A/N: I understand some of you may be a bit confused and I am really sorry.
So I'll give you a hint - the girl with the blue-eyed guy - it's
not Rory!
Chapter 3
Dropping By
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"Thanks for understanding mom." Rory told Lorelai the following afternoon.
"Hey, what can I say? I'm fabulous cool mom remember."
"But still, I was expecting you to kick up a bit of a fuss." She explained.
"Would you feel better if I did?"
"Nah." She laughed, shaking her head.
"Then stop complaining, I might just change my mind." Lorelai shook her finger at her.
"Yes ma'am."
"Just promise me you'll call okay." She said on a more serious note.
"You know I will." Rory hugged her mom.
"And be careful!"
"Boy in the plastic bubble careful!" they said together, both remembering a time when Rory had been warned against hanging around Jess.
"Seriously though mom, we will be. I'm just so excited!"
"You just can't fight it?" Lorelai ogled.
"Oh no! You're not singing that song!" Rory giggled, closing her suitcase.
"C'mon Ror, it's a classic!" she jokingly chastised.
"Puleez!" Rory retorted.
"And I know, I know - " Lorelai carried on.
"Mom cut it out!"
"Spoilsport."
"You'll live," she reasoned, "come on Jess is gonna be here any second. I don't wanna keep him waiting."
"Yes he has been rather punctual of late hasn't he?"
"We both know that's never been a problem with him."
"Wonder why that is," Lorelai pondered, "could it be 'cause he can't wait to get to you? What are you doing the poor boy Rory?" she teased amiably.
"Mom!" Rory felt her cheeks redden under her mom's scrutiny.
"Just kidding kid. Hey, you can't help it if he keeps a knocking right?"
"Whatever." Rory rolled her eyes, "okay all set."
"Wow, I'm getting all misty eyed here. My baby's growing up. Your first trip away with your boyfriend. Your boyfriend .Jess. Hey maybe I shouldn't have been so understanding after all."
"Mom!" Rory was horrified at the possibility that she might have to cancel.
"Just kidding."
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"Luke would you please stop yelling?"
"I am not yelling!" Luke shouted.
"Then what would you call you it?"
"Trying to get my point across."
"Well, then you can relax knowing you have, in fact you got it across yesterday." Jess said wryly.
"Don't be a smart ass!"
"Can't help it, it runs in the family."
"Jess - " Luke warned.
"What? I'm sorry Luke but this really is getting old. Rory and I didn't have to ask your permission,"
"You didn't if I recall." Luke cut him off.
Jess glared at him, "Point is we told you and Lorelai is okay with it, so I really don't see why you have to continue with this whole sinister overtones and dire warnings thing you got going on."
"You're too young!" Luke insisted.
"Nothing's gonna happen."
Jess had to hold back a laugh at Luke's incredulous expression.
"Okay, nothing's gonna happen that BOTH of us don't want." He amended.
"I'm sorry but is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"I'm not trying to make you feel better!" Jess bit back. "Okay that didn't come out the way it was supposed to."
He raked his hands through his hair in frustration.
"How was it supposed to come out then?"
"I wouldn't do anything to deliberately hurt Rory. I love her; she means everything to me. My life has so much more meaning since she came into it, I just wanted to thank her and show her how important she is to me. That's what this is about, making her happy."
"Well I suppose sharing things that are important to you will do that." Luke said after a long deliberation.
"I'm ready for this Luke." Jess said sincerely.
"I know," Luke sighed, "just promise you'll take care of her and yourself."
"I will." he swore.
"And don't forget to pass on the message."
Jess grinned, knowing that the recipient would appreciate it.
"I won't."
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She was still haunted by the image of him a couple of nights later and she could feel it taking a strain.
It made no sense to her why she couldn't stop thinking about him, when all she'd wanted to do was run.
He'd been so cocky, as though he prided himself on being a bad boy. Sure he'd seemed all prim and proper but his eyes - they had been a dead give away.
There was a rebelliousness lurking in their depths that she couldn't have missed and it only added to the attraction.
What was so different about this one?
"What I wouldn't give to know what was going on in your head right now." She was interrupted from her musings.
"Hey? Oh I'm sorry Brandon."
"Don't be," he smiled, "just tell me - anything good?"
She grinned, "You could say that yeah."
"Must've been 'cause your eyes are glowing. You've been doing that a lot lately." He said.
"What?"
"Drifting off into your own world."
"Yeah?" she didn't think it had been that noticeable.
"Yeah."
She was thankful he didn't press it, unlike someone else.
"So what's it like being back home?" he asked, changing the subject.
"It's been interesting."
She saw his gaze shift and a smirk light his face.
"Well, something tells me it's gonna get a lot more 'interesting' as you put it." He said, motioning behind her.
She turned around, shock and disbelief her first reactions to the sight before her.
"No way!"
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TBC: I'm sure you guys know who the girl is now right? So, should I continue or forget it about it? Let me know!!
Chapter 3
Dropping By
~~~
"Thanks for understanding mom." Rory told Lorelai the following afternoon.
"Hey, what can I say? I'm fabulous cool mom remember."
"But still, I was expecting you to kick up a bit of a fuss." She explained.
"Would you feel better if I did?"
"Nah." She laughed, shaking her head.
"Then stop complaining, I might just change my mind." Lorelai shook her finger at her.
"Yes ma'am."
"Just promise me you'll call okay." She said on a more serious note.
"You know I will." Rory hugged her mom.
"And be careful!"
"Boy in the plastic bubble careful!" they said together, both remembering a time when Rory had been warned against hanging around Jess.
"Seriously though mom, we will be. I'm just so excited!"
"You just can't fight it?" Lorelai ogled.
"Oh no! You're not singing that song!" Rory giggled, closing her suitcase.
"C'mon Ror, it's a classic!" she jokingly chastised.
"Puleez!" Rory retorted.
"And I know, I know - " Lorelai carried on.
"Mom cut it out!"
"Spoilsport."
"You'll live," she reasoned, "come on Jess is gonna be here any second. I don't wanna keep him waiting."
"Yes he has been rather punctual of late hasn't he?"
"We both know that's never been a problem with him."
"Wonder why that is," Lorelai pondered, "could it be 'cause he can't wait to get to you? What are you doing the poor boy Rory?" she teased amiably.
"Mom!" Rory felt her cheeks redden under her mom's scrutiny.
"Just kidding kid. Hey, you can't help it if he keeps a knocking right?"
"Whatever." Rory rolled her eyes, "okay all set."
"Wow, I'm getting all misty eyed here. My baby's growing up. Your first trip away with your boyfriend. Your boyfriend .Jess. Hey maybe I shouldn't have been so understanding after all."
"Mom!" Rory was horrified at the possibility that she might have to cancel.
"Just kidding."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Luke would you please stop yelling?"
"I am not yelling!" Luke shouted.
"Then what would you call you it?"
"Trying to get my point across."
"Well, then you can relax knowing you have, in fact you got it across yesterday." Jess said wryly.
"Don't be a smart ass!"
"Can't help it, it runs in the family."
"Jess - " Luke warned.
"What? I'm sorry Luke but this really is getting old. Rory and I didn't have to ask your permission,"
"You didn't if I recall." Luke cut him off.
Jess glared at him, "Point is we told you and Lorelai is okay with it, so I really don't see why you have to continue with this whole sinister overtones and dire warnings thing you got going on."
"You're too young!" Luke insisted.
"Nothing's gonna happen."
Jess had to hold back a laugh at Luke's incredulous expression.
"Okay, nothing's gonna happen that BOTH of us don't want." He amended.
"I'm sorry but is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"I'm not trying to make you feel better!" Jess bit back. "Okay that didn't come out the way it was supposed to."
He raked his hands through his hair in frustration.
"How was it supposed to come out then?"
"I wouldn't do anything to deliberately hurt Rory. I love her; she means everything to me. My life has so much more meaning since she came into it, I just wanted to thank her and show her how important she is to me. That's what this is about, making her happy."
"Well I suppose sharing things that are important to you will do that." Luke said after a long deliberation.
"I'm ready for this Luke." Jess said sincerely.
"I know," Luke sighed, "just promise you'll take care of her and yourself."
"I will." he swore.
"And don't forget to pass on the message."
Jess grinned, knowing that the recipient would appreciate it.
"I won't."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
She was still haunted by the image of him a couple of nights later and she could feel it taking a strain.
It made no sense to her why she couldn't stop thinking about him, when all she'd wanted to do was run.
He'd been so cocky, as though he prided himself on being a bad boy. Sure he'd seemed all prim and proper but his eyes - they had been a dead give away.
There was a rebelliousness lurking in their depths that she couldn't have missed and it only added to the attraction.
What was so different about this one?
"What I wouldn't give to know what was going on in your head right now." She was interrupted from her musings.
"Hey? Oh I'm sorry Brandon."
"Don't be," he smiled, "just tell me - anything good?"
She grinned, "You could say that yeah."
"Must've been 'cause your eyes are glowing. You've been doing that a lot lately." He said.
"What?"
"Drifting off into your own world."
"Yeah?" she didn't think it had been that noticeable.
"Yeah."
She was thankful he didn't press it, unlike someone else.
"So what's it like being back home?" he asked, changing the subject.
"It's been interesting."
She saw his gaze shift and a smirk light his face.
"Well, something tells me it's gonna get a lot more 'interesting' as you put it." He said, motioning behind her.
She turned around, shock and disbelief her first reactions to the sight before her.
"No way!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TBC: I'm sure you guys know who the girl is now right? So, should I continue or forget it about it? Let me know!!