*Disclaimer: I don't own the series Gilmore Girls or the characters. All I
own is my imagination and the plot.
*A/N: Hey!!! First of all I wanna thank every single one of you who reviewed the last chapter and my two new stories. THANKS!!! And I wanna say that I know that a few people might not like the idea for * Beautiful Black Rose*, but I'm going to continue it anyway. So, if you don't like it, please don't read it. Thanks. Okay, back to the point. Obviously I added another chapter. I hope you guys like it. I'm slowly building up the last part of the plot. Please review and tell me what's on your mind.
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
The next morning Rory woke up with the memory of last night still emblazoned on her mind. When she heard the rain softly falling outside, a smile graced her features, the memory of last night getting clearer. She closed her eyes and pictured herself sitting on the bridge with Jess. She was able to smell the rain now. It was a mixture of wet leaves, earth and maybe even some flowers whom's scent survived the day and lived on in the night. She couldn't really explain it. She could hear the rain falling in the background and she could feel the rain on her skin and dripping from her clothes. But she didn't pay any attention to it, she didn't care about the rain. All she cared about right now was getting as close as she could to Jess. When he kissed her, she could feel the heat spread across her body, chasing away the coldness. She could taste the rain on his lips, salvaging it, wishing that they could stay here forever. But after a while they had gotten up and Jess had walked her home. When they had reached the door, Jess had leaned in as if he wanted to kiss her, but instead he just wiped a strand of hair away from her face and looked at her with his intense, brown eyes. While he had been looking at her, Rory had smiled shyly and when she had looked up to meet Jess' eyes again, there had been a smirk on his face. And that smirk had been better than a kiss, it had meant so much more to her. It was the kind of gesture that showed her that he would be around when she needed him. Rory's smile grew bigger and she lay there for a while being satisfied with everything that she had. Finally she opened her eyes again and sighed. She wished that she could lay here the entire day, thinking of last night, but unfortunately she had school. Rory slowly got up and sighed again. There was a knock on the door and moments later her mom came in.
R: ''Morning.''
L: ''Good your awake.''
R: ''Yep, I am.''
L: ''Cause I was starting to worry. I though that maybe someone put some sleeping potion in your coffee and that you would sleep for a hundred years.''
R: ''Sorry to disappoint you.''
L: ''Oh well, at least I don't have to go to Luke's alone.''
R: ''I have school, remember ?''
L: ''I know, but if we hurry we have enough time to get a quick cup of coffee. So, what do you say ?''
R: ''What will happen to me if I say no ?''
L: ''Then I'll ban you from this family.''
R: ''In that case, yeah.''
L: ''Good girl, now get dressed.''
Lorelai left Rory's room and closed the door, leaving Rory alone again. Rory looked at her jeans, that were still soaked from last night and smiled. Coffee and her sort of boyfriend, what more could a girl want ?
*~*~*
L: ''Since when does she get up so early ?''
Lorelai nodded in the direction of Samantha, who was leading the way to the diner. Rory shrugged, not really paying attention to what her mother was saying. She glanced at the diner that was starting to come closer with every step she took. She was hoping that Jess would be up already, so she could catch a glance of him before she went to school. Maybe she would even be able to steal a kiss. Rory smiled when she felt the excitement inside of her and crossed her fingers.
Lorelai was watching her daughter with a small smile on her face. She recognized that look in Rory's eyes. She used to look at Christopher that way. Lorelai followed Rory's gaze to the diner and wondered what made Jess special ? What made Jess different from Dean and all the other guys ? Out of all the guys, why did Rory fall in love with Luke's nephew ? All these questions ran through Lorelai's head, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to answer them. But only Rory knew the answers.
Suddenly Rory felt an arm around her shoulders and looked up.
L: ''Jess was at the bridge last night.''
R: ''Is that a question ?''
L: ''No, it's more like a statement, a fact even.''
R: ''A fact ?''
L: ''Well, isn't it ?''
Rory glanced at the diner again and started to blush at the remembrance of just sitting in the rain with Jess.
L: ''Did you two kiss ?''
Rory nodded and grinned.
L: ''More than once ?''
R: ''Question. Why do you have to know ?''
L: ''Cause I'm your mom. My job is to know everything about you.''
R: ''I thought that was the job of the secret service ?''
L: ''It is, I was a secret agent back in the days.''
R: ''You had a secret life before me ?''
L: ''Yep, but that's not the point here.''
R: ''Then let's get back to the point.''
L: ''Right. How many times did you and Jess kiss ?''
R: ''A lot.''
L: ''O my God you guys made out !''
Samantha turned around and gave them a questionable look.
S: ''Who made out ?''
L: ''I didn't say that.''
S: ''Yes you did.''
L: ''What are you talking about ?''
S: ''I just heard you say..........''
L: ''No you didn't.''
S: ''Yes, I did.''
L: ''I'm the grown up and I say that you didn't hear it. O look, we're here.''
Lorelai pushed the door of the diner open and went inside before Samantha could continue. Samantha looked at Rory and wanted to say something, but before she could Rory followed her mom into the diner still with her fingers crossed. Rory felt disappointed when she didn't see Jess. She sat down at the counter and greeted Luke with a small smile as he approached them.
Luke: ''Morning.''
L: ''Morning Duke.''
Luke shot Lorelai a look
Luke: ''I thought we covered this ?''
L: ''We did, but it's still fun.''
Luke: ''Hilarious.''
Luke grabbed three cups and filled them with coffee. Lorelai looked at the coffee with a mistrustful look on her face.
Luke: ''What's wrong ?''
L: ''Something's wrong with the coffee, I'm sure of it.''
Luke: ''You always have coffee.''
L: ''Yeah, but something's still wrong.''
Luke: ''Why ?''
L: ''Cause you just gave it to me without telling me that it's bad for me and bla bla bla and so on.''
Luke sighed and rolled his eyes.
Luke: ''Lorelai, nothing's wrong with the coffee.''
Lorelai lifted the cup of coffee up from the counter and slowly brought it to her lips. She closed her eyes and carefully took a sip. When she swallowed she opened her eyes again.
L: ''Am I dead ?''
Luke: ''I wish.''
L: ''Hey, your life would be a lot less fun if I wasn't around.''
Luke: ''Or a lot less stressful.''
He ignored Lorelai and handed Samantha the third cup of coffee. Samantha looked at the cup of coffee as if it was the most horrible thing she had ever seen.
S: ''I don't drink coffee.''
Luke: ''You're kidding ?''
L+R: ''Nope.''
S: ''Can I have a glass of orange juice instead ?''
Luke: ''Sure.''
He put the coffee down and turned around so he could get a glass of orange juice for Samantha. Lorelai took the opportunity to grab Samantha's cup of coffee and finished it in one gulp. Rory shook her head and took a sip of her coffee glancing at the stairs every now and then. Finally she couldn't take it anymore and put her coffee down.
R: ''Luke ?''
Luke: ''Yeah ?''
R: ''Is Jess...........''
Luke: ''Upstairs ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
Luke: ''He's upstairs.''
Rory didn't say anything for a while, not sure what she was supposed to say next. Luke turned around and handed Samantha her orange juice.
Luke: ''You can go up if you want.''
Rory looked up at Luke.
R: ''Yeah ?''
Luke: ''Sure, I think he's up.''
Rory smiled at Luke and got up. Moments later she disappeared up the stairs. But when she reached the door of Luke and Jess' apartment she hesitated. What if Jess wasn't up yet ? Or what if he didn't want to see her right now ? She could be intruding. Rory bit her lip and wondered what she would do now. Then all of a sudden the door opened and she was greeted by Jess who had obviously just come out of the shower. His hair was still damp, making it look even darker than it already was, his shirt was clinging to him a little showing off the lines of his chest and he smelled like cologne.
Jess smirked when he saw Rory standing in front of him, looking at him with her piercing blue eyes that resembled a clear unclouded sky on a hot summer day. He saw how insecure she was and yet so sure of herself at the same time. Jess wondered if that was even possible. He leaned against the door frame and kept his eyes on her as she started to blush. His smirk turned into an undisguised smile while he took in everything about her appearance. She looked cute in a natural way with her chocolate colored hair and nacreous colored skin. Finally he decides to break the intimate silence between them.
J: ''Hey.''
Rory smiled at him modestly.
R: ''Hey.''
J: ''So, what are you doing up here ?''
Rory clutched her hands nervously together and lowered her eyes. As she did this Jess realized that she was innocent, almost knew at this whole 'seeing each other after our first make out session'. She probably never did this before. Maybe with Dean, but Jess doubted that they really had that much make out session.
R: ''Luke told me that I could go up.''
J: ''Rory, just say it.''
R: ''Say what ?''
J: ''That you came up here to see me.''
R: ''I did not.''
Jess crossed his arms and looked at her, trying not to laugh at her obvious denial.
J: ''So, you came up here because...........?''
R: ''I like this hallway.''
J: ''Well, if you like the hallway you'll like the inside of this apartment even better.''
R: ''I probably will, but unfortunately I have to go to school and so do you.''
Jess uncrossed his arms and reached for her hand. He laced his fingers with hers and pulled her a little closer.
J: ''How about we skip school today ?''
He pulled her into the apartment and closed the door with his free hand.
R: ''Skip school ?''
J: ''Yeah.''
He gently backed her up against the door.
R: ''I can't skip school, I never skip school.''
J: ''You've gotta start sometime.''
R: ''And besides Luke won't let you................''
Before she could finish her sentence Jess kissed her. Rory started to smile, making it hard for them to kiss, but somehow they managed. Jess broke the kiss, but their faces were only inches apart.
J: ''You were saying ?''
R: ''That I would gladly skip school for you.''
J: ''Really ?''
Rory rolled her eyes.
R: ''No.''
She quickly brushed her lips against Jess' lips before she turned the doorknob and opened the door. Jess sighed and grabbed his bag from the floor.
J: ''Fine, I'll go to school and expand my horizon.''
Rory gently touched his hand and went downstairs, Jess slowly following her. Rory walked straight over to her mom to get her bag and put on her jacket. She took one last sip of her coffee and gave her mom a quick kiss on the cheek.
R: ''I'm off.''
L: ''Have fun sweets.''
S: ''Yeah, later.''
R: ''Bye Luke, bye Jess.''
J: ''Be home in time for dinner.''
Rory rolled her eyes at him and left.
All this time Samantha had been looking at Jess. She had to admit that Rory did have taste. Good body, dark eyes, black hair, a major hottie. Samantha felt like giggling. This reminded her of high-school.
J: ''I'm going too.''
Luke: ''Where to ?''
J: ''To get an education.''
He smiled at Luke and left.
*~*~*
S: ''Hey !''
Jess glanced over his shoulder and was surprised to see a girl come his way. As she came closer he recognized her. She had been sitting at the diner too. He had never seen her around here before. He wondered what she wanted ? He patiently waited for the girl to reach him, she wasn't really making any effort to hurry. Jess glanced at his watch and shrugged. Being late at school wasn't the end of the world. Finally the girl reached him.
S: ''Hey.''
J: ''Hey.''
S: ''I'm Rory's cousin, Samantha.''
She held out her hand, waiting for him to shake it. Jess glanced at her, looking at her face. He never did get why girls had to hide themselves underneath so much make-up. Was it an insecurity thing ? Cause this girl had nothing to be insecure about. Beautiful body with curves on the right places, a pair of ivy colored eyes and the same brown hair as Rory. The only difference was that it was a little shorter and that she had a few blonde streaks. Jess could see some resemblance between her and Rory, but there was no doubt in his mind that Rory was a totally different person than Samantha. He reached out his hand and shook hands with Samantha.
J: '''Nice to meet you Samantha.''
S: ''Call me Sam. Who are you ?''
Jess looked at her again, wondering why she followed him ?
J: ''I'm Jess.''
S: ''Hey Jess. So, you live with Luke ?''
J: ''Yeah, he's my uncle.''
Samantha nodded in understanding.
S: ''Your parents didn't want you ?''
J: ''Excuse me ?''
S: ''Never mind. So, you and Rory......are you two together ?''
Jess shrugged.
J: ''Sort of.''
S: ''How can you sort of be together ? I mean you are or you're not. It's as easy as that. And I think you two are definitely together.''
J: ''Thanks for your opinion.''
S: ''No problem. She broke up with Dean for you, you know ?''
J: ''I know.''
S: ''That's a pretty big thing, especially for Rory............''
J: ''I really have to go to school.''
S: ''O right, sorry. I don't wanna be the one who keeps you from sitting in boring classrooms.''
Jess nodded at her.
J: ''Bye.''
S: ''It was nice talking to you.''
J: ''Yeah, bye.''
He turned around and started to head for school, not sure what to think of this Samantha. One thing he did know though, she asked a lot of questions and she wore a lot of make-up.
*~*~*
After school Rory went over to Stars Hollow Books. Her mom wasn't home yet and the only person who was at home had been on the phone for the last hour or two. Rory scanned the bookshelves, not looking for anything in particular, but just waiting for something to catch her eye. Suddenly a title caught her attention. She picked the book up and read the title on the cover. Tender is the Night. Rory smiled. She totally agreed. The night could be tender, if you were with the right person that was. Suddenly she felt two arms slip around her waist. Rory tried to pull free, but the person who grabbed her pulled her up to his chest.
J: ''I though I might find you here.''
R: ''God, Jess. Did you have to do that ?''
J: ''Sorry.''
Jess wiped her hair away from her neck and started to kiss her collarbone. Rory shivered and wanted to protest when Jess stopped. He took the book that she was holding in her hands from her and read the title.
J: ''Tender is the Night huh ?''
R: ''Yeah, have you read it ?''
J: ''Nope, can't say I have.''
Jess handed her the book again.
J: ''You're going to get it ?''
Rory shrugged, looking at the book that she was holding in her hands. Finally she put it back on the shelf.
R: ''I can always get it at the library.''
Jess moved closer to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
J: ''You wanna go for a walk ?''
R: ''With you ?''
J: ''No.''
R: ''Okay.''
They left the bookstore and started to walk in the direction of the bridge. Somehow they always ended up there.
J: ''I met your cousin today ?''
R: ''You met Sam ?''
J: ''That's what I said.''
R: ''So, what do you think ?''
J: ''Of her ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
Jess shrugged as he pulled Rory a little closer.
J: ''She's okay. She asked me a lot of questions.''
R: ''About ?''
J: ''My parents, Dean, your break up with him. And normally I wouldn't mind to answer a few questions, but these were kind of personal.''
R: ''I'm sorry, she's always been like this.''
J: ''A pain ?''
R: ''Basically. She's not my favorite person in the world, but it's not her fault. Well, not entirely anyway. Her mom is always away on some business trip or something.''
J: ''Tough.''
R: ''Yeah.''
They reached the bridge and sat down next to each other.
R: ''Jess.''
J: ''Present.''
Rory rolled her eyes.
R: ''Do you miss your parents ?''
Jess didn't say anything for a while.
R: ''I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you that. I was way out of line.''
Jess grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
J: ''It's fine. I don't miss them.''
R: ''You don't ?''
Jess shook his head.
J: ''It's kind of hard to miss them when they were hardly ever around.''
Rory nodded. She didn't know what to say. She didn't know what it was like to have no parents.
R: ''I'm sorry.''
J: ''Don't worry about it. I'm used to it and besides I have you to miss.''
R: ''And Luke.''
J: ''Yeah, but I like to miss you better.''
Rory smiled shyly at him and rested her head against his chest.
*A/N: Hey!!! First of all I wanna thank every single one of you who reviewed the last chapter and my two new stories. THANKS!!! And I wanna say that I know that a few people might not like the idea for * Beautiful Black Rose*, but I'm going to continue it anyway. So, if you don't like it, please don't read it. Thanks. Okay, back to the point. Obviously I added another chapter. I hope you guys like it. I'm slowly building up the last part of the plot. Please review and tell me what's on your mind.
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
The next morning Rory woke up with the memory of last night still emblazoned on her mind. When she heard the rain softly falling outside, a smile graced her features, the memory of last night getting clearer. She closed her eyes and pictured herself sitting on the bridge with Jess. She was able to smell the rain now. It was a mixture of wet leaves, earth and maybe even some flowers whom's scent survived the day and lived on in the night. She couldn't really explain it. She could hear the rain falling in the background and she could feel the rain on her skin and dripping from her clothes. But she didn't pay any attention to it, she didn't care about the rain. All she cared about right now was getting as close as she could to Jess. When he kissed her, she could feel the heat spread across her body, chasing away the coldness. She could taste the rain on his lips, salvaging it, wishing that they could stay here forever. But after a while they had gotten up and Jess had walked her home. When they had reached the door, Jess had leaned in as if he wanted to kiss her, but instead he just wiped a strand of hair away from her face and looked at her with his intense, brown eyes. While he had been looking at her, Rory had smiled shyly and when she had looked up to meet Jess' eyes again, there had been a smirk on his face. And that smirk had been better than a kiss, it had meant so much more to her. It was the kind of gesture that showed her that he would be around when she needed him. Rory's smile grew bigger and she lay there for a while being satisfied with everything that she had. Finally she opened her eyes again and sighed. She wished that she could lay here the entire day, thinking of last night, but unfortunately she had school. Rory slowly got up and sighed again. There was a knock on the door and moments later her mom came in.
R: ''Morning.''
L: ''Good your awake.''
R: ''Yep, I am.''
L: ''Cause I was starting to worry. I though that maybe someone put some sleeping potion in your coffee and that you would sleep for a hundred years.''
R: ''Sorry to disappoint you.''
L: ''Oh well, at least I don't have to go to Luke's alone.''
R: ''I have school, remember ?''
L: ''I know, but if we hurry we have enough time to get a quick cup of coffee. So, what do you say ?''
R: ''What will happen to me if I say no ?''
L: ''Then I'll ban you from this family.''
R: ''In that case, yeah.''
L: ''Good girl, now get dressed.''
Lorelai left Rory's room and closed the door, leaving Rory alone again. Rory looked at her jeans, that were still soaked from last night and smiled. Coffee and her sort of boyfriend, what more could a girl want ?
*~*~*
L: ''Since when does she get up so early ?''
Lorelai nodded in the direction of Samantha, who was leading the way to the diner. Rory shrugged, not really paying attention to what her mother was saying. She glanced at the diner that was starting to come closer with every step she took. She was hoping that Jess would be up already, so she could catch a glance of him before she went to school. Maybe she would even be able to steal a kiss. Rory smiled when she felt the excitement inside of her and crossed her fingers.
Lorelai was watching her daughter with a small smile on her face. She recognized that look in Rory's eyes. She used to look at Christopher that way. Lorelai followed Rory's gaze to the diner and wondered what made Jess special ? What made Jess different from Dean and all the other guys ? Out of all the guys, why did Rory fall in love with Luke's nephew ? All these questions ran through Lorelai's head, but she knew that she wouldn't be able to answer them. But only Rory knew the answers.
Suddenly Rory felt an arm around her shoulders and looked up.
L: ''Jess was at the bridge last night.''
R: ''Is that a question ?''
L: ''No, it's more like a statement, a fact even.''
R: ''A fact ?''
L: ''Well, isn't it ?''
Rory glanced at the diner again and started to blush at the remembrance of just sitting in the rain with Jess.
L: ''Did you two kiss ?''
Rory nodded and grinned.
L: ''More than once ?''
R: ''Question. Why do you have to know ?''
L: ''Cause I'm your mom. My job is to know everything about you.''
R: ''I thought that was the job of the secret service ?''
L: ''It is, I was a secret agent back in the days.''
R: ''You had a secret life before me ?''
L: ''Yep, but that's not the point here.''
R: ''Then let's get back to the point.''
L: ''Right. How many times did you and Jess kiss ?''
R: ''A lot.''
L: ''O my God you guys made out !''
Samantha turned around and gave them a questionable look.
S: ''Who made out ?''
L: ''I didn't say that.''
S: ''Yes you did.''
L: ''What are you talking about ?''
S: ''I just heard you say..........''
L: ''No you didn't.''
S: ''Yes, I did.''
L: ''I'm the grown up and I say that you didn't hear it. O look, we're here.''
Lorelai pushed the door of the diner open and went inside before Samantha could continue. Samantha looked at Rory and wanted to say something, but before she could Rory followed her mom into the diner still with her fingers crossed. Rory felt disappointed when she didn't see Jess. She sat down at the counter and greeted Luke with a small smile as he approached them.
Luke: ''Morning.''
L: ''Morning Duke.''
Luke shot Lorelai a look
Luke: ''I thought we covered this ?''
L: ''We did, but it's still fun.''
Luke: ''Hilarious.''
Luke grabbed three cups and filled them with coffee. Lorelai looked at the coffee with a mistrustful look on her face.
Luke: ''What's wrong ?''
L: ''Something's wrong with the coffee, I'm sure of it.''
Luke: ''You always have coffee.''
L: ''Yeah, but something's still wrong.''
Luke: ''Why ?''
L: ''Cause you just gave it to me without telling me that it's bad for me and bla bla bla and so on.''
Luke sighed and rolled his eyes.
Luke: ''Lorelai, nothing's wrong with the coffee.''
Lorelai lifted the cup of coffee up from the counter and slowly brought it to her lips. She closed her eyes and carefully took a sip. When she swallowed she opened her eyes again.
L: ''Am I dead ?''
Luke: ''I wish.''
L: ''Hey, your life would be a lot less fun if I wasn't around.''
Luke: ''Or a lot less stressful.''
He ignored Lorelai and handed Samantha the third cup of coffee. Samantha looked at the cup of coffee as if it was the most horrible thing she had ever seen.
S: ''I don't drink coffee.''
Luke: ''You're kidding ?''
L+R: ''Nope.''
S: ''Can I have a glass of orange juice instead ?''
Luke: ''Sure.''
He put the coffee down and turned around so he could get a glass of orange juice for Samantha. Lorelai took the opportunity to grab Samantha's cup of coffee and finished it in one gulp. Rory shook her head and took a sip of her coffee glancing at the stairs every now and then. Finally she couldn't take it anymore and put her coffee down.
R: ''Luke ?''
Luke: ''Yeah ?''
R: ''Is Jess...........''
Luke: ''Upstairs ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
Luke: ''He's upstairs.''
Rory didn't say anything for a while, not sure what she was supposed to say next. Luke turned around and handed Samantha her orange juice.
Luke: ''You can go up if you want.''
Rory looked up at Luke.
R: ''Yeah ?''
Luke: ''Sure, I think he's up.''
Rory smiled at Luke and got up. Moments later she disappeared up the stairs. But when she reached the door of Luke and Jess' apartment she hesitated. What if Jess wasn't up yet ? Or what if he didn't want to see her right now ? She could be intruding. Rory bit her lip and wondered what she would do now. Then all of a sudden the door opened and she was greeted by Jess who had obviously just come out of the shower. His hair was still damp, making it look even darker than it already was, his shirt was clinging to him a little showing off the lines of his chest and he smelled like cologne.
Jess smirked when he saw Rory standing in front of him, looking at him with her piercing blue eyes that resembled a clear unclouded sky on a hot summer day. He saw how insecure she was and yet so sure of herself at the same time. Jess wondered if that was even possible. He leaned against the door frame and kept his eyes on her as she started to blush. His smirk turned into an undisguised smile while he took in everything about her appearance. She looked cute in a natural way with her chocolate colored hair and nacreous colored skin. Finally he decides to break the intimate silence between them.
J: ''Hey.''
Rory smiled at him modestly.
R: ''Hey.''
J: ''So, what are you doing up here ?''
Rory clutched her hands nervously together and lowered her eyes. As she did this Jess realized that she was innocent, almost knew at this whole 'seeing each other after our first make out session'. She probably never did this before. Maybe with Dean, but Jess doubted that they really had that much make out session.
R: ''Luke told me that I could go up.''
J: ''Rory, just say it.''
R: ''Say what ?''
J: ''That you came up here to see me.''
R: ''I did not.''
Jess crossed his arms and looked at her, trying not to laugh at her obvious denial.
J: ''So, you came up here because...........?''
R: ''I like this hallway.''
J: ''Well, if you like the hallway you'll like the inside of this apartment even better.''
R: ''I probably will, but unfortunately I have to go to school and so do you.''
Jess uncrossed his arms and reached for her hand. He laced his fingers with hers and pulled her a little closer.
J: ''How about we skip school today ?''
He pulled her into the apartment and closed the door with his free hand.
R: ''Skip school ?''
J: ''Yeah.''
He gently backed her up against the door.
R: ''I can't skip school, I never skip school.''
J: ''You've gotta start sometime.''
R: ''And besides Luke won't let you................''
Before she could finish her sentence Jess kissed her. Rory started to smile, making it hard for them to kiss, but somehow they managed. Jess broke the kiss, but their faces were only inches apart.
J: ''You were saying ?''
R: ''That I would gladly skip school for you.''
J: ''Really ?''
Rory rolled her eyes.
R: ''No.''
She quickly brushed her lips against Jess' lips before she turned the doorknob and opened the door. Jess sighed and grabbed his bag from the floor.
J: ''Fine, I'll go to school and expand my horizon.''
Rory gently touched his hand and went downstairs, Jess slowly following her. Rory walked straight over to her mom to get her bag and put on her jacket. She took one last sip of her coffee and gave her mom a quick kiss on the cheek.
R: ''I'm off.''
L: ''Have fun sweets.''
S: ''Yeah, later.''
R: ''Bye Luke, bye Jess.''
J: ''Be home in time for dinner.''
Rory rolled her eyes at him and left.
All this time Samantha had been looking at Jess. She had to admit that Rory did have taste. Good body, dark eyes, black hair, a major hottie. Samantha felt like giggling. This reminded her of high-school.
J: ''I'm going too.''
Luke: ''Where to ?''
J: ''To get an education.''
He smiled at Luke and left.
*~*~*
S: ''Hey !''
Jess glanced over his shoulder and was surprised to see a girl come his way. As she came closer he recognized her. She had been sitting at the diner too. He had never seen her around here before. He wondered what she wanted ? He patiently waited for the girl to reach him, she wasn't really making any effort to hurry. Jess glanced at his watch and shrugged. Being late at school wasn't the end of the world. Finally the girl reached him.
S: ''Hey.''
J: ''Hey.''
S: ''I'm Rory's cousin, Samantha.''
She held out her hand, waiting for him to shake it. Jess glanced at her, looking at her face. He never did get why girls had to hide themselves underneath so much make-up. Was it an insecurity thing ? Cause this girl had nothing to be insecure about. Beautiful body with curves on the right places, a pair of ivy colored eyes and the same brown hair as Rory. The only difference was that it was a little shorter and that she had a few blonde streaks. Jess could see some resemblance between her and Rory, but there was no doubt in his mind that Rory was a totally different person than Samantha. He reached out his hand and shook hands with Samantha.
J: '''Nice to meet you Samantha.''
S: ''Call me Sam. Who are you ?''
Jess looked at her again, wondering why she followed him ?
J: ''I'm Jess.''
S: ''Hey Jess. So, you live with Luke ?''
J: ''Yeah, he's my uncle.''
Samantha nodded in understanding.
S: ''Your parents didn't want you ?''
J: ''Excuse me ?''
S: ''Never mind. So, you and Rory......are you two together ?''
Jess shrugged.
J: ''Sort of.''
S: ''How can you sort of be together ? I mean you are or you're not. It's as easy as that. And I think you two are definitely together.''
J: ''Thanks for your opinion.''
S: ''No problem. She broke up with Dean for you, you know ?''
J: ''I know.''
S: ''That's a pretty big thing, especially for Rory............''
J: ''I really have to go to school.''
S: ''O right, sorry. I don't wanna be the one who keeps you from sitting in boring classrooms.''
Jess nodded at her.
J: ''Bye.''
S: ''It was nice talking to you.''
J: ''Yeah, bye.''
He turned around and started to head for school, not sure what to think of this Samantha. One thing he did know though, she asked a lot of questions and she wore a lot of make-up.
*~*~*
After school Rory went over to Stars Hollow Books. Her mom wasn't home yet and the only person who was at home had been on the phone for the last hour or two. Rory scanned the bookshelves, not looking for anything in particular, but just waiting for something to catch her eye. Suddenly a title caught her attention. She picked the book up and read the title on the cover. Tender is the Night. Rory smiled. She totally agreed. The night could be tender, if you were with the right person that was. Suddenly she felt two arms slip around her waist. Rory tried to pull free, but the person who grabbed her pulled her up to his chest.
J: ''I though I might find you here.''
R: ''God, Jess. Did you have to do that ?''
J: ''Sorry.''
Jess wiped her hair away from her neck and started to kiss her collarbone. Rory shivered and wanted to protest when Jess stopped. He took the book that she was holding in her hands from her and read the title.
J: ''Tender is the Night huh ?''
R: ''Yeah, have you read it ?''
J: ''Nope, can't say I have.''
Jess handed her the book again.
J: ''You're going to get it ?''
Rory shrugged, looking at the book that she was holding in her hands. Finally she put it back on the shelf.
R: ''I can always get it at the library.''
Jess moved closer to her and put his arm around her shoulder.
J: ''You wanna go for a walk ?''
R: ''With you ?''
J: ''No.''
R: ''Okay.''
They left the bookstore and started to walk in the direction of the bridge. Somehow they always ended up there.
J: ''I met your cousin today ?''
R: ''You met Sam ?''
J: ''That's what I said.''
R: ''So, what do you think ?''
J: ''Of her ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
Jess shrugged as he pulled Rory a little closer.
J: ''She's okay. She asked me a lot of questions.''
R: ''About ?''
J: ''My parents, Dean, your break up with him. And normally I wouldn't mind to answer a few questions, but these were kind of personal.''
R: ''I'm sorry, she's always been like this.''
J: ''A pain ?''
R: ''Basically. She's not my favorite person in the world, but it's not her fault. Well, not entirely anyway. Her mom is always away on some business trip or something.''
J: ''Tough.''
R: ''Yeah.''
They reached the bridge and sat down next to each other.
R: ''Jess.''
J: ''Present.''
Rory rolled her eyes.
R: ''Do you miss your parents ?''
Jess didn't say anything for a while.
R: ''I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked you that. I was way out of line.''
Jess grabbed her hand and squeezed it.
J: ''It's fine. I don't miss them.''
R: ''You don't ?''
Jess shook his head.
J: ''It's kind of hard to miss them when they were hardly ever around.''
Rory nodded. She didn't know what to say. She didn't know what it was like to have no parents.
R: ''I'm sorry.''
J: ''Don't worry about it. I'm used to it and besides I have you to miss.''
R: ''And Luke.''
J: ''Yeah, but I like to miss you better.''
Rory smiled shyly at him and rested her head against his chest.
