Ch 14 Things I'll never Say.
Rory had gotten used to being vice-president, she had gotten used to staying after school almost every day and she had gotten used to mostly everything that had happened during the past few weeks. Yet, even during the month of school she still hadn't quite grasped the fact that Jess was with Sarah. She saw them ever day and the only time she avoided Luke's was he and Sarah were both there. Now, her eighteenth birthday was just eight days away and her mother was planning another one of her blow-outs.
Walking mindlessly past Doose's Rory didn't notice Dean coming out from it, but she did notice Sarah and Jess walking directly towards her. Turning to enter the market she ran right into Dean who quickly steadied her before she fell. Jess and Sarah stopped right in front of the two. "Sorry," Rory mumbled looking down at her feet, "I wasn't paying attention."
"It's okay," Dean shrugged, "Be more careful." With a quick glare at Jess Dean went on his way.
"Excuse me," she heard Sarah's high-pitched voice, "But you're still blocking our way." Rory sighed and stepped out of their path not even daring to look at Jess. It would hurt her just as much as it would've looking at Dean, if not more.
Somehow she made it into Luke's and managed to find her mother at the counter. Lorelai looked much better than she had during the past few weeks. As much as Rory had tried to pry it out of her what was wrong her mother remained stubborn and refused to say anything. "What happened to you?" Lorelai asked looking over to her daughter.
"I just got caught in the worst possible situation," Rory replied as Luke immediately poured her some coffee.
"Do tell," Lorelai urged.
"Well, I was walking down the street," Rory explained, "and who might I see coming in my direction."
"The delinquent and his blonde," Lorelai said.
"None other," Rory nodded, "So I turn to seek refuge in Doose's and bashed into Dean coming out."
"Ouch." Rory sighed again taking a sip of her coffee. Her mother was right. It did hurt, a lot.
"I'm going home," Rory stood up and picked up her bag, "Meet you there." Lorelai nodded.
No sooner than Rory had opened the door did she hear the ringing of the telephone. "Hello?" she answered the phone.
"Rory," her father's voice responded. Rory considered slamming down the phone seeing as she hadn't heard from him in quite some time.
"Yes," she said instead.
"I've been working up my courage to tell you this for a while," Chris said, "and, well I kind of hoped I wouldn't have to do this. It was hard enough telling your mother."
"Is this bad news or good news?" Rory wondered.
"Depends on the person getting the news," Chris responded, "Sherry and I have decided to get married."
"Oh," Rory's voice was full of shock.
"That was similar to your mother's answer."
"Well, what did you expect?" Rory was hurt, "I got to go. Bye." Rory hung up the phone and sat on the couch. "And the hits just keep on coming," she muttered to herself. She couldn't sit here anymore. Brushing her hair back in a pony tail Rory left and she didn't know exactly where she was going.
Five minutes later Rory found herself at the bridge. Luckily enough for her Jess wasn't there. Which was a surprise to Rory of course because she knew this was the one place in Star's Hollow that Jess actually liked. She dangled her feet off the edge of bridge and looked down at the calm water. It was peaceful. It brought back a lot of memories though, all of them concerning Jess. Their first kiss at Sookie's wedding had been by the bridge, the kiss when she came back from Washington had been here and the picnic where Jess had ate that disgusting stuff had also been here. That picnic, in Rory's opinion, had been their first and only date. "Didn't think I'd see you here of all places," a voice above her said.
"Careful, I'm seriously considering pushing you in right now," Rory said without turning around. She knew even before he spoke that Jess was there.
"Yes, I do remember offering you that at our little picnic," Jess said sitting down.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Rory asked.
"Sitting."
"You can sit other places," Rory pointed out.
"You don't own the bridge."
"Neither do you."
"Then, we're even." Rory glanced at Jess. He was looking out at the water, but still managed to catch her eye before she turned away.
"Shouldn't you be somewhere?" Rory wondered, "With Sarah or Riz?"
"There both...busy," Jess shrugged, "You sound a little stressed."
"Well, a lot has happened today." Jess didn't say anything for a while.
"It's over," he finally said.
"Huh," Rory didn't quite understand.
"I'm not with Sarah or 'Blondie' as Riz calls her anymore."
"How come, I though you made an adorable couple," Rory lied, "Had you stayed together a little longer and you might have made couple of the year."
"Honestly, she was driving me crazy," Jess confessed.
"Love does that," Rory sounded a little bitter when she said that.
"Now comes our little misunderstanding," Jess sighed, "I didn't love Sarah."
"I distinctly remember you telling Riz that," the bitterness seemed to grow, "I can't believe you kissed me when you were with Sarah."
"What goes around comes around."
"So, what that was all payback?" Rory threw up her hands in exasperation.
"Ah, the things I'll never say."
"I really don't need this!" Rory exclaimed now standing, "My dad's getting married which explains my mother's behaviour a few weeks ago, I broke up with my long time first boyfriend to find out that the person I fell hard for is with someone else. Can you imagine Jess what it felt like to see you with her all the time? I can't even describe how I feel for you. Right now I'm just not in the mood for getting hurt anymore."
"I can," Jess said also standing.
"What?"
"I can," Jess repeated in his usual way, "It's the same way I felt when you were with Frankenstein."
"Dean," Rory corrected him.
"I care for you," Jess said quietly as Rory walked away.
"What?" she turned around.
"I care for you," he said louder. Rory rushed over to him and kissed him. Finally, after they pulled apart they were both out of breath.
"I can't." Rory tried to say, "I can't do this."
"Why not?" Jess wanted to know.
"I've been waited for two months for that," Rory explained, "But I'm afraid... I'm not ready yet...I don't want to rush into things. Let's wait."
"I don't want to wait," Jess sighed, "I've been waiting." Yet, Jess knew he would wait. His feelings for Rory weren't like any other he had had with other girls. Once you fell for a Gilmore there was no turning back.
"Please Jess," Rory begged, "I can't do this right now. Let's just try to act normal, please."
"So, have you given Hemmingway a shot?" Jess asked.
"What?"
"You said act normal," Jess pointed out.
"Right," Rory smiled a little, "I've got to run home. See you tomorrow Dodger."
"Bye." Rory walked home. She wasn't ready. Right now she was too afraid of hurt. A lot of hurt had been going around lately caused by so many different parties. Just knowing that Jess felt the same way about her was enough for now. She needed a little more time. How much, she still didn't know only her heart would be able to tell her when she was ready.
"What's up?" Riz asked when Rory got home.
"Nothing much," Rory replied, "My dad called." Lorelai suddenly appeared from the kitchen with a concerned look on her face.
"How are you feeling about it?" Lorelai wondered and Rory saw the pain that had been inflicted upon her mother and she felt it too. Finally, Rory was able to cry about it.
"Ah, the things I'll never say," she whispered to her mother what Jess had said to her not long ago. It seemed to suit the situation that they were in. During this Riz quietly snuck out to see Jess. During the two months or so she'd lived with the two she knew when they needed time alone.
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A/N: I hope I did the right thing there. I couldn't go and just shove Rory and Jess into a relationship, it didn't feel right yet but I needed to get some romantic interaction between the two and that seemed the right way to go. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed. I would much appreciate your feedback on this. So, you know what to do. Thank you so much for reading and I'm working on the next chapter as you read.
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Rory had gotten used to being vice-president, she had gotten used to staying after school almost every day and she had gotten used to mostly everything that had happened during the past few weeks. Yet, even during the month of school she still hadn't quite grasped the fact that Jess was with Sarah. She saw them ever day and the only time she avoided Luke's was he and Sarah were both there. Now, her eighteenth birthday was just eight days away and her mother was planning another one of her blow-outs.
Walking mindlessly past Doose's Rory didn't notice Dean coming out from it, but she did notice Sarah and Jess walking directly towards her. Turning to enter the market she ran right into Dean who quickly steadied her before she fell. Jess and Sarah stopped right in front of the two. "Sorry," Rory mumbled looking down at her feet, "I wasn't paying attention."
"It's okay," Dean shrugged, "Be more careful." With a quick glare at Jess Dean went on his way.
"Excuse me," she heard Sarah's high-pitched voice, "But you're still blocking our way." Rory sighed and stepped out of their path not even daring to look at Jess. It would hurt her just as much as it would've looking at Dean, if not more.
Somehow she made it into Luke's and managed to find her mother at the counter. Lorelai looked much better than she had during the past few weeks. As much as Rory had tried to pry it out of her what was wrong her mother remained stubborn and refused to say anything. "What happened to you?" Lorelai asked looking over to her daughter.
"I just got caught in the worst possible situation," Rory replied as Luke immediately poured her some coffee.
"Do tell," Lorelai urged.
"Well, I was walking down the street," Rory explained, "and who might I see coming in my direction."
"The delinquent and his blonde," Lorelai said.
"None other," Rory nodded, "So I turn to seek refuge in Doose's and bashed into Dean coming out."
"Ouch." Rory sighed again taking a sip of her coffee. Her mother was right. It did hurt, a lot.
"I'm going home," Rory stood up and picked up her bag, "Meet you there." Lorelai nodded.
No sooner than Rory had opened the door did she hear the ringing of the telephone. "Hello?" she answered the phone.
"Rory," her father's voice responded. Rory considered slamming down the phone seeing as she hadn't heard from him in quite some time.
"Yes," she said instead.
"I've been working up my courage to tell you this for a while," Chris said, "and, well I kind of hoped I wouldn't have to do this. It was hard enough telling your mother."
"Is this bad news or good news?" Rory wondered.
"Depends on the person getting the news," Chris responded, "Sherry and I have decided to get married."
"Oh," Rory's voice was full of shock.
"That was similar to your mother's answer."
"Well, what did you expect?" Rory was hurt, "I got to go. Bye." Rory hung up the phone and sat on the couch. "And the hits just keep on coming," she muttered to herself. She couldn't sit here anymore. Brushing her hair back in a pony tail Rory left and she didn't know exactly where she was going.
Five minutes later Rory found herself at the bridge. Luckily enough for her Jess wasn't there. Which was a surprise to Rory of course because she knew this was the one place in Star's Hollow that Jess actually liked. She dangled her feet off the edge of bridge and looked down at the calm water. It was peaceful. It brought back a lot of memories though, all of them concerning Jess. Their first kiss at Sookie's wedding had been by the bridge, the kiss when she came back from Washington had been here and the picnic where Jess had ate that disgusting stuff had also been here. That picnic, in Rory's opinion, had been their first and only date. "Didn't think I'd see you here of all places," a voice above her said.
"Careful, I'm seriously considering pushing you in right now," Rory said without turning around. She knew even before he spoke that Jess was there.
"Yes, I do remember offering you that at our little picnic," Jess said sitting down.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Rory asked.
"Sitting."
"You can sit other places," Rory pointed out.
"You don't own the bridge."
"Neither do you."
"Then, we're even." Rory glanced at Jess. He was looking out at the water, but still managed to catch her eye before she turned away.
"Shouldn't you be somewhere?" Rory wondered, "With Sarah or Riz?"
"There both...busy," Jess shrugged, "You sound a little stressed."
"Well, a lot has happened today." Jess didn't say anything for a while.
"It's over," he finally said.
"Huh," Rory didn't quite understand.
"I'm not with Sarah or 'Blondie' as Riz calls her anymore."
"How come, I though you made an adorable couple," Rory lied, "Had you stayed together a little longer and you might have made couple of the year."
"Honestly, she was driving me crazy," Jess confessed.
"Love does that," Rory sounded a little bitter when she said that.
"Now comes our little misunderstanding," Jess sighed, "I didn't love Sarah."
"I distinctly remember you telling Riz that," the bitterness seemed to grow, "I can't believe you kissed me when you were with Sarah."
"What goes around comes around."
"So, what that was all payback?" Rory threw up her hands in exasperation.
"Ah, the things I'll never say."
"I really don't need this!" Rory exclaimed now standing, "My dad's getting married which explains my mother's behaviour a few weeks ago, I broke up with my long time first boyfriend to find out that the person I fell hard for is with someone else. Can you imagine Jess what it felt like to see you with her all the time? I can't even describe how I feel for you. Right now I'm just not in the mood for getting hurt anymore."
"I can," Jess said also standing.
"What?"
"I can," Jess repeated in his usual way, "It's the same way I felt when you were with Frankenstein."
"Dean," Rory corrected him.
"I care for you," Jess said quietly as Rory walked away.
"What?" she turned around.
"I care for you," he said louder. Rory rushed over to him and kissed him. Finally, after they pulled apart they were both out of breath.
"I can't." Rory tried to say, "I can't do this."
"Why not?" Jess wanted to know.
"I've been waited for two months for that," Rory explained, "But I'm afraid... I'm not ready yet...I don't want to rush into things. Let's wait."
"I don't want to wait," Jess sighed, "I've been waiting." Yet, Jess knew he would wait. His feelings for Rory weren't like any other he had had with other girls. Once you fell for a Gilmore there was no turning back.
"Please Jess," Rory begged, "I can't do this right now. Let's just try to act normal, please."
"So, have you given Hemmingway a shot?" Jess asked.
"What?"
"You said act normal," Jess pointed out.
"Right," Rory smiled a little, "I've got to run home. See you tomorrow Dodger."
"Bye." Rory walked home. She wasn't ready. Right now she was too afraid of hurt. A lot of hurt had been going around lately caused by so many different parties. Just knowing that Jess felt the same way about her was enough for now. She needed a little more time. How much, she still didn't know only her heart would be able to tell her when she was ready.
"What's up?" Riz asked when Rory got home.
"Nothing much," Rory replied, "My dad called." Lorelai suddenly appeared from the kitchen with a concerned look on her face.
"How are you feeling about it?" Lorelai wondered and Rory saw the pain that had been inflicted upon her mother and she felt it too. Finally, Rory was able to cry about it.
"Ah, the things I'll never say," she whispered to her mother what Jess had said to her not long ago. It seemed to suit the situation that they were in. During this Riz quietly snuck out to see Jess. During the two months or so she'd lived with the two she knew when they needed time alone.
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A/N: I hope I did the right thing there. I couldn't go and just shove Rory and Jess into a relationship, it didn't feel right yet but I needed to get some romantic interaction between the two and that seemed the right way to go. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed. I would much appreciate your feedback on this. So, you know what to do. Thank you so much for reading and I'm working on the next chapter as you read.
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