Title: Reunited
Author: Kenora Hazel Saul
Pairing: R/?
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Last I left it, Jess left Rory. Did she wait for him? Did he wait for her? Who is with who? Read on and find out.
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12 YEARS LATER
** Rory opened her eyes and glared at her evil alarm clock, she only had three minutes until her alarm went off for work. Here she was at twenty-nine years of age. She had a lot to show for herself. She graduated from Chilton and gone onto Harvard as she'd always planned. She graduated from Harvard with honors, and gone on to become a national reclaimed journalist. She'd achieved her dreams. She'd just gotten back from a wretched overseas assignment, and she had to report to work to see what her next assignment was.**
Dark hair swung halfway down a slender back. "Well Marvin, where am I going now?"
'On vacation, you've worked the last eight months straight without a break and I'm sending you on holiday. So for the next three weeks, I don't want to see your pretty face in this building, got it." Marvin stated.
Rory yawned and nodded. "I could use a vacation, go see my mom." She hadn't seen her mom since Christmas, and that had been six months ago. She was going home.
**
Rory pushed into Luke's diner. Some things never changed and this diner was one of them. Her little brother Jordan, pushed past her, and ran into the diner. "Daddy, I made the basketball team." Eleven years ago, what the town had seen forever, Lorelai and Luke finally admitted. They were perfect for each other. A little under a year later. Jordan arrived.
"Where's mom?" Rory asked her little brother.
"Upstairs with Daddy, I don't know why they locked the door," Jordan wrinkled his nose. "I'm going to play with Danny." He ran out the door.
Rory dumped her bags behind the counter. She made her way up the stairs. She knocked on the door. "Mom it's me, I can come back later." She turned to go back down the stairs, when the door opened.
Rory turned. Who she saw made her gasp in shock. Jess. What was he doing here? He'd said he was never coming back. That'd been about twelve years ago. "What are you doing here?" she asked coldly.
"Visiting, what about you?" Jess asked just as coldly.
"The same as you, I'm on vacation, thought I'd see Mom and Luke," Rory stated. "Where are they?"
"Meeting my fiancée," Jess answered.
He was engaged. "That's lovely. Can you tell them I'm going for a walk, and I'll be back later." Rory turned and fled down the stairs.
"Rory wait," she heard him say, as she fled out the door.
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Rory stared out at the water, even the bridge was still here. She stared out over the water. Jess was engaged to be married, he didn't love her anymore, like she'd loved him. She felt something inside of her die. Obviously he didn't believe in fate, he'd moved on. Time for her to do the same. Maybe meeting his fiancée would give her the closure she needed to move on.
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Jess looked out the window, he couldn't believe that Rory was here. He'd never expected to see her again. After so many failed relationships, he'd thought he'd finally found the one who could take Rory's place. But just seeing Rory made that ache appear all over again.
He felt so hollow inside, Rory had stolen his heart so many years ago, and it had never been his to pretend to give to anyone else. He had finally realized that. And in doing so, he had to break up with Caroline, before anyone else was hurt.
**
Rory walked back to the diner, stone cold despite the warmth evident in the dying rays of the setting sun. Twilight was descending fast.
She entered the diner, and was surprised to see no one there. She walked to the bottom of the bottom of the stairwell that led up to Luke's apartment. She saw little candles lit on each step as if leading a path upstairs.
Confused, she followed the path, upstairs and down the hall. She stopped dead in her tracks, maybe this was a seduction, for Jess's fiancee. She shook her head, Jess had known that she was coming back here later. She followed the path to the bedroom door and saw the bedroom set for seduction. Rose petals on the bed, candles everywhere, soft music playing in the background, dim lights, and Jess sprawled on the bed.
"Rory I love you."
" What?" "You're engaged."
"Not anymore, after seeing you, I knew no one could ever take your place, I've loved you for twelve years. That promise I made twelve years ago has been fulfilled, we've both have time to move on and we haven't. Well I haven't. I'm ready to start a relationship, if you are?" Jess looked beseechingly at her.
Rory was torn, after crying for hours and vowing to never let Jess hurt her again. "Are you absolutely sure? That you won't run away again?"
"I promise, I will never leave you again. I love you." Jess took her hands in his and led her to the bed.
"Oh Jess I love you too, let's be together forever." Rory murmured to him. Slowly, Jess began to make love to her.
The curtains whispered with a gentle breeze. Outside a full moon seemed to wink down on the lovers that had finally come full-circle and found each again.
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I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This is how I saw it finally ending. Rory and Jess reunited after a period of exploration. I hope you liked the way I ended. All reviews are appreciated to let me know if you liked it. Thanks.
Author: Kenora Hazel Saul
Pairing: R/?
Rating: PG-13
A/N: Last I left it, Jess left Rory. Did she wait for him? Did he wait for her? Who is with who? Read on and find out.
**
12 YEARS LATER
** Rory opened her eyes and glared at her evil alarm clock, she only had three minutes until her alarm went off for work. Here she was at twenty-nine years of age. She had a lot to show for herself. She graduated from Chilton and gone onto Harvard as she'd always planned. She graduated from Harvard with honors, and gone on to become a national reclaimed journalist. She'd achieved her dreams. She'd just gotten back from a wretched overseas assignment, and she had to report to work to see what her next assignment was.**
Dark hair swung halfway down a slender back. "Well Marvin, where am I going now?"
'On vacation, you've worked the last eight months straight without a break and I'm sending you on holiday. So for the next three weeks, I don't want to see your pretty face in this building, got it." Marvin stated.
Rory yawned and nodded. "I could use a vacation, go see my mom." She hadn't seen her mom since Christmas, and that had been six months ago. She was going home.
**
Rory pushed into Luke's diner. Some things never changed and this diner was one of them. Her little brother Jordan, pushed past her, and ran into the diner. "Daddy, I made the basketball team." Eleven years ago, what the town had seen forever, Lorelai and Luke finally admitted. They were perfect for each other. A little under a year later. Jordan arrived.
"Where's mom?" Rory asked her little brother.
"Upstairs with Daddy, I don't know why they locked the door," Jordan wrinkled his nose. "I'm going to play with Danny." He ran out the door.
Rory dumped her bags behind the counter. She made her way up the stairs. She knocked on the door. "Mom it's me, I can come back later." She turned to go back down the stairs, when the door opened.
Rory turned. Who she saw made her gasp in shock. Jess. What was he doing here? He'd said he was never coming back. That'd been about twelve years ago. "What are you doing here?" she asked coldly.
"Visiting, what about you?" Jess asked just as coldly.
"The same as you, I'm on vacation, thought I'd see Mom and Luke," Rory stated. "Where are they?"
"Meeting my fiancée," Jess answered.
He was engaged. "That's lovely. Can you tell them I'm going for a walk, and I'll be back later." Rory turned and fled down the stairs.
"Rory wait," she heard him say, as she fled out the door.
**
Rory stared out at the water, even the bridge was still here. She stared out over the water. Jess was engaged to be married, he didn't love her anymore, like she'd loved him. She felt something inside of her die. Obviously he didn't believe in fate, he'd moved on. Time for her to do the same. Maybe meeting his fiancée would give her the closure she needed to move on.
**
Jess looked out the window, he couldn't believe that Rory was here. He'd never expected to see her again. After so many failed relationships, he'd thought he'd finally found the one who could take Rory's place. But just seeing Rory made that ache appear all over again.
He felt so hollow inside, Rory had stolen his heart so many years ago, and it had never been his to pretend to give to anyone else. He had finally realized that. And in doing so, he had to break up with Caroline, before anyone else was hurt.
**
Rory walked back to the diner, stone cold despite the warmth evident in the dying rays of the setting sun. Twilight was descending fast.
She entered the diner, and was surprised to see no one there. She walked to the bottom of the bottom of the stairwell that led up to Luke's apartment. She saw little candles lit on each step as if leading a path upstairs.
Confused, she followed the path, upstairs and down the hall. She stopped dead in her tracks, maybe this was a seduction, for Jess's fiancee. She shook her head, Jess had known that she was coming back here later. She followed the path to the bedroom door and saw the bedroom set for seduction. Rose petals on the bed, candles everywhere, soft music playing in the background, dim lights, and Jess sprawled on the bed.
"Rory I love you."
" What?" "You're engaged."
"Not anymore, after seeing you, I knew no one could ever take your place, I've loved you for twelve years. That promise I made twelve years ago has been fulfilled, we've both have time to move on and we haven't. Well I haven't. I'm ready to start a relationship, if you are?" Jess looked beseechingly at her.
Rory was torn, after crying for hours and vowing to never let Jess hurt her again. "Are you absolutely sure? That you won't run away again?"
"I promise, I will never leave you again. I love you." Jess took her hands in his and led her to the bed.
"Oh Jess I love you too, let's be together forever." Rory murmured to him. Slowly, Jess began to make love to her.
The curtains whispered with a gentle breeze. Outside a full moon seemed to wink down on the lovers that had finally come full-circle and found each again.
**
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This is how I saw it finally ending. Rory and Jess reunited after a period of exploration. I hope you liked the way I ended. All reviews are appreciated to let me know if you liked it. Thanks.