¡°So you and DuGrey?¡±
Rory looked up to see Jess with a perceptive look upon his face.
¡°It¡¯s just lunch Jess.¡±
¡°Uh huh, and does DuGrey know that?¡±
After Jess and Rory broke up, they thought that it would be at best to just stay friends. But after Luke and Lorelai started to date, Jess became like Rory¡¯s big brother, protecting her from anyone that seemed to bother Rory and even got into a few fistfights. It got a little better after he got with Paris, but if she even talked with a guy, Jess got into the ¡®protective older brother¡¯ role. It was sweet most of the time, but got really scary sometimes like when he socked her date a year ago for trying to ¡®feel her up¡¯.
¡°Jess, don¡¯t do anything to him.¡±
¡°Now why would I do such a thing?¡±
¡°Because of what you did to all my other dates. No interrogations. We are just old friends alright?¡±
¡°Friends? From what Paris told me, you were the prey to his arrogance.¡±
¡°He¡¯s changed.¡±
¡°Really? Paris told me that yesterday, all he did was make fun of you.¡±
¡°It¡¯s different. I don¡¯t know how, but it is. It just the way he carries himself. Something in his eyes tells me that he¡¯s changed.¡±
¡°Oh yes, Rory, reader of the eyes. Just like a gypsy, but instead of reading palms, she read eyes. Wow, what a new discovery.¡±
¡°Yes, I will make much profit with it.¡±
Jess leaned forward.
¡°Read my eyes.¡±
¡°Your eyes say¡¦ hmmm, first, you need to shave, you are thinking about ways to kill Tristan already.¡±
¡°Yes, correct, go on.¡±
¡°And that you girlfriend is right behind you and if she didn¡¯t know that you loved me only as a sister, she would have skinned you.¡±
Jess turned around to see amusement on Paris¡¯s face. He went and gave her a full kiss. She slowly registered and quickly answered back. Jess begged for entrance and Paris happily obliged, taking his tongue captive, slowly but surely sucking on it.
Rory looked on with disgust.
¡°EWWW! PUBLIC DISPLAY! GET A ROOM! GROSS! GAUGE OUT MY EYES! OUT OF VIEW!¡±
And just to piss Rory off more, and to get better access, Jess went and cupped Paris¡¯s butt with his hands, ramming her closer to him.
*~*~*~*
Tristan had come and thought he heard yelling from the direction of Rory¡¯s office. He stopped a blushing gofer and asked her where he could find a Lorelai Gilmore.
¡°Oh, she¡¯s in her office. Go straight down this hall and turn right on the fifth door.¡±
Tristan flashed a dashing smile, making the girl blush even redder.
¡°Thanks.¡±
As he walked down, he heard more yelling, but now, the words became more coherent.
¡°Jess! OUT!¡±
If his memory was right, Jess was the bad ass that took her away from stock-boy. He quickened his pace and opened the door, worried that he might see a harassed Rory. Instead, he saw something he thought he would never see in a thousand years.
Rory was beat red from yelling, while Jess and Paris were near ripping each other¡¯s clothes off.
*Paris is making out with Jess? What the fuck?!*
Rory finally looked up to see Tristan and ran to him. He opened his arms as she ran right into him. She was deafening.
¡°MY EYES! MY EYES!¡±
Tristan lightly chuckled to himself. Rory swatted him on his arm.
¡°Hey, your suppose to be the knight in shining armor!¡±
¡°So you¡¯re going to fall in love with me?¡±
¡°No, I fall in love with the prince. Your just his handy man.¡±
Rory let go and stepped away from the embrace. The coldness hit both of them, as they both dearly missed the contact they both had.
¡°Mary, I¡¯m hurt.¡±
¡°Liar.¡±
¡°Maybe just a little.¡±
Rustling was heard as Paris was straightening out her clothes. Tristan grinned while Rory turned to glare at the couple. But before anyone of them could say anything, Jess raised an eyebrow, with his arm resting Paris¡¯s shoulders.
¡°Well, you must be DuGrey.¡± (J)
¡°And you must be Jess.¡± (T)
Jess gave him a confused look.
¡°How do you know?¡± (J)
¡°I heard Rory yell.¡± (T)
¡°Oh yes, at her desperate attempts to separate us.¡± (J)
Tristan reverted his attention to Paris.
¡°I would have never thought that you had it in you Paris. You were hiding yourself behind that prude interior when you were a real wildcat. Jess, you must be some guy because that was the last thing I would have every expected to see Paris do.¡± (T)
¡°Yeah, Paris can be a prude at times.¡± (J)
Paris gave then both a cold glare.
¡°You are both moronic imbeciles! I am standing right here! Do you not think I don¡¯t hear this exchange?!¡± (P)
¡°Oh Paris, we know you¡¯re here. That¡¯s why we are saying it here. Just for your special enjoyment.¡± (T)
Jess laughed.
¡°I like you. Rory, I approve.¡±
Rory rolled her eyes.
¡°So I will be sure the next guy I date insults Paris like Tristan does.¡± (R)
¡°Let¡¯s hope so.¡± (J)
¡°I¡¯M TAKING MY LUNCH BREAK!¡± (P)
With that, Paris started to drag Jess out the door.
¡°Hey, watch it! It¡¯s my favorite jacket! Nice meeting you DuGrey. If you hurt her, I will break every bone in your body!¡±
With that, they turned left and were gone from Tristan and Rory¡¯s view.
¡°That was truly the last thing I thought I would ever see.¡±
¡°Don¡¯t remind me. I need to get new eyes and have that erased from my mind forever.¡±
*~*~*~*
There seemed to be no moment of discomfort between them. It was thought they were always friends.
¡°So, What have you been doing all this time Mary? I heard that you were valedictorian for both Chilton and Yale. Then you became a journalist at NATT since they offered you a job your sophomore year in college.¡±
¡°Wow, you summed up my last nine years in a whole of one minute. Now tell me about you.¡±
¡°Hey, wait, you didn¡¯t finish.¡±
¡°What is there to tell?¡±
¡°A lot. Come on Mary, I haven¡¯t seen you for nine years, their must have been something going on in your life.¡±
¡°Nosey much Bible Boy?¡±
¡°Just curious.¡±
¡°Because curiosity is the way we grow and learn.¡±
¡°Yes, so tell me everything.¡±
¡°Everything?¡±
¡°Yep.¡±
¡°Okay, that night, after you left, Paris ended up playing the part of Romeo. And NO, she did not kiss me. That you would have scarred me for life. We went through the play and my mom, my mom¡¯s best Friend Sookie, Dean, my best friend Lane and I went to Stars Hallow. And a long drive it was. First we talked about the play, and then somehow we ended up debating about what is the best cookie. We couldn¡¯t decide, so we¡¦¡±
Tristan laughed.
¡°Ok, maybe not that much of all.¡±
¡°Well then, I guess you might just have to be a little more specific.¡±
¡°Ok. I heard from the Hartford grapevine that you and stock-boy broke up and you ended up with Jess. How did that happen?¡±
Rory sighed. Tristan felt like he had just hit a tough topic.
¡°Ok, I can just move on to another¡¦¡±
¡°No, that¡¯s fine. It¡¯s just an incredibly long story.¡±
¡°Well, they take an incredibly long time getting the food out so talk away.¡±
¡°Fine. Ok, well it all started when I kissed Jess during Sookie¡¯s wedding. The problem was that I was still with Dean. Months passes and¡¦¡±
*30 minutes later*
¡°And so me and Jess got together.¡±
¡°Wow, you are very descriptive.¡±
¡°Yes, well I told you it would be a long story. And why is the food not here yet? I¡¯m starving slowly.¡±
¡°This restaurant is known for making their own pasta their own sauce, everything from scratch. Don¡¯t worry, it¡¯s worth it.¡±
¡°It better be. Or else I might have to resort to cannibalism.¡±
¡°That¡¯s great to know Mary. I feel so loved.¡±
¡°Hey, you aren¡¯t supposed to starve a Gilmore. Or you will end up with a fate worse than death.¡±
¡°Nice to know. So my next question¡¦¡±
¡°Hold it buddy, it¡¯s your time for a story. Tell me what you¡¯ve been doing for nine years.¡±
¡°Oh look the foods here.¡±
¡°That¡¯s not fair!¡±
¡°Life isn¡¯t Mary.¡±