Stay With Me - Chapter 6
"We're Good… Right?"
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, and I don't make money off of this fic.
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..::Gilmore House - Morning::..
(The movie's over, and RORY and JESS are just sitting on the couch. She clicks off the T.V., and turns to him smiling. He smirks back and shakes his head.)
JESS: This is such a bad idea.
RORY: Don't be a baby. Just call her back and tell her you'll do it. It might make her feel more comfortable with you being here if she see's that you appreciate what she's doing for you.
JESS: You mean what you're doing for me?
RORY: (handing him the phone) Dial mister.
(JESS sighs and takes the phone from her hand, just as he's about to dial, it rings. He looks at her questioningly.)
RORY: What?
JESS: It's ringing.
RORY: It is? I thought that noise was just inside my head.
JESS: I was kidding. It is only in your head.
RORY: Shut up and answer it. It's probably my Mom.
(JESS smirks and answers the phone.)
JESS: (mocking tone) The home of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore and the unwanted Jess, who do you wish to speak with?
(RORY laughs)
DEAN: (on phone) Jess?
JESS: Dean?
RORY: (surprised) Dean?
JESS: Dean.
DEAN: (confused) Rory?
JESS: (girly voice) Yes?
RORY: (eyes widening) Oh my God… Jess! Give me the phone!
(RORY lunges for the phone but JESS jumps off the couch and scurries away from her toward her bedroom, completely amused by the whole thing.)
DEAN: Is this Jess?
JESS: (girly voice) No, this is Rory! Can't you tell by my voice? I'm Rory!
DEAN: What the hell are you doing there!
JESS: What?
RORY: (finally catching up to him) Give me that!
(RORY snatches the phone away from JESS and glares at him, but JESS isn't laughing anymore.)
RORY: Dean?
DEAN: Rory, what the hell is that punk doing at your house!
RORY: Dean, it's not what you think. Jess is… (sighing) he's here for my Mom. She wanted to meet him here… to talk.
DEAN: To talk?
RORY: Yea, um, about a job she has at the Inn for him…
(JESS frowns and shakes his head, then walks out of RORY's bedroom. RORY notices and closes her eyes in frustration, but just shuts the bedroom door behind him.)
DEAN: Rory, this isn't funny.
RORY: I know, Dean, but I have to go. I'll explain it all later, I promise. You just have to trust me, ok?
(DEAN sighs.)
RORY: Ok?
DEAN: (pause) Fine.
RORY: Thank you. I'll call you later.
DEAN: Right, bye.
RORY: (sadly) Bye.
(RORY hangs up the phone and quickly walks out into the living room. JESS is sitting on the couch, arms crossed, staring at the T.V. RORY slowly walks up and sits beside him. He doesn't seem to care.)
RORY: Jess, sorry about that.
JESS: Whatever.
RORY: I just… haven't told him yet.
JESS: So I noticed.
RORY: But I'm going to. And soon.
JESS: Of course you are.
RORY: I am.
JESS: Ok then.
RORY: What, you don't believe me?
JESS: Never said that.
RORY: Your acting like it.
JESS: Am I?
RORY: Yes, you are.
JESS: Sorry about that.
RORY: You won't even look at me.
JESS: I'm watching T.V.
RORY: You have no reason to be mad; I'm supposed to be the one mad!
JESS: Well, good luck with that.
RORY: (snickering) Thanks.
JESS: Your welcome.
(There's a long pause, and neither of them look at each other.)
JESS: (quietly) Why haven't you told him?
RORY: (caught off guard) What?
JESS: (finally looking at her) Why haven't you told Dean I'm staying here?
RORY: Oh, um, I don't know. It just never really came up and I've been real busy and he's been real busy…
JESS: Is there any reason?
RORY: Reason?
JESS: Yea. Any reason you wouldn't tell your boyfriend another guy is living at your house?
RORY: No.
JESS: Ok.
RORY: What reason would there be?
JESS: None that I can think of.
RORY: Yea, me either.
JESS: Good, glad were on the same page.
RORY: Me to.
(They stare at each other for a few seconds even though they are finished speaking. RORY sheepishly looks away. JESS is visibly disappointed, and stares at the T.V. again.)
RORY: (getting up) Um, yea, the uh… the phone. You should probably call my Mom now, to, um, tell her that you're working at the Inn.
JESS: (still upset) Ok.
RORY: (hands him the phone) Well, here you go.
JESS: (takes the phone) Thanks.
RORY: Yup. (pause) Ok, well I'm going to go take a shower.
JESS: (still not looking at her) Ok.
RORY: Ok…
(RORY walks up the stairs. When she reaches the top, she stops like she's going to turn around, but doesn't. She continues toward the bathroom, looking conflicted, then finally turns around and goes back downstairs. She stops when she reaches the bottom one.)
RORY: Jess…
JESS: Hm?
RORY: Things are good. With Dean. Things are good with Dean, and I don't… I don't want to spoil that. If I tell him you're here, he won't take it as me being generous and taking you in when you have nowhere else to go. And, things with him and me are good now; I want it to stay that way. It won't if I tell him, and he'll take it like any other boyfriend would. And should. I mean, he'll get jealous and angry, and I don't want that. I don't want to fight with him; I don't want him to be upset with me, because we're good. Telling him you're here will only hurt him, and I don't want to do that because…
JESS: (finishing her sentence) Your good?
RORY: (sighing) Because we're good.
JESS: (to himself) Because you're good…
RORY: I just don't want you to take it the wrong way.
JESS: What way would that be?
RORY: (quietly) I don't know…
JESS: We'll if you were thinking I might take it the wrong way, then you must have thought in what wrong way I would take it.
RORY: I didn't really think about it that much…
JESS: Really? So it wasn't bothering you?
RORY: No.
JESS: But you were ranting.
RORY: (confused) What?
JESS: (standing up) When you get nervous, you do this thing where you rant. You talk and talk and talk, and quite frankly, it's hard to shut you up. What you just did earlier, was ranting. Because you were nervous. Now, if you hadn't given it much thought, and it didn't bother you at all… why would you be ranting so much?
RORY: I wasn't, I…
JESS: Was ranting.
RORY: No, I…
JESS: Was ranting.
RORY: Jess, stop! I…
JESS: Was ranting!
RORY: (angry) I wasn't ranting! God, I was just trying to explain it to you so you didn't feel bad!
JESS: Now why would I feel bad?
RORY: I don't know…
JESS: No, really, enlighten me.
RORY: (frustrated) I just… well…
JESS: You 'just… well…'
RORY: (finally bursting) Because I'm his girlfriend and not yours! Because he's the one calling me and kissing me and loving me and not you! I didn't want you to feel bad! That's why!
(JESS says nothing. He sits back down. RORY can't believe she just said that.)
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A/N - Uh oh, so what does he say now? What does she say now? Will anyone ever get around to calling Lorelai!? Lol, please review and let me know if you like it. There's nothing more inspiring or encouraging than a nice review :D Thanks!
"We're Good… Right?"
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, and I don't make money off of this fic.
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..::Gilmore House - Morning::..
(The movie's over, and RORY and JESS are just sitting on the couch. She clicks off the T.V., and turns to him smiling. He smirks back and shakes his head.)
JESS: This is such a bad idea.
RORY: Don't be a baby. Just call her back and tell her you'll do it. It might make her feel more comfortable with you being here if she see's that you appreciate what she's doing for you.
JESS: You mean what you're doing for me?
RORY: (handing him the phone) Dial mister.
(JESS sighs and takes the phone from her hand, just as he's about to dial, it rings. He looks at her questioningly.)
RORY: What?
JESS: It's ringing.
RORY: It is? I thought that noise was just inside my head.
JESS: I was kidding. It is only in your head.
RORY: Shut up and answer it. It's probably my Mom.
(JESS smirks and answers the phone.)
JESS: (mocking tone) The home of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore and the unwanted Jess, who do you wish to speak with?
(RORY laughs)
DEAN: (on phone) Jess?
JESS: Dean?
RORY: (surprised) Dean?
JESS: Dean.
DEAN: (confused) Rory?
JESS: (girly voice) Yes?
RORY: (eyes widening) Oh my God… Jess! Give me the phone!
(RORY lunges for the phone but JESS jumps off the couch and scurries away from her toward her bedroom, completely amused by the whole thing.)
DEAN: Is this Jess?
JESS: (girly voice) No, this is Rory! Can't you tell by my voice? I'm Rory!
DEAN: What the hell are you doing there!
JESS: What?
RORY: (finally catching up to him) Give me that!
(RORY snatches the phone away from JESS and glares at him, but JESS isn't laughing anymore.)
RORY: Dean?
DEAN: Rory, what the hell is that punk doing at your house!
RORY: Dean, it's not what you think. Jess is… (sighing) he's here for my Mom. She wanted to meet him here… to talk.
DEAN: To talk?
RORY: Yea, um, about a job she has at the Inn for him…
(JESS frowns and shakes his head, then walks out of RORY's bedroom. RORY notices and closes her eyes in frustration, but just shuts the bedroom door behind him.)
DEAN: Rory, this isn't funny.
RORY: I know, Dean, but I have to go. I'll explain it all later, I promise. You just have to trust me, ok?
(DEAN sighs.)
RORY: Ok?
DEAN: (pause) Fine.
RORY: Thank you. I'll call you later.
DEAN: Right, bye.
RORY: (sadly) Bye.
(RORY hangs up the phone and quickly walks out into the living room. JESS is sitting on the couch, arms crossed, staring at the T.V. RORY slowly walks up and sits beside him. He doesn't seem to care.)
RORY: Jess, sorry about that.
JESS: Whatever.
RORY: I just… haven't told him yet.
JESS: So I noticed.
RORY: But I'm going to. And soon.
JESS: Of course you are.
RORY: I am.
JESS: Ok then.
RORY: What, you don't believe me?
JESS: Never said that.
RORY: Your acting like it.
JESS: Am I?
RORY: Yes, you are.
JESS: Sorry about that.
RORY: You won't even look at me.
JESS: I'm watching T.V.
RORY: You have no reason to be mad; I'm supposed to be the one mad!
JESS: Well, good luck with that.
RORY: (snickering) Thanks.
JESS: Your welcome.
(There's a long pause, and neither of them look at each other.)
JESS: (quietly) Why haven't you told him?
RORY: (caught off guard) What?
JESS: (finally looking at her) Why haven't you told Dean I'm staying here?
RORY: Oh, um, I don't know. It just never really came up and I've been real busy and he's been real busy…
JESS: Is there any reason?
RORY: Reason?
JESS: Yea. Any reason you wouldn't tell your boyfriend another guy is living at your house?
RORY: No.
JESS: Ok.
RORY: What reason would there be?
JESS: None that I can think of.
RORY: Yea, me either.
JESS: Good, glad were on the same page.
RORY: Me to.
(They stare at each other for a few seconds even though they are finished speaking. RORY sheepishly looks away. JESS is visibly disappointed, and stares at the T.V. again.)
RORY: (getting up) Um, yea, the uh… the phone. You should probably call my Mom now, to, um, tell her that you're working at the Inn.
JESS: (still upset) Ok.
RORY: (hands him the phone) Well, here you go.
JESS: (takes the phone) Thanks.
RORY: Yup. (pause) Ok, well I'm going to go take a shower.
JESS: (still not looking at her) Ok.
RORY: Ok…
(RORY walks up the stairs. When she reaches the top, she stops like she's going to turn around, but doesn't. She continues toward the bathroom, looking conflicted, then finally turns around and goes back downstairs. She stops when she reaches the bottom one.)
RORY: Jess…
JESS: Hm?
RORY: Things are good. With Dean. Things are good with Dean, and I don't… I don't want to spoil that. If I tell him you're here, he won't take it as me being generous and taking you in when you have nowhere else to go. And, things with him and me are good now; I want it to stay that way. It won't if I tell him, and he'll take it like any other boyfriend would. And should. I mean, he'll get jealous and angry, and I don't want that. I don't want to fight with him; I don't want him to be upset with me, because we're good. Telling him you're here will only hurt him, and I don't want to do that because…
JESS: (finishing her sentence) Your good?
RORY: (sighing) Because we're good.
JESS: (to himself) Because you're good…
RORY: I just don't want you to take it the wrong way.
JESS: What way would that be?
RORY: (quietly) I don't know…
JESS: We'll if you were thinking I might take it the wrong way, then you must have thought in what wrong way I would take it.
RORY: I didn't really think about it that much…
JESS: Really? So it wasn't bothering you?
RORY: No.
JESS: But you were ranting.
RORY: (confused) What?
JESS: (standing up) When you get nervous, you do this thing where you rant. You talk and talk and talk, and quite frankly, it's hard to shut you up. What you just did earlier, was ranting. Because you were nervous. Now, if you hadn't given it much thought, and it didn't bother you at all… why would you be ranting so much?
RORY: I wasn't, I…
JESS: Was ranting.
RORY: No, I…
JESS: Was ranting.
RORY: Jess, stop! I…
JESS: Was ranting!
RORY: (angry) I wasn't ranting! God, I was just trying to explain it to you so you didn't feel bad!
JESS: Now why would I feel bad?
RORY: I don't know…
JESS: No, really, enlighten me.
RORY: (frustrated) I just… well…
JESS: You 'just… well…'
RORY: (finally bursting) Because I'm his girlfriend and not yours! Because he's the one calling me and kissing me and loving me and not you! I didn't want you to feel bad! That's why!
(JESS says nothing. He sits back down. RORY can't believe she just said that.)
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A/N - Uh oh, so what does he say now? What does she say now? Will anyone ever get around to calling Lorelai!? Lol, please review and let me know if you like it. There's nothing more inspiring or encouraging than a nice review :D Thanks!