A/N: HEY! I'm back!!!
The two girls walked the streets in silence. Lorelai was deep in thought and Rory was scared to death that something was wrong with Jess so she finally decided to ask: "Mom what's going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"Mom."
"Oh....uhh Luke's sister, Liz....she died a couple days ago...."
"That's Jess's mom....."
"Yes it is..."
"How is he....how are they....?"
"I don't really know....but tomorrow we're going to the funeral ok?"
"ok." They walked the rest of the way home in silence. Rory went to her room immediately and Lorelai went and sat on the couch.
The next morning the two girls got up forgetting that they couldn't go to Luke's. They sat down at the table and both seemed deep in thought until Rory spoke. "Mom why can't we just go somewhere else for breakfast?"
"Because that would be breaking the code!"
"What code?"
"THE code!!" Rory still had a confused look on her face. "Don't tell me you don't know THE code!!!"
"I don't know the code."
"Drat. Neither do I." Rory sighed and they went back to their thoughts of Luke and Jess.
4:00 P.M
"Rory are you ready??"
"Hold on!!" 5 minutes later, Rory emerged from her room wearing a black dress that came slightly above the knee and it was sleeveless. Lorelai wore a black skirt and a dark tan tank top. The girls yet in dark colors, looked beautiful just the same. They walked out to the car and left for New York.
Arriving and hour later they found the funeral home and and stepped up the stairs and walked inside hearing soft music playing in the background. They looked up front and there stood two handsome young men in black suits. "Hey look there they are." Whispered Lorelai as they got in line to meet the family.
"I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Thank you." That was about the one hundredth time Jess had said that since he had gotten there and for each 'I'm sorry' he got, he never felt any better. Luke was feeling the same way but then he saw two familiar faces that were next in line.
"Lor?"
"Hey Luke. How are you?"
"I'm good...I guess...I always hated looking into the casket but it's not so bad this time...ya know..."
"Yeah..." She gave him a hug and then moved on to Jess who had been talking to someone else at the time. "Hey Jess." His head snapped up recognizing Lorelai's distictive voice.
"Oh hi. Uh what are you doing here?"
"Oh we thought we'd come and see how you guys were doing..."
"We?" Jess's heart practically skipped 3 beats.
"Yeah we..." Rory finished comming up behind her mother. Lorelai gave Jess a sideways hug and moved on. "Hey..."
"Hi..."
"I haven't seen you in awhile..."
"Yeah I know...I'm...I'm sorry I didn't tell you...ya know that I was leaving.."
"That's ok..." She hugged him and while she was hugging him she whispered in his ear: "I'm so sorry about your mom." She backed away and followed her mother. That 'I'm sorry' meant the world to Jess and it made him feel so much better.
*****
"And her brother Lucas Danes would like to share a few words with us." Luke stepped up onto the podium and cleared his throat trying not to look nervous while Lorelai and Rory sat quietly wondering what he was going to say about Liz.
"Liz and I had a hard childhood. Our mom died and our dad was caught up in his business and I had to help most of the time. Liz didn't have a mom like most of her friends did which made her feel out of place. When she was 16, she got pregnant and ran away from home because she was afraid of feeling out of place again. 9 months later, she had a baby boy, but the father freaked out and left and we haven't seen him until just recently. Liz's son, Jess has grown up to be an interesting person. He loves to read, but loves to get in trouble which you don't normally find. Liz sent him to me about a year and half ago and then he decided to come back here, to New York and 2 months later this tradgedy happened. And I believe he would like to say a few words also." Jess stood up slowly and walked to the front of the room and took his position at the podium as Luke sat down.
"Liz and I never really talked much, but we understood each other and that was what was most important. I watched her come home night after night with problems and she watched me come home night after night with my problems. But we stayed out of each other's way and let each of us work it out on our own and believe it or not, I loved respected her for that." He stepped down off the podium and sat down next to Luke holding back the tears that wanted so badly to fall. He had no idea that he even loved his mother, until now.
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The two girls walked the streets in silence. Lorelai was deep in thought and Rory was scared to death that something was wrong with Jess so she finally decided to ask: "Mom what's going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"Mom."
"Oh....uhh Luke's sister, Liz....she died a couple days ago...."
"That's Jess's mom....."
"Yes it is..."
"How is he....how are they....?"
"I don't really know....but tomorrow we're going to the funeral ok?"
"ok." They walked the rest of the way home in silence. Rory went to her room immediately and Lorelai went and sat on the couch.
The next morning the two girls got up forgetting that they couldn't go to Luke's. They sat down at the table and both seemed deep in thought until Rory spoke. "Mom why can't we just go somewhere else for breakfast?"
"Because that would be breaking the code!"
"What code?"
"THE code!!" Rory still had a confused look on her face. "Don't tell me you don't know THE code!!!"
"I don't know the code."
"Drat. Neither do I." Rory sighed and they went back to their thoughts of Luke and Jess.
4:00 P.M
"Rory are you ready??"
"Hold on!!" 5 minutes later, Rory emerged from her room wearing a black dress that came slightly above the knee and it was sleeveless. Lorelai wore a black skirt and a dark tan tank top. The girls yet in dark colors, looked beautiful just the same. They walked out to the car and left for New York.
Arriving and hour later they found the funeral home and and stepped up the stairs and walked inside hearing soft music playing in the background. They looked up front and there stood two handsome young men in black suits. "Hey look there they are." Whispered Lorelai as they got in line to meet the family.
"I'm so sorry for your loss."
"Thank you." That was about the one hundredth time Jess had said that since he had gotten there and for each 'I'm sorry' he got, he never felt any better. Luke was feeling the same way but then he saw two familiar faces that were next in line.
"Lor?"
"Hey Luke. How are you?"
"I'm good...I guess...I always hated looking into the casket but it's not so bad this time...ya know..."
"Yeah..." She gave him a hug and then moved on to Jess who had been talking to someone else at the time. "Hey Jess." His head snapped up recognizing Lorelai's distictive voice.
"Oh hi. Uh what are you doing here?"
"Oh we thought we'd come and see how you guys were doing..."
"We?" Jess's heart practically skipped 3 beats.
"Yeah we..." Rory finished comming up behind her mother. Lorelai gave Jess a sideways hug and moved on. "Hey..."
"Hi..."
"I haven't seen you in awhile..."
"Yeah I know...I'm...I'm sorry I didn't tell you...ya know that I was leaving.."
"That's ok..." She hugged him and while she was hugging him she whispered in his ear: "I'm so sorry about your mom." She backed away and followed her mother. That 'I'm sorry' meant the world to Jess and it made him feel so much better.
*****
"And her brother Lucas Danes would like to share a few words with us." Luke stepped up onto the podium and cleared his throat trying not to look nervous while Lorelai and Rory sat quietly wondering what he was going to say about Liz.
"Liz and I had a hard childhood. Our mom died and our dad was caught up in his business and I had to help most of the time. Liz didn't have a mom like most of her friends did which made her feel out of place. When she was 16, she got pregnant and ran away from home because she was afraid of feeling out of place again. 9 months later, she had a baby boy, but the father freaked out and left and we haven't seen him until just recently. Liz's son, Jess has grown up to be an interesting person. He loves to read, but loves to get in trouble which you don't normally find. Liz sent him to me about a year and half ago and then he decided to come back here, to New York and 2 months later this tradgedy happened. And I believe he would like to say a few words also." Jess stood up slowly and walked to the front of the room and took his position at the podium as Luke sat down.
"Liz and I never really talked much, but we understood each other and that was what was most important. I watched her come home night after night with problems and she watched me come home night after night with my problems. But we stayed out of each other's way and let each of us work it out on our own and believe it or not, I loved respected her for that." He stepped down off the podium and sat down next to Luke holding back the tears that wanted so badly to fall. He had no idea that he even loved his mother, until now.
A/N: HURRAY! Another chapter!! REVIEW PLEASEEEE!!!!
