Chapter 6- Surprise
They arrive and Rory walks in to the house that previously smelled like paint, which now smells like fresh baked cookies. Jess holds up the plate of chocolate chip cookies he made for her. She takes one and eats it.
"Delicious" she says.
He leads her up the stairs. On every other step there was a book. His and hers, word searches, crosswords, and word jumbles. Each with one of their names written in permanent marker on the front.
"Now we can race," Jess continues to explain, "I mean I know you went to Yale, but now we can see who is smarter once and for all! If you haven't figured it out, I want you to have more fun here than you did at home by yourself."
Rory had caught on and smiled. "Ok, what else? You're slowly beating out the empty room I just came from."
Jess smiled. There was more.
"Come on" he took her hand and led her into the bedroom. "Since you're so into themed rooms, I thought only this theme would be appropriate for a room shared between the two of us."
Rory sits down and admires the work Jess had put into the room. "I love it. It's perfect. Thank you. You're amazing."
Rory sees the border he put up, the four-leaf clover chair rail all around the room.
Jess also made a Bulletin Board with digital computer printouts of a Huge Four Leaf clover saying "March 17, 2009- The Perfect Day."
Around it were pictures of the newborn babies from the hospital and their times at home together. For a little while when Lorelai went through her "candid" picture phase, she was constantly taking pictures of the couple. For this, Jess is grateful. He has pictures of them cuddling, laughing and hugging, pecking, looking into one another's eyes, and reading.
Lorelai got these pictures developed after Jess left for California but asked Luke to send them to him because she knew he would be hurting. She never showed them to Rory to save her from the hurt. Rory got close to the pictures and examined each one and smiled at all the memories. Wait, one more thing.
"I'm not done, come back downstairs with me," Jess requests.
Rory just smiles and follows. He pulls out a chair at the table for her and she sits down. Jess walks over into the kitchen, but she couldn't see what he was doing, he hands her two mugs.
"Two cups? Thanks hun!"
"Don't choke"
"What?" She looks in the first mug. Coffee. Mmmm, coffee. She takes a sip. Delicious.
She looks into the other cup and a tear falls from her eye.
She picks up a platinum band with a single square diamond.
Jess gets down on one knee.
"Rory, I love you with all my heart and soul. You are and always were the only person who could make me happy. I can't even remember the last time I really smiled, until I found you again. I have thought about you so much since I left, and I never thought you would take me back or that our lives would mesh so seamlessly. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, will you be my wife and Maddie's mother?"
"Oh, Jess" Rory says as she gets out of her chair and kneels next to him hugging him tightly. "Nothing would make me happier than to be your wife. I want to be with you everyday from this day forward. I love you. I have always loved you." Rory's lips attacked Jess's after her last word was uttered.
They arrive and Rory walks in to the house that previously smelled like paint, which now smells like fresh baked cookies. Jess holds up the plate of chocolate chip cookies he made for her. She takes one and eats it.
"Delicious" she says.
He leads her up the stairs. On every other step there was a book. His and hers, word searches, crosswords, and word jumbles. Each with one of their names written in permanent marker on the front.
"Now we can race," Jess continues to explain, "I mean I know you went to Yale, but now we can see who is smarter once and for all! If you haven't figured it out, I want you to have more fun here than you did at home by yourself."
Rory had caught on and smiled. "Ok, what else? You're slowly beating out the empty room I just came from."
Jess smiled. There was more.
"Come on" he took her hand and led her into the bedroom. "Since you're so into themed rooms, I thought only this theme would be appropriate for a room shared between the two of us."
Rory sits down and admires the work Jess had put into the room. "I love it. It's perfect. Thank you. You're amazing."
Rory sees the border he put up, the four-leaf clover chair rail all around the room.
Jess also made a Bulletin Board with digital computer printouts of a Huge Four Leaf clover saying "March 17, 2009- The Perfect Day."
Around it were pictures of the newborn babies from the hospital and their times at home together. For a little while when Lorelai went through her "candid" picture phase, she was constantly taking pictures of the couple. For this, Jess is grateful. He has pictures of them cuddling, laughing and hugging, pecking, looking into one another's eyes, and reading.
Lorelai got these pictures developed after Jess left for California but asked Luke to send them to him because she knew he would be hurting. She never showed them to Rory to save her from the hurt. Rory got close to the pictures and examined each one and smiled at all the memories. Wait, one more thing.
"I'm not done, come back downstairs with me," Jess requests.
Rory just smiles and follows. He pulls out a chair at the table for her and she sits down. Jess walks over into the kitchen, but she couldn't see what he was doing, he hands her two mugs.
"Two cups? Thanks hun!"
"Don't choke"
"What?" She looks in the first mug. Coffee. Mmmm, coffee. She takes a sip. Delicious.
She looks into the other cup and a tear falls from her eye.
She picks up a platinum band with a single square diamond.
Jess gets down on one knee.
"Rory, I love you with all my heart and soul. You are and always were the only person who could make me happy. I can't even remember the last time I really smiled, until I found you again. I have thought about you so much since I left, and I never thought you would take me back or that our lives would mesh so seamlessly. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, will you be my wife and Maddie's mother?"
"Oh, Jess" Rory says as she gets out of her chair and kneels next to him hugging him tightly. "Nothing would make me happier than to be your wife. I want to be with you everyday from this day forward. I love you. I have always loved you." Rory's lips attacked Jess's after her last word was uttered.