*** Before I start with chapter 11, I just want to thank Lindsay (a.k.a
smile) for her help with this story. She pretty much gave me the idea, so I
owe her a lot. On top of that it's her birthday today, so I want to
congratulate her too. Well, that was about it. Now I'm gonna start with the
next chapter. Hope you like it! ***
A few mintes later they entered Luke's. Jess was standing behind the counter. Rory wasn't sure if she was happy about that or not. They walked to the counter. Lorelai sat down. Jess looked at Rory. She avoided his look and sat down next to her mom.
J: "Hey"
R: "Hey"
L: "Coffee for us please"
Jess handed them the coffee. Rorys hand touched Jess' when she took the mug. She didn't look up at him.
R: "Thanks"
J: "Welcome"
L: "Love the verbal-thing you guys have going on here"
Rory carefully drank her coffee. She felt that he was looking at her. Suddenly she couldn't take it anymore.
R: "I have to go"
L: "Go where?"
R: "Go doing the thing I had to do"
L: "What thing?'
R: "You know, the thing?"
She looked at her mom.
L: "Oh, the thing! Of course. How could I forget about the thing."
R: "Exactly"
She got up and gave her mom a quick kiss.
R: "I'll see you at home"
L: "Sure, bye honey"
R: "Bye'
She looked at Jess for a moment.
R: "Bye"
J: "Bye"
She turned around and walked to the door. She felt relieved when she got outside. She thought she could deal with it. Well, she couldn't. It was too weird. They kissed....sort of and now they were pretending it never happened. It wasn't like the kiss meant anything to her, it was just........you know.........an uncomfortable situation. She started to walk. She didn't care where to. Just away from the diner. Away from Jess. She knew it was weak to walk away, but what else could she do? She heard someone started to walk next to her. Without looking up, she knew it was Jess.
J: "So, this is how it's going to be between us from now on?"
R: "What do you mean?"
J: "The one word conversations, you avoiding eye-contact"
R: "I'm sorry"
J: "I thought we were gonna forget about it"
R: "That's a little bit easier said than done"
Jess couldn't help but to smile a little when he heard her say that. Maybe she felt something for him after all.
R: "You kissed me"
J: "You kissed me!"
R: "I did not"
J: "Did too"
R: "Did not"
J: "Did too"
R: "I didn't kiss you"
J: "And I didn't kiss you"
They stopped walking and looked at each other.
R: "Then how did we end up kissing?"
Jess shrugged. She smiled.
J: "So, are you gonna tell Dean?"
R: "I'm not sure, maybe"
They sat down on bench.
J: "Did you get some sleep last night?"
R: "Why not?"
J: "Well, it was a pretty heavy night"
R: "I know, but I had no trouble sleeping. I never have, actually."
J: "Good"
R: "Yeah"
J: "We're not going back to the one-word conversations, are we?"
R: "No"
J: "Okay, just checking"
She smiled again.
J: "Listen, I know this situation is kind of weird, but let's just try to act normal around each other, okay?"
R: "Okay"
J: "Well, now we solved this, I guess you should talk to Dean"
R: "You think so?"
J: "Yeah, but make him apologize, before you guys make up."
R: "I will"
J: "And tell him how you feel about his friendship with Shearen, or whatever her name is"
R: "When did you become my personal shrink?"
J: "I don't know, I guess I'll send you the bill"
R: "You should do that"
J: "We'll make a new appointment for...let's say.....tomorrow?"
R: "Sounds good to me. Make sure the coffee is ready"
J: "Don't I always?"
Rory got up.
R: "Thanks"
J: "I have no idea for what, but you're welcome"
She walked away. Jess watched her leaving. He did it again. He gave her advice about how to make things right between her and Dean. Why did he do that? He just wanted to see her happy. To see her smile. And maybe, just maybe, one day, he'll become the person to make her happy, to make her smile. And until that day, he'd have the memory of their kiss. The memory of her soft lips touching his'. He smiled. He wished he could hold her, right now, kiss her............ He had to stop thinking about this. Rory loved bagboy. He was just a friend. He could live with that.............for now........
When Rory entered Doose's she saw Dean helping Babette to get something of the top shelf. She walked towards him.
Babette: "Thanks kid!"
D: "You're welcome"
Babette walked away.
R: "Hi"
Dean turned around.
D: "Hey"
R: "How are you?"
D: "Fine, you?"
R: "Fine"
D: "Good"
R: "Yeah"
D: "Listen, I want to apologize for what happened last night"
This surprised her a little. She expected she had to drag the apology out of him.
R: "Why didn't you want to give him a ride?"
D: "Because......I just don't trust him"
R: "But I do and you trust me, so you should have given him a ride"
They saw the warning look Taylor gave them.
D: "I have to get back to work"
R: "Yeah"
D: "Let's meet somewhere after work"
R: "Okay, how about the park?"
D: "Sounds fine"
She gave him a kiss. She couldn't help but thinking back about last night. Did this kiss mean more to her than the one she shared with Jess? It should.........and it did.....right? Of course! Seh quickly pushed the thought away and stopped kissing Dean.
R: "I'll see you in a few hours"
D: "Yeah"
She walked away.
A few mintes later they entered Luke's. Jess was standing behind the counter. Rory wasn't sure if she was happy about that or not. They walked to the counter. Lorelai sat down. Jess looked at Rory. She avoided his look and sat down next to her mom.
J: "Hey"
R: "Hey"
L: "Coffee for us please"
Jess handed them the coffee. Rorys hand touched Jess' when she took the mug. She didn't look up at him.
R: "Thanks"
J: "Welcome"
L: "Love the verbal-thing you guys have going on here"
Rory carefully drank her coffee. She felt that he was looking at her. Suddenly she couldn't take it anymore.
R: "I have to go"
L: "Go where?"
R: "Go doing the thing I had to do"
L: "What thing?'
R: "You know, the thing?"
She looked at her mom.
L: "Oh, the thing! Of course. How could I forget about the thing."
R: "Exactly"
She got up and gave her mom a quick kiss.
R: "I'll see you at home"
L: "Sure, bye honey"
R: "Bye'
She looked at Jess for a moment.
R: "Bye"
J: "Bye"
She turned around and walked to the door. She felt relieved when she got outside. She thought she could deal with it. Well, she couldn't. It was too weird. They kissed....sort of and now they were pretending it never happened. It wasn't like the kiss meant anything to her, it was just........you know.........an uncomfortable situation. She started to walk. She didn't care where to. Just away from the diner. Away from Jess. She knew it was weak to walk away, but what else could she do? She heard someone started to walk next to her. Without looking up, she knew it was Jess.
J: "So, this is how it's going to be between us from now on?"
R: "What do you mean?"
J: "The one word conversations, you avoiding eye-contact"
R: "I'm sorry"
J: "I thought we were gonna forget about it"
R: "That's a little bit easier said than done"
Jess couldn't help but to smile a little when he heard her say that. Maybe she felt something for him after all.
R: "You kissed me"
J: "You kissed me!"
R: "I did not"
J: "Did too"
R: "Did not"
J: "Did too"
R: "I didn't kiss you"
J: "And I didn't kiss you"
They stopped walking and looked at each other.
R: "Then how did we end up kissing?"
Jess shrugged. She smiled.
J: "So, are you gonna tell Dean?"
R: "I'm not sure, maybe"
They sat down on bench.
J: "Did you get some sleep last night?"
R: "Why not?"
J: "Well, it was a pretty heavy night"
R: "I know, but I had no trouble sleeping. I never have, actually."
J: "Good"
R: "Yeah"
J: "We're not going back to the one-word conversations, are we?"
R: "No"
J: "Okay, just checking"
She smiled again.
J: "Listen, I know this situation is kind of weird, but let's just try to act normal around each other, okay?"
R: "Okay"
J: "Well, now we solved this, I guess you should talk to Dean"
R: "You think so?"
J: "Yeah, but make him apologize, before you guys make up."
R: "I will"
J: "And tell him how you feel about his friendship with Shearen, or whatever her name is"
R: "When did you become my personal shrink?"
J: "I don't know, I guess I'll send you the bill"
R: "You should do that"
J: "We'll make a new appointment for...let's say.....tomorrow?"
R: "Sounds good to me. Make sure the coffee is ready"
J: "Don't I always?"
Rory got up.
R: "Thanks"
J: "I have no idea for what, but you're welcome"
She walked away. Jess watched her leaving. He did it again. He gave her advice about how to make things right between her and Dean. Why did he do that? He just wanted to see her happy. To see her smile. And maybe, just maybe, one day, he'll become the person to make her happy, to make her smile. And until that day, he'd have the memory of their kiss. The memory of her soft lips touching his'. He smiled. He wished he could hold her, right now, kiss her............ He had to stop thinking about this. Rory loved bagboy. He was just a friend. He could live with that.............for now........
When Rory entered Doose's she saw Dean helping Babette to get something of the top shelf. She walked towards him.
Babette: "Thanks kid!"
D: "You're welcome"
Babette walked away.
R: "Hi"
Dean turned around.
D: "Hey"
R: "How are you?"
D: "Fine, you?"
R: "Fine"
D: "Good"
R: "Yeah"
D: "Listen, I want to apologize for what happened last night"
This surprised her a little. She expected she had to drag the apology out of him.
R: "Why didn't you want to give him a ride?"
D: "Because......I just don't trust him"
R: "But I do and you trust me, so you should have given him a ride"
They saw the warning look Taylor gave them.
D: "I have to get back to work"
R: "Yeah"
D: "Let's meet somewhere after work"
R: "Okay, how about the park?"
D: "Sounds fine"
She gave him a kiss. She couldn't help but thinking back about last night. Did this kiss mean more to her than the one she shared with Jess? It should.........and it did.....right? Of course! Seh quickly pushed the thought away and stopped kissing Dean.
R: "I'll see you in a few hours"
D: "Yeah"
She walked away.