TITLE: "A Moment of Weakness"
NAME -Sandra aka Lukerules
E-MAIL -baumann1@yahoo.com
SPOILERS - None.
SUMMARY - Alternate ending to "I Can't Get Started" - Jess doesn't appear until after the wedding ceremony (during the reception). Challenge posed by Shadowcat on fanfiction.net: In the preview for I Can't Get Started, the over voice says, "One moment of weakness will change these three lives", and it shows Rory and Jess kissing, then Dean and Rory. What if more happened that day then just a kiss? And oh yes, I always make Jess to be the 'good guy' - ASP be damned for making him a jerk.
RATING - PG-13 (only because Shadowcat is 14)
PAIRING OR CHARACTER - R/D, R/J (no Tristan, not in ANY of my stories, ever, sorry)
DISCLAIMER -I don't own the characters (pout) but I'd like to borrow Luke/Scott for a few hours/days/years, please, please, pretty please? The WB, Amy Sherman-Palladino, et al owns it all.
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Chapter One
"What a beautiful day, well, almost..." Lorelai tried to smile to her daughter, but the Chris situation was overwhelming her, still fresh in her mind, still causing her pain.
"Sookie and Jackson had a perfect day," Rory stated simply, trying to move her mom's depression aside.
"Yeah, perfect," she said, taking a long sip of her drink.
Rory looked around to find Dean over near the beverages, chatting with some of his high school friends. She sighed. He was acting weird all day. Distant. He said it was Rory's fault, that she was the one who was pushing him away. Rory thought that maybe he's just jealous of the vice-president thing and the fact that she'll be gone for the summer so he'll be alone. For whatever reason, the thought of not being with Dean all summer didn't seem to bother her. 'Strange,' she had thought, not daring to talk to her mother about it. Hell, she didn't even talk about her feelings about Dean with Lane, her best friend. She just didn't know how to put it into words - how do you tell someone that you've fallen out of love with them? Especially when he hasn't done anything wrong, he treats you like a princess.hmm, but he also doesn't challenge you, doesn't share your love of literature, hmm. Rory decided that it might be time for a pro and con list. Maybe she should be by herself for a while. She didn't want to be one of those girls like Madeline or Louise who felt like they had to have a guy all the time to 'complete' them. She certainly wasn't someone who behaved like that, or was she?
"I'm going outside for some air," she said to her mom, giving her mom's shoulder a weak smile and a compassionate squeeze. As she walked out of the room, Rory noticed her grandparents making a bee-line for her mother's table. "Oh great," Lorelai said noticing her parents. "This is ALL I need," she sighed with her head in her hands.
Rory quietly slipped out of the ballroom and headed for the lobby, with the intention of going out on the front porch. But as she walked toward the front desk, she stopped short when she noticed someone standing with his back to her, scrutinizing a painting. "Deja vu," she said out loud, shaking her head, trying to shake the memory of seeing Jess standing in the same spot, doing the same thing before the Bracebridge dinner. He had made her so uncomfortable with his constant staring at her that night, but she liked it. Why?
"Huh?" she heard a familiar voice, and was shocked by the pair of gorgeous chocolate brown eyes that were suddenly looking back to her as he turned around.
"Jess! Oh my god!" Rory shrieked, running to him. "What are you doing here?!" she said running to him, stopping short of touching him, staring with wide eyes and a bright smile. 'Oh my god, this is so great!' she thought to herself.
"I came back. For you," he said, breaking his gaze from her, looking around, suddenly aware that most of the town was in the ballroom, only a few yards away, and they wouldn't be too happy to see him. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and shuffled his feet a little. Rory looked in the direction of the doors to the ballroom, understanding exactly what he was thinking.
"Wait!" she said quickly, running behind the reception desk and grabbing a key for an unoccupied room. "Let's go," she said, running up the stairs, with Jess following right behind her.
She unlocked the door and rushed inside, turning on the light and shutting the door behind them as soon as he entered. "What are you doing here?" she asked again.
Jess looked around, acutely aware that they were alone. He took off his jacket and set it on an armchair. They were all alone. Rory didn't seem as conscious of it. She just wanted to see him, to be near him, without the residents of Stars Hollow lighting torches and speaking of tar and feathers.
"I missed you. [pause] Is that okay?" he said quietly, closing the distance between them.
"Um.yeah.sure.that's okay.I mean, I really missed you too," Rory answered, suddenly feeling a little out of breath. He smirked a little, and she let out a tentative breath and smiled at him.
"So?" he asked, taking his hands out of his pockets. He licked his lips. Rory couldn't stand it anymore. She closed the space between them, put her hands around his neck and pressed her lips to his. He wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss, keeping one hand on the small of her back and the other ran up to her shoulder blade. She pulled away from the kiss, out of breath.
"Jess.we shouldn't..be doing this." she said unconvincingly.
"I know," he answered breathily, giving her short butterfly kisses on her face and along her neck. She moaned, and their lips met again, her hands running through his hair.
"Jess.we have to stop," she said again as they broke the kiss.
"Okay," he said, reluctantly letting her go. She said down on the bed. He stared at her, waiting for her okay to sit down next to her. She looked at the space next to her and back at him, signaling what she wanted. He sat down next to her, lowering his head, clasping his hands between his knees, staring at them in deep thought.
"Okay, so what happened just then." Rory started.
".was incredible," Jess finished, looking up at her.
"Yeah," she sighed. "So what now?" she asked quietly.
"What do you want, Rory?" he asked, looking into her eyes, taking one of her hands in his, stroking the top of it with his thumb.
"I want to be with YOU, Jess," she stared back into his eyes, finally being honest with herself. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders to hear herself finally say it out loud. He smiled his crooked smile, which always made her heart skip a beat.
"I'm glad," he whispered, putting his free hand on her cheek as he leaned towards her for a sweet kiss. Rory put her opposite hand on his cheek, stroking it lightly before caressing his ear and running her hand through his hair around to the back of his head. This time she initiating deepening the kiss, to which Jess responded by leaning her back until she was laying against the pillows on the bed. Jess pulled away to look at the beautiful woman in front of him. She held her arms out to him, wanting him, desiring his touch, never wanting this moment, or this feeling, to end. He climbed onto the bed along side of her, sliding his hands around her waist as her arms when around him. He kissed her again and again, trailing kisses along her neck and shoulder. She grasped at the bottom of his t-shirt, awkwardly trying to pull it off of him. He turned and sat up, looking at her closely to be sure it was okay before pulling the shirt over his head and tossing it aside. When he turned back to her, she ran her hands over his chest with fascination while blushing furiously.
He caressed her face and kissed her as her hands ran along his chest. Her fingertips brushed against his nipples and hardened them, causing his face to contort and he let out a small moan, unconsciously grinding his hips against the thin fabric of her dress. Rory's eyes flashed open and she jumped a little when she felt his hardness press against her leg. "Rory," he said warningly and pulled away from her. "We have to stop. This is happening too fast, it shouldn't be like this," he exhaled loudly, sitting up on the bed, pulling his knees up, crossing his arms over them and resting his forehead on his arms. Rory sat up and wrapped her arms around him, laying her hands on his arms, kissing and caressing his shoulder.
"I understand," she said somewhat dejectedly. He picked up his head with a surprised look on his face and turned around so he was facing her, crossed legged on the bed.
"Rory, I didn't come back for THAT," he said seriously. "Well, I mean, maybe a little bit, but that's NOT 100% of the reason I came back," he said with a smirk. Rory giggled. He reached out for her hands [a/n: like he did in "Let The Games Begin" in Luke's apt] and they looked deep into each other's eyes. "So.I guess if we're going to be together, you need to break it off with.him," Jess couldn't even say his name.
"Yeah, I guess I should go do that now," Rory said quietly. "I mean, we haven't been getting along very good lately. I've actually been thinking about breaking up with him, just because I wasn't happy, so I guess this is all for the best," she said.
"Okay," Jess said back, letting go of her hands as she stood up.
"Will you wait for me here?" she pleaded.
"If you want me to, if it's okay," he said standing up and looking around the room.
"Yeah, we can.talk," she smirked at him.
"Come here," he took her face in his hands, kissing her.
"I'll be back soon," she said and she was out the door.
END OF CHAPTER ONE
Next Chapter - Rory confronts Dean. Luke shows up at the wedding reception looking for Jess (should he and Lorelai end their fight and mend their ways at the reception?) Do Luke and Lorelai find Jess and Rory in the hotel room? Your reviews will help move the story along!
SPOILERS - None.
SUMMARY - Alternate ending to "I Can't Get Started" - Jess doesn't appear until after the wedding ceremony (during the reception). Challenge posed by Shadowcat on fanfiction.net: In the preview for I Can't Get Started, the over voice says, "One moment of weakness will change these three lives", and it shows Rory and Jess kissing, then Dean and Rory. What if more happened that day then just a kiss? And oh yes, I always make Jess to be the 'good guy' - ASP be damned for making him a jerk.
RATING - PG-13 (only because Shadowcat is 14)
PAIRING OR CHARACTER - R/D, R/J (no Tristan, not in ANY of my stories, ever, sorry)
DISCLAIMER -I don't own the characters (pout) but I'd like to borrow Luke/Scott for a few hours/days/years, please, please, pretty please? The WB, Amy Sherman-Palladino, et al owns it all.
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Chapter One
"What a beautiful day, well, almost..." Lorelai tried to smile to her daughter, but the Chris situation was overwhelming her, still fresh in her mind, still causing her pain.
"Sookie and Jackson had a perfect day," Rory stated simply, trying to move her mom's depression aside.
"Yeah, perfect," she said, taking a long sip of her drink.
Rory looked around to find Dean over near the beverages, chatting with some of his high school friends. She sighed. He was acting weird all day. Distant. He said it was Rory's fault, that she was the one who was pushing him away. Rory thought that maybe he's just jealous of the vice-president thing and the fact that she'll be gone for the summer so he'll be alone. For whatever reason, the thought of not being with Dean all summer didn't seem to bother her. 'Strange,' she had thought, not daring to talk to her mother about it. Hell, she didn't even talk about her feelings about Dean with Lane, her best friend. She just didn't know how to put it into words - how do you tell someone that you've fallen out of love with them? Especially when he hasn't done anything wrong, he treats you like a princess.hmm, but he also doesn't challenge you, doesn't share your love of literature, hmm. Rory decided that it might be time for a pro and con list. Maybe she should be by herself for a while. She didn't want to be one of those girls like Madeline or Louise who felt like they had to have a guy all the time to 'complete' them. She certainly wasn't someone who behaved like that, or was she?
"I'm going outside for some air," she said to her mom, giving her mom's shoulder a weak smile and a compassionate squeeze. As she walked out of the room, Rory noticed her grandparents making a bee-line for her mother's table. "Oh great," Lorelai said noticing her parents. "This is ALL I need," she sighed with her head in her hands.
Rory quietly slipped out of the ballroom and headed for the lobby, with the intention of going out on the front porch. But as she walked toward the front desk, she stopped short when she noticed someone standing with his back to her, scrutinizing a painting. "Deja vu," she said out loud, shaking her head, trying to shake the memory of seeing Jess standing in the same spot, doing the same thing before the Bracebridge dinner. He had made her so uncomfortable with his constant staring at her that night, but she liked it. Why?
"Huh?" she heard a familiar voice, and was shocked by the pair of gorgeous chocolate brown eyes that were suddenly looking back to her as he turned around.
"Jess! Oh my god!" Rory shrieked, running to him. "What are you doing here?!" she said running to him, stopping short of touching him, staring with wide eyes and a bright smile. 'Oh my god, this is so great!' she thought to herself.
"I came back. For you," he said, breaking his gaze from her, looking around, suddenly aware that most of the town was in the ballroom, only a few yards away, and they wouldn't be too happy to see him. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and shuffled his feet a little. Rory looked in the direction of the doors to the ballroom, understanding exactly what he was thinking.
"Wait!" she said quickly, running behind the reception desk and grabbing a key for an unoccupied room. "Let's go," she said, running up the stairs, with Jess following right behind her.
She unlocked the door and rushed inside, turning on the light and shutting the door behind them as soon as he entered. "What are you doing here?" she asked again.
Jess looked around, acutely aware that they were alone. He took off his jacket and set it on an armchair. They were all alone. Rory didn't seem as conscious of it. She just wanted to see him, to be near him, without the residents of Stars Hollow lighting torches and speaking of tar and feathers.
"I missed you. [pause] Is that okay?" he said quietly, closing the distance between them.
"Um.yeah.sure.that's okay.I mean, I really missed you too," Rory answered, suddenly feeling a little out of breath. He smirked a little, and she let out a tentative breath and smiled at him.
"So?" he asked, taking his hands out of his pockets. He licked his lips. Rory couldn't stand it anymore. She closed the space between them, put her hands around his neck and pressed her lips to his. He wrapped his arms around her waist and deepened the kiss, keeping one hand on the small of her back and the other ran up to her shoulder blade. She pulled away from the kiss, out of breath.
"Jess.we shouldn't..be doing this." she said unconvincingly.
"I know," he answered breathily, giving her short butterfly kisses on her face and along her neck. She moaned, and their lips met again, her hands running through his hair.
"Jess.we have to stop," she said again as they broke the kiss.
"Okay," he said, reluctantly letting her go. She said down on the bed. He stared at her, waiting for her okay to sit down next to her. She looked at the space next to her and back at him, signaling what she wanted. He sat down next to her, lowering his head, clasping his hands between his knees, staring at them in deep thought.
"Okay, so what happened just then." Rory started.
".was incredible," Jess finished, looking up at her.
"Yeah," she sighed. "So what now?" she asked quietly.
"What do you want, Rory?" he asked, looking into her eyes, taking one of her hands in his, stroking the top of it with his thumb.
"I want to be with YOU, Jess," she stared back into his eyes, finally being honest with herself. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders to hear herself finally say it out loud. He smiled his crooked smile, which always made her heart skip a beat.
"I'm glad," he whispered, putting his free hand on her cheek as he leaned towards her for a sweet kiss. Rory put her opposite hand on his cheek, stroking it lightly before caressing his ear and running her hand through his hair around to the back of his head. This time she initiating deepening the kiss, to which Jess responded by leaning her back until she was laying against the pillows on the bed. Jess pulled away to look at the beautiful woman in front of him. She held her arms out to him, wanting him, desiring his touch, never wanting this moment, or this feeling, to end. He climbed onto the bed along side of her, sliding his hands around her waist as her arms when around him. He kissed her again and again, trailing kisses along her neck and shoulder. She grasped at the bottom of his t-shirt, awkwardly trying to pull it off of him. He turned and sat up, looking at her closely to be sure it was okay before pulling the shirt over his head and tossing it aside. When he turned back to her, she ran her hands over his chest with fascination while blushing furiously.
He caressed her face and kissed her as her hands ran along his chest. Her fingertips brushed against his nipples and hardened them, causing his face to contort and he let out a small moan, unconsciously grinding his hips against the thin fabric of her dress. Rory's eyes flashed open and she jumped a little when she felt his hardness press against her leg. "Rory," he said warningly and pulled away from her. "We have to stop. This is happening too fast, it shouldn't be like this," he exhaled loudly, sitting up on the bed, pulling his knees up, crossing his arms over them and resting his forehead on his arms. Rory sat up and wrapped her arms around him, laying her hands on his arms, kissing and caressing his shoulder.
"I understand," she said somewhat dejectedly. He picked up his head with a surprised look on his face and turned around so he was facing her, crossed legged on the bed.
"Rory, I didn't come back for THAT," he said seriously. "Well, I mean, maybe a little bit, but that's NOT 100% of the reason I came back," he said with a smirk. Rory giggled. He reached out for her hands [a/n: like he did in "Let The Games Begin" in Luke's apt] and they looked deep into each other's eyes. "So.I guess if we're going to be together, you need to break it off with.him," Jess couldn't even say his name.
"Yeah, I guess I should go do that now," Rory said quietly. "I mean, we haven't been getting along very good lately. I've actually been thinking about breaking up with him, just because I wasn't happy, so I guess this is all for the best," she said.
"Okay," Jess said back, letting go of her hands as she stood up.
"Will you wait for me here?" she pleaded.
"If you want me to, if it's okay," he said standing up and looking around the room.
"Yeah, we can.talk," she smirked at him.
"Come here," he took her face in his hands, kissing her.
"I'll be back soon," she said and she was out the door.
END OF CHAPTER ONE
Next Chapter - Rory confronts Dean. Luke shows up at the wedding reception looking for Jess (should he and Lorelai end their fight and mend their ways at the reception?) Do Luke and Lorelai find Jess and Rory in the hotel room? Your reviews will help move the story along!