*Disclaimer: I don't own the series Gilmore Girls or the characters. All I
own is my imagination and the plot.
*A/N: Hey! Sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I was actually doing some research on poetry for my other story 'I guess, you say'. Who ever thought that writing actually required reading poetry ? Anyway thanks for the kind reviews I got on the last chapter and even though I don't mainly write for the reviews it's great to get them and read what's on your mind. Please be so kind to review this chapter too. Thank you, thank you very much!
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
As soon as Rory woke up the next morning, her eyes unintentionally found their way to the chair that was standing across from her bed. Even though her curtains were closed, some of the rays found their way through and were throwing their light across the floor, trying to cover the entire room with their yellow shadows. But the corner with the chair remained dark and unreachable to the dazzling brilliance of the sun. For a minute she thought she saw the vague silhouette of Bryan, but when she blinked there was nothing there. But in that second her heart had started to beat faster, her pulse started to race and she had planted her sweaty palms firmly against the soft fabric of her sheets. Cause in that second she thought that he had been there to take her again. Rory threw the sheets off of her, cause she was sweating all over and pulled open her curtains in one quick movement. Now her entire room was sparkling in the playful rays of the sun. Rory's heart went back to its normal rate and she let out a sigh of relief, knowing that she had just been seeing things. She got up and looked around her room once more, to make sure that there was nothing out of the ordinary present, before she locked herself in the bathroom.
When she came out of the bathroom, she felt confident and was ready to face everything that the world was planning on throwing at her today. She would catch every problem, jump over every obstacle and dance around her worries. She even found the courage to wear a shirt with short sleeves again. Her bruises weren't that clearly visible anymore and the weather was too warm for a long sleeved shirt. After Rory looked at herself in the mirror to reassure herself that the bruises were starting to fade, she went into the kitchen with a small smile on her face. She found a note that her mom and left her and quickly read it only to find that her mother was waiting at Luke's for her. The thought of coffee was enough to make her forgot everything and before she knew it she was walking over to the door. Just as she reached for the doorknob, the doorbell rang. Rory jerked in surprise and pulled her hand back. Realizing that it was just the doorbell she shook her head and reached to open the door. Talk about being paranoid. When she opened the door she came face to face with probably one of the most caring people in the world.
R: ''Dean ?''
The once floppy haired guy, looked at her, not really sure what to say or do.
D: ''Hey Ror.''
Rory smiled at him and quickly hugged him. She hadn't seen or spoken him for a while and it was nice to be able to just hug him again. Dean gave her a friendly hug back and took a step back to look at her.
R: ''What are you doing here ?''
D: ''Jess called me and filled me in on what happened.''
R: ''He did ? How ? He doesn't have your number.''
D: ''Apparently he does.''
Rory thought about it for a while and remembered her address book. She left it at Jess' apartment.
D: ''So, can we talk ?''
R: ''Sure. Outside okay ?''
D: ''Whatever works for you.''
R: ''Outside it is.''
Rory closed the door behind her and lead Dean to the gazebo, cause the day was too beautiful to watch it pass you by while you looked at it from behind a window. One they reached the gazebo, they both sat down facing each other. Dean with one hand in his lap and the other lying casually on the back of the bench. And Rory sitting cross-legged with both her hands lying in her lap.
R: ''So, you wanted to talk ?''
D: ''Right, talk. Well............''
R: ''Dean ?''
D: ''Yeah ?''
He looked at her.
R: ''Bryan said that he went by your place and he told me that he convinced you not to go to the cops............ How did he convince you ?''
Dean sighed and ran one of his hands through his hair.
R: ''I mean did he hit you ?''
Dean shook his head.
D: ''He threatened to hurt my girlfriend if I didn't do as he said.''
R: ''Your girlfriend ?''
D: ''Yeah.''
R: ''I'm sorry.''
They sat in silence for a while. Rory couldn't believe he didn't tell her about his girlfriend.
D: ''Listen, Rory..........I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Kaci.''
R: ''Why didn't you ?''
Dean shrugged.
D: ''It just felt weird talking about her with you of all people.''
R: ''Dean, we broke up a while ago. It would have been okay if you told me, you know ? I would have understood.''
D: ''I know you would have. I just didn't feel comfortable with it.''
R: ''Okay.''
D: ''Okay ?''
Rory nodded and smiled at him.
R: ''Yeah.''
Dean locked eyes with hers and stopped smiling when he noticed the bruises and her bruises eye.
D: ''He did that to you didn't he ?''
He pointed at her eye and Rory nodded.
D: ''Those too ?''
Rory followed his gaze to her arms and looked up at him again.
R: ''Yeah.''
D: ''I'm sorry.''
Rory shrugged.
R: ''It's over now.''
Dean tried to meet Rory's eyes, but she just avoided them. Finally she heard Dean get up.
D: ''I should get going. I promised Kaci I would be home on time.''
R: ''I understand. Thanks.''
Dean started to head for the steps, but stopped and turned around to face Rory again.
D: ''You should come by some time. I'm sure you two would get along great.''
Rory slowly brought her eyes up to meet his and smiled at him again.
R: ''I will''
D: ''Good. Bye Ror, take care.''
R: ''Drive safely.''
Dean laughed softly and gave her one last look before he went to his care and drove off. Rory got up and decided that it was definitely time for some coffee.
*~*~*
When Rory entered the diner, she walked over to the counter and sat down next to her mom.
L: ''Hey sweets. What took you so long ?''
R: ''Dean came to see me.''
L: ''Really ?''
R: ''Yeah. Apparently Jess called him.''
L: ''Jess called Dean ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''But aren't they like enemies for life ?''
Rory shrugged and thankfully took a sip of the coffee that Luke had just placed in front of her.
L: ''Maybe it was Jess disguised as Dean.''
R: ''Explain the logic of that ?''
Luke: ''Yes, please do.''
L: ''Well, Jess is really a skinless being.''
R: ''Skinless ?''
L: ''Yeah, he wears the skin of other human beings as a costume.''
R: ''So, basically you're telling me that Jess isn't really Jess, cause he's really a skinless being and he only looks like the Jess we know, cause he found someone who looked like a Jess ?''
L: ''Exactly. And now that he got sick of the Jess skin, he ripped off Dean's skin and put that on.''
R: ''What about the Jess skin ?''
L: ''Dean's wearing that now.''
R: ''So, Jess is Dean and Dean is Jess, got it.''
Rory took another sip of her coffee.
R: ''Nice visual by the way.''
L: ''You know, we could probably sell a piece of Jess' skin for a lot of money.''
R: ''I'll call Dean tomorrow.''
The two Gilmore Girls preceded in drinking their coffee, while Luke was looking at them with a confused look on his face.
Luke: ''You do know that that conversation made absolutely no sense at all, right ?''
Both Lorelai and Rory nodded.
Luke: ''You two are wacked.''
*~*~*
After they had finished their coffee, Lorelai went to the Inn after making sure with Rory that it was okay. But Rory reassured her that it was okay and went home herself. At home, she grabbed the phone and sat down on her bed as she dialed the number that was practically engraved in her memory.
J: ''Jess Mariano speaking.''
R: ''Hey Jess.''
J: ''Rory.........how are things going ?''
R: ''Fine. I just had my first cup of Luke's coffee, so I'm on a caffeine rush.''
J: ''You're addicted.''
R: ''Am not, well.........maybe. So, how are things in The Big Apple ?''
J: ''Appely.''
R: ''You're mocking me.''
J: ''I could have said New Yorky instead.''
R: ''Or New York Citey.''
J: ''I'm having trouble pronouncing that one correctly.''
R: ''It's easy, New York Citey.''
J: ''You know what, suddenly The Big Apple doesn't sound so bad.''
Rory laughed and she knew that Jess was smirking on the other side of the line.
R: ''I actually called to thank you.''
J: ''For.............''
R: ''For calling Dean. I really appreciate it.''
J: ''It was no problem. I said hey, he said hey and before I knew it he hung up on me.''
R: ''He did not.''
J: ''He didn't ?''
R: ''No, he came by today.''
J: ''Huh, he did ?''
R: ''Yeah. He has a girlfriend now.''
J: ''Let me guess, tall, blonde and works as a model ?''
R: ''Jess..........''
Jess chuckled.
J: ''Sorry....................she doesn't happen to be a cheerleader, does he ?''
R: ''Remind me again why I called you ?''
J: ''To thank me.''
R: ''What was I thinking ?''
J: ''You were thinking that you miss me ?''
Rory laughed, but stopped when she realized that it was true. She did miss him. On the other end of the line, Jess was quiet too.
J: ''I better go.''
R: ''Yeah, sorry.''
J: ''Bye Rory.''
Jess hung up and Rory stared at the phone for a while, before she finally put it back in the cradle. She sat down on her bed and wondered if she would ever see Jess again. In New York, Jess was lying on his bed with a smile on his face. Only he knew that their paths were going to cross again..............soon.
*A/N: Hey! Sorry I didn't update yesterday, but I was actually doing some research on poetry for my other story 'I guess, you say'. Who ever thought that writing actually required reading poetry ? Anyway thanks for the kind reviews I got on the last chapter and even though I don't mainly write for the reviews it's great to get them and read what's on your mind. Please be so kind to review this chapter too. Thank you, thank you very much!
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
As soon as Rory woke up the next morning, her eyes unintentionally found their way to the chair that was standing across from her bed. Even though her curtains were closed, some of the rays found their way through and were throwing their light across the floor, trying to cover the entire room with their yellow shadows. But the corner with the chair remained dark and unreachable to the dazzling brilliance of the sun. For a minute she thought she saw the vague silhouette of Bryan, but when she blinked there was nothing there. But in that second her heart had started to beat faster, her pulse started to race and she had planted her sweaty palms firmly against the soft fabric of her sheets. Cause in that second she thought that he had been there to take her again. Rory threw the sheets off of her, cause she was sweating all over and pulled open her curtains in one quick movement. Now her entire room was sparkling in the playful rays of the sun. Rory's heart went back to its normal rate and she let out a sigh of relief, knowing that she had just been seeing things. She got up and looked around her room once more, to make sure that there was nothing out of the ordinary present, before she locked herself in the bathroom.
When she came out of the bathroom, she felt confident and was ready to face everything that the world was planning on throwing at her today. She would catch every problem, jump over every obstacle and dance around her worries. She even found the courage to wear a shirt with short sleeves again. Her bruises weren't that clearly visible anymore and the weather was too warm for a long sleeved shirt. After Rory looked at herself in the mirror to reassure herself that the bruises were starting to fade, she went into the kitchen with a small smile on her face. She found a note that her mom and left her and quickly read it only to find that her mother was waiting at Luke's for her. The thought of coffee was enough to make her forgot everything and before she knew it she was walking over to the door. Just as she reached for the doorknob, the doorbell rang. Rory jerked in surprise and pulled her hand back. Realizing that it was just the doorbell she shook her head and reached to open the door. Talk about being paranoid. When she opened the door she came face to face with probably one of the most caring people in the world.
R: ''Dean ?''
The once floppy haired guy, looked at her, not really sure what to say or do.
D: ''Hey Ror.''
Rory smiled at him and quickly hugged him. She hadn't seen or spoken him for a while and it was nice to be able to just hug him again. Dean gave her a friendly hug back and took a step back to look at her.
R: ''What are you doing here ?''
D: ''Jess called me and filled me in on what happened.''
R: ''He did ? How ? He doesn't have your number.''
D: ''Apparently he does.''
Rory thought about it for a while and remembered her address book. She left it at Jess' apartment.
D: ''So, can we talk ?''
R: ''Sure. Outside okay ?''
D: ''Whatever works for you.''
R: ''Outside it is.''
Rory closed the door behind her and lead Dean to the gazebo, cause the day was too beautiful to watch it pass you by while you looked at it from behind a window. One they reached the gazebo, they both sat down facing each other. Dean with one hand in his lap and the other lying casually on the back of the bench. And Rory sitting cross-legged with both her hands lying in her lap.
R: ''So, you wanted to talk ?''
D: ''Right, talk. Well............''
R: ''Dean ?''
D: ''Yeah ?''
He looked at her.
R: ''Bryan said that he went by your place and he told me that he convinced you not to go to the cops............ How did he convince you ?''
Dean sighed and ran one of his hands through his hair.
R: ''I mean did he hit you ?''
Dean shook his head.
D: ''He threatened to hurt my girlfriend if I didn't do as he said.''
R: ''Your girlfriend ?''
D: ''Yeah.''
R: ''I'm sorry.''
They sat in silence for a while. Rory couldn't believe he didn't tell her about his girlfriend.
D: ''Listen, Rory..........I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Kaci.''
R: ''Why didn't you ?''
Dean shrugged.
D: ''It just felt weird talking about her with you of all people.''
R: ''Dean, we broke up a while ago. It would have been okay if you told me, you know ? I would have understood.''
D: ''I know you would have. I just didn't feel comfortable with it.''
R: ''Okay.''
D: ''Okay ?''
Rory nodded and smiled at him.
R: ''Yeah.''
Dean locked eyes with hers and stopped smiling when he noticed the bruises and her bruises eye.
D: ''He did that to you didn't he ?''
He pointed at her eye and Rory nodded.
D: ''Those too ?''
Rory followed his gaze to her arms and looked up at him again.
R: ''Yeah.''
D: ''I'm sorry.''
Rory shrugged.
R: ''It's over now.''
Dean tried to meet Rory's eyes, but she just avoided them. Finally she heard Dean get up.
D: ''I should get going. I promised Kaci I would be home on time.''
R: ''I understand. Thanks.''
Dean started to head for the steps, but stopped and turned around to face Rory again.
D: ''You should come by some time. I'm sure you two would get along great.''
Rory slowly brought her eyes up to meet his and smiled at him again.
R: ''I will''
D: ''Good. Bye Ror, take care.''
R: ''Drive safely.''
Dean laughed softly and gave her one last look before he went to his care and drove off. Rory got up and decided that it was definitely time for some coffee.
*~*~*
When Rory entered the diner, she walked over to the counter and sat down next to her mom.
L: ''Hey sweets. What took you so long ?''
R: ''Dean came to see me.''
L: ''Really ?''
R: ''Yeah. Apparently Jess called him.''
L: ''Jess called Dean ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''But aren't they like enemies for life ?''
Rory shrugged and thankfully took a sip of the coffee that Luke had just placed in front of her.
L: ''Maybe it was Jess disguised as Dean.''
R: ''Explain the logic of that ?''
Luke: ''Yes, please do.''
L: ''Well, Jess is really a skinless being.''
R: ''Skinless ?''
L: ''Yeah, he wears the skin of other human beings as a costume.''
R: ''So, basically you're telling me that Jess isn't really Jess, cause he's really a skinless being and he only looks like the Jess we know, cause he found someone who looked like a Jess ?''
L: ''Exactly. And now that he got sick of the Jess skin, he ripped off Dean's skin and put that on.''
R: ''What about the Jess skin ?''
L: ''Dean's wearing that now.''
R: ''So, Jess is Dean and Dean is Jess, got it.''
Rory took another sip of her coffee.
R: ''Nice visual by the way.''
L: ''You know, we could probably sell a piece of Jess' skin for a lot of money.''
R: ''I'll call Dean tomorrow.''
The two Gilmore Girls preceded in drinking their coffee, while Luke was looking at them with a confused look on his face.
Luke: ''You do know that that conversation made absolutely no sense at all, right ?''
Both Lorelai and Rory nodded.
Luke: ''You two are wacked.''
*~*~*
After they had finished their coffee, Lorelai went to the Inn after making sure with Rory that it was okay. But Rory reassured her that it was okay and went home herself. At home, she grabbed the phone and sat down on her bed as she dialed the number that was practically engraved in her memory.
J: ''Jess Mariano speaking.''
R: ''Hey Jess.''
J: ''Rory.........how are things going ?''
R: ''Fine. I just had my first cup of Luke's coffee, so I'm on a caffeine rush.''
J: ''You're addicted.''
R: ''Am not, well.........maybe. So, how are things in The Big Apple ?''
J: ''Appely.''
R: ''You're mocking me.''
J: ''I could have said New Yorky instead.''
R: ''Or New York Citey.''
J: ''I'm having trouble pronouncing that one correctly.''
R: ''It's easy, New York Citey.''
J: ''You know what, suddenly The Big Apple doesn't sound so bad.''
Rory laughed and she knew that Jess was smirking on the other side of the line.
R: ''I actually called to thank you.''
J: ''For.............''
R: ''For calling Dean. I really appreciate it.''
J: ''It was no problem. I said hey, he said hey and before I knew it he hung up on me.''
R: ''He did not.''
J: ''He didn't ?''
R: ''No, he came by today.''
J: ''Huh, he did ?''
R: ''Yeah. He has a girlfriend now.''
J: ''Let me guess, tall, blonde and works as a model ?''
R: ''Jess..........''
Jess chuckled.
J: ''Sorry....................she doesn't happen to be a cheerleader, does he ?''
R: ''Remind me again why I called you ?''
J: ''To thank me.''
R: ''What was I thinking ?''
J: ''You were thinking that you miss me ?''
Rory laughed, but stopped when she realized that it was true. She did miss him. On the other end of the line, Jess was quiet too.
J: ''I better go.''
R: ''Yeah, sorry.''
J: ''Bye Rory.''
Jess hung up and Rory stared at the phone for a while, before she finally put it back in the cradle. She sat down on her bed and wondered if she would ever see Jess again. In New York, Jess was lying on his bed with a smile on his face. Only he knew that their paths were going to cross again..............soon.
