A/N: Sorry about the A/N's for the last chapter, but I was really mad that
I didn't get many reviews. Also, there were actually 2 reviews for the 2nd
chapter, but I did not check it before I posted. Thanks to all the readers
who have reviewed this story. I greatly appreciate it. Here is the new
chapter and keep the reviews coming. Sorry about the mess up, I updated
this chapter cause it used to be all one paragraph. Oh, and GO LITERATIES!
"MOTHER!" Rory was about to burst into tears if she didn't find her best friend soon to talk to. "Mom?" She repeated her name while looking through the house.
Lorelai was nowhere to be found. There was only one more place that she could be, but Rory didn't want to go there. She was afraid that Jess might be there. Then he would ask about the kiss and she wouldn't know what to say. Did she like it? Was it what she had expected? Well, yes, she liked it, but she didn't know what to say. She hadn't really expected it. Like many of the residents, she knew that there was some sort of bond between them, but he had caught her by surprise once again. She decided to brave the diner and find her mother.
As she walked down the empty street she thought what to say to her mother. She couldn't talk to her in the diner with Luke and, maybe, Jess listening. She could ask her to come home, but then her mother would know that something was up. Wait, did she already know? Had Jess already told her? Maybe that's why she knew something that Rory herself hadn't known: she liked Jess.a lot.
~~In the Diner~~
Luke looked up as he heard pounding on the front door of the diner. It was Lorelai. That sweet yet sometimes annoying figure whose old boyfriend was back. He walked to the door and let in his dream girl.
"What, did you run out of coffee again?" He asked with a little smile trying not to be too harsh, but not wanting to show what he felt.
"Rory's mad at me," she stated gloomily pouting.
"Why?"
"We got into a fight about YOUR Jess. You know, the one who has Rory's heart, but she doesn't even know it."
"Yea," he said biting his lower lip. If Rory and Jess were together, then it would be really strange for him to be with Lorelai. "What about him?"
"Well, you know she and dean broke up, right?" She continued to tall the whole story (except, of course, the part about her not wanting them to be together because of her feelings for Luke) until Jess walked in grinning.
"You do know that it's ten thirty," he said to Lorelai. "The diner closed an hour ago." Lorelai shot him a mean look. "Well, aren't we in a great mood with me today."
"You just stay away from Rory, you hear?" Lorelai warned him.
"I'm sorry, but are you my mother?"
"Jess," Luke interrupted. "Just listen to her."
"Oh, right. I forgot." Jess went upstairs leaving the two alone.
"What was that about, Luke?"
"What was what about?"
"What did he forget?"
"You better get back home," Luke changed the subject. "Maybe even make up with Rory."
"Oh, that's nice," she said sarcastically. "Turn it to my problems. I can take a hint. I can tell when I'm not wanted." She was furious by now.
"Lorelai, I just." but she was already out the door.
"Smooth, Uncle Luke. Real smooth." Jess had been on the stairs listening to them.
"You little."Luke ran up the stairs ready to murder him with the butter knife in his hand.
~~Outside the Diner~~
Lorelai was speed walking away from the diner not conscious of where she was going. Rory was walking toward her yelling her name, but Lorelai was too lost in her own thoughts to notice her. She walks right past her daughter who is yelling her name in her ear, but she is deaf to the world. Rory turns and follows her back home having given up on getting her attention. Once at home, Lorelai plops down on the couch and turns on I Love Lucy reruns.
"Mom."
"What"
"Can we talk?"
"What are we doing, now? Morse Code?"
"Mother, I just want to have a serious conversation here."
"I'm surprised you still want to talk to the reject."
"Mom, tell me. What's the matter?"
"What's the matter?" She yelled at Rory. "Has miss Patty not talked to you yet? What's the matter?! I'll tell you what's the matter. Everything! This whole town and the people in it! My life! My house! My parents! My coffee! You name it, it's wrong. My life is falling apart. It's like a really bad horror movie from the 80's or something. Everything just seems so wrong. Nothing's going the way it should." By this time Rory had sat down next to her mother and aloud her to cry on her shoulder.
"What are you talking about? I thought I was the one who had the problem here."
"Wait, what's your problem?"
"What's your's?"
"I asked you first."
"Okay, on the count of three. One.two.three."
Silence.
"Oh, come one." Rory gave up. "I will tell my news if you will tell your problems before we discus mine. Got it?"
"I think."
"Okay. So.um, well," she stuttered. "I kissed Jess."
"Wow." She was stunned speechless for a moment, but remembered her part of the deal.
"Okay, well, your father is back and Luke is mad it me."
"Okay."
"But what about you? I mean you KISSED him. That meant something, didn't it?" She was unconsciously directing the conversation.
"Well, see, he actually kissed me, but I sort of kissed him back."
"Ahh, the old 'it wasn't my fault' bit. Been there, done that. So tell me the details. Where? When? Why?"
"You know when I was mad at you." she proceeded to tell her best friend the entire story. "The thing is, I liked it."
"So I'm guessing you will be needing this again." She pulled out the tub of ice cream that Rory had become such good friends with from the fridge.
"Mom, tell me about Dad being back," she said taking the sweet treat. "Where was he? Why did he come back? What about."
"All coming, sister. Okay, I saw him at the dinner just before our little 'disagreement' and was so startled that I didn't even say hi."
"Tell me about it." She said sympathetically.
"Turns out that he and Sherry had a fight."
"A fight."
"Yes, and he threatened to move out and she said that he should."
"So he came here."
"He said it was the only place where he knew he would be accepted."
"And Luke?"
"I don't know what's up with him. Jess walked in on us arguing and just said like 'oh, sorry, I forgot' or something. It was like he was implying something but I don't know what" Rory chuckled a bit at her mother.
"Isn't it obvious? He was hinting at something in particular."
"What was he hinting at?"
"Guess. Think about the people around you."
"Well Jess was there, and Luke was there and I was there. We can rule out Jess because he was the one doing the hinting."
"So it's down to you and Luke. Is there something between you two that maybe Jess noticed?" She said this in a kind of implying tone of voice.
"No, there isn't. I swear. Maybe he sees something, but I DO NOT like Luke as more than a friend."
"I sure hope so."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, with dad being back and all, you have to pick just one."
"In fact, I think I still love you father."
A/N: I know it's not a really good ending but I could not think of anything else to write. Don't forget to review. Give me specifics please. Thanx a bunch
"MOTHER!" Rory was about to burst into tears if she didn't find her best friend soon to talk to. "Mom?" She repeated her name while looking through the house.
Lorelai was nowhere to be found. There was only one more place that she could be, but Rory didn't want to go there. She was afraid that Jess might be there. Then he would ask about the kiss and she wouldn't know what to say. Did she like it? Was it what she had expected? Well, yes, she liked it, but she didn't know what to say. She hadn't really expected it. Like many of the residents, she knew that there was some sort of bond between them, but he had caught her by surprise once again. She decided to brave the diner and find her mother.
As she walked down the empty street she thought what to say to her mother. She couldn't talk to her in the diner with Luke and, maybe, Jess listening. She could ask her to come home, but then her mother would know that something was up. Wait, did she already know? Had Jess already told her? Maybe that's why she knew something that Rory herself hadn't known: she liked Jess.a lot.
~~In the Diner~~
Luke looked up as he heard pounding on the front door of the diner. It was Lorelai. That sweet yet sometimes annoying figure whose old boyfriend was back. He walked to the door and let in his dream girl.
"What, did you run out of coffee again?" He asked with a little smile trying not to be too harsh, but not wanting to show what he felt.
"Rory's mad at me," she stated gloomily pouting.
"Why?"
"We got into a fight about YOUR Jess. You know, the one who has Rory's heart, but she doesn't even know it."
"Yea," he said biting his lower lip. If Rory and Jess were together, then it would be really strange for him to be with Lorelai. "What about him?"
"Well, you know she and dean broke up, right?" She continued to tall the whole story (except, of course, the part about her not wanting them to be together because of her feelings for Luke) until Jess walked in grinning.
"You do know that it's ten thirty," he said to Lorelai. "The diner closed an hour ago." Lorelai shot him a mean look. "Well, aren't we in a great mood with me today."
"You just stay away from Rory, you hear?" Lorelai warned him.
"I'm sorry, but are you my mother?"
"Jess," Luke interrupted. "Just listen to her."
"Oh, right. I forgot." Jess went upstairs leaving the two alone.
"What was that about, Luke?"
"What was what about?"
"What did he forget?"
"You better get back home," Luke changed the subject. "Maybe even make up with Rory."
"Oh, that's nice," she said sarcastically. "Turn it to my problems. I can take a hint. I can tell when I'm not wanted." She was furious by now.
"Lorelai, I just." but she was already out the door.
"Smooth, Uncle Luke. Real smooth." Jess had been on the stairs listening to them.
"You little."Luke ran up the stairs ready to murder him with the butter knife in his hand.
~~Outside the Diner~~
Lorelai was speed walking away from the diner not conscious of where she was going. Rory was walking toward her yelling her name, but Lorelai was too lost in her own thoughts to notice her. She walks right past her daughter who is yelling her name in her ear, but she is deaf to the world. Rory turns and follows her back home having given up on getting her attention. Once at home, Lorelai plops down on the couch and turns on I Love Lucy reruns.
"Mom."
"What"
"Can we talk?"
"What are we doing, now? Morse Code?"
"Mother, I just want to have a serious conversation here."
"I'm surprised you still want to talk to the reject."
"Mom, tell me. What's the matter?"
"What's the matter?" She yelled at Rory. "Has miss Patty not talked to you yet? What's the matter?! I'll tell you what's the matter. Everything! This whole town and the people in it! My life! My house! My parents! My coffee! You name it, it's wrong. My life is falling apart. It's like a really bad horror movie from the 80's or something. Everything just seems so wrong. Nothing's going the way it should." By this time Rory had sat down next to her mother and aloud her to cry on her shoulder.
"What are you talking about? I thought I was the one who had the problem here."
"Wait, what's your problem?"
"What's your's?"
"I asked you first."
"Okay, on the count of three. One.two.three."
Silence.
"Oh, come one." Rory gave up. "I will tell my news if you will tell your problems before we discus mine. Got it?"
"I think."
"Okay. So.um, well," she stuttered. "I kissed Jess."
"Wow." She was stunned speechless for a moment, but remembered her part of the deal.
"Okay, well, your father is back and Luke is mad it me."
"Okay."
"But what about you? I mean you KISSED him. That meant something, didn't it?" She was unconsciously directing the conversation.
"Well, see, he actually kissed me, but I sort of kissed him back."
"Ahh, the old 'it wasn't my fault' bit. Been there, done that. So tell me the details. Where? When? Why?"
"You know when I was mad at you." she proceeded to tell her best friend the entire story. "The thing is, I liked it."
"So I'm guessing you will be needing this again." She pulled out the tub of ice cream that Rory had become such good friends with from the fridge.
"Mom, tell me about Dad being back," she said taking the sweet treat. "Where was he? Why did he come back? What about."
"All coming, sister. Okay, I saw him at the dinner just before our little 'disagreement' and was so startled that I didn't even say hi."
"Tell me about it." She said sympathetically.
"Turns out that he and Sherry had a fight."
"A fight."
"Yes, and he threatened to move out and she said that he should."
"So he came here."
"He said it was the only place where he knew he would be accepted."
"And Luke?"
"I don't know what's up with him. Jess walked in on us arguing and just said like 'oh, sorry, I forgot' or something. It was like he was implying something but I don't know what" Rory chuckled a bit at her mother.
"Isn't it obvious? He was hinting at something in particular."
"What was he hinting at?"
"Guess. Think about the people around you."
"Well Jess was there, and Luke was there and I was there. We can rule out Jess because he was the one doing the hinting."
"So it's down to you and Luke. Is there something between you two that maybe Jess noticed?" She said this in a kind of implying tone of voice.
"No, there isn't. I swear. Maybe he sees something, but I DO NOT like Luke as more than a friend."
"I sure hope so."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well, with dad being back and all, you have to pick just one."
"In fact, I think I still love you father."
A/N: I know it's not a really good ending but I could not think of anything else to write. Don't forget to review. Give me specifics please. Thanx a bunch