Disclaimer: I don't own the show or the characters, but if Jess is up for sale, let me know……. J
Jimmy absent-mindedly hung up the phone as he mulled over his next step. His father's words echoed in his ears. You are his father Jimmy. His father… No matter what has happened flesh and blood will always bind you together… You must find him before it's too late… you still have a chance. The words would have seemed hollow and cliché, had they not been the last words Salvatore Mariano spoke to his son before he died. Jimmy chuckled to himself at the screenplay-like absurdity of him trying to find his estranged son after 15 years. But yet, the chain pulled at his heart- strings. He wore his father's necklace around his neck- it was a gold chain with a picture of his patron saint, Saint Michael etched onto a gold oval. It was as though it was burning a hole in his chest. The weight of his father's words was pressing onto the pendant, bearing down heavily on his conscience, until the point that he felt it just might crush him.
Sitting there that day in the hospital room, three weeks earlier, watching his father's life slip away, Jimmy came to the realization that he was grateful to be there at the end. That man, laying in the bed, old and frail, was the one who for so many years had been Jimmy's primary source of strength. His body might have been ravaged by asbestos, emphysema and all the other ailments that plagued him from a life of manual labor, but his father's character and spirit would always be indelibly imprinted on Jimmy's mind. Now that was a man… I'm nothing but a fucking joke.
He stopped himself. Getting caught up in a web of self-pity and doubt was something he could no longer afford. He picked up the phone again and started to make the arrangements. Momentum was on his side. You still have a chance… He was going to Hartford. And then. Stars Hollow. I am going to see my son…
A sliver of light crept through the space in the blinds and hit Jess directly above his right eye. He twitched from the surge of heat to his face, and then began to stir. Groggily, he opened his eyes. Aside from the errant ray of light, the rest of the room was quiet and dark, and his vision slowly adjusted to his surroundings. He raised his cheek off her shoulder and gazed sleepily at the wonder that lay before him.
Rory Gilmore.
Gingerly lifting his body off of hers, he propped himself up on his elbow so that he could drink in more of her intoxicating beauty. Her chest rose and fell peacefully, eyes closed, slight smile playing on those beautiful lips. Chestnut hair splayed out all around her like the picture of a goddess. In the darkness, he could trace the figure of her body covered by the thin sheet of his bed. He ran his fingers through her hair and smiled. The events leading up to this impromptu sleepover were, in Jess' mind, nothing short of miraculous. He shut his eyes, replaying the scenes over and over in his memory…
A/N I know I know! I will post more later on this evening. I just really wanted to establish why it is that Jimmy is coming for Jess. Thank you so much for all of the kind reviews and words of support. Please let me know what you think? (I am open to suggestions of where you think this should go!)