Chapter 4: Yellow Caution Tape and Coffee
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls. I never will. Wish I could, but I can't, so if that disappoints any of you, then I'm sorry! :-P
Summery: Rory and Jess have to struggle over the many obstacles that are placed in their way. R/J pairings and maybe a few others. Future Fic!
A/N: Okay, to clear up a few things that some of the reviewers have asked about/pointed out: yes, bbwholly1981, Rory and Jess are married. Whoops, LCI-02-03, you were right, babies do need to be burped. I goofed!(and with me being a babysitter…you would have thought I would have known better! Thanks for catching my mistake!) Etselec, I guess I forgot about Jess and his sarcastic comments, well, the best excuse that I can think of right now is that once he got married and became a father, he softened up a bit. You might hear an occasional sarcastic comment or two. Also, I'm sorry if that the comment about "the two things Jess loved most being right there with him" was a little sappy. Now that I reread it, you were right. It was very sappy. I'll try my best to be less sappy in the future! Thanks for all of the nice reviews, and if you did have to criticize my story, you all were so nice about it. I luv having such nice reviewers! Okay, I've been babbling for long enough, now on with Chapter 4 of Seasons of Love. (P.S.- Now that I think about it, the title has absolutely nothing to do with the story. Well, I just picked that title, because I was listening to RENT and I heard that song and liked it as a title. So, maybe I'll find some other way to make the title more related to the story. If I don't, then oh well!)
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"There's been a FIRE?" shouted Lorelai as she woke up instantly. "Where was it? Oh my god? Is everyone okay?"
"Mom, please, calm down. You are only making me more anxious. The fire was at my house, and everyone is okay. Jess is outside talking with the firefighters right now." Replied Rory quickly.
"Okay, sweetie. But I'm coming over right now. Just to make sure that everything is really alright. And to bring you some coffee. I know you probably could use some and since your coffee maker is probably burnt up…"
"MOM!" interrupted Rory, "What did I tell you about me getting more anxious?!"
"Okay Rory, babe. Don't worry, I'll be over here as soon as I can. Love ya." Said Lorelai as she hung up.
"Love you to mom. Bye." Answered Rory. Then Rory went outside to go see how things were going with Jess and the firefighters. Talking to her mom had calmed her down a little.
"Jess," exclaimed Rory as she ran up to him, "How is everything going?"
"Well," answered Jess, "the firefighters say that it is pretty bad. They say that we are going to have to move into an apartment for a few months until all of the repair work that we need can get done. Also, most of our stuff was either damaged or burnt, so we will need to go out and buy almost everything." Then looking at Rory's scared face he quickly added "But It will be alright in the end. Don't worry."
"Don't worry!" exclaimed Rory as she looked Jess in the eye, "How can you tell me to not worry when…"
But Rory was cut off by the arrival of her mother and Luke in Lorelai's Jeep.
"Mom!" Rory exclaimed as she ran over towards her.
"Luke!" Jess exclaimed as he went over to where Luke was standing looking somewhat uncomfortable. "Luke?" He said again as if it were a question? "What are you doing here?
Meanwhile back over by the Gilmores…
"Rory! Baby! I am so glad to see that you are all right? Where's Lorel?" exclaimed Lorelai as she turned off the engine and ran over to Rory.
"She's sleeping at the neighbors house. Whats Luke doing here?" Asked Rory.
"Well, after I finished talking to you, I realized that I knew that I needed to find somewhere to get you coffee, and I didn't feel like making it, so I went over to Luke's. Besides, he was going to learn about the fire somehow, I mean, Jess is his nephew. I threw rocks at the second story of his place until he came to the window. I told him to go downstairs and that's where I told him everything that you told me. Oh, before I forget, here's the coffee I brought you." Said Lorelai as she pulled out a cup of hot coffee.
"Mmmmmm…coffee." Exclaimed Rory as she took a long sip.
Just then Luke and Jess walked over to Lorelai and Rory.
"Hey, so, um, I uh, heard about the fire, and I uh, wanted to let ask if I could, uh, help in any way." Stuttered Luke as he looked even more uncomfortable.
"Oh yea, that's right!" Exclaimed Lorelai, "Since your house doesn't exactly look livable in right now, you guys are going to need somewhere to stay." Said Lorelai as she nodded towards the house.
"Yea," said Jess, "We are going to have to live in an apartment for a few months until all of the repairs are done."
"Ooh!" shrieked Lorelai. "I just had the most superb-wonderful-bestest idea ever!"
"How many cups of coffee did you drink?" asked Jess as he looked at Lorelai queerly. "And besides, 'bestest' isn't a word."
Lorelai ignored him and continued. "You guys can stay at my place until you can move back into your house. Or, at least until you can find an apartment."
"Well, that's very generous of you.." said Jess cautiously at the same time that Rory shrieked "We'd love to!"
"Well, Rory, maybe you can stand to live with your mother for a few months, but --no offense to you Lorelai—I will not be able to stand living in the same house as 2 Gilmore Girls." Said Jess as he looked just as uncomfortable as Luke.
"Make that three." Corrected Rory. "If you add Lorel, that is."
"Oh, great. Party party." Said Jess sarcastically.(A/N: see. I told you I would sneak in a few sarcastic comments here and there. :-))
"Aw, come on you old party pooper." Said Lorelai as she lightly punched Jess on the shoulder.
"Fine. We'll compromise." Said Jess as he rubbed his sore shoulder. "We'll be at your house only until we can find an apartment."
"Yay!" yelled Roryand Lorelai at the same time.
"We'll have parties…" said Lorelai
"And stay up late." Added Rory.
"And have popcorn!" said Lorelai as her eyes lit up.
"And coffee!" piped in Rory
"Oh yes coffee." Agreed Lorelai eagerly. "And highly sugared beverages.
"And candy."
"And we'll watch movies."
"And stay up late."
"Rory, you already said that. " interrupted Jess. But his words went unheard.
"And we'll never go to bed!" exclaimed Lorelai.
"No, never." Said Rory solemnly.
"Ooh!" said Lorelai excitedly. "I know what else we can do. We can get Lorel addicted to coffee!"
"Lorelai, shes 3 months old!" said Luke.
"Oh poo to you!" said Rory.
"Yea, party pooper." Added Lorelai. "You and Jess can both be party poopers. We Gilmore Girls are going to have all of the fun!"
"See what you got yourself into by marrying a Gilmore." Pointed out Luke to Jess as the Gilmore Girls continued babbling on about all of the fun they would have.
"Yea," retorted Jess, "But pretty soon I suspect you and Lorelai will be walking down the aisle, so don't say anything about marrying a Gilmore Girl. You will be too soon."
"But, but," stammered Luke as he turned bright red.
"Come on, we all know you have a crush on her, and I think she likes you too." Said Jess.
"Come on Lorelai, we'd both better go to our own separate homes and let Rory and Jess settle down a bit." Said Luke while putting the emphasis on the word 'separate'.
"okay Lukey old boy." Agreed Lorelai. "Are you two coming with us?" She asked Rory and Jess.
"Well," said Rory as she looked uncertainly at Jess
"Rory, sweetie, you and Lorel should go back to Lorelai's and get some rest. I'll take care of everything else that needs to be taken care of and then I'll drive home. Our car is still fine, so I'll use that. You look like you need some sleep. I'll catch up with you later."
"Okay, Jess. Thanks. I love you." Said Rory as she and Jess kissed. Then she turned to Lorelai and said, "Hold on a minute, I need to get Lorel from Mrs. Applebaum's, then we can go."
"Okay, Rory." Said Lorelai sleepily.
In a few minutes, Rory returned with Lorel in the carseat that she had grabbed from her car. She got in the back of the Jeep and buckled Lorel in. "Okay, ready to go." She said. Then with one last look at Jess and her charred and smoking house that now had yellow 'caution' tape all around it, she turned around and Lorelai drove the car to Luke's, dropped him off, and then drove to her own house. As they walked up the front steps, Rory tried to shake off all of the bad memories and thoughts of the past few hours, and as soon as Lorelai had gotten Rory and Lorel settled in, Rory drifted off to sleep.