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A/N: Thank you to people who have reviewed thus far.
'Good God! That light is bright!'
"I told you I'd do it sometime!" Yelled Elle, coming around the bed to scream at me yet again about how important it is to wake up on time and get ready for a new day.
"I didn't think you'd do it so soon." Rory rolled over and hugged herself.
Elle came around the bed and hopped in. Rory smiled at her and Elle smiled back. She wondered if what happened last night was a dream. She thought really hard and realized it wasn't.
"Oh yea!" said Elle.
"What?"
"There's a man in the kitchen, making food."
"WHAT?!"
Rory ran out of bed in her pjs. She ran to the kitchen and saw Jess standing there, making breakfast with things she never knew she had. Her mouth hung open as she yelled for Elle. Elle came running in and Rory said, more like yelled, "Didn't I tell you to never let strangers into the house!"
"He said he knew you!" she yelled back.
"I don't care if it's the pope sweetie, you don't let strangers in!"
She crossed her arms and stomped her foot. Rory sighed as she walked over to her and crouched before her. Jess turned to watch.
"I'm sorry for yelling,." she whispered.
"Huh? I couldn't hear you!"
Rory glared at her and yelled it louder, "I'm sorry, for yelling! Now go get ready for school!"
"Fine!" with that, they both walked off into their rooms.
Rory showered and put on a mini skirt with black nylon on and a white shirt with a collar and a knitted white, black and blue top over it. She slipped on her heals and knocked on Elle's door.
"I'm not going to school!"
"Oh yes you are!. Out!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"You can't make me!"
"I can too, I have the keys to your room, you're never safe in this home, when I'm here!"
"What happened to privacy?!"
"You're 6 years old, you don't even know what responsibility is!"
"I do too!"
"Then show that you have some and go to school!"
"No!"
"That's it, I'm getting the keys!"
"Fine!"
"Elle c'mon, we're both going to be late if you don't open up now!"
"I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!"
"Ok, I mean it, I'm going into the kitchen drawer to get those keys!"
"Go ahead!"
"You hid them didn't you?!"
"No, I didn't!"
"I bet you did!"
Rory ran to the kitchen in her heels and almost fell. "Wipe that smart- ass smirk off your face!"
"What smart- ass smirk?" he said turning to her.
"That one!" she said pointing to it.
He shook his head as she ran back to the front of her door.
"You do have the keys!"
"No I don't!!"
"Then why aren't they in the drawer?!"
"Because you said that thieves look in the kitchen instead of looking under mats!!"
Rory stood there, remembering that exact conversation. "Oh yea." she said softly.
Elle opened her door and ran to the kitchen.
"Where are you going?!" Rory said, putting her hands on her hips.
"To eat breakfast and then go to school!!" she said yelling back at her.
"Well I'm not driving you with that attitude!"
"Yes you are! You said that no matter what, I will always have to go to school and that you would take me go unless I was sick!"
"Fine! You eat your breakfast and- and. I give up!! There is no winning with you! You're too smart to be in the first grade!"
"You raised me!"
"I know." said Rory and they walked into the kitchen.
"Okay, next time you hear a knock at the door, you will..?"
"Not answer it."
"I'm glad we have an understanding!"
"Great, now can we eat?!"
"Fine!."
Jess shook his head as he brought a platter of pancakes into the dinning room.
"And you," Rory said pointing to Jess with her fork, "We need to talk." She said as she stuffed her mouth with the pancakes.
"I know." He said nodding. "I'll be back at 3 in the afternoon." he said grabbing his jacket and going out the door.
"Who is that?" said Elle.
"See! You don't even know who that is!"
"So?! He said he knew you!"
"We aren't getting into this again!"
"Fine, hurry up and eat, we're gonna be late!" said Elle.
"Alright!. you know for a 6 year old, you're very persistent!"
"I learned it from you."
"Well." and then they ate.
Rory drove Elle to school and made it by 5 minutes to work.
The day went by fast and Rory realized that it was almost time for Elle to get out of school, so she finished things and left to go to her school. Rory drove down to the elementary school and saw Elle waiting patiently at the steps talking with a few kids. She pointed to Rory as she saw her come in the entrance of the parking lot in her car and waved to a few kids who waved back.
"You're late." Elle said as she dropped her backpack in the back seat.
"I know, I'm sorry." Rory responded while buckling Elle in.
The car started moving and Rory asked Elle about her day. "So how was school?"
"It was fun, today we went to the playground and I got to go on the swings!"
"Really? That sounds like fun."
"It was and then my new friend, Tara played hopscotch with me."
"Wow, you made a new friend?"
"Yup and she real nice!"
"That's great."
They finally got home and Elle went into her room to do her homework. Rory picked up a book from the bookcase and lay on the couch. It's no coincidence that she picked up Howl, by Allen Ginsberg. Rory always thought that book was quite strange, but reading it always gave her a new air of something. The doorbell rang and from the couch Rory shouted, "Friend or foe..?" as she saw the clock on the wall. It was 3:00 and she knew it was Jess.
"It's me."
"Me who?"
"ME!"
"I'm sorry, I don't know a 'me'."
"Quit it Rory, it's me, Jess!"
"Fine, come in if you must."
Rory placed the book on the stomach as she twisted to see Jess come in through the door and sit at the end of the couch.
"Speak!"
"Thanks Rory, I'm not a dog."
"Really? Coulda fooled me, I mean with dogs they run away without notes or goodbyes and come to think of it. the whole male population are like dogs. They drool and bark when you don't want them to."
"I'd like the comparison to stop there please."
"If you insist."
"I insist!"
"So. I heard through the grapevine that we needed to talk. soooo."
"Yes. Rory I don't know what you want me to do. What do I have to do to get you to forgive me?!"
"Well let's see, you can pick up my dry cleaning, pick Elle up from school tomorrow, umm oh! Come ever morning to make breakfast"-
"Seriously Rory c'mon!.. You seem so hyper today!"
"Well when you live with a 6 year old, everyday is hyper day."
"I want a serious and honest answer. What do I have to do?"
"Regain my trust is a great start!"
Jess nodded.
"Then you can pick up my dry cleaning, pick Elle up from school tomorrow, come over tomorrow morning to make breakfast." She saw how serious he looked so she said, "Okay, I was kidding about the dry cleaning and picking Elle up from school tomorrow, but I am serious about u making breakfast." she said hopeful.
He smiled and said, "Sure."
"And hey! Elle and I are free for dinner, maybe dinner too?" she said, her voice filled with hope and her eyes pleading for a day off, or a break.
"Why not." Jess said flailing his arms around.
"Great!. Elle!!" Rory shouted.
"Yea!" she shouted back.
"Could you come out here for a sec.?"
"Sure." Elle came out in the clothes she came home in from school. She looked so adorable. She had her hair all up and her eyes were a mischievous brown.
"Come please.."
Elle came over to the side of the couch were Rory was lying.
"This is a friend of mine, his name is Jess."
Elle waved a small wave. Her fingers were curled and she looked very shy, just like Rory. Jess smiled at her and said, "Hi."
She responded with, "Hi."
This night was going to be very eventful. Hopefully.
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A/N: Thank you to people who have reviewed thus far.
'Good God! That light is bright!'
"I told you I'd do it sometime!" Yelled Elle, coming around the bed to scream at me yet again about how important it is to wake up on time and get ready for a new day.
"I didn't think you'd do it so soon." Rory rolled over and hugged herself.
Elle came around the bed and hopped in. Rory smiled at her and Elle smiled back. She wondered if what happened last night was a dream. She thought really hard and realized it wasn't.
"Oh yea!" said Elle.
"What?"
"There's a man in the kitchen, making food."
"WHAT?!"
Rory ran out of bed in her pjs. She ran to the kitchen and saw Jess standing there, making breakfast with things she never knew she had. Her mouth hung open as she yelled for Elle. Elle came running in and Rory said, more like yelled, "Didn't I tell you to never let strangers into the house!"
"He said he knew you!" she yelled back.
"I don't care if it's the pope sweetie, you don't let strangers in!"
She crossed her arms and stomped her foot. Rory sighed as she walked over to her and crouched before her. Jess turned to watch.
"I'm sorry for yelling,." she whispered.
"Huh? I couldn't hear you!"
Rory glared at her and yelled it louder, "I'm sorry, for yelling! Now go get ready for school!"
"Fine!" with that, they both walked off into their rooms.
Rory showered and put on a mini skirt with black nylon on and a white shirt with a collar and a knitted white, black and blue top over it. She slipped on her heals and knocked on Elle's door.
"I'm not going to school!"
"Oh yes you are!. Out!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"You can't make me!"
"I can too, I have the keys to your room, you're never safe in this home, when I'm here!"
"What happened to privacy?!"
"You're 6 years old, you don't even know what responsibility is!"
"I do too!"
"Then show that you have some and go to school!"
"No!"
"That's it, I'm getting the keys!"
"Fine!"
"Elle c'mon, we're both going to be late if you don't open up now!"
"I DON'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL!"
"Ok, I mean it, I'm going into the kitchen drawer to get those keys!"
"Go ahead!"
"You hid them didn't you?!"
"No, I didn't!"
"I bet you did!"
Rory ran to the kitchen in her heels and almost fell. "Wipe that smart- ass smirk off your face!"
"What smart- ass smirk?" he said turning to her.
"That one!" she said pointing to it.
He shook his head as she ran back to the front of her door.
"You do have the keys!"
"No I don't!!"
"Then why aren't they in the drawer?!"
"Because you said that thieves look in the kitchen instead of looking under mats!!"
Rory stood there, remembering that exact conversation. "Oh yea." she said softly.
Elle opened her door and ran to the kitchen.
"Where are you going?!" Rory said, putting her hands on her hips.
"To eat breakfast and then go to school!!" she said yelling back at her.
"Well I'm not driving you with that attitude!"
"Yes you are! You said that no matter what, I will always have to go to school and that you would take me go unless I was sick!"
"Fine! You eat your breakfast and- and. I give up!! There is no winning with you! You're too smart to be in the first grade!"
"You raised me!"
"I know." said Rory and they walked into the kitchen.
"Okay, next time you hear a knock at the door, you will..?"
"Not answer it."
"I'm glad we have an understanding!"
"Great, now can we eat?!"
"Fine!."
Jess shook his head as he brought a platter of pancakes into the dinning room.
"And you," Rory said pointing to Jess with her fork, "We need to talk." She said as she stuffed her mouth with the pancakes.
"I know." He said nodding. "I'll be back at 3 in the afternoon." he said grabbing his jacket and going out the door.
"Who is that?" said Elle.
"See! You don't even know who that is!"
"So?! He said he knew you!"
"We aren't getting into this again!"
"Fine, hurry up and eat, we're gonna be late!" said Elle.
"Alright!. you know for a 6 year old, you're very persistent!"
"I learned it from you."
"Well." and then they ate.
Rory drove Elle to school and made it by 5 minutes to work.
The day went by fast and Rory realized that it was almost time for Elle to get out of school, so she finished things and left to go to her school. Rory drove down to the elementary school and saw Elle waiting patiently at the steps talking with a few kids. She pointed to Rory as she saw her come in the entrance of the parking lot in her car and waved to a few kids who waved back.
"You're late." Elle said as she dropped her backpack in the back seat.
"I know, I'm sorry." Rory responded while buckling Elle in.
The car started moving and Rory asked Elle about her day. "So how was school?"
"It was fun, today we went to the playground and I got to go on the swings!"
"Really? That sounds like fun."
"It was and then my new friend, Tara played hopscotch with me."
"Wow, you made a new friend?"
"Yup and she real nice!"
"That's great."
They finally got home and Elle went into her room to do her homework. Rory picked up a book from the bookcase and lay on the couch. It's no coincidence that she picked up Howl, by Allen Ginsberg. Rory always thought that book was quite strange, but reading it always gave her a new air of something. The doorbell rang and from the couch Rory shouted, "Friend or foe..?" as she saw the clock on the wall. It was 3:00 and she knew it was Jess.
"It's me."
"Me who?"
"ME!"
"I'm sorry, I don't know a 'me'."
"Quit it Rory, it's me, Jess!"
"Fine, come in if you must."
Rory placed the book on the stomach as she twisted to see Jess come in through the door and sit at the end of the couch.
"Speak!"
"Thanks Rory, I'm not a dog."
"Really? Coulda fooled me, I mean with dogs they run away without notes or goodbyes and come to think of it. the whole male population are like dogs. They drool and bark when you don't want them to."
"I'd like the comparison to stop there please."
"If you insist."
"I insist!"
"So. I heard through the grapevine that we needed to talk. soooo."
"Yes. Rory I don't know what you want me to do. What do I have to do to get you to forgive me?!"
"Well let's see, you can pick up my dry cleaning, pick Elle up from school tomorrow, umm oh! Come ever morning to make breakfast"-
"Seriously Rory c'mon!.. You seem so hyper today!"
"Well when you live with a 6 year old, everyday is hyper day."
"I want a serious and honest answer. What do I have to do?"
"Regain my trust is a great start!"
Jess nodded.
"Then you can pick up my dry cleaning, pick Elle up from school tomorrow, come over tomorrow morning to make breakfast." She saw how serious he looked so she said, "Okay, I was kidding about the dry cleaning and picking Elle up from school tomorrow, but I am serious about u making breakfast." she said hopeful.
He smiled and said, "Sure."
"And hey! Elle and I are free for dinner, maybe dinner too?" she said, her voice filled with hope and her eyes pleading for a day off, or a break.
"Why not." Jess said flailing his arms around.
"Great!. Elle!!" Rory shouted.
"Yea!" she shouted back.
"Could you come out here for a sec.?"
"Sure." Elle came out in the clothes she came home in from school. She looked so adorable. She had her hair all up and her eyes were a mischievous brown.
"Come please.."
Elle came over to the side of the couch were Rory was lying.
"This is a friend of mine, his name is Jess."
Elle waved a small wave. Her fingers were curled and she looked very shy, just like Rory. Jess smiled at her and said, "Hi."
She responded with, "Hi."
This night was going to be very eventful. Hopefully.
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