"Late Goodbye's and 'Early I love you's"
Summary: The third in the series of, 'a Book, A Boy,
and A Kiss,' 'Hello's and Bittersweet Goodbye's.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em. I wish I did, but I
don't. Tear.
Act 1. Scene 1. Star's Hollow Connecticut. Focus on
the Gilmore home. Early morning (sun has yet to rise).
Rory Gilmore and Jess Mariano are lounging on the roof
of the house snuggling and looking up at the stars.
Jess is nuzzling Rory's neck.
Rory: Did you know- (Jess starts to tickle her) stop!
stop! Let me finish! Did you know that (says louder)
when the early settlers stumbled across Star's Hollow,
they named it Star's Hollow because you can see
thousands of stars when it's clear?!
Jess (laughs, and shakes his head. continues to kiss
her neck): Nope. I had no idea. (licks his lips) Can
we get back to more important things now?
Rory sighs, then pulls away a little bit. She wraps
the a blanket around herself.
Jess: What's up Ror?
Rory: I...I talked to Dean.
Jess nods, and begins to pack up his stuff.
J: How bad did bag boy want you back?
Rory breathes deeply and exhales.
R (she touches his cheek. he flinches): It wouldn't
matter. I'm with you.
Jess nods and continues to pack up is things, but sees
the hurt look on Rory's face. He pulls her into his
arms and kisses her forehead.
Fade into opening montage...
Act 1. Scene 2. Lorelai and Rory are walking to
Luke's. Lorelai is watching a portable tv. Rory is
steering her, so she won't crash.
Lorelai: Ok, ok, ok! GO! GO! GO!
Rory: Mom, you sound like your a cheerleader.
Lorelai: Didn't I tell you I almost went down that
road once?
she slips the tv into her purse and wraps her arm
around Rory's shoulders.
L: I was young. Much younger than you, and I was still
impressionable. Your grandmother convinced me to go to
cheer leading tryouts. (she pauses dramatically) I was
all set to go. I had my little bag, and my little
pom-pom's. I tripped and fell and I broke my ankle.
Some say I did it on purpose, but I wasn't that
devious in those days. It was fate.
Rory: Sure.
They arrive at Luke's and Lorelai holds the door open.
L: How'd that test go?
Rory plops down into a chair.
R: Which one? I have at least 4 a week so you have to
specify?
Lorelai: The...the...the ball one!
Rory: The ball one, the ball one...oh! The test on
'The Way We Live Now'. It went fine. Jess helped me
study being as it is that he's one of the only people
in the world whose read the book.
Lorelai frowns.
L: Right Jess.
Enter Jess.
Rory: Speak of the devil.
Lorelai: Do you mean that literally?
Jess kisses Rory's cheek. He slides into the seat next
to her.
Jess: What's up?
Rory (smiles): Not much. Mom was just asking about the
'The Way We Live Now' test.
Jess: How did that go?
Rory: Pretty well, considering.
Jess (twirling a piece of her hair around his finger):
Considering what?
Rory blushes and kicks his discreetly under the table.
R: You know...
Jess (turns to face her, trying not to laugh): No I
don't know Ms. Gilmore.
Rory laughs
R: You are impossible! You do too know what I'm
talking about!
Jess (crosses his arms, still trying to keep a
straight face): Now who sounds like they're 5? I do
not.
Rory stands and trys to walk by him to refill her
coffee cup. He pulls her down into his lap. Rory puts
her arms around his neck and they begin to kiss.
Lorelai: Some service here please?! This young man is
mauling my daughter!
Luke walks over, coffee pot in hand.
L (shakes his head disgustedly): Get off each other!
Get off each other!
Jess gets up with Rory in his arms and sets her down
in the chair. He kisses her forehead.
J: I'll see you later, 'kay?
Rory nods. Jess kisses her softly.
Jess: Bye Ror.
Rory: Bye.
Lorelai (pushing her plate slowly away from her
reach): I think I just lost my appetite.
Rory: You've seen me and Dean kiss a million times.
Lorelai: That was not kissing, that was slobbering.
You were joined at the lip, you were-
Rory: Stop any time.
Lorelai: I now see where the attraction lies. Were you
and Dean ever this hot 'n heavy.
Rory: I'm not discussing this with you mom.
Lorelai: Ok, ok. So don't discuss it with me.
Rory looks down at her watch.
Rory (her pager beeps): Mom I hate to leave you,
especially when you don't have nearly enough details
about my love life, but my...
She stops and looks down at her pager. Her face goes
white.
Lorelai: Ror? What's going on?
Rory (faces her pager to her mother): Dean.
Lorelai: Dean?
Rory: A couple of months ago he agreed to come to
Chilton for a day for the exchange program.
Lorelai: So? He'll back out. Everything will be fine.
Rory: He can't. I need him to come for my project.
I'll get an incomplete if he doesn't come.
Lorelai: Then go, go!
Rory exits the diner.
Act 1. Scene 3. The bus stop. Dean is sitting at a
bench, waiting Rory.
Rory: Hi.
Dean doesn't look at her.
Rory: Listen, you don't have to do this. I'll get
someone else.
Dean shakes his head.
D: I'll do it because I said I would.
Rory: Thank you.
The bus arrives and they board it together. Jess is
walking by and witnesses this. He shakes his head and
walks away.
Act 1. Scene 4. Chilton. Rory slips on the last step
and Dean grabs her arm to steady her. He looks down at
her wrist and notices that his bracelet is gone. He
sighs. Rory also looks down and bites her lip.
Rory: I-I'm sorry.
Dean: You've already said that.
Rory: But Dean, I still mean it. I really did love
you.
Dean: Then why are you with him?
Rory: Because...because...
Dean: Rory, you don't even know why.
He walks away from her and into the school.
Rory stops sadly and thinks of Dean's last visit to
Chilton. Her eyes begin to tear as she follows him
into school.
Act 1. Scene 5. Luke's Diner. late afternoon. It's
empty except for jess. Rory enters exhausted, and
dumps her bag on the floor. Jess is behind the
counter. He looks at her but doesn't say a word.
Rory: I'm so tired.
Jess: That's nice.
Rory: What's wrong with you?
Jess: Nothing. What's wrong with you?
Rory: Jess, what's wrong?
Jess: I saw you with him.
Rory: With-with Dean?
Jess: Yeah. You didn't like your decision so you're
going back to him?
Rory: No! It was a thing. For school. He'd already
promised to do it for me. It doesn't mean I love you
any less. And if you think that...
She turns to walk away.
Jess jumps over the counter and grabs her arm.
Jess: You love me?
He doesn't wait for a response he just grabs her and
kisses her.
End of episode.
Summary: The third in the series of, 'a Book, A Boy,
and A Kiss,' 'Hello's and Bittersweet Goodbye's.
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em. I wish I did, but I
don't. Tear.
Act 1. Scene 1. Star's Hollow Connecticut. Focus on
the Gilmore home. Early morning (sun has yet to rise).
Rory Gilmore and Jess Mariano are lounging on the roof
of the house snuggling and looking up at the stars.
Jess is nuzzling Rory's neck.
Rory: Did you know- (Jess starts to tickle her) stop!
stop! Let me finish! Did you know that (says louder)
when the early settlers stumbled across Star's Hollow,
they named it Star's Hollow because you can see
thousands of stars when it's clear?!
Jess (laughs, and shakes his head. continues to kiss
her neck): Nope. I had no idea. (licks his lips) Can
we get back to more important things now?
Rory sighs, then pulls away a little bit. She wraps
the a blanket around herself.
Jess: What's up Ror?
Rory: I...I talked to Dean.
Jess nods, and begins to pack up his stuff.
J: How bad did bag boy want you back?
Rory breathes deeply and exhales.
R (she touches his cheek. he flinches): It wouldn't
matter. I'm with you.
Jess nods and continues to pack up is things, but sees
the hurt look on Rory's face. He pulls her into his
arms and kisses her forehead.
Fade into opening montage...
Act 1. Scene 2. Lorelai and Rory are walking to
Luke's. Lorelai is watching a portable tv. Rory is
steering her, so she won't crash.
Lorelai: Ok, ok, ok! GO! GO! GO!
Rory: Mom, you sound like your a cheerleader.
Lorelai: Didn't I tell you I almost went down that
road once?
she slips the tv into her purse and wraps her arm
around Rory's shoulders.
L: I was young. Much younger than you, and I was still
impressionable. Your grandmother convinced me to go to
cheer leading tryouts. (she pauses dramatically) I was
all set to go. I had my little bag, and my little
pom-pom's. I tripped and fell and I broke my ankle.
Some say I did it on purpose, but I wasn't that
devious in those days. It was fate.
Rory: Sure.
They arrive at Luke's and Lorelai holds the door open.
L: How'd that test go?
Rory plops down into a chair.
R: Which one? I have at least 4 a week so you have to
specify?
Lorelai: The...the...the ball one!
Rory: The ball one, the ball one...oh! The test on
'The Way We Live Now'. It went fine. Jess helped me
study being as it is that he's one of the only people
in the world whose read the book.
Lorelai frowns.
L: Right Jess.
Enter Jess.
Rory: Speak of the devil.
Lorelai: Do you mean that literally?
Jess kisses Rory's cheek. He slides into the seat next
to her.
Jess: What's up?
Rory (smiles): Not much. Mom was just asking about the
'The Way We Live Now' test.
Jess: How did that go?
Rory: Pretty well, considering.
Jess (twirling a piece of her hair around his finger):
Considering what?
Rory blushes and kicks his discreetly under the table.
R: You know...
Jess (turns to face her, trying not to laugh): No I
don't know Ms. Gilmore.
Rory laughs
R: You are impossible! You do too know what I'm
talking about!
Jess (crosses his arms, still trying to keep a
straight face): Now who sounds like they're 5? I do
not.
Rory stands and trys to walk by him to refill her
coffee cup. He pulls her down into his lap. Rory puts
her arms around his neck and they begin to kiss.
Lorelai: Some service here please?! This young man is
mauling my daughter!
Luke walks over, coffee pot in hand.
L (shakes his head disgustedly): Get off each other!
Get off each other!
Jess gets up with Rory in his arms and sets her down
in the chair. He kisses her forehead.
J: I'll see you later, 'kay?
Rory nods. Jess kisses her softly.
Jess: Bye Ror.
Rory: Bye.
Lorelai (pushing her plate slowly away from her
reach): I think I just lost my appetite.
Rory: You've seen me and Dean kiss a million times.
Lorelai: That was not kissing, that was slobbering.
You were joined at the lip, you were-
Rory: Stop any time.
Lorelai: I now see where the attraction lies. Were you
and Dean ever this hot 'n heavy.
Rory: I'm not discussing this with you mom.
Lorelai: Ok, ok. So don't discuss it with me.
Rory looks down at her watch.
Rory (her pager beeps): Mom I hate to leave you,
especially when you don't have nearly enough details
about my love life, but my...
She stops and looks down at her pager. Her face goes
white.
Lorelai: Ror? What's going on?
Rory (faces her pager to her mother): Dean.
Lorelai: Dean?
Rory: A couple of months ago he agreed to come to
Chilton for a day for the exchange program.
Lorelai: So? He'll back out. Everything will be fine.
Rory: He can't. I need him to come for my project.
I'll get an incomplete if he doesn't come.
Lorelai: Then go, go!
Rory exits the diner.
Act 1. Scene 3. The bus stop. Dean is sitting at a
bench, waiting Rory.
Rory: Hi.
Dean doesn't look at her.
Rory: Listen, you don't have to do this. I'll get
someone else.
Dean shakes his head.
D: I'll do it because I said I would.
Rory: Thank you.
The bus arrives and they board it together. Jess is
walking by and witnesses this. He shakes his head and
walks away.
Act 1. Scene 4. Chilton. Rory slips on the last step
and Dean grabs her arm to steady her. He looks down at
her wrist and notices that his bracelet is gone. He
sighs. Rory also looks down and bites her lip.
Rory: I-I'm sorry.
Dean: You've already said that.
Rory: But Dean, I still mean it. I really did love
you.
Dean: Then why are you with him?
Rory: Because...because...
Dean: Rory, you don't even know why.
He walks away from her and into the school.
Rory stops sadly and thinks of Dean's last visit to
Chilton. Her eyes begin to tear as she follows him
into school.
Act 1. Scene 5. Luke's Diner. late afternoon. It's
empty except for jess. Rory enters exhausted, and
dumps her bag on the floor. Jess is behind the
counter. He looks at her but doesn't say a word.
Rory: I'm so tired.
Jess: That's nice.
Rory: What's wrong with you?
Jess: Nothing. What's wrong with you?
Rory: Jess, what's wrong?
Jess: I saw you with him.
Rory: With-with Dean?
Jess: Yeah. You didn't like your decision so you're
going back to him?
Rory: No! It was a thing. For school. He'd already
promised to do it for me. It doesn't mean I love you
any less. And if you think that...
She turns to walk away.
Jess jumps over the counter and grabs her arm.
Jess: You love me?
He doesn't wait for a response he just grabs her and
kisses her.
End of episode.