Title: Too Late to Forget
Author: coffeechick87, a.k.a. Jayde.
Disclaimer: I own it! I own It all!! Which is probably why I live in a room with padded walls.. there nice and squishy. So, as you probably figured out, 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: Jayde Too Late to Forget
Chapter 6:
"So."
"So."
"So."
"I think you guys covered that already!" Lorelai called from the other side of Rory's apartment door, where she and Luke were listening avidly.
"Go away, Mom!!" Rory shook her head and got up from where she was nervously perched on the edge of a table, and then started to pace.
Jess, sitting on a chair in front of her chuckled, then promptly shut-up when Rory shot him a dark look. After a few minutes of pacing, Rory spoke,
"I kissed you."
"Yes, you did."
Rory turned to face him. "I kissed you, and. You kissed me back?"
He quirked and an eyebrow, "I did. Sorta'."
"How the hell could you 'Sorta', kiss me back?!" She took in a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself.
"Well, really there wasn't enough time to actually kiss you back, but I would have if the kiss had been longer."
"Oh. So. you would have kissed me back."
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Well. Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? You're the one who kissed me." Jess neatly sidestepped the question.
"Uh. Well. You. Coffee." Rory inhaled another deep breath, and quickly let it out. "I. It just... It felt right."
"But *why* did it feel right, Ror?! Why?!"
"Why?! Do you really want me to tell you why?!" She burst out.
"Yes! I really do want to know why!"
"Because I fell for you!!" She sat down heavily on her couch, and put her head in her hands. "Oh, God."
Jess was just sitting there, shock evident on his face. The girl that he had fallen for almost since the day that they met, fell for him?! Since the day that he met Rory he was just thankful to have her as a friend. But he never thought that she fell for him, too. Well, He hoped the she did, but he never really thought that it would ever happen.
HE was a troubled kid from the wrong side of the tracks, with a chip on his home state. He'd been sent to his Uncle's because his own mother couldn't handle him anymore, and practically the only reason that he was staying out of trouble was that there wasn't really a lot of opportunities to get into shit around a small town like Stars Hollow. The most that he could do , really, was small pranks that only got Taylor worked up.. Although he wasn't even punished fro that, Luke actually liked it when Taylor's face turns the colour of a pomegranate and you could almost see steam rise from his ears.
But SHE. She was Rory. Perfection. Well. As close to perfect as a person could get. She had had the best education that a 17 - soon to be 18 year old - could have. She'd graduated almost 2 years early from a private school where there was absolutely no grading curve, just a straight line right at the top, she had been accepted to all of the Top Schools for her Higher Education, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vassar, and Duke.
Granted, her family life wasn't that great, but it was improving. She and Lorelai were getting closer and closer. She had legally changed her name to Gilmore. She hadn't had any contact with her father since she left California, which was most likely, a good thing.
And. She had fallen for him. How the Hell had that happened?
"You know what? I'm just gonna' take a walk or something, since you obviously aren't going to say anything." Rory's voice broke through his shock. He shook his head to clear it as she stood.
"Rory, wait!" Jess stood, starting to walk toward her.
"Why?!" She whirled around to face him, "So you can let me down gently?! I'm embarrassed enough right now, thanks. I don't need to add that to the pile, too."
"No!" He couldn't believe that she thought he didn't feel the same. that he was just trying to be nice about saying, 'thanks, but no thanks', when he was trying to do the exact opposite. He reached over to grab her hand and pulled her towards the couch before she could fully react to what he was doing. He sat beside her and took her hands in his, lifting her chin with a finger when she stared at their entwined fingers.
"Rory, you couldn't be more wrong." Her eyes shot to meet his from where she was staring at his chin.
"What. what d'you mean?" Jess could clearly read the doubt, and the hope that was warring in Rory's eyes.
"I mean... I'm not trying to let you down; I'm trying to do the exact opposite, actually." He paused when she shakily drew in a breath, then he drew in his own. "I fell in love with you. I don't know when. it probably started the first time I saw you, when you walked into the diner. I remember the expression on your face when everyone went silent, deer in the headlights. I think I started to fall then." He smiled slightly when he saw a tear track down her left cheek, then wiped in away with his thumb.
"Jess.." She whispered. "Really?. I mean. I have a very screwed up life, you know that. And as much as I love you.. I can't give you any guarantees. Chris could probably force me to leave, I could be kidnapped again." She shut her eyes when she realized what she'd just disclosed.
"Wait, wait.. Again?!" Jess's eyes were wide with shock.
"Yea.. well.. I was sorta' kidnapped by the gardener when I was eight."
"Oh. The gardener. Well, you're fine, obviously. Thank God." He pulled her into a fierce hug, and spoke into her hair. "I can't give you guarantees, either. I mean, I could be hit by a car tomorrow, we never know what will happen, no-one ever does." He pulled away, and brushed some hair away from he face. "So, do you want to take a chance on this, on us? I do."
She smiled shakily and nodded, tears in her eyes. "Yes. I really want to take the chance on us." She tilted her head up, and pulled his face towards her own. His lips met hers with a fierce intent. A instant later they were broken apart when they heard a squeak from the outside of Rory's door. With a laugh, she pulled away.
They could hear Luke shush Lorelai, and Lorelai's giggle.
Rory shook her head, "You can come in you two." She called.
Lorelai rushed in, Luke close behind. "Soooo. What's up?"
Jess raised an eyebrow, and asked, "So, you weren't listening at the keyhole for the last 15 minutes?"
"Me?! Us?! Now, would we do that?" Lorelai tried to put on an innocent expression, and failed miserably. "Ok, fine we did. But, I still need confirmation. You two together now?"
Jess looked a Rory, Rory looked at Jess, and they simultaneously said,
"Yes."
*~**~*~**~*
Okay everyone; I'm sorry that this is so short.
I'm currently having family problems, and I will be moving into my brothers for some time, maybe a month or 2 at most, who knows? He doesn't have the Internet, but I will be writing, and trying to update when I can get to a computer with the net.
I'm sorry to disappoint people, but I will try to give you some updates. I'm leaving today, so this will probably be your last update for quite a while.
Again, I'm sorry.
Anyway, on a lighter note. What did you think?
Please review and tell me, or e-mail me at coffeechick87@hotmail.com.
Thanx,
Jayde
Author: coffeechick87, a.k.a. Jayde.
Disclaimer: I own it! I own It all!! Which is probably why I live in a room with padded walls.. there nice and squishy. So, as you probably figured out, 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: Jayde Too Late to Forget
Chapter 6:
"So."
"So."
"So."
"I think you guys covered that already!" Lorelai called from the other side of Rory's apartment door, where she and Luke were listening avidly.
"Go away, Mom!!" Rory shook her head and got up from where she was nervously perched on the edge of a table, and then started to pace.
Jess, sitting on a chair in front of her chuckled, then promptly shut-up when Rory shot him a dark look. After a few minutes of pacing, Rory spoke,
"I kissed you."
"Yes, you did."
Rory turned to face him. "I kissed you, and. You kissed me back?"
He quirked and an eyebrow, "I did. Sorta'."
"How the hell could you 'Sorta', kiss me back?!" She took in a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself.
"Well, really there wasn't enough time to actually kiss you back, but I would have if the kiss had been longer."
"Oh. So. you would have kissed me back."
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Well. Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? You're the one who kissed me." Jess neatly sidestepped the question.
"Uh. Well. You. Coffee." Rory inhaled another deep breath, and quickly let it out. "I. It just... It felt right."
"But *why* did it feel right, Ror?! Why?!"
"Why?! Do you really want me to tell you why?!" She burst out.
"Yes! I really do want to know why!"
"Because I fell for you!!" She sat down heavily on her couch, and put her head in her hands. "Oh, God."
Jess was just sitting there, shock evident on his face. The girl that he had fallen for almost since the day that they met, fell for him?! Since the day that he met Rory he was just thankful to have her as a friend. But he never thought that she fell for him, too. Well, He hoped the she did, but he never really thought that it would ever happen.
HE was a troubled kid from the wrong side of the tracks, with a chip on his home state. He'd been sent to his Uncle's because his own mother couldn't handle him anymore, and practically the only reason that he was staying out of trouble was that there wasn't really a lot of opportunities to get into shit around a small town like Stars Hollow. The most that he could do , really, was small pranks that only got Taylor worked up.. Although he wasn't even punished fro that, Luke actually liked it when Taylor's face turns the colour of a pomegranate and you could almost see steam rise from his ears.
But SHE. She was Rory. Perfection. Well. As close to perfect as a person could get. She had had the best education that a 17 - soon to be 18 year old - could have. She'd graduated almost 2 years early from a private school where there was absolutely no grading curve, just a straight line right at the top, she had been accepted to all of the Top Schools for her Higher Education, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Vassar, and Duke.
Granted, her family life wasn't that great, but it was improving. She and Lorelai were getting closer and closer. She had legally changed her name to Gilmore. She hadn't had any contact with her father since she left California, which was most likely, a good thing.
And. She had fallen for him. How the Hell had that happened?
"You know what? I'm just gonna' take a walk or something, since you obviously aren't going to say anything." Rory's voice broke through his shock. He shook his head to clear it as she stood.
"Rory, wait!" Jess stood, starting to walk toward her.
"Why?!" She whirled around to face him, "So you can let me down gently?! I'm embarrassed enough right now, thanks. I don't need to add that to the pile, too."
"No!" He couldn't believe that she thought he didn't feel the same. that he was just trying to be nice about saying, 'thanks, but no thanks', when he was trying to do the exact opposite. He reached over to grab her hand and pulled her towards the couch before she could fully react to what he was doing. He sat beside her and took her hands in his, lifting her chin with a finger when she stared at their entwined fingers.
"Rory, you couldn't be more wrong." Her eyes shot to meet his from where she was staring at his chin.
"What. what d'you mean?" Jess could clearly read the doubt, and the hope that was warring in Rory's eyes.
"I mean... I'm not trying to let you down; I'm trying to do the exact opposite, actually." He paused when she shakily drew in a breath, then he drew in his own. "I fell in love with you. I don't know when. it probably started the first time I saw you, when you walked into the diner. I remember the expression on your face when everyone went silent, deer in the headlights. I think I started to fall then." He smiled slightly when he saw a tear track down her left cheek, then wiped in away with his thumb.
"Jess.." She whispered. "Really?. I mean. I have a very screwed up life, you know that. And as much as I love you.. I can't give you any guarantees. Chris could probably force me to leave, I could be kidnapped again." She shut her eyes when she realized what she'd just disclosed.
"Wait, wait.. Again?!" Jess's eyes were wide with shock.
"Yea.. well.. I was sorta' kidnapped by the gardener when I was eight."
"Oh. The gardener. Well, you're fine, obviously. Thank God." He pulled her into a fierce hug, and spoke into her hair. "I can't give you guarantees, either. I mean, I could be hit by a car tomorrow, we never know what will happen, no-one ever does." He pulled away, and brushed some hair away from he face. "So, do you want to take a chance on this, on us? I do."
She smiled shakily and nodded, tears in her eyes. "Yes. I really want to take the chance on us." She tilted her head up, and pulled his face towards her own. His lips met hers with a fierce intent. A instant later they were broken apart when they heard a squeak from the outside of Rory's door. With a laugh, she pulled away.
They could hear Luke shush Lorelai, and Lorelai's giggle.
Rory shook her head, "You can come in you two." She called.
Lorelai rushed in, Luke close behind. "Soooo. What's up?"
Jess raised an eyebrow, and asked, "So, you weren't listening at the keyhole for the last 15 minutes?"
"Me?! Us?! Now, would we do that?" Lorelai tried to put on an innocent expression, and failed miserably. "Ok, fine we did. But, I still need confirmation. You two together now?"
Jess looked a Rory, Rory looked at Jess, and they simultaneously said,
"Yes."
*~**~*~**~*
Okay everyone; I'm sorry that this is so short.
I'm currently having family problems, and I will be moving into my brothers for some time, maybe a month or 2 at most, who knows? He doesn't have the Internet, but I will be writing, and trying to update when I can get to a computer with the net.
I'm sorry to disappoint people, but I will try to give you some updates. I'm leaving today, so this will probably be your last update for quite a while.
Again, I'm sorry.
Anyway, on a lighter note. What did you think?
Please review and tell me, or e-mail me at coffeechick87@hotmail.com.
Thanx,
Jayde