'Your Wish is My Command'
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Wish I did though....
Summary: The after affects of the harvard rejection
letter
Act 1. Scene 1. Star's Hollow, Connecticut. The
Gilmore home. Late morning. Rory Gilmore is sitting at
her kitchen table reading a letter. At first glance
everything looks normal, but pulled closer, tears are
viewed in Rory's eyes. Enter Lorelai Gilmore.
L (oblivious to Rory's obvious distress): Hey babe
what's- (notices Rory, and sits down) Rory? (voice
raises) Rory, what's wrong?
Rory sobs harder and shoves what she's been reading
into Lorelai's hands. Lorelai reads over the letter
and puts a comforting hand on her daughter's shoulder.
L: Oh hun, I'm so sorry. I know you had your heart set
on Harvard.
She pulls Rory into a tight embrace. After a few
moments, Rory pulls back a little and wipes away her
tears.
R: The thing is, I'm kinda glad. Not really glad, but
kinda. This way I don't have to leave home, and it's
basically the same education, and Yale's sill Ivy
League, and I won't have to leave-
there's a knock on the front door.
Lorelai (squeezes Rory's hand): I'll get it.
She exits and enters a few moments later with a very
ecstatic looking Jess. As soon as he sees her he
rushes to her side.
J: Rory, what's wrong?
He squeezes her hands. Lorelai smiles at them from
behind and leaves the kitchen.
Rory shakes her head. She's still obviously
distraught, but is smiling because Jess is there.
R: It's nothing. I just didn't get into Harvard.
she points to the discarded letter on the table. Jess
grabs it and reads thoroughly.
J: Nothing! Nothing! Rory Harvard means everything to
you.
Rory (shakes her head): No it doesn't. You do.
They kiss.
fade into opening montage...
Act 1. Scene 2. Rory and Lane are walking through to
Luke's. Their arms are linked.
L: Do you realize, that this is the first time that
we've both had a love interest?
Rory laughs.
R: How about when I was with Dean... Henry?
Lane shakes her head.
L: You'd just broken up with Dean when I met Henry.
You did have Tristan though.
they enter Luke's
Rory: Tristan?! I never even liked Tristan.
Lane: Mmm, maybe not, but he sure liked you, and you
did kiss him.
Jess (comes up behind them, wraps his arms around
Rory's waist, and rests his head on her shoulder):
Who'd you kiss? (smiles) You'd better not be kissing
anybody but me.
Rory: That won't be a problem.
she turns and they kiss. Lane shakes her head at
them.
L: Oh the cuteness! I wish Dave were here. Or then
maybe not, because at any moment my mother could walk
in. No matter that she's never been in here her entire
life, she'd come in today for a change of pace. And
then she'd see me with Dave and never let me see him
again. Not that she knows I'm seeing him now, not that
I am seeing him now. I mean what does a little kiss
mean?
Rory and Jess burst into laughter.
Lane: What? Are my problems amusing to you?
Rory (shakes her head, wiping the tears out of her
eyes): No, no not at all!
Jess: I find them quite amusing actually.
Rory elbows him in the stomach, disentangles herself
from his embrace and sits with Lane. Jess sits down
next to her and begins to play with a strand of her
hair. The song, 'Don't Know Why' by Norah Jones blurs
out the girl's words, and Jess realizes with a smile
that there is nowhere else he'd rather be than with
Rory.
Act 1. Scene 3. Early afternoon. Rory's bedroom. She
is taking down her Harvard posters and banners and
placing them ever so gently into a cardboard box on
her bed.
Dean (leaning against the door): What are you doing?
Rory jumps startled.
R: What are you doing here?
Dean: I asked you first.
Rory straightens to her full height.
R: I'm not going to Harvard. It didn't seem right to
keep all that stuff up there if I'm not even going.
Dean: Where are you going then? Didn't you only apply
to Harvard?
Rory (runs her fingers through her hair): I had to
apply- wait a second what are you doing here?
Dean: I came to return this (he drops something on her
bed). I don't know if you want it, but I sure as hell
don't want it anymore.
Rory looks at the small object he'd thrown on her bed.
It's a picture frame with a picture of them inside.
R: Dean I-
Dean: Save it. You're with him, and I don't wanna deal
with that anymore. You're happy. And even if it is
with a loser like Jess, then there's nothing I can do
about it. G'bye Rory.
Dean exits. Rory plops on the bed and holds the frame
in her hands. They'd looked so happy. She reaches in a
drawer and folds the frame into a shirt. She places it
back into the drawer and goes back to taking the
Harvard memorabilia off of her walls.
Act 1. Scene 4. Late afternoon/ early evening. Lorelai
walks into Rory's room and sees all the Harvard things
gone.
L: Ror? Honey?
Rory (walks into the room): Yeah mom?
Lorelai: Love what you've done to the place. Are you
moving out already?
Rory: Ha. Ha. Ha. Dean said the same thing. I just
figured (she stops at the look on her mother's face)
what?
Lorelai (sits on bed): I know it's been a rough
transition but, I think you should at least be able to
remember the name of your boyfriend.
Rory: I do remember the name of my boyfriend. Jess. I
wasn't even talking about him.
Lorelai: So you saw Dean today?
Rory nods.
R: Yeah. He came and dropped off this (she grabs the
picture frame from her dresser drawer and hands it her
her mother), and asked why I was taking down my
Harvard stuff.
Lorelai: And you told him...?
Rory: And I told him that since I'm not even going to
Harvard it would seem a little strange that I keep my
posters up.
Lorelai: Ah.
She hands the picture frame back to Rory.
Rory flops down on the bed and pulls Lorelai down with
her.
R: So mom, say what you're gonna say.
Lorelai: What I'm gonna say? Honey I was just staring
at the beautiful bareness of your walls.
Rory: 'Beautiful bareness'? Come on mom, even you can
come up with something better than that.
Lorelai throws her hands up in defeat.
L: Alright! I just don't think you should take
everything down just yet.
Rory: Why?
Lorelai (sighs): Do you remember the first few days
after your first breakup with Dean?
Rory nods.
Lorelai: Do you remember how strong you tried to be?
Well, hun, Harvard has been your dream for years. It's
ok to cry. (beat) I'm sorry that was so cheesy. What
I'm trying to say is, it's not your fault.
Rory nods and gives her mother a hug.
Act 1. Scene 5. Rory's bedroom. morning. Light shines
through the window and awakens her. She looks up and
smiles. All of her Harvard things are back in place.
Rory (walks into the hall): Mom. Mom?
Jess: Nope just me.
Rory smiles.
R: Well it's always nice to see you.
Jess: I think it's better than nice.
He pulls her down onto his lap.
Rory: Jess, do you know when my mom had the time to
put my stuff back up? I mean we must have gotten to
bed at at least 4.
Jess: She's still sleeping.
Rory: Then who-you! You put my stuff back up!
Jess: Rory in the time that I've known you, all you've
ever talked about was going to Harvard, and this must
be a huge blow. I figured going cold turkey so fast
wouldn't be such a great idea.
Rory hugs him tightly and reaches into his jacket
pocket. She pulls out a pack of cigarettes.
Jess: Rory? What are you doing? Those are bad for you.
Rory laughs.
R: I'm not gonna smoke them. As a matter of fact,
neither of us are going to smoke them. For every
poster I take down, you don't smoke a cigarette.
Jess (smirks): And what's my reward?
Rory (pretends to think about it): Not dying of lung
cancer?
Jess hugs her closer.
J (shakes his head): Uh uh. Not enough.
Rory: You get me.
Jess: I thought I already had you.
Rory shakes her head and laughs.
R: For every cigarette you don't smoke I'll give you a
kiss.
J: So I don't get normal kisses?
He pouts.
Rory: Ok, I see that isn't gonna work... hmm... for
every cigarette you don't smoke I'll-
Jess: Take off a piece of clothing?
Rory shoves his shoulder.
Jess: Hey it was worth a shot.
Rory (snaps her fingers): I got it! For every
cigarette you don't smoke I'll spend that many hours
doing whatever you want.
Jess: So what if I don't smoke anything ever again?
Rory: Then your wish is my command.
Jess stands, and with Rory still in his arms, throws
away the pack of cigarettes.
J: How's that for a start?
End of episode...
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Wish I did though....
Summary: The after affects of the harvard rejection
letter
Act 1. Scene 1. Star's Hollow, Connecticut. The
Gilmore home. Late morning. Rory Gilmore is sitting at
her kitchen table reading a letter. At first glance
everything looks normal, but pulled closer, tears are
viewed in Rory's eyes. Enter Lorelai Gilmore.
L (oblivious to Rory's obvious distress): Hey babe
what's- (notices Rory, and sits down) Rory? (voice
raises) Rory, what's wrong?
Rory sobs harder and shoves what she's been reading
into Lorelai's hands. Lorelai reads over the letter
and puts a comforting hand on her daughter's shoulder.
L: Oh hun, I'm so sorry. I know you had your heart set
on Harvard.
She pulls Rory into a tight embrace. After a few
moments, Rory pulls back a little and wipes away her
tears.
R: The thing is, I'm kinda glad. Not really glad, but
kinda. This way I don't have to leave home, and it's
basically the same education, and Yale's sill Ivy
League, and I won't have to leave-
there's a knock on the front door.
Lorelai (squeezes Rory's hand): I'll get it.
She exits and enters a few moments later with a very
ecstatic looking Jess. As soon as he sees her he
rushes to her side.
J: Rory, what's wrong?
He squeezes her hands. Lorelai smiles at them from
behind and leaves the kitchen.
Rory shakes her head. She's still obviously
distraught, but is smiling because Jess is there.
R: It's nothing. I just didn't get into Harvard.
she points to the discarded letter on the table. Jess
grabs it and reads thoroughly.
J: Nothing! Nothing! Rory Harvard means everything to
you.
Rory (shakes her head): No it doesn't. You do.
They kiss.
fade into opening montage...
Act 1. Scene 2. Rory and Lane are walking through to
Luke's. Their arms are linked.
L: Do you realize, that this is the first time that
we've both had a love interest?
Rory laughs.
R: How about when I was with Dean... Henry?
Lane shakes her head.
L: You'd just broken up with Dean when I met Henry.
You did have Tristan though.
they enter Luke's
Rory: Tristan?! I never even liked Tristan.
Lane: Mmm, maybe not, but he sure liked you, and you
did kiss him.
Jess (comes up behind them, wraps his arms around
Rory's waist, and rests his head on her shoulder):
Who'd you kiss? (smiles) You'd better not be kissing
anybody but me.
Rory: That won't be a problem.
she turns and they kiss. Lane shakes her head at
them.
L: Oh the cuteness! I wish Dave were here. Or then
maybe not, because at any moment my mother could walk
in. No matter that she's never been in here her entire
life, she'd come in today for a change of pace. And
then she'd see me with Dave and never let me see him
again. Not that she knows I'm seeing him now, not that
I am seeing him now. I mean what does a little kiss
mean?
Rory and Jess burst into laughter.
Lane: What? Are my problems amusing to you?
Rory (shakes her head, wiping the tears out of her
eyes): No, no not at all!
Jess: I find them quite amusing actually.
Rory elbows him in the stomach, disentangles herself
from his embrace and sits with Lane. Jess sits down
next to her and begins to play with a strand of her
hair. The song, 'Don't Know Why' by Norah Jones blurs
out the girl's words, and Jess realizes with a smile
that there is nowhere else he'd rather be than with
Rory.
Act 1. Scene 3. Early afternoon. Rory's bedroom. She
is taking down her Harvard posters and banners and
placing them ever so gently into a cardboard box on
her bed.
Dean (leaning against the door): What are you doing?
Rory jumps startled.
R: What are you doing here?
Dean: I asked you first.
Rory straightens to her full height.
R: I'm not going to Harvard. It didn't seem right to
keep all that stuff up there if I'm not even going.
Dean: Where are you going then? Didn't you only apply
to Harvard?
Rory (runs her fingers through her hair): I had to
apply- wait a second what are you doing here?
Dean: I came to return this (he drops something on her
bed). I don't know if you want it, but I sure as hell
don't want it anymore.
Rory looks at the small object he'd thrown on her bed.
It's a picture frame with a picture of them inside.
R: Dean I-
Dean: Save it. You're with him, and I don't wanna deal
with that anymore. You're happy. And even if it is
with a loser like Jess, then there's nothing I can do
about it. G'bye Rory.
Dean exits. Rory plops on the bed and holds the frame
in her hands. They'd looked so happy. She reaches in a
drawer and folds the frame into a shirt. She places it
back into the drawer and goes back to taking the
Harvard memorabilia off of her walls.
Act 1. Scene 4. Late afternoon/ early evening. Lorelai
walks into Rory's room and sees all the Harvard things
gone.
L: Ror? Honey?
Rory (walks into the room): Yeah mom?
Lorelai: Love what you've done to the place. Are you
moving out already?
Rory: Ha. Ha. Ha. Dean said the same thing. I just
figured (she stops at the look on her mother's face)
what?
Lorelai (sits on bed): I know it's been a rough
transition but, I think you should at least be able to
remember the name of your boyfriend.
Rory: I do remember the name of my boyfriend. Jess. I
wasn't even talking about him.
Lorelai: So you saw Dean today?
Rory nods.
R: Yeah. He came and dropped off this (she grabs the
picture frame from her dresser drawer and hands it her
her mother), and asked why I was taking down my
Harvard stuff.
Lorelai: And you told him...?
Rory: And I told him that since I'm not even going to
Harvard it would seem a little strange that I keep my
posters up.
Lorelai: Ah.
She hands the picture frame back to Rory.
Rory flops down on the bed and pulls Lorelai down with
her.
R: So mom, say what you're gonna say.
Lorelai: What I'm gonna say? Honey I was just staring
at the beautiful bareness of your walls.
Rory: 'Beautiful bareness'? Come on mom, even you can
come up with something better than that.
Lorelai throws her hands up in defeat.
L: Alright! I just don't think you should take
everything down just yet.
Rory: Why?
Lorelai (sighs): Do you remember the first few days
after your first breakup with Dean?
Rory nods.
Lorelai: Do you remember how strong you tried to be?
Well, hun, Harvard has been your dream for years. It's
ok to cry. (beat) I'm sorry that was so cheesy. What
I'm trying to say is, it's not your fault.
Rory nods and gives her mother a hug.
Act 1. Scene 5. Rory's bedroom. morning. Light shines
through the window and awakens her. She looks up and
smiles. All of her Harvard things are back in place.
Rory (walks into the hall): Mom. Mom?
Jess: Nope just me.
Rory smiles.
R: Well it's always nice to see you.
Jess: I think it's better than nice.
He pulls her down onto his lap.
Rory: Jess, do you know when my mom had the time to
put my stuff back up? I mean we must have gotten to
bed at at least 4.
Jess: She's still sleeping.
Rory: Then who-you! You put my stuff back up!
Jess: Rory in the time that I've known you, all you've
ever talked about was going to Harvard, and this must
be a huge blow. I figured going cold turkey so fast
wouldn't be such a great idea.
Rory hugs him tightly and reaches into his jacket
pocket. She pulls out a pack of cigarettes.
Jess: Rory? What are you doing? Those are bad for you.
Rory laughs.
R: I'm not gonna smoke them. As a matter of fact,
neither of us are going to smoke them. For every
poster I take down, you don't smoke a cigarette.
Jess (smirks): And what's my reward?
Rory (pretends to think about it): Not dying of lung
cancer?
Jess hugs her closer.
J (shakes his head): Uh uh. Not enough.
Rory: You get me.
Jess: I thought I already had you.
Rory shakes her head and laughs.
R: For every cigarette you don't smoke I'll give you a
kiss.
J: So I don't get normal kisses?
He pouts.
Rory: Ok, I see that isn't gonna work... hmm... for
every cigarette you don't smoke I'll-
Jess: Take off a piece of clothing?
Rory shoves his shoulder.
Jess: Hey it was worth a shot.
Rory (snaps her fingers): I got it! For every
cigarette you don't smoke I'll spend that many hours
doing whatever you want.
Jess: So what if I don't smoke anything ever again?
Rory: Then your wish is my command.
Jess stands, and with Rory still in his arms, throws
away the pack of cigarettes.
J: How's that for a start?
End of episode...