** Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Gilmore Girls. If I were that all powerful then Jess would be staying put! So, in summation... Please don't sue me!**
Jess sat on a bench in the town square. He had
a book open in front of him, but all the words seemed to run together, as if the
ink on the pages was still wet and it had rained.
He sighed and looked up. Everything else looked normal. He looked back down and
watched the words turn to liquid on the paper, running to the bottom of the
page.
"Great." He said, closing the book.
"What's great?" Asked Rory, coming up behind him. "'The Spire'?"
She asked, looking at the cover of his book.
"I can't seem to read it." He smiled at her as she pushed Rhiannon's
stroller around to the front of the bench and sat down.
"That would be because it's illegible." She nodded. "Aren't you a
little too advanced for that anyway?" She chuckled softly.
"I could say the same to you." He smiled, pulling 'Winnie The Pooh' out
of her bag.
"That's Rhiannon's!" She said, taking it back.
"Yeah, yeah. Blame the one that can't talk!" He teased. "So, who's
your favorite?"
"Piglet." She smiled.
"Piglet? The guy's a wuss!" He laughed.
"He's cute!"
"So… what are the Gilmore Girl's up to." He asked.
"We were just going for a walk." She smiled, picking up a toy that Rhiannon
had dropped. "Wanna' come?"
"Sure. Apparently it's a better use of my time than this." He said,
holding up his book.
"I can definitely agree with that." She said, taking the book from him and
dumping it in the trashcan next to the bench.
"Hey!" He laughed.
"Trust me, you're better off without it. We'll get you in a 12 step
program… you'll be fine." She nodded, getting up and waiting for him to
join her.
They sat on the bridge, it was late afternoon. Rhiannon was asleep in her stroller.
"So, when does Adam get back?" Jess asked, tapping his hands lightly on the bridge.
"Tomorrow." She smiled slightly. "He's bringing his parents." She groaned.
"The in-laws, huh? Sounds fun."
"Oh yeah. Like a trip to Disney Land." She rolled her eyes.
"Not your favorite people?" He asked.
"They're… not, no." She laughed. "They're just hard to get along with. They're so… up tight and conservative." She sighed.
"I take it Adam isn't like that?"
"Not really. A little, sometimes." She shrugged.
"Do I get to meet him?" He asked quietly.
"Do you want to?" She frowned, surprised he'd ask.
"Sure." He looked up at her.
"Well, we're having kind of a 'getting-to-know-you' rehearsal dinner thing tomorrow at my mom's Inn. It's just his family and mine. And some people who are involved in the wedding." She said. "Just something casual really."
"Is that an invite?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
"It is." She nodded and smiled slightly.
"I'll be there." He smiled back.
"Good." She looked at Rhiannon and then at the fading light on the lake. "I should get her home."
"Ok." He said, standing up.
"So… I'll see you tomorrow evening?" She asked.
"Yeah." He nodded.
"Bye." She waved and pushed Rhiannon's stroller to the other side of the bridge.
Jess sat down again and let his legs dangle over the side of the bridge. He wondered how he was going to be polite to Adam. He hoped that the fact it was important to Rory would mean something.
