Disclaimer: I own Ms. Sanders
It has been days since I slept over at Jess's house and left the next day to find myself crying in my bed. It has been days since he left that message on my answering machine and left me thinking in my own puddle of misery. It has been days since I thought I knew who I was, but had been so wrong.
I'm still lying in bed; I have been for the longest time. I skipped work for about 3 days now and I don't know when I'll go back. I haven't eaten much, just bread. Yes it's strange, but the bread I have eaten has comforted my thoughts more than I have.
The covers are pulled up to my chin and only my head peeps out of my sheets as I watch the rain fall heavily outside. Just the sound of the tiny droplets of water splashing angrily on the ground is so comforting and so peaceful, that I cannot tare my eyes away from it.
The phone sits next to me, off its cradle; incase someone calls. It just lies there on my bed and I want so badly to pick it up and call my mom, but what would I say?! What can I say? 'Hey remember me? I was the one who had stopped calling you, who had most likely broke your heart and ran over it one time too many! How are you since then?' Sorry, I don't think so!
But, what if... What if I called her, told her I was sorry... What would happen then? Would I go back to the girl I was when I was younger? There are too many thoughts racing through my head.
I pick up the phone, just to look at it... I press the talk button and dial a memorable number. Two rings.. five rings... Answering machine... "Nn- yellow! I'm obviously not here and I most likely lost the phone (nervous laugh) but if I think I know where it is, just hang on for about a minute or two.. and if one and a half minutes has passed, forget it and leave a message! Or just hang up, but if your name is Emily Gilmore, then we have moved...good- day.... I said good- day! Ahaha that F.E.Z. cracks me up! BEEP!!..."
"... H- hi... (Sigh) you're probably not even there, but.... (Deep breath) I'm.. sorry...."
(Out of Rory's perspective for the next two lines)
"Hello?!" said Lorelai.
But it was too late, Rory put the phone down.
(Out of Rory's perspective)
With a loud thud, the phone was thrown against the wall, never to be looked at again.
The battery and buttons popped out and the phone was no longer accessible.
(Knock, knock, knock)
Glancing up from my bed, the door- someone's at the door!
I wonder who it is. I wrap the comforter around me and walk to the door in my fuzzy bunny slippers.
I look through the peep whole on the door and sigh as I say, "Go away!"
"No!"
"Well I'm not commin' out!"
"Oh yes you are, even if I have to bang the door down!"
"You wouldn't!"
"Oh I can, and I will!!"
"No!!!"
"Make way!"
"Don't you even think about banging down my door!" I say as I swing it open. "Why are you here!" I say, on the verge of crying.
"Because.." he says, his voice rolling over to a softer tone. "Rory- or whatever you're called now, you can't stay in here for forever!"
"(Sniff) watch me!..."
"You're breaking my heart you know..."
Oh crap! Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry!! It's too damn late!! How dare he! How dare he!!! For the billionth time, I break down and slouch to the ground and huddle to myself and cry.
I've cried too many times and I have to be strong, stop crying!! Just stop! But I can't, and he knows that, so he crouches before me and holds me. He holds me like he'll never let me go, and for a while, I feel so incredibly safe and I hold him in return.
Jess carries me over to my bed and lays my there. He covers me with the comforter and sits in the chair by the window. I fall asleep and the last thing I see is him watching me and smiling. And I know that in his smile is everything, and I feel safe.
(Again it is out of Rory's perspective, but just for a moment)
Jess sits in the chair by the window, until he is sure that she is asleep. He glances around her room and notices a half eaten loaf of bread and raises his eyebrows.
There are tissues spread carelessly around the bed to he takes it upon himself to clean up the house. Walking into the kitchen, he opens the refrigerator and finds that it is completely empty. The only things that inhabit the cooler are a bottle of a quarter filled Glenlivet, 12 years old, and in the freezer and half eaten gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream. He shook his head, as he felt so bad for her.
He wanted to go to the grocery store to get her some food, but he didn't want to leave her alone. He wandered down the hallways in hopes of finding someone to do the errand for him.
He literally ran into Ms. Sanders.
"Are you okay?!" Jess asked as he helped the elderly woman up.
"I'm fine, but you should watch where you're walking.."
"Yea, I will... Umm, could you help me?"
"Sure, what can I do for ya?"
"Well, I'm suppose to watch Rory Gilmore, but could you go and get me these things..." Jess said as he handed her the list of groceries and money.
Ms. Sanders looked over the list, then back up at Jess.
"How do you know Rory?"
"She's a friend of mine."
She nodded and said, "Sure."
"Great, just umm, bring em' over to her apartment and I'll take them in..."
She nodded.
"Thanks again.." He shouted as she walked to the now fixed elevators.
He went back into Rory apartment and seated himself at the chair by the window. In no time, Ms. Sanders came back to Rory's apartment, with the groceries.
"Thank you, really!"
"Anything for Rory."
"Keep the change!" Jess said as he went back into the apartment.
It was about 15 dollars left in change and old Ms. Sanders bounced down the hallways like she we 30 years old.
Jess unpacked the groceries and placed them in the refrigerator. Rory woke to a strong scent. She got up out of bed and went into the kitchen. Jess was stirring something in a pot.
She sniffed the air and said, "What is that? It smells good."
He turned around and smiled. "It's just soup.."
"Well it smells pretty good for just soup."
He smiled and turned back to continue stirring.
"Need any help?" she asked.
"Nope, you can just wait in the living room.."
"Okay."
Rory went to the living room and sat on the floor in front of the patio glass door. It was still raining, only it rained harder. All the drops ran down in the same direction and this fascinated Rory very much.
"It's ready!" called Jess and Rory got up and walked to the dinning room where Jess placed the bowl of soup before her.
There was an unbearable silence between the slurps. Rory decided to break it.
"I called my mom today..." she said softly.
Jess's head shot up as he said, "And what did you say?"
"(Sigh) I left a message, I told her I was sorry.."
"Well, it's better than nothing...."
Rory nodded.
"Thanks Jess... For everything, you've been so incredibly patient and just so willing to help, thank you!" Rory said as she got up from her chair to give Jess a peck on the cheek.
He was a little shocked so he didn't do anything. She stood there hovering over him and he just stared back. Jess stood so that he didn't have to look up at her. They were both eye to eye and held each other's gaze.
"I- I should go..." Jess said, taking a few steps back, but Rory took those few steps foreword and said,
"No, stay.."
She held onto his wrist as he looked back at her.
How could he say no?
"Sure." he said as he sat back down.
"I'm really tired, I think I'll go to bed now.. umm do you want my bed? I can take the"-
"No, no that's okay, you can have your bed, I'll take the couch, I don't mind."
She nodded as she retreated back to her bedroom, but before she entered, she turned and said, "Good night Jess.."
"Good night Rory.."
And she smiled. That was the first time that he had genuinely seen her smile and he was overjoyed that he helped her to that stage where she feels like she can grasp her life now.
He's happy that she's learning to be herself again.
Rory lay in bed think, 'He likes me for me'... and fell off to sleep.
THIS WAS A FUN CHAPTER TO WRITE FOR SOME REASON.. I MEAN ALL OF THEM ARE FUN TO WRITE, BUT I JUST HAD SO MUCH CONCENTRATION ON THIS ONE...DUNNO..NEXT CHAPTER IS WHEN JESS CONVINCES RORY TO GO BACK TO STARS HOLLOW... NEW SURPRIZES AND A WHOLE LOT MORE... REVIEW!!!!!! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!!!
It has been days since I slept over at Jess's house and left the next day to find myself crying in my bed. It has been days since he left that message on my answering machine and left me thinking in my own puddle of misery. It has been days since I thought I knew who I was, but had been so wrong.
I'm still lying in bed; I have been for the longest time. I skipped work for about 3 days now and I don't know when I'll go back. I haven't eaten much, just bread. Yes it's strange, but the bread I have eaten has comforted my thoughts more than I have.
The covers are pulled up to my chin and only my head peeps out of my sheets as I watch the rain fall heavily outside. Just the sound of the tiny droplets of water splashing angrily on the ground is so comforting and so peaceful, that I cannot tare my eyes away from it.
The phone sits next to me, off its cradle; incase someone calls. It just lies there on my bed and I want so badly to pick it up and call my mom, but what would I say?! What can I say? 'Hey remember me? I was the one who had stopped calling you, who had most likely broke your heart and ran over it one time too many! How are you since then?' Sorry, I don't think so!
But, what if... What if I called her, told her I was sorry... What would happen then? Would I go back to the girl I was when I was younger? There are too many thoughts racing through my head.
I pick up the phone, just to look at it... I press the talk button and dial a memorable number. Two rings.. five rings... Answering machine... "Nn- yellow! I'm obviously not here and I most likely lost the phone (nervous laugh) but if I think I know where it is, just hang on for about a minute or two.. and if one and a half minutes has passed, forget it and leave a message! Or just hang up, but if your name is Emily Gilmore, then we have moved...good- day.... I said good- day! Ahaha that F.E.Z. cracks me up! BEEP!!..."
"... H- hi... (Sigh) you're probably not even there, but.... (Deep breath) I'm.. sorry...."
(Out of Rory's perspective for the next two lines)
"Hello?!" said Lorelai.
But it was too late, Rory put the phone down.
(Out of Rory's perspective)
With a loud thud, the phone was thrown against the wall, never to be looked at again.
The battery and buttons popped out and the phone was no longer accessible.
(Knock, knock, knock)
Glancing up from my bed, the door- someone's at the door!
I wonder who it is. I wrap the comforter around me and walk to the door in my fuzzy bunny slippers.
I look through the peep whole on the door and sigh as I say, "Go away!"
"No!"
"Well I'm not commin' out!"
"Oh yes you are, even if I have to bang the door down!"
"You wouldn't!"
"Oh I can, and I will!!"
"No!!!"
"Make way!"
"Don't you even think about banging down my door!" I say as I swing it open. "Why are you here!" I say, on the verge of crying.
"Because.." he says, his voice rolling over to a softer tone. "Rory- or whatever you're called now, you can't stay in here for forever!"
"(Sniff) watch me!..."
"You're breaking my heart you know..."
Oh crap! Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry!! It's too damn late!! How dare he! How dare he!!! For the billionth time, I break down and slouch to the ground and huddle to myself and cry.
I've cried too many times and I have to be strong, stop crying!! Just stop! But I can't, and he knows that, so he crouches before me and holds me. He holds me like he'll never let me go, and for a while, I feel so incredibly safe and I hold him in return.
Jess carries me over to my bed and lays my there. He covers me with the comforter and sits in the chair by the window. I fall asleep and the last thing I see is him watching me and smiling. And I know that in his smile is everything, and I feel safe.
(Again it is out of Rory's perspective, but just for a moment)
Jess sits in the chair by the window, until he is sure that she is asleep. He glances around her room and notices a half eaten loaf of bread and raises his eyebrows.
There are tissues spread carelessly around the bed to he takes it upon himself to clean up the house. Walking into the kitchen, he opens the refrigerator and finds that it is completely empty. The only things that inhabit the cooler are a bottle of a quarter filled Glenlivet, 12 years old, and in the freezer and half eaten gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream. He shook his head, as he felt so bad for her.
He wanted to go to the grocery store to get her some food, but he didn't want to leave her alone. He wandered down the hallways in hopes of finding someone to do the errand for him.
He literally ran into Ms. Sanders.
"Are you okay?!" Jess asked as he helped the elderly woman up.
"I'm fine, but you should watch where you're walking.."
"Yea, I will... Umm, could you help me?"
"Sure, what can I do for ya?"
"Well, I'm suppose to watch Rory Gilmore, but could you go and get me these things..." Jess said as he handed her the list of groceries and money.
Ms. Sanders looked over the list, then back up at Jess.
"How do you know Rory?"
"She's a friend of mine."
She nodded and said, "Sure."
"Great, just umm, bring em' over to her apartment and I'll take them in..."
She nodded.
"Thanks again.." He shouted as she walked to the now fixed elevators.
He went back into Rory apartment and seated himself at the chair by the window. In no time, Ms. Sanders came back to Rory's apartment, with the groceries.
"Thank you, really!"
"Anything for Rory."
"Keep the change!" Jess said as he went back into the apartment.
It was about 15 dollars left in change and old Ms. Sanders bounced down the hallways like she we 30 years old.
Jess unpacked the groceries and placed them in the refrigerator. Rory woke to a strong scent. She got up out of bed and went into the kitchen. Jess was stirring something in a pot.
She sniffed the air and said, "What is that? It smells good."
He turned around and smiled. "It's just soup.."
"Well it smells pretty good for just soup."
He smiled and turned back to continue stirring.
"Need any help?" she asked.
"Nope, you can just wait in the living room.."
"Okay."
Rory went to the living room and sat on the floor in front of the patio glass door. It was still raining, only it rained harder. All the drops ran down in the same direction and this fascinated Rory very much.
"It's ready!" called Jess and Rory got up and walked to the dinning room where Jess placed the bowl of soup before her.
There was an unbearable silence between the slurps. Rory decided to break it.
"I called my mom today..." she said softly.
Jess's head shot up as he said, "And what did you say?"
"(Sigh) I left a message, I told her I was sorry.."
"Well, it's better than nothing...."
Rory nodded.
"Thanks Jess... For everything, you've been so incredibly patient and just so willing to help, thank you!" Rory said as she got up from her chair to give Jess a peck on the cheek.
He was a little shocked so he didn't do anything. She stood there hovering over him and he just stared back. Jess stood so that he didn't have to look up at her. They were both eye to eye and held each other's gaze.
"I- I should go..." Jess said, taking a few steps back, but Rory took those few steps foreword and said,
"No, stay.."
She held onto his wrist as he looked back at her.
How could he say no?
"Sure." he said as he sat back down.
"I'm really tired, I think I'll go to bed now.. umm do you want my bed? I can take the"-
"No, no that's okay, you can have your bed, I'll take the couch, I don't mind."
She nodded as she retreated back to her bedroom, but before she entered, she turned and said, "Good night Jess.."
"Good night Rory.."
And she smiled. That was the first time that he had genuinely seen her smile and he was overjoyed that he helped her to that stage where she feels like she can grasp her life now.
He's happy that she's learning to be herself again.
Rory lay in bed think, 'He likes me for me'... and fell off to sleep.
THIS WAS A FUN CHAPTER TO WRITE FOR SOME REASON.. I MEAN ALL OF THEM ARE FUN TO WRITE, BUT I JUST HAD SO MUCH CONCENTRATION ON THIS ONE...DUNNO..NEXT CHAPTER IS WHEN JESS CONVINCES RORY TO GO BACK TO STARS HOLLOW... NEW SURPRIZES AND A WHOLE LOT MORE... REVIEW!!!!!! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!!!
