Hey hey to all my awesome reviewers I love you all! Don't worry about Jess, why do you think it's set in New York? Um... oh yea there could be more than meets the eye with the reason Rory is so angry so keep that in mind :) Anyway, on with the story!
Rory woke to the sound of her father knocking on her door, "You up yet?"
She opened her eyes, yep she was really there, "I'm awake."
"Let's leave in an hour." Chris said from behind the locked door.
She got out of bed and put her slippers on, "Okay." She grabbed a towel and some clothes and headed to her bathroom for a shower. 'I wonder what mom's doing.' She thought to herself.
~*Luke's*~
Lorelai was dragging as she walked into the half empty diner, "Hi Luke." She said in a solemn voice. She sat down at the counter in front of Luke and sighed.
"Morning." It wasn't the same seeing Lorelai there without Rory for their morning cup of coffee.
She was looking past Luke at nothing, just staring off in space, "I miss her." She said, looking over at him.
He set a mug in front of her and filled it with coffee, "It's not the same."
"She called me last night when she got in, she sounded so sad."
Luke could tell it was killing Lorelai to think of the possibilities of how she might have to get use to being alone, "Try not to think about it Lorelai."
She looked up at him, her eyes were tearing up, "I don't want to lose her Luke."
"You won't, you two are way too close to let that happen. She'll be home before you know it." He was trying his best to make her feel better, but he wasn't sure he was doing a good job.
She nodded and took a sip of her coffee, "Thanks."
~*New York*~
"This is my garage, that's my office right over there." Chris said, pointing to a small room in the corner of the garage.
Rory nodded, he had told her it would only take a minute and then they would spend the rest of the day hanging out in the city.
"Hey Tony..." Chris walked off to talk to an fattish man that looked to be in his late forties.
Rory sat down right outside her dad's office and pulled a book from her bag, she began to read and wasn't aware of the time that had passed or of the guy who was looking at her from across the room. Finally she looked up right at the guy and blushed slightly, wondering how long he had been looking at her.
He immediately went back to the carburetor he had been working on, embarrassed that he had been caught looking at her.
Rory smiled and looked back down at her book, trying not to look back up at him. After a while longer Chris walked over to her, "You ready to go?" He asked.
Rory stood up, "Yeah." She glanced back over at the guy once more and smiled.
Chris caught on quickly, and wanting to win over his daughter he said, "Hold on a sec I have to go ask Tony something else, you want a soda?"
She nodded, "Sure."
"Jess." Chris called and the guy that had been working on the carburetor looked up at him.
"Yea?" He asked.
"Why don't you take my daughter to get a soda in the back."
Jess smirked, "Kay." He said, tossing a screwdriver and rag on the workbench and standing up.
"I'll be back in a second." Chris said before walking off.
Rory looked over at the guy and smiled.
"Come on." He said, motioning towards the back.
Rory followed him, "It's Jess, right?" She asked.
Jess nodded, "Yea." He opened the fridge and handed her a coke.
"I'm Rory." She said, taking the coke, "Thanks."
Jess opened a coke for himself, "What are you reading?" he asked.
"On the Road, it's by Jack Kerouac."
He nodded, "Yeah I've read it, not bad."
Rory raised her eyebrows, he didn't seem like a guy that did a lot of reading (other than Playboy), "Really?"
He smirked, he always loved it when people found out about his love for literature, their faces were almost always priceless, "Yeah, I liked Big Sur a lot better though."
She nodded, "Well I just started this one yesterday on the bus."
He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "From where?"
"Stars Hollow." She said, a bit of sadness in her voice.
He could tell that was a sore subject, "Have you read it?" He asked, changing the subject.
She looked up at him a bit confused, "Hmm?"
"Big Sur?"
She shook her head, "No."
"You can borrow it if you want." He offered.
She smiled, "That would be great, thanks."
He shook his head, "No problem."
"Rory, you ready?" Chris asked, walking into the break room.
Jess straightened himself from his leaning position against the wall and nodded in Rory's direction, "I'll see ya."
She smiled, "Bye."
When Jess left the room Chris smiled at Rory, "You gonna be coming to work with me a lot aren't you?"
She tried to play innocent, "What do you mean?"
Chris shook his head, "Don't even little missy."
She smiled, "I'm hungry."
~*Stars Hollow town meeting*~
"...and so therefor I say in regards to the town loner's request to put in a..."
"Taylor can we get on with this?" Patty said.
"Alright Patty." Taylor said, "Request denied." He hit the gavel and announced the meeting adjourned.
Lorelai and Luke were sitting next to each other, "Got plans for the weekend?" He asked.
Lorelai shook her head, for the past week and a half she had worked almost non stop, "Just work."
"I'm going up to the lake to go fishing, why don't you come? The cabin is plenty big for the both of us and you can learn to fish." He offered.
She thought for a second, "I don't know, going fishing at 5 in the morning... not really my cup of coffee"
"I'm taking the coffee with me." He added.
"Sold." She said with a smile.
"Great, I'll be at your house at 5:45 on Friday." He said, getting up and walking out.
When Lorelai got home she called Rory to tell her she was going to learn to fish, "Hey Chris, can I talk to Rory?" She asked when he answered.
"Hey Lor, hold on just a sec." Chris went and knocked on Rory's door, "Rory, your mom is on the phone for you."
Rory opened the door and took the phone, "Mom?"
"Hey babe, what are ya doin?" She asked, curling up on her bed.
"Watching T.V. What are you doing?" She asked, mimicking her mother by curling up on her own bed.
"Packing."
"Really? Where you off to?" She asked.
"I'm going to the lake this weekend with Luke to learn to fish." She said in a proud voice like she was saving the world.
"With Luke huh?" Rory teased.
Lorelai rolled her eyes, "Yes, he said the cabin was plenty big for the two of us."
"This coming from a man who lives in a one room apartment above a diner." She pointed out.
"Oh stop."
Rory chuckled, "I miss you."
Lorelai stuck out her bottom lip, "I miss you too sweets."
Rory turned the T.V. off, "All I do all day is sit around here and watch T.V. and read."
"I thought Chris said you guys went out a few times." At least Chris had told her that was the plan.
She shook her head, "We went out my first day here and ate and shopped for a little while."
"That's it?" Lorelai asked disappointed.
"We've eaten out a few times and I've gone to the garage a few times, but other than that...."
Lorelai sighed, "I may just have to pay a little visit to New York this weekend."
"No, go fishing with Luke, I'll go hang out with Jess at the garage."
"Jess huh?" Lorelai teased, "You've mentioned him a few times."
Rory blushed, they had hung out a lot, he had let her borrow Big Sur and she had let him borrow a few of her books, "He's cool."
"Is he?" She continued to tease.
"Yes he is. Now about this weekend trip with Luke..." Rory started in on her mother.
The next day Rory woke up and found a note from her dad that said to stop by work around lunch time and they would go have lunch. She got ready and grabbed a few books and shoved them into a bag before walking out the door and down the block to the garage.
"...I ordered those parts over two weeks ago and you said they would be here in seven to ten days." Chris was fussing with someone on the phone when Rory walked into his office, he mouthed to her that it would be a few minutes so she walked back out into the garage.
She spotted Jess looking under the hood of a '64 Chevy II, "Watcha doin?"
He looked up at her and smiled, "Helping Santa get ready for the big night."
She smiled, "He must be glad to have you on staff."
He nodded, "Oh yeah, I'm employee of the month."
She hit him playfully in the arm, "Good for you."
"Mom's proud."
"Should be."
"What are you doing here?" He asked, closing the hood of the Chevy.
"I'm suppose to eat lunch with my dad." she said, motioning towards Chris' office.
He nodded, "You two don't get along very well do you?" He asked.
She shook her head, "We just don't have much in common."
"What are you doing tomorrow night?" He asked.
"Sitting at home, why?"
"Want to go to a concert with me?"
Um...YES! Any reason to get out of the house would be great, especially if it was with Jess, "Um yea that would be cool."
"I'll pick you up around 6 and we can grab a bite to eat on the way there."
She nodded, "Sounds like a plan."
AN: So what do you think? A longer chapter with Jess! Let me know how you like it (or dislike it).
Rory woke to the sound of her father knocking on her door, "You up yet?"
She opened her eyes, yep she was really there, "I'm awake."
"Let's leave in an hour." Chris said from behind the locked door.
She got out of bed and put her slippers on, "Okay." She grabbed a towel and some clothes and headed to her bathroom for a shower. 'I wonder what mom's doing.' She thought to herself.
~*Luke's*~
Lorelai was dragging as she walked into the half empty diner, "Hi Luke." She said in a solemn voice. She sat down at the counter in front of Luke and sighed.
"Morning." It wasn't the same seeing Lorelai there without Rory for their morning cup of coffee.
She was looking past Luke at nothing, just staring off in space, "I miss her." She said, looking over at him.
He set a mug in front of her and filled it with coffee, "It's not the same."
"She called me last night when she got in, she sounded so sad."
Luke could tell it was killing Lorelai to think of the possibilities of how she might have to get use to being alone, "Try not to think about it Lorelai."
She looked up at him, her eyes were tearing up, "I don't want to lose her Luke."
"You won't, you two are way too close to let that happen. She'll be home before you know it." He was trying his best to make her feel better, but he wasn't sure he was doing a good job.
She nodded and took a sip of her coffee, "Thanks."
~*New York*~
"This is my garage, that's my office right over there." Chris said, pointing to a small room in the corner of the garage.
Rory nodded, he had told her it would only take a minute and then they would spend the rest of the day hanging out in the city.
"Hey Tony..." Chris walked off to talk to an fattish man that looked to be in his late forties.
Rory sat down right outside her dad's office and pulled a book from her bag, she began to read and wasn't aware of the time that had passed or of the guy who was looking at her from across the room. Finally she looked up right at the guy and blushed slightly, wondering how long he had been looking at her.
He immediately went back to the carburetor he had been working on, embarrassed that he had been caught looking at her.
Rory smiled and looked back down at her book, trying not to look back up at him. After a while longer Chris walked over to her, "You ready to go?" He asked.
Rory stood up, "Yeah." She glanced back over at the guy once more and smiled.
Chris caught on quickly, and wanting to win over his daughter he said, "Hold on a sec I have to go ask Tony something else, you want a soda?"
She nodded, "Sure."
"Jess." Chris called and the guy that had been working on the carburetor looked up at him.
"Yea?" He asked.
"Why don't you take my daughter to get a soda in the back."
Jess smirked, "Kay." He said, tossing a screwdriver and rag on the workbench and standing up.
"I'll be back in a second." Chris said before walking off.
Rory looked over at the guy and smiled.
"Come on." He said, motioning towards the back.
Rory followed him, "It's Jess, right?" She asked.
Jess nodded, "Yea." He opened the fridge and handed her a coke.
"I'm Rory." She said, taking the coke, "Thanks."
Jess opened a coke for himself, "What are you reading?" he asked.
"On the Road, it's by Jack Kerouac."
He nodded, "Yeah I've read it, not bad."
Rory raised her eyebrows, he didn't seem like a guy that did a lot of reading (other than Playboy), "Really?"
He smirked, he always loved it when people found out about his love for literature, their faces were almost always priceless, "Yeah, I liked Big Sur a lot better though."
She nodded, "Well I just started this one yesterday on the bus."
He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall, "From where?"
"Stars Hollow." She said, a bit of sadness in her voice.
He could tell that was a sore subject, "Have you read it?" He asked, changing the subject.
She looked up at him a bit confused, "Hmm?"
"Big Sur?"
She shook her head, "No."
"You can borrow it if you want." He offered.
She smiled, "That would be great, thanks."
He shook his head, "No problem."
"Rory, you ready?" Chris asked, walking into the break room.
Jess straightened himself from his leaning position against the wall and nodded in Rory's direction, "I'll see ya."
She smiled, "Bye."
When Jess left the room Chris smiled at Rory, "You gonna be coming to work with me a lot aren't you?"
She tried to play innocent, "What do you mean?"
Chris shook his head, "Don't even little missy."
She smiled, "I'm hungry."
~*Stars Hollow town meeting*~
"...and so therefor I say in regards to the town loner's request to put in a..."
"Taylor can we get on with this?" Patty said.
"Alright Patty." Taylor said, "Request denied." He hit the gavel and announced the meeting adjourned.
Lorelai and Luke were sitting next to each other, "Got plans for the weekend?" He asked.
Lorelai shook her head, for the past week and a half she had worked almost non stop, "Just work."
"I'm going up to the lake to go fishing, why don't you come? The cabin is plenty big for the both of us and you can learn to fish." He offered.
She thought for a second, "I don't know, going fishing at 5 in the morning... not really my cup of coffee"
"I'm taking the coffee with me." He added.
"Sold." She said with a smile.
"Great, I'll be at your house at 5:45 on Friday." He said, getting up and walking out.
When Lorelai got home she called Rory to tell her she was going to learn to fish, "Hey Chris, can I talk to Rory?" She asked when he answered.
"Hey Lor, hold on just a sec." Chris went and knocked on Rory's door, "Rory, your mom is on the phone for you."
Rory opened the door and took the phone, "Mom?"
"Hey babe, what are ya doin?" She asked, curling up on her bed.
"Watching T.V. What are you doing?" She asked, mimicking her mother by curling up on her own bed.
"Packing."
"Really? Where you off to?" She asked.
"I'm going to the lake this weekend with Luke to learn to fish." She said in a proud voice like she was saving the world.
"With Luke huh?" Rory teased.
Lorelai rolled her eyes, "Yes, he said the cabin was plenty big for the two of us."
"This coming from a man who lives in a one room apartment above a diner." She pointed out.
"Oh stop."
Rory chuckled, "I miss you."
Lorelai stuck out her bottom lip, "I miss you too sweets."
Rory turned the T.V. off, "All I do all day is sit around here and watch T.V. and read."
"I thought Chris said you guys went out a few times." At least Chris had told her that was the plan.
She shook her head, "We went out my first day here and ate and shopped for a little while."
"That's it?" Lorelai asked disappointed.
"We've eaten out a few times and I've gone to the garage a few times, but other than that...."
Lorelai sighed, "I may just have to pay a little visit to New York this weekend."
"No, go fishing with Luke, I'll go hang out with Jess at the garage."
"Jess huh?" Lorelai teased, "You've mentioned him a few times."
Rory blushed, they had hung out a lot, he had let her borrow Big Sur and she had let him borrow a few of her books, "He's cool."
"Is he?" She continued to tease.
"Yes he is. Now about this weekend trip with Luke..." Rory started in on her mother.
The next day Rory woke up and found a note from her dad that said to stop by work around lunch time and they would go have lunch. She got ready and grabbed a few books and shoved them into a bag before walking out the door and down the block to the garage.
"...I ordered those parts over two weeks ago and you said they would be here in seven to ten days." Chris was fussing with someone on the phone when Rory walked into his office, he mouthed to her that it would be a few minutes so she walked back out into the garage.
She spotted Jess looking under the hood of a '64 Chevy II, "Watcha doin?"
He looked up at her and smiled, "Helping Santa get ready for the big night."
She smiled, "He must be glad to have you on staff."
He nodded, "Oh yeah, I'm employee of the month."
She hit him playfully in the arm, "Good for you."
"Mom's proud."
"Should be."
"What are you doing here?" He asked, closing the hood of the Chevy.
"I'm suppose to eat lunch with my dad." she said, motioning towards Chris' office.
He nodded, "You two don't get along very well do you?" He asked.
She shook her head, "We just don't have much in common."
"What are you doing tomorrow night?" He asked.
"Sitting at home, why?"
"Want to go to a concert with me?"
Um...YES! Any reason to get out of the house would be great, especially if it was with Jess, "Um yea that would be cool."
"I'll pick you up around 6 and we can grab a bite to eat on the way there."
She nodded, "Sounds like a plan."
AN: So what do you think? A longer chapter with Jess! Let me know how you like it (or dislike it).