almost over!" Katie said in a happy tone. "Oh I'm never doing this again!"
"Amen, sister!" Rory moaned.
"I'd like to remind you that it was your idea in the first place." Jess said.
"Yeah, mom!" Rory snapped.
"Jess, I said it before and I'll say it again, shut up!" Katie placed her cheek on his shoulder. Goodness only knew how good that felt. She didn't mind the dancing so much as long as she got to stay like that. She closed her eyes, basking in the joy she felt.
"Katie Bethany!" Katie's eyes snapped open at the voice from behind her. Oh no! Katie thought. Anyone but him!
She turned around and found her father standing there. Katie moaned again. "Hi, dad." She said. "Uhh... this is Jess... and Rory and Lorelai..."
"What do you think you are doing?" Her dad snapped. "Dancing with this gang member or male whore or whatever he is!"
"Daddy, Jess isn't any of those things!" Katie sighed. "He's a nice guy."
"Sure, Katie!" He yelled. "Why should I believe you? You're trash, just like your mom!"
"Shut up!" Katie yelled in reply. "Mom's not trash! She's a wonderful person!"
"She's a bitch, just like you! You and her are just the same! Good for nothing, lying, sex-the-first-bastards- that-comes-along, bitches!"
"Hey, that's my girlfriend you are talking about!" Jess said, glaring at the man that stood before him.
"You'll always be shit, Katie!" He told her. "You are nothing! A piece of crap, and nothing more."
Katie felt tears come to her eyes as her father went on about all the awful things she was. Everyone was staring at them now. She felt tears run fast down her face now. She had to get out of there. She ran out of the room, with Jess calling after her.
Jess began to follow her, but her dad was in front of him before he knew it. "And you!" He hissed. "You stay away from my daughter! It's people like you that make her a bitch, you good for nothing punk!" Luke ran up behind Katie's dad, spun him around and punched him right in the kisser.
"That's for talking to me nephew like that," Luke snapped before hitting him again, "That's for making me yell," and then he hit him once more, "and that's for Katie!"
There was a long silence as the man before Luke fell to the floor. Then, starting with Rory and Lorelai, the whole room erupted with cheers. Luke blushed a little. Jess smiled. "Well, what are you waiting for?" Luke asked. "Go find Katie, Jess." Jess smiled and ran to go find the women he loved.
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Jess looked all over the town for two hours. Now it was snowing and Jess was sitting on the bridge. He wished he knew where she was. He gazed at the water. He knew Katie was upset and he did tend to run off when he was upset... but he had never been the one looking for the person he had run off with.
As he sat there, his eyes landed on a reflection of a tree. A few leaves floated on the water. IT was funny... it seemed to remind Jess of something... but what?
Jess got up with a start. He knew here she was!
~~
Katie sat in the corner of a small tree house. She held a blanket close to her. Her CD player was playing Staind's "epiphany". She had long since stopped crying, now she had begun to drown her sorrows in beer. It was so much better that way. No tears, no pain, just being drunk and knowing that because you are drunk, you won't remember a thing.
She wondered what Jess. Was he with Rory, making out in the back alley of Luke's? Ugh! She knew she had to stop doing this to herself. Jess loved her... though come she may not remember that if she drank enough.
"Katie?" She jumped as she looked up and saw Jess standing there. He looked so worried. She cringed and looked away. Great, now she had hurt the one who meant so much to her.
Your words to me, just a whisper. Your face is so unclear. I try to pay attention, Your words just dissapear.
"Hey." Jess said, sitting next to her. He looked down at the drained three bottles of beer. He sighed. "Are you trashed?"
"Not trashed enough." Katie said as tears began to fall again. She flung her arms around Jess and cried into his shoulder. He ran a hand threw her hair in a comforting way.
'Cause it's always raining in my head.
So I speak to you in riddles, 'Cause my words get in my way. I smoke the whole thing to my head, And feel it wash away. I can't take any more of this, I wanna come apart. And dig myself a little hole, inside your precious heart.
Jess kissed the top of her head. He whispered sweet nothings into her ear and rocked her back and forth. "Jess..." She muttered.
"Yes?"
"I'm glad you are here... you're all I ever wanted and more. You're caring, and loving, and a great kisser, and you comfort me when I cry. And when things are bad at home... I think of you and I remember how at least one person in the world cares about me. Jess... I love you."
'Cause it's always raining in my head, Forget all the things I should have said.
I am nothing more than, A little boy inside. Who cries out for attention, though I always try to hide. And I talk to you like children, 'Cause I don't know how I feel. But I know I'll do the right thing, If the right thing isn't feel.
'Cause it's always raining in my head. Forget all the things I should have said.
Jess tilted her head to look him in the eyes. "I love you, too, Katie." He whispered. Katie smiled a little before crying into his shoulder once more. Jess sat there, rocking her back and forth.
Soon, Katie was fast asleep. Jess didn't want to mover her so he just sat there, rocking his sleeping angel. He looked at his watch. The dance marathon was over now. It had almost felt like they had been dancing why he had been rocking her.
There was a soft knock at the "door" to the tree house. Jess looked up and saw Luke standing there. He smiled a little. "She asleep?" Luke asked.
Jess nodded. "Ok, come on," Luke walked over to them and looked down at Jess. "We need to get her out of the cold." Jess nodded again and they began to carry Katie towered the diner.
Half way there, Katie opened her eyes and looked at Jess. It was still snowing, but the moon was peeking out of the clouds and it was shinning down on them. She tilted her head to one side. "Am I dreaming?" She asked.
"Not at the moment." Jess said. Katie smiled.
"Good." She lay a hand on his chest and gazed longingly into his eyes. "I wanted to kiss you in the snow." She leaned up and gave him a passionate kiss. He kissed back after a moment and noticed that her lips where salty from the tears. Katie pulled away and looked up at him. "I love you." She whispered. Jess smiled.
"I love you, too, Katie." Jess whispered in reply.
~~
TBC