*Disclaimer: I don't own the series Gilmore Girls or the characters. All I
own is my imagination and the plot.
*A/N: Hey all you gorgeous people who each have a heart as big as an ocean! Thanks you so much for your reviews! Without them I wouldn't enjoy writing fanfic as much as I do. After this there is only one more chapter left. So the sooner you read and review this chapter the sooner the last one will be up. Thanks!!! *And I really would like your opinion on my descriptions, are they improving ?*
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
It was on a sunny and blissful morning that Rory Gilmore decided to go to the bridge and spend the day there. She had been there for a while now, wrapped up in a book of short stories by different authors that had published some of the greatest novels that were ever written. Rory was so preoccupied that she missed seeing the first yellow of the sun break through the aurora and mix its yellow light with the scarlet of the sky, until finally the redness of the morning faded and the clear blue of the afternoon sky emerged. She was even too absorbed in her book to notice the quiet footsteps that were slowly making their way through the green grass and the colorful flowers that were scattered everywhere. Even when the footsteps made their way onto the bridge, she didn't notice. But as those footsteps came closer and the bridge creaked under their weight, Rory finally noticed and forced her eyes away from the page she was reading, so she could look up and see who it was that had decided to disturb her peace. As soon as she locked eyes with the person, the world around her fell quiet. The leaves stopped whispering, the birds stopped singing their cheerful songs and even the wind stopped playing with the pages of her book.
R: ''Jess.''
She shot him a warm smile. Her smile carried itself over to the other side of the bridge and gently grazed against Jess' face, tugging at the corners of his mouth until a playful smirk appeared on his face. Jess found it incredible the way just her smile could have such an effect on him. And he found it even more amazing that she seemed so happy to see him.
J: ''Hey.''
He stopped in front of here, covering Rory's book and herself with his shadow, and looked down at her.
J: ''So, what are you doing ?''
Jess lowered himself to her height and sat down next to her.
R: ''Reading.''
She got up from her comfortable position on her stomach and swung her legs over the edge of the bridge. She closed her book and started tapping her fingers on the cover. Jess took this short gap of time to quickly observe her. When he saw that the bruises were almost gone and the blue at her eye had faded a pleased smile appeared on his face.
R: ''So, what are you doing here ?''
J: ''I wanted to ask you something.''
R: ''You could have just called.''
J: ''I can drive back to New York and call you from there if you want ?''
Rory stopped tapping her fingers and rolled her eyes at Jess. Jess softly laughed at her reaction and dropped his gaze to her delicate fingers as they started tapping again. Rory followed his gaze and abruptly stopped tapping when she saw what he was looking at. She put the book down next to her and clasped her hands together in her lap.
R: ''What do you wanna ask me ?''
J: ''I was wondering if you would want to come back to New York with me ?''
Jess asked that question without hesitation, he had repeated that question over and over in his head until only seconds before he actually asked her the question. His eyes that were focused on the water during the question, looked up and glanced at her. Rory caught his glance with hers, not sure if she heard his question correctly.
R: ''What ?''
J: ''I swear I won't let anything happen to you and this way you can put that Yale diploma of yours to use.''
Rory searched his eyes to see if he was sincere and to her surprise he was.
R: ''Why ?''
Jess had expected that question and had already made up an answer for her. He locked eyes with her, blue and brown creating a dazzling mix of colors.
J: ''I missed being around you and I missed talking to you.''
The answer was swift, but it didn't matter, cause it was true. He had missed being around her, he had missed that sweet smile of hers, the way her hair danced around her face in the wind and a million other things that only he had noticed throughout the years that he had known her.
Rory thought about what he said for a while and asked herself if she had missed him too. As soon as she did a genuine smile appeared on her face. Yeah, she had missed him too. Finally Rory looked up at him again and fought the urge to squeal.
R: ''I missed you too.''
In both their stomachs butterflies started to dance, creating a whirlwind of emotions. There was still one thing they were both wondering about and luckily for Jess, Rory was the one who brought it up first.
R: ''We'll be living together, right ?''
Jess nodded, patiently waiting for her to continue.
R: ''As friends ?''
J: ''If that's what you want.''
Rory shrugged, awkwardly pressing her clasped hands against her stomach. Maybe subconsciously trying to control the butterflies.
R: ''I don't know.''
J: ''And that's fine. I won't force you do anything that you don't want to do.''
Suddenly a sly smirk graced Jess' features, making him look like a 17-year- old boy again.
J: ''I promise I won't make you scream. Well, maybe when we're doing something else.''
He looked at her suggestively and was rewarded with a playful hit on the arm from Rory.
R: ''I better go break the news to my mom.''
She laughed and got up, waiting for Jess to do the same. But Jess didn't, instead he grabbed the book that Rory had been reading earlier and opened it.
J: ''I think I'll stay here for a while. Until the storm has passed anyway.''
Jess flashed her one of his teasing smirks and went back to the book, missing Rory rolling her eyes at him before she started to head home.
*~*~*
R: ''Mom !?''
Rory shut the door behind her and wandered into the living room, where she found her mom sitting on the couch with a bored expression on her face.
L: ''Thank God you're here. There's absolutely nothing on TV and I'm so bored.''
R: ''How can there be nothing on TV when obviously you're watching something ?''
L: ''If commercials count, then yeah I was watching something.''
R: ''That bad huh ?''
L: ''Yeah, I would recommend people not to watch television during the day. I mean seriously, now I know why we have movie nights instead of movie days.''
R: ''Right. Besides Scream isn't as scary during the day as it is during the night.''
L: ''Scream isn't scary. A man walks around, wearing this stupid looking mask and kills people with a hook. Where's the originality in that ?''
R: ''And the plot just lost all it's originality after Scream 2 and 3.''
L: ''You would think that they would at least give the killer another mask or something.''
R: ''So, no more TV during the day ?''
L: ''That's the plan.''
R: ''Very complicated plan too.''
L: ''Yeah, I mean how do you turn the TV off ? Is it that button or that one ?''
R: ''I think it's the one with the word off written on it.''
L: ''Oh......well are you sure that it says off ?''
R: ''What else could it possibly say ?''
L: ''Doff.''
R: ''Doff ?''
L: ''Yeah.''
R: ''It has four letters instead of three.''
L: ''I'll just add the d with a marker.''
R: ''Make sure it isn't a black one.''
L: ''So, what did you wanna talk about ?.................Unbelievable !''
R: ''What ?''
L: ''This is the sixth time I've seen that commercial.........in one hour !''
R: ''Mom, just turn the TV off.''
L: ''You mean turn it doff ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''This commercial is funny though.''
R: ''Mom, please push the doff button ?''
Lorelai sighed and turned off the TV.
L: ''Talk.''
R: ''It's about Jess.''
L: ''You mean Dean ? Hey that rhymed mean Dean.''
R: ''Mom.''
L: ''Right, sorry. What about Jess ?''
R: ''He's back ?''
L: ''Back ?''
Rory nodded.
L: ''Like The Terminator. That's another thing I don't get. I mean, every time he just...........''
R: ''I was reading at the bridge and he showed up.''
L: ''Oh, he is back.''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''Well, what does he want ? Your hand in marriage ?''
Lorelai smiled at her own joke, but stopped when she saw Rory's serious expression.
L: ''What is it hon ? O God he didn't ask you to marry him, right ?''
R: ''No, but he did ask me to go back to New York with him ?''
L: ''Explain the with him part ?''
Rory took a deep breath and looked at her mother.
R: ''He wants me to move in with him.''
L: ''Moving in as taking all your stuff and putting it in his apartment ?''
R: ''Well, yeah. He said that he would protect me and that he wouldn't force me to do anything that I don't want to do. And this way I can get a job.''
L: ''A job's not necessary.''
R: ''Mom, I can't stay here forever. Besides I've lived in New York before.''
L: ''Yeah and look what happened.''
R: ''Mom, you know Jess and he would never hurt me.''
L: ''Is this what you really want ?''
R: ''Well, what I really want is to be named the Queen of coffee, but for now........yeah this is what I really want.''
L: ''Okay.''
R: ''Okay ?''
L: ''Yeah, you're old enough to make your own decisions and I trust your judgement.''
R: ''Thanks mom.''
Rory quickly hugged her mother, glad that she got permission to move in with Jess. She knew that she didn't really need it anymore, but it was still nice to have it.
L: ''When will this happen ?''
Rory shrugged.
R: ''Soon.''
L: ''Soon as in a couple of minutes or soon as in the sequel of a movie that never makes it on the big screen ?''
R: ''Tonight or tomorrow probably.''
L: ''That soon huh ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''Well, you have my blessing so now I better go over to Luke's and convince him not to kill Jess for stealing you away from me...........again.''
Rory rolled her eyes and smiled as her mom got her coat and left for Luke's. Rory got up and went to her room to pack. Well, there wasn't really that much to pack, since she hadn't found the time to unpack all her stuff yet, but there were a couple of clothes and books scattered around her room. As she started to put a couple of her books in one of the boxes, she heard the door open and close. Thinking that it was her mom, she didn't pay much attention to it and continued packing.
J: ''Are you planning on taking all your books ?''
Rory looked up and found Jess standing in door frame with his hands in his pockets.
R: ''I hope you've got an empty bookcase.''
J: ''We'll figure something out.''
Jess walked over to Rory's bed and sat down as he watched her put the last of her books in a box. He was amazed by her collection of books. Together with his they had probably more than a local library. When Rory was down she sat down next to him on the bed.
R: ''You could have helped me pack you know ?''
J: ''Couldn't, my hands were cold and decided to stay in my pockets.''
Rory laughed as she looked around her room, trying to see if she had forgotten anything. Jess looked at her and found it miraculously that after all this time they still got along. Without thinking twice he took of the ring that he always wore around his middle finger. It was silver and roughly shaped with a snake engraved in it. He played with it for a while before he handed it to Rory.
Rory looked at the ring and then met Jess' eyes, not sure what it meant.
J: ''Take it and keep it, no matter if we're friends or more or less. Just wear it.''
Jess held open his palm and waited for Rory to pick the ring up. She did and slid it around her thumb, cause it was too big for her other fingers. She remembered that he was wearing this ring when she first met him. She had a feeling that it meant more to Jess than he would ever admit. And it meant even more to her to know that he cared enough for her to trust her with this ring.
R: ''Thanks, it's beautiful.''
She ran her fingers over the snake and smiled. It was beautiful.
J: ''Now it's on the finger of someone even more beautiful.''
Rory started to blush and lowered her eyes, still running her fingers over the ring. Suddenly she felt Jess' lips on her cheeks. Soft and quick as the wings of a butterfly, but it was a kiss.
J: ''I'm sorry, I shouldn't have.''
R: ''It's okay.''
They looked eyes and smiled at each other, knowing that their paths would be entwined for the rest of their lives.
*A/N: Hey all you gorgeous people who each have a heart as big as an ocean! Thanks you so much for your reviews! Without them I wouldn't enjoy writing fanfic as much as I do. After this there is only one more chapter left. So the sooner you read and review this chapter the sooner the last one will be up. Thanks!!! *And I really would like your opinion on my descriptions, are they improving ?*
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
It was on a sunny and blissful morning that Rory Gilmore decided to go to the bridge and spend the day there. She had been there for a while now, wrapped up in a book of short stories by different authors that had published some of the greatest novels that were ever written. Rory was so preoccupied that she missed seeing the first yellow of the sun break through the aurora and mix its yellow light with the scarlet of the sky, until finally the redness of the morning faded and the clear blue of the afternoon sky emerged. She was even too absorbed in her book to notice the quiet footsteps that were slowly making their way through the green grass and the colorful flowers that were scattered everywhere. Even when the footsteps made their way onto the bridge, she didn't notice. But as those footsteps came closer and the bridge creaked under their weight, Rory finally noticed and forced her eyes away from the page she was reading, so she could look up and see who it was that had decided to disturb her peace. As soon as she locked eyes with the person, the world around her fell quiet. The leaves stopped whispering, the birds stopped singing their cheerful songs and even the wind stopped playing with the pages of her book.
R: ''Jess.''
She shot him a warm smile. Her smile carried itself over to the other side of the bridge and gently grazed against Jess' face, tugging at the corners of his mouth until a playful smirk appeared on his face. Jess found it incredible the way just her smile could have such an effect on him. And he found it even more amazing that she seemed so happy to see him.
J: ''Hey.''
He stopped in front of here, covering Rory's book and herself with his shadow, and looked down at her.
J: ''So, what are you doing ?''
Jess lowered himself to her height and sat down next to her.
R: ''Reading.''
She got up from her comfortable position on her stomach and swung her legs over the edge of the bridge. She closed her book and started tapping her fingers on the cover. Jess took this short gap of time to quickly observe her. When he saw that the bruises were almost gone and the blue at her eye had faded a pleased smile appeared on his face.
R: ''So, what are you doing here ?''
J: ''I wanted to ask you something.''
R: ''You could have just called.''
J: ''I can drive back to New York and call you from there if you want ?''
Rory stopped tapping her fingers and rolled her eyes at Jess. Jess softly laughed at her reaction and dropped his gaze to her delicate fingers as they started tapping again. Rory followed his gaze and abruptly stopped tapping when she saw what he was looking at. She put the book down next to her and clasped her hands together in her lap.
R: ''What do you wanna ask me ?''
J: ''I was wondering if you would want to come back to New York with me ?''
Jess asked that question without hesitation, he had repeated that question over and over in his head until only seconds before he actually asked her the question. His eyes that were focused on the water during the question, looked up and glanced at her. Rory caught his glance with hers, not sure if she heard his question correctly.
R: ''What ?''
J: ''I swear I won't let anything happen to you and this way you can put that Yale diploma of yours to use.''
Rory searched his eyes to see if he was sincere and to her surprise he was.
R: ''Why ?''
Jess had expected that question and had already made up an answer for her. He locked eyes with her, blue and brown creating a dazzling mix of colors.
J: ''I missed being around you and I missed talking to you.''
The answer was swift, but it didn't matter, cause it was true. He had missed being around her, he had missed that sweet smile of hers, the way her hair danced around her face in the wind and a million other things that only he had noticed throughout the years that he had known her.
Rory thought about what he said for a while and asked herself if she had missed him too. As soon as she did a genuine smile appeared on her face. Yeah, she had missed him too. Finally Rory looked up at him again and fought the urge to squeal.
R: ''I missed you too.''
In both their stomachs butterflies started to dance, creating a whirlwind of emotions. There was still one thing they were both wondering about and luckily for Jess, Rory was the one who brought it up first.
R: ''We'll be living together, right ?''
Jess nodded, patiently waiting for her to continue.
R: ''As friends ?''
J: ''If that's what you want.''
Rory shrugged, awkwardly pressing her clasped hands against her stomach. Maybe subconsciously trying to control the butterflies.
R: ''I don't know.''
J: ''And that's fine. I won't force you do anything that you don't want to do.''
Suddenly a sly smirk graced Jess' features, making him look like a 17-year- old boy again.
J: ''I promise I won't make you scream. Well, maybe when we're doing something else.''
He looked at her suggestively and was rewarded with a playful hit on the arm from Rory.
R: ''I better go break the news to my mom.''
She laughed and got up, waiting for Jess to do the same. But Jess didn't, instead he grabbed the book that Rory had been reading earlier and opened it.
J: ''I think I'll stay here for a while. Until the storm has passed anyway.''
Jess flashed her one of his teasing smirks and went back to the book, missing Rory rolling her eyes at him before she started to head home.
*~*~*
R: ''Mom !?''
Rory shut the door behind her and wandered into the living room, where she found her mom sitting on the couch with a bored expression on her face.
L: ''Thank God you're here. There's absolutely nothing on TV and I'm so bored.''
R: ''How can there be nothing on TV when obviously you're watching something ?''
L: ''If commercials count, then yeah I was watching something.''
R: ''That bad huh ?''
L: ''Yeah, I would recommend people not to watch television during the day. I mean seriously, now I know why we have movie nights instead of movie days.''
R: ''Right. Besides Scream isn't as scary during the day as it is during the night.''
L: ''Scream isn't scary. A man walks around, wearing this stupid looking mask and kills people with a hook. Where's the originality in that ?''
R: ''And the plot just lost all it's originality after Scream 2 and 3.''
L: ''You would think that they would at least give the killer another mask or something.''
R: ''So, no more TV during the day ?''
L: ''That's the plan.''
R: ''Very complicated plan too.''
L: ''Yeah, I mean how do you turn the TV off ? Is it that button or that one ?''
R: ''I think it's the one with the word off written on it.''
L: ''Oh......well are you sure that it says off ?''
R: ''What else could it possibly say ?''
L: ''Doff.''
R: ''Doff ?''
L: ''Yeah.''
R: ''It has four letters instead of three.''
L: ''I'll just add the d with a marker.''
R: ''Make sure it isn't a black one.''
L: ''So, what did you wanna talk about ?.................Unbelievable !''
R: ''What ?''
L: ''This is the sixth time I've seen that commercial.........in one hour !''
R: ''Mom, just turn the TV off.''
L: ''You mean turn it doff ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''This commercial is funny though.''
R: ''Mom, please push the doff button ?''
Lorelai sighed and turned off the TV.
L: ''Talk.''
R: ''It's about Jess.''
L: ''You mean Dean ? Hey that rhymed mean Dean.''
R: ''Mom.''
L: ''Right, sorry. What about Jess ?''
R: ''He's back ?''
L: ''Back ?''
Rory nodded.
L: ''Like The Terminator. That's another thing I don't get. I mean, every time he just...........''
R: ''I was reading at the bridge and he showed up.''
L: ''Oh, he is back.''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''Well, what does he want ? Your hand in marriage ?''
Lorelai smiled at her own joke, but stopped when she saw Rory's serious expression.
L: ''What is it hon ? O God he didn't ask you to marry him, right ?''
R: ''No, but he did ask me to go back to New York with him ?''
L: ''Explain the with him part ?''
Rory took a deep breath and looked at her mother.
R: ''He wants me to move in with him.''
L: ''Moving in as taking all your stuff and putting it in his apartment ?''
R: ''Well, yeah. He said that he would protect me and that he wouldn't force me to do anything that I don't want to do. And this way I can get a job.''
L: ''A job's not necessary.''
R: ''Mom, I can't stay here forever. Besides I've lived in New York before.''
L: ''Yeah and look what happened.''
R: ''Mom, you know Jess and he would never hurt me.''
L: ''Is this what you really want ?''
R: ''Well, what I really want is to be named the Queen of coffee, but for now........yeah this is what I really want.''
L: ''Okay.''
R: ''Okay ?''
L: ''Yeah, you're old enough to make your own decisions and I trust your judgement.''
R: ''Thanks mom.''
Rory quickly hugged her mother, glad that she got permission to move in with Jess. She knew that she didn't really need it anymore, but it was still nice to have it.
L: ''When will this happen ?''
Rory shrugged.
R: ''Soon.''
L: ''Soon as in a couple of minutes or soon as in the sequel of a movie that never makes it on the big screen ?''
R: ''Tonight or tomorrow probably.''
L: ''That soon huh ?''
R: ''Yeah.''
L: ''Well, you have my blessing so now I better go over to Luke's and convince him not to kill Jess for stealing you away from me...........again.''
Rory rolled her eyes and smiled as her mom got her coat and left for Luke's. Rory got up and went to her room to pack. Well, there wasn't really that much to pack, since she hadn't found the time to unpack all her stuff yet, but there were a couple of clothes and books scattered around her room. As she started to put a couple of her books in one of the boxes, she heard the door open and close. Thinking that it was her mom, she didn't pay much attention to it and continued packing.
J: ''Are you planning on taking all your books ?''
Rory looked up and found Jess standing in door frame with his hands in his pockets.
R: ''I hope you've got an empty bookcase.''
J: ''We'll figure something out.''
Jess walked over to Rory's bed and sat down as he watched her put the last of her books in a box. He was amazed by her collection of books. Together with his they had probably more than a local library. When Rory was down she sat down next to him on the bed.
R: ''You could have helped me pack you know ?''
J: ''Couldn't, my hands were cold and decided to stay in my pockets.''
Rory laughed as she looked around her room, trying to see if she had forgotten anything. Jess looked at her and found it miraculously that after all this time they still got along. Without thinking twice he took of the ring that he always wore around his middle finger. It was silver and roughly shaped with a snake engraved in it. He played with it for a while before he handed it to Rory.
Rory looked at the ring and then met Jess' eyes, not sure what it meant.
J: ''Take it and keep it, no matter if we're friends or more or less. Just wear it.''
Jess held open his palm and waited for Rory to pick the ring up. She did and slid it around her thumb, cause it was too big for her other fingers. She remembered that he was wearing this ring when she first met him. She had a feeling that it meant more to Jess than he would ever admit. And it meant even more to her to know that he cared enough for her to trust her with this ring.
R: ''Thanks, it's beautiful.''
She ran her fingers over the snake and smiled. It was beautiful.
J: ''Now it's on the finger of someone even more beautiful.''
Rory started to blush and lowered her eyes, still running her fingers over the ring. Suddenly she felt Jess' lips on her cheeks. Soft and quick as the wings of a butterfly, but it was a kiss.
J: ''I'm sorry, I shouldn't have.''
R: ''It's okay.''
They looked eyes and smiled at each other, knowing that their paths would be entwined for the rest of their lives.
