2 WEEKS AFTER BATTLE OF THE BANDS CONCERT
Jess walked into Doose's Market in search of the things on the list that his uncle had given him. *peanut butter, lettuce, mustard, ketchup-What the!* he ran into someone. "Hey watch it!" He looked down at the person he had run into.....it was Rory. "Oh, Rory." He helped her up. "I'm sorry..I wasn't really watching where I was going."
"It's ok." She brushed herself off a little. "I'm fine."
"Good." He looked down at the items that laid scattered across the floor. He bent down and put them in her basket. "There you go."
"Thanks, Jess." She smiled at him and he smiled back. "I'll call you later, ok? I've got diner at my grandparents tonight."
"Yeah ok...talk to you later." He watched her leave the store and then continued getting the things on his list. In the past couple of weeks, the two had become what you would call good friends. There hadn't been any kind of concert for awhile, but the group continued to have practices.
Rory and Jess had talked on the phone most every night after they found out that each of them liked reading and how much they had in common. They would talk for awhile about books or they would write a song together. They truly enjoyed each other's company.
1:00 AM
~RING RING RING RING~
"What?" Answered an irritated Jess.
"Jess..." He could hear tears in the person's voice...
"Rory? Rory, what's wrong?" He asked, concered. "Are you ok? You didn't call me when you got home tonight..." he immediately forgot his state of tiredness.
"I just got home." He could tell that she was trying so hard not to cry.
"Just now?" He asked, looking at the clock. "It's one o'clock in the morning. What happened?" He heard her sniffle.
"Jess....my grandpa...he...he had a stroke. Me and my mom have been at the hospital since 7:30."
"Oh, Rory. Are you ok?" She started to break down.
"No...What if he dies, Jess? What would I do?" She cried.
"Rory, where's your mom?"
"She's still at the hospital...she sent me home." She sniffled. Jess looked over at his uncle and then over at his brother. They were both sound asleep.
"Do you..umm..." He didn't normally do this... "Do you want me to come over?" She smiled slightly.
"If you don't mind..."
"I don't. I'll be over in 10."
"Ok. Bye." The two hung up and Jess got dressed. It was kind of dark and so he really didn't know what he was putting on...he hoped he didn't look like an idiot. He started his walk over to her house. He kept trying to think of something comforting that he could say to her...*DANGET, Mariano! THINK!! THINK!!* he couldn't come up with anything. Her house finally came into view and he walked faster.
He reached the door, but he didn't even have to knock. Before he knew it, Rory had opened the door and thrown her arms around his neck. She sobbed into his shirt. He backed her up inside, out of the cold and closed the door with his foot. They stood there like that for a good while before she pulled back, her eyes rimmed with red, tears still streaming down her face.
"Rory, there's nothing I can say or do that will take away your pain. I'm just...really sorry." He looked down at his shoes until he felt a hand pull his face back up to look at her.
"You being here helps....honestly." She smiled meekly at him. "Thanks for comming."
"Sure." She lead them into the living room and they sat on the couch. She continued to hold his hand, making him a little uncomfortable....yet kind of happy. She clicked on the TV and laid her head on his shoulder. He remained kind of still for a while, but then became more comfortable in their situation and he put his strong arm around her shoulders as she drifted off to sleep.
He stared at her sleeping figure. She was so beautiful. Wait...no. He couldn't think that. She was his friend, you don't think that about your friend. She had probably in fact become his best friend since he arrived in Stars Hollow...but why had he been so uncomfortable earlier? He shrugged off his deep questions and slowly closed his eyes.
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He woke up the next morning. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and stared up at the ceiling.... *where am I?* he asked himself. He looked at the coffee table in front of him. There were two coffee cups and two danishes sitting there in a Luke's take-out bag. It was then he heard the shower running and remembered the night before. He sat back and turned on the TV. He took a bite of his danish and took a sip of his coffee, waiting for Rory. Ten minues later she emerged from the bathroom. Her hair was wet and her eyes still rimmed with red. "Hey." He greeted as she walked towards him.
"Hey. I see you got your danish and coffee." She smiled a little at him as she sat down.
"Yeah...how long have you been up?" He asked.
"Not long...thirty, forty-five minutes would be my guess." She replied, picking up her danish and coffee. "Today was danish day.....and I always get a danish on danish day..." Jess could tell she was getting upset again.
"Are you ok?" She nodded and hung her head, letting her hair fall in front of her face. She sniffed, trying to hold back her tears. Jess set his danish and coffee down and put his arms around her as she began to cry again. "You're gonna be ok." He comforted. The phone rang. She pulled out of his arms and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Rory, how are you, sweetie? You sound like you've been crying."
"I'm ok. Jess came over last night and helped me."
"Oh...umm ok. Jess....I haven't really gotten to know him that well."
"Mom..." Rory warned."How's grandpa?"
"He's gonna be fine. He's going to get to go home tomorrow if all goes well today." Rory smiled.
"That's great, Mom! When are you comming home?"
"Uhhh I don't know...I might stay here today. Just to make sure he's ok."
"I'm comming down there."
"No, Rory. You don't need to worry anymore. Besides you have school."
"Mom...it's Saturday." *curses!* thought Lorelai.
"Honey, just stay home. Get your mind off of this ok?" Rory sighed and gave in.
"All right. But make sure you call me and give me updates, ok?"
"Ok course. Bye, Sweets."
"Bye." Rory hung up the phone and looked at Jess. Her eyes were getting their sparkle back. "He's fine. He's going home tomorrow."
"Ror, that's great....are you ok?"
"Yeah! I'm great! I'm soo happy he's going to be ok." "Yeah me too. So I guess I should go home before Luke sends out a search party." He stood up and began to walk to the door. Rory grabbed his hand and turned him around.
"You didn't have to do this." He smirked at her.
"Yeah I did. That's what friends do. Right?" She nodded and looked up at him. She ran and threw her arms around his neck and hugged him as tightly as she could.
"Thank you so much, Jess." She whispered. She backed away and he opened the door to leave.
"You're welcome, Rory. I'll see you later. Come by if you need anything." She nodded as he closed the door and left. What a friend she had in Jess Mariano.
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Jess walked into Doose's Market in search of the things on the list that his uncle had given him. *peanut butter, lettuce, mustard, ketchup-What the!* he ran into someone. "Hey watch it!" He looked down at the person he had run into.....it was Rory. "Oh, Rory." He helped her up. "I'm sorry..I wasn't really watching where I was going."
"It's ok." She brushed herself off a little. "I'm fine."
"Good." He looked down at the items that laid scattered across the floor. He bent down and put them in her basket. "There you go."
"Thanks, Jess." She smiled at him and he smiled back. "I'll call you later, ok? I've got diner at my grandparents tonight."
"Yeah ok...talk to you later." He watched her leave the store and then continued getting the things on his list. In the past couple of weeks, the two had become what you would call good friends. There hadn't been any kind of concert for awhile, but the group continued to have practices.
Rory and Jess had talked on the phone most every night after they found out that each of them liked reading and how much they had in common. They would talk for awhile about books or they would write a song together. They truly enjoyed each other's company.
1:00 AM
~RING RING RING RING~
"What?" Answered an irritated Jess.
"Jess..." He could hear tears in the person's voice...
"Rory? Rory, what's wrong?" He asked, concered. "Are you ok? You didn't call me when you got home tonight..." he immediately forgot his state of tiredness.
"I just got home." He could tell that she was trying so hard not to cry.
"Just now?" He asked, looking at the clock. "It's one o'clock in the morning. What happened?" He heard her sniffle.
"Jess....my grandpa...he...he had a stroke. Me and my mom have been at the hospital since 7:30."
"Oh, Rory. Are you ok?" She started to break down.
"No...What if he dies, Jess? What would I do?" She cried.
"Rory, where's your mom?"
"She's still at the hospital...she sent me home." She sniffled. Jess looked over at his uncle and then over at his brother. They were both sound asleep.
"Do you..umm..." He didn't normally do this... "Do you want me to come over?" She smiled slightly.
"If you don't mind..."
"I don't. I'll be over in 10."
"Ok. Bye." The two hung up and Jess got dressed. It was kind of dark and so he really didn't know what he was putting on...he hoped he didn't look like an idiot. He started his walk over to her house. He kept trying to think of something comforting that he could say to her...*DANGET, Mariano! THINK!! THINK!!* he couldn't come up with anything. Her house finally came into view and he walked faster.
He reached the door, but he didn't even have to knock. Before he knew it, Rory had opened the door and thrown her arms around his neck. She sobbed into his shirt. He backed her up inside, out of the cold and closed the door with his foot. They stood there like that for a good while before she pulled back, her eyes rimmed with red, tears still streaming down her face.
"Rory, there's nothing I can say or do that will take away your pain. I'm just...really sorry." He looked down at his shoes until he felt a hand pull his face back up to look at her.
"You being here helps....honestly." She smiled meekly at him. "Thanks for comming."
"Sure." She lead them into the living room and they sat on the couch. She continued to hold his hand, making him a little uncomfortable....yet kind of happy. She clicked on the TV and laid her head on his shoulder. He remained kind of still for a while, but then became more comfortable in their situation and he put his strong arm around her shoulders as she drifted off to sleep.
He stared at her sleeping figure. She was so beautiful. Wait...no. He couldn't think that. She was his friend, you don't think that about your friend. She had probably in fact become his best friend since he arrived in Stars Hollow...but why had he been so uncomfortable earlier? He shrugged off his deep questions and slowly closed his eyes.
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He woke up the next morning. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and stared up at the ceiling.... *where am I?* he asked himself. He looked at the coffee table in front of him. There were two coffee cups and two danishes sitting there in a Luke's take-out bag. It was then he heard the shower running and remembered the night before. He sat back and turned on the TV. He took a bite of his danish and took a sip of his coffee, waiting for Rory. Ten minues later she emerged from the bathroom. Her hair was wet and her eyes still rimmed with red. "Hey." He greeted as she walked towards him.
"Hey. I see you got your danish and coffee." She smiled a little at him as she sat down.
"Yeah...how long have you been up?" He asked.
"Not long...thirty, forty-five minutes would be my guess." She replied, picking up her danish and coffee. "Today was danish day.....and I always get a danish on danish day..." Jess could tell she was getting upset again.
"Are you ok?" She nodded and hung her head, letting her hair fall in front of her face. She sniffed, trying to hold back her tears. Jess set his danish and coffee down and put his arms around her as she began to cry again. "You're gonna be ok." He comforted. The phone rang. She pulled out of his arms and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Rory, how are you, sweetie? You sound like you've been crying."
"I'm ok. Jess came over last night and helped me."
"Oh...umm ok. Jess....I haven't really gotten to know him that well."
"Mom..." Rory warned."How's grandpa?"
"He's gonna be fine. He's going to get to go home tomorrow if all goes well today." Rory smiled.
"That's great, Mom! When are you comming home?"
"Uhhh I don't know...I might stay here today. Just to make sure he's ok."
"I'm comming down there."
"No, Rory. You don't need to worry anymore. Besides you have school."
"Mom...it's Saturday." *curses!* thought Lorelai.
"Honey, just stay home. Get your mind off of this ok?" Rory sighed and gave in.
"All right. But make sure you call me and give me updates, ok?"
"Ok course. Bye, Sweets."
"Bye." Rory hung up the phone and looked at Jess. Her eyes were getting their sparkle back. "He's fine. He's going home tomorrow."
"Ror, that's great....are you ok?"
"Yeah! I'm great! I'm soo happy he's going to be ok." "Yeah me too. So I guess I should go home before Luke sends out a search party." He stood up and began to walk to the door. Rory grabbed his hand and turned him around.
"You didn't have to do this." He smirked at her.
"Yeah I did. That's what friends do. Right?" She nodded and looked up at him. She ran and threw her arms around his neck and hugged him as tightly as she could.
"Thank you so much, Jess." She whispered. She backed away and he opened the door to leave.
"You're welcome, Rory. I'll see you later. Come by if you need anything." She nodded as he closed the door and left. What a friend she had in Jess Mariano.
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A/N: Hope you liked it! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review!!!
