AN: Thanks once again to the awesome reviews I have received and for
letting me know what's going on with Milo Ventimiglia. Enjoy!
~Kay
how's it you
"Did you see Mr. Mariano being bitched today by some old lady?" Katie said as she and Sara walked to the library together.
"No, but I heard all about it." Katie said in an interested voice, "What did she say?"
Katie shrugged and took a seat in a chair in the library, "Beats me. So how did you know to find this article anyway?" She asked Sara from across the library table.
"Well, one time Mr. Mariano gave me this list of books from an article." Sara paused. "In fact, they were all really good. You really should try reading-"
Katie cut her off, "I know, I know. Just get on with it."
"Okay," Sara began, "Well, I noticed that the writer had his last name so I've been keeping tabs on the monthly article." She grinned, "And then this came out!" She held a piece of magazine and waved it in her friends face.
"Let me see!" Katie said and reached out to grab it. But Sara moved it away before she could.
"Hold your horses."
"I have none." And then Katie scowled. "What is this about?! You've been going on about it all day, but you still haven't told me!"
"It's coming!" Sara exclaimed, "ANYWAY, this woman who writes the article has his last name! Her name is Rory G. Mariano. So I looked up her name on the web, turns out they're married!"
Katie's eyes bugged out, "What?! No shit?"
"No shit!" Sara said excitedly.
Katie was astounded, "But he's definitely not married! My grandma's always on his back about being the town bachelor. And a hottie I might add."
"Well, after you hear this article I think you'll understand."
"Read it to me already!"
"Okay, I am!"
Sara began to read the article and Katie's eyes popped out of their sockets. When she was finished Katie sat staring at her open mouthed.
"Do you think it's all true?"
Sara shrugged, "She published it didn't she? She must want Mr. Mariano to read it!"
Katie giggled, "This is just like soap opera!"
"I know! It's so sweet that she did that too!"
"Do you think he's seen it?"
"I don't know. Maybe we should give it to him or something." Sara suggested.
Katie jumped up and grabbed Sara's hand, "Come on! Let's go."
The two girls ran all the way to his room.
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What are you doing with your life? I'll tell you what you're doing Jess Mariano! You're screwing it up!
Her harsh words pounded into his ears like rhythmic beating drums.
How can you just throw that all away!
Every time he had moved to speak she interrupted him. I don't want any of your excuses! She had yelled at him.
All of this had happened at school. At the school he taught at. In the halls. She had yelled so loud that students and teachers began to peek their heads out of classrooms with puzzled faces which turned into wide eyed expressions as they watched Mr. Mariano be yelled at by an eighty year old woman.
How she knew where he worked or how to get there was beyond him. All that mattered right now were her words. The words that he could not get out of his head, even though it was the end of the day when all of the students were gone. That was the problem though, it was the silence that kept her voice screaming in his head.
You better not leave her all alone!
She needs you!
I had a harsh awakening today Jess Mariano. This world isn't perfect, but when there's love in it you come very close to having a perfect life.
You're nearly there, don't give up now.
He stood up abruptly from his chair, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He glanced at the watch on his wrist and quickly began to gather his brief case and coat. All he wanted was to get home and . . .think. He was locking his door in a hurried fashion when he heard running footsteps from the hallway.
Katie Hanover and Sara Watson were racing down the hallway towards him with great big silly grins on their faces.
"Mr. Mariano!" Sara screamed running faster down the hallway. 'Wait!"
"Mr. Mariano!" Katie called out skidding to a stop in front of him. The two girls hung on to each other for support breathlessly. "There's . . . something we have . . .to show you."
"We . . . ran all the way . . . from. . ." Sara began.
"The library!" Katie finished for her.
When Sara had held out her hand with a piece of paper in it Jess was flabbergasted to say the least, but he took it from her.
He stared at it and then looked back up at them, his glance wavered to the door behind them. "Listen girls, I'm in a real hurry . . ."
"Just read it." Sara said firmly, her face still flushed. It was a long way from the library after all.
His eyes scanned the page quickly drinking in every last word. At the bottom of the page was a very familiar name. There was a buzzing sound in his ear, and his heart was creating a racket in his chest. He lifted his head slowly to see the girls staring at him expectantly, "How did you know?" His hand was trembling.
Sara smiled triumphantly, "So it is you."
"Who is she?" Katie couldn't help but asking.
For a moment he couldn't answer, the words were becoming hard to form. Images flashed across his mind and one stood out in particular, it was the day of their honeymoon . . .
*Flashback*
"Well, hello to you Mrs. Mariano."
She smiled, "Hello, my spouse."
He laughed, "Spouse?"
She shrugged, "Husband then."
"Wife." He pulled her to him and nuzzled her neck.
"I'm glad I married you today."
"I'm glad you said yes."
"I love you."
"I love you. I always will."
*Present*
There was this scratchiness beginning to form in the back of his throat that refused to go away. He finally managed to say, "My wife." He slipped the article into his pocket not noticing their very surprised but excited faces. "I've . . .I gotta go." And with that he broke into a jog, running to the door.
As he swung through the doors he heard two voice shout out, "Good LUCK!!!"
He set his feet towards his car, and his heart towards love.
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Rory was sitting in her living room when she heard the phone ring.
Of course she had been waiting for this. For the past two weeks she had been waiting. Two long weeks of pure anxiety. Every phone call made her jump in anticipation, every knock sent her running to the door. But she was disappointed each time she picked up the phone or answered the door. It was never him.
When Rory heard the phone ring this time Jess didn't even pop into her mind. In fact, the world Rory was in right now the name Jess Mariano didn't mean a thing. He didn't even exist. So when the phone rang Rory's hands remained tightly on the pages of the books, grasping ever harder as she realized it's tragic ending.
"No!" She clamped a hand to her mouth and hurriedly flipped to the next page as the phone rang again. "Oh, nooo." She moaned. Alice Hoffman always did this to her! She always managed to grab her and pull Rory head first into a book until she felt as though she were best friends with each and every character. And right now this book was tearing her apart.
The phone had grown tired of ringing, it has been for the past five minutes. But the caller had stopped calling, had most likely guessed that Rory was reading- lost in her own world.
Thirty minutes later Rory has a sudden urge to throw this terrible book across the room. Ugh! It was of course amazing, but why did it have to end like that?! Instead of sending it careening across the room, Rory hugged it tightly to her chest and sighed. She could not wait to read Alice Hoffman's next book.
Ten minutes later Rory is stretched out across her sofa still thinking about "Second Nature" when the phone rang again. With Robin and Stephen sill on her mind, her hand automatically reached out to the side table and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" She said, her eyes glanced to the book, she really wanted to reread the last chapter.
"Hey babe."
Rory smiled, "Hey mom." And that one part right before he had to leave, that was simply heart wrenching.
"Listen, I need to speak with you. Meet me at the bridge at ten?"
Rory sat up quickly, "What is it? Is something wrong?"
"What? Oh, no nothing's wrong. I just need to talk with you in person."
"Well, okay, but . . ." Rory trailed off and narrowed her eyebrows. "Mom, you want to meet at the bridge? And at ten?" And then Rory's face paled, and her eyes widened. She choked on her next words, "Mom . . .?"
"Just be there okay?" Lorelai held her breath as she waited for her daughter to answer.
"Yeah, okay." Rory managed. She slowly hung up the phone and checked her watch. She had ten minutes to get to Stars Hollow.
One minute later she was on the road.
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"It's about time." He said.
She laid her head down on his shoulder, "It is. I just wish I could have seen it sooner."
His lips skimmed her forehead and he said, "It doesn't matter now."
"She sounded so scared on the phone."
"She'll be fine."
Lorelai stared up at the clouds above her, it was a cloudy night and very bitter. She pulled the blanket around her tighter. "I hope so," she said.
She hoped that her daughter's fortune turns out as lucky as her own. Lorelai had finally found Luke once again and she has never been happier. How she had gone so many year living without him was a mystery to her; right now she can't begin to imagine her life alone although it was just last week that she had slept by herself in a large bed.
"They need each other, I can see it every time Jess comes here." Luke sighed. "And he's been coming here more often lately, I think he's lonely. He needs her."
"These last three years have been a waste."
"So have the last ten."
Lorelai smiled and said, "I think it's going to snow tonight."
AN: Hey, I know this chapter is extremely short but I promise that the next one will be updated very quickly, I just have to finish writing it. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review!!!!!!
~Kay
~Kay
how's it you
"Did you see Mr. Mariano being bitched today by some old lady?" Katie said as she and Sara walked to the library together.
"No, but I heard all about it." Katie said in an interested voice, "What did she say?"
Katie shrugged and took a seat in a chair in the library, "Beats me. So how did you know to find this article anyway?" She asked Sara from across the library table.
"Well, one time Mr. Mariano gave me this list of books from an article." Sara paused. "In fact, they were all really good. You really should try reading-"
Katie cut her off, "I know, I know. Just get on with it."
"Okay," Sara began, "Well, I noticed that the writer had his last name so I've been keeping tabs on the monthly article." She grinned, "And then this came out!" She held a piece of magazine and waved it in her friends face.
"Let me see!" Katie said and reached out to grab it. But Sara moved it away before she could.
"Hold your horses."
"I have none." And then Katie scowled. "What is this about?! You've been going on about it all day, but you still haven't told me!"
"It's coming!" Sara exclaimed, "ANYWAY, this woman who writes the article has his last name! Her name is Rory G. Mariano. So I looked up her name on the web, turns out they're married!"
Katie's eyes bugged out, "What?! No shit?"
"No shit!" Sara said excitedly.
Katie was astounded, "But he's definitely not married! My grandma's always on his back about being the town bachelor. And a hottie I might add."
"Well, after you hear this article I think you'll understand."
"Read it to me already!"
"Okay, I am!"
Sara began to read the article and Katie's eyes popped out of their sockets. When she was finished Katie sat staring at her open mouthed.
"Do you think it's all true?"
Sara shrugged, "She published it didn't she? She must want Mr. Mariano to read it!"
Katie giggled, "This is just like soap opera!"
"I know! It's so sweet that she did that too!"
"Do you think he's seen it?"
"I don't know. Maybe we should give it to him or something." Sara suggested.
Katie jumped up and grabbed Sara's hand, "Come on! Let's go."
The two girls ran all the way to his room.
****************************************************
What are you doing with your life? I'll tell you what you're doing Jess Mariano! You're screwing it up!
Her harsh words pounded into his ears like rhythmic beating drums.
How can you just throw that all away!
Every time he had moved to speak she interrupted him. I don't want any of your excuses! She had yelled at him.
All of this had happened at school. At the school he taught at. In the halls. She had yelled so loud that students and teachers began to peek their heads out of classrooms with puzzled faces which turned into wide eyed expressions as they watched Mr. Mariano be yelled at by an eighty year old woman.
How she knew where he worked or how to get there was beyond him. All that mattered right now were her words. The words that he could not get out of his head, even though it was the end of the day when all of the students were gone. That was the problem though, it was the silence that kept her voice screaming in his head.
You better not leave her all alone!
She needs you!
I had a harsh awakening today Jess Mariano. This world isn't perfect, but when there's love in it you come very close to having a perfect life.
You're nearly there, don't give up now.
He stood up abruptly from his chair, wiping the sweat from his forehead. He glanced at the watch on his wrist and quickly began to gather his brief case and coat. All he wanted was to get home and . . .think. He was locking his door in a hurried fashion when he heard running footsteps from the hallway.
Katie Hanover and Sara Watson were racing down the hallway towards him with great big silly grins on their faces.
"Mr. Mariano!" Sara screamed running faster down the hallway. 'Wait!"
"Mr. Mariano!" Katie called out skidding to a stop in front of him. The two girls hung on to each other for support breathlessly. "There's . . . something we have . . .to show you."
"We . . . ran all the way . . . from. . ." Sara began.
"The library!" Katie finished for her.
When Sara had held out her hand with a piece of paper in it Jess was flabbergasted to say the least, but he took it from her.
He stared at it and then looked back up at them, his glance wavered to the door behind them. "Listen girls, I'm in a real hurry . . ."
"Just read it." Sara said firmly, her face still flushed. It was a long way from the library after all.
His eyes scanned the page quickly drinking in every last word. At the bottom of the page was a very familiar name. There was a buzzing sound in his ear, and his heart was creating a racket in his chest. He lifted his head slowly to see the girls staring at him expectantly, "How did you know?" His hand was trembling.
Sara smiled triumphantly, "So it is you."
"Who is she?" Katie couldn't help but asking.
For a moment he couldn't answer, the words were becoming hard to form. Images flashed across his mind and one stood out in particular, it was the day of their honeymoon . . .
*Flashback*
"Well, hello to you Mrs. Mariano."
She smiled, "Hello, my spouse."
He laughed, "Spouse?"
She shrugged, "Husband then."
"Wife." He pulled her to him and nuzzled her neck.
"I'm glad I married you today."
"I'm glad you said yes."
"I love you."
"I love you. I always will."
*Present*
There was this scratchiness beginning to form in the back of his throat that refused to go away. He finally managed to say, "My wife." He slipped the article into his pocket not noticing their very surprised but excited faces. "I've . . .I gotta go." And with that he broke into a jog, running to the door.
As he swung through the doors he heard two voice shout out, "Good LUCK!!!"
He set his feet towards his car, and his heart towards love.
****************************************************
Rory was sitting in her living room when she heard the phone ring.
Of course she had been waiting for this. For the past two weeks she had been waiting. Two long weeks of pure anxiety. Every phone call made her jump in anticipation, every knock sent her running to the door. But she was disappointed each time she picked up the phone or answered the door. It was never him.
When Rory heard the phone ring this time Jess didn't even pop into her mind. In fact, the world Rory was in right now the name Jess Mariano didn't mean a thing. He didn't even exist. So when the phone rang Rory's hands remained tightly on the pages of the books, grasping ever harder as she realized it's tragic ending.
"No!" She clamped a hand to her mouth and hurriedly flipped to the next page as the phone rang again. "Oh, nooo." She moaned. Alice Hoffman always did this to her! She always managed to grab her and pull Rory head first into a book until she felt as though she were best friends with each and every character. And right now this book was tearing her apart.
The phone had grown tired of ringing, it has been for the past five minutes. But the caller had stopped calling, had most likely guessed that Rory was reading- lost in her own world.
Thirty minutes later Rory has a sudden urge to throw this terrible book across the room. Ugh! It was of course amazing, but why did it have to end like that?! Instead of sending it careening across the room, Rory hugged it tightly to her chest and sighed. She could not wait to read Alice Hoffman's next book.
Ten minutes later Rory is stretched out across her sofa still thinking about "Second Nature" when the phone rang again. With Robin and Stephen sill on her mind, her hand automatically reached out to the side table and picked up the phone.
"Hello?" She said, her eyes glanced to the book, she really wanted to reread the last chapter.
"Hey babe."
Rory smiled, "Hey mom." And that one part right before he had to leave, that was simply heart wrenching.
"Listen, I need to speak with you. Meet me at the bridge at ten?"
Rory sat up quickly, "What is it? Is something wrong?"
"What? Oh, no nothing's wrong. I just need to talk with you in person."
"Well, okay, but . . ." Rory trailed off and narrowed her eyebrows. "Mom, you want to meet at the bridge? And at ten?" And then Rory's face paled, and her eyes widened. She choked on her next words, "Mom . . .?"
"Just be there okay?" Lorelai held her breath as she waited for her daughter to answer.
"Yeah, okay." Rory managed. She slowly hung up the phone and checked her watch. She had ten minutes to get to Stars Hollow.
One minute later she was on the road.
****************************************************
"It's about time." He said.
She laid her head down on his shoulder, "It is. I just wish I could have seen it sooner."
His lips skimmed her forehead and he said, "It doesn't matter now."
"She sounded so scared on the phone."
"She'll be fine."
Lorelai stared up at the clouds above her, it was a cloudy night and very bitter. She pulled the blanket around her tighter. "I hope so," she said.
She hoped that her daughter's fortune turns out as lucky as her own. Lorelai had finally found Luke once again and she has never been happier. How she had gone so many year living without him was a mystery to her; right now she can't begin to imagine her life alone although it was just last week that she had slept by herself in a large bed.
"They need each other, I can see it every time Jess comes here." Luke sighed. "And he's been coming here more often lately, I think he's lonely. He needs her."
"These last three years have been a waste."
"So have the last ten."
Lorelai smiled and said, "I think it's going to snow tonight."
AN: Hey, I know this chapter is extremely short but I promise that the next one will be updated very quickly, I just have to finish writing it. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review!!!!!!
~Kay
