Ch 12 Anything but Ordinary
Lorelai hurt for her daughter whose heart had been broken twice in two days. This time around though Rory wallowed more on the inside than on the out she hid it when she was around people, but Lorelai saw past that mask. Rory and Riz were getting a long. They shared the interest of reading, but other than that she was a lot like Jess. Lorelai could see it right away. She had the attitude and sarcasm down there was differences though. Riz hadn't been as deep as Jess had when he arrived in Star's Hollow and never took a beer from the fridge and was grateful to Lorelai for everything. They had all gone over to the school the other day and registered Riz at Star's Hollow High.
Rory had gotten a call from Paris and Riz was off somewhere probably with Jess or at the house reading. Lorelai sat in Luke's waiting to be served. It was hard to believe that in two days Rory would be starting her last year of high school and they hadn't really spent much time together that summer not even in the past two weeks. "LUKE!" Lorelai called out. Just the thought of Rory going back to school made her depressed because she knew next came Harvard.
"What?" Luke grunted coming from the storage room.
"I need more coffee!" she ordered.
"NO!" Luke exclaimed, "You've already had three cups today."
"Yeah, but that was this morning," Lorelai pointed out, "I need more!"
"Have tea!" Luke suggested.
"Blah!" Lorelai grimaced, "Lukey, gimmie coffee! You know you're going to give in anyway," Lorelai whined, "and I really need it. I just though of Rory going off to college." Luke gave in and slammed the coffee down on the counter. Lorelai's face brightened as she took a sip of it.
"You happy now?" Luke wondered. Lorelai looked thoughtful for a second and began to say something, but he walked away before she could. Lorelai sighed and continued to drink the coffee.
With Rory not talking to him Jess needed to distraction more than ever. He wasn't sure what Rory felt about him, but he could tell it was something. He tried to stop thinking about her yet the more he tried the more he did. Sarah was babbling on about how many cars she'd fixed or something. Jess looked down into her green eyes and sighed. They weren't piercing blue, as Rory's were they were green and her hair blonde. She was the farthest thing from being Rory. Pulling her close he kissed her just to get her to shut up. It was a long slow kiss, but Jess felt nothing there. There weren't sparks as there had been when he and Rory had kissed and he felt no chemistry whatsoever. "Why don't we ever go down to the bridge?" Sarah wondered as the walked on, "It's nice down there."
"Yeah..." Jess just shrugged. They hadn't been down there because he hadn't wanted to bring her there. That was where he and Rory had first kissed, where they went when he won her basket. It felt like their special spot and he didn't want to kiss anyone but Rory down there. At the bridge things happened that were anything but ordinary.
"Let's go," Sarah began to drag Jess down towards the bridge, but Jess held back.
"Let's just go back to the diner," Jess suggested. Sarah shrugged dejectedly and followed Jess like a little lost puppy dog.
Rory had avoided Jess at all costs these past two weeks. He stopped by to check up on Riz every day and Rory still went to the diner their Rory's words to him were narrowed to "Coffee please" and "thank you". It hurt her seeing Jess with Sarah more than it hurt breaking up with Dean. Rory understood why too. It was what her mother always told her about when she was a kid. It was a love that was hard to put into words. With Dean it was more like "puppy love". He had been her first boyfriends. With Jess it was different, she felt different about him. They weren't even "together" and she was in love.
All the while Rory was thinking Paris was going on about what they had to do in two days time. Rory had completely zoned her out so Paris sighed dejectedly and went on writing things on a paper making a 'to-do list'. As she did this a man walked over to them. He looked about their age had brown hair and green eyes. Paris hardly noticed him. When he spoke both Rory and Paris looked over at him. "Hi," he said shyly as if he hadn't expected that reaction, "My name's Jamie."
"That's nice," Paris articulated, "And what do you want."
"Umm." he stammered. Rory noticed that he was a bit nervous and smiled.
"I'm Rory," she introduced, "And you'll have to excuse Paris she has a bit of a social problem, she's seeking help." Paris glared at Rory and Jamie laughed nervously.
"I was...uh.wondering if... maybe..." He tried.
"What?" Paris exclaimed, "Can you get on with it so I can get back to work?"
"If maybe you'd like to get dinner with me later," he finally said. Rory knew he was talking to Paris, but Paris obviously didn't.
"Aren't you going to answer the man Rory?" Paris wondered impatiently.
"Actually, I was asking you Paris," the boy corrected her.
"Oh," Paris' voice suddenly changed, "...Alright." Jamie smiled and told Paris where to meet him. When he was gone Paris looked dazedly at Rory. Rory felt a pang of jealousy, now even Paris was going to have someone.
"I've got to go," Rory began getting up, but Paris stopped her.
"What do I wear?" she asked.
"Clothes," Rory suggested. Paris rolled her eyes.
"I know that!" she exclaimed, "but WHAT?"
"Wear what you wore to our first day of leadership in Washington," Rory told her, "That was nice. Just the shirt though and wear a skirt maybe and not our Chilton uniform skirt!" Paris nodded taking it all in. "Do you hair up nicely and put a little make up and you'll be fine. He asked you out because he liked you so don't worry." Rory could tell she was worrying though.
"I don't know what we'll talk about," Paris threw her hands up in the air, "I don't know anything about him."
"Don't worry," Rory assured her, "You'll do fine. Now, I've really got to go!"
Lorelai was still sitting at Luke's when Jess and Sarah walked in. Lorelai fought the urge to go and be really mean to him, but only because she had promised Rory. Not long after they had entered and went into the back did Riz walk in. Sitting on the stool next to Lorelai opened up a book. "He's upstairs," she whispered.
"With Blondie, I know," Riz didn't look up from her book, "I saw them earlier. God, I hate her!"
"So do I," Lorelai agreed. Riz fell silent again and Lorelai finished off another cup of coffee and called for Luke.
"No more," he said and took the cup away.
"But.But." Lorelai stared after him her arms reached out.
"No buts," Luke said cleaning the counted.
"I'll die without it!" Lorelai exclaimed, "It's my elixir of life!" Luke looked at her curiously. "I watched 'Harry Potter' again," Lorelai giggled.
"Definitely no more coffee," Luke assured her. Lorelai pouted and stuck out her tongue.
Jess had noticed Lorelai was in the diner when he entered, alone. No Rory in sight. Of course why would she be when she thought he loved Sarah. Jess rubbed his temples as Sarah went to 'freshen up'. He couldn't do this anymore. This girl was driving him crazy. For someone who works in a garage she was awfully keen on making sure she was clean. Jess was tired of her. She couldn't hold an intelligent conversation without switching topics every five seconds. There was no bantering about literature because she didn't read. Once you fell for a Gilmore you just couldn't go back. Look at Luke who was head over heels for Lorelai, or even himself with Rory. Rory. Just her name was enough to make his heart stop.
What they had was anything but ordinary.
Lorelai hurt for her daughter whose heart had been broken twice in two days. This time around though Rory wallowed more on the inside than on the out she hid it when she was around people, but Lorelai saw past that mask. Rory and Riz were getting a long. They shared the interest of reading, but other than that she was a lot like Jess. Lorelai could see it right away. She had the attitude and sarcasm down there was differences though. Riz hadn't been as deep as Jess had when he arrived in Star's Hollow and never took a beer from the fridge and was grateful to Lorelai for everything. They had all gone over to the school the other day and registered Riz at Star's Hollow High.
Rory had gotten a call from Paris and Riz was off somewhere probably with Jess or at the house reading. Lorelai sat in Luke's waiting to be served. It was hard to believe that in two days Rory would be starting her last year of high school and they hadn't really spent much time together that summer not even in the past two weeks. "LUKE!" Lorelai called out. Just the thought of Rory going back to school made her depressed because she knew next came Harvard.
"What?" Luke grunted coming from the storage room.
"I need more coffee!" she ordered.
"NO!" Luke exclaimed, "You've already had three cups today."
"Yeah, but that was this morning," Lorelai pointed out, "I need more!"
"Have tea!" Luke suggested.
"Blah!" Lorelai grimaced, "Lukey, gimmie coffee! You know you're going to give in anyway," Lorelai whined, "and I really need it. I just though of Rory going off to college." Luke gave in and slammed the coffee down on the counter. Lorelai's face brightened as she took a sip of it.
"You happy now?" Luke wondered. Lorelai looked thoughtful for a second and began to say something, but he walked away before she could. Lorelai sighed and continued to drink the coffee.
With Rory not talking to him Jess needed to distraction more than ever. He wasn't sure what Rory felt about him, but he could tell it was something. He tried to stop thinking about her yet the more he tried the more he did. Sarah was babbling on about how many cars she'd fixed or something. Jess looked down into her green eyes and sighed. They weren't piercing blue, as Rory's were they were green and her hair blonde. She was the farthest thing from being Rory. Pulling her close he kissed her just to get her to shut up. It was a long slow kiss, but Jess felt nothing there. There weren't sparks as there had been when he and Rory had kissed and he felt no chemistry whatsoever. "Why don't we ever go down to the bridge?" Sarah wondered as the walked on, "It's nice down there."
"Yeah..." Jess just shrugged. They hadn't been down there because he hadn't wanted to bring her there. That was where he and Rory had first kissed, where they went when he won her basket. It felt like their special spot and he didn't want to kiss anyone but Rory down there. At the bridge things happened that were anything but ordinary.
"Let's go," Sarah began to drag Jess down towards the bridge, but Jess held back.
"Let's just go back to the diner," Jess suggested. Sarah shrugged dejectedly and followed Jess like a little lost puppy dog.
Rory had avoided Jess at all costs these past two weeks. He stopped by to check up on Riz every day and Rory still went to the diner their Rory's words to him were narrowed to "Coffee please" and "thank you". It hurt her seeing Jess with Sarah more than it hurt breaking up with Dean. Rory understood why too. It was what her mother always told her about when she was a kid. It was a love that was hard to put into words. With Dean it was more like "puppy love". He had been her first boyfriends. With Jess it was different, she felt different about him. They weren't even "together" and she was in love.
All the while Rory was thinking Paris was going on about what they had to do in two days time. Rory had completely zoned her out so Paris sighed dejectedly and went on writing things on a paper making a 'to-do list'. As she did this a man walked over to them. He looked about their age had brown hair and green eyes. Paris hardly noticed him. When he spoke both Rory and Paris looked over at him. "Hi," he said shyly as if he hadn't expected that reaction, "My name's Jamie."
"That's nice," Paris articulated, "And what do you want."
"Umm." he stammered. Rory noticed that he was a bit nervous and smiled.
"I'm Rory," she introduced, "And you'll have to excuse Paris she has a bit of a social problem, she's seeking help." Paris glared at Rory and Jamie laughed nervously.
"I was...uh.wondering if... maybe..." He tried.
"What?" Paris exclaimed, "Can you get on with it so I can get back to work?"
"If maybe you'd like to get dinner with me later," he finally said. Rory knew he was talking to Paris, but Paris obviously didn't.
"Aren't you going to answer the man Rory?" Paris wondered impatiently.
"Actually, I was asking you Paris," the boy corrected her.
"Oh," Paris' voice suddenly changed, "...Alright." Jamie smiled and told Paris where to meet him. When he was gone Paris looked dazedly at Rory. Rory felt a pang of jealousy, now even Paris was going to have someone.
"I've got to go," Rory began getting up, but Paris stopped her.
"What do I wear?" she asked.
"Clothes," Rory suggested. Paris rolled her eyes.
"I know that!" she exclaimed, "but WHAT?"
"Wear what you wore to our first day of leadership in Washington," Rory told her, "That was nice. Just the shirt though and wear a skirt maybe and not our Chilton uniform skirt!" Paris nodded taking it all in. "Do you hair up nicely and put a little make up and you'll be fine. He asked you out because he liked you so don't worry." Rory could tell she was worrying though.
"I don't know what we'll talk about," Paris threw her hands up in the air, "I don't know anything about him."
"Don't worry," Rory assured her, "You'll do fine. Now, I've really got to go!"
Lorelai was still sitting at Luke's when Jess and Sarah walked in. Lorelai fought the urge to go and be really mean to him, but only because she had promised Rory. Not long after they had entered and went into the back did Riz walk in. Sitting on the stool next to Lorelai opened up a book. "He's upstairs," she whispered.
"With Blondie, I know," Riz didn't look up from her book, "I saw them earlier. God, I hate her!"
"So do I," Lorelai agreed. Riz fell silent again and Lorelai finished off another cup of coffee and called for Luke.
"No more," he said and took the cup away.
"But.But." Lorelai stared after him her arms reached out.
"No buts," Luke said cleaning the counted.
"I'll die without it!" Lorelai exclaimed, "It's my elixir of life!" Luke looked at her curiously. "I watched 'Harry Potter' again," Lorelai giggled.
"Definitely no more coffee," Luke assured her. Lorelai pouted and stuck out her tongue.
Jess had noticed Lorelai was in the diner when he entered, alone. No Rory in sight. Of course why would she be when she thought he loved Sarah. Jess rubbed his temples as Sarah went to 'freshen up'. He couldn't do this anymore. This girl was driving him crazy. For someone who works in a garage she was awfully keen on making sure she was clean. Jess was tired of her. She couldn't hold an intelligent conversation without switching topics every five seconds. There was no bantering about literature because she didn't read. Once you fell for a Gilmore you just couldn't go back. Look at Luke who was head over heels for Lorelai, or even himself with Rory. Rory. Just her name was enough to make his heart stop.
What they had was anything but ordinary.