Chap 17 - Surprise Visits
She opened the door with her own key and went to the living room, it was a mess. It was still early in the morning, so she thought Jess hadn't cleaned up from the last night and that was all. She went instinctively to his old room, their room. The door was slightly open and she just couldn't believe what her eyes saw. Jess was lying in bed and besides him was Laura. It was just too much, she couldn't breath, she couldn't move. This couldn't be happening. She tried to, but couldn't suppress a scream. Her thoughts were a blur; she had to get out of there.
Jess woke up hearing a scream. What was that? Who was screaming? When he opened his eyes, in front of him was Rory. She had a shocked look on her face and in that moment he knew that she was the one screamed. But why? He looked to his side and found a blond woman. Laura. What had happened? He hadn't slept with her. Right? Just then he realized why Rory had displayed complete shock and when he looked to the doorway again she was gone. He got up, put a pair of jeans on and ran to the door of his apartment as fast as he could. He had to explain to Rory that nothing had happened between him and Laura. At least he thought that it hadn't.
She was waiting for the elevator when he got there.
"Ror, it's not what you think"
"Oh, I think it's self-explainable"
"No, nothing happened"
"Sure! I come to your place to give you a surprise, find another woman in your bed and nothing happened," she said sarcastically.
"Ror...," he started, but she cut him off.
"Don't waste your time with me. Go back to your room, there's a girl there that is probably waiting for you. And do me a favor, don't call me"
She entered the elevator, left the building and got a taxi. She was in such a state of shock. She was tired and dizzy. She asked the driver to go to her apartment but she started to feel too dizzy and then suddenly she passed out.
When she woke up again she was laying on a hospital bed. Lane was on a chair next to her.
"Hey"
"Hey. You woke up"
"Yeah. What happened?"
"You were coming back from Jess' place when you passed out in a taxi cab. The driver brought you to the hospital, took your cell and called your apartment. He described you and said you had passed out so I just ran here as fast as I could"
"I don't know what happened. One moment I was fine and in the other I was so tired"
"Why were coming home so soon. I thought you'd surprise Jess," Lane asked curiously.
Rory laughed sadly. "Yeah, well, turns out that he was the one who surprised me"
"What do you mean?"
"I found him and another woman in his bed"
"You mean..."
"Well, that's what it seems"
"I'm so sorry"
Tears come to Rory's face, "Yeah, I thought we were meant to be, you know? Guess I was wrong"
In this moment a middle-aged doctor came to her room.
"So, Ms. Gilmore. Feeling better I hope?"
"Yeah, I think I can get out of here now. Thanks, doc", she said while trying to get up
"Oh, no no no no. I'm sorry we have to do some more exams"
"I'm feeling fine. Really. I just passed out, nothing serious"
"Yeah, but we have to be sure that you and your baby are fine"
"Me and my what?" Rory asked loosing the pink on her cheeks.
"Your baby," he paused looking her astonished face. "You're pregnant. I'm sorry. I thought you knew. Congrats," he said trying a smile.
She looked at Lane as if she was asking if it was really happening.
Seeing how shocked she was the doctor thought the better thing to do was to give her sometime to realize what was happening. "I'll go see some patients now and give you some time to process this. I'll need you to stay here for two days; just to be sure that everything is fine. If you have any questions I can ask an obstetrician to come here. You'll need one anyway," and with that he left the room.
"A baby?" Rory asked.
"A baby"
"How?"
"You did it. I think you know how?"
"Yeah, but we were careful"
Lane sat next to Rory on the bed hugging her friend, "Well, honey, you know, there isn't anything that is 100% safe"
"But...I can't have a baby. He's not with me anymore"
"Sorry, it doesn't mean a thing. You're still pregnant and it's still his"
Rory sighed and cried quietly. Things were getting more and more difficult.
Lane filed out some forms from the hospital and went to Rory's place to sleep. She'd call Lorelai and go back to the hospital the next day to take care of Rory and help her with the pregnancy thing in whatever she decided. Lane opened Rory's apartment door and left the key on the coffee table. She went to the couch, sat there and called Lorelai. While the phone rang she couldn't think what she'd say, she just knew that that day was a life-changing day for her best friend. And she'd do anything to help her.
After calling Lorelai and explaining everything about Rory passing out but not telling her that Rory was pregnant, she convinced Lorelai that she should stay in Stars Hollow and promised she'd call if anything happened. She went to listen the answering machine. There were seven messages; all from Jess and all asking Rory to call him and saying that things weren't what they looked like. He really seemed to be desperate and sad. He kept calling all night long. Lane never answered the phone. It wasn't her place to say anything to him, especially now.
Jess was devastated. After Rory was gone he went back to his room and woke Laura up. He demanded to know what had happened. Laura said she'd gone to his apartment to talk and they ended up doing much more than just talking. She said she didn't regret it thought, not even a little bit and that that could be a start for something really great.
Jess couldn't believe in it. He couldn't believe he had cheated on Rory. He loved her. He sat on his bed. Putting his head on his hands and closing his eyes. He had to try and remember what really had happened.
He started to remember Laura knocking on his door and asking to talk to him. She seemed really sad and even wanting to be alone he felt bad for her and invited her to come in. she started telling a sad story about her fight with her now ex-boyfriend and that she really thought they were okay. At least until he broke up with her saying she wasn't in love with him anymore. She was in love with another man. He couldn't remember everything. Things were vague in his head, but he was trying his best.
He remembered her crying and then he offered her some coffee. It was the first thing that came to his mind, since it's the cure for all things in life in Rory's opinion. When the coffee was ready she asked him some tissue because her face was all wet from her tears. When he came back with the tissue the coffee was already placed in two mugs on his coffee table. He didn't even pay much attention about it. Now he regrets it. Now he knew he had put something on his coffee. He looked up furiously, "What did you put on that coffee?"
"Coffee? What coffee?"
He got up and grabbed her arms shaking all her body, "Tell me. I know you put something in it. What really happened?"
"Calm down, Jess. It's not important. The important thing is that we are together now," she said trying to get closer to him to kiss him.
Jess puled away and asked in disbelief, "Together? We're not together. We'll never be together"
"But...I thought..."
He shook her again and asked one more time, "What happened?"
"I just put a tranquilizer on your coffee, and then...then you fell asleep. I brought you to your room...and I took of your clothes..."
"But we didn't...we never..." Jess shouted
She just said a small, "No." She paused and then continued, "You were to stoned to do anything. We just slept in the same bed"
"Good, at least that. Now get dressed and get out of here"
She was opening her mouth to try to persuade him but he didn't even let her start talking. He gets his T-shirt and left the room saying, "I'm out. You have fifteen minutes to disappear. I don't want to see you ever again"
He had to talk to Rory. 'It's just a big misunderstand,' he kept telling himself as if he was trying to convince himself things would turn out okay. But, in fact, just time could answer this.
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She opened the door with her own key and went to the living room, it was a mess. It was still early in the morning, so she thought Jess hadn't cleaned up from the last night and that was all. She went instinctively to his old room, their room. The door was slightly open and she just couldn't believe what her eyes saw. Jess was lying in bed and besides him was Laura. It was just too much, she couldn't breath, she couldn't move. This couldn't be happening. She tried to, but couldn't suppress a scream. Her thoughts were a blur; she had to get out of there.
Jess woke up hearing a scream. What was that? Who was screaming? When he opened his eyes, in front of him was Rory. She had a shocked look on her face and in that moment he knew that she was the one screamed. But why? He looked to his side and found a blond woman. Laura. What had happened? He hadn't slept with her. Right? Just then he realized why Rory had displayed complete shock and when he looked to the doorway again she was gone. He got up, put a pair of jeans on and ran to the door of his apartment as fast as he could. He had to explain to Rory that nothing had happened between him and Laura. At least he thought that it hadn't.
She was waiting for the elevator when he got there.
"Ror, it's not what you think"
"Oh, I think it's self-explainable"
"No, nothing happened"
"Sure! I come to your place to give you a surprise, find another woman in your bed and nothing happened," she said sarcastically.
"Ror...," he started, but she cut him off.
"Don't waste your time with me. Go back to your room, there's a girl there that is probably waiting for you. And do me a favor, don't call me"
She entered the elevator, left the building and got a taxi. She was in such a state of shock. She was tired and dizzy. She asked the driver to go to her apartment but she started to feel too dizzy and then suddenly she passed out.
When she woke up again she was laying on a hospital bed. Lane was on a chair next to her.
"Hey"
"Hey. You woke up"
"Yeah. What happened?"
"You were coming back from Jess' place when you passed out in a taxi cab. The driver brought you to the hospital, took your cell and called your apartment. He described you and said you had passed out so I just ran here as fast as I could"
"I don't know what happened. One moment I was fine and in the other I was so tired"
"Why were coming home so soon. I thought you'd surprise Jess," Lane asked curiously.
Rory laughed sadly. "Yeah, well, turns out that he was the one who surprised me"
"What do you mean?"
"I found him and another woman in his bed"
"You mean..."
"Well, that's what it seems"
"I'm so sorry"
Tears come to Rory's face, "Yeah, I thought we were meant to be, you know? Guess I was wrong"
In this moment a middle-aged doctor came to her room.
"So, Ms. Gilmore. Feeling better I hope?"
"Yeah, I think I can get out of here now. Thanks, doc", she said while trying to get up
"Oh, no no no no. I'm sorry we have to do some more exams"
"I'm feeling fine. Really. I just passed out, nothing serious"
"Yeah, but we have to be sure that you and your baby are fine"
"Me and my what?" Rory asked loosing the pink on her cheeks.
"Your baby," he paused looking her astonished face. "You're pregnant. I'm sorry. I thought you knew. Congrats," he said trying a smile.
She looked at Lane as if she was asking if it was really happening.
Seeing how shocked she was the doctor thought the better thing to do was to give her sometime to realize what was happening. "I'll go see some patients now and give you some time to process this. I'll need you to stay here for two days; just to be sure that everything is fine. If you have any questions I can ask an obstetrician to come here. You'll need one anyway," and with that he left the room.
"A baby?" Rory asked.
"A baby"
"How?"
"You did it. I think you know how?"
"Yeah, but we were careful"
Lane sat next to Rory on the bed hugging her friend, "Well, honey, you know, there isn't anything that is 100% safe"
"But...I can't have a baby. He's not with me anymore"
"Sorry, it doesn't mean a thing. You're still pregnant and it's still his"
Rory sighed and cried quietly. Things were getting more and more difficult.
Lane filed out some forms from the hospital and went to Rory's place to sleep. She'd call Lorelai and go back to the hospital the next day to take care of Rory and help her with the pregnancy thing in whatever she decided. Lane opened Rory's apartment door and left the key on the coffee table. She went to the couch, sat there and called Lorelai. While the phone rang she couldn't think what she'd say, she just knew that that day was a life-changing day for her best friend. And she'd do anything to help her.
After calling Lorelai and explaining everything about Rory passing out but not telling her that Rory was pregnant, she convinced Lorelai that she should stay in Stars Hollow and promised she'd call if anything happened. She went to listen the answering machine. There were seven messages; all from Jess and all asking Rory to call him and saying that things weren't what they looked like. He really seemed to be desperate and sad. He kept calling all night long. Lane never answered the phone. It wasn't her place to say anything to him, especially now.
Jess was devastated. After Rory was gone he went back to his room and woke Laura up. He demanded to know what had happened. Laura said she'd gone to his apartment to talk and they ended up doing much more than just talking. She said she didn't regret it thought, not even a little bit and that that could be a start for something really great.
Jess couldn't believe in it. He couldn't believe he had cheated on Rory. He loved her. He sat on his bed. Putting his head on his hands and closing his eyes. He had to try and remember what really had happened.
He started to remember Laura knocking on his door and asking to talk to him. She seemed really sad and even wanting to be alone he felt bad for her and invited her to come in. she started telling a sad story about her fight with her now ex-boyfriend and that she really thought they were okay. At least until he broke up with her saying she wasn't in love with him anymore. She was in love with another man. He couldn't remember everything. Things were vague in his head, but he was trying his best.
He remembered her crying and then he offered her some coffee. It was the first thing that came to his mind, since it's the cure for all things in life in Rory's opinion. When the coffee was ready she asked him some tissue because her face was all wet from her tears. When he came back with the tissue the coffee was already placed in two mugs on his coffee table. He didn't even pay much attention about it. Now he regrets it. Now he knew he had put something on his coffee. He looked up furiously, "What did you put on that coffee?"
"Coffee? What coffee?"
He got up and grabbed her arms shaking all her body, "Tell me. I know you put something in it. What really happened?"
"Calm down, Jess. It's not important. The important thing is that we are together now," she said trying to get closer to him to kiss him.
Jess puled away and asked in disbelief, "Together? We're not together. We'll never be together"
"But...I thought..."
He shook her again and asked one more time, "What happened?"
"I just put a tranquilizer on your coffee, and then...then you fell asleep. I brought you to your room...and I took of your clothes..."
"But we didn't...we never..." Jess shouted
She just said a small, "No." She paused and then continued, "You were to stoned to do anything. We just slept in the same bed"
"Good, at least that. Now get dressed and get out of here"
She was opening her mouth to try to persuade him but he didn't even let her start talking. He gets his T-shirt and left the room saying, "I'm out. You have fifteen minutes to disappear. I don't want to see you ever again"
He had to talk to Rory. 'It's just a big misunderstand,' he kept telling himself as if he was trying to convince himself things would turn out okay. But, in fact, just time could answer this.
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