Disclaimer: I * gasp * don't own Gilmore Girls. Sorry for the
disappointment.
Author's Note: You guys are so great about R&R! Thanks so much! Jewls13, I've been thinking about doing that, but I started to type this chapter last night, I got really into this story and practically fell asleep on my keyboard! ;-) But I will try to describe the rooms in greater detail in the next chapter; I just have to figure out what the house should be like in my head first. Anyway. everybody, tell me if you think that this chapter is believable or not. I'm not sure if I wrote the characters right this time, but I'll be better next chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Stormy Nights and Confusing Mornings
Rory and Jess carried in the last of the Gilmore boxes around 8:30. The movers came just after 2:00 with Luke and Jess' stuff, so in their front hall they have a little bit of furniture, and a lot of boxes. The boxes are marked, for the most part, kind of. Well, they can figure it out. They decide to unpack a little, and so Rory and Jess each grab one of their many boxes of books, and start putting them on the shelves in their study. Luke and Lorelai each grab some stuff for their kitchen, and start to unpack there. With their lack of money, the group had pretty much decided that all of their kitchen and dinning room items would go in one end of the house, Luke and Lorelai's, and the other end would be used for something else. Around 9:30, they are getting tired of unpacking, so all four stop for a snack.
Jess and Rory walked into the kitchen, and Lorelai said, "So, do you guys want pretzels, or popcorn, or coffee?"
"Coffee!" Lorelai, Rory, and Jess all say.
Luke gives Jess a weird look. "What, did you think they were going to go for pretzels? I'm just going with the group decision."
"Can we go play with the coffee machine? Please Luke, please?" Lorelai said, jumping up and down. Luke looks out the window and into the storm that has just recently started.
"Let's wait until the morning."
Lorelai sticks her lower lip out, and whines, "But why not?"
"There's a big storm coming, and if the electricity goes off who knows what kind of alarm systems we might have on that could trap us in there or something?" Luke points out.
"That is true." Rory says.
"Yeah," Jess says, nodding his head.
"Oh, come on, what's wrong with getting locked in a room where you can make coffee all the time?" Lorelai pouts.
"Goodnight, Lorelai." Luke says.
"Goodnight." Jess adds.
"Goodnight Mom." Rory says with a peck on her mother's cheek.
"I'll remember what you said about the morning Luke!" Lorelai shouts after him. She notices that he too, went through their living room, and goes to run after him. "Hey, Luke, the bedrooms are this way." She points out.
"I know, but there aren't any beds, remember Lorelai? We have to use sleeping bags tonight."
"Oh, do you think we could sleep outside under the-"
"Rain?" Luke said, cutting her off. "No."
"But-"
"No, Lorelai."
"Fine," she said as she too gets her sleeping bag and follows Luke up their stairs to pick one of the ten bedrooms to sleep in.
Rory and Jess went upstairs with their sleeping bags, and Jess chose a room close to the wall dividing the two sections of the house, and Rory chose a room closer to the stairs leading to their 'kitchen'. About half an hour later, the storm has gotten really bad. Usually, Rory goes to her mom for comfort with this sort of thing, but she doesn't want to go that far, so she goes down to Jess' room. She quietly knocks on the door. "Jess?" She says as she opens the door. Inside, Jess is laying in his sleeping bag, in the middle of the floor, sleeping peacefully. Rory closes the door behind her, which the noise causes Jess to stir.
"Rory?" He says as he sits up. "What's up?"
"I'm scared. I don't like storms." Rory tells him. "The thunder and the wind really freak me out."
"Ok, come here. You can stay in here tonight, I don't care." Jess says. Rory walks further into the room, and lays her sleeping bag out next to Jess'.
She then lays down next to him, and continues on, "I know this must seem really dumb, but storms have always freaked me out."
"It's fine, we're all afraid of something." Jess tells her as he too lays down to fall back asleep.
"What are you afraid of?" Rory asks.
"I'm not really sure," Jess says.
"Oh, ok." Rory says. Someday, she knows she will get to know the secrets of Jess Marino, but not today.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes, and thunder rolls throughout the house. Rory screams and scoots closer to Jess, and he pulls her closer and says, "It's ok Rory. Everything's going to be ok." Suddenly the two are aware of how close their faces are, and Rory decides to stop denying her true feelings. She leans in and closes the small gap between them. There kisses are electric, and it sends a shock up and down their bodies, and neither of them want to stop. Another bolt of lightning strikes, making Rory jump. Jess smiles, and says, "Rory, it'll be ok. It's only a storm."
"You'll protect me, right?" Rory didn't even realize that the words had escaped her mouth. But it was what she was thinking at the time, that Jess would protect her from anything that he could.
The question caught Jess off guard, and he replied, "Yeah, I will." He couldn't resist the urge, and he gave her one last short kiss, and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
About fifteen minutes later, the storm awoke Lorelai too. She usually had Rory to comfort her, but she didn't want to go that far, so she went down to Luke's room, which he had decided to sleep in a room only a few doors away. "Luke," She said as she slowly opened the door, "I can't sleep. I don't like storms."
He sighed, although he didn't really mind. "Come here," he said, and she came over with her sleeping bag and laid it down next to Luke. She did the same, and he put his arm around her and said, "Goodnight, Lorelai."
"Goodnight Luke." Lorelai couldn't fight her attraction to Luke any longer, and she turned and gave him a deep kiss. They pulled apart, and Lorelai smiled at him. He smiled back. She rolled back over, and he held her, this time closer to him. They fell asleep, together.
The next morning.
Luke awoke to the smell of Lorelai. * I don't usually smell that for like another hour *, he thought as he slowly awoke. Then he took in his surroundings, and sat straight up. Having Lorelai's hair in his face was not his usual wake up call, and it startled him. He made Lorelai wake up, too. She slowly woke up, and then looked behind her. "Luke? Luke!" She said, as they both remembered the events of the night before. "Look, I'm really sorry-"
"For what?" Luke asked.
"For kissing you, duh." Lorelai replied.
Luke looked down at the light green carpeting, and said, "Well, I don't regret kissing you."
"Really?" Lorelai said, her eyes lighting up, even more than at the suggestion of coffee.
"Really. Do you still regret what you did?"
"Not really." Lorelai replied. "Oh, I just got a really fun idea!"
"Uh oh." Luke groaned.
"Hey, we just became a couple, you shouldn't know my faults already!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"You know mine too, and we're a couple now?" Luke asked, amusement dancing in his eyes.
"Well, yeah. I mean, no. I mean, what are you doing?" Lorelai asked, obviously flustered.
"Well, I just like you when you're upset." Luke said, leaning in for another kiss.
"Oh really?" She said, yet still letting him kiss her.
They stopped, and Lorelai said, "So anyway, back to my idea."
Later.
Luke and Lorelai had searched about two bedrooms before they found Jess and Rory. "Looks like we weren't the only ones that were affected by the storm." Lorelai said as they stepped into the room. The two were still fast asleep, and Lorelai stomped her foot, making them jerk back to life together.
They lifted their heads and looked around, and Jess said, "Rory!"
"Jess! What's going on?"
"Hey, sleepyheads, look over here." As soon as Lorelai was satisfied that they had the attention of the room, Lorelai kissed Luke passionately.
Jess groaned, and Rory said, "I'm having a weird dream. Back to sleep, dream Jess." She grabbed Jess by the neck and pulled him back to the floor, but Luke stomped his foot this time.
"Can't you people let me sleep in my dream?" Rory asked.
"One, this isn't a dream, and two," Lorelai glanced at her watch, "you two are late for school."
"What!" Rory exclaimed. "Oh crap, it's Monday! Oh, I need coffee! Now!" She said as she tried to get up. She and Jess were both really tired, and they helped each other up.
"Awww, aren't they cute, Luke?" Lorelai said.
"Coffee!" Rory said very loudly.
"Yeah, make that two," Jess said.
"Fine," the adults said, and they exited to go play with their new coffee machine.
"Rory, maybe we should talk about last night-"
"No, not now. I gotta get ready for school. I have to study for an English exam and I have a major paper due in European History today!" Rory said as she started down the stairs and they arrived in their front hall.
"But Rory-"
"Where's my Chilton uniform?" Rory said. Jess could tell that she was in a panic, so he decided to wait until that afternoon to talk about last night. He glanced over their boxes, and quickly saw her uniform. He expertly moved through the boxes, and handed her uniform over to her. "Thanks I'll be right back!" She said, and she went back through all the rooms and upstairs to change. Jess decided that it was too much work to change, so he just went through the bookcase into the ballroom, then the coffee room.
"So, are you two really together?" Jess asked, unsure if he had dreamed that one up or not.
"Yup." Lorelai said. Luke was busy trying to figure out how to work the coffee machine.
"You might want to have that done by the time Rory gets back down here. She's kind of having a meltdown." Jess informed them.
"I think I've got it!" Luke said, and suddenly, the coffee pot was being filled with extremely strong coffee.
"Yeah! You figured it out!" Lorelai said, briefly kissing Luke. She then turned back to Rory, and said, "What happened between you and Rory anyway? You two looked pretty cozy together to me."
Jess wasn't sure where he stood with Rory at the moment, so he said, "Ask Rory."
"Ask me what? I need some coffee, oh and the keys Mom." Rory said as she came into the room, hopping on one foot putting her shoe on.
"Nothing, honey." Lorelai said. "Keys." She added, handing her the keys to their SUV.
"Coffee," Luke said, handing her a steel travel mug full of coffee.
"Hey, this is pretty cool. Where did we get it?" Rory asked as she put her Chilton sweater on.
"I don't really know. I found it in here. Free gift, I guess." Luke replied.
"Oh, ok. Bye Luke, Mom, Jess." She said, giving her mom a peck on the cheek before grabbing her book bag and leaving to Chilton.
Jess grabbed another free steel travel mug, and filled one up with coffee as well. "Bye, everybody." He said, and he grabbed his book bag and took his car (no Wal-Mart working in this story) to school.
"Bye!" Luke and Lorelai shouted after them as they each drove away.
Author's Note: You guys are so great about R&R! Thanks so much! Jewls13, I've been thinking about doing that, but I started to type this chapter last night, I got really into this story and practically fell asleep on my keyboard! ;-) But I will try to describe the rooms in greater detail in the next chapter; I just have to figure out what the house should be like in my head first. Anyway. everybody, tell me if you think that this chapter is believable or not. I'm not sure if I wrote the characters right this time, but I'll be better next chapter. Enjoy!
Chapter 4: Stormy Nights and Confusing Mornings
Rory and Jess carried in the last of the Gilmore boxes around 8:30. The movers came just after 2:00 with Luke and Jess' stuff, so in their front hall they have a little bit of furniture, and a lot of boxes. The boxes are marked, for the most part, kind of. Well, they can figure it out. They decide to unpack a little, and so Rory and Jess each grab one of their many boxes of books, and start putting them on the shelves in their study. Luke and Lorelai each grab some stuff for their kitchen, and start to unpack there. With their lack of money, the group had pretty much decided that all of their kitchen and dinning room items would go in one end of the house, Luke and Lorelai's, and the other end would be used for something else. Around 9:30, they are getting tired of unpacking, so all four stop for a snack.
Jess and Rory walked into the kitchen, and Lorelai said, "So, do you guys want pretzels, or popcorn, or coffee?"
"Coffee!" Lorelai, Rory, and Jess all say.
Luke gives Jess a weird look. "What, did you think they were going to go for pretzels? I'm just going with the group decision."
"Can we go play with the coffee machine? Please Luke, please?" Lorelai said, jumping up and down. Luke looks out the window and into the storm that has just recently started.
"Let's wait until the morning."
Lorelai sticks her lower lip out, and whines, "But why not?"
"There's a big storm coming, and if the electricity goes off who knows what kind of alarm systems we might have on that could trap us in there or something?" Luke points out.
"That is true." Rory says.
"Yeah," Jess says, nodding his head.
"Oh, come on, what's wrong with getting locked in a room where you can make coffee all the time?" Lorelai pouts.
"Goodnight, Lorelai." Luke says.
"Goodnight." Jess adds.
"Goodnight Mom." Rory says with a peck on her mother's cheek.
"I'll remember what you said about the morning Luke!" Lorelai shouts after him. She notices that he too, went through their living room, and goes to run after him. "Hey, Luke, the bedrooms are this way." She points out.
"I know, but there aren't any beds, remember Lorelai? We have to use sleeping bags tonight."
"Oh, do you think we could sleep outside under the-"
"Rain?" Luke said, cutting her off. "No."
"But-"
"No, Lorelai."
"Fine," she said as she too gets her sleeping bag and follows Luke up their stairs to pick one of the ten bedrooms to sleep in.
Rory and Jess went upstairs with their sleeping bags, and Jess chose a room close to the wall dividing the two sections of the house, and Rory chose a room closer to the stairs leading to their 'kitchen'. About half an hour later, the storm has gotten really bad. Usually, Rory goes to her mom for comfort with this sort of thing, but she doesn't want to go that far, so she goes down to Jess' room. She quietly knocks on the door. "Jess?" She says as she opens the door. Inside, Jess is laying in his sleeping bag, in the middle of the floor, sleeping peacefully. Rory closes the door behind her, which the noise causes Jess to stir.
"Rory?" He says as he sits up. "What's up?"
"I'm scared. I don't like storms." Rory tells him. "The thunder and the wind really freak me out."
"Ok, come here. You can stay in here tonight, I don't care." Jess says. Rory walks further into the room, and lays her sleeping bag out next to Jess'.
She then lays down next to him, and continues on, "I know this must seem really dumb, but storms have always freaked me out."
"It's fine, we're all afraid of something." Jess tells her as he too lays down to fall back asleep.
"What are you afraid of?" Rory asks.
"I'm not really sure," Jess says.
"Oh, ok." Rory says. Someday, she knows she will get to know the secrets of Jess Marino, but not today.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning strikes, and thunder rolls throughout the house. Rory screams and scoots closer to Jess, and he pulls her closer and says, "It's ok Rory. Everything's going to be ok." Suddenly the two are aware of how close their faces are, and Rory decides to stop denying her true feelings. She leans in and closes the small gap between them. There kisses are electric, and it sends a shock up and down their bodies, and neither of them want to stop. Another bolt of lightning strikes, making Rory jump. Jess smiles, and says, "Rory, it'll be ok. It's only a storm."
"You'll protect me, right?" Rory didn't even realize that the words had escaped her mouth. But it was what she was thinking at the time, that Jess would protect her from anything that he could.
The question caught Jess off guard, and he replied, "Yeah, I will." He couldn't resist the urge, and he gave her one last short kiss, and they fell asleep in each other's arms.
About fifteen minutes later, the storm awoke Lorelai too. She usually had Rory to comfort her, but she didn't want to go that far, so she went down to Luke's room, which he had decided to sleep in a room only a few doors away. "Luke," She said as she slowly opened the door, "I can't sleep. I don't like storms."
He sighed, although he didn't really mind. "Come here," he said, and she came over with her sleeping bag and laid it down next to Luke. She did the same, and he put his arm around her and said, "Goodnight, Lorelai."
"Goodnight Luke." Lorelai couldn't fight her attraction to Luke any longer, and she turned and gave him a deep kiss. They pulled apart, and Lorelai smiled at him. He smiled back. She rolled back over, and he held her, this time closer to him. They fell asleep, together.
The next morning.
Luke awoke to the smell of Lorelai. * I don't usually smell that for like another hour *, he thought as he slowly awoke. Then he took in his surroundings, and sat straight up. Having Lorelai's hair in his face was not his usual wake up call, and it startled him. He made Lorelai wake up, too. She slowly woke up, and then looked behind her. "Luke? Luke!" She said, as they both remembered the events of the night before. "Look, I'm really sorry-"
"For what?" Luke asked.
"For kissing you, duh." Lorelai replied.
Luke looked down at the light green carpeting, and said, "Well, I don't regret kissing you."
"Really?" Lorelai said, her eyes lighting up, even more than at the suggestion of coffee.
"Really. Do you still regret what you did?"
"Not really." Lorelai replied. "Oh, I just got a really fun idea!"
"Uh oh." Luke groaned.
"Hey, we just became a couple, you shouldn't know my faults already!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"You know mine too, and we're a couple now?" Luke asked, amusement dancing in his eyes.
"Well, yeah. I mean, no. I mean, what are you doing?" Lorelai asked, obviously flustered.
"Well, I just like you when you're upset." Luke said, leaning in for another kiss.
"Oh really?" She said, yet still letting him kiss her.
They stopped, and Lorelai said, "So anyway, back to my idea."
Later.
Luke and Lorelai had searched about two bedrooms before they found Jess and Rory. "Looks like we weren't the only ones that were affected by the storm." Lorelai said as they stepped into the room. The two were still fast asleep, and Lorelai stomped her foot, making them jerk back to life together.
They lifted their heads and looked around, and Jess said, "Rory!"
"Jess! What's going on?"
"Hey, sleepyheads, look over here." As soon as Lorelai was satisfied that they had the attention of the room, Lorelai kissed Luke passionately.
Jess groaned, and Rory said, "I'm having a weird dream. Back to sleep, dream Jess." She grabbed Jess by the neck and pulled him back to the floor, but Luke stomped his foot this time.
"Can't you people let me sleep in my dream?" Rory asked.
"One, this isn't a dream, and two," Lorelai glanced at her watch, "you two are late for school."
"What!" Rory exclaimed. "Oh crap, it's Monday! Oh, I need coffee! Now!" She said as she tried to get up. She and Jess were both really tired, and they helped each other up.
"Awww, aren't they cute, Luke?" Lorelai said.
"Coffee!" Rory said very loudly.
"Yeah, make that two," Jess said.
"Fine," the adults said, and they exited to go play with their new coffee machine.
"Rory, maybe we should talk about last night-"
"No, not now. I gotta get ready for school. I have to study for an English exam and I have a major paper due in European History today!" Rory said as she started down the stairs and they arrived in their front hall.
"But Rory-"
"Where's my Chilton uniform?" Rory said. Jess could tell that she was in a panic, so he decided to wait until that afternoon to talk about last night. He glanced over their boxes, and quickly saw her uniform. He expertly moved through the boxes, and handed her uniform over to her. "Thanks I'll be right back!" She said, and she went back through all the rooms and upstairs to change. Jess decided that it was too much work to change, so he just went through the bookcase into the ballroom, then the coffee room.
"So, are you two really together?" Jess asked, unsure if he had dreamed that one up or not.
"Yup." Lorelai said. Luke was busy trying to figure out how to work the coffee machine.
"You might want to have that done by the time Rory gets back down here. She's kind of having a meltdown." Jess informed them.
"I think I've got it!" Luke said, and suddenly, the coffee pot was being filled with extremely strong coffee.
"Yeah! You figured it out!" Lorelai said, briefly kissing Luke. She then turned back to Rory, and said, "What happened between you and Rory anyway? You two looked pretty cozy together to me."
Jess wasn't sure where he stood with Rory at the moment, so he said, "Ask Rory."
"Ask me what? I need some coffee, oh and the keys Mom." Rory said as she came into the room, hopping on one foot putting her shoe on.
"Nothing, honey." Lorelai said. "Keys." She added, handing her the keys to their SUV.
"Coffee," Luke said, handing her a steel travel mug full of coffee.
"Hey, this is pretty cool. Where did we get it?" Rory asked as she put her Chilton sweater on.
"I don't really know. I found it in here. Free gift, I guess." Luke replied.
"Oh, ok. Bye Luke, Mom, Jess." She said, giving her mom a peck on the cheek before grabbing her book bag and leaving to Chilton.
Jess grabbed another free steel travel mug, and filled one up with coffee as well. "Bye, everybody." He said, and he grabbed his book bag and took his car (no Wal-Mart working in this story) to school.
"Bye!" Luke and Lorelai shouted after them as they each drove away.