Title: Rebellion
Pairing: R/J
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I am, in NO WAY, affiliated with Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman-Palladino, the WB, or any of the other big names. I am just a big fan of the Gilmore Girls, Milo Ventimiglia, and Chad Michael Murray. :)
Spoilers: Events from Season 2-3 are talked about.
Distribution: Please e-mail me first at rgilmore03@hotmail.com -Thank you very much.
Author's Note: It means a great deal that you are actually reading this. I spend a lot of time writing fan fiction, but this is my first one posted at fanfiction.net. Reviews would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully, reviews will be constructive criticism.
Thanks so much for all your reviews!! :)
"So, what's on the agenda today?" Lorelai asked her daughter. They had gotten home from Luke's a half hour ago. Lorelai was brewing a pot of coffee, and Rory was reading the newspaper.
Rory looked up from the newspaper. "I was planning on going to the book fair."
"Which book fair?"
Rory turned a page of the newspaper. "The one at Stars Hollow High."
"Oh. Are you going with anyone?"
"Yeah. Jess."
Lorelai raised her eyebrows, but said nothing. She pretended to be fascinated with the coffeemaker. Rory looked up from the newspaper, and noticed this.
"You can say it."
"Say what?" Lorelai asked innocently.
"Whatever it is your dying to say."
Lorelai shrugged, and poured herself a cup of coffee. "Want some coffee?"
Rory shook her head. "No."
Lorelai nodded, and took a seat at the kitchen table, next to her daughter. She drank her coffee, and watched Rory read the paper. She was quiet for a few minutes, but then couldn't take it any longer.
"Do you really think this is such a good idea?"
Rory sighed. "Going to a book fair with a friend? Yes, I think it is a fine idea."
"You know what I mean."
"Actually, I don't. We're just going to a book fair together. It's not like we're going out for dinner. "
"I mean, under certain circumstances, it would be okay." Lorelai explained.
"Under what circumstances?" Rory asked.
"Uh, if you weren't going out with Dean!"
Rory took a deep sigh. "Mom. Jess is just a friend. Just like Lane."
Lorelai raised her eyebrows. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah. Lane and I are friends! You know that, Mom."
"No, I mean, are you sure that you and Jess are just friends? Nothing more?"
Rory hesitated for a minute. "Of course."
"You don't sound so sure about that." Lorelai pointed out.
"I am. Believe me." Rory assured her.
"Honey, I have told you this many, many times, and you are probably sick of this. But, I think you are falling for Jess. I mean, you ditched school for him, you kiss him...There has got to be something there. You don't just kiss your friends. You don't just hop on a bus to New York for no reason. And it's fine if you like Jess. I respect that. I can live with it. But you have got to decide, are you going to be with Jess or Dean? You need to think about this."
Rory put her head in her hands. "I know. It's not easy, though."
Lorelai smiled. "I know. But you have to do it."
Rory nodded.
Lorelai looked at her watch. "What time are you going?"
Rory looked at her watch, and got up from the table. "I need to leave now."
Rory buttoned up her coat, and stuffed her keys into the coat pockets. "I'll see you later."
Lorelai nodded, and smiled. "Have fun," she called out, "And Rory?"
Rory turned around. "Yeah?"
"Think about what I said."
"I will."
As Rory walked to Luke's, she thought about what her mother had said. In fact, that's all she thought about. She didn't think about her English composition, her government meeting, or about anything else. She thought about Jess. And she thought about Dean. The more she thought, however, the more confused she became.
She opened the door to Luke's, and walked over to the counter. Jess was lazily cleaning the counter, and Luke was serving customers. "Hey." He nodded to her.
"Hey."
"Everything okay?" He casually asked her.
She looked up. "Of course. Why do you ask?"
"No reason."
"Everything's okay."
He smirked. "So I've heard." He motioned towards the door. "Shall we go?"
Rory smiled. "Sure."
The book fair was packed with SHH students, and generally the whole town of Stars Hollow.
"Is this town big on book fairs?" Jess asked.
"Yeah. Taylor likes to think he's promoting literacy, and helping business at the same time."
Jess laughed. "Sounds like him, all right."
Rory nodded. "We had this big used book fair last year. I would have spent all day at it."
"I'm surprised you didn't."
"Actually, I spent about half a day at it."
"Did you go with Dean?"
Rory looked at him. "Yeah. Why?"
Jess shrugged. "He doesn't seem to keen on books."
Rory frowned. "It's not that he doesn't like books. He just doesn't like reading as much as we do."
"We?" Jess repeated.
"What?" Rory seemed confused.
"Never mind."
Jess lost Rory somewhere by the biography section, but met up with her again about an hour later.
Rory picked up a collection of poems by Sylvia Plath. She began skimming through the thick volume, and didn't hear Jess come up behind her.
"Sylvia Plath?"
Rory nodded. "Wonderful writer."
Jess laughed. "Not exactly the word I would use."
"What would you use?"
Jess raised his eyebrows. "Dark, depressing, dismal. Take your pick"
"Wonderful use of alliteration you've got there." Rory said dryly.
"Just doesn't strike me as a leisurely book. What with the mental breakdowns and all."
"Not everybody's life is ideal, and you know that."
Jess laughed. "Believe me. I do. But it doesn't have to be like that."
Rory grew quiet. As much as she enjoyed debating with Jess, she didn't feel like continuing this conversation. Luckily for her, Jess changed the subject.
"Find anything else?" He asked.
"Biography on Salinger and 1984."
Jess nodded, and then noticed she was holding another paperback in her right hand. "Hemingway?"
Rory sheepishly nodded, and held up a copy of A Farewell to Arms.
Jess smirked. "Decided to give old Ernest a try?"
Rory grinned. "Don't sound so smug. I doubt I'll enjoy it."
Jess shook his head. "You're going to love it. I just know it."
"...But you have got to decide, are you going to be with Jess or Dean? You need to think about this..."
Lorelai's words rang in Rory's ears. She really needed to make up her mind...soon.
**Reviews are greatly appreciated! Thank you very much. :)
Pairing: R/J
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I am, in NO WAY, affiliated with Gilmore Girls, Amy Sherman-Palladino, the WB, or any of the other big names. I am just a big fan of the Gilmore Girls, Milo Ventimiglia, and Chad Michael Murray. :)
Spoilers: Events from Season 2-3 are talked about.
Distribution: Please e-mail me first at rgilmore03@hotmail.com -Thank you very much.
Author's Note: It means a great deal that you are actually reading this. I spend a lot of time writing fan fiction, but this is my first one posted at fanfiction.net. Reviews would be greatly appreciated. Hopefully, reviews will be constructive criticism.
Thanks so much for all your reviews!! :)
"So, what's on the agenda today?" Lorelai asked her daughter. They had gotten home from Luke's a half hour ago. Lorelai was brewing a pot of coffee, and Rory was reading the newspaper.
Rory looked up from the newspaper. "I was planning on going to the book fair."
"Which book fair?"
Rory turned a page of the newspaper. "The one at Stars Hollow High."
"Oh. Are you going with anyone?"
"Yeah. Jess."
Lorelai raised her eyebrows, but said nothing. She pretended to be fascinated with the coffeemaker. Rory looked up from the newspaper, and noticed this.
"You can say it."
"Say what?" Lorelai asked innocently.
"Whatever it is your dying to say."
Lorelai shrugged, and poured herself a cup of coffee. "Want some coffee?"
Rory shook her head. "No."
Lorelai nodded, and took a seat at the kitchen table, next to her daughter. She drank her coffee, and watched Rory read the paper. She was quiet for a few minutes, but then couldn't take it any longer.
"Do you really think this is such a good idea?"
Rory sighed. "Going to a book fair with a friend? Yes, I think it is a fine idea."
"You know what I mean."
"Actually, I don't. We're just going to a book fair together. It's not like we're going out for dinner. "
"I mean, under certain circumstances, it would be okay." Lorelai explained.
"Under what circumstances?" Rory asked.
"Uh, if you weren't going out with Dean!"
Rory took a deep sigh. "Mom. Jess is just a friend. Just like Lane."
Lorelai raised her eyebrows. "Are you sure about that?"
"Yeah. Lane and I are friends! You know that, Mom."
"No, I mean, are you sure that you and Jess are just friends? Nothing more?"
Rory hesitated for a minute. "Of course."
"You don't sound so sure about that." Lorelai pointed out.
"I am. Believe me." Rory assured her.
"Honey, I have told you this many, many times, and you are probably sick of this. But, I think you are falling for Jess. I mean, you ditched school for him, you kiss him...There has got to be something there. You don't just kiss your friends. You don't just hop on a bus to New York for no reason. And it's fine if you like Jess. I respect that. I can live with it. But you have got to decide, are you going to be with Jess or Dean? You need to think about this."
Rory put her head in her hands. "I know. It's not easy, though."
Lorelai smiled. "I know. But you have to do it."
Rory nodded.
Lorelai looked at her watch. "What time are you going?"
Rory looked at her watch, and got up from the table. "I need to leave now."
Rory buttoned up her coat, and stuffed her keys into the coat pockets. "I'll see you later."
Lorelai nodded, and smiled. "Have fun," she called out, "And Rory?"
Rory turned around. "Yeah?"
"Think about what I said."
"I will."
As Rory walked to Luke's, she thought about what her mother had said. In fact, that's all she thought about. She didn't think about her English composition, her government meeting, or about anything else. She thought about Jess. And she thought about Dean. The more she thought, however, the more confused she became.
She opened the door to Luke's, and walked over to the counter. Jess was lazily cleaning the counter, and Luke was serving customers. "Hey." He nodded to her.
"Hey."
"Everything okay?" He casually asked her.
She looked up. "Of course. Why do you ask?"
"No reason."
"Everything's okay."
He smirked. "So I've heard." He motioned towards the door. "Shall we go?"
Rory smiled. "Sure."
The book fair was packed with SHH students, and generally the whole town of Stars Hollow.
"Is this town big on book fairs?" Jess asked.
"Yeah. Taylor likes to think he's promoting literacy, and helping business at the same time."
Jess laughed. "Sounds like him, all right."
Rory nodded. "We had this big used book fair last year. I would have spent all day at it."
"I'm surprised you didn't."
"Actually, I spent about half a day at it."
"Did you go with Dean?"
Rory looked at him. "Yeah. Why?"
Jess shrugged. "He doesn't seem to keen on books."
Rory frowned. "It's not that he doesn't like books. He just doesn't like reading as much as we do."
"We?" Jess repeated.
"What?" Rory seemed confused.
"Never mind."
Jess lost Rory somewhere by the biography section, but met up with her again about an hour later.
Rory picked up a collection of poems by Sylvia Plath. She began skimming through the thick volume, and didn't hear Jess come up behind her.
"Sylvia Plath?"
Rory nodded. "Wonderful writer."
Jess laughed. "Not exactly the word I would use."
"What would you use?"
Jess raised his eyebrows. "Dark, depressing, dismal. Take your pick"
"Wonderful use of alliteration you've got there." Rory said dryly.
"Just doesn't strike me as a leisurely book. What with the mental breakdowns and all."
"Not everybody's life is ideal, and you know that."
Jess laughed. "Believe me. I do. But it doesn't have to be like that."
Rory grew quiet. As much as she enjoyed debating with Jess, she didn't feel like continuing this conversation. Luckily for her, Jess changed the subject.
"Find anything else?" He asked.
"Biography on Salinger and 1984."
Jess nodded, and then noticed she was holding another paperback in her right hand. "Hemingway?"
Rory sheepishly nodded, and held up a copy of A Farewell to Arms.
Jess smirked. "Decided to give old Ernest a try?"
Rory grinned. "Don't sound so smug. I doubt I'll enjoy it."
Jess shook his head. "You're going to love it. I just know it."
"...But you have got to decide, are you going to be with Jess or Dean? You need to think about this..."
Lorelai's words rang in Rory's ears. She really needed to make up her mind...soon.
**Reviews are greatly appreciated! Thank you very much. :)