A/N: Thanks for the reviews! They mean lots. Like I said before this is
just a song fic and it's only going to be like three chaps, so here's the
second chapter.
*~Oddmoonbi
My Love Is All I Have
Jess was again at the counter of the diner with a book between his arms. He was ignoring customers that came and left, but his main goal was to ignore Luke. And he was achieving it. He was waiting for Rory to come by, she had told him she would and she always stuck by her word unless something major came up. But then she would call. But every time he heard that bell on the door he would secretly glance up hoping it was Rory. But it would only be more loud people from the little quiet town. Which he never understood. The town was so small and quiet, but yet the people were so loud and always moving.
He shook his head trying to remove thoughts of the town when he heard the bell again, but along with the bell he heard her voice. It always carried so softly and easily over a room, whatever room. It didn't matter if it was a large, quiet room; or a small, noisy room; you could always hear her. And you could hear Lorelai no matter what was going on. A grin slipped out onto his lips, he forced it to leave. But he kept his eyes on the blurry words in front of him. They had become hard to read as soon as he heard her voice, it happened every time.
"So Dean what are you and Rory doing tonight." Lorelai asked while trying to flag Luke down for coffee.
When Jess heard Dean's name, then his voice, his head shot up. He found exactly where the three were sitting and just stared. He had thought that Rory and him were in a fight again. Jess shook his head, he never would get Dean. Jess started looking for his coat; he knew that Rory wouldn't have worn it in front of Dean. Then he spotted a large purse, it was bulging at the sides, and the button looked as if it had been forced closed. Jess grinned; he knew his coat was in her bag, mostly because Rory normally didn't carry a bag, especially a bag that looked like that.
Luke walked around Jess with a new pot of coffee. "Hey Uncle Luke, let me get that." Jess walked to Luke and took the two mugs and the hot pot of coffee and headed over to the three people he had been watching.
As he approached the table he received some dirty looks from Dean, he just grinned back at him, hoping to annoy him. Jess turned his attention to Lorelai she was giving him a confused look; he normally didn't do anything, just stood at the counter and read. Then once he got to the table he looked at Rory, she kept eyeing her bag. He figured trying to tell him that his coat was in there, he smirked and set the coffee and mugs down.
"Are you sick today or something Jess?" Lorelai asked as she reached for her mug of coffee.
Jess just looked at her. "No."
"Oh well I mean, I'm happy that you're here you know. Because if you wouldn't have been here I would've never gotten my coffee." Lorelai took a sip of her coffee and smiled, then set the mug down. "And I sure wouldn't have wanted that."
Jess took out a notepad and pen then looked at Dean. "And what do you want to drink?"
Dean just glared at Jess. "Coke."
"Got it. Luke will come over to take your orders. Rory Luke has something upstairs for you; I think it's a book or something." Jess kept eye contact with Rory, hoping she would understand that 'book' was just a cover, and then he turned and walked back to the counter.
"Wow that was two whole sentences!" Lorelai stated before taking a sip of coffee.
Dean chuckled. "Yea, didn't realize it was possible."
Rory just looked at Dean and her mom, then leaned over and grabbed her bag and stood up. "I guess I'll go see what Luke has for me."
"Ok sweets, burger and fries?"
"Yea mom." Rory turned and headed up the stairs.
Jess watched Rory walk up the stairs, and he tried to time it carefully so Dean wouldn't get suspicious. After about five minutes Jess hollered at Luke that he was taking a bathroom break and ran up the stairs.
Rory was sitting on the couch reading one of Jess's books; she looked up when she heard him come in. Jess looked over at the coat rack and saw his coat hanging dry beside Luke's. He walked over to his dresser and pulled the silver chain out of a box. When he turned around Rory was right behind him, holding out the ring he had given her. Jess took the ring and slid it on the chain.
"Here." Jess walked behind Rory and slowly put the chain around her neck. "I thought you two were in a fight." Jess clasped the chain and fought to keep his hands from touching her back, or shoulders.
Rory let her hair fall and turned around to face Jess. For a split second Rory could see into his eyes and they weren't unreadable, then they were back to normal. Dark and mysterious, almost as if they were fake eyes on a doll. Rory looked down at her hands, she realized that he had, had his guard down, but apparently he didn't want it down. She returned her eyes to his, nothing had changed. She hadn't really expected them too. But she wanted to see that part of him again, the part of him that let his guard down and didn't care.
"Well, apparently we're not." Rory said as she fidgeted with her hands.
"Did he bring you your coat?"
"No, he didn't even know I had left it."
"Ah. Did he even know you had left?"
Rory gave him a dirty look. "Yea, to my surprise he did. You know this evening when he met mom and me, he said he needed to talk to me. So mom went ahead and I was figuring it was about earlier. And I was like yea I need to talk to you too, and he told me to start. So I went in complete detail of what I've been thinking all day, of what he done and what we need to start doing and stuff. And I noticed that he was just had this smile on his face and he was just staring at me, like he was just staring straight threw me. So you wanna know what his response was?"
"Well, yea. I do."
"His response was 'So you wanna go see The Matrix Revolutions, Gothika, Scary Movie 3, or you want to come watch me play basketball with the guys?' I just stared at him, and told him that I was too tired and was just going to go home."
"I'm sorry."
"No it's my fault."
"What? How do you figure that?"
"I don't know but I must have done something."
"No Rory, it's not your fault. Dean is just caught up in himself right now."
Rory's smile was faint but Jess knew it wasn't fake. "Thanks Jess." Rory reached over and hugged Jess. She held on longer than she should have because she ended up not wanting to let go. She realized she wanted to stay with him, she made herself let go and walk to the door.
When Rory reentered the diner Dean came charging up to her. She thought for sure he was going to blow.
"Dean I need to talk to you about something, it's really important."
"Rory can it wait?"
"No Dean I really need to talk to you, right now."
"Well you know that we have that basketball game Tuesday right?"
Rory nodded her head. "Yea in three days."
"Well the guys came by and told me that there going over to ti-pi and egg the other team's cars and homes."
Rory had a confused look on her face, she shrugged her shoulders. "So?"
"So I'm going to help, your going to have to wait I'm sorry." Dean leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on the lips and ran off out the door. Rory watched him run across the street and meet up with some of his friends.
She looked over her shoulder and saw Jess standing on the stairwell watching her. She knew he had seen the whole thing. She looked down and turned back around, she felt defeated. She let out a long breath, and then slowly walked back to the table her mother was still occupying.
"Hey sweets, where's Dean headed?"
***
When you talk(when you talk), does it seem like he's not
even listening to a word you say?
That's ok babe, just tell me your problems
I'll try my best to kiss them all AWAY...
Does he leave(does he leave) when you need him the most?
Does his friends get all your time?
Baby please, I'm on my knees
praying for the day that you'll be mine!
But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you... but
Love is all I have to give(give..)
***
*~Oddmoonbi
My Love Is All I Have
Jess was again at the counter of the diner with a book between his arms. He was ignoring customers that came and left, but his main goal was to ignore Luke. And he was achieving it. He was waiting for Rory to come by, she had told him she would and she always stuck by her word unless something major came up. But then she would call. But every time he heard that bell on the door he would secretly glance up hoping it was Rory. But it would only be more loud people from the little quiet town. Which he never understood. The town was so small and quiet, but yet the people were so loud and always moving.
He shook his head trying to remove thoughts of the town when he heard the bell again, but along with the bell he heard her voice. It always carried so softly and easily over a room, whatever room. It didn't matter if it was a large, quiet room; or a small, noisy room; you could always hear her. And you could hear Lorelai no matter what was going on. A grin slipped out onto his lips, he forced it to leave. But he kept his eyes on the blurry words in front of him. They had become hard to read as soon as he heard her voice, it happened every time.
"So Dean what are you and Rory doing tonight." Lorelai asked while trying to flag Luke down for coffee.
When Jess heard Dean's name, then his voice, his head shot up. He found exactly where the three were sitting and just stared. He had thought that Rory and him were in a fight again. Jess shook his head, he never would get Dean. Jess started looking for his coat; he knew that Rory wouldn't have worn it in front of Dean. Then he spotted a large purse, it was bulging at the sides, and the button looked as if it had been forced closed. Jess grinned; he knew his coat was in her bag, mostly because Rory normally didn't carry a bag, especially a bag that looked like that.
Luke walked around Jess with a new pot of coffee. "Hey Uncle Luke, let me get that." Jess walked to Luke and took the two mugs and the hot pot of coffee and headed over to the three people he had been watching.
As he approached the table he received some dirty looks from Dean, he just grinned back at him, hoping to annoy him. Jess turned his attention to Lorelai she was giving him a confused look; he normally didn't do anything, just stood at the counter and read. Then once he got to the table he looked at Rory, she kept eyeing her bag. He figured trying to tell him that his coat was in there, he smirked and set the coffee and mugs down.
"Are you sick today or something Jess?" Lorelai asked as she reached for her mug of coffee.
Jess just looked at her. "No."
"Oh well I mean, I'm happy that you're here you know. Because if you wouldn't have been here I would've never gotten my coffee." Lorelai took a sip of her coffee and smiled, then set the mug down. "And I sure wouldn't have wanted that."
Jess took out a notepad and pen then looked at Dean. "And what do you want to drink?"
Dean just glared at Jess. "Coke."
"Got it. Luke will come over to take your orders. Rory Luke has something upstairs for you; I think it's a book or something." Jess kept eye contact with Rory, hoping she would understand that 'book' was just a cover, and then he turned and walked back to the counter.
"Wow that was two whole sentences!" Lorelai stated before taking a sip of coffee.
Dean chuckled. "Yea, didn't realize it was possible."
Rory just looked at Dean and her mom, then leaned over and grabbed her bag and stood up. "I guess I'll go see what Luke has for me."
"Ok sweets, burger and fries?"
"Yea mom." Rory turned and headed up the stairs.
Jess watched Rory walk up the stairs, and he tried to time it carefully so Dean wouldn't get suspicious. After about five minutes Jess hollered at Luke that he was taking a bathroom break and ran up the stairs.
Rory was sitting on the couch reading one of Jess's books; she looked up when she heard him come in. Jess looked over at the coat rack and saw his coat hanging dry beside Luke's. He walked over to his dresser and pulled the silver chain out of a box. When he turned around Rory was right behind him, holding out the ring he had given her. Jess took the ring and slid it on the chain.
"Here." Jess walked behind Rory and slowly put the chain around her neck. "I thought you two were in a fight." Jess clasped the chain and fought to keep his hands from touching her back, or shoulders.
Rory let her hair fall and turned around to face Jess. For a split second Rory could see into his eyes and they weren't unreadable, then they were back to normal. Dark and mysterious, almost as if they were fake eyes on a doll. Rory looked down at her hands, she realized that he had, had his guard down, but apparently he didn't want it down. She returned her eyes to his, nothing had changed. She hadn't really expected them too. But she wanted to see that part of him again, the part of him that let his guard down and didn't care.
"Well, apparently we're not." Rory said as she fidgeted with her hands.
"Did he bring you your coat?"
"No, he didn't even know I had left it."
"Ah. Did he even know you had left?"
Rory gave him a dirty look. "Yea, to my surprise he did. You know this evening when he met mom and me, he said he needed to talk to me. So mom went ahead and I was figuring it was about earlier. And I was like yea I need to talk to you too, and he told me to start. So I went in complete detail of what I've been thinking all day, of what he done and what we need to start doing and stuff. And I noticed that he was just had this smile on his face and he was just staring at me, like he was just staring straight threw me. So you wanna know what his response was?"
"Well, yea. I do."
"His response was 'So you wanna go see The Matrix Revolutions, Gothika, Scary Movie 3, or you want to come watch me play basketball with the guys?' I just stared at him, and told him that I was too tired and was just going to go home."
"I'm sorry."
"No it's my fault."
"What? How do you figure that?"
"I don't know but I must have done something."
"No Rory, it's not your fault. Dean is just caught up in himself right now."
Rory's smile was faint but Jess knew it wasn't fake. "Thanks Jess." Rory reached over and hugged Jess. She held on longer than she should have because she ended up not wanting to let go. She realized she wanted to stay with him, she made herself let go and walk to the door.
When Rory reentered the diner Dean came charging up to her. She thought for sure he was going to blow.
"Dean I need to talk to you about something, it's really important."
"Rory can it wait?"
"No Dean I really need to talk to you, right now."
"Well you know that we have that basketball game Tuesday right?"
Rory nodded her head. "Yea in three days."
"Well the guys came by and told me that there going over to ti-pi and egg the other team's cars and homes."
Rory had a confused look on her face, she shrugged her shoulders. "So?"
"So I'm going to help, your going to have to wait I'm sorry." Dean leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on the lips and ran off out the door. Rory watched him run across the street and meet up with some of his friends.
She looked over her shoulder and saw Jess standing on the stairwell watching her. She knew he had seen the whole thing. She looked down and turned back around, she felt defeated. She let out a long breath, and then slowly walked back to the table her mother was still occupying.
"Hey sweets, where's Dean headed?"
***
When you talk(when you talk), does it seem like he's not
even listening to a word you say?
That's ok babe, just tell me your problems
I'll try my best to kiss them all AWAY...
Does he leave(does he leave) when you need him the most?
Does his friends get all your time?
Baby please, I'm on my knees
praying for the day that you'll be mine!
But my love is all I have to give
Without you I don't think I can live
I wish I could give the world to you... but
Love is all I have to give(give..)
***