Love or Unhappiness
By: Bridget Hendrix
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or WB. WB owns all. All hail the wisdom of the WB! -And Amy Palladino
A/N: Please R/R I want to know if I should continue writing at all or just give up. If I'm not a good writer then Columbia University won't accept me. And I really want to know early on about this so I don't screw myself over in the long run, thinking I have the least bit of talent then getting a rejection letter dating that I basically suck and they don't want me. Thanks!
Rory walks into the kitchen only to see her mother seating at the table, with a very distressed look about her.
R- Mom are you alright you look like you haven't slept or anything L- Rory, yeah I heard you get in late last night, but I didn't bother to get up to say Hi R- Yeah, why was that you've been acting strange since I got home from Yale, I mean this is the first time we've talked since I got home yesterday night. Excluding when I went to your room to talk and you told me that you were really tired and that we'd catch up in the morning. Even though obviously you were lying because of the fact that I'm looking at you and I see that you have bags the size of Mt.Kilimanjaro under your eyes. L- Look I didn't talk to you last night because I was afraid. R- Afraid of what, what the heck is going on? L- Well Luke called with some news. R- is he sick? Did something happen between him and Nicole? L- No, that's not it. R- Well then, what is it? L- I think you should sit down. Lorelai says while leading Rory to a kitchen chair with her hands. R- Okay Mom your really scaring me what's going on? L- Jess is back. R- I'm sorry; maybe I need to clean my ears. I could have sworn you said Jess is back, but clearly not you must've said we have a nest outback, or---
L- No Rory, Jess is back. Luke talked to him yesterday when he "dropped by" the diner after all these months, and not only that but his Mom was here too. She went back to her boyfriends place in New York. Luke thinks that she knew that Jess was here, but didn't bother to tell Luke because Jess told her not to. R- You've got to be kidding me. I mean, did he say why he was here? L- Luke says that he's come for his car. R- His car? L- Yup, look I understand if you don't want to see him at all, I really do. I can help. I can just go to Luke's alone and pick-up food then come back and give it to you. R- But Luke's food taste the best when your at Luke's and it's nice and fresh, not reheated. L- I know sweetie. R- Look if I bump into him I just won't talk to him that's all. If he talks to me I'll ignore him or run away. L- But what if there's a fire and your stuck in a room with him, what are you going to do? R- Let's hope we're not in that situation. L- or what if you're held hostage and he's the only one who can help? I can only imagine the possibilities in which you would have to talk to him. R- Mom! L- Rory you're here or two and a half weeks that's a lot of running and ignoring. It's Winter Break.
Cut to Luke's Diner
Jess walks down the stairs and walks into the diner. L- Morning, I see you took my advice and came inside. J- I wanted to see if I left anything up here. L- Really, what did you find? J- my book. L- Uh huh... Which one? J- Fahrenheit 451 L- Sure, Jess. Anyway we need to have a little talk about Rory. Jess quickly, and unnoticeably to Luke shifts his attention to the conversation. J- She's still living here? L- Yes, but she goes to Yale don't act like you didn't know that. J- Oh yeah, must've slipped my mind. L- Look just stay away from her, she's finally really over everything you put her though. J- what do you mean everything I put her through? L- Hmmm. Lemme see, you got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend, you left without telling her word or anybody else around here where you were going. You didn't call, write, or send a postcard. Come on Jess you were on the other side of the Country. That's what you put her though. J- whatever, just to let you know I did call. L- Oh yeah who? J- Rory.... I called Rory when I was in California. L- No you didn't, I think she would've told Lorelai. J- Well, she probably didn't have anything to tell her. L- what the hell is that suppose to mean you called her, you talked, and I'm guessing that's something to tell your mother about. J- I didn't say anything when I called I was too scared I would screw things over worse than I had. Instead she did the talking because I had called before but never said anything, obviously that get annoying so to sum things up she was mad and broke up with me. L- Okay then. J- Yeah. L- just stay clear of her, if you bump into her just walk away. J- Whatever. Jess walks out of the diner and out onto the street in his car where he grabs something and walks farther down the road,
Cut To Rory and Lorelai walking to Luke's Diner
L- It's very silent. R- I know, I'm just thinking. L- About Jess? R- Well, what else would I be thinking about? L- Me. R- Haha, very funny. L- I'm gonna go talk to Bebet and give her, her mail okay I'll meet you at Luke's. R- Okay Mom. Rory refocuses her attention on the street where she sights Jess walking carrying a book. Rory's POV Oh my god... Is that Jess? Yes it is! What the hell am I going to do? Will we talk? Does my hair look okay? No wait why the hell am I thinking about my hair. We're talking about Jess here the guy who left without a word. Also the guy who looks extremely hot right now. Did he just look at me? Fuck he saw me. Crap. I'm freaking out when I know that I'm not going to say anything. Jess's POV Holy shit. Rory, the one person I do but don't want to see right now. She looks hot, and so... I can't talk to her I have to walk away. Crap not here. I hate this guy. He's so annoying. Looks like I have no choice. Rory sees Jess then turn the corner into Taylor's Ice Cream Parlor. Rory's POV Did he mean to do that he hates Taylor; it is like a weight off my shoulders now that I don't have the obligation to say anything to him.
Rory quickly dashes by Taylor's without turning an eyelash and heads over to Luke's.
Ring, Cling, Ring. (Sound of door to the diner opening)
Luke not looking up to realize that it's Rory assumes its Jess since it's late and the diner is about to close. L- Jess look I told you once and I gonna tell one last time; don't leave unless I know where you are. I don't know if you trying to run off and find Rory, which clearly be disobeying what I told you about not seeing her at all. R- I think you better stop talking, before you say something worse than that. L- Rory, your not Jess. Look I told your Mom, if she didn't tell you— R- I know already, actually I just saw him he walked into Taylor's Ice Cream Parlor. L- why the hell would he go there? R- I think it has something to go with the fact that I was staring at him in disbelief and also the fact that you told him not to come near me. L- Yeah that, look Rory I'm trying to look out for you I really am. I know what he did to you and I just don't want him to cause any more damage. So I told him not to go near you. R- I understand, my Mom had a whole thing where she was going to come by and pick up food me constantly for 2 ½ weeks. L- Wait, why are you going to be here for that long I though it was going to only be the weekend. R- No it's Winter Break. L- Crap, this whole ignoring each other thing is gonna be hard for Jess. R- Well how long is he going to be here? L- I don't know but judging by the weight of his bag it's seems to me that he's not gonna be here just to get his car and leave. R- What! I have to go. Rory walks out of the Diner forgetting that she had gone in there to eat. As she's walking back home. She literally bumps into Jess. She wasn't watching where she was going because she was trying to think of a plan of how she was going to avoid him and not talk to him this whole time. But by doing this she walks straight into him as he's walking out of TICP, him too obviously not paying attention to anything probably thinking about how stupid he looked walking into Taylor's like that. R- Oh I'm sorry Rory says on the floor not realizing who's she's bumped into. Jess recognized that voice bump was still trying to regain his conscious into saying something, and helping Rory get up. J- Umm. It's fine. Jess tells her while helping her up. Rory hadn't looked up until they he gave her a hand and pulled her up to his face so close they look like they were going to kiss. Rory looks at him square in the eye and doesn't move. Jess on the other hand is trying to do the opposite. J- Look, I gotta go. Jess turns and runs off. Rory still completely frazzled, stands at the corner. But recuperates when Lorelai walks over. L- Hey I thought you were going to Luke's? R- I did. L- Then why are you standing at the same corner I left you at? R- I'll tell you later, but right now I need to be alone. Can I go home? L- Yeah, why not?. R- All right, I'll talk to you later tonight. Bye. Rory walks away, Lorelai turns only to see Jess standing outside Luke's Diner watching. Jess sees Lorelai and walks down Main Street, Lorelai runs in to talk to him. L- what the hell did you say to Rory? J- Well, Hello to you too. L- don't get smart kid. What'd you say to her? J- Nothing you should be asking her what she said and did to me. L- Yeah right. J- you don't believe me go ask her who talked first. I was instructed by Luke not to talk at her, but hey things happen. But one thing I didn't do was talk to her first. L- what did she say then? J- it was an action actually. And we were both at fault because we both weren't looking where we were going. Causing both of us to bump into each other, actually she was the one that fell. I helped her up and she hadn't seen whom she bumped into until she looked up. She screamed my name and I told her I had to go and that I was sorry for making her fall. L- Oh, some encounter you had there. Well, um, okay, I'm sorry but this is hard for me because you and my daughter dated and when you left with out telling her or anyone else you really made her feel like you didn't give a damn about her. And that makes me angry because as a mother you really don't want to see your daughter distraught because some guy broke her heart. J- Look Lorelai I didn't come up here to make matters worse, or listen to people's sap stories. If you believe me, which I highly doubt you will, I came here to get my car. But since I've been here I've been here people only knew the side of the story where I left and didn't say anything to anyone, but they have takin' the god damn time to listen to what I have to say okay. L- you still like Rory don't you? J- what the hell are you talking about? L- As I sit here and listen to what your saying, and don't get me wrong I believe you, trust me I understand, remember I was pregnant when I was sixteen, but I'm starting to think that you haven't gotten over her or even tried. You knew that you were going to come back and see her again. Your still completely hung up on her. You didn't come back here to get your car, which was an excuse. You can back to tell Rory something and I don't thing you would travel tens of thousands of miles just to tell her something small, like "Rory I'm sorry please forgive me." It's something way bigger than that. J- what are you smoking? Because whatever it is you need to get rid of it, fast. L-Oh my God! You love her. J- you're crazy. L- No I'm a girl, fortunately a girl that's very experience with a lot of men, I know how they think breathe feel, act, walk, talk. You name it I know it. J- whatever man, your whacked. Jess hurriedly walks away looking worried, and amazed at the same time. Muttering under his breath Jess says "Oh my god." Luke passes Jess on his way out of the diner. J- I'm going to the library she's all yours. Jess says directing his comment towards Lorelai. L- All right, See ya.
Cut to Rory's house. Rory's POV I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I mean, I've waited so long for the moment, if ever there was going to be one that Jess came back. I've dreamed it, and finally I'm about to live it out and I don't what to do except stay away. I can't hide forever and I know this, wait! It's not me hiding he was the one w ho ran away. If anything I would have talked to him. I want to know any reason he had for leaving and not telling a soul. I mean I was his girlfriend. Don't boyfriends usually tell their girlfriends when they're running away? Well, no I guess because that wouldn't be running away to the girlfriend you told, it would be running away to everyone else but not to the girlfriend. I don't know what to think anymore. Why did he run away? Maybe he's actually starting to listen to Luke. I highly doubt that. I've known Jess long enough to know that he just doesn't do something just because Luke told him told. Especially something as big as this. Maybe he's hiding something. I don't know. Okay Rory breath. Woosa, woosa, remember the pressure points. Okay I'll just wait until Mom gets home.
Lorelai's POV
Rory's gonna kill me if she finds out that I talked to Jess even though I told her not to. I need coffee.
Lorelai walks into Luke's. LG- Hey Luke. L- Hey Lorelai, what's up? LG- Nothin' good. L- What happened? LG- I talked to Jess. L- why did he do something stupid? LG- No, well maybe I don't really know the whole story, but I'm starting to put thins together piece. L- No, Lorelai please don't so that. I don't want anything to go wrong while Jess is here it's too much to risk. He's so complicated. And so far he's not screwing things up for anyone here. LG- Yeah, he is sorry to burst your bubble. L- No, what the hell did he do? LG- He talked to Rory, then again it wasn't so much talking as to literally bumping into each causing a lot of awkwardness then he basically ran away from what I'm putting together. L- Oh my goodness. LG- I know how horrible. L- No! Jess actually listened to me when I said stay away from Rory. LG- Yeah, but it was actually in a bad way don't you think? L- so what he deserves a round of applause. What did they do to him up in California? LG- No see technically it'[s not up in California, it's more appropriate to say in California unless you want to be more specific and say in the West. Otherwise what you said would be grammatically incorrect. L- Lorelai! LG- What? L- Stop rambling. LG- Am I really? I am aren't I? Well anyways those two have to talk at some point. L- No they don't, they don't have to talk at all. To me they've already been talking too much. LG- Look it's bound to happen at sometime. And let me tell you I'm ready for it. Are you Luke? I mean you didn't actually think that they were just to keep bumping into each other and not say a word. Keep dreaming. L-Look as long, as I'm here those 2 aren't gonna say a word to each other. So don't you go trying anything Lorelai. I know how that twisted brain of yours works. LG- you have no idea how my brain works. L- Whatever. LG- how dare you say something like that. As long as I can help it no one will be able to figure out how my brain works. You know that when I die there going to extract it so they can see how such a complex mind works. Just for saying that you owe me coffee. FOR FREE! L- you never pay for your coffee. LG- Well then I 'm gonna start just so you'll have to give me one for free. L- Goodbye, Lorelai.
Jess's POV I've gotta find a way to talk to Rory without Luke knowing. I mean it kinda was the point of me coming to this crappy town anyways. She needs to know how much I care about her. Even though she'll never take me back. Great Jess! You traveled thousands of miles to see a girl that you're possibly in love with and you can't even talk to her without running away. I've gotta buck up and be a man about this. It's either I love her or I don't. I could go to her house to talk to her right now. I wonder if Luke's there right now. Waiting for me to screw up, and disobey him. Well he knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. Come on. Who the hell did he think he was dealing with here? Joan of Arcadia. Fuck, who am I kidding I could never tell Rory how I feel. If I was her I would've laughed in my face. Rory wouldn't do that though she's not that kind of person. She's way too sweet and beautiful and smart. Screw this I'm going. It's all or nothing.
Jess turns in his unknown path and heads over to Rory's house.
*Ding Dong*
R- I'll get it. Wait I'm the only one here I have no choice.
Rory opens the door and see Jess standing in the doorway. She's looking at him with a blank look on her face not knowing what to say.
R- This is a figment of my imagination. You're not really on my front porch I'm just imagining you there. Well, umm you look so real. Goodnight. Rory is about to close the door. J- Rory. R- Oh my God you are here. J- Yeah, what the hell was that all about? R- Oh no, you can't ask me any questions. You showed up in my town a year later after you left. Not a word, a call, a letter. Hey wait there is a possibility that you sent an owl with a note attached to it's leg like Harry Potter. J- No sorry to dissapoint you R- Oh, ok then don't ask me any questions. Why are you here? J- Can I come in? R- No! I said no questions. You don't have An explanation as to why you're here so why should I let a stranger into my house. J- I'm not a stranger you know me. R- Really I know you because the Jess I knoew wpould have at least tried to call. I mean come on you ran away from not only Luke, but Me. J- I kow , I'm sorry. R- I'm sorry? Listen you ass I'm sorry isn't gonna cut it this time.I was your girfriend. I was on the bus with you. You couldn't tell nme. J- No because then you would of told your Mom who would've told Luke. Which defeated the purpose of--- R- yeah, running away, just like I thought. Look I'm over it okay, I am. I really had finally found a way to get through it. I accepted the fact that you were gone and possibly not coming back. Then all of a sudden you pop up, and say your coming for a car, which was a bold face lie. I mean who would believe you came back for that piece of--- J- Hold on! I came over here to explain, R- No Jess, you came over here to justify what you did. And you just can't do that. J- Yes I can. Rory my father came to see me here a couple of days before I left did anyone bother to tell you that. R- He did? J- yeah he did. But you must've thought that I left because you wouldn't----
R- I did think that. You led me to believe that, that was the only reason you could've left. Nobody else told me that your Dad came to see you. J- Yeah I'm not surprised. Thug Jess, running away. R- I didn't think that. J- No you thought, perverted Jess, running away. R- I'm sorry. J- No I'm sorry I should've said something when I called you all those times. I just didn't know how to explain top you why I did what I did. R- why would you come back? J- I told you for you. R- you didn't just travel that far to see me. J- No I came back to tell you I loved you. R- What? J- I love you. Silence. J- I gotta go. R- Wait Jess, please don't run away again. *Ring, ring* R- don't go it's my mom. R- Hello, yeah I'm fine. There's food... As Rory continued talking, Jess backs away and starts heading back to Luke's. When Rory gets off the phone he's gone and she run down the road after him. R- Jess, wait. J- Look, that's what I came here to say. I said it. I out of your life. I mean why the hell should I stay here? R- Because I don't want to lose you again. Rory steps forward to hug him. With her head on his chest she looks up at him and says "I Love You too." Jess leans in and brushes his lips against hers. She returns it's kissing him like she hadn't been kissed since he left. Which was true. Not letting he in with his tongue, they just stood outside together. Like the moment would never pass.
End of Chapter 1 Please Read and Review Guys I hope you liked it!
By: Bridget Hendrix
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or WB. WB owns all. All hail the wisdom of the WB! -And Amy Palladino
A/N: Please R/R I want to know if I should continue writing at all or just give up. If I'm not a good writer then Columbia University won't accept me. And I really want to know early on about this so I don't screw myself over in the long run, thinking I have the least bit of talent then getting a rejection letter dating that I basically suck and they don't want me. Thanks!
Rory walks into the kitchen only to see her mother seating at the table, with a very distressed look about her.
R- Mom are you alright you look like you haven't slept or anything L- Rory, yeah I heard you get in late last night, but I didn't bother to get up to say Hi R- Yeah, why was that you've been acting strange since I got home from Yale, I mean this is the first time we've talked since I got home yesterday night. Excluding when I went to your room to talk and you told me that you were really tired and that we'd catch up in the morning. Even though obviously you were lying because of the fact that I'm looking at you and I see that you have bags the size of Mt.Kilimanjaro under your eyes. L- Look I didn't talk to you last night because I was afraid. R- Afraid of what, what the heck is going on? L- Well Luke called with some news. R- is he sick? Did something happen between him and Nicole? L- No, that's not it. R- Well then, what is it? L- I think you should sit down. Lorelai says while leading Rory to a kitchen chair with her hands. R- Okay Mom your really scaring me what's going on? L- Jess is back. R- I'm sorry; maybe I need to clean my ears. I could have sworn you said Jess is back, but clearly not you must've said we have a nest outback, or---
L- No Rory, Jess is back. Luke talked to him yesterday when he "dropped by" the diner after all these months, and not only that but his Mom was here too. She went back to her boyfriends place in New York. Luke thinks that she knew that Jess was here, but didn't bother to tell Luke because Jess told her not to. R- You've got to be kidding me. I mean, did he say why he was here? L- Luke says that he's come for his car. R- His car? L- Yup, look I understand if you don't want to see him at all, I really do. I can help. I can just go to Luke's alone and pick-up food then come back and give it to you. R- But Luke's food taste the best when your at Luke's and it's nice and fresh, not reheated. L- I know sweetie. R- Look if I bump into him I just won't talk to him that's all. If he talks to me I'll ignore him or run away. L- But what if there's a fire and your stuck in a room with him, what are you going to do? R- Let's hope we're not in that situation. L- or what if you're held hostage and he's the only one who can help? I can only imagine the possibilities in which you would have to talk to him. R- Mom! L- Rory you're here or two and a half weeks that's a lot of running and ignoring. It's Winter Break.
Cut to Luke's Diner
Jess walks down the stairs and walks into the diner. L- Morning, I see you took my advice and came inside. J- I wanted to see if I left anything up here. L- Really, what did you find? J- my book. L- Uh huh... Which one? J- Fahrenheit 451 L- Sure, Jess. Anyway we need to have a little talk about Rory. Jess quickly, and unnoticeably to Luke shifts his attention to the conversation. J- She's still living here? L- Yes, but she goes to Yale don't act like you didn't know that. J- Oh yeah, must've slipped my mind. L- Look just stay away from her, she's finally really over everything you put her though. J- what do you mean everything I put her through? L- Hmmm. Lemme see, you got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend, you left without telling her word or anybody else around here where you were going. You didn't call, write, or send a postcard. Come on Jess you were on the other side of the Country. That's what you put her though. J- whatever, just to let you know I did call. L- Oh yeah who? J- Rory.... I called Rory when I was in California. L- No you didn't, I think she would've told Lorelai. J- Well, she probably didn't have anything to tell her. L- what the hell is that suppose to mean you called her, you talked, and I'm guessing that's something to tell your mother about. J- I didn't say anything when I called I was too scared I would screw things over worse than I had. Instead she did the talking because I had called before but never said anything, obviously that get annoying so to sum things up she was mad and broke up with me. L- Okay then. J- Yeah. L- just stay clear of her, if you bump into her just walk away. J- Whatever. Jess walks out of the diner and out onto the street in his car where he grabs something and walks farther down the road,
Cut To Rory and Lorelai walking to Luke's Diner
L- It's very silent. R- I know, I'm just thinking. L- About Jess? R- Well, what else would I be thinking about? L- Me. R- Haha, very funny. L- I'm gonna go talk to Bebet and give her, her mail okay I'll meet you at Luke's. R- Okay Mom. Rory refocuses her attention on the street where she sights Jess walking carrying a book. Rory's POV Oh my god... Is that Jess? Yes it is! What the hell am I going to do? Will we talk? Does my hair look okay? No wait why the hell am I thinking about my hair. We're talking about Jess here the guy who left without a word. Also the guy who looks extremely hot right now. Did he just look at me? Fuck he saw me. Crap. I'm freaking out when I know that I'm not going to say anything. Jess's POV Holy shit. Rory, the one person I do but don't want to see right now. She looks hot, and so... I can't talk to her I have to walk away. Crap not here. I hate this guy. He's so annoying. Looks like I have no choice. Rory sees Jess then turn the corner into Taylor's Ice Cream Parlor. Rory's POV Did he mean to do that he hates Taylor; it is like a weight off my shoulders now that I don't have the obligation to say anything to him.
Rory quickly dashes by Taylor's without turning an eyelash and heads over to Luke's.
Ring, Cling, Ring. (Sound of door to the diner opening)
Luke not looking up to realize that it's Rory assumes its Jess since it's late and the diner is about to close. L- Jess look I told you once and I gonna tell one last time; don't leave unless I know where you are. I don't know if you trying to run off and find Rory, which clearly be disobeying what I told you about not seeing her at all. R- I think you better stop talking, before you say something worse than that. L- Rory, your not Jess. Look I told your Mom, if she didn't tell you— R- I know already, actually I just saw him he walked into Taylor's Ice Cream Parlor. L- why the hell would he go there? R- I think it has something to go with the fact that I was staring at him in disbelief and also the fact that you told him not to come near me. L- Yeah that, look Rory I'm trying to look out for you I really am. I know what he did to you and I just don't want him to cause any more damage. So I told him not to go near you. R- I understand, my Mom had a whole thing where she was going to come by and pick up food me constantly for 2 ½ weeks. L- Wait, why are you going to be here for that long I though it was going to only be the weekend. R- No it's Winter Break. L- Crap, this whole ignoring each other thing is gonna be hard for Jess. R- Well how long is he going to be here? L- I don't know but judging by the weight of his bag it's seems to me that he's not gonna be here just to get his car and leave. R- What! I have to go. Rory walks out of the Diner forgetting that she had gone in there to eat. As she's walking back home. She literally bumps into Jess. She wasn't watching where she was going because she was trying to think of a plan of how she was going to avoid him and not talk to him this whole time. But by doing this she walks straight into him as he's walking out of TICP, him too obviously not paying attention to anything probably thinking about how stupid he looked walking into Taylor's like that. R- Oh I'm sorry Rory says on the floor not realizing who's she's bumped into. Jess recognized that voice bump was still trying to regain his conscious into saying something, and helping Rory get up. J- Umm. It's fine. Jess tells her while helping her up. Rory hadn't looked up until they he gave her a hand and pulled her up to his face so close they look like they were going to kiss. Rory looks at him square in the eye and doesn't move. Jess on the other hand is trying to do the opposite. J- Look, I gotta go. Jess turns and runs off. Rory still completely frazzled, stands at the corner. But recuperates when Lorelai walks over. L- Hey I thought you were going to Luke's? R- I did. L- Then why are you standing at the same corner I left you at? R- I'll tell you later, but right now I need to be alone. Can I go home? L- Yeah, why not?. R- All right, I'll talk to you later tonight. Bye. Rory walks away, Lorelai turns only to see Jess standing outside Luke's Diner watching. Jess sees Lorelai and walks down Main Street, Lorelai runs in to talk to him. L- what the hell did you say to Rory? J- Well, Hello to you too. L- don't get smart kid. What'd you say to her? J- Nothing you should be asking her what she said and did to me. L- Yeah right. J- you don't believe me go ask her who talked first. I was instructed by Luke not to talk at her, but hey things happen. But one thing I didn't do was talk to her first. L- what did she say then? J- it was an action actually. And we were both at fault because we both weren't looking where we were going. Causing both of us to bump into each other, actually she was the one that fell. I helped her up and she hadn't seen whom she bumped into until she looked up. She screamed my name and I told her I had to go and that I was sorry for making her fall. L- Oh, some encounter you had there. Well, um, okay, I'm sorry but this is hard for me because you and my daughter dated and when you left with out telling her or anyone else you really made her feel like you didn't give a damn about her. And that makes me angry because as a mother you really don't want to see your daughter distraught because some guy broke her heart. J- Look Lorelai I didn't come up here to make matters worse, or listen to people's sap stories. If you believe me, which I highly doubt you will, I came here to get my car. But since I've been here I've been here people only knew the side of the story where I left and didn't say anything to anyone, but they have takin' the god damn time to listen to what I have to say okay. L- you still like Rory don't you? J- what the hell are you talking about? L- As I sit here and listen to what your saying, and don't get me wrong I believe you, trust me I understand, remember I was pregnant when I was sixteen, but I'm starting to think that you haven't gotten over her or even tried. You knew that you were going to come back and see her again. Your still completely hung up on her. You didn't come back here to get your car, which was an excuse. You can back to tell Rory something and I don't thing you would travel tens of thousands of miles just to tell her something small, like "Rory I'm sorry please forgive me." It's something way bigger than that. J- what are you smoking? Because whatever it is you need to get rid of it, fast. L-Oh my God! You love her. J- you're crazy. L- No I'm a girl, fortunately a girl that's very experience with a lot of men, I know how they think breathe feel, act, walk, talk. You name it I know it. J- whatever man, your whacked. Jess hurriedly walks away looking worried, and amazed at the same time. Muttering under his breath Jess says "Oh my god." Luke passes Jess on his way out of the diner. J- I'm going to the library she's all yours. Jess says directing his comment towards Lorelai. L- All right, See ya.
Cut to Rory's house. Rory's POV I don't know what to do with myself anymore. I mean, I've waited so long for the moment, if ever there was going to be one that Jess came back. I've dreamed it, and finally I'm about to live it out and I don't what to do except stay away. I can't hide forever and I know this, wait! It's not me hiding he was the one w ho ran away. If anything I would have talked to him. I want to know any reason he had for leaving and not telling a soul. I mean I was his girlfriend. Don't boyfriends usually tell their girlfriends when they're running away? Well, no I guess because that wouldn't be running away to the girlfriend you told, it would be running away to everyone else but not to the girlfriend. I don't know what to think anymore. Why did he run away? Maybe he's actually starting to listen to Luke. I highly doubt that. I've known Jess long enough to know that he just doesn't do something just because Luke told him told. Especially something as big as this. Maybe he's hiding something. I don't know. Okay Rory breath. Woosa, woosa, remember the pressure points. Okay I'll just wait until Mom gets home.
Lorelai's POV
Rory's gonna kill me if she finds out that I talked to Jess even though I told her not to. I need coffee.
Lorelai walks into Luke's. LG- Hey Luke. L- Hey Lorelai, what's up? LG- Nothin' good. L- What happened? LG- I talked to Jess. L- why did he do something stupid? LG- No, well maybe I don't really know the whole story, but I'm starting to put thins together piece. L- No, Lorelai please don't so that. I don't want anything to go wrong while Jess is here it's too much to risk. He's so complicated. And so far he's not screwing things up for anyone here. LG- Yeah, he is sorry to burst your bubble. L- No, what the hell did he do? LG- He talked to Rory, then again it wasn't so much talking as to literally bumping into each causing a lot of awkwardness then he basically ran away from what I'm putting together. L- Oh my goodness. LG- I know how horrible. L- No! Jess actually listened to me when I said stay away from Rory. LG- Yeah, but it was actually in a bad way don't you think? L- so what he deserves a round of applause. What did they do to him up in California? LG- No see technically it'[s not up in California, it's more appropriate to say in California unless you want to be more specific and say in the West. Otherwise what you said would be grammatically incorrect. L- Lorelai! LG- What? L- Stop rambling. LG- Am I really? I am aren't I? Well anyways those two have to talk at some point. L- No they don't, they don't have to talk at all. To me they've already been talking too much. LG- Look it's bound to happen at sometime. And let me tell you I'm ready for it. Are you Luke? I mean you didn't actually think that they were just to keep bumping into each other and not say a word. Keep dreaming. L-Look as long, as I'm here those 2 aren't gonna say a word to each other. So don't you go trying anything Lorelai. I know how that twisted brain of yours works. LG- you have no idea how my brain works. L- Whatever. LG- how dare you say something like that. As long as I can help it no one will be able to figure out how my brain works. You know that when I die there going to extract it so they can see how such a complex mind works. Just for saying that you owe me coffee. FOR FREE! L- you never pay for your coffee. LG- Well then I 'm gonna start just so you'll have to give me one for free. L- Goodbye, Lorelai.
Jess's POV I've gotta find a way to talk to Rory without Luke knowing. I mean it kinda was the point of me coming to this crappy town anyways. She needs to know how much I care about her. Even though she'll never take me back. Great Jess! You traveled thousands of miles to see a girl that you're possibly in love with and you can't even talk to her without running away. I've gotta buck up and be a man about this. It's either I love her or I don't. I could go to her house to talk to her right now. I wonder if Luke's there right now. Waiting for me to screw up, and disobey him. Well he knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. Come on. Who the hell did he think he was dealing with here? Joan of Arcadia. Fuck, who am I kidding I could never tell Rory how I feel. If I was her I would've laughed in my face. Rory wouldn't do that though she's not that kind of person. She's way too sweet and beautiful and smart. Screw this I'm going. It's all or nothing.
Jess turns in his unknown path and heads over to Rory's house.
*Ding Dong*
R- I'll get it. Wait I'm the only one here I have no choice.
Rory opens the door and see Jess standing in the doorway. She's looking at him with a blank look on her face not knowing what to say.
R- This is a figment of my imagination. You're not really on my front porch I'm just imagining you there. Well, umm you look so real. Goodnight. Rory is about to close the door. J- Rory. R- Oh my God you are here. J- Yeah, what the hell was that all about? R- Oh no, you can't ask me any questions. You showed up in my town a year later after you left. Not a word, a call, a letter. Hey wait there is a possibility that you sent an owl with a note attached to it's leg like Harry Potter. J- No sorry to dissapoint you R- Oh, ok then don't ask me any questions. Why are you here? J- Can I come in? R- No! I said no questions. You don't have An explanation as to why you're here so why should I let a stranger into my house. J- I'm not a stranger you know me. R- Really I know you because the Jess I knoew wpould have at least tried to call. I mean come on you ran away from not only Luke, but Me. J- I kow , I'm sorry. R- I'm sorry? Listen you ass I'm sorry isn't gonna cut it this time.I was your girfriend. I was on the bus with you. You couldn't tell nme. J- No because then you would of told your Mom who would've told Luke. Which defeated the purpose of--- R- yeah, running away, just like I thought. Look I'm over it okay, I am. I really had finally found a way to get through it. I accepted the fact that you were gone and possibly not coming back. Then all of a sudden you pop up, and say your coming for a car, which was a bold face lie. I mean who would believe you came back for that piece of--- J- Hold on! I came over here to explain, R- No Jess, you came over here to justify what you did. And you just can't do that. J- Yes I can. Rory my father came to see me here a couple of days before I left did anyone bother to tell you that. R- He did? J- yeah he did. But you must've thought that I left because you wouldn't----
R- I did think that. You led me to believe that, that was the only reason you could've left. Nobody else told me that your Dad came to see you. J- Yeah I'm not surprised. Thug Jess, running away. R- I didn't think that. J- No you thought, perverted Jess, running away. R- I'm sorry. J- No I'm sorry I should've said something when I called you all those times. I just didn't know how to explain top you why I did what I did. R- why would you come back? J- I told you for you. R- you didn't just travel that far to see me. J- No I came back to tell you I loved you. R- What? J- I love you. Silence. J- I gotta go. R- Wait Jess, please don't run away again. *Ring, ring* R- don't go it's my mom. R- Hello, yeah I'm fine. There's food... As Rory continued talking, Jess backs away and starts heading back to Luke's. When Rory gets off the phone he's gone and she run down the road after him. R- Jess, wait. J- Look, that's what I came here to say. I said it. I out of your life. I mean why the hell should I stay here? R- Because I don't want to lose you again. Rory steps forward to hug him. With her head on his chest she looks up at him and says "I Love You too." Jess leans in and brushes his lips against hers. She returns it's kissing him like she hadn't been kissed since he left. Which was true. Not letting he in with his tongue, they just stood outside together. Like the moment would never pass.
End of Chapter 1 Please Read and Review Guys I hope you liked it!
