Chapter 14
"Rory there was a message on the machine for you," Lorelai states when Rory walks into the house later that day, no less tired than she had been the day before.
"Who from?" Rory asks, to tired to keep up the motions of being angry with her mother.
"That school of Georgia's, Bright Academy or whatever." Lorelai responds.
"What did they want?" Rory asks.
"The woman said something about an interview." Lorelai responds, "she was checking to make sure you and Georgia would be there tomorrow."
"Oh God!" Rory exclaims, "the interview, I completely forgot about it. I knew it was coming up but with everything I completely forgot."
"They left a number to call if you are canceling, if not your appointment is tomorrow at three o'clock sharp."
Rory sighs, "I have to go get Georgia, we have to go to the mall, I have to find her something to wear."
"I'm sure she has something to wear." Lorelai offers, "or we could throw something together for her."
Rory shakes her head, "we need to go shopping, besides maybe it will make her less upset with me."
"I could take her." Lorelai suggests, "you spent the whole day at the hospital, and you haven't had any rest. Take the night off."
"No," Rory shakes her head, "it's fine, I can take her. You worked all day too."
"It's fine, she's at Lane's right? It'll be fun, relaxing." Lorelai states, "just get some rest."
Rory finally consents, "if you're sure."
"I'm positive." Lorelai responds, "Luke's staying over again tonight."
Rory raises her eyebrows at her mother, "all right."
Lorelai grins at her daughter, "it's all going faster than I imagined it could."
"Well it's been a long process for the rest of us." Rory responds, "it took you guys most of my life to get together so you better stay that way."
Lorelai laughs at her daughters comment but then changes the topic, "all right, well get some rest and I will see you later."
Half an hour later Rory was planted on the couch unwilling to think about anything but the mindless television show in front of her, when the doorbell rang. Hoisting herself up she curses whoever it is at the door for disrupting her rest but she pulls the door open just the same to reveal Dean standing there with a pizza box, a bag from Doosey's and a stack of movies.
"Dean what are you doing here?"
"Your mom called me actually, she said you had the house to yourself and could either use company or the food." Dean responds, "so I brought both and you can take whatever you want."
Rory thinks for a minute, part of her would rather have the house to herself but some company did sound all right, for awhile at least. "Come in Dean."
"I don't have to, if you want to be alone."
"Come in Dean." Rory repeats.
"So your Mom says you may be staying in Stars Hollow." Dean comments once they have settled down with the pizza.
"She's going around telling people then?" Rory asks.
"She just thought that I could be an impartial person for you to talk it over with."
"She wants me to go back to New York."
"So you're staying?"
"No."
"You're not staying."
"No."
"Then what are you doing Rory?"
"I don't know anymore." Rory sighs dropping her now unappealing pizza back into the box. "I thought I had it all figured out, even when Georgia moved in with me it barely fazed me I was just going with the flow. But coming back her made me realize I wasn't going with the flow I was going throw the motions of being all right, and that I haven't known what I want for a long time, and now isn't any different."
"You've been through a lot in the last couple of days. In a respect your mother is right about how you shouldn't stay in Stars Hollow because of Jess' accident, but it's still your choice to make."
"I love Jess." Rory states simply, "I don't think I've ever stopped loving him, I've just shoved it so far out of my thoughts that I didn't realize it. But coming back here made me realize that despite everything I do love Jess and I don't know if I can loose him again, I almost lost him and it made me realize that I shouldn't loose what I could have."
"So then stay."
"Jess doesn't want me to," Rory confides, "he doesn't want me to give up my life for him."
"Maybe he's right, but it's your life to give up." Dean points out.
"That's what I keep telling everyone, but it doesn't seem to get through to them."
"You'll figure it out." Dean assures, "but I think I will let you get some rest, I know you've been non-stop for the last couple of days and I'm sure you are on the verge of exhaustion. Give me a call after the interview tomorrow, I'd like to take you to dinner."
"Really?" Rory asks, dinner sounded nice.
"If you want."
"I do," Rory nods.
"Good," Dean offers Rory a warm platonic hug before he walks out of the house.
Thinking that she could finally relax the phone rings, "hello?"
"Rory, it's your grandmother," Emily's voice is slightly less than confident when speaking to Rory.
"Hi Grandma," Rory suddenly feels bad for snapping at her grandmother the night before.
"Is your mother around?"
"Actually she took Georgia shopping."
"For what?" Emily asks.
"She has an interview at that private school tomorrow," Rory responds.
"I thought you weren't putting her in that school in New York?"
"I'm still not sure what I'm doing, she needs to at least go to the interview." Rory states firmly.
"Well I think that's smart." Emily assures, "keep your options open, you don't need to make all your decisions right now. Anyway could you have your mother call me, I wish to speak to her about having a meeting at her inn."
"I'll have her call you." Rory assures Emily before hanging up and heading to her room, where she disconnected the phone and was instantly asleep.
"I don't want to go this stupid interview." Georgia's words wake Rory up the next morning.
"It's just an interview," Lorelai is assuring Georgia, "I'm sure it won't take long."
"But I don't wanna go to this stupid school!" Georgia's pout is audible in her voice.
Rory stretches out on the bed and finally sits up, she hadn't even heard Georgia come in the night before and glancing at the cot by her bed it's obvious that Georgia hadn't slept in the bedroom again. Rory had fallen sound asleep still clothed so she slips into out of her bedroom and into the kitchen where Luke is making breakfast and Lorelai and Georgia are squared off. "Morning Rory." Luke greets.
"Rory, can I please not go to this interview?" Georgia asks, obviously over her vendetta about not being able to spend the night at Donny's.
"You have to go to the interview." Rory responds as she graciously accepts a cup of coffee from Luke, who Luke's just as exhausted as she had felt before a long night sleep. "What is your insurance company saying?"
"The fire department found that there was some wiring problems with the new contractor that just rewired some things for me last month." Luke responds. "My insurance company has talked to the electricians lawyer and they have agreed to pay for all damages, including any medical treatment Jess will need."
Rory nods, "that's good news at least."
"It doesn't help Jess anything though," Luke's frustrations surfaces in his voice, "that damn beam Taylor said I need to make building code saved Jess life, it's the only thing that kept him from burning in the fire."
Lorelai lays a gentle hand on Luke's arm, "Jess will be all right."
Georgia nods solemnly, "uh-huh, he'll be okay. Teague said that the only way he survived damn good will to live and..."
"Georgia Grace!" Rory exclaims staring stunned at the little girl in front of her.
"What?" Georgia shrugs, "and then Lane said that he only made it out alive for Rory."
These words shock Rory but within seconds she has come out of her shock and her parenting has taken over, "Georgia you don't use words like that."
"Words like what?" Georgia questions.
"Like what you just said."
"Damn?" Georgia asks.
"Yes, don't say it anymore."
"But Luke did." Georgia
Luke looks sheepish, "sorry."
"All right, are you ready to go in?" Rory asks once they are standing in front of the headmasters door.
"Do I have to?" Georgia asks.
"Yes." Rory adjusts Georgia's blonde curls and her new dress.
"Then I'm ready." Georgia shuffles her feet as she follows Rory in.
"Hello," the headmaster is an older man, who reminds Rory of her headmaster from high school. "You must be Georgia Hayden, and her sister Lorelai Gilmore?"
Rory nods, "that's correct."
"Oops." Georgia turns an innocent smile on Rory as the headmasters face goes red, a pool of coffee spreading across his desk.
Rory covers her face with her hands unwilling to watch the anger on the headmaster's face, "I'm sorry headmaster, we'll see ourselves out."
On the next Gilmore Girls:
"Rory come on we have to go to the hospital." Lorelai rushes into the kitchen.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Jess' doctor has some news, but Jess wants you to be there before the doctor gives him the news."
Jess takes a deep breath, "with this news I think we need to talk about the future, about us."
"Rory there was a message on the machine for you," Lorelai states when Rory walks into the house later that day, no less tired than she had been the day before.
"Who from?" Rory asks, to tired to keep up the motions of being angry with her mother.
"That school of Georgia's, Bright Academy or whatever." Lorelai responds.
"What did they want?" Rory asks.
"The woman said something about an interview." Lorelai responds, "she was checking to make sure you and Georgia would be there tomorrow."
"Oh God!" Rory exclaims, "the interview, I completely forgot about it. I knew it was coming up but with everything I completely forgot."
"They left a number to call if you are canceling, if not your appointment is tomorrow at three o'clock sharp."
Rory sighs, "I have to go get Georgia, we have to go to the mall, I have to find her something to wear."
"I'm sure she has something to wear." Lorelai offers, "or we could throw something together for her."
Rory shakes her head, "we need to go shopping, besides maybe it will make her less upset with me."
"I could take her." Lorelai suggests, "you spent the whole day at the hospital, and you haven't had any rest. Take the night off."
"No," Rory shakes her head, "it's fine, I can take her. You worked all day too."
"It's fine, she's at Lane's right? It'll be fun, relaxing." Lorelai states, "just get some rest."
Rory finally consents, "if you're sure."
"I'm positive." Lorelai responds, "Luke's staying over again tonight."
Rory raises her eyebrows at her mother, "all right."
Lorelai grins at her daughter, "it's all going faster than I imagined it could."
"Well it's been a long process for the rest of us." Rory responds, "it took you guys most of my life to get together so you better stay that way."
Lorelai laughs at her daughters comment but then changes the topic, "all right, well get some rest and I will see you later."
Half an hour later Rory was planted on the couch unwilling to think about anything but the mindless television show in front of her, when the doorbell rang. Hoisting herself up she curses whoever it is at the door for disrupting her rest but she pulls the door open just the same to reveal Dean standing there with a pizza box, a bag from Doosey's and a stack of movies.
"Dean what are you doing here?"
"Your mom called me actually, she said you had the house to yourself and could either use company or the food." Dean responds, "so I brought both and you can take whatever you want."
Rory thinks for a minute, part of her would rather have the house to herself but some company did sound all right, for awhile at least. "Come in Dean."
"I don't have to, if you want to be alone."
"Come in Dean." Rory repeats.
"So your Mom says you may be staying in Stars Hollow." Dean comments once they have settled down with the pizza.
"She's going around telling people then?" Rory asks.
"She just thought that I could be an impartial person for you to talk it over with."
"She wants me to go back to New York."
"So you're staying?"
"No."
"You're not staying."
"No."
"Then what are you doing Rory?"
"I don't know anymore." Rory sighs dropping her now unappealing pizza back into the box. "I thought I had it all figured out, even when Georgia moved in with me it barely fazed me I was just going with the flow. But coming back her made me realize I wasn't going with the flow I was going throw the motions of being all right, and that I haven't known what I want for a long time, and now isn't any different."
"You've been through a lot in the last couple of days. In a respect your mother is right about how you shouldn't stay in Stars Hollow because of Jess' accident, but it's still your choice to make."
"I love Jess." Rory states simply, "I don't think I've ever stopped loving him, I've just shoved it so far out of my thoughts that I didn't realize it. But coming back here made me realize that despite everything I do love Jess and I don't know if I can loose him again, I almost lost him and it made me realize that I shouldn't loose what I could have."
"So then stay."
"Jess doesn't want me to," Rory confides, "he doesn't want me to give up my life for him."
"Maybe he's right, but it's your life to give up." Dean points out.
"That's what I keep telling everyone, but it doesn't seem to get through to them."
"You'll figure it out." Dean assures, "but I think I will let you get some rest, I know you've been non-stop for the last couple of days and I'm sure you are on the verge of exhaustion. Give me a call after the interview tomorrow, I'd like to take you to dinner."
"Really?" Rory asks, dinner sounded nice.
"If you want."
"I do," Rory nods.
"Good," Dean offers Rory a warm platonic hug before he walks out of the house.
Thinking that she could finally relax the phone rings, "hello?"
"Rory, it's your grandmother," Emily's voice is slightly less than confident when speaking to Rory.
"Hi Grandma," Rory suddenly feels bad for snapping at her grandmother the night before.
"Is your mother around?"
"Actually she took Georgia shopping."
"For what?" Emily asks.
"She has an interview at that private school tomorrow," Rory responds.
"I thought you weren't putting her in that school in New York?"
"I'm still not sure what I'm doing, she needs to at least go to the interview." Rory states firmly.
"Well I think that's smart." Emily assures, "keep your options open, you don't need to make all your decisions right now. Anyway could you have your mother call me, I wish to speak to her about having a meeting at her inn."
"I'll have her call you." Rory assures Emily before hanging up and heading to her room, where she disconnected the phone and was instantly asleep.
"I don't want to go this stupid interview." Georgia's words wake Rory up the next morning.
"It's just an interview," Lorelai is assuring Georgia, "I'm sure it won't take long."
"But I don't wanna go to this stupid school!" Georgia's pout is audible in her voice.
Rory stretches out on the bed and finally sits up, she hadn't even heard Georgia come in the night before and glancing at the cot by her bed it's obvious that Georgia hadn't slept in the bedroom again. Rory had fallen sound asleep still clothed so she slips into out of her bedroom and into the kitchen where Luke is making breakfast and Lorelai and Georgia are squared off. "Morning Rory." Luke greets.
"Rory, can I please not go to this interview?" Georgia asks, obviously over her vendetta about not being able to spend the night at Donny's.
"You have to go to the interview." Rory responds as she graciously accepts a cup of coffee from Luke, who Luke's just as exhausted as she had felt before a long night sleep. "What is your insurance company saying?"
"The fire department found that there was some wiring problems with the new contractor that just rewired some things for me last month." Luke responds. "My insurance company has talked to the electricians lawyer and they have agreed to pay for all damages, including any medical treatment Jess will need."
Rory nods, "that's good news at least."
"It doesn't help Jess anything though," Luke's frustrations surfaces in his voice, "that damn beam Taylor said I need to make building code saved Jess life, it's the only thing that kept him from burning in the fire."
Lorelai lays a gentle hand on Luke's arm, "Jess will be all right."
Georgia nods solemnly, "uh-huh, he'll be okay. Teague said that the only way he survived damn good will to live and..."
"Georgia Grace!" Rory exclaims staring stunned at the little girl in front of her.
"What?" Georgia shrugs, "and then Lane said that he only made it out alive for Rory."
These words shock Rory but within seconds she has come out of her shock and her parenting has taken over, "Georgia you don't use words like that."
"Words like what?" Georgia questions.
"Like what you just said."
"Damn?" Georgia asks.
"Yes, don't say it anymore."
"But Luke did." Georgia
Luke looks sheepish, "sorry."
"All right, are you ready to go in?" Rory asks once they are standing in front of the headmasters door.
"Do I have to?" Georgia asks.
"Yes." Rory adjusts Georgia's blonde curls and her new dress.
"Then I'm ready." Georgia shuffles her feet as she follows Rory in.
"Hello," the headmaster is an older man, who reminds Rory of her headmaster from high school. "You must be Georgia Hayden, and her sister Lorelai Gilmore?"
Rory nods, "that's correct."
"Oops." Georgia turns an innocent smile on Rory as the headmasters face goes red, a pool of coffee spreading across his desk.
Rory covers her face with her hands unwilling to watch the anger on the headmaster's face, "I'm sorry headmaster, we'll see ourselves out."
On the next Gilmore Girls:
"Rory come on we have to go to the hospital." Lorelai rushes into the kitchen.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Jess' doctor has some news, but Jess wants you to be there before the doctor gives him the news."
Jess takes a deep breath, "with this news I think we need to talk about the future, about us."
