Title: Expect The Unexpected
Chapter Six: The Forgotten Anniversary
Disclaimer: Standard. I own pretty much nothing
A/N: Thanks to everyone for their suggestions; I appreciate it.
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Chris walked into the diner at nine o'clock, thirteen hours after he left. The crowds were dying down after the dinner rush, but Rory was still occupied, so Chris tried to sneak upstairs. The second his foot touched the bottom step, his mother called, "Stay right where you are!" without looking up.
Chris sat on a stool, and slumped, defeated, before remembering what was in his backpack. He pulled out the bag from the video store, where he had had to travel behind the Rory curtain, but only after he had shown identification stating that he was cartified by Rory to travel behind it.
Rory approached quickly.
"It's 9:00."
"Yeah?" Chris asked, so much like Jess, it drove Rory crazy.
"Don't you turn into your father now! School gets out at three--although, actually, that has no effect on you, because my mother said that she saw you and somme girl walking hand in hand through the town square at noon!"
"Lorelai's fifty-eight. She's mistaken."
"You know damn well she isn't! I don't want to hear that you have skipped school ever again! You are in big trouble!! You're--you're grounded! Yeah!"
"Okay."
"Except fo working in the diner!"
"Okay."
"What's that?" Rory noticed the bag.
"Oh, this?" Plan B. "A gift." A bribe.
"Really?" the little girl in Rory asked. "For who?"
"For you." Chris started pulling objects out of the bag. "Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful. I figured it's the first time that you've seen Lane for awhile, so you could have a movie night. You and Lane, Lorelai, and Sookie, or whoever. Oh, and a card for you and Dad, and a free babysitting pass."
"Thank you for the movies, sweetie. But why do we need a free babysitting pass, and what's the card for?"
"You and Dad."
"I know that, but why?"
"Mom, what day is it?"
"Wednesday."
"Wednesday the-?"
"Wednesday the twenty-third."
"Of-?"
"Febuary."
"Yes, and what has happened on the twenty-third of Febuary for the past twenty years?"
"Oh, my god! Our anniversary!I forgot!! I can't believe I forgot!"
"Did you get him a present?"
"Yes, of course I got him a present. A damn good one, too."
"Great. Where is it?"
"At Lorelai's. Oh, I gotta go get it! Watch the diner for me, would you?" Rory grabbed her coat and keys.
"Sure. Where are the kids?"
"Same place I'm going. Be right back." Rory ran out the door. Chris just shook his head.
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Jess lit the last candle. All of the lights in the apartment were off. The younger kids were at Luke and Lorelai's, and Chris was watching the diner. The apartment was deserted. Jess's present to Rory was at her place on the table, near the romantic dinner that was set there. Frank Sinatra was crooning in the background, and everything was perfect. Except for the fact that the girl who mattered most was not there. Jess sat down to wait. He didn't have to wait long. Rory burst in the door a few minutes later. Her coat was still on, her purse was falling off her shoulder, she was clutching a large wrapped package in her arms, and her hair was flying all over the place. She was slightly out of breath, having run all the way up the stairs, but she was still beautiful. Even after all these years, she still took Jess's breath away. She set everything in her arms down and they moved together. The kiss was long and sweet, and they broke apart only for presents. Rory handed hers to Jess first.
"Open it," her eyes were bright in the candlelight, and she seemed more eager than Jess. He ripped off the wrapping paper, his eyes lighting up as he saw what it was.
"'Knulp: Three Tales From the Life of Knulp' by Hermann Hesse," he whispered reverently. He carefully opened the cover of the large hardback book, and read the copyright date.
"This is a first edition." Jess looked at Rory. "This is a first English edition."
"Well, I knew you couldn't read German, so." Rory laughed nervously at the look her husband was giving her.
"Wow, this- this is amazing. You're amazing." Jess pulled Rory in for a hug.
"No, you're amazing."
"Wait until after your present for that." He handed her a medium size cardboard box.
"Ah, festive," she laughed.
"Just open it." Now Jess was the eager one. Rory opened the cardboard box, and pulled out three wrapped packages. She ripped open the first one to reveal a velvet jwelry case. Rory looked at Jess and ripped open the other two packages. Two more velvet jewelry cases. Rory looked back at Jess. He nodded eagerly. She lifted up the first case and opened it.
"Wow."
Inside the case lay an emerald tennis bracelet. Rory picked up the other two cases and opened them. An emerald necklace and emerald earrings.
"Wow." Rory jumped on top of Jess and her lips attacked his hungrily. He responded with as much fervor and they headed to the bedroom, only stopping to blow out the candles. Rory is, after all, careful Rory.
Chapter Six: The Forgotten Anniversary
Disclaimer: Standard. I own pretty much nothing
A/N: Thanks to everyone for their suggestions; I appreciate it.
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Chris walked into the diner at nine o'clock, thirteen hours after he left. The crowds were dying down after the dinner rush, but Rory was still occupied, so Chris tried to sneak upstairs. The second his foot touched the bottom step, his mother called, "Stay right where you are!" without looking up.
Chris sat on a stool, and slumped, defeated, before remembering what was in his backpack. He pulled out the bag from the video store, where he had had to travel behind the Rory curtain, but only after he had shown identification stating that he was cartified by Rory to travel behind it.
Rory approached quickly.
"It's 9:00."
"Yeah?" Chris asked, so much like Jess, it drove Rory crazy.
"Don't you turn into your father now! School gets out at three--although, actually, that has no effect on you, because my mother said that she saw you and somme girl walking hand in hand through the town square at noon!"
"Lorelai's fifty-eight. She's mistaken."
"You know damn well she isn't! I don't want to hear that you have skipped school ever again! You are in big trouble!! You're--you're grounded! Yeah!"
"Okay."
"Except fo working in the diner!"
"Okay."
"What's that?" Rory noticed the bag.
"Oh, this?" Plan B. "A gift." A bribe.
"Really?" the little girl in Rory asked. "For who?"
"For you." Chris started pulling objects out of the bag. "Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Some Kind of Wonderful. I figured it's the first time that you've seen Lane for awhile, so you could have a movie night. You and Lane, Lorelai, and Sookie, or whoever. Oh, and a card for you and Dad, and a free babysitting pass."
"Thank you for the movies, sweetie. But why do we need a free babysitting pass, and what's the card for?"
"You and Dad."
"I know that, but why?"
"Mom, what day is it?"
"Wednesday."
"Wednesday the-?"
"Wednesday the twenty-third."
"Of-?"
"Febuary."
"Yes, and what has happened on the twenty-third of Febuary for the past twenty years?"
"Oh, my god! Our anniversary!I forgot!! I can't believe I forgot!"
"Did you get him a present?"
"Yes, of course I got him a present. A damn good one, too."
"Great. Where is it?"
"At Lorelai's. Oh, I gotta go get it! Watch the diner for me, would you?" Rory grabbed her coat and keys.
"Sure. Where are the kids?"
"Same place I'm going. Be right back." Rory ran out the door. Chris just shook his head.
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Jess lit the last candle. All of the lights in the apartment were off. The younger kids were at Luke and Lorelai's, and Chris was watching the diner. The apartment was deserted. Jess's present to Rory was at her place on the table, near the romantic dinner that was set there. Frank Sinatra was crooning in the background, and everything was perfect. Except for the fact that the girl who mattered most was not there. Jess sat down to wait. He didn't have to wait long. Rory burst in the door a few minutes later. Her coat was still on, her purse was falling off her shoulder, she was clutching a large wrapped package in her arms, and her hair was flying all over the place. She was slightly out of breath, having run all the way up the stairs, but she was still beautiful. Even after all these years, she still took Jess's breath away. She set everything in her arms down and they moved together. The kiss was long and sweet, and they broke apart only for presents. Rory handed hers to Jess first.
"Open it," her eyes were bright in the candlelight, and she seemed more eager than Jess. He ripped off the wrapping paper, his eyes lighting up as he saw what it was.
"'Knulp: Three Tales From the Life of Knulp' by Hermann Hesse," he whispered reverently. He carefully opened the cover of the large hardback book, and read the copyright date.
"This is a first edition." Jess looked at Rory. "This is a first English edition."
"Well, I knew you couldn't read German, so." Rory laughed nervously at the look her husband was giving her.
"Wow, this- this is amazing. You're amazing." Jess pulled Rory in for a hug.
"No, you're amazing."
"Wait until after your present for that." He handed her a medium size cardboard box.
"Ah, festive," she laughed.
"Just open it." Now Jess was the eager one. Rory opened the cardboard box, and pulled out three wrapped packages. She ripped open the first one to reveal a velvet jwelry case. Rory looked at Jess and ripped open the other two packages. Two more velvet jewelry cases. Rory looked back at Jess. He nodded eagerly. She lifted up the first case and opened it.
"Wow."
Inside the case lay an emerald tennis bracelet. Rory picked up the other two cases and opened them. An emerald necklace and emerald earrings.
"Wow." Rory jumped on top of Jess and her lips attacked his hungrily. He responded with as much fervor and they headed to the bedroom, only stopping to blow out the candles. Rory is, after all, careful Rory.