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... they're 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: He he. Thanks to all who replied, I love you all.
I was so psyched to see that I had over 165 reviews!! THANK YOU!!
Kaz ~ I know that the whole marriage contract was out with the 1800s, but for the sake of the fic... lets say that Chris blackmails judges, or something, so he'd get away with it. lol.
Natalie ~ Lorelai unknowingly signed away her rights to Rory when she was under the drugs at the hospital after Ror was born, remember? So legally, she wouldn't need to sign for an underage marriage.
Gidgetgirl ~ I thought of that too, I know the whole contract thing wouldn't actually happen, I just thought that it would be a good plot twist.
Okay. This part has a lot - in my opinion - mush in it. I think it's one of the best chapters that I've ever written. I don't know if you'll think so, too.
I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a long time. I had writers' block, then Me and my family moved, and then I wrote the chapter then my computer crashed and I was left with **nothing**. THEN, I had a mental breakdown from loosing the chapter that I already wrote, which was even better than this one. Sooo. It was all a bit hectic. Lol
So. Enjoy Chapter 9, and please, please review!
Oh, and just so you know, on ff.net the spacing for some parts was squished, so I just used '..' And stuff so everything wasn't so close together.
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~Jayde
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Too Late to Forget
Chapter 9: Not Just A Streetwise Punk
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"W-what?" Rory coughed and cleared her throat nervously.
"It'd be null and void if you were already married." Jess repeated slowly.
"Well." Rory paused to let that news sink in. "That opens up a whole other can of chocolate covered coffee beans, doesn't it? I mean, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid! Who would I marry, anyway?! To avoid marriage, I have to get married! Does that make any sense, At All?!" Rory grabbed a pillow off of her bed and screamed into it.
Jess just watched her with a bemused expression as she got up and continued to rant. The solution had been obvious to him as soon as he heard what Mr. Stephens had to say.
HE would be the one to marry Rory. True, he was only 18, but he had no doubt of his love for her, or her love for him. They were young but if she didn't marry him, She would be forced to marry someone that she didn't love. that she didn't even know, for gods' sakes! He knew her. He knew how she liked her coffee - In excess - he knew what books she liked to read, what she liked to eat, what kind of music she listened to, what movies she watched.
Brad Shitley, or whatever his name was, knew none of that.
Obviously, marrying him hadn't entered Rory's mind, as she was still pacing the length of her room and back, muttering under her breath.
After watching his girlfriend go back and forth in front of him until he got dizzy, he calmly stood up, and caught her shoulders as she was passing him by again.
"Calm down, Ror." He said as he gently steered her toward her bed.
"Calm Down?!?! You want me to CALM DOWN?!" Rory almost-shouted at him as she sat on her bed. "How do you expect me to calm down?! I was just told by my boyfriend that I had to get married, to not get married to. That. that Chris Clone!!" She looked at him with wide eyes; he looked back at her steadily.
"Yes, your Boyfriend who you love and trust. Who you love enough to be with forever, as you said earlier." He crouched down in front of her and smiled as he thought back to just a few hours ago. ...
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***Flashback***
Jess and Rory were curled up in bed, trying to delay the inevitable start of the day. Rory's head was resting on his chest, and Jess was idly stroking her hair. She sighed in pure contentment.
In that moment, she wasn't worried about her father, her supposed fiancé, or her past. She was the calmest she had been since she had found out what her father had done, just laying in Jess's arms, looking out he window as the sun just flirted with the horizon.
"I wish I could stay here forever." She said softly as she ran her fingers lightly down his chest, She grinned when she felt his muscles tense.
"Me too, Ror." Jess replied as he pulled her up slightly and took her mouth with his. "Me, too."
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***End Flashback***
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Rory looked at Jess with wide eyes as what he said sunk in, and the hidden meaning to his words.
"You. You want me to marry you?!" She stood up slightly, only to drop down again, as if her legs couldn't hold her upright.
"Well," Jess rubbed his face with his hand, "That's the general idea."
"Oh." Rory just sat on the bed, her face bland with shock. "But. but, you . You're only 18, you don't want to get married now. You're too young! And. And you don't want to marry me! I'm, I'm mean. I am! And if I go without coffee for more than an hour, murder is very possible! I'm a wreck in the morning, I can't be quiet, I talk incessantly, and-" Rory's voice was cut off as Jess stood-up and covered her mouth with his hand.
"And you're not telling me anything I don't already know. Ror, we've been practically living together for a month, and before that, We lived right next to each other! I know those things about you, and probably more!"
She looked at him with wide eyes; he could easily read the emotions in them. Shock, Anger, more Shock. Love... lots of love.
She *knew* that if they married he'd end up miserable.
He knew that he'd be miserable if they didn't marry.
She *knew* he only wanted to marry her so she didn't have to marry Bradley.
He knew that they would wed eventually, anyway. So, why wait?
Rory looked at Jess, her eyes tearing. "Why do you want to marry me?"
"Why?!" Jess raised his eyebrows, and stood-up. "Why? Because I love you. Because I don't want to live life without you, and I never will." He swallowed thickly, attempting to control his emotions, his eyes never leaving her face. "And when you smile, something inside me melts." He took her hand as she stood up and cradled it above his heart, taking her in his arms. "And most of all, when I'm with you, I don't feel like I'm just a streetwise punk from New York. Because, when I'm with you, I feel like someone worthy of love."
Rory couldn't hold back a sob as she pulled back slightly, and framed his face with her hands, brushing a light kiss across his lips. "You were always worthy of love, Jess. Always. I love you so, so much."
Jess crushed her body to his and kissed her hair. "God, I love you, too. I love you more than I ever thought I could love anybody."
He pulled back and wiped the tears that were flowing in rivulets down her cheeks. He dipped slightly and took her mouth with his, his lips paying homage to her mouth, like he did moments before to her soul with his words. He pulled away, and rested against her head, as she leaned back into him and nuzzled her face into his neck, her lips brushing his skin softly.
After a moment if silence, Jess asked the question that was still echoing in his mind,
"Will you marry me, Rory?"
She pulled back and looked into his eyes, seeing the love for her in his eyes. She smiled, sending more tears down her cheeks, and nodded slowly.
"Yes."
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"Mom?!" Rory called into the quiet house an hour later. "Mom?!" She shook her head and walked farther into the entry of her mothers' large home. She walked into the kitchen and looked at the coffeepot. Clean, and empty. She sighed and flipped it on, smiling slightly as the room filled with the scent of fresh coffee.
Walking up the stairs minutes later, with a large cup of coffee in each hand, she grinned, thinking of what she was here to tell her mother.
She opened the door to Lorelai's room and looked at the large ball of blankets and sheets that was stirring slightly in the middle of the queen- sized bed. Rory walked over and sank down on the corner of the bed, setting her coffee onto the bedside table.
She choked back a giggle as she saw only a nose come out of hiding sniffing through a break in the sheets. Then a hand slowly crept out of where the nose had been seconds before, searching for the source of the coffee.
Rory laughed quietly as she steered the mug into her mothers questing hand.
Lorelai pulled the blanket off her head, and with her eyes still closed sniffed and sipped the coffee slowly, savoring the first sip of the day, before she gulped down half of the scalding brew.
"Ah, daughter dearest. How I worship thee for bringing me ambrosia in bed." Lorelai pried her eyes open and grunted when she saw how put-together her daughter looked. "How can you look that good this early?" She groaned.
Rory shook her head sadly. "Mom, it's almost 11 o'clock."
"Exactly." Lorelai gulped the rest of her coffee and looked sadly into the empty cup. Rory rolled her eyes and handed her mother her own coffee. Lorelai took it, grinning and took a gulp. "So." She cleared her throat. "Any news on the contract front?" She looked inquiringly at her daughter.
"Well, there is a loophole. Bu-" Rory was cut off by her mothers excited shriek.
"Yay!! That's great hun!!" Lorelai looked at her daughters face closely, "Oh. it's not so great."
Rory smiled, "No, it is great... it's just. The loophole is. the only way of getting out of the contract is... if I'm already married."
Lorelai's face went blank. "Huh?"
Rory sighed and repeated herself. "The only way to get out of the contract is if I'm already married."
Lorelai tilted her head and blinked. "Hu. That's what I thought you said."
They were silent, passing the coffee back and forth until Lorelai broke the silence. "Well, what are you going to do?"
"I guess, I'm getting married."
"WHAT?!" Lorelai shouted. "You're giving in to your father?! You're marrying his protégé? But I just got you back! I'm not letting you go again! I won't let that - That Chris Clone take you away from me and back to California!!" Lorelai put the empty coffee cup on the table and clutched her daughter.
"Don't worry Mom. I'm not going anywhere." Rory gently pried herself from her mothers' arms.
"But you just said that you were marrying Bradley Shipley!"
Rory shook her head, a small smile on her face. "No, *you* said that I was marrying Bradley. *I* however did not say whom I'm marrying."
"What?" Her mother looked puzzled.
"I'm not marrying Bradley," She started to explain. "I'm marrying Jess."
"Oh. Wow." She paused. "Are you happy about it?" Lorelai asked cautiously.
Rory grinned. "Ecstatic."
Her mother laughed. "Well, Congratulations then. So when's the wedding?"
"Soon. I have to be married by my birthday, so we were thinking in a week. My birthday is in 3 weeks, so I have to be married then. But my wedding to Bradley was going to happen a little more than a week before my birthday, so Jess and I thought next Saturday - A week from today - is when we'll get married."
"Whoa, take a breath, Ror." Lorelai put her hands on her daughters' shoulders. "Are you sure that you want this? I mean, really, REALLY, 100%, sure? Because, you know, you and I could always go into hiding until you're 18. We could live in the abandoned subway system of a big city and disappear!"
Rory laughed. "I'm really, REALLY, 100% sure that I want this, mom." She smiled softly thinking of her fiancé, The real one. "I love him. I love him so, so much. And I know that I'll never stop." She looked at her mother, who had tears in her eyes.
"My baby's getting married!"
Mother and daughter leaned into each other, tears rolling down their cheeks, and hugged.
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"Honey! I'm home!!" Jess called as he walked into Rory's apartment that evening.
"Hey." Rory smiled at him from the couch, where she was watching the latest entertainment news and stroking Asia as he sat on her folded legs. "Where have you been? My mom was looking for you after I told her our plans."
"I had to go to Hartford. How did the whole Lorelai thing go? Did she take the news well?" He asked as he went into the kitchen and got a pop out of the fridge.
"Well enough. She wants me to be happy. She knows I'm happy with you." She kissed him as he walked to the couch and sat beside her. Asia looked at him for a second, then jumped off of Rory's lap and walked into the kitchen.
"I don't think Asia likes me very much." Jess chuckled.
"Don't take it to heart, babe. He likes no one but me. It's nothing personal." She leaned in and kissed his cheek softly.
"So, Lor," Jess used his personal nickname for her. "I have a serious question for you."
"And that would be?" Rory looked at Jess, and frowned as he reached into his pocket and got off of the couch. As she saw the semi-familiar move of him getting on kneeling in front of her, she swore that her heart stopped beating, then started again at an unnatural pace. "What.? What are you doing?"
Jess grinned, taking Rory's left hand in his own he opened the small velvet box that was in his hand. Rory gasped at the brilliant blue topaz jewel that was framed by two brilliant diamonds. She took in a shaky breath as Jess started to speak.
"I know this ring isn't quite traditional, but when I saw it. I just thought of your eyes. And I could picture this on your finger forever. And I also know that we did the whole agreeing to marriage thing this morning, but.. I wanted to do this... I wanted to make it formal. Well, as formal as it can be when you're in your pajamas." He smiled slightly as her took in the pink sheep that adjourned her bedclothes. She laughed softly and sent a lone tear trickling down her rosy cheek.
"So, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, love of my life. Will you marry me?"
Rory couldn't help smiling as she nodded. "Yes, Jess Robert Mariano. I will marry you."
He slipped the ring on, and kissed her hand before taking her in his arms and bringing his lips to hers.
"I love you Lor, so much."
"I love you, too. I love you, too."
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So, was the chapter as mush-filled as I promised? I hope it was.
So, what did you think of it?
I know a lot of you knew that Rory was going to marry Jess. What can I say... I am nothing if predictable. Ha! lol
Do you think that this was a longer chapter than I usually have, or is the first AN so big it's just an illusion. Hmmm.. We'll never know. lol.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Thanx for readin!
Jayde
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P.S. ~ If you want me to e-mail you when I'm posting a new Chapter for this, just ask in your reply, and I'll try my best! Oh... And please remember to leave your e-mail address, especially if you didn't sign in/don't have an ff.net account!
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... they're 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: He he. Thanks to all who replied, I love you all.
I was so psyched to see that I had over 165 reviews!! THANK YOU!!
Kaz ~ I know that the whole marriage contract was out with the 1800s, but for the sake of the fic... lets say that Chris blackmails judges, or something, so he'd get away with it. lol.
Natalie ~ Lorelai unknowingly signed away her rights to Rory when she was under the drugs at the hospital after Ror was born, remember? So legally, she wouldn't need to sign for an underage marriage.
Gidgetgirl ~ I thought of that too, I know the whole contract thing wouldn't actually happen, I just thought that it would be a good plot twist.
Okay. This part has a lot - in my opinion - mush in it. I think it's one of the best chapters that I've ever written. I don't know if you'll think so, too.
I'm sorry that I haven't updated in a long time. I had writers' block, then Me and my family moved, and then I wrote the chapter then my computer crashed and I was left with **nothing**. THEN, I had a mental breakdown from loosing the chapter that I already wrote, which was even better than this one. Sooo. It was all a bit hectic. Lol
So. Enjoy Chapter 9, and please, please review!
Oh, and just so you know, on ff.net the spacing for some parts was squished, so I just used '..' And stuff so everything wasn't so close together.
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~Jayde
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Too Late to Forget
Chapter 9: Not Just A Streetwise Punk
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"W-what?" Rory coughed and cleared her throat nervously.
"It'd be null and void if you were already married." Jess repeated slowly.
"Well." Rory paused to let that news sink in. "That opens up a whole other can of chocolate covered coffee beans, doesn't it? I mean, that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid! Who would I marry, anyway?! To avoid marriage, I have to get married! Does that make any sense, At All?!" Rory grabbed a pillow off of her bed and screamed into it.
Jess just watched her with a bemused expression as she got up and continued to rant. The solution had been obvious to him as soon as he heard what Mr. Stephens had to say.
HE would be the one to marry Rory. True, he was only 18, but he had no doubt of his love for her, or her love for him. They were young but if she didn't marry him, She would be forced to marry someone that she didn't love. that she didn't even know, for gods' sakes! He knew her. He knew how she liked her coffee - In excess - he knew what books she liked to read, what she liked to eat, what kind of music she listened to, what movies she watched.
Brad Shitley, or whatever his name was, knew none of that.
Obviously, marrying him hadn't entered Rory's mind, as she was still pacing the length of her room and back, muttering under her breath.
After watching his girlfriend go back and forth in front of him until he got dizzy, he calmly stood up, and caught her shoulders as she was passing him by again.
"Calm down, Ror." He said as he gently steered her toward her bed.
"Calm Down?!?! You want me to CALM DOWN?!" Rory almost-shouted at him as she sat on her bed. "How do you expect me to calm down?! I was just told by my boyfriend that I had to get married, to not get married to. That. that Chris Clone!!" She looked at him with wide eyes; he looked back at her steadily.
"Yes, your Boyfriend who you love and trust. Who you love enough to be with forever, as you said earlier." He crouched down in front of her and smiled as he thought back to just a few hours ago. ...
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***Flashback***
Jess and Rory were curled up in bed, trying to delay the inevitable start of the day. Rory's head was resting on his chest, and Jess was idly stroking her hair. She sighed in pure contentment.
In that moment, she wasn't worried about her father, her supposed fiancé, or her past. She was the calmest she had been since she had found out what her father had done, just laying in Jess's arms, looking out he window as the sun just flirted with the horizon.
"I wish I could stay here forever." She said softly as she ran her fingers lightly down his chest, She grinned when she felt his muscles tense.
"Me too, Ror." Jess replied as he pulled her up slightly and took her mouth with his. "Me, too."
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***End Flashback***
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Rory looked at Jess with wide eyes as what he said sunk in, and the hidden meaning to his words.
"You. You want me to marry you?!" She stood up slightly, only to drop down again, as if her legs couldn't hold her upright.
"Well," Jess rubbed his face with his hand, "That's the general idea."
"Oh." Rory just sat on the bed, her face bland with shock. "But. but, you . You're only 18, you don't want to get married now. You're too young! And. And you don't want to marry me! I'm, I'm mean. I am! And if I go without coffee for more than an hour, murder is very possible! I'm a wreck in the morning, I can't be quiet, I talk incessantly, and-" Rory's voice was cut off as Jess stood-up and covered her mouth with his hand.
"And you're not telling me anything I don't already know. Ror, we've been practically living together for a month, and before that, We lived right next to each other! I know those things about you, and probably more!"
She looked at him with wide eyes; he could easily read the emotions in them. Shock, Anger, more Shock. Love... lots of love.
She *knew* that if they married he'd end up miserable.
He knew that he'd be miserable if they didn't marry.
She *knew* he only wanted to marry her so she didn't have to marry Bradley.
He knew that they would wed eventually, anyway. So, why wait?
Rory looked at Jess, her eyes tearing. "Why do you want to marry me?"
"Why?!" Jess raised his eyebrows, and stood-up. "Why? Because I love you. Because I don't want to live life without you, and I never will." He swallowed thickly, attempting to control his emotions, his eyes never leaving her face. "And when you smile, something inside me melts." He took her hand as she stood up and cradled it above his heart, taking her in his arms. "And most of all, when I'm with you, I don't feel like I'm just a streetwise punk from New York. Because, when I'm with you, I feel like someone worthy of love."
Rory couldn't hold back a sob as she pulled back slightly, and framed his face with her hands, brushing a light kiss across his lips. "You were always worthy of love, Jess. Always. I love you so, so much."
Jess crushed her body to his and kissed her hair. "God, I love you, too. I love you more than I ever thought I could love anybody."
He pulled back and wiped the tears that were flowing in rivulets down her cheeks. He dipped slightly and took her mouth with his, his lips paying homage to her mouth, like he did moments before to her soul with his words. He pulled away, and rested against her head, as she leaned back into him and nuzzled her face into his neck, her lips brushing his skin softly.
After a moment if silence, Jess asked the question that was still echoing in his mind,
"Will you marry me, Rory?"
She pulled back and looked into his eyes, seeing the love for her in his eyes. She smiled, sending more tears down her cheeks, and nodded slowly.
"Yes."
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"Mom?!" Rory called into the quiet house an hour later. "Mom?!" She shook her head and walked farther into the entry of her mothers' large home. She walked into the kitchen and looked at the coffeepot. Clean, and empty. She sighed and flipped it on, smiling slightly as the room filled with the scent of fresh coffee.
Walking up the stairs minutes later, with a large cup of coffee in each hand, she grinned, thinking of what she was here to tell her mother.
She opened the door to Lorelai's room and looked at the large ball of blankets and sheets that was stirring slightly in the middle of the queen- sized bed. Rory walked over and sank down on the corner of the bed, setting her coffee onto the bedside table.
She choked back a giggle as she saw only a nose come out of hiding sniffing through a break in the sheets. Then a hand slowly crept out of where the nose had been seconds before, searching for the source of the coffee.
Rory laughed quietly as she steered the mug into her mothers questing hand.
Lorelai pulled the blanket off her head, and with her eyes still closed sniffed and sipped the coffee slowly, savoring the first sip of the day, before she gulped down half of the scalding brew.
"Ah, daughter dearest. How I worship thee for bringing me ambrosia in bed." Lorelai pried her eyes open and grunted when she saw how put-together her daughter looked. "How can you look that good this early?" She groaned.
Rory shook her head sadly. "Mom, it's almost 11 o'clock."
"Exactly." Lorelai gulped the rest of her coffee and looked sadly into the empty cup. Rory rolled her eyes and handed her mother her own coffee. Lorelai took it, grinning and took a gulp. "So." She cleared her throat. "Any news on the contract front?" She looked inquiringly at her daughter.
"Well, there is a loophole. Bu-" Rory was cut off by her mothers excited shriek.
"Yay!! That's great hun!!" Lorelai looked at her daughters face closely, "Oh. it's not so great."
Rory smiled, "No, it is great... it's just. The loophole is. the only way of getting out of the contract is... if I'm already married."
Lorelai's face went blank. "Huh?"
Rory sighed and repeated herself. "The only way to get out of the contract is if I'm already married."
Lorelai tilted her head and blinked. "Hu. That's what I thought you said."
They were silent, passing the coffee back and forth until Lorelai broke the silence. "Well, what are you going to do?"
"I guess, I'm getting married."
"WHAT?!" Lorelai shouted. "You're giving in to your father?! You're marrying his protégé? But I just got you back! I'm not letting you go again! I won't let that - That Chris Clone take you away from me and back to California!!" Lorelai put the empty coffee cup on the table and clutched her daughter.
"Don't worry Mom. I'm not going anywhere." Rory gently pried herself from her mothers' arms.
"But you just said that you were marrying Bradley Shipley!"
Rory shook her head, a small smile on her face. "No, *you* said that I was marrying Bradley. *I* however did not say whom I'm marrying."
"What?" Her mother looked puzzled.
"I'm not marrying Bradley," She started to explain. "I'm marrying Jess."
"Oh. Wow." She paused. "Are you happy about it?" Lorelai asked cautiously.
Rory grinned. "Ecstatic."
Her mother laughed. "Well, Congratulations then. So when's the wedding?"
"Soon. I have to be married by my birthday, so we were thinking in a week. My birthday is in 3 weeks, so I have to be married then. But my wedding to Bradley was going to happen a little more than a week before my birthday, so Jess and I thought next Saturday - A week from today - is when we'll get married."
"Whoa, take a breath, Ror." Lorelai put her hands on her daughters' shoulders. "Are you sure that you want this? I mean, really, REALLY, 100%, sure? Because, you know, you and I could always go into hiding until you're 18. We could live in the abandoned subway system of a big city and disappear!"
Rory laughed. "I'm really, REALLY, 100% sure that I want this, mom." She smiled softly thinking of her fiancé, The real one. "I love him. I love him so, so much. And I know that I'll never stop." She looked at her mother, who had tears in her eyes.
"My baby's getting married!"
Mother and daughter leaned into each other, tears rolling down their cheeks, and hugged.
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"Honey! I'm home!!" Jess called as he walked into Rory's apartment that evening.
"Hey." Rory smiled at him from the couch, where she was watching the latest entertainment news and stroking Asia as he sat on her folded legs. "Where have you been? My mom was looking for you after I told her our plans."
"I had to go to Hartford. How did the whole Lorelai thing go? Did she take the news well?" He asked as he went into the kitchen and got a pop out of the fridge.
"Well enough. She wants me to be happy. She knows I'm happy with you." She kissed him as he walked to the couch and sat beside her. Asia looked at him for a second, then jumped off of Rory's lap and walked into the kitchen.
"I don't think Asia likes me very much." Jess chuckled.
"Don't take it to heart, babe. He likes no one but me. It's nothing personal." She leaned in and kissed his cheek softly.
"So, Lor," Jess used his personal nickname for her. "I have a serious question for you."
"And that would be?" Rory looked at Jess, and frowned as he reached into his pocket and got off of the couch. As she saw the semi-familiar move of him getting on kneeling in front of her, she swore that her heart stopped beating, then started again at an unnatural pace. "What.? What are you doing?"
Jess grinned, taking Rory's left hand in his own he opened the small velvet box that was in his hand. Rory gasped at the brilliant blue topaz jewel that was framed by two brilliant diamonds. She took in a shaky breath as Jess started to speak.
"I know this ring isn't quite traditional, but when I saw it. I just thought of your eyes. And I could picture this on your finger forever. And I also know that we did the whole agreeing to marriage thing this morning, but.. I wanted to do this... I wanted to make it formal. Well, as formal as it can be when you're in your pajamas." He smiled slightly as her took in the pink sheep that adjourned her bedclothes. She laughed softly and sent a lone tear trickling down her rosy cheek.
"So, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, love of my life. Will you marry me?"
Rory couldn't help smiling as she nodded. "Yes, Jess Robert Mariano. I will marry you."
He slipped the ring on, and kissed her hand before taking her in his arms and bringing his lips to hers.
"I love you Lor, so much."
"I love you, too. I love you, too."
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So, was the chapter as mush-filled as I promised? I hope it was.
So, what did you think of it?
I know a lot of you knew that Rory was going to marry Jess. What can I say... I am nothing if predictable. Ha! lol
Do you think that this was a longer chapter than I usually have, or is the first AN so big it's just an illusion. Hmmm.. We'll never know. lol.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
Thanx for readin!
Jayde
...
.
P.S. ~ If you want me to e-mail you when I'm posting a new Chapter for this, just ask in your reply, and I'll try my best! Oh... And please remember to leave your e-mail address, especially if you didn't sign in/don't have an ff.net account!