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Author's Note: Hi! I am SOOOO sorry that I haven't updated in a really long time! I just keep losing track of the time, and every time I try to update, I remember that I didn't do something that I needed to. Anyway, sorry I didn't go into too much detail about the dinner-with-the-parents stuff. I'll try to write more about that next dinner-with-the-parents. Hope you like this chapter! Enjoy!!
Chapter 12: Ain't That The Truth, Yoda
"Rory, Rory, telephone's for you!" Lorelai shouted as she jumped onto Jess and Rory's bed late the next morning.
"Jesus! What the hell?" Jess said as he nearly jumped to the ceiling.
"Ahhh! What happened?" Rory asked as she jerked her head up.
"Wow, you two wake up fast well." Lorelai told them.
"You said something about a phone?" Rory recalled.
Lorelai paused to think, and then said, "Oh yeah, that! Alli's on the phone for you."
"What time is it?" Jess asked.
"Almost 11:00." Lorelai told them.
"Seriously? I haven't slept in like that in a long time." Jess marveled.
"That's fascinating. But Rory, answer the phone." Lorelai instructed, holding the receiver out to her.
"Fine, fine. Hello?" Rory said into the phone.
"Rory, did I wake you up?" Alli asked, concerned.
"Yeah, but its fine. I had to get up sometime." Rory said. "So, what's up?"
"You and Jess totally should have stayed with us at the club yesterday!" Alli said. "Paris actually danced. Like on the dance floor. With Jamie!"
"Seriously?" Rory asked. She looked around to find that her mother and Jess had both left the room. So she settled into the bed and leaned back against the headboard in her white tank top and purple pajama pants.
"Yeah! And I met this really cute guy, and we have a date tomorrow!" Alli squealed.
"Really? Oh that is so great." Rory told her.
"I know. Who knew that Connecticut could be so great?"
"Yeah." Rory replied.
"So, what happened at the family dinner yesterday?" Alli asked.
"Ug, don't ask. Just tell me more about the club last night." Rory groaned.
"Ok." Alli said. "Well, a little while after you left Jamie and I finally got Paris to go out onto the dance floor. Man, that was hard! Has she ever had fun?"
"Not that I've seen. Continue." Rory said.
"Yeah, so anyway, Jamie dragged Paris out onto the dance floor and I went to the bar. I just got a little bit of a beer-"
"What! You did what?" Rory exclaimed.
"Don't worry, I had maybe three small sips. Anyway, sitting beside me was this really cute guy. Blonde hair, blue eyes, square jaw. Had that 'I'm cute without any effort' look, you know?" Alli rambled on.
Rory just laughed, and said, "Yeah, keep talking."
"Yeah, so he said, 'you look a little young to be drinking." And I'm like 'you do too.' And then he tells me that he's just turned 18, and that he is a senior at Hartford High School!" Alli squealed.
"Really?" Rory asked.
"Yup. So then I tell him that I just moved to Star's Hollow and that I'm enrolled in Chilton, and he asked me to dance, and then he asked me out!"
"That's so great Alli. He sounds like a great guy." Rory told her.
"Yeah. We had to go home, and it was like midnight, and I had to drag Paris off the dance floor. Turns out she does know how to have some fun once she loosens up a little bit." Alli said with a laugh.
"Oh, you two have to take me with you next time!"
"Will do. So, do you want to study with me and Paris this afternoon?" Alli asked.
"Oh, yeah! We do have a physics exam on Monday." Rory said. "Sure, where do you want to study?"
"Ummm, I don't know, where do you want to study?" Alli asked.
"Let's just study at. Luke's! That's it, we can study at Luke's!" Rory declared.
"Ok, I'll call Paris. Meet you there at," Alli paused, "1:30?"
"Sure, see you there." Rory said.
"Bye!"
"Bye!" With that, Rory hung up the phone and got up. She suddenly realized that she had been awake for a while without coffee, so she headed downstairs to get some. She slowly headed towards the stairs, and when she got to a turn in the hallway, she almost ran straight into Jess.
"Whoa! I can see you're awake now." Jess said.
"Yup. I was just going down for some coffee." Rory told him. He handed her a cup of coffee, and she said, "Isn't this yours?"
"Nope. I got two because I knew that without coffee you would barely be able to make it to the stairs." Jess said with a twinkle in his eye.
Rory leaned forward and gave him a short, but good, kiss. She took a sip of her coffee, and said, "Thank you."
"Welcome." Jess replied. They then headed downstairs and to the kitchen on the other side of the house (the one with food in it). They entered from outside to find Luke and Lorelai eating breakfast rather peacefully. "Hey guys."
"Hi Jess, Rory." Luke said.
"Wow." Rory stated, looking at Luke.
"What?" He asked, shrinking under her stare.
"I hardly ever get to see you without a baseball cap on. Or flannel. Wow, Mom, you got him to wear a t-shirt and pajama pants instead of flannel. I'm impressed." Rory mused.
"Do you need more coffee?" Jess asked.
"Well, now that you mention it," Rory said, holding out her empty coffee cup to Jess. He sighed, but went to go refill it in the coffee room. Rory sat down at the small stainless steel table that was hidden as a corner nook in the kitchen. "So, why eating in here today?"
"We felt like it." Luke said.
"And we can sit closer to each other on this comfy bench than on the chairs in the dinning room." Lorelai added, stretching her legs out across Luke's lap.
"Lorelai!" Luke said, but making no attempt to move her legs.
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"Hey, I'm back." Jess said, ending Luke and Lorelai's conversation. "What do you want to eat, Rory?"
Rory glanced at her watch, and said, "I'll have some breakfast for now. I'll eat lunch at Luke's."
"But you are at Luke's." Luke pointed out.
"No, the diner. I'm studying with Paris and Alli this afternoon at 1:30." Rory told them.
"Waffles good?" Jess asked.
"Sounds good to me." Lorelai said.
Jess rolled his eyes, and said, "How 'bout for you, the person I was talking to in the first place?"
"Waffles are fine." Rory said.
Around 1:15..................................
Rory glanced at the clock while she was reading with Jess in the study. She looked up at Jess from her spot in his arms, and said, "I gotta go."
"Ok." Jess said. She turned around and leaned in to give him a kiss. A strong kiss. Jess's hands danced at the hem of her shirt, and her hands slowly massaged the back of his neck.
Rory slowly pulled away, and said, "I really gotta go."
Jess gave her one last kiss, and then said, "Bye." Rory got up and went over into the living room where she found Luke on the couch watching TV.
"Hey Luke, you planning on going into work today?" Rory prompted.
"Yeah, just to check on everything." Luke replied.
"Well, if you wanted to go now." Rory said encouragingly.
"Need a ride?"
"Yes please." Rory answered.
"Let's go." Luke said, and then he grabbed his coat and headed out the door. Rory did the same behind him, and she also grabbed her book bag. They got in Luke's car, and headed down the street. "So, how are you?"
"Fine." Rory said.
"Jess being ok to you?" Luke asked.
"Yup. Why would ya ask?" Rory said.
"Just because." Luke said.
"Just because. Just because maybe you don't trust Jess?" Rory asked.
"I just want you to be happy. And safe." He added at the last second.
"Jess gives me that. What about Mom? Are you keeping her happy and safe?" Rory defended playfully.
"I think so. Although if we ever run out of coffee, I'm not sure that she'll be able to take it." Luke joked. "We're here." He announced.
"Ok. Thanks Luke for the ride." Rory said as they got out of the car.
"Anytime, Rory." Luke said as they strolled into the diner. Luke headed behind the counter and into the kitchen to see how Caesar was doing. Rory spotted Alli and Paris at a table near the window.
"Hey guys!" Rory said as she sat down next to the pair.
"You invited her?" Paris asked Alli, totally ignoring Rory.
"Yeah. So?"
"So aren't we studying?" Paris asked irritably.
"Yeah, that's why I brought my book bag with me, Paris." Rory pointed out.
"Come on Paris. We will study ok?" Alli interjected.
"Fine." Paris said as Rory pulled out her physics book and notes.
A few hours later, they all decided to stop studying. "We can take a little break." Paris relented after much pressure from Alli and Rory.
"Yeah! Now I want to hear all about last night." Rory said.
"I said a LITTLE break." Paris insisted.
"Come on, let's go get some more coffee." Alli said, practically dragging Paris out of her chair as they all headed towards the counter.
"Luke!" Rory exclaimed.
"What?" Luke asked with his head popped out from the kitchen.
"Coffee. Now." Rory told him.
"I can see you took grammar lessons from your mother." Luke mumbled. He came out and poured them each a cup of coffee.
"Thanks, Luke." Rory said as she took a huge sip from her cup.
"Wait, you don't put any sugar or anything in your coffee, Rory?" Paris asked as she watched, horrified, Rory drink her coffee.
"Nope. My mother has taught me well." She said in a Jedi-like voice.
"Ain't that the truth, Yoda." A voice said from behind.
"Hey Mom!" Rory said.
Lorelai sat down next to Rory, and said, "Luke!"
"Is that how you are supposed to get service around here?" Paris asked.
"If you are a Gilmore, it is." Lorelai replied.
"We get exceptional treatment around here." Rory added.
"We're special." Lorelai said in a kiddy voice. By this time, Luke had already poured Lorelai a cup of coffee and set it in front of her. She glanced down and said, "Thank you Luke! You can read my mind."
"It's a mystery how I do it." Luke said sarcastically.
"Luke!" Lorelai said again.
"What? I'm right here, you don't have to shout!" Luke said with a jump.
"More coffee."
"You Gilmores." Luke said as he refilled her coffee cup.
"Speaking of Gilmore coffee cups." Rory added, sliding her cup towards Luke.
He just rolled his eyes and continued to give them refills.
Author's Note: OK, I'm having a bit of a writer's block. I couldn't come up with a good ending for this chapter, but I think I'm going to try to have some more serious stuff in the next chapter. And make it longer too. And post it faster. Oh, I'll just try to make it better than this one. R&R!
Author's Note: Hi! I am SOOOO sorry that I haven't updated in a really long time! I just keep losing track of the time, and every time I try to update, I remember that I didn't do something that I needed to. Anyway, sorry I didn't go into too much detail about the dinner-with-the-parents stuff. I'll try to write more about that next dinner-with-the-parents. Hope you like this chapter! Enjoy!!
Chapter 12: Ain't That The Truth, Yoda
"Rory, Rory, telephone's for you!" Lorelai shouted as she jumped onto Jess and Rory's bed late the next morning.
"Jesus! What the hell?" Jess said as he nearly jumped to the ceiling.
"Ahhh! What happened?" Rory asked as she jerked her head up.
"Wow, you two wake up fast well." Lorelai told them.
"You said something about a phone?" Rory recalled.
Lorelai paused to think, and then said, "Oh yeah, that! Alli's on the phone for you."
"What time is it?" Jess asked.
"Almost 11:00." Lorelai told them.
"Seriously? I haven't slept in like that in a long time." Jess marveled.
"That's fascinating. But Rory, answer the phone." Lorelai instructed, holding the receiver out to her.
"Fine, fine. Hello?" Rory said into the phone.
"Rory, did I wake you up?" Alli asked, concerned.
"Yeah, but its fine. I had to get up sometime." Rory said. "So, what's up?"
"You and Jess totally should have stayed with us at the club yesterday!" Alli said. "Paris actually danced. Like on the dance floor. With Jamie!"
"Seriously?" Rory asked. She looked around to find that her mother and Jess had both left the room. So she settled into the bed and leaned back against the headboard in her white tank top and purple pajama pants.
"Yeah! And I met this really cute guy, and we have a date tomorrow!" Alli squealed.
"Really? Oh that is so great." Rory told her.
"I know. Who knew that Connecticut could be so great?"
"Yeah." Rory replied.
"So, what happened at the family dinner yesterday?" Alli asked.
"Ug, don't ask. Just tell me more about the club last night." Rory groaned.
"Ok." Alli said. "Well, a little while after you left Jamie and I finally got Paris to go out onto the dance floor. Man, that was hard! Has she ever had fun?"
"Not that I've seen. Continue." Rory said.
"Yeah, so anyway, Jamie dragged Paris out onto the dance floor and I went to the bar. I just got a little bit of a beer-"
"What! You did what?" Rory exclaimed.
"Don't worry, I had maybe three small sips. Anyway, sitting beside me was this really cute guy. Blonde hair, blue eyes, square jaw. Had that 'I'm cute without any effort' look, you know?" Alli rambled on.
Rory just laughed, and said, "Yeah, keep talking."
"Yeah, so he said, 'you look a little young to be drinking." And I'm like 'you do too.' And then he tells me that he's just turned 18, and that he is a senior at Hartford High School!" Alli squealed.
"Really?" Rory asked.
"Yup. So then I tell him that I just moved to Star's Hollow and that I'm enrolled in Chilton, and he asked me to dance, and then he asked me out!"
"That's so great Alli. He sounds like a great guy." Rory told her.
"Yeah. We had to go home, and it was like midnight, and I had to drag Paris off the dance floor. Turns out she does know how to have some fun once she loosens up a little bit." Alli said with a laugh.
"Oh, you two have to take me with you next time!"
"Will do. So, do you want to study with me and Paris this afternoon?" Alli asked.
"Oh, yeah! We do have a physics exam on Monday." Rory said. "Sure, where do you want to study?"
"Ummm, I don't know, where do you want to study?" Alli asked.
"Let's just study at. Luke's! That's it, we can study at Luke's!" Rory declared.
"Ok, I'll call Paris. Meet you there at," Alli paused, "1:30?"
"Sure, see you there." Rory said.
"Bye!"
"Bye!" With that, Rory hung up the phone and got up. She suddenly realized that she had been awake for a while without coffee, so she headed downstairs to get some. She slowly headed towards the stairs, and when she got to a turn in the hallway, she almost ran straight into Jess.
"Whoa! I can see you're awake now." Jess said.
"Yup. I was just going down for some coffee." Rory told him. He handed her a cup of coffee, and she said, "Isn't this yours?"
"Nope. I got two because I knew that without coffee you would barely be able to make it to the stairs." Jess said with a twinkle in his eye.
Rory leaned forward and gave him a short, but good, kiss. She took a sip of her coffee, and said, "Thank you."
"Welcome." Jess replied. They then headed downstairs and to the kitchen on the other side of the house (the one with food in it). They entered from outside to find Luke and Lorelai eating breakfast rather peacefully. "Hey guys."
"Hi Jess, Rory." Luke said.
"Wow." Rory stated, looking at Luke.
"What?" He asked, shrinking under her stare.
"I hardly ever get to see you without a baseball cap on. Or flannel. Wow, Mom, you got him to wear a t-shirt and pajama pants instead of flannel. I'm impressed." Rory mused.
"Do you need more coffee?" Jess asked.
"Well, now that you mention it," Rory said, holding out her empty coffee cup to Jess. He sighed, but went to go refill it in the coffee room. Rory sat down at the small stainless steel table that was hidden as a corner nook in the kitchen. "So, why eating in here today?"
"We felt like it." Luke said.
"And we can sit closer to each other on this comfy bench than on the chairs in the dinning room." Lorelai added, stretching her legs out across Luke's lap.
"Lorelai!" Luke said, but making no attempt to move her legs.
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"Hey, I'm back." Jess said, ending Luke and Lorelai's conversation. "What do you want to eat, Rory?"
Rory glanced at her watch, and said, "I'll have some breakfast for now. I'll eat lunch at Luke's."
"But you are at Luke's." Luke pointed out.
"No, the diner. I'm studying with Paris and Alli this afternoon at 1:30." Rory told them.
"Waffles good?" Jess asked.
"Sounds good to me." Lorelai said.
Jess rolled his eyes, and said, "How 'bout for you, the person I was talking to in the first place?"
"Waffles are fine." Rory said.
Around 1:15..................................
Rory glanced at the clock while she was reading with Jess in the study. She looked up at Jess from her spot in his arms, and said, "I gotta go."
"Ok." Jess said. She turned around and leaned in to give him a kiss. A strong kiss. Jess's hands danced at the hem of her shirt, and her hands slowly massaged the back of his neck.
Rory slowly pulled away, and said, "I really gotta go."
Jess gave her one last kiss, and then said, "Bye." Rory got up and went over into the living room where she found Luke on the couch watching TV.
"Hey Luke, you planning on going into work today?" Rory prompted.
"Yeah, just to check on everything." Luke replied.
"Well, if you wanted to go now." Rory said encouragingly.
"Need a ride?"
"Yes please." Rory answered.
"Let's go." Luke said, and then he grabbed his coat and headed out the door. Rory did the same behind him, and she also grabbed her book bag. They got in Luke's car, and headed down the street. "So, how are you?"
"Fine." Rory said.
"Jess being ok to you?" Luke asked.
"Yup. Why would ya ask?" Rory said.
"Just because." Luke said.
"Just because. Just because maybe you don't trust Jess?" Rory asked.
"I just want you to be happy. And safe." He added at the last second.
"Jess gives me that. What about Mom? Are you keeping her happy and safe?" Rory defended playfully.
"I think so. Although if we ever run out of coffee, I'm not sure that she'll be able to take it." Luke joked. "We're here." He announced.
"Ok. Thanks Luke for the ride." Rory said as they got out of the car.
"Anytime, Rory." Luke said as they strolled into the diner. Luke headed behind the counter and into the kitchen to see how Caesar was doing. Rory spotted Alli and Paris at a table near the window.
"Hey guys!" Rory said as she sat down next to the pair.
"You invited her?" Paris asked Alli, totally ignoring Rory.
"Yeah. So?"
"So aren't we studying?" Paris asked irritably.
"Yeah, that's why I brought my book bag with me, Paris." Rory pointed out.
"Come on Paris. We will study ok?" Alli interjected.
"Fine." Paris said as Rory pulled out her physics book and notes.
A few hours later, they all decided to stop studying. "We can take a little break." Paris relented after much pressure from Alli and Rory.
"Yeah! Now I want to hear all about last night." Rory said.
"I said a LITTLE break." Paris insisted.
"Come on, let's go get some more coffee." Alli said, practically dragging Paris out of her chair as they all headed towards the counter.
"Luke!" Rory exclaimed.
"What?" Luke asked with his head popped out from the kitchen.
"Coffee. Now." Rory told him.
"I can see you took grammar lessons from your mother." Luke mumbled. He came out and poured them each a cup of coffee.
"Thanks, Luke." Rory said as she took a huge sip from her cup.
"Wait, you don't put any sugar or anything in your coffee, Rory?" Paris asked as she watched, horrified, Rory drink her coffee.
"Nope. My mother has taught me well." She said in a Jedi-like voice.
"Ain't that the truth, Yoda." A voice said from behind.
"Hey Mom!" Rory said.
Lorelai sat down next to Rory, and said, "Luke!"
"Is that how you are supposed to get service around here?" Paris asked.
"If you are a Gilmore, it is." Lorelai replied.
"We get exceptional treatment around here." Rory added.
"We're special." Lorelai said in a kiddy voice. By this time, Luke had already poured Lorelai a cup of coffee and set it in front of her. She glanced down and said, "Thank you Luke! You can read my mind."
"It's a mystery how I do it." Luke said sarcastically.
"Luke!" Lorelai said again.
"What? I'm right here, you don't have to shout!" Luke said with a jump.
"More coffee."
"You Gilmores." Luke said as he refilled her coffee cup.
"Speaking of Gilmore coffee cups." Rory added, sliding her cup towards Luke.
He just rolled his eyes and continued to give them refills.
Author's Note: OK, I'm having a bit of a writer's block. I couldn't come up with a good ending for this chapter, but I think I'm going to try to have some more serious stuff in the next chapter. And make it longer too. And post it faster. Oh, I'll just try to make it better than this one. R&R!