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*A/N: Hey!!! It's been a while since I updated and I'm so sorry for that. But I was kind of busy with school. They decided to put a few more tests in at the last moment. Anyway here's the next chapter. It concentrates on Rory's relationship with Dean and her relationship with Jess. Thanks for the reviews and I hope you guys like this chapter enough to do the same. O and the next chapter will include some R/J action. ;-)
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
Rory took another sip of her coffee and looked up at her best friend who had just arrived at Luke's.
R: ''So, how are things going between you and Pierre ?''
Lane: ''Actually they're not. I called him up to ask him out on a date......''
R: ''You actually called him ?''
Lane: ''Of course, he was cute.''
R: ''Was ?''
Lane: ''Yeah, I decided that he just wasn't my type of guy.''
R: ''Because of the age difference ?''
Lane: ''No, because I didn't understand a single word that he said to me on the phone. He started to say some things to me in French and I just hung up on him.''
R: ''You hung up on him ?''
Lane: ''Didn't you just hear me say that ?''
R: ''Well, yeah, but couldn't you have gotten a dictionary or something ?''
Lane: ''And translate like a hundred words at once ?''
R: ''Right, I see your point.''
Rory smiled and grabbed her coffee again. When she was just about to take a sip, she saw Jess come downstairs. She followed him with her eyes, hoping that he wouldn't all of a sudden turn around and catch her looking at him.
Lane: ''It weren't exactly a hundred words, you know ? It were more like ninety-nine.''
Rory could hear Lane talking, but she wasn't paying any attention to the words that she was saying. All her attention was on Jess right now, the rest of the world would just have to wait. Rory knew that she should stop doing this. She had to stop thinking and fantasizing about Jess. He even made an appearance in one of her daydreams today and she knew that it was wrong. Dean should be the one on her mind the entire day, but the fact was.........that he wasn't. Not anymore anyway. He had been replaced by Jess. When she would close her eyes she could see every line of his face. The way his smile was always a little crooked, the dimple he always had in his cheek when he smiled, the way his hair slightly curled and the amazing shade of brown of his eyes. She had memorized them. Afraid that one day when she woke up he would be gone, leaving her with nothing more than a memory. Now she could be sure that wherever she was, all she had to do was close her eyes and he would be there.
Lane: ''Rory ?''
Rory still didn't look up. She heard Lane saying her name, but she refused to look up. She wasn't ready to wake up out of her daydream yet. There was still so many of Jess to 'discover'. She shifted her eyes from the back of his head to the book that he was carrying in his back pocket. He always seemed to carry a book with him and a pen too. Every time she saw him writing something down in one of his books, she couldn't help but wonder what he was writing about. Was he writing about how much he hated it here ? Or was he writing something else down ? Poetry, stories, what ?
Lane: ''Rory.''
Lane snapped her fingers in front of Rory's face and finally she returned her gaze to Lane. Realizing that she was still holding her cup of coffee only inches away from her lips she quickly took a sip.
Lane: ''What was up with that ?''
R: ''What do you mean ?''
Lane gave her a look and nodded in Jess' direction.
Lane: ''I'm talking about you only having eyes for Luke's nephew over there.''
Rory sighed. She never had been any good at lying and besides Lane always saw right through her anyway. She put her coffee down and got a neatly folded piece of paper out of her pocket. For some reason she had carried it with her ever since Jess gave it to her. She didn't really know why, maybe because now she had prove that Jess wasn't as emotionless as some of the people in town thought. He did have feelings, he just expressed them in a different way. In a way that showed her that there was more to him than just his sarcasm and careless attitude. What if underneath all the layers that he had covered himself with for his own protection, could easily be peeled off one by one ? Rory believed that it was possible. If he met the right person he would open up and let his great personality show that she knew he had. Maybe she was that person ? She wanted to be that person. She wanted to be that person really bad and she could care less about what Dean and the rest of the town would think of it. Rory handed the piece of paper to Lane and patiently waited until she had finished reading. When Lane finished reading it she looked at Rory with a smile on her face.
Lane: ''The boy has got it bad.''
R: ''No he doesn't. It's just a silly note.''
Lane: ''Did you ever wonder why he wrote it ?''
Rory didn't answer and took the piece of paper from Lane. She let her eyes rest on the piece of paper once again. She knew every word by heart.
R: ''It's just a scene from Romeo and Juliet.''
Lane: ''Why do you think he chose that particular part ?''
Rory shrugged and put the piece of paper in her pocket again, hidden from everyone else. She didn't wanna think about why Jess might have chosen that particular part. She shouldn't think of that. She shouldn't look for a reason when she knew that it probably wasn't going to be there. Then the door of the diner opened and her boyfriend came in. And even if there was a reason, it wouldn't change anything. There was still Dean and she couldn't just close her eyes and wish him away. She smiled at Dean as he approached her and Lane.
D: ''Hey.''
R: ''Hey.''
Dean leaned over the table and wanted to kiss her on the lips, but Rory slightly turned her head so that his kiss ended up on the corner of her mouth. Apparently Dean didn't notice or he was pretending that he didn't notice, cause he sat down next to her with one arm around her shoulders.
D: ''So, what are you two up to ?''
R: ''Nothing.''
Lane: ''Rory got a letter.''
D: ''What ?''
Rory shot Lane a warning look.
R: ''Not important. How was Clara's party ?''
D: ''Great. She had a good time unpacking presents and eating cake. And after her third piece of cake she fell asleep on the couch.''
R: ''Wish her a happy birthday for me when you get home.''
D: ''I will. So, how was dinner ?''
R: ''It was fine.''
Lane: ''It was horrible. I mean.......''
D: ''You were there ?''
R: ''Yeah, she ended up being my date.''
Lane: ''Don't worry Dean it was just a one night thing, nothing to be jealous about.''
D: ''Good, cause I was worried. Did anything fun happen ?''
R: ''Lane got the phone number of one of my Grandma's waiters.''
Lane: ''Yeah, but he only spoke French, so.........''
D: ''It didn't work out ?''
Lane: ''Nope.''
D: ''So everything went okay ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
Lane: ''Except for the whole Jess being there part. Me and him just couldn't get along and I just said something that I wasn't supposed to say, didn't I ?''
D: ''I didn't know Jess was joining you for dinner.''
R: ''Yeah, Luke agreed to be my mom's date and he decided to bring Jess along to annoy him.''
Dean removed his arm from her shoulder and turned his head to look at her.
D: ''How come you didn't tell me ?''
R: ''I.......I forgot.''
D: ''You forgot ? It just slipped your mind that Jess was joining you for dinner ?''
R: ''...........no.''
D: ''Then why didn't you tell me ?!''
R: ''Dean, please don't make such a big deal out of this. It was just dinner and besides Lane was my so called date.''
D: ''That's not the point. You should have told me. That's what honesty is all about.''
R: ''I know that Dean.''
D: ''Then why didn't you tell me ?!''
R: ''Cause I knew that you would react this way. Blow things out of proportion. Jess isn't that bad you know and yes I should have told you, but you should have just trusted me.''
D: ''I do trust you, it's him that I don't trust.''
Jess watched them fight with his fists clenched. Every muscle in his body was tensed and he was ready to step in if he had to. One more wrong word out of Dean's mouth and he would step in. He didn't care if he would get into a fight with Dean. He had no right to yell at Rory like that. If he wanted to discuss something with Rory he should try talking to her. He was just about to walk over to Dean to make his point clear, when Luke came in. He looked at the fighting couple and walked over to them.
Luke: ''What's going on ?''
D: ''Just ask Jess.''
Dean shot Jess an angry look and left the diner.
Luke watched Dean leave and looked at Rory again with a concerned look on his face.
Luke: ''Are you okay ?''
R: ''Yeah, I'm sorry.''
Rory met Jess' eyes. When he saw the worried look in his eyes she wondered is he really was worried or if it was all an act ? His eyes were supposed to be unreadable, he was supposed to be unreadable. Rory quickly got up and left the diner confused. She would go to the bridge, but Jess would probably follow her and that wasn't what she wanted right now. So instead she went home.
When Rory entered the kitchen her mom was on the phone. Lorelai smiled at her, but as soon as she saw the look on Rory's face it disappeared again. She said goodbye to the person on the other end of the line and hung up.
L: ''Hey sweets. What's wrong ?''
R: ''Me and Dean had a fight.''
L: ''A fight ?''
R: ''Yeah, right in the middle of Luke's with everyone watching.''
L: ''Why were you two fighting ?''
R: ''Because of Jess.''
L: ''Jess ?''
R: ''I didn't tell Dean that Jess joined us at dinner last night and he got mad at me. He said I wasn't being honest with him.''
L: ''Well, were you ? Being honest with him ?''
R: ''No, but I had a good reason for not telling him.''
L: ''You do ?''
R: ''No. It's just I knew that he would get mad at me if I told him that Jess was coming to dinner with us.''
L: ''And he isn't mad now ?''
R: ''Mom.''
L: ''Sweetie, he'll come around.''
R: ''Do you really think so ?''
L: ''It's Dean we're talking about, the most caring person I know.''
R: ''Yeah, you're probably right.''
L: ''I'm always right.''
Rory forced a smile on her face.
R: ''So, who were you on the phone with ?''
L: ''Sookie. She's baking me a cake.''
R: ''A cake ? But it isn't your birthday, unless your celebrating it twice a year.''
L: ''Actually it's for Luke. His birthday is tomorrow and I thought that it would be really nice and thoughtful of us if we baked him a cake.''
R: ''It would, but we're not baking him the cake.''
L: ''But he doesn't know that. I'm going to pick it up tomorrow morning.''
R: ''Tomorrow ?''
L: ''Yeah.''
R: ''In the morning ?''
L: ''Yeah.''
R: ''But you hate getting up early.''
L: ''I know, but Luke's birthday is an exception. So, do you think it's a good idea ?''
R: ''Definitely.''
*~*~*
That night Rory decided to go for a walk to straighten things out, because right now her mind was a mess. She was confused about Jess' feelings towards her and she was confused about her feelings towards him and Dean. Dean used to be everything for her, he was sweet and caring and most important he was always there for her. But Jess was always there for her too, maybe not intentionally, but he was. Like that night when her mom and dad were fighting. It wasn't Dean who comforted her, it had been Jess. Suddenly she realized that she had ended up at the bridge, she always ended up at the bridge. She sat down and listened to the wind howling in the moondrenched night. She shivered when the wind blew past her. She kicked herself mentally for not bringing a jacket. Suddenly she heard footsteps on the bridge. As they came closer she smiled. She already knew who it was. She could smell the familiar scent of cigarette smoke and hair-gel. It had to be him. She knew that she partly came to the bridge, because she was hoping that he would show up. Jess sat down next to her without saying a word. Rory quickly glanced at him. She saw that he was smoking.
R: ''Do you drink too ?''
J: ''Occasionally.''
Rory looked away from Jess and decided not to say anything else about him smoking.
Jess threw a sideways glance at her before he threw his cigarette in the water. He knew that Rory didn't like it when he smoked. She said that she couldn't stand the smell of it. He wondered if she had ever tried cigarettes before ? Probably not. He couldn't really picture her as a smoking kind of girl.
Rory could smell his scent even more now that he was sitting right next to her. Besides the cigarette smoke and the hair-gel, he also smelled like soap. Rory smiled. So he did take showers after all. Would his hair still stick up like that in the shower ? What would he look like in the shower anyway ? Rory immediately stopped herself from going any further than that. A small smile appeared on her face. She would bet all the books that she had that his hair would still stick up like that in the shower. The wind blew a strand of hair in front of her face, but this time she didn't shiver. Knowing that Jess was sitting right next to her made her forget about the could and besides she could feel the heat of his body burning into her skin.
J: ''I saw you and Dean fighting.''
Rory didn't say a thing.
J: ''Dean's a jerk, you know ?''
Jess looked at Rory, still no reaction.
J: ''Hasn't that guy ever heard of talking before ? Cause yelling like that gives you a soar throat. He doesn't deserve you.''
R: ''You're wrong.''
J: ''Am I ?''
R: ''You don't know Dean. So you shouldn't judge him.''
Jess was quiet for a while. He couldn't believe how wonderful and unbelievable this girl was. Even though Dean yelled at her she was still defending him.
Rory couldn't stand the silence anymore and started to talk again. Disturbing the peaceful night with the sound of her voice.
R: ''It's Luke's birthday tomorrow, you know ?''
J: ''Huh ?''
R: ''Yeah, we're going to surprise him with a cake tomorrow.''
J: ''You guys can actually cook ?''
R: ''I never said that we were making him the cake. Sookie's baking it for us. My mom's going to pick it up tomorrow. I can't wait to see the look on Luke's face when he sees the cake.''
Jess listened to Rory go on and on about Luke's birthday. She sounded so excited. And it wasn't even her birthday. He looked at her. She was still talking with a smile on her face. Jess softly laughed.
Rory stopped talking and looked over at Jess.
R: ''Did I actually hear you laugh ?''
J: ''I'm not made of stone, you know ?''
R: ''I never said you were.''
Jess met her eyes and they held each other's gaze.
J: ''Can I ask you a question ?''
R: ''Yeah, sure.''
J: ''Why are you being so nice to me ? Especially when the whole town practically thinks that I'm 'trouble'.''
Rory smiled.
R: ''Because you never gave me a reason not to be nice to you. And I don't care about what the whole town thinks. I can make up my own mind.''
The wind started to blow even harder and this time Rory did shiver. She curled her knees up and wrapped her arms around them. She looked up at Jess and met his eyes.
R: ''And they don't know you.''
Jess saw the soft look in her eyes and wondered what made her different than all the other girls that he had met before ? Maybe it was the fact that she didn't judge him and actually gave him a chance.
J: ''And you do ?''
R: ''I didn't say that.''
She didn't say that, but Jess knew that she probably knew him better than anyone else. He never opened up to anyone else before.
R: ''So, do you still hate it here ?''
J: ''It's okay.''
R: ''What made you change your mind ?''
Jess hesitated before answering her. Should he be honest to her or should he just make up some lame story ? No, he should be honest to her. She had showed him that he could trust her. The only problem was that he didn't know how she was going to take it or how she was going to react ?
J: ''You.''
R: ''Me ?''
Okay, now she was confused. What did he mean by that ? Was he just saying that as a friend or was he saying that as something more ?
J: ''Yeah, you're the only person who didn't immediately put the tag bad boy on me.''
Rory let out a sigh of relief. That was what he was talking about.
R: ''Maybe not the tag bad boy, but I can make up another tag if you want ?''
Jess smirked. Somehow he actually fell in love with her strange sense of humor. Actually he fell in love with everything about her. She had it all, looks, brains and personality. A personality as sweet as the person it belonged to.
R: ''I better get home.''
J: ''Why ?''
Jess immediately regretted the question. Did she have to have a reason to go home ? It was just that he wanted her to stay.
R: ''Cause I'm cold.''
Jess took of his jacket and handed it to her.
R: ''Now you're cold.''
J: ''I'm fine.''
R: ''Are you sure ? Cause if you turn into an ice-cube..........''
J: ''Would you just take it.''
He threw the jacket at her. Rory caught it and put it on. She was practically drowning in it, but she didn't care. It was warm and most important it was Jess'. She could smell his scent in the jacket. When she smelled the cigarette smoke she made a face.
R: ''Even your jacket smells like cigarettes.''
Jess gave her a look.
R: ''But that's fine. I'm surprised it doesn't smell like beer.''
J: ''That's my other jacket.''
R: ''Bring it with you tomorrow ?''
J: ''Yeah, tomorrow.''
*A/N: Hey!!! It's been a while since I updated and I'm so sorry for that. But I was kind of busy with school. They decided to put a few more tests in at the last moment. Anyway here's the next chapter. It concentrates on Rory's relationship with Dean and her relationship with Jess. Thanks for the reviews and I hope you guys like this chapter enough to do the same. O and the next chapter will include some R/J action. ;-)
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
Rory took another sip of her coffee and looked up at her best friend who had just arrived at Luke's.
R: ''So, how are things going between you and Pierre ?''
Lane: ''Actually they're not. I called him up to ask him out on a date......''
R: ''You actually called him ?''
Lane: ''Of course, he was cute.''
R: ''Was ?''
Lane: ''Yeah, I decided that he just wasn't my type of guy.''
R: ''Because of the age difference ?''
Lane: ''No, because I didn't understand a single word that he said to me on the phone. He started to say some things to me in French and I just hung up on him.''
R: ''You hung up on him ?''
Lane: ''Didn't you just hear me say that ?''
R: ''Well, yeah, but couldn't you have gotten a dictionary or something ?''
Lane: ''And translate like a hundred words at once ?''
R: ''Right, I see your point.''
Rory smiled and grabbed her coffee again. When she was just about to take a sip, she saw Jess come downstairs. She followed him with her eyes, hoping that he wouldn't all of a sudden turn around and catch her looking at him.
Lane: ''It weren't exactly a hundred words, you know ? It were more like ninety-nine.''
Rory could hear Lane talking, but she wasn't paying any attention to the words that she was saying. All her attention was on Jess right now, the rest of the world would just have to wait. Rory knew that she should stop doing this. She had to stop thinking and fantasizing about Jess. He even made an appearance in one of her daydreams today and she knew that it was wrong. Dean should be the one on her mind the entire day, but the fact was.........that he wasn't. Not anymore anyway. He had been replaced by Jess. When she would close her eyes she could see every line of his face. The way his smile was always a little crooked, the dimple he always had in his cheek when he smiled, the way his hair slightly curled and the amazing shade of brown of his eyes. She had memorized them. Afraid that one day when she woke up he would be gone, leaving her with nothing more than a memory. Now she could be sure that wherever she was, all she had to do was close her eyes and he would be there.
Lane: ''Rory ?''
Rory still didn't look up. She heard Lane saying her name, but she refused to look up. She wasn't ready to wake up out of her daydream yet. There was still so many of Jess to 'discover'. She shifted her eyes from the back of his head to the book that he was carrying in his back pocket. He always seemed to carry a book with him and a pen too. Every time she saw him writing something down in one of his books, she couldn't help but wonder what he was writing about. Was he writing about how much he hated it here ? Or was he writing something else down ? Poetry, stories, what ?
Lane: ''Rory.''
Lane snapped her fingers in front of Rory's face and finally she returned her gaze to Lane. Realizing that she was still holding her cup of coffee only inches away from her lips she quickly took a sip.
Lane: ''What was up with that ?''
R: ''What do you mean ?''
Lane gave her a look and nodded in Jess' direction.
Lane: ''I'm talking about you only having eyes for Luke's nephew over there.''
Rory sighed. She never had been any good at lying and besides Lane always saw right through her anyway. She put her coffee down and got a neatly folded piece of paper out of her pocket. For some reason she had carried it with her ever since Jess gave it to her. She didn't really know why, maybe because now she had prove that Jess wasn't as emotionless as some of the people in town thought. He did have feelings, he just expressed them in a different way. In a way that showed her that there was more to him than just his sarcasm and careless attitude. What if underneath all the layers that he had covered himself with for his own protection, could easily be peeled off one by one ? Rory believed that it was possible. If he met the right person he would open up and let his great personality show that she knew he had. Maybe she was that person ? She wanted to be that person. She wanted to be that person really bad and she could care less about what Dean and the rest of the town would think of it. Rory handed the piece of paper to Lane and patiently waited until she had finished reading. When Lane finished reading it she looked at Rory with a smile on her face.
Lane: ''The boy has got it bad.''
R: ''No he doesn't. It's just a silly note.''
Lane: ''Did you ever wonder why he wrote it ?''
Rory didn't answer and took the piece of paper from Lane. She let her eyes rest on the piece of paper once again. She knew every word by heart.
R: ''It's just a scene from Romeo and Juliet.''
Lane: ''Why do you think he chose that particular part ?''
Rory shrugged and put the piece of paper in her pocket again, hidden from everyone else. She didn't wanna think about why Jess might have chosen that particular part. She shouldn't think of that. She shouldn't look for a reason when she knew that it probably wasn't going to be there. Then the door of the diner opened and her boyfriend came in. And even if there was a reason, it wouldn't change anything. There was still Dean and she couldn't just close her eyes and wish him away. She smiled at Dean as he approached her and Lane.
D: ''Hey.''
R: ''Hey.''
Dean leaned over the table and wanted to kiss her on the lips, but Rory slightly turned her head so that his kiss ended up on the corner of her mouth. Apparently Dean didn't notice or he was pretending that he didn't notice, cause he sat down next to her with one arm around her shoulders.
D: ''So, what are you two up to ?''
R: ''Nothing.''
Lane: ''Rory got a letter.''
D: ''What ?''
Rory shot Lane a warning look.
R: ''Not important. How was Clara's party ?''
D: ''Great. She had a good time unpacking presents and eating cake. And after her third piece of cake she fell asleep on the couch.''
R: ''Wish her a happy birthday for me when you get home.''
D: ''I will. So, how was dinner ?''
R: ''It was fine.''
Lane: ''It was horrible. I mean.......''
D: ''You were there ?''
R: ''Yeah, she ended up being my date.''
Lane: ''Don't worry Dean it was just a one night thing, nothing to be jealous about.''
D: ''Good, cause I was worried. Did anything fun happen ?''
R: ''Lane got the phone number of one of my Grandma's waiters.''
Lane: ''Yeah, but he only spoke French, so.........''
D: ''It didn't work out ?''
Lane: ''Nope.''
D: ''So everything went okay ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
Lane: ''Except for the whole Jess being there part. Me and him just couldn't get along and I just said something that I wasn't supposed to say, didn't I ?''
D: ''I didn't know Jess was joining you for dinner.''
R: ''Yeah, Luke agreed to be my mom's date and he decided to bring Jess along to annoy him.''
Dean removed his arm from her shoulder and turned his head to look at her.
D: ''How come you didn't tell me ?''
R: ''I.......I forgot.''
D: ''You forgot ? It just slipped your mind that Jess was joining you for dinner ?''
R: ''...........no.''
D: ''Then why didn't you tell me ?!''
R: ''Dean, please don't make such a big deal out of this. It was just dinner and besides Lane was my so called date.''
D: ''That's not the point. You should have told me. That's what honesty is all about.''
R: ''I know that Dean.''
D: ''Then why didn't you tell me ?!''
R: ''Cause I knew that you would react this way. Blow things out of proportion. Jess isn't that bad you know and yes I should have told you, but you should have just trusted me.''
D: ''I do trust you, it's him that I don't trust.''
Jess watched them fight with his fists clenched. Every muscle in his body was tensed and he was ready to step in if he had to. One more wrong word out of Dean's mouth and he would step in. He didn't care if he would get into a fight with Dean. He had no right to yell at Rory like that. If he wanted to discuss something with Rory he should try talking to her. He was just about to walk over to Dean to make his point clear, when Luke came in. He looked at the fighting couple and walked over to them.
Luke: ''What's going on ?''
D: ''Just ask Jess.''
Dean shot Jess an angry look and left the diner.
Luke watched Dean leave and looked at Rory again with a concerned look on his face.
Luke: ''Are you okay ?''
R: ''Yeah, I'm sorry.''
Rory met Jess' eyes. When he saw the worried look in his eyes she wondered is he really was worried or if it was all an act ? His eyes were supposed to be unreadable, he was supposed to be unreadable. Rory quickly got up and left the diner confused. She would go to the bridge, but Jess would probably follow her and that wasn't what she wanted right now. So instead she went home.
When Rory entered the kitchen her mom was on the phone. Lorelai smiled at her, but as soon as she saw the look on Rory's face it disappeared again. She said goodbye to the person on the other end of the line and hung up.
L: ''Hey sweets. What's wrong ?''
R: ''Me and Dean had a fight.''
L: ''A fight ?''
R: ''Yeah, right in the middle of Luke's with everyone watching.''
L: ''Why were you two fighting ?''
R: ''Because of Jess.''
L: ''Jess ?''
R: ''I didn't tell Dean that Jess joined us at dinner last night and he got mad at me. He said I wasn't being honest with him.''
L: ''Well, were you ? Being honest with him ?''
R: ''No, but I had a good reason for not telling him.''
L: ''You do ?''
R: ''No. It's just I knew that he would get mad at me if I told him that Jess was coming to dinner with us.''
L: ''And he isn't mad now ?''
R: ''Mom.''
L: ''Sweetie, he'll come around.''
R: ''Do you really think so ?''
L: ''It's Dean we're talking about, the most caring person I know.''
R: ''Yeah, you're probably right.''
L: ''I'm always right.''
Rory forced a smile on her face.
R: ''So, who were you on the phone with ?''
L: ''Sookie. She's baking me a cake.''
R: ''A cake ? But it isn't your birthday, unless your celebrating it twice a year.''
L: ''Actually it's for Luke. His birthday is tomorrow and I thought that it would be really nice and thoughtful of us if we baked him a cake.''
R: ''It would, but we're not baking him the cake.''
L: ''But he doesn't know that. I'm going to pick it up tomorrow morning.''
R: ''Tomorrow ?''
L: ''Yeah.''
R: ''In the morning ?''
L: ''Yeah.''
R: ''But you hate getting up early.''
L: ''I know, but Luke's birthday is an exception. So, do you think it's a good idea ?''
R: ''Definitely.''
*~*~*
That night Rory decided to go for a walk to straighten things out, because right now her mind was a mess. She was confused about Jess' feelings towards her and she was confused about her feelings towards him and Dean. Dean used to be everything for her, he was sweet and caring and most important he was always there for her. But Jess was always there for her too, maybe not intentionally, but he was. Like that night when her mom and dad were fighting. It wasn't Dean who comforted her, it had been Jess. Suddenly she realized that she had ended up at the bridge, she always ended up at the bridge. She sat down and listened to the wind howling in the moondrenched night. She shivered when the wind blew past her. She kicked herself mentally for not bringing a jacket. Suddenly she heard footsteps on the bridge. As they came closer she smiled. She already knew who it was. She could smell the familiar scent of cigarette smoke and hair-gel. It had to be him. She knew that she partly came to the bridge, because she was hoping that he would show up. Jess sat down next to her without saying a word. Rory quickly glanced at him. She saw that he was smoking.
R: ''Do you drink too ?''
J: ''Occasionally.''
Rory looked away from Jess and decided not to say anything else about him smoking.
Jess threw a sideways glance at her before he threw his cigarette in the water. He knew that Rory didn't like it when he smoked. She said that she couldn't stand the smell of it. He wondered if she had ever tried cigarettes before ? Probably not. He couldn't really picture her as a smoking kind of girl.
Rory could smell his scent even more now that he was sitting right next to her. Besides the cigarette smoke and the hair-gel, he also smelled like soap. Rory smiled. So he did take showers after all. Would his hair still stick up like that in the shower ? What would he look like in the shower anyway ? Rory immediately stopped herself from going any further than that. A small smile appeared on her face. She would bet all the books that she had that his hair would still stick up like that in the shower. The wind blew a strand of hair in front of her face, but this time she didn't shiver. Knowing that Jess was sitting right next to her made her forget about the could and besides she could feel the heat of his body burning into her skin.
J: ''I saw you and Dean fighting.''
Rory didn't say a thing.
J: ''Dean's a jerk, you know ?''
Jess looked at Rory, still no reaction.
J: ''Hasn't that guy ever heard of talking before ? Cause yelling like that gives you a soar throat. He doesn't deserve you.''
R: ''You're wrong.''
J: ''Am I ?''
R: ''You don't know Dean. So you shouldn't judge him.''
Jess was quiet for a while. He couldn't believe how wonderful and unbelievable this girl was. Even though Dean yelled at her she was still defending him.
Rory couldn't stand the silence anymore and started to talk again. Disturbing the peaceful night with the sound of her voice.
R: ''It's Luke's birthday tomorrow, you know ?''
J: ''Huh ?''
R: ''Yeah, we're going to surprise him with a cake tomorrow.''
J: ''You guys can actually cook ?''
R: ''I never said that we were making him the cake. Sookie's baking it for us. My mom's going to pick it up tomorrow. I can't wait to see the look on Luke's face when he sees the cake.''
Jess listened to Rory go on and on about Luke's birthday. She sounded so excited. And it wasn't even her birthday. He looked at her. She was still talking with a smile on her face. Jess softly laughed.
Rory stopped talking and looked over at Jess.
R: ''Did I actually hear you laugh ?''
J: ''I'm not made of stone, you know ?''
R: ''I never said you were.''
Jess met her eyes and they held each other's gaze.
J: ''Can I ask you a question ?''
R: ''Yeah, sure.''
J: ''Why are you being so nice to me ? Especially when the whole town practically thinks that I'm 'trouble'.''
Rory smiled.
R: ''Because you never gave me a reason not to be nice to you. And I don't care about what the whole town thinks. I can make up my own mind.''
The wind started to blow even harder and this time Rory did shiver. She curled her knees up and wrapped her arms around them. She looked up at Jess and met his eyes.
R: ''And they don't know you.''
Jess saw the soft look in her eyes and wondered what made her different than all the other girls that he had met before ? Maybe it was the fact that she didn't judge him and actually gave him a chance.
J: ''And you do ?''
R: ''I didn't say that.''
She didn't say that, but Jess knew that she probably knew him better than anyone else. He never opened up to anyone else before.
R: ''So, do you still hate it here ?''
J: ''It's okay.''
R: ''What made you change your mind ?''
Jess hesitated before answering her. Should he be honest to her or should he just make up some lame story ? No, he should be honest to her. She had showed him that he could trust her. The only problem was that he didn't know how she was going to take it or how she was going to react ?
J: ''You.''
R: ''Me ?''
Okay, now she was confused. What did he mean by that ? Was he just saying that as a friend or was he saying that as something more ?
J: ''Yeah, you're the only person who didn't immediately put the tag bad boy on me.''
Rory let out a sigh of relief. That was what he was talking about.
R: ''Maybe not the tag bad boy, but I can make up another tag if you want ?''
Jess smirked. Somehow he actually fell in love with her strange sense of humor. Actually he fell in love with everything about her. She had it all, looks, brains and personality. A personality as sweet as the person it belonged to.
R: ''I better get home.''
J: ''Why ?''
Jess immediately regretted the question. Did she have to have a reason to go home ? It was just that he wanted her to stay.
R: ''Cause I'm cold.''
Jess took of his jacket and handed it to her.
R: ''Now you're cold.''
J: ''I'm fine.''
R: ''Are you sure ? Cause if you turn into an ice-cube..........''
J: ''Would you just take it.''
He threw the jacket at her. Rory caught it and put it on. She was practically drowning in it, but she didn't care. It was warm and most important it was Jess'. She could smell his scent in the jacket. When she smelled the cigarette smoke she made a face.
R: ''Even your jacket smells like cigarettes.''
Jess gave her a look.
R: ''But that's fine. I'm surprised it doesn't smell like beer.''
J: ''That's my other jacket.''
R: ''Bring it with you tomorrow ?''
J: ''Yeah, tomorrow.''
