TITLE: All My Life
AUTHOR: Melissa
PAIRING: Rory/Jess
DISCLAIMER: Sadly, I don't own Milo Ventimiglia...boy, if I did... Anyway, they are not mine, neither is the begining of this story, since I'm stealing the next-to-last scene in 'Haunted Leg' and twisting it to my own benefiet :) LoL Also, the tittle doesn't belong to me either, it's a Foo Fighter's song. So, basically, all I have is a white SUV, season 1-3 of Roswell on tape, All 3 Princess Dairies books in hardback, and this computer. If you sue, all you'll get it is the SUV, cause that's all I'm willing to give up!!
RATING: Um...PG13, I guess
SUMMARY: What if Rory and Jess's arguement in 'Haunted Leg' revealed more than they imagined?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey people's. This is my first story in a script format, so be gentle if I suck at it. I'm still getting into the swing of it, so bare with me. I'm not sure how many parts there are gonna be to this -- maybe one, maybe 50, who knows. I haven't really thought ahead that much. I just got his idea and started writting. As you'll see, I kinda stole Jess and Rory's conversation from 'Haunted Leg' and sorta changed it around -- for the better in my opinion! LoL
Thanks so much for all the great reviews. Also, it was asked what cd I was talking about in one of the chapters. The cd that Rory found in Jess's collection was 'Train' and the one he made her borrow was 'Disturbed' -- hope that helps :)
~*~
*CUT TO OUTSIDE OF LUKE'S DINER*
(RORY, JESS, and LANE rush out the doors, all three pausing to stare at the scene happening in front of them, along with many other townspeople)
LANE: What should we do?
JESS: (amused) Hey, I say we let them battle it out.
RORY: (shocked and upset) Dean! Luke! Get up, now! (she rushes out to the road, where Luke and Dean are practically wrestling, both of them down toward the ground) You two are both being childish!
LUKE: (out of breath) He started it!
DEAN: (trying to break out of the hold LUKE has on him, his voice strained) I did not...
RORY: (panicking, she looks helpless back at JESS, not wanting to get any closer to the fight) Jess! (sighing, he gives in and comes over, gently pushing her out of the way and grabbing LUKE by the shoulders, trying to haul him away)
LORELAI: (from the background) What's going on here? (comes through the crowd and spots the commotion) Oh my god! Luke! What are you doing?! (spotting RORY, she rushes to her side) What is he doing?!
RORY: (very upset now) JESS can't break them up! Mom, do something!
LORELAI: Ok (yells out to JESS) You take flannel boy, and I'll get Romeo! (hesatently, she reaches in and grabs DEAN'S collar, tugging with all her might to pull them apart. LUKE, spotting LORELAI, finally growls deeply and lets go of DEAN, making JESS fall backwards from the force)
JESS: Oww...
RORY: (reaching down and helping JESS up) Are you ok?
DEAN: (bitterly, as he wipes at his mouth and shrugs away from LORELAI, whose trying to make sure he's ok) You're asking if he's ok?!
LUKE: (muttering) Be glad you can still walk.
LORELAI: Hey -- guys, cool it. Can we please lower the testosterone, please? (turns to the crowd nearby) Ok, people, show over -- go home! (they finally start to leave) Bunch of vulters...
RORY: (walking over to DEAN and LUKE, who are still glaring at each other) I can not believe this -- why, when, how?
DEAN: He started it! I just tried to get a cup of coffee!
LUKE: Hey, I should--
LORELAI: Whoa! Hold on there Dirty Harry (takes LUKE by the arm when he goes toward DEAN. Looking over at RORY, who seems stressed, she adds) Inside, now -- much talking to be done (she leads him toward the diner doors, stopping to also usher LANE and JESS in also)
DEAN: (staring JESS down now) I shoulda punched him too...
RORY: Dean! Jess didn't do anything! He wasn't rolling around in the street with someone over twice his age!
DEAN: He broke us up!
RORY: (softly) What? (when DEAN just shakes his head and continues to look angry, she sighes and walks a few feet closer) Is that what you really think?
DEAN: Things went downhill as soon as that asshole showed up!
RORY: We had problems, Dean.
DEAN: Named Jess Mariano. I knew he wanted you, I knew that little rat was going to do this!
RORY: (getting angry herself) God, look at you -- Jess didn't break us up, your insane jealousy did. You just could not accept the fact that he was my friend. I mean, you even got mad when I told you I had homework to do!
DEAN: That's cause you always put Chilton and freakin' Harvard before me!
RORY: I'm sorry if my future is important to me! Go forbid I tried to do well at school, or wanted to spend time with my friends or family!
DEAN: Friends? Like Jess?
RORY: (yelling) He was just my friend -- I was loyal to you when we we're dating!
DEAN: And now that we're not?!
(RORY and DEAN are both aggitated now, staring at each other. Stopping when RORY'S eyes seem to drift away, DEAN'S mouth hangs open some, his eyes getting wide)
*CUT TO LUKE'S DINER*
(LORELAI, LANE, and LUKE sit at the counter, while JESS is pacing nearby, his eyes drifting to the window every few seconds)
LORELAI: He's 18, Luke.
LUKE: She was upset. I had to do something.
LORELAI: Luke, they're teenagers -- break-ups happen.
LANE: And, besides, Rory dumped him. He's the one more upset.
LUKE: (hanging his head and sighing) I know...I over-reacted.
LORELAI: (pats him on the back) Don't worry, it happens. This'll all blow over.
LANE: I'm sure Dean's eye won't swell that much.
LORELAI: Honey, yeah, that's not helping much (looking at JESS) Words of wisdom for your dear uncle?
JESS: (distractedly) Nice right hook?
(The bell over the door jingles and everyone looks over to watch RORY walk in, who has her arms wrapped around herself protectively)
LORELAI: Honey... (gets up and walks over to her daughter) You ok? (RORY nods, but doesn't say anything)
LUKE: (awkwardly) I'm so sorry, Rory. I over-reacted. I was wrong to do that.
RORY: (softly) It's ok (she smiles somewhat at him, trying to show she's not mad)
LORELAI: How's Dean?
RORY: (looking down and clearing her throat) He's fine...few scrapes, nothing big.
LUKE: Again, so sorry. How can I make it up to you? Coffee? I have coffee, and cake, and anything you want?
RORY: Really, Luke, it's ok.
LANE: Wow...you don't want coffee?
LORELAI: Please, always -- we'll take 2 to go.
JESS: (speaking up for the first time) To go?
RORY: (as if just remembering) Friday dinners (looks back over at JESS, who's looking at her out of the corner of his eye) We have to leave for them soon... (JESS nods and turns, walking away a few feet)
LORELAI: That's right sweets.
RORY: (taking the coffee) Ok...so...lets go.
LANE: (whispering low enough so that only RORY can hear) We'll talk later.
RORY: Yeah (she looks back over at JESS, who's leaning against the counter, looking down)
LORELAI: (seeing the exchange between RORY and JESS, calls out loudly) Hey, Luke, we'll stop back in after dinner, ok?
LUKE: Sure. I'll save you some pie.
LORELAI: (grinning) Oh, let me count the ways I love you (turns to RORY, missing the look that crosses LUKE'S face at her joke) Ready?
RORY: Sure. (she follows her mother out the cafe, looking back one last time, catching JESS'S eye. They hold it until she walks out of the door and onto the street)
*CUT TO JEEP*
(RORY and LORELAI ride in silence, both seeming to be very engrossed in their own thoughts. As if coming to, LORELAI sighs deeply and looks over at her daughter, who's staring out the window)
LORELAI: You ok?
RORY: Yeah, I'm fine -- why wouldn't I be?
LORELAI: Do I detect some sarcasm?
RORY: (sarcastic) No, of course not.
LORELAI: (stressing) It wasn't that bad!
RORY: They've never even met him, yet tore him to peices!
LORELAI: Sweetie, it wasn't personal. Your grandparents are like that with everyone.
RORY: And you?
LORELAI: (looking around, trying to act innocent) And me? What did I do?
RORY: (shocked, she turns toward her mother) You did a run-down of every ugly scene that's happened since he came here.
LORELAI: They asked how his time in town had been!
RORY: Did they ask for the impressions?!
LORELAI: (smiling) I do do a mean Taylor, don't I? (when RORY still seems upset, she adds, more gently) Look, I'm sorry, ok? I shouldn't have did that.
RORY: You sided with Grandma.
LORELAI: (agast) I did not! Bite your tongue and take it back!
RORY: You did, you sided with her perfectly! 'Jess is a hoodlum, Jess is a bad influence, Jess isn't good enough for our little Rory'.
LORELAI: Hey, first off, I don't think anyone is good enough for you, and secondly, I disagreed when she said he probably couldn't even read.
RORY: Dean.
LORELAI: (confused) Dean, what?
RORY: You think Dean is good enough for me.
LORELAI: Well, Dean is a good kid who cares for you. Jess, on the other hand, isn't!
RORY: (disgusted) I'm sorry, did I accidently leave with Grandma?
LORELAI: (hurt) Whoa...low blow.
RORY: (sighing before looking back over to her mom, her face softening) I'm sorry, ok? But what happened tonight was mean and totally unfair to me.
LORELAI: I know, sweetie, I know.
RORY: I don't care what Grandma and Grandpa say, I'm not bringing him with us next week. They'll eat him alive.
LORELAI: Ok. We can just say he had to work.
RORY: And it's not like we're even a couple yet...I mean, I think we could be... (shyly, not sure how her mom will take it) Can I tell you something, and have you be just Lorelai, not my mom? Can you be my best friend again?
LORELIA: (touched) Of course -- I can always be that.
RORY: (smiling) Good, cause I've missed you.
LORELAI: I've missed you too (they both laugh slightly, happy that the fight was over) So, now, what do you have to tell me? (wiggles eyebrows) Something juicy about the neighborhood hoodlum?
RORY: (giggling) Mom! Ok, well, it all started when me and Lane were walking to Luke's today...
*CUT TO OUTSIDE OF LUKE'S*
(LORELAI and RORY are walking toward the diner, when RORY stops, spotting JESS inside. She watches him as he wipes down a table, oblivious to her stare)
LORELAI: (looking also) Oh...are we in the spying stage now?
RORY: (looking away) What? No. I was just, um, making sure they were still open.
LORELAI: Sure ya were.
RORY: I was, thank you very much.
LORELAI: (grinning and joking) Jess has a stalker, Jess has a stalker (as an after thought) Ya know, I always thought that would be the other way around.
RORY: Maybe it was a mistake to tell you those things...
LORELAI: I'll be good (holds up two fingers) Scouts honor.
RORY: You were never a scout.
LORELAI: I dated one -- does that count?
RORY: (sighing dramatically) Fine, but you better be good.
LORELAI: Yay!
(rolling her eyes, they head into the diner)
TBC
A/N2: I hope this longer part makes up for the shorter one. I know there wasn't a lot of Rory/Jess action in this one, but don't worry, there's more in the next part -- plus some more Lorelai/Luke action!!! Also, I know the Luke and Dean fight was just like the last one, but I didn't know how else to do it -- plus, the idea of Luke and Dean rolling around on the ground, fighting, is just too funny! LoL
AUTHOR: Melissa
PAIRING: Rory/Jess
DISCLAIMER: Sadly, I don't own Milo Ventimiglia...boy, if I did... Anyway, they are not mine, neither is the begining of this story, since I'm stealing the next-to-last scene in 'Haunted Leg' and twisting it to my own benefiet :) LoL Also, the tittle doesn't belong to me either, it's a Foo Fighter's song. So, basically, all I have is a white SUV, season 1-3 of Roswell on tape, All 3 Princess Dairies books in hardback, and this computer. If you sue, all you'll get it is the SUV, cause that's all I'm willing to give up!!
RATING: Um...PG13, I guess
SUMMARY: What if Rory and Jess's arguement in 'Haunted Leg' revealed more than they imagined?
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey people's. This is my first story in a script format, so be gentle if I suck at it. I'm still getting into the swing of it, so bare with me. I'm not sure how many parts there are gonna be to this -- maybe one, maybe 50, who knows. I haven't really thought ahead that much. I just got his idea and started writting. As you'll see, I kinda stole Jess and Rory's conversation from 'Haunted Leg' and sorta changed it around -- for the better in my opinion! LoL
Thanks so much for all the great reviews. Also, it was asked what cd I was talking about in one of the chapters. The cd that Rory found in Jess's collection was 'Train' and the one he made her borrow was 'Disturbed' -- hope that helps :)
~*~
*CUT TO OUTSIDE OF LUKE'S DINER*
(RORY, JESS, and LANE rush out the doors, all three pausing to stare at the scene happening in front of them, along with many other townspeople)
LANE: What should we do?
JESS: (amused) Hey, I say we let them battle it out.
RORY: (shocked and upset) Dean! Luke! Get up, now! (she rushes out to the road, where Luke and Dean are practically wrestling, both of them down toward the ground) You two are both being childish!
LUKE: (out of breath) He started it!
DEAN: (trying to break out of the hold LUKE has on him, his voice strained) I did not...
RORY: (panicking, she looks helpless back at JESS, not wanting to get any closer to the fight) Jess! (sighing, he gives in and comes over, gently pushing her out of the way and grabbing LUKE by the shoulders, trying to haul him away)
LORELAI: (from the background) What's going on here? (comes through the crowd and spots the commotion) Oh my god! Luke! What are you doing?! (spotting RORY, she rushes to her side) What is he doing?!
RORY: (very upset now) JESS can't break them up! Mom, do something!
LORELAI: Ok (yells out to JESS) You take flannel boy, and I'll get Romeo! (hesatently, she reaches in and grabs DEAN'S collar, tugging with all her might to pull them apart. LUKE, spotting LORELAI, finally growls deeply and lets go of DEAN, making JESS fall backwards from the force)
JESS: Oww...
RORY: (reaching down and helping JESS up) Are you ok?
DEAN: (bitterly, as he wipes at his mouth and shrugs away from LORELAI, whose trying to make sure he's ok) You're asking if he's ok?!
LUKE: (muttering) Be glad you can still walk.
LORELAI: Hey -- guys, cool it. Can we please lower the testosterone, please? (turns to the crowd nearby) Ok, people, show over -- go home! (they finally start to leave) Bunch of vulters...
RORY: (walking over to DEAN and LUKE, who are still glaring at each other) I can not believe this -- why, when, how?
DEAN: He started it! I just tried to get a cup of coffee!
LUKE: Hey, I should--
LORELAI: Whoa! Hold on there Dirty Harry (takes LUKE by the arm when he goes toward DEAN. Looking over at RORY, who seems stressed, she adds) Inside, now -- much talking to be done (she leads him toward the diner doors, stopping to also usher LANE and JESS in also)
DEAN: (staring JESS down now) I shoulda punched him too...
RORY: Dean! Jess didn't do anything! He wasn't rolling around in the street with someone over twice his age!
DEAN: He broke us up!
RORY: (softly) What? (when DEAN just shakes his head and continues to look angry, she sighes and walks a few feet closer) Is that what you really think?
DEAN: Things went downhill as soon as that asshole showed up!
RORY: We had problems, Dean.
DEAN: Named Jess Mariano. I knew he wanted you, I knew that little rat was going to do this!
RORY: (getting angry herself) God, look at you -- Jess didn't break us up, your insane jealousy did. You just could not accept the fact that he was my friend. I mean, you even got mad when I told you I had homework to do!
DEAN: That's cause you always put Chilton and freakin' Harvard before me!
RORY: I'm sorry if my future is important to me! Go forbid I tried to do well at school, or wanted to spend time with my friends or family!
DEAN: Friends? Like Jess?
RORY: (yelling) He was just my friend -- I was loyal to you when we we're dating!
DEAN: And now that we're not?!
(RORY and DEAN are both aggitated now, staring at each other. Stopping when RORY'S eyes seem to drift away, DEAN'S mouth hangs open some, his eyes getting wide)
*CUT TO LUKE'S DINER*
(LORELAI, LANE, and LUKE sit at the counter, while JESS is pacing nearby, his eyes drifting to the window every few seconds)
LORELAI: He's 18, Luke.
LUKE: She was upset. I had to do something.
LORELAI: Luke, they're teenagers -- break-ups happen.
LANE: And, besides, Rory dumped him. He's the one more upset.
LUKE: (hanging his head and sighing) I know...I over-reacted.
LORELAI: (pats him on the back) Don't worry, it happens. This'll all blow over.
LANE: I'm sure Dean's eye won't swell that much.
LORELAI: Honey, yeah, that's not helping much (looking at JESS) Words of wisdom for your dear uncle?
JESS: (distractedly) Nice right hook?
(The bell over the door jingles and everyone looks over to watch RORY walk in, who has her arms wrapped around herself protectively)
LORELAI: Honey... (gets up and walks over to her daughter) You ok? (RORY nods, but doesn't say anything)
LUKE: (awkwardly) I'm so sorry, Rory. I over-reacted. I was wrong to do that.
RORY: (softly) It's ok (she smiles somewhat at him, trying to show she's not mad)
LORELAI: How's Dean?
RORY: (looking down and clearing her throat) He's fine...few scrapes, nothing big.
LUKE: Again, so sorry. How can I make it up to you? Coffee? I have coffee, and cake, and anything you want?
RORY: Really, Luke, it's ok.
LANE: Wow...you don't want coffee?
LORELAI: Please, always -- we'll take 2 to go.
JESS: (speaking up for the first time) To go?
RORY: (as if just remembering) Friday dinners (looks back over at JESS, who's looking at her out of the corner of his eye) We have to leave for them soon... (JESS nods and turns, walking away a few feet)
LORELAI: That's right sweets.
RORY: (taking the coffee) Ok...so...lets go.
LANE: (whispering low enough so that only RORY can hear) We'll talk later.
RORY: Yeah (she looks back over at JESS, who's leaning against the counter, looking down)
LORELAI: (seeing the exchange between RORY and JESS, calls out loudly) Hey, Luke, we'll stop back in after dinner, ok?
LUKE: Sure. I'll save you some pie.
LORELAI: (grinning) Oh, let me count the ways I love you (turns to RORY, missing the look that crosses LUKE'S face at her joke) Ready?
RORY: Sure. (she follows her mother out the cafe, looking back one last time, catching JESS'S eye. They hold it until she walks out of the door and onto the street)
*CUT TO JEEP*
(RORY and LORELAI ride in silence, both seeming to be very engrossed in their own thoughts. As if coming to, LORELAI sighs deeply and looks over at her daughter, who's staring out the window)
LORELAI: You ok?
RORY: Yeah, I'm fine -- why wouldn't I be?
LORELAI: Do I detect some sarcasm?
RORY: (sarcastic) No, of course not.
LORELAI: (stressing) It wasn't that bad!
RORY: They've never even met him, yet tore him to peices!
LORELAI: Sweetie, it wasn't personal. Your grandparents are like that with everyone.
RORY: And you?
LORELAI: (looking around, trying to act innocent) And me? What did I do?
RORY: (shocked, she turns toward her mother) You did a run-down of every ugly scene that's happened since he came here.
LORELAI: They asked how his time in town had been!
RORY: Did they ask for the impressions?!
LORELAI: (smiling) I do do a mean Taylor, don't I? (when RORY still seems upset, she adds, more gently) Look, I'm sorry, ok? I shouldn't have did that.
RORY: You sided with Grandma.
LORELAI: (agast) I did not! Bite your tongue and take it back!
RORY: You did, you sided with her perfectly! 'Jess is a hoodlum, Jess is a bad influence, Jess isn't good enough for our little Rory'.
LORELAI: Hey, first off, I don't think anyone is good enough for you, and secondly, I disagreed when she said he probably couldn't even read.
RORY: Dean.
LORELAI: (confused) Dean, what?
RORY: You think Dean is good enough for me.
LORELAI: Well, Dean is a good kid who cares for you. Jess, on the other hand, isn't!
RORY: (disgusted) I'm sorry, did I accidently leave with Grandma?
LORELAI: (hurt) Whoa...low blow.
RORY: (sighing before looking back over to her mom, her face softening) I'm sorry, ok? But what happened tonight was mean and totally unfair to me.
LORELAI: I know, sweetie, I know.
RORY: I don't care what Grandma and Grandpa say, I'm not bringing him with us next week. They'll eat him alive.
LORELAI: Ok. We can just say he had to work.
RORY: And it's not like we're even a couple yet...I mean, I think we could be... (shyly, not sure how her mom will take it) Can I tell you something, and have you be just Lorelai, not my mom? Can you be my best friend again?
LORELIA: (touched) Of course -- I can always be that.
RORY: (smiling) Good, cause I've missed you.
LORELAI: I've missed you too (they both laugh slightly, happy that the fight was over) So, now, what do you have to tell me? (wiggles eyebrows) Something juicy about the neighborhood hoodlum?
RORY: (giggling) Mom! Ok, well, it all started when me and Lane were walking to Luke's today...
*CUT TO OUTSIDE OF LUKE'S*
(LORELAI and RORY are walking toward the diner, when RORY stops, spotting JESS inside. She watches him as he wipes down a table, oblivious to her stare)
LORELAI: (looking also) Oh...are we in the spying stage now?
RORY: (looking away) What? No. I was just, um, making sure they were still open.
LORELAI: Sure ya were.
RORY: I was, thank you very much.
LORELAI: (grinning and joking) Jess has a stalker, Jess has a stalker (as an after thought) Ya know, I always thought that would be the other way around.
RORY: Maybe it was a mistake to tell you those things...
LORELAI: I'll be good (holds up two fingers) Scouts honor.
RORY: You were never a scout.
LORELAI: I dated one -- does that count?
RORY: (sighing dramatically) Fine, but you better be good.
LORELAI: Yay!
(rolling her eyes, they head into the diner)
TBC
A/N2: I hope this longer part makes up for the shorter one. I know there wasn't a lot of Rory/Jess action in this one, but don't worry, there's more in the next part -- plus some more Lorelai/Luke action!!! Also, I know the Luke and Dean fight was just like the last one, but I didn't know how else to do it -- plus, the idea of Luke and Dean rolling around on the ground, fighting, is just too funny! LoL