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Chapter 3: 'Hey, there, I'm back'
Rory had just combed her hair and she got her coat and went outside. She knew her mother was in the diner waiting for her, but she had to walk to the bridge. Just for a second, so that she'd be a little closer to
Jess. She went to the bridge sometimes when she was feeling particularly lonely and this way she could just sit and relive all of the fantastic moments she had spend with him. Most of the time she ended up feeling a lot less lonely. Last night she had a dream about Jess. He was in her room, sitting on her bed, watching her sleep. In her dream she woke up and he was there. She hugged him and he held her tight. When she woke up and didn't see Jess sitting on her bed she felt empty and now she was in desperate need of feeling his presence, even though she knew he was thousands of miles away.
She was picturing him sitting on the bridge, reading a book, completely concentrated. She had a very realistic imagination. Sometimes she was pretending he was standing in front of her and he got so real she stretched out her hand to touch him. Only then she realized he wasn't really there.
She started to cross the bridge, still seeing the imaginary Jess sitting there, reading his book. She stopped a few feet away from him and kept her eyes on him. Suddenly he looked up and stared at her.
Jess: 'Rory.'
Rory just stood there, not really understanding what was going on. This was the first time her imagination was talking to her and he was so real she thought she was going crazy.
Rory: 'Oh my God.'
Jess stood up, slightly amused by her rather late reaction. He could see she was still processing it all.
Rory: 'YOU'RE HERE!! You're really here! I thought I'd never ever see you again after we said goodbye in Miami and when I saw you I just thought my mind was playing tricks on me, and when you said my name I thought I was going insane, but I'm not, 'cause you're really here!!'
She stepped forward and threw his arms around him. She hugged him really tight, the way she'd been hugging hi in her dream. He held her tight and whispered in her ear.
Jess: 'I missed you so much. I just had to see you again.'
Rory: 'You're staying, right? You're not going away again, are you?'
Jess: 'I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here with you.'
They stood there hugging each other, both feeling they never wanted to let the other person go.
Jess: 'I hate to break it to you, but I have to get back.'
Rory: 'Back where?'
Jess: 'The diner.'
Rory: 'Luke is letting you stay?'
Jess: 'Yup.'
Rory: 'Wow.'
Jess: 'Thought so myself.'
Rory: 'Oh my God, my mom's in the diner!'
Jess: 'We had a slightly uncomfortable rendezvous.'
Rory: 'What did she say? How horrible was she?'
Jess: 'She didn't get the time to say a lot, because I went outside to take a break. But I can imagine Luke's having a pretty hard time calming her down.'
Rory: 'I'd better get in there before she starts throwing chairs around.'
They both started to laugh about Lorelai throwing chairs around and then suddenly stopped.
Rory: 'I'm glad you're back.'
Jess: 'You'd better be, otherwise I came all the way her for nothing.
They stared each other in the eyes, feeling a happiness neither one of them was familiar with. Rory ran her fingers through his hair.
'God, his hair feels so good', she thought, 'And he smells good too, I don't think I'm going to be able to take my eyes off of him. He's so gorgeous.'
'My god, she's beautiful', Jess thought, 'I did the right thing to come back here. It was tough to face Luke and beg him to let me come back, but standing here with her in my arms has made it more than worth it.'
They both leaned forward, very slowly, enjoying the moment, until their lips met and a tingling feeling was running through their bodies. Jess pulled Rory closer to him, pressing his mouth on hers, worshipping her. She gave in to the feeling of desire. She wanted nothing more than sense his body and kissed him with more passion she had ever kissed him before. His hands ran up and down her back and slowly made their way towards her but, but stopped just and inch away, not really knowing how far she would let him go. But she just kept on kissing him and he laid his hands on her but. She kept running her fingers through his hair and touching his neck, knowing she'd cause goosebumps. She like to know he was affected by her. Jess started to plant little kisses in her neck, giving her goosebumps and giving her wonderful shivers.
Jess: 'I missed this.'
Rory: 'I missed this too.'
They kept on kissing for a while until Jess suddenly stopped.
Rory: 'What is it? Is it me?'
Jess: 'No, no of course not. God no, you're amazing. But I really have to get back to the diner. I don't want to piss Luke of on my first day back here.'
Rory: 'Okay, I'll come with you.'
Jess: 'Do you think that's such a good idea? I mean, they'd know we'd talked and your mom might get even angrier than she already is.'
Rory: 'It's okay, I can handle it. Besides, we're gonna have to see each other in public, best get it over with.'
Jess: 'It's your call.'
Rory: 'Let's go.'
IN THE MEAN TIME IN LUKE'S DINER
Lorelai: 'I have to get to Rory, she has to know Jess is back. It would be too much of a shock to her to see him suddenly, back here and all like nothing happened.'
Lorelai was getting ready to leave, but Luke stopped her.
Luke: 'Look, why don't you just wait here. I'm sure Rory will be here any second and Jess won't come back for another ten minutes. We've got time.'
Lorelai: 'I'm not sure, maybe I should-.'
Luke: 'Lorelai, stay here. I'll give you another cup of coffee. Everything will be fine.'
Lorelai: 'I don't know, I mean -.'
Luke: 'And a donut.'
Lorelai: 'Alright, I'll stay. But if this subject ever comes up and Rory gets mad at me I'll tell her you bribed me with food and coffee.'
Luke: 'Whatever.'
He walked to the counter to get Lorelai some fresh coffee. Lorelai was playing with her spoon, turning around every other second to see if Rory was coming.
Luke: 'Here's your coffee.'
Lorelai: 'Thanks.'
Luke: 'You're really not happy that he's here, aren't you?'
Lorelai: 'It's not that I don't want him to be here, I mean, I know he hates living here so that's kinda amusing, I just don't want him to be with Rory. But since this is Stars Hollow isn't really that big a town I know she'll probably see him every day and I just don't want her to feel this pain again she had to deal with when he left her. I mean, I could see her getting better and better every day in Miami and at one point she actually seemed happy. But when it was time we had to get back home, she was turning into the My-boyfriend-just-left-me-Rory because there are just too many memories here. Living in Stars Hollow without Jess is hard enough for her, imagine what it must be like seeing him here every day.'
Luke: 'I know what you mean. I don't want her to get hurt and I'm going to make sure Jess will not be coming within twenty feet of her.'
Lorelai: 'That's sweet of you, but I doubt it'll work since your diner is only twenty feet wide. That basically means he has to stand outside whenever Rory is in here.'
Luke: 'You get my point, he's not coming anywhere near Rory.'
Lorelai: 'Not anywhere near Rory, got it.'
Luke: 'Now, what kind of donut can I bring you?'
Lorelai and Luke both walked to the counter so that Lorelai could pick out a donut. They were standing with their back towards the entrance, so they couldn't see Rory and Jess approaching the diner.
They stood in front of the door, looking at Lorelai touching every donut to check if it was still fresh and Luke standing patiently next to her, waiting for her to finally pick a donut that would satisfy her.
Jess: 'You ready?'
Rory: 'No. You?'
Jess: 'No.'
Rory: 'Here we go.'
She went in first, followed by Jess. The bell above the door jingled and Luke and Lorelai turned around simultaneously.
Luke: 'Jess, you're back. Hi, Rory.'
There was an awkward silence. Lorelai tried to figure out what was going on inside Rory's head. She seemed so calm with Jess being with her. And they arrived here together, she wondered what was said between the two of them. She hoped Rory got rid of a little anger.
Lorelai: 'Rory, sweetie, you alright?'
Rory: 'To tell you the truth, never been better.'
Lorelai walked over to a beaming Rory and took her by her arm. She dragged Rory to their table and made her sit down.
Lorelai: 'Okay, young lady, tell me why are you being like this?'
Rory: 'Like what?'
Lorelai: 'Happy.'
Rory: 'You don't want me to be happy?'
Lorelai: 'No, I want you to be happy, I just want to know why you're happy, since this is not a really good time to be happy.'
Rory: 'Someone died?'
Lorelai: 'Not yet.'
Rory: 'What's that supposed to mean.'
Lorelai: 'Jess is here.'
Rory: 'Really? I hadn't noticed yet.'
Lorelai: 'You're not mad at all?'
Rory: 'I forgave him.'
Lorelai: 'You WHAT?'
Rory: 'I forgave him. That's what people do when they don't hold a grouch to another person anymore.'
Lorelai: 'I know what forgiving means and don't try to be smart on me. I've seen you when he left. You were devastated. And now he's back and you seem completely fine with it.'
Rory: 'That's probably because I am.'
Lorelai: 'LUKE, I need some more coffee.'
Luke came and poured her another cup of coffee.
Luke: 'Everything alright? If you want, Rory, I can send Jess upstairs.'
Rory: 'No, that's fine.'
Luke: 'Alright, but if you want me to, all you have to do is say the word.'
Lorelai: 'I'll say the word.'
Rory: 'Mom, no. Jess can stay. I'm fine with him being here.'
Lorelai: 'Yeah, you made that pretty clear.'
Luke: 'Okay, I'm going back now. Yell if you need anything.'
Rory: 'Thanks, Luke.'
Lorelai: 'Just to get this straight, Jess is here. You are here. You are completely fine with him being here. You forgave him for leaving you without telling you and coming back unannounced, not caring about your feelings.'
Rory: 'That's not the way I would look at it.'
Lorelai: 'Well, explain.'
Rory: 'Okay, he's back and yes, he hurt me so much. But the way I see it, I have two options. The first option is stay mad at him and trying to avoid him whenever I can. But staying mad only makes me feel bad, cause I hate to feel angry and this is Stars Hollow so I can't avoid him. Eventually I will have to face the fact he's here. The second option is forgiving Jess and just moving on with my life, which will lead to me feeling a lot better - since I'm not mad - and I don't have to worry about avoiding him.'
Lorelai: 'Hmm. You figured that out the minute you saw him.'
Rory: 'No. In Miami I threw a couple of what-ifs on my own plate and tried to figure out what I would do if that occasion really should become reality.'
Lorelai: 'And this was one of the what-ifs.'
Rory: 'Exactly.'
Lorelai: 'I can't believe you forgave him.'
Rory: 'Well, I did.'
Lorelai: 'You're like Mother Theresa.'
Rory: 'I beg your pardon?'
Lorelai: 'Are you soliciting to be an angel? 'Cause forgiving him is quite a big step.'
Rory: 'No need for wings.'
Lorelai: 'Who need wings, we've got coffee!'
Rory: 'And donuts.'
So all is well that ends well. Well.for now. Because even though Rory told Lorelai about 'forgiving' Jess, they still have some things coming and it's not going to be easy times for them.
A/N I really hope you liked this chapter. You know, I read all your reviews and they made me write this chapter a lot faster. So give a big round of applause for yourselves!!! Anyway, please review and read the next chapters, I hope you'll enjoy them!!!
Chapter 3: 'Hey, there, I'm back'
Rory had just combed her hair and she got her coat and went outside. She knew her mother was in the diner waiting for her, but she had to walk to the bridge. Just for a second, so that she'd be a little closer to
Jess. She went to the bridge sometimes when she was feeling particularly lonely and this way she could just sit and relive all of the fantastic moments she had spend with him. Most of the time she ended up feeling a lot less lonely. Last night she had a dream about Jess. He was in her room, sitting on her bed, watching her sleep. In her dream she woke up and he was there. She hugged him and he held her tight. When she woke up and didn't see Jess sitting on her bed she felt empty and now she was in desperate need of feeling his presence, even though she knew he was thousands of miles away.
She was picturing him sitting on the bridge, reading a book, completely concentrated. She had a very realistic imagination. Sometimes she was pretending he was standing in front of her and he got so real she stretched out her hand to touch him. Only then she realized he wasn't really there.
She started to cross the bridge, still seeing the imaginary Jess sitting there, reading his book. She stopped a few feet away from him and kept her eyes on him. Suddenly he looked up and stared at her.
Jess: 'Rory.'
Rory just stood there, not really understanding what was going on. This was the first time her imagination was talking to her and he was so real she thought she was going crazy.
Rory: 'Oh my God.'
Jess stood up, slightly amused by her rather late reaction. He could see she was still processing it all.
Rory: 'YOU'RE HERE!! You're really here! I thought I'd never ever see you again after we said goodbye in Miami and when I saw you I just thought my mind was playing tricks on me, and when you said my name I thought I was going insane, but I'm not, 'cause you're really here!!'
She stepped forward and threw his arms around him. She hugged him really tight, the way she'd been hugging hi in her dream. He held her tight and whispered in her ear.
Jess: 'I missed you so much. I just had to see you again.'
Rory: 'You're staying, right? You're not going away again, are you?'
Jess: 'I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here with you.'
They stood there hugging each other, both feeling they never wanted to let the other person go.
Jess: 'I hate to break it to you, but I have to get back.'
Rory: 'Back where?'
Jess: 'The diner.'
Rory: 'Luke is letting you stay?'
Jess: 'Yup.'
Rory: 'Wow.'
Jess: 'Thought so myself.'
Rory: 'Oh my God, my mom's in the diner!'
Jess: 'We had a slightly uncomfortable rendezvous.'
Rory: 'What did she say? How horrible was she?'
Jess: 'She didn't get the time to say a lot, because I went outside to take a break. But I can imagine Luke's having a pretty hard time calming her down.'
Rory: 'I'd better get in there before she starts throwing chairs around.'
They both started to laugh about Lorelai throwing chairs around and then suddenly stopped.
Rory: 'I'm glad you're back.'
Jess: 'You'd better be, otherwise I came all the way her for nothing.
They stared each other in the eyes, feeling a happiness neither one of them was familiar with. Rory ran her fingers through his hair.
'God, his hair feels so good', she thought, 'And he smells good too, I don't think I'm going to be able to take my eyes off of him. He's so gorgeous.'
'My god, she's beautiful', Jess thought, 'I did the right thing to come back here. It was tough to face Luke and beg him to let me come back, but standing here with her in my arms has made it more than worth it.'
They both leaned forward, very slowly, enjoying the moment, until their lips met and a tingling feeling was running through their bodies. Jess pulled Rory closer to him, pressing his mouth on hers, worshipping her. She gave in to the feeling of desire. She wanted nothing more than sense his body and kissed him with more passion she had ever kissed him before. His hands ran up and down her back and slowly made their way towards her but, but stopped just and inch away, not really knowing how far she would let him go. But she just kept on kissing him and he laid his hands on her but. She kept running her fingers through his hair and touching his neck, knowing she'd cause goosebumps. She like to know he was affected by her. Jess started to plant little kisses in her neck, giving her goosebumps and giving her wonderful shivers.
Jess: 'I missed this.'
Rory: 'I missed this too.'
They kept on kissing for a while until Jess suddenly stopped.
Rory: 'What is it? Is it me?'
Jess: 'No, no of course not. God no, you're amazing. But I really have to get back to the diner. I don't want to piss Luke of on my first day back here.'
Rory: 'Okay, I'll come with you.'
Jess: 'Do you think that's such a good idea? I mean, they'd know we'd talked and your mom might get even angrier than she already is.'
Rory: 'It's okay, I can handle it. Besides, we're gonna have to see each other in public, best get it over with.'
Jess: 'It's your call.'
Rory: 'Let's go.'
IN THE MEAN TIME IN LUKE'S DINER
Lorelai: 'I have to get to Rory, she has to know Jess is back. It would be too much of a shock to her to see him suddenly, back here and all like nothing happened.'
Lorelai was getting ready to leave, but Luke stopped her.
Luke: 'Look, why don't you just wait here. I'm sure Rory will be here any second and Jess won't come back for another ten minutes. We've got time.'
Lorelai: 'I'm not sure, maybe I should-.'
Luke: 'Lorelai, stay here. I'll give you another cup of coffee. Everything will be fine.'
Lorelai: 'I don't know, I mean -.'
Luke: 'And a donut.'
Lorelai: 'Alright, I'll stay. But if this subject ever comes up and Rory gets mad at me I'll tell her you bribed me with food and coffee.'
Luke: 'Whatever.'
He walked to the counter to get Lorelai some fresh coffee. Lorelai was playing with her spoon, turning around every other second to see if Rory was coming.
Luke: 'Here's your coffee.'
Lorelai: 'Thanks.'
Luke: 'You're really not happy that he's here, aren't you?'
Lorelai: 'It's not that I don't want him to be here, I mean, I know he hates living here so that's kinda amusing, I just don't want him to be with Rory. But since this is Stars Hollow isn't really that big a town I know she'll probably see him every day and I just don't want her to feel this pain again she had to deal with when he left her. I mean, I could see her getting better and better every day in Miami and at one point she actually seemed happy. But when it was time we had to get back home, she was turning into the My-boyfriend-just-left-me-Rory because there are just too many memories here. Living in Stars Hollow without Jess is hard enough for her, imagine what it must be like seeing him here every day.'
Luke: 'I know what you mean. I don't want her to get hurt and I'm going to make sure Jess will not be coming within twenty feet of her.'
Lorelai: 'That's sweet of you, but I doubt it'll work since your diner is only twenty feet wide. That basically means he has to stand outside whenever Rory is in here.'
Luke: 'You get my point, he's not coming anywhere near Rory.'
Lorelai: 'Not anywhere near Rory, got it.'
Luke: 'Now, what kind of donut can I bring you?'
Lorelai and Luke both walked to the counter so that Lorelai could pick out a donut. They were standing with their back towards the entrance, so they couldn't see Rory and Jess approaching the diner.
They stood in front of the door, looking at Lorelai touching every donut to check if it was still fresh and Luke standing patiently next to her, waiting for her to finally pick a donut that would satisfy her.
Jess: 'You ready?'
Rory: 'No. You?'
Jess: 'No.'
Rory: 'Here we go.'
She went in first, followed by Jess. The bell above the door jingled and Luke and Lorelai turned around simultaneously.
Luke: 'Jess, you're back. Hi, Rory.'
There was an awkward silence. Lorelai tried to figure out what was going on inside Rory's head. She seemed so calm with Jess being with her. And they arrived here together, she wondered what was said between the two of them. She hoped Rory got rid of a little anger.
Lorelai: 'Rory, sweetie, you alright?'
Rory: 'To tell you the truth, never been better.'
Lorelai walked over to a beaming Rory and took her by her arm. She dragged Rory to their table and made her sit down.
Lorelai: 'Okay, young lady, tell me why are you being like this?'
Rory: 'Like what?'
Lorelai: 'Happy.'
Rory: 'You don't want me to be happy?'
Lorelai: 'No, I want you to be happy, I just want to know why you're happy, since this is not a really good time to be happy.'
Rory: 'Someone died?'
Lorelai: 'Not yet.'
Rory: 'What's that supposed to mean.'
Lorelai: 'Jess is here.'
Rory: 'Really? I hadn't noticed yet.'
Lorelai: 'You're not mad at all?'
Rory: 'I forgave him.'
Lorelai: 'You WHAT?'
Rory: 'I forgave him. That's what people do when they don't hold a grouch to another person anymore.'
Lorelai: 'I know what forgiving means and don't try to be smart on me. I've seen you when he left. You were devastated. And now he's back and you seem completely fine with it.'
Rory: 'That's probably because I am.'
Lorelai: 'LUKE, I need some more coffee.'
Luke came and poured her another cup of coffee.
Luke: 'Everything alright? If you want, Rory, I can send Jess upstairs.'
Rory: 'No, that's fine.'
Luke: 'Alright, but if you want me to, all you have to do is say the word.'
Lorelai: 'I'll say the word.'
Rory: 'Mom, no. Jess can stay. I'm fine with him being here.'
Lorelai: 'Yeah, you made that pretty clear.'
Luke: 'Okay, I'm going back now. Yell if you need anything.'
Rory: 'Thanks, Luke.'
Lorelai: 'Just to get this straight, Jess is here. You are here. You are completely fine with him being here. You forgave him for leaving you without telling you and coming back unannounced, not caring about your feelings.'
Rory: 'That's not the way I would look at it.'
Lorelai: 'Well, explain.'
Rory: 'Okay, he's back and yes, he hurt me so much. But the way I see it, I have two options. The first option is stay mad at him and trying to avoid him whenever I can. But staying mad only makes me feel bad, cause I hate to feel angry and this is Stars Hollow so I can't avoid him. Eventually I will have to face the fact he's here. The second option is forgiving Jess and just moving on with my life, which will lead to me feeling a lot better - since I'm not mad - and I don't have to worry about avoiding him.'
Lorelai: 'Hmm. You figured that out the minute you saw him.'
Rory: 'No. In Miami I threw a couple of what-ifs on my own plate and tried to figure out what I would do if that occasion really should become reality.'
Lorelai: 'And this was one of the what-ifs.'
Rory: 'Exactly.'
Lorelai: 'I can't believe you forgave him.'
Rory: 'Well, I did.'
Lorelai: 'You're like Mother Theresa.'
Rory: 'I beg your pardon?'
Lorelai: 'Are you soliciting to be an angel? 'Cause forgiving him is quite a big step.'
Rory: 'No need for wings.'
Lorelai: 'Who need wings, we've got coffee!'
Rory: 'And donuts.'
So all is well that ends well. Well.for now. Because even though Rory told Lorelai about 'forgiving' Jess, they still have some things coming and it's not going to be easy times for them.
A/N I really hope you liked this chapter. You know, I read all your reviews and they made me write this chapter a lot faster. So give a big round of applause for yourselves!!! Anyway, please review and read the next chapters, I hope you'll enjoy them!!!