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-Chapter 3-
Rory impatiently tugged at her Chilton sweater. "Mom!" She hollered up the stairs. "We're gonna be late!" There was no sound from the room above. "You've got work and I've got school, come on." Still nothing. "If you don't get up right now, there's not going to be anytime for coffee!" A loud crash sounded above her head, followed by a string of curse words. Moments later Lorelai came bounding down the steps, one arm in her jacket, the other shoving her wild hair away from her face.
"What are you standing around for? We're going to be late. But some fire under your cute little butt." She shoved past Rory and grabbed the keys to her jeep.
"Mom." Rory said, looking at her.
"No time, honey. Getting coffee is of the utmost importance and you my dear are holding us back and slowing us down."
"But you're the one who overslept."
"Enough talking, get in the car. Move, move, move!" She ushered Rory out the door and swung it shut behind her.
~*~*~
"I was thinking we could maybe go to Al's for breakfast." Rory stated without looking at her mother.
Lorelai shot her a startled look. "Al's? Why?"
Rory shrugged. "Just for a change."
"Are you trying to stop the world from spinning? I don't care what that school is teaching you, change is not always a good thing."
"Yes it is. Without change the world would be boring."
"I'm telling Luke."
"Telling Luke what?" She asked, confused.
"That you think he's boring."
"I never said that."
Lorelai nodded. "You said doing the same thing everyday is boring, and everyday we go to Luke's and since we go to Luke's everyday and doing the same thing everyday is boring, going to Luke's everyday is boring."
Rory had no quick come back for her mother's reasoning. "Luke's is fine." She finally gave in.
"What's your problem with Luke's diner?" Lorelai stopped walking outside the small restaurant.
"Nothing."
"I literally had to drag you in yesterday and today you're talking crazy. Al's over Luke's and what not."
"I told you. It's nothing." She reached for the handle, but her hand was snatched away.
"I've known you for many years now. I've been studying you, spying really. So, why don't you cut the bull and tell me the truth."
Rory looked down and sighed. "I only told you half the story about my breakup with Dean. The half I told you was that we broke up."
"And the other half is?"
"Why we broke up." Rory paused; deciding not to continue until her mother pressed her to. Which, of course, she did.
"And the reason for that is." She watched as her daughter fidgeted slightly, wiping her hands on her skirt and tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
"Jess."
The name came out so softly Lorelai thought she had heard wrong. "Jess?" She repeated. "Jess, as in Luke's nephew Jess? As in rebel without a clue Jess?"
"Yes."
"As in."
"I said yes Mom, can we drop it now?"
"Sorry, Rory, I can't just let this drop. You blew off a great guy like Dean for a jerk like Jess?"
"He's not a jerk and Dean dumped me."
"Because of Jess." Taking a deep breath in an attempt to calm her rising anger, Lorelai tucked her hands into her pocket and counted to ten. "Tell me what happened."
"Well you know about the kiss."
"At Sookie's wedding."
"Right, and then when I came back from Washington he was all over Shane like white on rice."
"Her being his girlfriend and all, I don't find it too preposterous."
"Do you want to hear this or not?"
"No more interruptions. Go on."
"Well it was really hard seeing them together, because as much as I tried to deny it, I had feelings for him. And then at the Dance Marathon Dean called me on it. He said it was obvious that I liked Jess and that Jess liked me and we shouldn't worry about hiding it anymore because he was no longer my boyfriend." She shook her head softly at the memories. "I saw Jess sitting there with Shane and I couldn't stay any longer. So I left and went to the bridge. But he never came, so I went home."
"The bridge? Who didn't come and why were you there?"
"Jess didn't come. I thought he would, but I was wrong." The tears that had started forming behind her eyelids were threatening to fall. Sniffling loudly, she tried to hold them back. "Yesterday, when I had to take care of something, I was really following Jess, because I wanted to talk to him." Remembering the way Jess walked away from her caused the tears to spill onto her cheeks. "I told him, Mom. I told him that I had feelings for him and he walked away. He walked away from me."
Lorelai took in the anguish on her daughter's face and pulled her into a tight hug. "He's not worth it, Rory. Jess is not worth your tears."
"Mom." Rory said softly.
"No, you listen to me, he doesn't deserve you. You are a smart, beautiful, and wonderful person and you deserve so much better than someone like Jess."
"Mom." Her voice was slightly louder this time.
"Yeah, baby?"
"I can't breath."
"Oh." Lorelai let her go and grinned a little. "Once I get on a roll it's hard to stop."
"I know. It's also one of my best and worst qualities."
"Right. So, coffee?" She peered through the window. "I think the coast is clear."
"I can't avoid him forever. And besides, going to school without coffee is just unheard of. Uncivilized really." Roughly wiping her eyes dry, she forced on a smile and swung open the door.
~*~*~
"Hola!" Lorelai called as she heard Rory walk though the front door.
"When did you learn Spanish?" Rory tossed her backpack and sweater on the ground.
"About a half hour ago."
Rory checked her watch and rolled her eyes. "Dora the Explorer?"
"Yes. You got your big fancy private school, and I have my cartoons." She turned her attention back to the television and motioned for Rory to join her.
"Mom, it's a soap opera." Rory groaned, as the opening sequence for General Hospital came onto the screen.
"Wow, you are smart." She teased. "But actually I've been doing some thinking and I want you to watch with me today. I've checked the spoilers, it's going to be a very good day."
Halfway through the show, Rory turned to her mother and asked, "Why am I watching this again?"
"Commercial break, sweets, commercial break." When the show finally switched to commercials, Lorelai twisted on the couch. "Were you paying attention?"
"Yes."
"Ok, good. Here's the thing, like I said I've been doing some thinking."
"And it all pertains to General Hospital."
"Exactly. Remember when Elizabeth was with Lucky, but obviously had the hots for Jason?"
"I vaguely remember you mentioning it."
"Good, and I really wanted her with Jason, because the new Lucky is so not the Lucky the old Lucky was."
"Point?"
"Dean is Lucky, Jess is Jason, and you, my darling daughter are Liz." Lorelai smiled triumphantly.
"Dean never came back from the dead."
"Ok, so he never actually died or changed really. But he is the boyfriend who became a little over possessive and tried to dictate you friends. He didn't want you to hang out with Jess, like Lucky didn't want Liz with Jason."
"Surprisingly enough, I'm with you so far."
"But in the end she and Lucky went their separate ways and Jason came back from God knows where. And you're thinking 'Good, now they'll finally be together.' And we get some kissing and declaration of feelings and then boom! Jason lies and that's the end of that. Now he's spending all of his time with this blonde, Courtney a.k.a. Shane. Now as the audience, we know that he still wants Liz and she still wants him, but the poor girl refuses to go for it. And he refuses to apologize."
"And this is going to help me how?"
"Jess doesn't love Shane, she's his distraction, just like Courtney is for Jason. Now you, can either take after Liz and sit back and watch or get in there and fight for you man. Which is it?"
"I thought you hated, Jess."
"Hate is such a strong word. I prefer seriously dislike."
"So why are you encouraging me to go after him?"
Lorelai sighed and met Rory's eyes. "Because you're my only daughter and I love you. While I think Jess is bad for you and will break your heart, I only want you happy. And if Jess makes you happy.don't sit on the sidelines like Liz. Make yourself happy."
For a moment they only looked at each other. But Rory attempted to break the silence and as soon as she opened her mouth Lorelai cut her off. "Hush child, GH is on."
-Chapter 3-
Rory impatiently tugged at her Chilton sweater. "Mom!" She hollered up the stairs. "We're gonna be late!" There was no sound from the room above. "You've got work and I've got school, come on." Still nothing. "If you don't get up right now, there's not going to be anytime for coffee!" A loud crash sounded above her head, followed by a string of curse words. Moments later Lorelai came bounding down the steps, one arm in her jacket, the other shoving her wild hair away from her face.
"What are you standing around for? We're going to be late. But some fire under your cute little butt." She shoved past Rory and grabbed the keys to her jeep.
"Mom." Rory said, looking at her.
"No time, honey. Getting coffee is of the utmost importance and you my dear are holding us back and slowing us down."
"But you're the one who overslept."
"Enough talking, get in the car. Move, move, move!" She ushered Rory out the door and swung it shut behind her.
~*~*~
"I was thinking we could maybe go to Al's for breakfast." Rory stated without looking at her mother.
Lorelai shot her a startled look. "Al's? Why?"
Rory shrugged. "Just for a change."
"Are you trying to stop the world from spinning? I don't care what that school is teaching you, change is not always a good thing."
"Yes it is. Without change the world would be boring."
"I'm telling Luke."
"Telling Luke what?" She asked, confused.
"That you think he's boring."
"I never said that."
Lorelai nodded. "You said doing the same thing everyday is boring, and everyday we go to Luke's and since we go to Luke's everyday and doing the same thing everyday is boring, going to Luke's everyday is boring."
Rory had no quick come back for her mother's reasoning. "Luke's is fine." She finally gave in.
"What's your problem with Luke's diner?" Lorelai stopped walking outside the small restaurant.
"Nothing."
"I literally had to drag you in yesterday and today you're talking crazy. Al's over Luke's and what not."
"I told you. It's nothing." She reached for the handle, but her hand was snatched away.
"I've known you for many years now. I've been studying you, spying really. So, why don't you cut the bull and tell me the truth."
Rory looked down and sighed. "I only told you half the story about my breakup with Dean. The half I told you was that we broke up."
"And the other half is?"
"Why we broke up." Rory paused; deciding not to continue until her mother pressed her to. Which, of course, she did.
"And the reason for that is." She watched as her daughter fidgeted slightly, wiping her hands on her skirt and tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear.
"Jess."
The name came out so softly Lorelai thought she had heard wrong. "Jess?" She repeated. "Jess, as in Luke's nephew Jess? As in rebel without a clue Jess?"
"Yes."
"As in."
"I said yes Mom, can we drop it now?"
"Sorry, Rory, I can't just let this drop. You blew off a great guy like Dean for a jerk like Jess?"
"He's not a jerk and Dean dumped me."
"Because of Jess." Taking a deep breath in an attempt to calm her rising anger, Lorelai tucked her hands into her pocket and counted to ten. "Tell me what happened."
"Well you know about the kiss."
"At Sookie's wedding."
"Right, and then when I came back from Washington he was all over Shane like white on rice."
"Her being his girlfriend and all, I don't find it too preposterous."
"Do you want to hear this or not?"
"No more interruptions. Go on."
"Well it was really hard seeing them together, because as much as I tried to deny it, I had feelings for him. And then at the Dance Marathon Dean called me on it. He said it was obvious that I liked Jess and that Jess liked me and we shouldn't worry about hiding it anymore because he was no longer my boyfriend." She shook her head softly at the memories. "I saw Jess sitting there with Shane and I couldn't stay any longer. So I left and went to the bridge. But he never came, so I went home."
"The bridge? Who didn't come and why were you there?"
"Jess didn't come. I thought he would, but I was wrong." The tears that had started forming behind her eyelids were threatening to fall. Sniffling loudly, she tried to hold them back. "Yesterday, when I had to take care of something, I was really following Jess, because I wanted to talk to him." Remembering the way Jess walked away from her caused the tears to spill onto her cheeks. "I told him, Mom. I told him that I had feelings for him and he walked away. He walked away from me."
Lorelai took in the anguish on her daughter's face and pulled her into a tight hug. "He's not worth it, Rory. Jess is not worth your tears."
"Mom." Rory said softly.
"No, you listen to me, he doesn't deserve you. You are a smart, beautiful, and wonderful person and you deserve so much better than someone like Jess."
"Mom." Her voice was slightly louder this time.
"Yeah, baby?"
"I can't breath."
"Oh." Lorelai let her go and grinned a little. "Once I get on a roll it's hard to stop."
"I know. It's also one of my best and worst qualities."
"Right. So, coffee?" She peered through the window. "I think the coast is clear."
"I can't avoid him forever. And besides, going to school without coffee is just unheard of. Uncivilized really." Roughly wiping her eyes dry, she forced on a smile and swung open the door.
~*~*~
"Hola!" Lorelai called as she heard Rory walk though the front door.
"When did you learn Spanish?" Rory tossed her backpack and sweater on the ground.
"About a half hour ago."
Rory checked her watch and rolled her eyes. "Dora the Explorer?"
"Yes. You got your big fancy private school, and I have my cartoons." She turned her attention back to the television and motioned for Rory to join her.
"Mom, it's a soap opera." Rory groaned, as the opening sequence for General Hospital came onto the screen.
"Wow, you are smart." She teased. "But actually I've been doing some thinking and I want you to watch with me today. I've checked the spoilers, it's going to be a very good day."
Halfway through the show, Rory turned to her mother and asked, "Why am I watching this again?"
"Commercial break, sweets, commercial break." When the show finally switched to commercials, Lorelai twisted on the couch. "Were you paying attention?"
"Yes."
"Ok, good. Here's the thing, like I said I've been doing some thinking."
"And it all pertains to General Hospital."
"Exactly. Remember when Elizabeth was with Lucky, but obviously had the hots for Jason?"
"I vaguely remember you mentioning it."
"Good, and I really wanted her with Jason, because the new Lucky is so not the Lucky the old Lucky was."
"Point?"
"Dean is Lucky, Jess is Jason, and you, my darling daughter are Liz." Lorelai smiled triumphantly.
"Dean never came back from the dead."
"Ok, so he never actually died or changed really. But he is the boyfriend who became a little over possessive and tried to dictate you friends. He didn't want you to hang out with Jess, like Lucky didn't want Liz with Jason."
"Surprisingly enough, I'm with you so far."
"But in the end she and Lucky went their separate ways and Jason came back from God knows where. And you're thinking 'Good, now they'll finally be together.' And we get some kissing and declaration of feelings and then boom! Jason lies and that's the end of that. Now he's spending all of his time with this blonde, Courtney a.k.a. Shane. Now as the audience, we know that he still wants Liz and she still wants him, but the poor girl refuses to go for it. And he refuses to apologize."
"And this is going to help me how?"
"Jess doesn't love Shane, she's his distraction, just like Courtney is for Jason. Now you, can either take after Liz and sit back and watch or get in there and fight for you man. Which is it?"
"I thought you hated, Jess."
"Hate is such a strong word. I prefer seriously dislike."
"So why are you encouraging me to go after him?"
Lorelai sighed and met Rory's eyes. "Because you're my only daughter and I love you. While I think Jess is bad for you and will break your heart, I only want you happy. And if Jess makes you happy.don't sit on the sidelines like Liz. Make yourself happy."
For a moment they only looked at each other. But Rory attempted to break the silence and as soon as she opened her mouth Lorelai cut her off. "Hush child, GH is on."
