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AN: Wow... Like I said this is my first fan fic and so I just wanted to thank you all for all the reviews. I'm so happy you guys are enjoying this. Reading those reviews definitely makes me want to update faster so keep them coming!!
Jess and Luke stare at each other across a table in the diner. Jess is drinking coffee and Luke is drinking tea. After a long period of silence Luke speaks.
"Why are you back?"
Jess puts on a fake sweet smile, "I missed your smiling face."
Ignoring him, Luke says "Listen Rory's got everything going for her right now. If you're coming back to..."
Jess interrupts, "Calm down. I just finished what I had to do. Now can I stay for a little while or not?"
Luke shrugs, "Whatever."
"Good."
Jess puts his empty cup in the sink and heads towards the stairs. Luke shakes his head wondering if he should have let him come back so easily. At the bottom of the stairs Jess turns back.
"I had to go, you know. I wasn't able to stop him the first time he left me, I couldn't let him get away so easily this time." He continues up the stairs.
Luke sits for a while by himself trying to take in all that has happened that day. 'What was Christopher implying when he said I was lucky? Was he suggesting that I had feelings for her or was it possible that he thought she had feelings for me? I wonder what Lorelai would say I she knew that he had thanked me. We have gotten so close since Rory's been away, will that change now? What about Jess? Why is he here? Poor Rory. She seemed so upset after seeing him. Well things are going to be different this time. He will work. He will make something of himself. He's an adult now. He will act like it." Luke put his head down on the table, defeated by all the events of the day.
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Rory sat on her bed staring at the package that was sitting about a foot away from her. "How could he just show up like this? Four years is a long time to be away. He was probably off having sex with a bunch of sluts in California and now when he decides he's bored of that he shows back up expecting.what? What does he expect from me? The whole thing really messed me up. I went to Yale. Yale was supposed to be this great place full of other smart interesting people. I was supposed to meet people who loved to read and learn. Instead it seemed like another Chilton. The courses were great, but the people seemed like they were just there to say they graduated from Yale. I dated, I went to parties and mingled, but to be honest all the guys bored me. Everyone I met was either a spoiled rich kid only there because that's where Daddy graduated from or, well, kind of nerdy. I never met anyone like Jess before. I guess I can't help comparing every other guy I meet to him. That's not really a bad thing. I think Jess was a good person. Shouldn't anyone else I'm with at least compare to that? Now he's back. What am I supposed to say to him? Am I supposed to act like nothing happened? Like he didn't break my heart? I can't let him back in. Look what happened with my parents. Just when things seemed perfect my dad went off to marry his girlfriend who suddenly turned up pregnant.'
Lorelai appears in the doorway. "Rory, honey, I don't think they taught you how to unwrap things just by staring at them in Yale."
Rory looks up, startled. How long had she been staring?
Lorelai sighed. "Why don't you just open it?
She wished it were that simple. Opening this would be like opening all those emotions that she packed away for four years. It was an invitation to the past. a past that was best kept buried.
"Um, I think it's better I just leave it for now."
Lorelai smiled, "OR I could open it for you. I mean I think you're forgetting that regardless of who it's from it's still a present and we LOVE presents."
"Remember when you and Max didn't get married and you insisted on finding out who gave you guys the ice cream maker because you just had to return it?"
Lorelai nodded. Rory was trying to move on.
"I still opened it." Rory glared at her.
"So that means you're going to return it?"
"I guess I should." The girls hug.
Rory and Lorelai enter Luke's and take a seat. Lorelai had offered to bring breakfast home to Rory, but Rory insisted on coming with her. She still hadn't figured out how to handle the whole situation, but she didn't want Jess to think that she was avoiding him. She didn't want him to think that she still cared enough to avoid him.
Rory watched Jess making coffee behind the counter. He always seemed so intense even when doing something that simple.
"What'll it be?" Luke's voice interrupts her thoughts.
Seeing that Luke noticed her watching Jess, Rory blushes. "Um, pancakes and coffee would be good." Luke nods solemnly, still worn out from the day before, and walks away.
Jess could feel her eyes watching him. Every move he made was followed. He didn't have to look because her eyes were like lasers. They were unforgiving. He cringed. He threw a glance her way just to show her that she had been caught and turned to Luke. "I'm going to take a break." Luke, who wanted to keep as much distance between Jess and Rory as possible until he could evaluate Jess's current situation, was happy to agree. Jess headed out the door. He lit a cigarette as he walked. He had started smoking again when he got to California. Mostly it was because he didn't know what else to do.
Rory hadn't opened her gift yet. He knew this because she would have said something He didn't know exactly how she'd react but he was pretty positive that she would react. Until then, he knew that direct contact would be too much for her. He decided to just make himself approachable and throw the rest to fate. He didn't like this idea, after all fate had screwed him in the past, but it was all he could do.
AN: Wow... Like I said this is my first fan fic and so I just wanted to thank you all for all the reviews. I'm so happy you guys are enjoying this. Reading those reviews definitely makes me want to update faster so keep them coming!!
Jess and Luke stare at each other across a table in the diner. Jess is drinking coffee and Luke is drinking tea. After a long period of silence Luke speaks.
"Why are you back?"
Jess puts on a fake sweet smile, "I missed your smiling face."
Ignoring him, Luke says "Listen Rory's got everything going for her right now. If you're coming back to..."
Jess interrupts, "Calm down. I just finished what I had to do. Now can I stay for a little while or not?"
Luke shrugs, "Whatever."
"Good."
Jess puts his empty cup in the sink and heads towards the stairs. Luke shakes his head wondering if he should have let him come back so easily. At the bottom of the stairs Jess turns back.
"I had to go, you know. I wasn't able to stop him the first time he left me, I couldn't let him get away so easily this time." He continues up the stairs.
Luke sits for a while by himself trying to take in all that has happened that day. 'What was Christopher implying when he said I was lucky? Was he suggesting that I had feelings for her or was it possible that he thought she had feelings for me? I wonder what Lorelai would say I she knew that he had thanked me. We have gotten so close since Rory's been away, will that change now? What about Jess? Why is he here? Poor Rory. She seemed so upset after seeing him. Well things are going to be different this time. He will work. He will make something of himself. He's an adult now. He will act like it." Luke put his head down on the table, defeated by all the events of the day.
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Rory sat on her bed staring at the package that was sitting about a foot away from her. "How could he just show up like this? Four years is a long time to be away. He was probably off having sex with a bunch of sluts in California and now when he decides he's bored of that he shows back up expecting.what? What does he expect from me? The whole thing really messed me up. I went to Yale. Yale was supposed to be this great place full of other smart interesting people. I was supposed to meet people who loved to read and learn. Instead it seemed like another Chilton. The courses were great, but the people seemed like they were just there to say they graduated from Yale. I dated, I went to parties and mingled, but to be honest all the guys bored me. Everyone I met was either a spoiled rich kid only there because that's where Daddy graduated from or, well, kind of nerdy. I never met anyone like Jess before. I guess I can't help comparing every other guy I meet to him. That's not really a bad thing. I think Jess was a good person. Shouldn't anyone else I'm with at least compare to that? Now he's back. What am I supposed to say to him? Am I supposed to act like nothing happened? Like he didn't break my heart? I can't let him back in. Look what happened with my parents. Just when things seemed perfect my dad went off to marry his girlfriend who suddenly turned up pregnant.'
Lorelai appears in the doorway. "Rory, honey, I don't think they taught you how to unwrap things just by staring at them in Yale."
Rory looks up, startled. How long had she been staring?
Lorelai sighed. "Why don't you just open it?
She wished it were that simple. Opening this would be like opening all those emotions that she packed away for four years. It was an invitation to the past. a past that was best kept buried.
"Um, I think it's better I just leave it for now."
Lorelai smiled, "OR I could open it for you. I mean I think you're forgetting that regardless of who it's from it's still a present and we LOVE presents."
"Remember when you and Max didn't get married and you insisted on finding out who gave you guys the ice cream maker because you just had to return it?"
Lorelai nodded. Rory was trying to move on.
"I still opened it." Rory glared at her.
"So that means you're going to return it?"
"I guess I should." The girls hug.
Rory and Lorelai enter Luke's and take a seat. Lorelai had offered to bring breakfast home to Rory, but Rory insisted on coming with her. She still hadn't figured out how to handle the whole situation, but she didn't want Jess to think that she was avoiding him. She didn't want him to think that she still cared enough to avoid him.
Rory watched Jess making coffee behind the counter. He always seemed so intense even when doing something that simple.
"What'll it be?" Luke's voice interrupts her thoughts.
Seeing that Luke noticed her watching Jess, Rory blushes. "Um, pancakes and coffee would be good." Luke nods solemnly, still worn out from the day before, and walks away.
Jess could feel her eyes watching him. Every move he made was followed. He didn't have to look because her eyes were like lasers. They were unforgiving. He cringed. He threw a glance her way just to show her that she had been caught and turned to Luke. "I'm going to take a break." Luke, who wanted to keep as much distance between Jess and Rory as possible until he could evaluate Jess's current situation, was happy to agree. Jess headed out the door. He lit a cigarette as he walked. He had started smoking again when he got to California. Mostly it was because he didn't know what else to do.
Rory hadn't opened her gift yet. He knew this because she would have said something He didn't know exactly how she'd react but he was pretty positive that she would react. Until then, he knew that direct contact would be too much for her. He decided to just make himself approachable and throw the rest to fate. He didn't like this idea, after all fate had screwed him in the past, but it was all he could do.
