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A/N: I'm so sorry that I'm so slow with the updates. Hopefully you can understand that school can be a major pain in the ass, especially when you are failing and you have the threat of summer school if you don't pass. Sorry again for being so slow. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. IloveJess, you don't have to risk your life reading and reviewing. ;) I just want you all to know how much I appreciated the feedback and keep it up! I hope you guys like the idea that I came up with since I didn't receive any suggestions. Well, like always, please review and tell me what you think, even if it's a flame.
Time Heals All Wounds?
Chapter Nine: Taylor, You're Just Jealous
The group is sitting in the diner waiting to go to the town meeting. Luke is cleaning up the diner while Lorelai and Rory talk to each other and the three other guys are talking to one another.
Mike: (the guys just told him their plan) You sure you guys want to do this?
Will: Believe me, it's worth it to piss off Taylor.
Jess: Plus, it'll be an interesting show.
Mike: All right. I can't believe you sickos actually thought of this.
Will: Well, it was mainly me.
Jess: The second part was all you.
Will: True, very true.
Jess: We should go now if we want to get done in time.
Will: (looks at his watch) Yeah.
Jess gets up while Will leans over and kisses Mike goodbye.
Mike: Don't get caught.
Will: We won't.
Jess goes over to Rory.
Jess: (wraps his arms around Rory's waist) I'll see you later.
Rory: But, the meeting is starting in ten minutes.
Jess: I'll be fashionably late.
Lorelai: (joining the conversation) Hey, that's my job.
Rory: And it's Luke's job to get you there on time.
Lorelai: I hate it when you're right.
Rory: But you still love me.
Lorelai: Stop being right! Luke! Rory's being mean!
Jess: You'd think her craziness would be enough to drive me away from joining this family.
Rory: (pouts) Then I'd be all alone...
Jess: And you are my reason for tolerating the craziness.
Rory: (smiles) Good.
Jess: I gotta go.
Rory: What are you two planning on doing?
Jess: Annoying the crap out of Taylor.
Rory: Care to elaborate on the plan?
Jess: Nope.
Will then walks up behind the two.
Will: You ready?
Jess: (to Will) Yeah. (to Rory) I'll see you later, have fun.
Rory: Why do I have the feeling that I'm not being told a lot.
Will: Because you aren't.
Rory: (sarcastic) Gee, thanks.
Jess: No problem.
With that, Will and Jess exit the diner. They walk around to the back of the diner and run the back way toward Lorelai and Luke's house. After they collected the necessary items, they discretely make their way over to Taylor's house.
Once they arrive, the two look around to make sure they can go ahead with their plan. As soon as they feel it's safe to begin, they take out spray paint, shaving cream, and silly string among other things.
Will: One cardigan man picture on the lawn coming right up.
Jess: (sarcastically) Don't forget the cape.
Will: I won't, don't worry. I've been looking forward to doing this ever since you thought of it.
Jess: I'm proud. Now hurry up.
Will: (mock salute) Yes, sir! Have fun with your little job.
Jess: (grins) Oh, I will.
After going through a couple of cans of spray paint, shaving cream, and silly string, Jess and Will have managed to make Taylor's lawn look like a mix between a tye-die shirt, comic strip, and chalkboard. There are various phrases and pictures drawn on the lawn including: a picture of Cardigan Man saying 'Cardigan Man Taylor is here to take over Stars Hollow', the words to the candy man song from willy wonka but they were of course altered by Jess to give them a lewd connotation, the outline of a body (classic), 'Taylor Doose rocks my socks', and the highly popular 'Taylor Doose is NOT God, no matter how hard he tries.'
Will: I'd say our work here is done.
Jess: I have another idea...
Jess leads Will over to Doose's Market, but they dump the cans in the garbage before entering. Once they are inside, they go with the classic prank of rearranging his shelves.
Meanwhile, back at the diner, Luke, Lorelai, Mike, and Rory left a few minutes after Will and Jess to head over to Miss Patty's for the town meeting. Luke and Lorelai sit two rows ahead of Mike and Rory, who are in the back with two empty seats near them.
Rory: (to Mike) Are you going to tell me anything about what they are planning?
Mike: I can only tell you about that involves you.
Rory: Which is???
Mike: You'll just have to play along with me here, okay? Just pretend that I'm Jess or something.
Rory: (unsure) Ummm, okay.
Mike leans over and kisses Rory and like he said, she goes along with it. If you didn't know that Mike and Rory weren't dating, you could have easily been fooled into thinking they were together. They continue kissing for a couple of minutes and people around them begin to whisper about Rory and the unfamiliar man that she is with, especially since some of them have seen the ring on Rory's left hand.
Then, Miss Patty opens the door and hurries inside and just makes it before the meeting starts.
Taylor: (from the podium) Patty, will you please be on time from now on?
Miss Patty: Calm down Taylor, you didn't start the meeting yet.
Miss Patty starts walking toward her seat in the front of the room when she sees Mike and Rory kissing. Being the huge gossip that she is, Miss Patty can't help but stop and talk to Rory and hopefully find something out about the unfamiliar man that she is kissing. By the time Miss Patty is close to them, Mike has moved down to Rory's neck and she continues to go along with what he is doing.
Miss Patty: Excuse me, Rory, dear, who is this delicious man that you are with?
Rory: (flustered) Hi Miss Patty. This is Mike.
Mike breaks away from Rory for a brief moment to give Miss Patty a quick 'hello' and then goes back to kissing Rory.
Miss Patty: (motions to Rory's left hand) Congratulations on your engagement honey.
Mike: (stops what he is doing and cuts Rory off) Thanks.
Rory: (looks briefly at Mike) Yes, thank you Miss Patty.
Miss Patty: Well, you two have fun.
Miss Patty then walks away from the couple and toward a peeved looking Taylor.
Taylor: (bangs the gavel thingy) Everyone, could I please have your attention?
Taylor manages to get the attention of some people, but most of the people in attendance that night are still talking about Rory.
Taylor: (gavel time again) Everyone, please, we have important matters to discuss this evening. Everyone's undivided attention is pertinent to insure that this meeting will be effective.
Some more people turn around and shut up so Taylor can stop his whining.
Taylor: Excuse me, you two in the rear of the room, this is a public meeting not a movie theater.
Babette: (shouts from her seat) Oh, pipe down Taylor. Let the kids have some fun.
Taylor: Lorelai, will you please ask your daughter to stop what she is doing.
Lorelai: No can do.
Taylor: Lorelai, she is distracting people from focusing on why we are all here tonight.
Lorelai: Taylor, she's 27. I can't stop her from kissing a guy.
Just before Taylor opens his mouth to say something back to Lorelai, the door opens and Will and Jess appear.
Jess: So, what did we miss?
Will: (looking at Mike and Rory) Apparently a lot.
Jess stands there just staring at Rory and Mike and he manages to put on a look of hurt and shock to make everything look more real.
Taylor: Gentlemen, this is a town meeting, not a source of entertainment. It only concerns residents of the town.
Will: (ignoring Taylor) Mike! What the hell are you doing?!
Mike: (playing along...his voice is a little shaky) Will, hey.
Will: Don't 'hey' me! How can you do this to me? To Jess? Do you not care about us at all?
Mike: (gets up) You have no idea what you are talking about!
Will: (really pissed off and hurt) Really. Because it looks a lot like I just walked in on my boyfriend making out with my roommate who is engaged to his friend! Now, where did I go wrong?!
Mike: (shouting) I didn't mean to do this! You have to believe me! (calmer) I didn't mean to hurt you or Jess.
Will: (really upset) Yeah, well you did! Does our relationship really mean that little to you?
Mike: (defensive and trying to sound apologetic) Of course not.
Will: (pissed) I'm just another name on your list of conquests.
Mike: No you aren't! Will, I didn't mean to hurt you. (sincere) I really do care about you.
Will: Forget it!
Will storms out of the building and Mike follows him. Jess and Rory have just been looking at each other the whole time and then Jess breaks the silence.
Jess: (says quietly) How could you?
Rory: (takes a step towards Jess) Jess, I-
Jess: (cuts her off) Look at your left hand. Does that mean absolutely nothing to you?
Rory: (pleading) Of course not! Jess, I love you.
Jess: Really? You have an odd way of showing it.
Rory: (walks over to Jess) Jess, please...
Jess: (pushes Rory away from him) Forget it.
Jess leaves the building and Lorelai quickly exits her seat and goes over to Rory who has begun to cry. Everyone is quiet is just looks at Lorelai and Rory, who are standing in the middle of the room hugging one another while Rory continues to whimper.
Lorelai: (trying to calm Rory) Shhh...it'll be okay honey.
Rory: (through her 'tears') No, it won't. How could I have done something so stupid?
Lorelai: Sweetie, everything will turn out okay. You can't give up yet.
After a couple more minutes, the door opens once again and everyone in the room is confused except for Lorelai and Rory. Will, Jess, and Mike walk over to Lorelai and Rory.
Will: (says quietly so only the five people involved hear) Good job people. Ready for the bow?
Lorelai: Yay!
The five people turn around, join hands, and then they bow.
Will: Thank you, thank you. We'll be here all week.
Once everyone realizes that everything was just an act they applaud. Well, not Taylor since he is still pissed that his town meeting was turned into a joke.
Taylor: Everyone please, this is not a theater.
Mike: (kisses Will) Yup, definitely better than Rory.
Rory: Hey!
Taylor: Everyone, please take your seats so we can finally start the meeting.
Jess: What crawled up his ass?
Lorelai: I don't even want to think about it.
Lorelai goes back to her seat next to Luke and the two couples sit down in the seats that they had from before.
Will: Now, for the fun stuff.
Mike: Which is?
Will: This. (he leans over and kisses Mike and they continue to kiss.)
Jess: Now that is a better image than Mike kissing you.
Rory: Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I like Mike, but I never want to kiss him like that again.
Jess: Good.
Taylor: (bangs his gavel) All right, now that I have everyone's attention. (then he sees Mike and Will) Gentlemen, please refrain from doing that during the meeting.
Will: Why should we? Is there some crazy town ordinance against kissing?
Taylor: It is inappropriate.
Will: Bull.
Taylor: Excuse me?!
Will: You heard me.
Taylor: Young man, this is a public forum and people do not need to witness your inappropriate behavior.
Will: (quietly, but people around him can hear) Homophobe.
Jess: Hey, Taylor, is this appropriate? (He kisses Rory.)
Taylor: Young people today need to learn some manners.
Will: Oh, bite me Taylor!
Taylor: Excuse me?
Will: You're just jealous that we're getting some and you aren't.
Taylor: That's it. Tonight's meeting is postponed until tomorrow evening at seven.
Jess: (sarcastic) Yippie.
Taylor: And you four are not permitted to attend.
Mike: Try and stop us.
Taylor: Ugh! (he storms out of the building)
Will: Wait until he gets home.
Jess: I wish we could see his face when he sees everything.
Rory: I am so lost right now. Care to fill me in?
Jess: Will and I decorated Taylor's yard a little.
Will: Let's just say that there's a picture of Cardigan Man among other things.
Rory: You guys are evil.
Will: But you still love us.
Rory: I don't know how, but I do.
Will: Yay! (pauses) So, what next?
Rory: Pie!
Lorelai: (approaching the group) Did I hear someone say pie?!?
Jess: Yeah, your clone.
Lorelai: (turns to Luke) Lukey, you can't deprive your wife and step- daughter of yummy pie.
Luke: Fine. Come on.
The group heads over to the diner and have some pie and ice cream. After sitting and talking for a little, they see Taylor march over to the diner door.
Taylor: (mad, points at Jess) You!
Jess: (acts innocent) What?
Taylor: Don't give me that attitude. I know you did it!
Jess: (annoyed and amused) Gee, what did I do now Taylor?
Taylor: You know what I'm talking about.
Jess: If I did, would I ask you?
Taylor: I know you were the one who vandalized my property.
Jess: Give me a break! I'm in town a day and I'm already getting accused of something. I swear, you're like a reincarnated Nazi. (A/N: Not to be offensive. Me even Jewish.)
Taylor: I know that you were the one since you were late for the town meeting.
Jess: I was fixing Will's car! Geez. Am I not allowed to do that?
Taylor: I know for a fact that you are the one who desecrated my property.
Jess: That's a load of crap Taylor. How could I have done that and fixed Will's car at the same time? Did someone clone me and forget to tell me about it?
Taylor: I will prove it! Wait and see!
Taylor then leaves the dinner all red in the face and pissed off.
Lorelai: What did you two do to his lawn.
Jess: Just a little decorating.
Lorelai: I wanna see!
Jess: Go ahead. Will and I had a fun time doing it so hopefully someone will appreciate our work.
Lorelai: Luke, let's go. I wanna see what they did!
Luke: Lorelai-
Lorelai: Come on, it's Taylor!
Luke: Fine.
Luke and Lorelai leave to look at what Jess and Will put on Taylor's yard and leave the four younger people in the diner.
Mike: So, what now?
Will: (says suggestively) I could think of a few things...
Rory: Jess, bridge?
Jess: Good idea.
Rory: Have fun you two.
Jess: Do what I would do.
Will: Oh, you know I will.
Rory: Let's go before this stuff starts to sink in and traumatize me.
Jess: See you guys later.
Rory and Jess exit the diner and walk over to the bridge. Once they are there, they sit next to each other and Rory leans against Jess's chest. They sit in a comfortable silence for quite some time until Rory breaks the silence.
Rory: (looking up at Jess) What's your favorite bridge memory?
Jess: Way to be random.
Rory: I try. What is it though?
Jess: There are some many of them. I'd have to say that one of my favorites was when we came here after I bought your basket.
Rory: That day was nice. Well, after the Dean fiasco.
Jess: That made it even better for me. Getting Bagboy pissed was always fun.
Rory: Thanks for crediting Dean for helping make that day special for you.
Jess: You know I didn't mean it like that. Just us sitting and talking about whatever came to mind was great.
Rory: Yeah, it was.
Jess: What about you? What's your favorite bridge moment?
Rory: That's easy, our sixth month anniversary.
Jess: Go on.
Rory: Well, it was just so perfect. You proved to be how much of a romantic you can be and that you can really cook.
Jess: Of course, the way to a Gilmore's heart is food.
Rory: And that night was just a night of firsts for us. I mean, I don't think that I could have imagined a better night with you than that night. Being able to finally tell each other how we really felt and then, well, you know the rest...
Jess: Yeah, that night was pretty great. Definitely ranks in the top two of bridge moments.
Rory: Good thing you said that. You were so going to get slapped if you didn't.
Jess: I'll think before I speak from now on.
Rory: Smart boy.
Rory and Jess continued to talk on the bridge and soon fell asleep. That morning, Rory was the first to wake up, but as Jess felt her stir in his arms, he woke up also.
Jess: (sleepily) Come on, I know you need your coffee.
Rory: Mmmm, coffee.
They get up and walk over to the diner. When they enter, they see Will and Mike sitting at a table eating breakfast.
Will: (sees Rory and Jess) Look who decided to show up.
Rory: Hey.
Will: Did you two have a fun night?
Rory: We fell asleep on the bridge. Nothing really to cause a scandal in town. Should I ask about you two?
Will: Uhhh...
Rory: I'll take your squirming as a no.
Will: Good.
Meanwhile, Jess went over behind the counter to get two cups of coffee since Luke was in the kitchen. While he was pouring the second cup, Luke reappeared in the main portion of the diner and walked behind the counter.
Luke: What are you doing?
Jess: (motions with the coffee pot) Coffee. (nods toward Rory) Gilmore. Do I have to say anything else?
Luke: No. I'll be over later to get your breakfast order.
Luke then walks away and leaves Jess to finish what he was doing. He soon joins Rory back at the table with Will and Mike.
Rory: Coffee! Thank you so much. You are God!
Jess: I try.
A few minutes later, Luke comes over to the group.
Luke: So, what do you want?
Rory: French toast.
Jess: Bagel.
Luke: I'll be right back.
Mike: So, do we have anything planned for today or will it be a day of spontaneity?
Rory: I think it's the second one.
Mike: All right.
After Luke brings over Jess and Rory's food, the group continues their conversation. By the time they are done, the breakfast rush is over and Luke comes over to refill their coffee.
Rory: Hey, Luke, where's mom?
Luke: She said something about helping Sookie kill Michel. So, it'll be a long day at the inn for her.
Rory: All right.
The group gets up and wanders outside since they are unsure of what to do next.
Will: Let's just wander around town and kill an hour.
Jess: Mike here can get the grand tour of Stars Hollow.
Mike: (sarcastic) Oh joy.
As they walk down the street, the group gets close to Taylor's house. Being a Gilmore, Rory is curious about what Will and Jess put on his yard and is anxious to see it.
Rory: Come on, I wanna see what you did.
Jess: Go ahead, I already saw.
Rory: Grump.
Mike: Come on Rory, let's go see and leave the 'artists' to admire their work.
Will: Yay, I've always wanted to be an artist.
Rory and Mike go over to look at Taylor's yard while Will and Jess try to hide their looks of satisfaction as they look at the yard again. Soon, Rory and Mike come back over to them.
Rory: I can't believe you guys did that.
Jess: Well, we did.
Will: I'm pretty damn proud of it.
Mike: Nice picture of Cardigan Man. That's going to haunt me for a little while.
Will: I tried.
The group continues to walk around Stars Hollow and they are soon walking down one of the residential streets. No one is paying much attention to who they pass and their conversation falls into a comfortable silence as they continue their walk. Then, they hear a voice calling from one of the yards to the right of them.
Voice: (unsure) Rory?
Rory cringes when she hears the voice and stops immediately. Jess, who is to the left of Rory, also recognizes the voice. Will, who was behind Rory and Jess with Mike, knows instinctively who caused her to have a reaction like that and vaguely recognizes the voice. And Mike is left to wonder since he knows that it would be best to just wait.
Rory: (slowly turns) Dean. Uh, hi.
A/N: I couldn't resist it. I had to bring him into the story. I'm soooooo sorry that I haven't updated this story in like a month and my other one 'No Quick Fix' in like two months. With writer's block, school, and my laziness, I've been having trouble writing. I have a decent portion of the next chapter done, but I really need to concentrate on finishing the school year, hopefully you guys understand how frustrating school can get. Well, once again, I'm sorry for being so slow and I'll try to update sooner but I can make no guarantees. Please review and tell me what you think even though I already know some parts were rushed and sucked. And I hope you guys liked what I came up with since that was the only idea that came to mind. Please review and tell me the time where I could have been studying wasn't wasted. :)
A/N: I'm so sorry that I'm so slow with the updates. Hopefully you can understand that school can be a major pain in the ass, especially when you are failing and you have the threat of summer school if you don't pass. Sorry again for being so slow. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. IloveJess, you don't have to risk your life reading and reviewing. ;) I just want you all to know how much I appreciated the feedback and keep it up! I hope you guys like the idea that I came up with since I didn't receive any suggestions. Well, like always, please review and tell me what you think, even if it's a flame.
Time Heals All Wounds?
Chapter Nine: Taylor, You're Just Jealous
The group is sitting in the diner waiting to go to the town meeting. Luke is cleaning up the diner while Lorelai and Rory talk to each other and the three other guys are talking to one another.
Mike: (the guys just told him their plan) You sure you guys want to do this?
Will: Believe me, it's worth it to piss off Taylor.
Jess: Plus, it'll be an interesting show.
Mike: All right. I can't believe you sickos actually thought of this.
Will: Well, it was mainly me.
Jess: The second part was all you.
Will: True, very true.
Jess: We should go now if we want to get done in time.
Will: (looks at his watch) Yeah.
Jess gets up while Will leans over and kisses Mike goodbye.
Mike: Don't get caught.
Will: We won't.
Jess goes over to Rory.
Jess: (wraps his arms around Rory's waist) I'll see you later.
Rory: But, the meeting is starting in ten minutes.
Jess: I'll be fashionably late.
Lorelai: (joining the conversation) Hey, that's my job.
Rory: And it's Luke's job to get you there on time.
Lorelai: I hate it when you're right.
Rory: But you still love me.
Lorelai: Stop being right! Luke! Rory's being mean!
Jess: You'd think her craziness would be enough to drive me away from joining this family.
Rory: (pouts) Then I'd be all alone...
Jess: And you are my reason for tolerating the craziness.
Rory: (smiles) Good.
Jess: I gotta go.
Rory: What are you two planning on doing?
Jess: Annoying the crap out of Taylor.
Rory: Care to elaborate on the plan?
Jess: Nope.
Will then walks up behind the two.
Will: You ready?
Jess: (to Will) Yeah. (to Rory) I'll see you later, have fun.
Rory: Why do I have the feeling that I'm not being told a lot.
Will: Because you aren't.
Rory: (sarcastic) Gee, thanks.
Jess: No problem.
With that, Will and Jess exit the diner. They walk around to the back of the diner and run the back way toward Lorelai and Luke's house. After they collected the necessary items, they discretely make their way over to Taylor's house.
Once they arrive, the two look around to make sure they can go ahead with their plan. As soon as they feel it's safe to begin, they take out spray paint, shaving cream, and silly string among other things.
Will: One cardigan man picture on the lawn coming right up.
Jess: (sarcastically) Don't forget the cape.
Will: I won't, don't worry. I've been looking forward to doing this ever since you thought of it.
Jess: I'm proud. Now hurry up.
Will: (mock salute) Yes, sir! Have fun with your little job.
Jess: (grins) Oh, I will.
After going through a couple of cans of spray paint, shaving cream, and silly string, Jess and Will have managed to make Taylor's lawn look like a mix between a tye-die shirt, comic strip, and chalkboard. There are various phrases and pictures drawn on the lawn including: a picture of Cardigan Man saying 'Cardigan Man Taylor is here to take over Stars Hollow', the words to the candy man song from willy wonka but they were of course altered by Jess to give them a lewd connotation, the outline of a body (classic), 'Taylor Doose rocks my socks', and the highly popular 'Taylor Doose is NOT God, no matter how hard he tries.'
Will: I'd say our work here is done.
Jess: I have another idea...
Jess leads Will over to Doose's Market, but they dump the cans in the garbage before entering. Once they are inside, they go with the classic prank of rearranging his shelves.
Meanwhile, back at the diner, Luke, Lorelai, Mike, and Rory left a few minutes after Will and Jess to head over to Miss Patty's for the town meeting. Luke and Lorelai sit two rows ahead of Mike and Rory, who are in the back with two empty seats near them.
Rory: (to Mike) Are you going to tell me anything about what they are planning?
Mike: I can only tell you about that involves you.
Rory: Which is???
Mike: You'll just have to play along with me here, okay? Just pretend that I'm Jess or something.
Rory: (unsure) Ummm, okay.
Mike leans over and kisses Rory and like he said, she goes along with it. If you didn't know that Mike and Rory weren't dating, you could have easily been fooled into thinking they were together. They continue kissing for a couple of minutes and people around them begin to whisper about Rory and the unfamiliar man that she is with, especially since some of them have seen the ring on Rory's left hand.
Then, Miss Patty opens the door and hurries inside and just makes it before the meeting starts.
Taylor: (from the podium) Patty, will you please be on time from now on?
Miss Patty: Calm down Taylor, you didn't start the meeting yet.
Miss Patty starts walking toward her seat in the front of the room when she sees Mike and Rory kissing. Being the huge gossip that she is, Miss Patty can't help but stop and talk to Rory and hopefully find something out about the unfamiliar man that she is kissing. By the time Miss Patty is close to them, Mike has moved down to Rory's neck and she continues to go along with what he is doing.
Miss Patty: Excuse me, Rory, dear, who is this delicious man that you are with?
Rory: (flustered) Hi Miss Patty. This is Mike.
Mike breaks away from Rory for a brief moment to give Miss Patty a quick 'hello' and then goes back to kissing Rory.
Miss Patty: (motions to Rory's left hand) Congratulations on your engagement honey.
Mike: (stops what he is doing and cuts Rory off) Thanks.
Rory: (looks briefly at Mike) Yes, thank you Miss Patty.
Miss Patty: Well, you two have fun.
Miss Patty then walks away from the couple and toward a peeved looking Taylor.
Taylor: (bangs the gavel thingy) Everyone, could I please have your attention?
Taylor manages to get the attention of some people, but most of the people in attendance that night are still talking about Rory.
Taylor: (gavel time again) Everyone, please, we have important matters to discuss this evening. Everyone's undivided attention is pertinent to insure that this meeting will be effective.
Some more people turn around and shut up so Taylor can stop his whining.
Taylor: Excuse me, you two in the rear of the room, this is a public meeting not a movie theater.
Babette: (shouts from her seat) Oh, pipe down Taylor. Let the kids have some fun.
Taylor: Lorelai, will you please ask your daughter to stop what she is doing.
Lorelai: No can do.
Taylor: Lorelai, she is distracting people from focusing on why we are all here tonight.
Lorelai: Taylor, she's 27. I can't stop her from kissing a guy.
Just before Taylor opens his mouth to say something back to Lorelai, the door opens and Will and Jess appear.
Jess: So, what did we miss?
Will: (looking at Mike and Rory) Apparently a lot.
Jess stands there just staring at Rory and Mike and he manages to put on a look of hurt and shock to make everything look more real.
Taylor: Gentlemen, this is a town meeting, not a source of entertainment. It only concerns residents of the town.
Will: (ignoring Taylor) Mike! What the hell are you doing?!
Mike: (playing along...his voice is a little shaky) Will, hey.
Will: Don't 'hey' me! How can you do this to me? To Jess? Do you not care about us at all?
Mike: (gets up) You have no idea what you are talking about!
Will: (really pissed off and hurt) Really. Because it looks a lot like I just walked in on my boyfriend making out with my roommate who is engaged to his friend! Now, where did I go wrong?!
Mike: (shouting) I didn't mean to do this! You have to believe me! (calmer) I didn't mean to hurt you or Jess.
Will: (really upset) Yeah, well you did! Does our relationship really mean that little to you?
Mike: (defensive and trying to sound apologetic) Of course not.
Will: (pissed) I'm just another name on your list of conquests.
Mike: No you aren't! Will, I didn't mean to hurt you. (sincere) I really do care about you.
Will: Forget it!
Will storms out of the building and Mike follows him. Jess and Rory have just been looking at each other the whole time and then Jess breaks the silence.
Jess: (says quietly) How could you?
Rory: (takes a step towards Jess) Jess, I-
Jess: (cuts her off) Look at your left hand. Does that mean absolutely nothing to you?
Rory: (pleading) Of course not! Jess, I love you.
Jess: Really? You have an odd way of showing it.
Rory: (walks over to Jess) Jess, please...
Jess: (pushes Rory away from him) Forget it.
Jess leaves the building and Lorelai quickly exits her seat and goes over to Rory who has begun to cry. Everyone is quiet is just looks at Lorelai and Rory, who are standing in the middle of the room hugging one another while Rory continues to whimper.
Lorelai: (trying to calm Rory) Shhh...it'll be okay honey.
Rory: (through her 'tears') No, it won't. How could I have done something so stupid?
Lorelai: Sweetie, everything will turn out okay. You can't give up yet.
After a couple more minutes, the door opens once again and everyone in the room is confused except for Lorelai and Rory. Will, Jess, and Mike walk over to Lorelai and Rory.
Will: (says quietly so only the five people involved hear) Good job people. Ready for the bow?
Lorelai: Yay!
The five people turn around, join hands, and then they bow.
Will: Thank you, thank you. We'll be here all week.
Once everyone realizes that everything was just an act they applaud. Well, not Taylor since he is still pissed that his town meeting was turned into a joke.
Taylor: Everyone please, this is not a theater.
Mike: (kisses Will) Yup, definitely better than Rory.
Rory: Hey!
Taylor: Everyone, please take your seats so we can finally start the meeting.
Jess: What crawled up his ass?
Lorelai: I don't even want to think about it.
Lorelai goes back to her seat next to Luke and the two couples sit down in the seats that they had from before.
Will: Now, for the fun stuff.
Mike: Which is?
Will: This. (he leans over and kisses Mike and they continue to kiss.)
Jess: Now that is a better image than Mike kissing you.
Rory: Yeah. Don't get me wrong, I like Mike, but I never want to kiss him like that again.
Jess: Good.
Taylor: (bangs his gavel) All right, now that I have everyone's attention. (then he sees Mike and Will) Gentlemen, please refrain from doing that during the meeting.
Will: Why should we? Is there some crazy town ordinance against kissing?
Taylor: It is inappropriate.
Will: Bull.
Taylor: Excuse me?!
Will: You heard me.
Taylor: Young man, this is a public forum and people do not need to witness your inappropriate behavior.
Will: (quietly, but people around him can hear) Homophobe.
Jess: Hey, Taylor, is this appropriate? (He kisses Rory.)
Taylor: Young people today need to learn some manners.
Will: Oh, bite me Taylor!
Taylor: Excuse me?
Will: You're just jealous that we're getting some and you aren't.
Taylor: That's it. Tonight's meeting is postponed until tomorrow evening at seven.
Jess: (sarcastic) Yippie.
Taylor: And you four are not permitted to attend.
Mike: Try and stop us.
Taylor: Ugh! (he storms out of the building)
Will: Wait until he gets home.
Jess: I wish we could see his face when he sees everything.
Rory: I am so lost right now. Care to fill me in?
Jess: Will and I decorated Taylor's yard a little.
Will: Let's just say that there's a picture of Cardigan Man among other things.
Rory: You guys are evil.
Will: But you still love us.
Rory: I don't know how, but I do.
Will: Yay! (pauses) So, what next?
Rory: Pie!
Lorelai: (approaching the group) Did I hear someone say pie?!?
Jess: Yeah, your clone.
Lorelai: (turns to Luke) Lukey, you can't deprive your wife and step- daughter of yummy pie.
Luke: Fine. Come on.
The group heads over to the diner and have some pie and ice cream. After sitting and talking for a little, they see Taylor march over to the diner door.
Taylor: (mad, points at Jess) You!
Jess: (acts innocent) What?
Taylor: Don't give me that attitude. I know you did it!
Jess: (annoyed and amused) Gee, what did I do now Taylor?
Taylor: You know what I'm talking about.
Jess: If I did, would I ask you?
Taylor: I know you were the one who vandalized my property.
Jess: Give me a break! I'm in town a day and I'm already getting accused of something. I swear, you're like a reincarnated Nazi. (A/N: Not to be offensive. Me even Jewish.)
Taylor: I know that you were the one since you were late for the town meeting.
Jess: I was fixing Will's car! Geez. Am I not allowed to do that?
Taylor: I know for a fact that you are the one who desecrated my property.
Jess: That's a load of crap Taylor. How could I have done that and fixed Will's car at the same time? Did someone clone me and forget to tell me about it?
Taylor: I will prove it! Wait and see!
Taylor then leaves the dinner all red in the face and pissed off.
Lorelai: What did you two do to his lawn.
Jess: Just a little decorating.
Lorelai: I wanna see!
Jess: Go ahead. Will and I had a fun time doing it so hopefully someone will appreciate our work.
Lorelai: Luke, let's go. I wanna see what they did!
Luke: Lorelai-
Lorelai: Come on, it's Taylor!
Luke: Fine.
Luke and Lorelai leave to look at what Jess and Will put on Taylor's yard and leave the four younger people in the diner.
Mike: So, what now?
Will: (says suggestively) I could think of a few things...
Rory: Jess, bridge?
Jess: Good idea.
Rory: Have fun you two.
Jess: Do what I would do.
Will: Oh, you know I will.
Rory: Let's go before this stuff starts to sink in and traumatize me.
Jess: See you guys later.
Rory and Jess exit the diner and walk over to the bridge. Once they are there, they sit next to each other and Rory leans against Jess's chest. They sit in a comfortable silence for quite some time until Rory breaks the silence.
Rory: (looking up at Jess) What's your favorite bridge memory?
Jess: Way to be random.
Rory: I try. What is it though?
Jess: There are some many of them. I'd have to say that one of my favorites was when we came here after I bought your basket.
Rory: That day was nice. Well, after the Dean fiasco.
Jess: That made it even better for me. Getting Bagboy pissed was always fun.
Rory: Thanks for crediting Dean for helping make that day special for you.
Jess: You know I didn't mean it like that. Just us sitting and talking about whatever came to mind was great.
Rory: Yeah, it was.
Jess: What about you? What's your favorite bridge moment?
Rory: That's easy, our sixth month anniversary.
Jess: Go on.
Rory: Well, it was just so perfect. You proved to be how much of a romantic you can be and that you can really cook.
Jess: Of course, the way to a Gilmore's heart is food.
Rory: And that night was just a night of firsts for us. I mean, I don't think that I could have imagined a better night with you than that night. Being able to finally tell each other how we really felt and then, well, you know the rest...
Jess: Yeah, that night was pretty great. Definitely ranks in the top two of bridge moments.
Rory: Good thing you said that. You were so going to get slapped if you didn't.
Jess: I'll think before I speak from now on.
Rory: Smart boy.
Rory and Jess continued to talk on the bridge and soon fell asleep. That morning, Rory was the first to wake up, but as Jess felt her stir in his arms, he woke up also.
Jess: (sleepily) Come on, I know you need your coffee.
Rory: Mmmm, coffee.
They get up and walk over to the diner. When they enter, they see Will and Mike sitting at a table eating breakfast.
Will: (sees Rory and Jess) Look who decided to show up.
Rory: Hey.
Will: Did you two have a fun night?
Rory: We fell asleep on the bridge. Nothing really to cause a scandal in town. Should I ask about you two?
Will: Uhhh...
Rory: I'll take your squirming as a no.
Will: Good.
Meanwhile, Jess went over behind the counter to get two cups of coffee since Luke was in the kitchen. While he was pouring the second cup, Luke reappeared in the main portion of the diner and walked behind the counter.
Luke: What are you doing?
Jess: (motions with the coffee pot) Coffee. (nods toward Rory) Gilmore. Do I have to say anything else?
Luke: No. I'll be over later to get your breakfast order.
Luke then walks away and leaves Jess to finish what he was doing. He soon joins Rory back at the table with Will and Mike.
Rory: Coffee! Thank you so much. You are God!
Jess: I try.
A few minutes later, Luke comes over to the group.
Luke: So, what do you want?
Rory: French toast.
Jess: Bagel.
Luke: I'll be right back.
Mike: So, do we have anything planned for today or will it be a day of spontaneity?
Rory: I think it's the second one.
Mike: All right.
After Luke brings over Jess and Rory's food, the group continues their conversation. By the time they are done, the breakfast rush is over and Luke comes over to refill their coffee.
Rory: Hey, Luke, where's mom?
Luke: She said something about helping Sookie kill Michel. So, it'll be a long day at the inn for her.
Rory: All right.
The group gets up and wanders outside since they are unsure of what to do next.
Will: Let's just wander around town and kill an hour.
Jess: Mike here can get the grand tour of Stars Hollow.
Mike: (sarcastic) Oh joy.
As they walk down the street, the group gets close to Taylor's house. Being a Gilmore, Rory is curious about what Will and Jess put on his yard and is anxious to see it.
Rory: Come on, I wanna see what you did.
Jess: Go ahead, I already saw.
Rory: Grump.
Mike: Come on Rory, let's go see and leave the 'artists' to admire their work.
Will: Yay, I've always wanted to be an artist.
Rory and Mike go over to look at Taylor's yard while Will and Jess try to hide their looks of satisfaction as they look at the yard again. Soon, Rory and Mike come back over to them.
Rory: I can't believe you guys did that.
Jess: Well, we did.
Will: I'm pretty damn proud of it.
Mike: Nice picture of Cardigan Man. That's going to haunt me for a little while.
Will: I tried.
The group continues to walk around Stars Hollow and they are soon walking down one of the residential streets. No one is paying much attention to who they pass and their conversation falls into a comfortable silence as they continue their walk. Then, they hear a voice calling from one of the yards to the right of them.
Voice: (unsure) Rory?
Rory cringes when she hears the voice and stops immediately. Jess, who is to the left of Rory, also recognizes the voice. Will, who was behind Rory and Jess with Mike, knows instinctively who caused her to have a reaction like that and vaguely recognizes the voice. And Mike is left to wonder since he knows that it would be best to just wait.
Rory: (slowly turns) Dean. Uh, hi.
A/N: I couldn't resist it. I had to bring him into the story. I'm soooooo sorry that I haven't updated this story in like a month and my other one 'No Quick Fix' in like two months. With writer's block, school, and my laziness, I've been having trouble writing. I have a decent portion of the next chapter done, but I really need to concentrate on finishing the school year, hopefully you guys understand how frustrating school can get. Well, once again, I'm sorry for being so slow and I'll try to update sooner but I can make no guarantees. Please review and tell me what you think even though I already know some parts were rushed and sucked. And I hope you guys liked what I came up with since that was the only idea that came to mind. Please review and tell me the time where I could have been studying wasn't wasted. :)