Why Me? - 14
"Mom?" Rory asked, keeping her eyes fixed on the road ahead of her.
"Yea babe?"
"Ok… that thing about Jess…"
"Wait should I pull over for this one?" Lorelai said jokingly.
"Maybe…" Rory stated seriously. Lorelai glanced over at her with a 'you've got to be kidding me' face.
"Uh, maybe I should keep driving that way I don't get the sudden urge to turn this car around and possibly kill someone."
"If you want."
"I want."
"Ok, well, I don't really know where to start."
"From the beginning should be good."
Lorelai's responses were quick and short. Not good. Rory was beginning to get nervous as she thought back to Jess and the previous night. It was amazing, she began to smile and started to feel not so worried. She was sure no matter what she and Jess would be together - even if her mother didn't approve.
"Ok well.." Rory decided she should do it quickly, and hopefully, less painfully, " Jess and I are together."
"Together?" Lorelai said sounding shocked.
"Together."
"You and Jess?"
"Me and Jess."
"Together??"
"I think we covered that part."
"As in boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Correct."
"Wow." Lorelai sighed. It was obvious she was trying to take this all in. Rory wasn't sure what to say next, especially about the her and Jess sleeping together part. She was sure her Mom wouldn't take that well and she didn't exactly want to give her a heart attack.
"Well…?" Rory said sheepishly, waiting desperately for Lorelai's response.
"That's great."
"Great?" Rory was completely baffled, how was this great? Well sure for her it was great but how could her Mom find it even remotely great?
"Yea its great Ror! I mean, your moving on, and its good. I thought you were going to be to afraid to ever go out with anyone again, but your not and that's awesome. I kinda thought something was going on, after all you two have been spending an awful lot of time together."
Rory smiled. 'More than you know…' she thought.
"So! Details woman! When, where, how, why, I need details!" Lorelai asked excitedly.
"Alright alright! Well, remember yesterday when I told you Jess and I kissed and you said blah, blah, blah, then 'were going on a road trip!'??"
"Yea… glad to see you were listening."
"Well that's the day we got together."
"How? You were crying and you kicked him out… that doesn't sound like a very good start to your relationship."
"I invited him over later that night, while you were sleeping."
"Oh, wow that's definatly against the rules."
"I know Mom and I'm sorry but when I called him to apologize, I told him about the road trip. He sounded upset about not being able to give me a proper goodbye, soooo I invited him over."
Lorelai glanced over at her daughter. "A proper goodbye?"
Rory figured now was as good a time as any to just let it out. Her Mom took the first part really, really well and hopefully she would do the same to what Rory was about to tell her.
"Yea…"
"Oh, so, what happened?"
"Don't be mad Mom, please don't be mad."
Lorelai took a deep breath in and out, and smiled over at her daughter. She knew what she was about to hear wouldn't be pretty.
"I um, I wont."
Rory hesitated. This was the biggest thing she and her Mom would ever share. 'Here goes nothing…' Rory thought.
"We slept together."
Lorelai slammed on the brakes and skidded over to the side of the road. They jolted to a halt.
"What the hell are you doing!!" Rory exclaimed.
"What the hell am I doing?! What the hell are YOU doing! You don't just sleep with someone Rory! What were you thinking?! You're supposed to love them and want to be with them forever and, oh my God, what if your pregnant Rory? How could you do this!" Lorelai screamed, almost on the verge of tears.
"Mom you wanted to know and I told you and THIS is how you react! I did it because I wanted to, I can make my own choices you don't have to be there every damn second of my life to make my decisions!"
Lorelai was shocked that Rory had yelled at her. She tried to take in that her daughter, her baby, her only child had actually had sex with someone. Then she thought a little harder, it seemed out of Rory's character to just have sex with someone. Especially someone she wasn't going out with for a long time. With Dean, it was different. Lorelai trusted him, and she had trusted Brad to, until she found out the truth about him. But Jess seemed to never care. Not about anyone, not about himself, and certainly not about Rory. That was it. This was Jess's fault. It was ALL Jess's fault.
"Mom, say something."
"That little bastard."
"Excuse me?"
"He took advantage of you! He knew that you were vulnerable and that you were in the dumps because of Brad and he just - took advantage like that! Oh my God, im going to kill him. I am GOING to kill him!" Lorelai banged the steering wheel causing Rory to jump. Lorelai looked over at her daughter who by this time had total terror in her eyes. She could see Rory's hand on the door handle, obviously getting ready to flee if necessary.
"Oh geez Ror, I'm sorry I just…" Lorelai extended her hand to brush back Rory's hair as a sign of sympathy, but as soon as Lorelai lifted her hand Rory just as quickly unbuckled her seat belt and bolted out of the car, not even bothering to shut the door. Rory only got as far as the front of the Jeep before she realized what she was doing. She was running from her own Mom.
She broke down into tears as Lorelai quickly hoped out of the Jeep and walked over to Rory. As soon as Lorelai got to the front of the jeep Rory grabbed her and held on to her tightly as if she would never let go. Rory cried on her mothers shoulder until she couldn't cry anymore. 'This will be the last time I ever cry over anything that has to do with Brad," Rory thought. After a little while, Rory and her Mom got back into the Jeep and made there way towards Rye's Creek where they both decided they would talk out the situation there. But Lorelai couldn't let one thing go, there was just one thing she had to know or else she would burst.
"Do you love him?"
Rory was caught off guard, "What?" she replied, a little confused.
"Do you love him?"
Rory answered, without any hesitation, "More than anything in the world."
A/N - Ok I didn't really like this chapter because It was a little weird but, I'm almost positive that will be the last time Rory cry's over Brad/freaks out over Brad/talks a lot about Brad. I'm slowly trying to get him out of the picture. Anyway I know I said I wouldn't be updating in a while but I just had to do it, for all you who actually read this fic out there! Did I mention this one was my first? I might have somewhere… anyways thank you all so much for reading I truly do love you. Please R&R and ANY suggestions are MORE than welcome. Thanks!!
"Mom?" Rory asked, keeping her eyes fixed on the road ahead of her.
"Yea babe?"
"Ok… that thing about Jess…"
"Wait should I pull over for this one?" Lorelai said jokingly.
"Maybe…" Rory stated seriously. Lorelai glanced over at her with a 'you've got to be kidding me' face.
"Uh, maybe I should keep driving that way I don't get the sudden urge to turn this car around and possibly kill someone."
"If you want."
"I want."
"Ok, well, I don't really know where to start."
"From the beginning should be good."
Lorelai's responses were quick and short. Not good. Rory was beginning to get nervous as she thought back to Jess and the previous night. It was amazing, she began to smile and started to feel not so worried. She was sure no matter what she and Jess would be together - even if her mother didn't approve.
"Ok well.." Rory decided she should do it quickly, and hopefully, less painfully, " Jess and I are together."
"Together?" Lorelai said sounding shocked.
"Together."
"You and Jess?"
"Me and Jess."
"Together??"
"I think we covered that part."
"As in boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Correct."
"Wow." Lorelai sighed. It was obvious she was trying to take this all in. Rory wasn't sure what to say next, especially about the her and Jess sleeping together part. She was sure her Mom wouldn't take that well and she didn't exactly want to give her a heart attack.
"Well…?" Rory said sheepishly, waiting desperately for Lorelai's response.
"That's great."
"Great?" Rory was completely baffled, how was this great? Well sure for her it was great but how could her Mom find it even remotely great?
"Yea its great Ror! I mean, your moving on, and its good. I thought you were going to be to afraid to ever go out with anyone again, but your not and that's awesome. I kinda thought something was going on, after all you two have been spending an awful lot of time together."
Rory smiled. 'More than you know…' she thought.
"So! Details woman! When, where, how, why, I need details!" Lorelai asked excitedly.
"Alright alright! Well, remember yesterday when I told you Jess and I kissed and you said blah, blah, blah, then 'were going on a road trip!'??"
"Yea… glad to see you were listening."
"Well that's the day we got together."
"How? You were crying and you kicked him out… that doesn't sound like a very good start to your relationship."
"I invited him over later that night, while you were sleeping."
"Oh, wow that's definatly against the rules."
"I know Mom and I'm sorry but when I called him to apologize, I told him about the road trip. He sounded upset about not being able to give me a proper goodbye, soooo I invited him over."
Lorelai glanced over at her daughter. "A proper goodbye?"
Rory figured now was as good a time as any to just let it out. Her Mom took the first part really, really well and hopefully she would do the same to what Rory was about to tell her.
"Yea…"
"Oh, so, what happened?"
"Don't be mad Mom, please don't be mad."
Lorelai took a deep breath in and out, and smiled over at her daughter. She knew what she was about to hear wouldn't be pretty.
"I um, I wont."
Rory hesitated. This was the biggest thing she and her Mom would ever share. 'Here goes nothing…' Rory thought.
"We slept together."
Lorelai slammed on the brakes and skidded over to the side of the road. They jolted to a halt.
"What the hell are you doing!!" Rory exclaimed.
"What the hell am I doing?! What the hell are YOU doing! You don't just sleep with someone Rory! What were you thinking?! You're supposed to love them and want to be with them forever and, oh my God, what if your pregnant Rory? How could you do this!" Lorelai screamed, almost on the verge of tears.
"Mom you wanted to know and I told you and THIS is how you react! I did it because I wanted to, I can make my own choices you don't have to be there every damn second of my life to make my decisions!"
Lorelai was shocked that Rory had yelled at her. She tried to take in that her daughter, her baby, her only child had actually had sex with someone. Then she thought a little harder, it seemed out of Rory's character to just have sex with someone. Especially someone she wasn't going out with for a long time. With Dean, it was different. Lorelai trusted him, and she had trusted Brad to, until she found out the truth about him. But Jess seemed to never care. Not about anyone, not about himself, and certainly not about Rory. That was it. This was Jess's fault. It was ALL Jess's fault.
"Mom, say something."
"That little bastard."
"Excuse me?"
"He took advantage of you! He knew that you were vulnerable and that you were in the dumps because of Brad and he just - took advantage like that! Oh my God, im going to kill him. I am GOING to kill him!" Lorelai banged the steering wheel causing Rory to jump. Lorelai looked over at her daughter who by this time had total terror in her eyes. She could see Rory's hand on the door handle, obviously getting ready to flee if necessary.
"Oh geez Ror, I'm sorry I just…" Lorelai extended her hand to brush back Rory's hair as a sign of sympathy, but as soon as Lorelai lifted her hand Rory just as quickly unbuckled her seat belt and bolted out of the car, not even bothering to shut the door. Rory only got as far as the front of the Jeep before she realized what she was doing. She was running from her own Mom.
She broke down into tears as Lorelai quickly hoped out of the Jeep and walked over to Rory. As soon as Lorelai got to the front of the jeep Rory grabbed her and held on to her tightly as if she would never let go. Rory cried on her mothers shoulder until she couldn't cry anymore. 'This will be the last time I ever cry over anything that has to do with Brad," Rory thought. After a little while, Rory and her Mom got back into the Jeep and made there way towards Rye's Creek where they both decided they would talk out the situation there. But Lorelai couldn't let one thing go, there was just one thing she had to know or else she would burst.
"Do you love him?"
Rory was caught off guard, "What?" she replied, a little confused.
"Do you love him?"
Rory answered, without any hesitation, "More than anything in the world."
A/N - Ok I didn't really like this chapter because It was a little weird but, I'm almost positive that will be the last time Rory cry's over Brad/freaks out over Brad/talks a lot about Brad. I'm slowly trying to get him out of the picture. Anyway I know I said I wouldn't be updating in a while but I just had to do it, for all you who actually read this fic out there! Did I mention this one was my first? I might have somewhere… anyways thank you all so much for reading I truly do love you. Please R&R and ANY suggestions are MORE than welcome. Thanks!!