Ch 20 Goodbye to You
Rory and Lorelai returned home a little while later. Their walk home was silent and Rory thought of all the things that might come next. She thought of all the things she should tell her mother now. Yet, she thought of Riz and her outburst earlier and her running out of the diner something told her Riz might not be coming back. Yet, she thanked Riz silently for all she had done for them, for her and Jess. It was hard to believe that she was gone though. Rory knew though, somehow she knew. She couldn't understand why Riz would leave though, that is if this gut feeling she had was right. "I'm sorry mom," Rory sighed when they arrived home.
"Rory I already told you I will give Jess a chance!"
"I know you're still not happy about this."
"Who would be?" Lorelai trained to maintain a calm level of talking, "You're dating the little punk after all."
"Mom..."
"Rory I know, I know I was supposed to be ready for this," Lorelai plopped on their couch, "but I'm not. I'm already trying to deal with you going off to Harvard and leaving me all alone, now I've got to handle you dating Jess as well?"
"I thought you wanted me to go to Harvard," Rory pointed out.
"I do," Lorelai sighed, "It's just you'll be so far away and for such long periods at a time. I'll only get to see you on holidays and then what? Ror we're already growing apart with this whole Jess thing."
"I could always just go to Yale."
"NO!" Lorelai exclaimed, "Harvard is your dream you're going to Harvard."
"If I get in," Rory said quietly.
"Of course you'll get in," Lorelai said her voice lowering a bit as she hugged her daughter, "You're smart and you will."
"I don't think she'll be back," Rory blurted, "Riz."
"I know," Lorelai nodded, "I saw it in her eyes right before she ran out. Something's wrong I could tell something was wrong and she was going away."
"How do you think Jess will take it?"
"Like Jess," Lorelai shrugged, "Rory you know he's not that emotional." Rory nodded remaining silent. "So, how'd you guys get together?"
"I guess we just keep jumping from topic to topic huh?"
"Only when things get uncomfortable," Lorelai agreed, "It's just some things are hard to talk about for a long time. Like Harvard and Riz going away and all."
"Yeah."
"Everything will turn out all right," Lorelai assured. She was trying to make herself feel better at the same time as Rory. Rory nodded silently once again.
"It will." she trailed off leaving the rest for time to finish.
It was a little while later when the door burst open. Apparently it had started pouring rain outside again for Jess stood at the door way, hair soaked. Rory and Lorelai both looked at him expectantly and Jess just shrugged. He could tell that they knew she was gone. They had all seen that she was about to take flight, they all had but him. Sighing inwardly Jess prepared to tell them the full story. The story and reason to why Riz was not coming back, she had done her part here in Stars Hollow and needed to move on herself. "She's pregnant," Jess said calmly after a while. Rory's eyes widened and Lorelai bit her lip. There was something in her eyes her could not quite identify.
The words rang through Lorelai's mind over and over again. That was the reason Riz left, she was pregnant. Understanding suddenly over swept Lorelai she understood why the look in Riz's eyes and seemed so familiar. It was the look she had had eighteen years earlier when she left her parents with Rory. The look of abandoning what had become her home to be on her own, be able to raise her baby. Furrowing her eyebrows Lorelai then wondered why Riz had felt the need to leave. Lorelai had been through all this, being pregnant at fifteen, having a baby. Riz had become a part of the house a part of Lorelai and Rory's family. Lorelai knew that was why though. It was the same reason she had left her parents the disappointment and the fear of disappointment to them.
Looking over at her mother Rory saw something she hadn't seen in a long time. Jess was something else. He was masking his hurt and discontent with the situation very well. Rory got of the couch and wrapped her arms around him plating a kiss on his cheek. "She did what she wanted to," Rory whispered, "She made it through life with her dad she can make it through this." Jess nodded.
"I'd just love to get my hands on the guy who knocked her up," Jess growled.
"Hey, it'll be alright."
Lorelai lay curled up on the couch asleep when Luke walked in. Rory and Jess were on the floor laying back against the couch seemingly also asleep. The looks on all of their faces troubled Luke. He placed the cups of coffee in the kitchen and returned to the living room. He stood watching the three wondering what possibly could've occurred to make them seem so sad and connected. He pushed their troubled looks out of his mind and just watched Lorelai sleep. Her black hair tumbling over her eyes and she stirred a bit. Luke smiled a little hoping the day would come where he could marry Lorelai and watch her sleeping every day for the rest of his life.
Three sat sleeping in the living room, one man was cooking a secret meal for the slumber and a pregnant teenage girl sat in the bus watching the rain tumbling down. Five people whose lives were inadvertently changed in a period of less than twenty-four hours and were just learning to deal with it. Things were difficult at the moment but for the two young teens that were just beginning to explore their relationship together, two grown people were just beginning to explore thoughts of a possible relationship and one girl younger than them all was just beginning to explore life on her own. Things would be different but all would learn to handle them in their own ways. Each said goodbye to their lives as they were and prepared to face them as they now are.
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A/N: Alright I'm keeping this short. Hope you liked this chapter and please send in feedback. Thanks all for reading and keep a look out there's more to come!
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Rory and Lorelai returned home a little while later. Their walk home was silent and Rory thought of all the things that might come next. She thought of all the things she should tell her mother now. Yet, she thought of Riz and her outburst earlier and her running out of the diner something told her Riz might not be coming back. Yet, she thanked Riz silently for all she had done for them, for her and Jess. It was hard to believe that she was gone though. Rory knew though, somehow she knew. She couldn't understand why Riz would leave though, that is if this gut feeling she had was right. "I'm sorry mom," Rory sighed when they arrived home.
"Rory I already told you I will give Jess a chance!"
"I know you're still not happy about this."
"Who would be?" Lorelai trained to maintain a calm level of talking, "You're dating the little punk after all."
"Mom..."
"Rory I know, I know I was supposed to be ready for this," Lorelai plopped on their couch, "but I'm not. I'm already trying to deal with you going off to Harvard and leaving me all alone, now I've got to handle you dating Jess as well?"
"I thought you wanted me to go to Harvard," Rory pointed out.
"I do," Lorelai sighed, "It's just you'll be so far away and for such long periods at a time. I'll only get to see you on holidays and then what? Ror we're already growing apart with this whole Jess thing."
"I could always just go to Yale."
"NO!" Lorelai exclaimed, "Harvard is your dream you're going to Harvard."
"If I get in," Rory said quietly.
"Of course you'll get in," Lorelai said her voice lowering a bit as she hugged her daughter, "You're smart and you will."
"I don't think she'll be back," Rory blurted, "Riz."
"I know," Lorelai nodded, "I saw it in her eyes right before she ran out. Something's wrong I could tell something was wrong and she was going away."
"How do you think Jess will take it?"
"Like Jess," Lorelai shrugged, "Rory you know he's not that emotional." Rory nodded remaining silent. "So, how'd you guys get together?"
"I guess we just keep jumping from topic to topic huh?"
"Only when things get uncomfortable," Lorelai agreed, "It's just some things are hard to talk about for a long time. Like Harvard and Riz going away and all."
"Yeah."
"Everything will turn out all right," Lorelai assured. She was trying to make herself feel better at the same time as Rory. Rory nodded silently once again.
"It will." she trailed off leaving the rest for time to finish.
It was a little while later when the door burst open. Apparently it had started pouring rain outside again for Jess stood at the door way, hair soaked. Rory and Lorelai both looked at him expectantly and Jess just shrugged. He could tell that they knew she was gone. They had all seen that she was about to take flight, they all had but him. Sighing inwardly Jess prepared to tell them the full story. The story and reason to why Riz was not coming back, she had done her part here in Stars Hollow and needed to move on herself. "She's pregnant," Jess said calmly after a while. Rory's eyes widened and Lorelai bit her lip. There was something in her eyes her could not quite identify.
The words rang through Lorelai's mind over and over again. That was the reason Riz left, she was pregnant. Understanding suddenly over swept Lorelai she understood why the look in Riz's eyes and seemed so familiar. It was the look she had had eighteen years earlier when she left her parents with Rory. The look of abandoning what had become her home to be on her own, be able to raise her baby. Furrowing her eyebrows Lorelai then wondered why Riz had felt the need to leave. Lorelai had been through all this, being pregnant at fifteen, having a baby. Riz had become a part of the house a part of Lorelai and Rory's family. Lorelai knew that was why though. It was the same reason she had left her parents the disappointment and the fear of disappointment to them.
Looking over at her mother Rory saw something she hadn't seen in a long time. Jess was something else. He was masking his hurt and discontent with the situation very well. Rory got of the couch and wrapped her arms around him plating a kiss on his cheek. "She did what she wanted to," Rory whispered, "She made it through life with her dad she can make it through this." Jess nodded.
"I'd just love to get my hands on the guy who knocked her up," Jess growled.
"Hey, it'll be alright."
Lorelai lay curled up on the couch asleep when Luke walked in. Rory and Jess were on the floor laying back against the couch seemingly also asleep. The looks on all of their faces troubled Luke. He placed the cups of coffee in the kitchen and returned to the living room. He stood watching the three wondering what possibly could've occurred to make them seem so sad and connected. He pushed their troubled looks out of his mind and just watched Lorelai sleep. Her black hair tumbling over her eyes and she stirred a bit. Luke smiled a little hoping the day would come where he could marry Lorelai and watch her sleeping every day for the rest of his life.
Three sat sleeping in the living room, one man was cooking a secret meal for the slumber and a pregnant teenage girl sat in the bus watching the rain tumbling down. Five people whose lives were inadvertently changed in a period of less than twenty-four hours and were just learning to deal with it. Things were difficult at the moment but for the two young teens that were just beginning to explore their relationship together, two grown people were just beginning to explore thoughts of a possible relationship and one girl younger than them all was just beginning to explore life on her own. Things would be different but all would learn to handle them in their own ways. Each said goodbye to their lives as they were and prepared to face them as they now are.
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A/N: Alright I'm keeping this short. Hope you liked this chapter and please send in feedback. Thanks all for reading and keep a look out there's more to come!
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