Title: Too Late to Forget
Author: coffeechick87, a.k.a. Jayde.
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Well, except Asia, who actually is my cat.
Pairing: Rory/Jess.
Rating: Pg-13 - to be safe.
Summary: AU. Raised in LA, 17 year old Rory Hayden runs away to Stars Hollow to find her mother. There, she meets the quirky townspeople, and finds herself drawn to one in particular.
A/N: Thank-you all for the reviews! ballerinagrl, Literati means Rory and Jess fanfiction, and AU means alternate universe. In the case of this fic, Rory grew up in LA, never knowing Lorelai. Thanks again,
Jayde
Too Late to Forget
Chapter 5:
Changes, Talks, and an Unexpected Surprise
"You do know that you didn't have to do that, don't you Rory?" Lorelai looked at her daughter who was driving the BMW towards Stars Hollow. It had been 3 weeks since the scene in the diner, and Lorelai and Rory were getting closer every day.
They were just returning from a small trip to Hartford where Rory had legally changed her last name. She had put the papers in 2 weeks ago, so they had just picked-up Rory's new id.
"I know, Mom."
" I mean, Id' still love you if your last name was Wilmongirf!" Rory took her eyes long enough to give Lorelai an amused glance.
"I know that too, Mom. Wait a sec, Wilmongirf?!"
"What? It was the first name that popped into my head?!"
"And the scary thing is that I don't find that odd at all." Rory shook her head. "Ok, when we get back do you want me to drop you off an the Inn, your place? Or do you want to come to the Diner with me, my shift starts in an hour and a half."
"Ohhh.. Luke's! I really need Luke..s coffee." Lorelai elongated the name after she realized what she almost said.
Rory grinned. "Speaking of Luke, what's going on with you two?"
Lorelai paused and then mumbled something that suspiciously like 'Evil Child', before answering. sort of. "Well, I can ask you the same about you and Jess. What's going on with you two?"
"I'll answer you after you answer me."
Grrrr. Lorelai really wanted to know what was up between Rory and Jess, but did she really want to know that bad?? Duh, of course! "I think I love him." Lorelai blurted much to the surprise of Rory.
"What?!" Rory shook her head, attempting to clear it, the pulled over to the side of the road, cut the engine, unbuckled her seat-belt, and faced her mother. "Ok, you need to tell me everything. Now."
"Well. I've known him for years. And most of that time he's been the giver of life-"
"Coffee." Rory interrupted.
"Of course, Anyway. I guess I've just sorta' falleninlovewithhim." Lorelai sped up he last little bit, as if she thought that she wouldn't have followed through with finishing the sentence if she didn't.
"Awwww..." Rory gently teased.
Lorelai stuck out her tongue. "So, what's up with you and Jess?" She sat forward eagerly.
"Well.."
"Well, what?"
"Well. It's complicated. I've only known him a little over a month."
"But.?" Lorelai prompted.
"But.. I feel so much for him. I think I might be. falling in love with him." Rory looked at her mother miserably.
"Oh, hunny, what's wrong with that?"
"It's just that. My life is so screwed up right now. I mean, I just met my mother; I'm estranged from my father, I'm just getting up the courage to confront my maternal Grandparents. I could go on." Rory sighed and looked at her hands.
"Oh, Rory."Lorelai took Rory's clenched hands in hers. "Wouldn't it help if you were together for that? He could help you with my parents and with Chris. Two's always better than one, as they say."
"Who?"
"'Who', what?" Lorelai tilted her head inquisitively.
"Who says that?"
"Says what?"
"That 'two is always better than one'?"
"You know. Everyone!"
Rory laughed. "Sure. 'Everyone'." Rory sat back down in her seat, buckled up, and started the car.
"Hey!" Lorelai frowned. "You never answered me, Missy! Wouldn't all that be better if you're with him?"
"I'm not going to answer you. I'm going to think about it, then act on my decision, then talk to you about it."
"Meanie."
*~**~*~**~*
"Hi, I'm Rory, can I take your order?" Rory asked another customer.
"Yes, I'll have a vegetarian omelet, and a glass of tomato juice." The bald man said shortly.
"White, Whole Wheat, or Rye toast?"
"Rye." He turned back to the folder he was reading out-of.
Rory hid her grimace if distaste with a manufactured smile. "Of course." She took the menu from the table, and went back into the kitchen. "Luke, You'll like this one. A Vomelit, with rye toast. God, how people eat stuff like that beats me."
"We're smart and don't have a death wish." He grumbled.
"Yea, yea." She smiled and poured the tomato juice. "Tell me that when me and mom live loner than anyone in the world."
"Right, Lorelai couldn't die, she couldn't stay still long enough to do anything but drink coffee."
"COFFEE!!!" They could probably hear Lorelai's wail in Hartford.
"Speak of the Devil." Luke said as Jess came into the kitchen.
"And the Devil appears." Jess drawled as he got a bowl of coffee.
"Actually, Jessie, we were talking about my mother."
"Ahhhh. The Coffee Fiend, who, by the way, will cause me bodily harm if I don't get this coffee to her Pronto." He smiled at Rory and left to the chanting of 'Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee.' from Lorelai.
"Luke, can you pass me a celery stick?" Rory asked.
Luke grunted what Rory assumed as an affirmative because a second later he handed one to her, which she promptly plopped into the tomato juice. "Thanks!"
15 minutes later she sat heavily beside her mother at a table in the corner. "Can I die?"
"Nope. I need you alive so I can drink excess amounts of coffee with you." Lorelai sipped leisurely at the heavenly brew in her cup.
Rory banged her head on the table. "Coffee." She lifted her head up and threw a pathetic look at Jess, who was behind the counter? "Jee-eess.." She sing-songed.
"Ro-ry.." He mimicked. Shaking his head at the look on her face, he grabbed a LB (Lorelai Bowl), and a pot of coffee, walked over, and sat them in front of her.
Suddenly re-energized, she jumped up, grabbed him, and kissed him square on the lips. A second later, realizing what she was doing - and where, she hurriedly pulled back, blushing. "Well. Thanks for the coffee."
"Any time." He walked away, dazed.
Rory plopped back down in her seat and buried her head in her hands. "Tell me I didn't just kiss Jess."
"You didn't just kiss Jess."
"Okay. Thanks."
The bald stranger sitting at the table beside them closed his folder, and stood. As he was walking out of the door, he said softly to himself, "Lorelai Leigh Hayden, I found you."
*~**~*~**~*
Sorry it's so short, I've been at my brothers house for 5 days. I still am.
So, did you like it? I'll have more soon, hopefully Wednesday.
So, what did you all think of GG tonight? I found it highly amusing when Chicago Bag Boy said that Stars Hollow was 'His Town', Damn Narco.
Anywho, tell me what you thought. I love the ending to the chapter, don't you? **Evil Laugh**
E-mail me at coffeechick87@hotmail.com!
Thanx 4 readin'!
~Jayde
Author: coffeechick87, a.k.a. Jayde.
Disclaimer: I own nothing! Well, except Asia, who actually is my cat.
Pairing: Rory/Jess.
Rating: Pg-13 - to be safe.
Summary: AU. Raised in LA, 17 year old Rory Hayden runs away to Stars Hollow to find her mother. There, she meets the quirky townspeople, and finds herself drawn to one in particular.
A/N: Thank-you all for the reviews! ballerinagrl, Literati means Rory and Jess fanfiction, and AU means alternate universe. In the case of this fic, Rory grew up in LA, never knowing Lorelai. Thanks again,
Jayde
Too Late to Forget
Chapter 5:
Changes, Talks, and an Unexpected Surprise
"You do know that you didn't have to do that, don't you Rory?" Lorelai looked at her daughter who was driving the BMW towards Stars Hollow. It had been 3 weeks since the scene in the diner, and Lorelai and Rory were getting closer every day.
They were just returning from a small trip to Hartford where Rory had legally changed her last name. She had put the papers in 2 weeks ago, so they had just picked-up Rory's new id.
"I know, Mom."
" I mean, Id' still love you if your last name was Wilmongirf!" Rory took her eyes long enough to give Lorelai an amused glance.
"I know that too, Mom. Wait a sec, Wilmongirf?!"
"What? It was the first name that popped into my head?!"
"And the scary thing is that I don't find that odd at all." Rory shook her head. "Ok, when we get back do you want me to drop you off an the Inn, your place? Or do you want to come to the Diner with me, my shift starts in an hour and a half."
"Ohhh.. Luke's! I really need Luke..s coffee." Lorelai elongated the name after she realized what she almost said.
Rory grinned. "Speaking of Luke, what's going on with you two?"
Lorelai paused and then mumbled something that suspiciously like 'Evil Child', before answering. sort of. "Well, I can ask you the same about you and Jess. What's going on with you two?"
"I'll answer you after you answer me."
Grrrr. Lorelai really wanted to know what was up between Rory and Jess, but did she really want to know that bad?? Duh, of course! "I think I love him." Lorelai blurted much to the surprise of Rory.
"What?!" Rory shook her head, attempting to clear it, the pulled over to the side of the road, cut the engine, unbuckled her seat-belt, and faced her mother. "Ok, you need to tell me everything. Now."
"Well. I've known him for years. And most of that time he's been the giver of life-"
"Coffee." Rory interrupted.
"Of course, Anyway. I guess I've just sorta' falleninlovewithhim." Lorelai sped up he last little bit, as if she thought that she wouldn't have followed through with finishing the sentence if she didn't.
"Awwww..." Rory gently teased.
Lorelai stuck out her tongue. "So, what's up with you and Jess?" She sat forward eagerly.
"Well.."
"Well, what?"
"Well. It's complicated. I've only known him a little over a month."
"But.?" Lorelai prompted.
"But.. I feel so much for him. I think I might be. falling in love with him." Rory looked at her mother miserably.
"Oh, hunny, what's wrong with that?"
"It's just that. My life is so screwed up right now. I mean, I just met my mother; I'm estranged from my father, I'm just getting up the courage to confront my maternal Grandparents. I could go on." Rory sighed and looked at her hands.
"Oh, Rory."Lorelai took Rory's clenched hands in hers. "Wouldn't it help if you were together for that? He could help you with my parents and with Chris. Two's always better than one, as they say."
"Who?"
"'Who', what?" Lorelai tilted her head inquisitively.
"Who says that?"
"Says what?"
"That 'two is always better than one'?"
"You know. Everyone!"
Rory laughed. "Sure. 'Everyone'." Rory sat back down in her seat, buckled up, and started the car.
"Hey!" Lorelai frowned. "You never answered me, Missy! Wouldn't all that be better if you're with him?"
"I'm not going to answer you. I'm going to think about it, then act on my decision, then talk to you about it."
"Meanie."
*~**~*~**~*
"Hi, I'm Rory, can I take your order?" Rory asked another customer.
"Yes, I'll have a vegetarian omelet, and a glass of tomato juice." The bald man said shortly.
"White, Whole Wheat, or Rye toast?"
"Rye." He turned back to the folder he was reading out-of.
Rory hid her grimace if distaste with a manufactured smile. "Of course." She took the menu from the table, and went back into the kitchen. "Luke, You'll like this one. A Vomelit, with rye toast. God, how people eat stuff like that beats me."
"We're smart and don't have a death wish." He grumbled.
"Yea, yea." She smiled and poured the tomato juice. "Tell me that when me and mom live loner than anyone in the world."
"Right, Lorelai couldn't die, she couldn't stay still long enough to do anything but drink coffee."
"COFFEE!!!" They could probably hear Lorelai's wail in Hartford.
"Speak of the Devil." Luke said as Jess came into the kitchen.
"And the Devil appears." Jess drawled as he got a bowl of coffee.
"Actually, Jessie, we were talking about my mother."
"Ahhhh. The Coffee Fiend, who, by the way, will cause me bodily harm if I don't get this coffee to her Pronto." He smiled at Rory and left to the chanting of 'Coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee.' from Lorelai.
"Luke, can you pass me a celery stick?" Rory asked.
Luke grunted what Rory assumed as an affirmative because a second later he handed one to her, which she promptly plopped into the tomato juice. "Thanks!"
15 minutes later she sat heavily beside her mother at a table in the corner. "Can I die?"
"Nope. I need you alive so I can drink excess amounts of coffee with you." Lorelai sipped leisurely at the heavenly brew in her cup.
Rory banged her head on the table. "Coffee." She lifted her head up and threw a pathetic look at Jess, who was behind the counter? "Jee-eess.." She sing-songed.
"Ro-ry.." He mimicked. Shaking his head at the look on her face, he grabbed a LB (Lorelai Bowl), and a pot of coffee, walked over, and sat them in front of her.
Suddenly re-energized, she jumped up, grabbed him, and kissed him square on the lips. A second later, realizing what she was doing - and where, she hurriedly pulled back, blushing. "Well. Thanks for the coffee."
"Any time." He walked away, dazed.
Rory plopped back down in her seat and buried her head in her hands. "Tell me I didn't just kiss Jess."
"You didn't just kiss Jess."
"Okay. Thanks."
The bald stranger sitting at the table beside them closed his folder, and stood. As he was walking out of the door, he said softly to himself, "Lorelai Leigh Hayden, I found you."
*~**~*~**~*
Sorry it's so short, I've been at my brothers house for 5 days. I still am.
So, did you like it? I'll have more soon, hopefully Wednesday.
So, what did you all think of GG tonight? I found it highly amusing when Chicago Bag Boy said that Stars Hollow was 'His Town', Damn Narco.
Anywho, tell me what you thought. I love the ending to the chapter, don't you? **Evil Laugh**
E-mail me at coffeechick87@hotmail.com!
Thanx 4 readin'!
~Jayde