*Disclaimer: I don't the series Gilmore Girls or the characters. All I own
is my imagination and the plot.
*A/N: Hey!!! Sorry it took so long before I updated again. I didn't have the time. But I hope that this chapter makes up for it. There's some sweet R/J action in it. Please tell me what you think of this chapter. I really wanna know, so please review. BTW I already started with the next chapter. THANKS for the reviews!!!
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Rory was on her way to Luke's when she ran into Dean.
D: ''Hey, where are you going ?''
R: ''Luke's.''
D: ''Mind if I join you ?''
R: ''Nope.''
D: ''That was exactly the answer I was hoping for.''
Dean slid his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. He kissed her hair. A smile slowly started to spread across Rory's face. Dean kissed her forehead, her cheeks and ended up at her lips. He looked into her eyes and gently grabbed her face with his free hand. When he kissed her, Rory forgot that she was standing on the sidewalk and that people were probably watching. She wondered if a kiss from Jess would be as breathtaking as this one ? Rory broke the kiss. Where did that just come from ?
D: ''Are you all right ?''
Rory looked up at him and smiled.
R: ''Yeah. Why ?''
D: ''You looked a little distracted.''
R: ''I did ? Sorry.''
D: ''What were you thinking about ?''
He kissed her hair and they started to walk again.
R: ''Nothing.''
D: ''Are you sure ?''
R: ''Yeah. How are you doing ? How's your face ?''
Dean's expression changed. It was as if a shadow covered his face for a minute. But when Rory looked at him again, it was gone.
D: ''It's okay.''
R: ''Does it hurt ?''
She carefully touched his face with one hand.
D: ''Not a lot.''
R: ''I'm sorry he did that to you.''
She pulled her hand back.
D: ''Me too.''
R: ''He's sorry you know.''
D: ''Did he tell you that ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
D: ''And you believe him ?''
R: ''Well........yeah.''
Dean stopped and removed his arm from around Rory's waist.
D: ''Rory............''
R: ''What ? He's my friend and I trust him.''
D: ''After what he did to me ?''
Rory bit her lip and thought about it for a second. Did she still trust Jess ? After what he did to Dean and after what he did to her ? Yeah, of course she still trusted him. They had been friends for a long time now and a few mistakes didn't change that. And besides he did apologize.
R: ''Yes, I do.''
D: ''I can't believe you. I mean look at my face.''
R: ''Dean he said that he was sorry. He's dealing with some things.''
D: ''What things ?''
Rory turned her eyes away from Dean.
R: ''I don't know.''
D: ''You don't know ?''
R: ''He didn't tell me.''
D: ''Some friend he is.''
R: ''Dean............''
D: ''He hits me, because he's dealing with some things, a real good reason by the way............''
R: ''Dean.''
D: ''And you're defending him when you don't even know what he's dealing with.''
R: ''Dean, stop.''
D: ''Did it make him feel better by hitting me ? Cause I wanna know if my face was worth something.''
R: ''Dean, stop please. He made a mistake and he's sorry, can't you just forget about it ?''
D: ''Forget about it ?''
R: ''Yeah. He really is sorry.''
D: ''So you told me like a million times.''
Rory could hear his voice snap. She took a step back and looked up at Dean. Her eyes were almost pleading him to forgive Jess. Dean looked back at her and after what seemed like an eternity he sighed and nodded.
D: ''Fine, I'll forget about it.''
R: ''Thank you.''
She leaned in and gave Dean a quick kiss on his cheek.
D: ''But I don't like him.''
R: ''I know and...............you don't have to.''
D: ''Since when ?''
R: ''Since he did that you.''
D: ''So now that he beat me up it's okay for me not to like him ?''
R: ''Dean.''
D: ''Fine.''
Rory and Dean continued walking. When Rory wanted to open the door to Luke's she hesitated.
R: ''You still wanna go here, cause if you don't I'll understand.''
D: ''No, Luke's is fine. Besides it's the only place in town where you can actually get hamburgers that taste like hamburgers.''
Dean gave her a small smile and she returned it. Rory laced her fingers with his and they went into Luke's.
When Jess heard the door of the diner open he didn't look up. But as soon as he heard Rory's voice he did. He looked at Rory as she and Dean walked over to a table in the back and sat down. When Dean sat down he met his eyes for a minute. He had to hold back a smile when he saw Dean's face. At first he didn't think that he would be able to take Dean, but to his surprise he did. And even tough he should feel bad and guilty about it, he didn't. He just felt good about it. He ruined pretty boy's face, for a while at least. Jess shook his head. Was it normal to think like this ? Was it normal to actually enjoy beating someone up and seeing that person hurt ? No, it wasn't, but he couldn't help it. He was jealous of Dean. Dean could be close to Rory whenever he wanted, he could kiss her whenever he wanted and he....well he couldn't. He and Rory were friends and if he kissed her, he didn't know how she would react. Would she kiss him back ? Or would she push him away ? When he saw that Rory was coming his way, he started to read again. Even tough it was kind of noisy in the diner, he could still hear her footsteps as she walked over to the counter. They were light and you could barely hear them. When she reached the counter he still didn't look up. She started to tap her fingers on the counter. Jess held back a smile and pretended that he didn't know that it was her. He heard her sigh. He laughed softly and looked up at her.
Rory couldn't believe how cute he was. He was looking up at her with his brown eyes that seemed to be smiling at her and his dark hair was messier than ever. Rory could feel her hear skip a beat when she lowered her eyes to his mouth. She tried to think about Dean, but it didn't work. All she could think about was him. Jess, her best friend....... She tore her eyes away from his lips and looked at his eyes instead. Bad idea. She had trouble breathing and her heart started to beat faster. She looked away and waited until everything was back to normal. She took a deep breath and looked at him again. This time her heart didn't start to beat faster and she just kept breathing normal. But she could still feel the butterflies in her stomach. The last time she had butterflies in her stomach was with Dean..... Did that mean that she was falling in love with Jess ?
J: ''What can I do for you ?''
R: ''I wanted to give you my order.''
J: ''Go ahead.''
R: ''Two burgers, a soda and a coffee.''
J: ''I think I can remember that.''
R: ''Really ? Cause I was a little worried about that.''
J: ''So four burgers, a dozen cokes and two coffees ?''
R: ''Yeah, exactly what I just said.''
J: ''I'll bring it over as soon as it's ready.''
R: ''Thanks.''
J: ''Is he still mad at me ?''
Rory glanced at Dean and shook her head.
R: ''No.''
J: ''Really ?''
R: ''Yes, just don't ever do that again.''
J: ''I won't.''
Rory met his eyes for a minute and went back to her table.
When Jess brought over their food, she held her breath. But Jess didn't say a thing and went back to the counter. While they were eating she couldn't help but look at Jess. He was on the phone. Rory observed him, but during the entire time that he was on the phone his expression didn't change. Finally he put the phone down and looked up. He met her eyes and quickly looked away. Rory wondered what was wrong ? She was just about to get up and ask him, but before she could he left the diner. He didn't slam the door, but he carefully closed it making sure that it didn't make any noise. Rory looked out the window and saw him heading in the direction of the bridge. He looked defeated....... Suddenly Rory got up. She had to know what was going on ?
D: ''Where are you going ?''
Rory kept looking out the window. She couldn't see him anymore.
R: ''I need to talk to Jess.''
D: ''Why ?''
R: ''Because something is wrong.''
D: ''I don't want you to.''
Rory turned her head away from the window and met Dean's eyes.
R: ''I have to.''
D: ''No you don't. He probably just needs to be alone right now.''
R: ''How do you know ? You don't even know him. ''
D: ''After what he did, I don't wanna know him.''
R: ''That's what this is all about, isn't it ?''
D: ''About what ?''
R: ''Dean he's sorry okay, just get over it.''
Before Dean could say anything she left the diner. Rory couldn't believe that she just said that to Dean. She knew that she probably should turn around and apologize to him, but instead she started to walk faster. It was too late to take it back anyway.
When she reached the bridge she saw him sitting at the other end. He had his head in his hands and he looked so lost. Maybe she shouldn't have come here. Maybe he just wanted to be alone. But when she looked at Jess once more, she made up her mind. She started to walk over to him. She wasn't going to bother him with any questions, she just wanted to know if he was all right. She wasn't used to him like this. He was supposed to be the one that cheered here up and not the other way around.
R: ''Jess.''
He didn't look up. She took another step toward him.
R: ''Jess, are you all right ?''
J: ''Yeah.''
R: ''Are you sure ?''
Jess removed his hands from his face and looked up at her.
J: ''Yeah, I'm fine.''
Rory nodded and turned around to leave again. That was all she wanted to know.
J: ''Rory.........''
Rory stopped and slowly turned around to look at him.
R: ''Yeah ?''
J: ''My mom's dead.''
Rory gasped.
R: ''I'm so sorry.''
J: ''Don't be..............I'm not.''
Rory didn't say anything and walked over to him again. She sat down next to him.
R: ''How............how did she die ?''
J: ''Overdose.''
R: ''Drugs ?''
Jess nodded.
R: ''I didn't know that your mom did drugs.''
J: ''I didn't want you to know.''
Rory looked at him.
R: ''Why not ?''
J: ''I didn't want you to know that I wasn't happy back in New York. I just wanted to make you believe that everything was okay. That's why I didn't write you.''
R: ''I wish you did.''
J: ''And tell you what ? That my mom was on drugs, that she drank too much or that she had a new boyfriend every night ?''
R: ''Jess..........''
J: ''Or maybe you would like to know about the time that one of her boyfriends offered me drugs ?''
Rory didn't know what to say. She never thought that Jess had such a hard life in New York.
J: ''Or do you wanna know about all the fights that I got in or the fact that I never went to school ? Tell me Rory, what do you wanna know ?!''
Rory looked at him. He had tears in his eyes. She couldn't take it, seeing him like this. Suddenly Rory turned her body toward him and hugged him. He didn't stop her.
R: ''I'm sorry Jess.''
J: ''Don't be.''
He pulled away and looked at her.
R: ''If you told me, I could have..........''
J: ''What ?''
R: ''Helped you.''
A tear slid down her cheek.
J: ''You couldn't to anything.''
Rory met his eyes.
J: ''And you know what the funny part is she send me away to live with Luke, because she couldn't handle me anymore. Can you believe that ?''
He smiled at her, but it was a sad smile. Rory didn't smile back at him, instead she started to cry. She felt sorry for Jess. She never knew that he had so many things to deal with, he never told her.
Jess looked at her for a moment and started to wipe her tears away.
J: ''Don't cry angeleyes. Everything's all right now.''
He pulled her closer and kissed her hair. She buried her head in his chest and kept on sobbing. After a while she stopped and looked up at him. Jess laced his fingers with hers and smiled at her.
J: ''You know, you should really buy waterproof mascara.''
Rory smiled slightly. Jess was much better in the whole cheering up part than she was.
R: ''I'm glad you're here.''
J: ''Me too.''
Rory lay her head against his chest and looked at the water. Jess put his arm around her waist and held her tight. He kissed her hair again.
Rory could feel his breath in her neck. Suddenly she felt his lips brush against the skin of her neck. She didn't know if it was by accident or on purpose. But she didn't really care.
Jess kissed her hair again and looked at her. She was looking at the water. Maybe she didn't even notice that his lips were touching her neck for a second or maybe she didn't wanna notice ? He tightened his grip around her waist and started to look at the water too.
*A/N: Hey!!! Sorry it took so long before I updated again. I didn't have the time. But I hope that this chapter makes up for it. There's some sweet R/J action in it. Please tell me what you think of this chapter. I really wanna know, so please review. BTW I already started with the next chapter. THANKS for the reviews!!!
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
Rory was on her way to Luke's when she ran into Dean.
D: ''Hey, where are you going ?''
R: ''Luke's.''
D: ''Mind if I join you ?''
R: ''Nope.''
D: ''That was exactly the answer I was hoping for.''
Dean slid his arm around her waist and pulled her closer. He kissed her hair. A smile slowly started to spread across Rory's face. Dean kissed her forehead, her cheeks and ended up at her lips. He looked into her eyes and gently grabbed her face with his free hand. When he kissed her, Rory forgot that she was standing on the sidewalk and that people were probably watching. She wondered if a kiss from Jess would be as breathtaking as this one ? Rory broke the kiss. Where did that just come from ?
D: ''Are you all right ?''
Rory looked up at him and smiled.
R: ''Yeah. Why ?''
D: ''You looked a little distracted.''
R: ''I did ? Sorry.''
D: ''What were you thinking about ?''
He kissed her hair and they started to walk again.
R: ''Nothing.''
D: ''Are you sure ?''
R: ''Yeah. How are you doing ? How's your face ?''
Dean's expression changed. It was as if a shadow covered his face for a minute. But when Rory looked at him again, it was gone.
D: ''It's okay.''
R: ''Does it hurt ?''
She carefully touched his face with one hand.
D: ''Not a lot.''
R: ''I'm sorry he did that to you.''
She pulled her hand back.
D: ''Me too.''
R: ''He's sorry you know.''
D: ''Did he tell you that ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
D: ''And you believe him ?''
R: ''Well........yeah.''
Dean stopped and removed his arm from around Rory's waist.
D: ''Rory............''
R: ''What ? He's my friend and I trust him.''
D: ''After what he did to me ?''
Rory bit her lip and thought about it for a second. Did she still trust Jess ? After what he did to Dean and after what he did to her ? Yeah, of course she still trusted him. They had been friends for a long time now and a few mistakes didn't change that. And besides he did apologize.
R: ''Yes, I do.''
D: ''I can't believe you. I mean look at my face.''
R: ''Dean he said that he was sorry. He's dealing with some things.''
D: ''What things ?''
Rory turned her eyes away from Dean.
R: ''I don't know.''
D: ''You don't know ?''
R: ''He didn't tell me.''
D: ''Some friend he is.''
R: ''Dean............''
D: ''He hits me, because he's dealing with some things, a real good reason by the way............''
R: ''Dean.''
D: ''And you're defending him when you don't even know what he's dealing with.''
R: ''Dean, stop.''
D: ''Did it make him feel better by hitting me ? Cause I wanna know if my face was worth something.''
R: ''Dean, stop please. He made a mistake and he's sorry, can't you just forget about it ?''
D: ''Forget about it ?''
R: ''Yeah. He really is sorry.''
D: ''So you told me like a million times.''
Rory could hear his voice snap. She took a step back and looked up at Dean. Her eyes were almost pleading him to forgive Jess. Dean looked back at her and after what seemed like an eternity he sighed and nodded.
D: ''Fine, I'll forget about it.''
R: ''Thank you.''
She leaned in and gave Dean a quick kiss on his cheek.
D: ''But I don't like him.''
R: ''I know and...............you don't have to.''
D: ''Since when ?''
R: ''Since he did that you.''
D: ''So now that he beat me up it's okay for me not to like him ?''
R: ''Dean.''
D: ''Fine.''
Rory and Dean continued walking. When Rory wanted to open the door to Luke's she hesitated.
R: ''You still wanna go here, cause if you don't I'll understand.''
D: ''No, Luke's is fine. Besides it's the only place in town where you can actually get hamburgers that taste like hamburgers.''
Dean gave her a small smile and she returned it. Rory laced her fingers with his and they went into Luke's.
When Jess heard the door of the diner open he didn't look up. But as soon as he heard Rory's voice he did. He looked at Rory as she and Dean walked over to a table in the back and sat down. When Dean sat down he met his eyes for a minute. He had to hold back a smile when he saw Dean's face. At first he didn't think that he would be able to take Dean, but to his surprise he did. And even tough he should feel bad and guilty about it, he didn't. He just felt good about it. He ruined pretty boy's face, for a while at least. Jess shook his head. Was it normal to think like this ? Was it normal to actually enjoy beating someone up and seeing that person hurt ? No, it wasn't, but he couldn't help it. He was jealous of Dean. Dean could be close to Rory whenever he wanted, he could kiss her whenever he wanted and he....well he couldn't. He and Rory were friends and if he kissed her, he didn't know how she would react. Would she kiss him back ? Or would she push him away ? When he saw that Rory was coming his way, he started to read again. Even tough it was kind of noisy in the diner, he could still hear her footsteps as she walked over to the counter. They were light and you could barely hear them. When she reached the counter he still didn't look up. She started to tap her fingers on the counter. Jess held back a smile and pretended that he didn't know that it was her. He heard her sigh. He laughed softly and looked up at her.
Rory couldn't believe how cute he was. He was looking up at her with his brown eyes that seemed to be smiling at her and his dark hair was messier than ever. Rory could feel her hear skip a beat when she lowered her eyes to his mouth. She tried to think about Dean, but it didn't work. All she could think about was him. Jess, her best friend....... She tore her eyes away from his lips and looked at his eyes instead. Bad idea. She had trouble breathing and her heart started to beat faster. She looked away and waited until everything was back to normal. She took a deep breath and looked at him again. This time her heart didn't start to beat faster and she just kept breathing normal. But she could still feel the butterflies in her stomach. The last time she had butterflies in her stomach was with Dean..... Did that mean that she was falling in love with Jess ?
J: ''What can I do for you ?''
R: ''I wanted to give you my order.''
J: ''Go ahead.''
R: ''Two burgers, a soda and a coffee.''
J: ''I think I can remember that.''
R: ''Really ? Cause I was a little worried about that.''
J: ''So four burgers, a dozen cokes and two coffees ?''
R: ''Yeah, exactly what I just said.''
J: ''I'll bring it over as soon as it's ready.''
R: ''Thanks.''
J: ''Is he still mad at me ?''
Rory glanced at Dean and shook her head.
R: ''No.''
J: ''Really ?''
R: ''Yes, just don't ever do that again.''
J: ''I won't.''
Rory met his eyes for a minute and went back to her table.
When Jess brought over their food, she held her breath. But Jess didn't say a thing and went back to the counter. While they were eating she couldn't help but look at Jess. He was on the phone. Rory observed him, but during the entire time that he was on the phone his expression didn't change. Finally he put the phone down and looked up. He met her eyes and quickly looked away. Rory wondered what was wrong ? She was just about to get up and ask him, but before she could he left the diner. He didn't slam the door, but he carefully closed it making sure that it didn't make any noise. Rory looked out the window and saw him heading in the direction of the bridge. He looked defeated....... Suddenly Rory got up. She had to know what was going on ?
D: ''Where are you going ?''
Rory kept looking out the window. She couldn't see him anymore.
R: ''I need to talk to Jess.''
D: ''Why ?''
R: ''Because something is wrong.''
D: ''I don't want you to.''
Rory turned her head away from the window and met Dean's eyes.
R: ''I have to.''
D: ''No you don't. He probably just needs to be alone right now.''
R: ''How do you know ? You don't even know him. ''
D: ''After what he did, I don't wanna know him.''
R: ''That's what this is all about, isn't it ?''
D: ''About what ?''
R: ''Dean he's sorry okay, just get over it.''
Before Dean could say anything she left the diner. Rory couldn't believe that she just said that to Dean. She knew that she probably should turn around and apologize to him, but instead she started to walk faster. It was too late to take it back anyway.
When she reached the bridge she saw him sitting at the other end. He had his head in his hands and he looked so lost. Maybe she shouldn't have come here. Maybe he just wanted to be alone. But when she looked at Jess once more, she made up her mind. She started to walk over to him. She wasn't going to bother him with any questions, she just wanted to know if he was all right. She wasn't used to him like this. He was supposed to be the one that cheered here up and not the other way around.
R: ''Jess.''
He didn't look up. She took another step toward him.
R: ''Jess, are you all right ?''
J: ''Yeah.''
R: ''Are you sure ?''
Jess removed his hands from his face and looked up at her.
J: ''Yeah, I'm fine.''
Rory nodded and turned around to leave again. That was all she wanted to know.
J: ''Rory.........''
Rory stopped and slowly turned around to look at him.
R: ''Yeah ?''
J: ''My mom's dead.''
Rory gasped.
R: ''I'm so sorry.''
J: ''Don't be..............I'm not.''
Rory didn't say anything and walked over to him again. She sat down next to him.
R: ''How............how did she die ?''
J: ''Overdose.''
R: ''Drugs ?''
Jess nodded.
R: ''I didn't know that your mom did drugs.''
J: ''I didn't want you to know.''
Rory looked at him.
R: ''Why not ?''
J: ''I didn't want you to know that I wasn't happy back in New York. I just wanted to make you believe that everything was okay. That's why I didn't write you.''
R: ''I wish you did.''
J: ''And tell you what ? That my mom was on drugs, that she drank too much or that she had a new boyfriend every night ?''
R: ''Jess..........''
J: ''Or maybe you would like to know about the time that one of her boyfriends offered me drugs ?''
Rory didn't know what to say. She never thought that Jess had such a hard life in New York.
J: ''Or do you wanna know about all the fights that I got in or the fact that I never went to school ? Tell me Rory, what do you wanna know ?!''
Rory looked at him. He had tears in his eyes. She couldn't take it, seeing him like this. Suddenly Rory turned her body toward him and hugged him. He didn't stop her.
R: ''I'm sorry Jess.''
J: ''Don't be.''
He pulled away and looked at her.
R: ''If you told me, I could have..........''
J: ''What ?''
R: ''Helped you.''
A tear slid down her cheek.
J: ''You couldn't to anything.''
Rory met his eyes.
J: ''And you know what the funny part is she send me away to live with Luke, because she couldn't handle me anymore. Can you believe that ?''
He smiled at her, but it was a sad smile. Rory didn't smile back at him, instead she started to cry. She felt sorry for Jess. She never knew that he had so many things to deal with, he never told her.
Jess looked at her for a moment and started to wipe her tears away.
J: ''Don't cry angeleyes. Everything's all right now.''
He pulled her closer and kissed her hair. She buried her head in his chest and kept on sobbing. After a while she stopped and looked up at him. Jess laced his fingers with hers and smiled at her.
J: ''You know, you should really buy waterproof mascara.''
Rory smiled slightly. Jess was much better in the whole cheering up part than she was.
R: ''I'm glad you're here.''
J: ''Me too.''
Rory lay her head against his chest and looked at the water. Jess put his arm around her waist and held her tight. He kissed her hair again.
Rory could feel his breath in her neck. Suddenly she felt his lips brush against the skin of her neck. She didn't know if it was by accident or on purpose. But she didn't really care.
Jess kissed her hair again and looked at her. She was looking at the water. Maybe she didn't even notice that his lips were touching her neck for a second or maybe she didn't wanna notice ? He tightened his grip around her waist and started to look at the water too.