Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with the WB or Gilmore Girls, but I think that it's gay that Jess won't be back!
Summary: What should have happened after Jess confessed to Rory!
*I'm taking your advice and I'm not making them a happy couple right away. There will be obstacles. Or not obstacles, they will just have to work at it. Enjoy!*
Jess was back. From what she could tell, Jess was here to stay. He had his own apartment and car, that is a bit more than what he had before, since it was now his apartment.
Rory laid on her bed thinking about Jess and their current situation. She didn't want to go so fast. She needed something more from him. Many would think love was enough, but he gave her more than she needed. But he doesn't have everything from Rory. He's missing her trust.
There was only one person Rory could talk about this to. She picked up the phone and dialed a number which was clearly memorized.
"Hello?"
"Mom?"
"Rory? Hey, what's up?" Lorelai said, sounding more excited now that she knew it was Rory.
"Nothing. It's just that, well, you know Jess is back." Rory stalled.
"Oh, yes. That guy who we saw in the car sleeping. The one who said I love you to you. The one who is all over your bedroom, all of a sudden. The one-"
"Okay, mom. I get it." Rory stopped her. "I just don't know what to do."
"Well, are you guys together?" Lorelai asked.
"I don't know."
"Excuse me, how do you not know?" Lorelai had a 'are you kidding me' voice going.
"Well, we aren't together together, but we aren't apart apart." Rory tried to explain. She wasn't even sure she understood herself yet.
"Boy, do you have a way with words." Lorelai said.
"Mom….I just don't know what to do."
"Do you want to be with him?"
"Yeah. But-" Rory trailed off.
"But what?"
"I need to trust him. I need to know he's not going to pack his bags and leave on me again. And if I tell him this I'll get an answer along the lines of, I would never do that to you. And he did it before and I just don't know what to do!" Rory cried. She had tears forming in her eyes. "I'm so confused."
"Rory, Rory, Rory. Don't kill yourself over this. As you can tell, I'm not an expert on relationships myself. But the only advice I can give you is to take your time. Don't rush into it. First, try and trust him. But it may take awhile. No pressure. You're still young." Lorelai comforted her.
"Thanks mom. Your right." Rory wiped her eyes with a tissue.
"Aw, hunny. If I was there, I would give you a hug. Hm, give Colonel Clucker a hug from me." Lorelai gushed.
"I will." Rory laughed through her tears. "I think I'll play hooky tomorrow and I'll come up."
"To see Jess?" Lorelai asked in a deep voice.
"No….everyone." Rory smiled.
"Alright. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you." Lorelai said and hung up.
Rory hung up her phone on the receiver and laid back down on her bed.
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Rory drove to Stars Hollow the next morning and went to Luke's. When she arrived, Lorelai was already there.
"Hey!" Rory smiled as she ran into the diner.
"Rory!" Lorelai smiled as she hugged her.
"Why are you guys so happy to see each other? You saw each other about 14 hours ago." Luke asked, amazed.
"It's a mother daughter thing." Rory laughed.
"Breakfast?" Lorelai asked her.
"Um, maybe in a minute." Rory looked at the stairs.
"Aha! Just sucking up were we? You're really here to see Jess!" Lorelai smiled.
"No, I'm here for you too. I just wanna see him." Rory reassured her. "Can I go up Luke?"
"It's not my apartment anymore." Luke said.
"Oh right." Rory nodded as she headed upstairs.
"What?" Lorelai asked Luke. "He has your apartment now?"
"Yup."
"Wow, how twilight-zony." Lorelai smiled.
It felt like old times to Rory. Like about a year ago when she would come up here to see Jess. Only now, it was just his place.
She knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Jess called.
"It's Rory. Can I come in?" Rory poked her head in a bit.
"Yeah." Jess said.
Rory slowly opened the door. Jess was in his little kitchen area making eggs on the stove.
"Want some breakfast?" Jess offered.
"Uh, sure." Rory smiled and sat down at the kitchen table.
Jess set out the bacon and eggs he made and gave her a plate. Then he sat next to her and started eating.
"I need to talk to you." Rory said. Why was he ignoring everything and just eating? Rory thought to herself.
"About what?" Jess said, with his mouth full of bacon.
"Um, well, us…"
Jess swallowed his bacon and figured she wanted to talk about something more serious. "Ok."
"I want to take things slow. I don't want to rush into things. I need to be able to…." Rory couldn't spit out the word. She would feel so snobby and so full of herself.
"To…" Jess didn't understand what she was talking about.
"Trust you." Rory let out. There, I said it. Bring it on.
"Ah. I see." Jess said as he sat back in his chair. I should have known.
"Yeah. So all of this bacon and eggs just kind of threw me for a sec. I didn't think that you would just take things so normally. Like everything was normal and nothing ever happened between us." Rory said loudly. "I just want to be able to trust you. I wanna take things slow." She lowered her voice.
"Okay." Jess said simply. Rory knew that he wasn't much for words, so 'okay' was pretty good.
"Just start over. Don't rush into things." Rory said.
Jess nodded to show he understood. "So, what, does this make us just friends?"
"No. Just a couple trying to make their relationship work." Rory said slowly to make sure that sounded right.
"Ok."
"Ok."
"You wanna see a movie or something tonight? Like a date?" Jess smiled.
Rory laughed. "Sounds good."
"Pick me up at six." Jess kidded.
"Will do." Rory smiled as she leaned over the table and kissed his cheek. "Slow."
"Slow." Jess nodded.
Rory smiled and walked out of the apartment.