Title: It All Starts With A Kiss
Chapter 5: Time To Go!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Gilmore Girls. Or Er. Or Friends, or Seinfeld. Or the Monkees. The show or the band. I own neither. The story is from my cobwebby little mind, but the characters and places and everything are all from...other people. Pretty much Warner Bros.,although I don't know who owns Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld, I guess. Anyway...
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"We leave at noon. Get ready." Lorelai pointed her finger first in Luke's face, then Jess's, and dragged Rory home.
Luke left the diner open until ten, hoping to get enough customers to spread the news that Luke's would be closed for almost a week. He began packing at ten-thirty, then sat around the apartment for an hour doing nothing. He eventually dragged Jess downstairs and shoved him into the truck, and they pulled into the Gilmore driveway at eleven-thirty.The girls' luggage was sitting on the porch, covered with a sheet. The sheet had a note on it that said "If you are Luke and Jess, please place in Jeep. Otherwise, leave it alone. This means you, Dwight! You too, Kirk!"
Jess grabbed Rory's duffel bag and his own and stuffed it in the back of the Jeep before leaving Luke to deal with Lorelai's three large cases. Luke sighed and tried to fit everything in the already full vehicle.
Jess headed into the house through Rory's window, swiping Oliver Twist and stuffing it in the back pocket of his jeans. He walked through the kitchen and into the living room, passing the staircase covered with clothes from Lorelai's Monday afternoon adventure. The girls were sitting on the couch watching "The Monkees."
"See, now, this is the best episode."
"I don't know, I liked the one with the haunted castle."
"Oh, what do you know, you weren't alive. Oh, kids these days." Lorelai sighed.
"Oh, you're one to talk! You're weren't alive then, either!"
"No, but I was alive not long after they canceled it. I got the whole feel."
"When you were less than a year old?"
"I was a very smart baby. Where do you think you get your incredibly genius-ness like quality from?"
"God." Rory said matter-of- factly.
"You're horrible to me."
"Aww, it just means I like ya."
"I guess so."
"I wanna keep ya."
"Yeah, but I don't wanna keep you."
"Ha, ha, too late!"
"You're being mean again. Ooh! Musical montage. Time to dance!"
Jess, standing in the foyer, actually got a smile on his face as the girls stood up and waltzed to the Monkees frantic running and singing of "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone." Halfway through the two-minute song, Luke burst in the front door.
"There you are!" he said to Jess. "I've been looking all over for you. Come help me close the trunk."
Lorelai and Rory paused in their dance and stared, shocked, at Jess just standing there. Jess, caught like a deer in the headlights, bolted through the kitchen out the back door. Lorelai, an "if-looks-could-kill" look on her face, started after him, but Rory stopped her.
"Let me."
"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah. We dated for almost a year, I know how to handle him."
Lorelai nodded and Rory headed the same way Jess had gone.
"They went out for a year?" Lorelai looked at Luke. "My baby's growing up and leaving me!"
"Come here." Luke opened his arms and Lorelai walked into them. "You wanna dance?"
"The song's over."
"Yeah, but it's 'The Monkees.' They'll run around again in a few minutes."
"Okay. You know, I like you a lot."
"I like you, too."
"I'm glad you're coming with us."
"Me, too." Luke rested his chin on top of Lorelai's head as they swayed slightly.
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Rory made her way to the bridge, knowing in her heart that Jess was there, reading the book that she knew he'd stolen from her collection. When she got to her destination, she just stood there, watching Jess. He was sitting on the end of the bridge, his feet not quite in the water, reading (of all things) Oliver Twist. Rory smiled.
"Hey."
"Come to maul me, have you? I wasn't stalking you or anything." Jess stood up and faced Rory. "You and Lorelai were just having a nice family argument, and I didn't want to interrupt it."
Rory walked as fast as she could toward the end of the bridge and when she got there she wrapped her arms around Jess and kissed him full on the lips. After a few minutes, they seperated for air.
"Wow."
"Come on, let's go." Rory smiled and led Jess back to the Gilmore homestead, her fingers entwined in his.
"So are we back together?"
"If we wait to tell Mom until after the trip, we'll have so much more fun."
"But I don't want to wait."
"Okay, but we'd be messing with Mom's head..."
"Okay, I'll wait." Jess stopped walking and pulled Rory to him. "But before we get where Lorelai can see us, I want to have fun with your head." He kissed her, a deep passionate kiss. (In other words, they started making out.)
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Lorelai was showing Luke how to put all of the luggage in the Jeep with room to spare when Rory walked up.
"He's coming." she stated simply before heading into the house.
"Hey, get coffee!" Lorelai called after Rory.
"Kay!"
"More coffee, Lorelai?"
"Well I knew you wouldn't bring me any."
"Actually..." Luke dug around in his suitcase. "I did." He pulled out a plastic bag full of coffee.
"Oh, I think I love you!" Lorelai kissed him just as Jess came stalking up. He headed into the house. "Wait, where are you going?" Lorelai broke the kiss with Luke.
"Bathroom." Jess called back as he headed into the house. Lorelai shrugged and started kissing Luke again.
Jess walked into Rory's room where she was looking through her books.
"If you're missing any, I've got a couple hundred in the apartment," Jess came up behind Rory and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I've been stealing them for over a year and a half."
"I figured as much. Do you have my Bronte?"
"Charlotte or Emily?"
"Wuthering Heights."
"Emily. Huh. You know what, I don't think I have any Emily Bronte. Can I interest you in some Charlotte Bronte?" Jess pulled a book from his jacket.
"Jane Eyre! I haven't seen this for a month!"
"I think it's the New York in me."
"Well, I love all of you." Rory turned around in Jess's arms and kissed him.
"Rory! Monosyllabic Kid! Time to go!" Lorelai called from the driveway. Rory and Jess came out of the house, flushed and slightly smiling. Rory climbed into the back seat of the Jeep, and after a slight argument, Jess climbed in next to her. Luke got in the driver's seat, and Lorelai sat next to him. Luke started the car and they started on their way. At the red light in front of the diner, there was another argument and it was decided that the foursome would head to Chicago's County ER first, and hit New York with Central Perk and the Seinfeld restaurant on the way home. The light finally changed and they headed out of town.
Chapter 5: Time To Go!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Gilmore Girls. Or Er. Or Friends, or Seinfeld. Or the Monkees. The show or the band. I own neither. The story is from my cobwebby little mind, but the characters and places and everything are all from...other people. Pretty much Warner Bros.,although I don't know who owns Seinfeld. Jerry Seinfeld, I guess. Anyway...
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"We leave at noon. Get ready." Lorelai pointed her finger first in Luke's face, then Jess's, and dragged Rory home.
Luke left the diner open until ten, hoping to get enough customers to spread the news that Luke's would be closed for almost a week. He began packing at ten-thirty, then sat around the apartment for an hour doing nothing. He eventually dragged Jess downstairs and shoved him into the truck, and they pulled into the Gilmore driveway at eleven-thirty.The girls' luggage was sitting on the porch, covered with a sheet. The sheet had a note on it that said "If you are Luke and Jess, please place in Jeep. Otherwise, leave it alone. This means you, Dwight! You too, Kirk!"
Jess grabbed Rory's duffel bag and his own and stuffed it in the back of the Jeep before leaving Luke to deal with Lorelai's three large cases. Luke sighed and tried to fit everything in the already full vehicle.
Jess headed into the house through Rory's window, swiping Oliver Twist and stuffing it in the back pocket of his jeans. He walked through the kitchen and into the living room, passing the staircase covered with clothes from Lorelai's Monday afternoon adventure. The girls were sitting on the couch watching "The Monkees."
"See, now, this is the best episode."
"I don't know, I liked the one with the haunted castle."
"Oh, what do you know, you weren't alive. Oh, kids these days." Lorelai sighed.
"Oh, you're one to talk! You're weren't alive then, either!"
"No, but I was alive not long after they canceled it. I got the whole feel."
"When you were less than a year old?"
"I was a very smart baby. Where do you think you get your incredibly genius-ness like quality from?"
"God." Rory said matter-of- factly.
"You're horrible to me."
"Aww, it just means I like ya."
"I guess so."
"I wanna keep ya."
"Yeah, but I don't wanna keep you."
"Ha, ha, too late!"
"You're being mean again. Ooh! Musical montage. Time to dance!"
Jess, standing in the foyer, actually got a smile on his face as the girls stood up and waltzed to the Monkees frantic running and singing of "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone." Halfway through the two-minute song, Luke burst in the front door.
"There you are!" he said to Jess. "I've been looking all over for you. Come help me close the trunk."
Lorelai and Rory paused in their dance and stared, shocked, at Jess just standing there. Jess, caught like a deer in the headlights, bolted through the kitchen out the back door. Lorelai, an "if-looks-could-kill" look on her face, started after him, but Rory stopped her.
"Let me."
"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah. We dated for almost a year, I know how to handle him."
Lorelai nodded and Rory headed the same way Jess had gone.
"They went out for a year?" Lorelai looked at Luke. "My baby's growing up and leaving me!"
"Come here." Luke opened his arms and Lorelai walked into them. "You wanna dance?"
"The song's over."
"Yeah, but it's 'The Monkees.' They'll run around again in a few minutes."
"Okay. You know, I like you a lot."
"I like you, too."
"I'm glad you're coming with us."
"Me, too." Luke rested his chin on top of Lorelai's head as they swayed slightly.
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Rory made her way to the bridge, knowing in her heart that Jess was there, reading the book that she knew he'd stolen from her collection. When she got to her destination, she just stood there, watching Jess. He was sitting on the end of the bridge, his feet not quite in the water, reading (of all things) Oliver Twist. Rory smiled.
"Hey."
"Come to maul me, have you? I wasn't stalking you or anything." Jess stood up and faced Rory. "You and Lorelai were just having a nice family argument, and I didn't want to interrupt it."
Rory walked as fast as she could toward the end of the bridge and when she got there she wrapped her arms around Jess and kissed him full on the lips. After a few minutes, they seperated for air.
"Wow."
"Come on, let's go." Rory smiled and led Jess back to the Gilmore homestead, her fingers entwined in his.
"So are we back together?"
"If we wait to tell Mom until after the trip, we'll have so much more fun."
"But I don't want to wait."
"Okay, but we'd be messing with Mom's head..."
"Okay, I'll wait." Jess stopped walking and pulled Rory to him. "But before we get where Lorelai can see us, I want to have fun with your head." He kissed her, a deep passionate kiss. (In other words, they started making out.)
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Lorelai was showing Luke how to put all of the luggage in the Jeep with room to spare when Rory walked up.
"He's coming." she stated simply before heading into the house.
"Hey, get coffee!" Lorelai called after Rory.
"Kay!"
"More coffee, Lorelai?"
"Well I knew you wouldn't bring me any."
"Actually..." Luke dug around in his suitcase. "I did." He pulled out a plastic bag full of coffee.
"Oh, I think I love you!" Lorelai kissed him just as Jess came stalking up. He headed into the house. "Wait, where are you going?" Lorelai broke the kiss with Luke.
"Bathroom." Jess called back as he headed into the house. Lorelai shrugged and started kissing Luke again.
Jess walked into Rory's room where she was looking through her books.
"If you're missing any, I've got a couple hundred in the apartment," Jess came up behind Rory and wrapped his arms around her waist. "I've been stealing them for over a year and a half."
"I figured as much. Do you have my Bronte?"
"Charlotte or Emily?"
"Wuthering Heights."
"Emily. Huh. You know what, I don't think I have any Emily Bronte. Can I interest you in some Charlotte Bronte?" Jess pulled a book from his jacket.
"Jane Eyre! I haven't seen this for a month!"
"I think it's the New York in me."
"Well, I love all of you." Rory turned around in Jess's arms and kissed him.
"Rory! Monosyllabic Kid! Time to go!" Lorelai called from the driveway. Rory and Jess came out of the house, flushed and slightly smiling. Rory climbed into the back seat of the Jeep, and after a slight argument, Jess climbed in next to her. Luke got in the driver's seat, and Lorelai sat next to him. Luke started the car and they started on their way. At the red light in front of the diner, there was another argument and it was decided that the foursome would head to Chicago's County ER first, and hit New York with Central Perk and the Seinfeld restaurant on the way home. The light finally changed and they headed out of town.