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My mom took her car and I took mine while Jess rode with me, to Stars Hollow. All of our things were packed and I called my work place and told my boss that I had a nervous breakdown and was going home to recuperate. We had just started down the road and the car ride became silent. I switched around from radio stations and found one that was to my liking.
Singing along to the song, I belted, "You're such a delicate boy in the hysterical realm of an emotional landslide in physical terms.."
"Garbage?" Jess asked.
"Ahuh," I said as I took a turn onto the freeway.
"Your baby blues would flash and suddenly a spell was cast..." I resumed with my singing.
"You really like this song?" Jess asked as I continued singing.
"Ahuh," I responded, keeping my eyes on the road.
"Is that all you're gonna say to me, ahuh?"
Thinking for a moment, I responded with, "Ahuh."
Jess shook his head.
"I'm trying to focus on the road.." I said, explaining to him why I couldn't say anything else.
"So then why are you singing?"
"You dare question my authority?"
Jess looked thoughtful for a moment and replied with, "Ahuh."
I smiled.
The best part of the song came up and I was so ready to sing it, but right when I was about to, I heard the words of the song coming out of Jess's mouth; flowing like a river.
"Go Baby go, go. We're right behind you go baby go, go. Yeah we're looking at you, go baby go, go. Aw we're right behind you, go baby go baby. Yeah right behind you go baby go baby.."
Astonished, I looked at him with a side-ways glance.
"You know the song?" I asked.
"Of course! Who doesn't know 'Cherry Lips'?"
"Apparently not you!.."
"Damn straight!" He said with a satisfied grin.
"C'mere so I can lick your face!"
"What?!"
"Never mind.."
The person who was hosting the radio station said that the next song was David Bowie's 'Changes'.
I got myself ready to sing and the out came, "Still don't know what I was waiting for and my time was running wild. A million dead-end streets and every time I thought I'd got it made. It seemed the taste was not so sweet..."
"So I turned myself to face me, but I've never caught a glimpse, of how the others must see the faker I'm much too fast to take that test." Sang Jess.
And at the exact same time, we both said, "Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes. Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-Changes.."
"Don't want to be a richer man, Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes. Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-Changes.." sang Jess.
"Just gonna have to be a different man. Time may change me, but I can't trace time.." I sang.
The whole experience was just too funny that we burst out laughing. David Bowie continued to sing the song as I drove in a comfortably silence. Jess and both stole glances every now and then at each other.
When we finally made it to the entrance of the town it was already a little after mid afternoon.
We passed Luke's and I saw Jess's eyes follow the establishment as the scenery passed. Took a while but we made it to my childhood home. Everything looked the same and I liked it like that.
We both got out and met with my mother who got out earlier and we waiting on the porch.
"Coffee?" my mom asked.
"Definitely!" I said.
She smiled and hooked arms with me. We started walking when I noticed that Jess wasn't walking beside me. I turned around and saw him lagging behind, shoveling tiny rocks with the tip of his shoe.
I waved for him to catch up, but he just waved it away so I just shrugged.
We arrived at Luke's and I was kind of scared because they all haven't seen me in the longest time.
We got into Luke's but no one was there! I turned around and not even Jess was with us! My mom and I both sat at the counter. She started tapping it loudly to attract Luke to the front of the restaurant.
"Lorelai, I know that's you! Could ya stop being annoying just for one day?!" shouted Luke from the kitchen.
He didn't even bother to look up, so he didn't see me. He was wiping a cup when he then turned around to fill it up with coffee.
When he turned around to give it to my mom, his eyes went big, like a lost puppy trying to get someone to take him home. He dropped the cup and his mouth hung open as he said, "Rory?"
I nodded.
"Rory?"
I nodded again.
He took a few steps back, rubbed his eyes, turned around and rubbed his whole face. When he turned back towards me he said, "Rory?"
Again, I nodded. I smiled at how consistent he was.
He shook his head and said, "Well I'll be.."
"A monkey's uncle!" screamed my mom.
"Way to kill a moment Lorelai!" screeched Luke.
"(Gasp) Luke had a moment?" My mom sarcastically asked.
He just shook his head and went to grab me a cup of coffee. I started to wonder where Jess was. I turned around and didn't see him.
My mom saw how I looked outside and said, "He's probably just trying to avoid this town altogether.."
I nodded and glanced back at the door.
"Go.." she said with a smile.
"What?" I asked, sort of double taking on her one word statement.
"Go.." she said with a shove of her hands.
"But I just got here, and I'm spending time with you.."
"We have plenty of time to do that.." she said as she put an arm around me.
"Are you sure??" I asked, sort of surprised she'd let me go.
"Yea, I don't mind. Go.."
I stood up and got a to go cup of coffee. My mom hugged me before I left and I waved goodbye to Luke.
(Out of Rory's perspective)
"So who's the 'he'?" Luke asked.
"Umm, believe it or not, Jess.."
"Oh, wow.. Are they..."
"I dunno... She never told me yet..." Lorelai said, smiling.
She watched as her only daughter walked down to the bridge.
(Back in Rory's perspective)
I walked down to the bridge, because I knew that was the only place he liked in Stars Hollow, he told me himself.
Walking on the worn platform, my feet pounding on the wood made a patterned beat. He looked up from his place and half smiled. She walked to the center of the bridge and seated herself. The silence encased their surroundings and soon became unbearable.
"What're you doing here? I thought you'd be inside Luke's talking to your mom," he said.
"I was, but then I wanted to see you..."
He nodded.
"How come you didn't follow in?"
He shrugged, "Dunno, just didn't feel like it..."
I nodded.
"Jess, I want... I want to thank you.. for getting me here... I don't know if I would have done it with out your support." I said.
His half smiled turned into a full smile. I turned, completely, to face him and I hugged him. When I pulled away I noticed I still had my arms around his neck. I peck his check lightly.
His eyes dug my own. The looked fierce with hunger and want and such desire that could not be put out in words that he kissed me. After so many years, after all the things I went through and his help, he kissed me.
When we pulled away, he smiled and I kissed him again.
"C'mon, I bet your mom I aching to see you..." he said as he stood.
We started walking back to the diner and I reached for his hand. We walked hand in hand to the diner, smiling like you wouldn't believe.
I waited so long- too long, for salvation, redemption and now it's here. And all I can do is smile. I feel like I'm on cloud 9 and their serving bubbly water there. I feel like I can fly and swim the Pacific Ocean. I feel like I can be me again. And it feels great.
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My mom took her car and I took mine while Jess rode with me, to Stars Hollow. All of our things were packed and I called my work place and told my boss that I had a nervous breakdown and was going home to recuperate. We had just started down the road and the car ride became silent. I switched around from radio stations and found one that was to my liking.
Singing along to the song, I belted, "You're such a delicate boy in the hysterical realm of an emotional landslide in physical terms.."
"Garbage?" Jess asked.
"Ahuh," I said as I took a turn onto the freeway.
"Your baby blues would flash and suddenly a spell was cast..." I resumed with my singing.
"You really like this song?" Jess asked as I continued singing.
"Ahuh," I responded, keeping my eyes on the road.
"Is that all you're gonna say to me, ahuh?"
Thinking for a moment, I responded with, "Ahuh."
Jess shook his head.
"I'm trying to focus on the road.." I said, explaining to him why I couldn't say anything else.
"So then why are you singing?"
"You dare question my authority?"
Jess looked thoughtful for a moment and replied with, "Ahuh."
I smiled.
The best part of the song came up and I was so ready to sing it, but right when I was about to, I heard the words of the song coming out of Jess's mouth; flowing like a river.
"Go Baby go, go. We're right behind you go baby go, go. Yeah we're looking at you, go baby go, go. Aw we're right behind you, go baby go baby. Yeah right behind you go baby go baby.."
Astonished, I looked at him with a side-ways glance.
"You know the song?" I asked.
"Of course! Who doesn't know 'Cherry Lips'?"
"Apparently not you!.."
"Damn straight!" He said with a satisfied grin.
"C'mere so I can lick your face!"
"What?!"
"Never mind.."
The person who was hosting the radio station said that the next song was David Bowie's 'Changes'.
I got myself ready to sing and the out came, "Still don't know what I was waiting for and my time was running wild. A million dead-end streets and every time I thought I'd got it made. It seemed the taste was not so sweet..."
"So I turned myself to face me, but I've never caught a glimpse, of how the others must see the faker I'm much too fast to take that test." Sang Jess.
And at the exact same time, we both said, "Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes. Turn and face the strange Ch-ch-Changes.."
"Don't want to be a richer man, Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes. Turn and face the strange
Ch-ch-Changes.." sang Jess.
"Just gonna have to be a different man. Time may change me, but I can't trace time.." I sang.
The whole experience was just too funny that we burst out laughing. David Bowie continued to sing the song as I drove in a comfortably silence. Jess and both stole glances every now and then at each other.
When we finally made it to the entrance of the town it was already a little after mid afternoon.
We passed Luke's and I saw Jess's eyes follow the establishment as the scenery passed. Took a while but we made it to my childhood home. Everything looked the same and I liked it like that.
We both got out and met with my mother who got out earlier and we waiting on the porch.
"Coffee?" my mom asked.
"Definitely!" I said.
She smiled and hooked arms with me. We started walking when I noticed that Jess wasn't walking beside me. I turned around and saw him lagging behind, shoveling tiny rocks with the tip of his shoe.
I waved for him to catch up, but he just waved it away so I just shrugged.
We arrived at Luke's and I was kind of scared because they all haven't seen me in the longest time.
We got into Luke's but no one was there! I turned around and not even Jess was with us! My mom and I both sat at the counter. She started tapping it loudly to attract Luke to the front of the restaurant.
"Lorelai, I know that's you! Could ya stop being annoying just for one day?!" shouted Luke from the kitchen.
He didn't even bother to look up, so he didn't see me. He was wiping a cup when he then turned around to fill it up with coffee.
When he turned around to give it to my mom, his eyes went big, like a lost puppy trying to get someone to take him home. He dropped the cup and his mouth hung open as he said, "Rory?"
I nodded.
"Rory?"
I nodded again.
He took a few steps back, rubbed his eyes, turned around and rubbed his whole face. When he turned back towards me he said, "Rory?"
Again, I nodded. I smiled at how consistent he was.
He shook his head and said, "Well I'll be.."
"A monkey's uncle!" screamed my mom.
"Way to kill a moment Lorelai!" screeched Luke.
"(Gasp) Luke had a moment?" My mom sarcastically asked.
He just shook his head and went to grab me a cup of coffee. I started to wonder where Jess was. I turned around and didn't see him.
My mom saw how I looked outside and said, "He's probably just trying to avoid this town altogether.."
I nodded and glanced back at the door.
"Go.." she said with a smile.
"What?" I asked, sort of double taking on her one word statement.
"Go.." she said with a shove of her hands.
"But I just got here, and I'm spending time with you.."
"We have plenty of time to do that.." she said as she put an arm around me.
"Are you sure??" I asked, sort of surprised she'd let me go.
"Yea, I don't mind. Go.."
I stood up and got a to go cup of coffee. My mom hugged me before I left and I waved goodbye to Luke.
(Out of Rory's perspective)
"So who's the 'he'?" Luke asked.
"Umm, believe it or not, Jess.."
"Oh, wow.. Are they..."
"I dunno... She never told me yet..." Lorelai said, smiling.
She watched as her only daughter walked down to the bridge.
(Back in Rory's perspective)
I walked down to the bridge, because I knew that was the only place he liked in Stars Hollow, he told me himself.
Walking on the worn platform, my feet pounding on the wood made a patterned beat. He looked up from his place and half smiled. She walked to the center of the bridge and seated herself. The silence encased their surroundings and soon became unbearable.
"What're you doing here? I thought you'd be inside Luke's talking to your mom," he said.
"I was, but then I wanted to see you..."
He nodded.
"How come you didn't follow in?"
He shrugged, "Dunno, just didn't feel like it..."
I nodded.
"Jess, I want... I want to thank you.. for getting me here... I don't know if I would have done it with out your support." I said.
His half smiled turned into a full smile. I turned, completely, to face him and I hugged him. When I pulled away I noticed I still had my arms around his neck. I peck his check lightly.
His eyes dug my own. The looked fierce with hunger and want and such desire that could not be put out in words that he kissed me. After so many years, after all the things I went through and his help, he kissed me.
When we pulled away, he smiled and I kissed him again.
"C'mon, I bet your mom I aching to see you..." he said as he stood.
We started walking back to the diner and I reached for his hand. We walked hand in hand to the diner, smiling like you wouldn't believe.
I waited so long- too long, for salvation, redemption and now it's here. And all I can do is smile. I feel like I'm on cloud 9 and their serving bubbly water there. I feel like I can fly and swim the Pacific Ocean. I feel like I can be me again. And it feels great.
OOKAY, IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN!! REVIEW!! WOO WOO!! REVIEW!! WOO WOO!! REVIEW!! PLEASE AND THANK YOU!! HEHE..SUGAR RUSH..
