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A/N: Post Nag Hammadi.........
Chapter 1: Scientific Research
Rory
'No, don't walk away! You've just said the biggest - the most critical thing you could have ever said.'
Jess
There are many things I wish I didn't do or say, but I had to, so I did.
What's my reason, you may ask?
I don't know if I have one, aside from the fact that I really do feel that way. But I have to live with the pain and sorrow I'd inflicted her.
So I'm leaving. But I said it. And I meant it.
Rory
I can't believe he's just walking awa- what's that?
No- no.
I can't cry. Not here at least. Not ever! Too many times...... I've cried too many times. If you love me, stay!
Jess
Walking away was the worst thing I could do, but I had to.
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Jess hops into his car slowly and pulls it out from its space.
He had barely made it out of the kooky town when the goddamn car broke down again!
'Damnit Gypsy! Jesus would it kill this stupid town to get someone to fix a goddamn car?!'
Jess got out of the car and slammed the door shut.
He started walking back into town where Gypsy would get one hell of an ear full.
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Rory dragged herself back to her house and plopped herself in bed. She glanced around her room and fell quickly to sleep.
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By the time Jess had reached Stars Hollow it was well into the night and the festival was over. But where would he go? He figured he would sleep on a bench somewhere. But first he would need to make a pit stop.
From her window, he watched her sleep. She looked so tired and calm. She lay in a vast pit of darkness, consecrating the night for its quietness.
He turned and left. He walked to the center of the town to a bench outside the gazebo. He lay on it for a while, as he looked up into the night. He starred into the sky.
Speckles of fiery light splashed and spread carelessly across the sky. Such a sight!
He then stood and walked to the gazebo and laid on the bench.
He too fell fast asleep. Cursing the day to come.
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She had a hard time waking up and accepting the fact that he was gone.
He was gone.
Simple as that.
But it was hard to comprehend.
It just was.
Her mom had come home late, but she didn't notice since she was well into her sleep.
She pulled herself out of bed and walked groggily to the kitchen. Lorelai was sitting at the table reading In Style magazine.
"Hey hon, sleep well?" Lorelai asked.
She nodded as a reply and said, "How was your night?"
"Well, it was okay, not as fun with out you though."
"Sorry," Rory said.
Lorelai shook her head and said, "It's okay....... Oh yea! Luke's sister gave me ear rings."
"That was nice."
Lorelai nodded and said, "Yeah, she seemed nice, too bad she had to go so soon."
"Mm."
Lorelai sat there, taking in the different look in her daughter's eyes and tone.
"So, how was your night?" Lorelai asked.
Rory's head shot up and said, "Well, it was quite eventful, I guess."
"What did Taylor do?" Lorelai said.
Rory smiled and said, "Kept his distance," Lorelai smiled, but Rory added, "After he saw Jess come up to me." And both their smiles faded.
"Aw what happened hon?" Lorelai asked.
Rory shook her head and said, "Nothing." She felt her heart being pinned. Something DID happen, it was one of the biggest things in her life, next to Yale.
But she wouldn't admit it; she couldn't even admit it to herself. How could she admit it to her mother?
Lorelai looked closely at Rory and dropped it as she said, "Okay....... Luke's?"
Rory nodded and said, "Gimme a minute."
Lorelai nodded and Rory walked to her room to change.
In a matter of minutes Rory came out and joined Lorelai as they walked to Luke's.
They were walking in the middle of the town square.
Lorelai was yammering on and on about Jason and Rory would smile and nod every now and then. Lorelai never saw the distracted look in Rory's eyes.
Looking around the town, Rory noticed someone sleeping in the gazebo.
She let go as some- "Hey who's that sleeping in the gazebo?" Lorelai asked.
"Dunno....... Troubadour?" Rory said.
"Mm- mm, he has a house on peach," Lorelai said.
"Huh," Rory said. She would have slapped her mouth shut if it weren't for her mothers stare. She watched as Rory flinched right after she said that word.
That one word that is forbidden to be used, simply because he said it.
'I wonder if I'll ever see him again....... I wonder what I'd do if I saw him again.....' Rory thought.
Lorelai led Rory into Luke's with a last minute glance back at the person sleeping in the gazebo.
'Taylor's gonna have a fiiiiittt!!' Lorelai sang thoughtfully in her head.
"Lukey!" Lorelai shouted.
"Lorelai be quiet! And never call me Lukey again!" Luke said; coming around the counter to a table by the window the two women had seated themselves at.
"Duly noted," Lorelai said, shedding off her coat.
"So, what'll ya have?" Luke asked.
"Mm, coffee and wait! Today's danish day isn't it?" Lorelai said.
Luke sighed and responded with, "That it is, so coffee and a danish?"
Lorelai nodded.
"Same for you?" Luke asked Rory. But her focus wasn't on their conversation, but the sleeping figure at the gazebo.
"Rory?" Lorelai asked.
"Oh sorry, yes I'll have the same," she covered, flowing out of her trance.
Luke nodded and walked away.
As soon as Luke left, Lorelai said, "You sure you're feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Rory said, completely lying through her teeth. But who could tell? Only he could. Only he could tell if she was lying like a rug. Everyone just wasn't as good at that as he was. He took the cake, figuratively speaking.
Luke brought back two coffees and two danishes. Just as Luke was walking away, Lorelai's phone went off.
Luke pointed to the door and said, "Out," but Lorelai gave him big eyes and he only rolled his eyes and walked away.
"Hey Sook, what's up?" Lorelai said into the phone. "Oh! That's not good! No tell him to wait! Tell him I'll be there in like 5 minutes......... no! He can't do that!......... you're right, he can.......... Ahuh........ Well I'll be there as soon as I can............. Yeah, I promise...... I know, I know........ Okay, see you there........" and with that Lorelai hung up her phone.
She looked at Rory apologetically and said, "I'm sorry hun, but I gotta go sign some paper work. I'll see you later?"
Rory nodded and Lorelai waved to her, goodbye.
Rory sighed as she finished off her coffee and left money on the table and walked out of the diner.
The person from the gazebo was gone.
'Now that's a little creepy,' Rory thought.
She walked to the bridge. When she got there, she pulled a book out of her coat pocket and began to read. Only, she couldn't read. Rory stared back into the lake and thought, 'I wonder how deep this lake is........' She stood and walked across the bridge and found a long stick. She went back to her seat and poke through the water. 'Longer than the stick,' she thought.
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Jess woke up with a crappy crick in his neck.
He walked to Gypsy's.
'Good she's open!' Jess thought. He stormed up to her garage and knocked loudly.
"Oh, you again," Gypsy said.
"Yeah, me again," Jess responded.
"What do you want?" Gypsy asked, getting irritated.
"I asked you to fix my goddamn car!"
"I did! What do you thin I did the whole time, twiddle mah thumbs? I don thin so!" Gypsy said, heavy in her accent.
"Well you must have because I have a car pulled over on the road, just outside this hell hole of a town!"
"Fine! So where is the hunk o junk?"
Jess just blinked.
"I just told you!"
"Oh right, right, I'll call a towing truck,"
"And this'll cost how much?"
Under her breath Gypsy murmured, "Free."
Jess put his hand to his ear and said, "Hmm? I couldn't hear you!"
"Free! Now get outta mah face before I do something I'll regret!"
"And we wouldn't want that, now would we," Jess briskly replied.
Gypsy gave him a warning stare and he just walked away.
Jess walked around and since he knew that no one else knew he was here he went to the bridge for safety.
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Rory laid on the bridge, poking the water with the stick, watching it ripple.
She soon her footsteps on the wooden platform and said, with out looking up, "Uh, scientific research, come back later."
He laughed and said, "What do we have on our hands here doctor? Algae problems?"
"Jess," she breathed out.
"Hey," was all he said.
Spotlight's on me.
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A/N: Post Nag Hammadi.........
Chapter 1: Scientific Research
Rory
'No, don't walk away! You've just said the biggest - the most critical thing you could have ever said.'
Jess
There are many things I wish I didn't do or say, but I had to, so I did.
What's my reason, you may ask?
I don't know if I have one, aside from the fact that I really do feel that way. But I have to live with the pain and sorrow I'd inflicted her.
So I'm leaving. But I said it. And I meant it.
Rory
I can't believe he's just walking awa- what's that?
No- no.
I can't cry. Not here at least. Not ever! Too many times...... I've cried too many times. If you love me, stay!
Jess
Walking away was the worst thing I could do, but I had to.
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Jess hops into his car slowly and pulls it out from its space.
He had barely made it out of the kooky town when the goddamn car broke down again!
'Damnit Gypsy! Jesus would it kill this stupid town to get someone to fix a goddamn car?!'
Jess got out of the car and slammed the door shut.
He started walking back into town where Gypsy would get one hell of an ear full.
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Rory dragged herself back to her house and plopped herself in bed. She glanced around her room and fell quickly to sleep.
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By the time Jess had reached Stars Hollow it was well into the night and the festival was over. But where would he go? He figured he would sleep on a bench somewhere. But first he would need to make a pit stop.
From her window, he watched her sleep. She looked so tired and calm. She lay in a vast pit of darkness, consecrating the night for its quietness.
He turned and left. He walked to the center of the town to a bench outside the gazebo. He lay on it for a while, as he looked up into the night. He starred into the sky.
Speckles of fiery light splashed and spread carelessly across the sky. Such a sight!
He then stood and walked to the gazebo and laid on the bench.
He too fell fast asleep. Cursing the day to come.
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She had a hard time waking up and accepting the fact that he was gone.
He was gone.
Simple as that.
But it was hard to comprehend.
It just was.
Her mom had come home late, but she didn't notice since she was well into her sleep.
She pulled herself out of bed and walked groggily to the kitchen. Lorelai was sitting at the table reading In Style magazine.
"Hey hon, sleep well?" Lorelai asked.
She nodded as a reply and said, "How was your night?"
"Well, it was okay, not as fun with out you though."
"Sorry," Rory said.
Lorelai shook her head and said, "It's okay....... Oh yea! Luke's sister gave me ear rings."
"That was nice."
Lorelai nodded and said, "Yeah, she seemed nice, too bad she had to go so soon."
"Mm."
Lorelai sat there, taking in the different look in her daughter's eyes and tone.
"So, how was your night?" Lorelai asked.
Rory's head shot up and said, "Well, it was quite eventful, I guess."
"What did Taylor do?" Lorelai said.
Rory smiled and said, "Kept his distance," Lorelai smiled, but Rory added, "After he saw Jess come up to me." And both their smiles faded.
"Aw what happened hon?" Lorelai asked.
Rory shook her head and said, "Nothing." She felt her heart being pinned. Something DID happen, it was one of the biggest things in her life, next to Yale.
But she wouldn't admit it; she couldn't even admit it to herself. How could she admit it to her mother?
Lorelai looked closely at Rory and dropped it as she said, "Okay....... Luke's?"
Rory nodded and said, "Gimme a minute."
Lorelai nodded and Rory walked to her room to change.
In a matter of minutes Rory came out and joined Lorelai as they walked to Luke's.
They were walking in the middle of the town square.
Lorelai was yammering on and on about Jason and Rory would smile and nod every now and then. Lorelai never saw the distracted look in Rory's eyes.
Looking around the town, Rory noticed someone sleeping in the gazebo.
She let go as some- "Hey who's that sleeping in the gazebo?" Lorelai asked.
"Dunno....... Troubadour?" Rory said.
"Mm- mm, he has a house on peach," Lorelai said.
"Huh," Rory said. She would have slapped her mouth shut if it weren't for her mothers stare. She watched as Rory flinched right after she said that word.
That one word that is forbidden to be used, simply because he said it.
'I wonder if I'll ever see him again....... I wonder what I'd do if I saw him again.....' Rory thought.
Lorelai led Rory into Luke's with a last minute glance back at the person sleeping in the gazebo.
'Taylor's gonna have a fiiiiittt!!' Lorelai sang thoughtfully in her head.
"Lukey!" Lorelai shouted.
"Lorelai be quiet! And never call me Lukey again!" Luke said; coming around the counter to a table by the window the two women had seated themselves at.
"Duly noted," Lorelai said, shedding off her coat.
"So, what'll ya have?" Luke asked.
"Mm, coffee and wait! Today's danish day isn't it?" Lorelai said.
Luke sighed and responded with, "That it is, so coffee and a danish?"
Lorelai nodded.
"Same for you?" Luke asked Rory. But her focus wasn't on their conversation, but the sleeping figure at the gazebo.
"Rory?" Lorelai asked.
"Oh sorry, yes I'll have the same," she covered, flowing out of her trance.
Luke nodded and walked away.
As soon as Luke left, Lorelai said, "You sure you're feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Rory said, completely lying through her teeth. But who could tell? Only he could. Only he could tell if she was lying like a rug. Everyone just wasn't as good at that as he was. He took the cake, figuratively speaking.
Luke brought back two coffees and two danishes. Just as Luke was walking away, Lorelai's phone went off.
Luke pointed to the door and said, "Out," but Lorelai gave him big eyes and he only rolled his eyes and walked away.
"Hey Sook, what's up?" Lorelai said into the phone. "Oh! That's not good! No tell him to wait! Tell him I'll be there in like 5 minutes......... no! He can't do that!......... you're right, he can.......... Ahuh........ Well I'll be there as soon as I can............. Yeah, I promise...... I know, I know........ Okay, see you there........" and with that Lorelai hung up her phone.
She looked at Rory apologetically and said, "I'm sorry hun, but I gotta go sign some paper work. I'll see you later?"
Rory nodded and Lorelai waved to her, goodbye.
Rory sighed as she finished off her coffee and left money on the table and walked out of the diner.
The person from the gazebo was gone.
'Now that's a little creepy,' Rory thought.
She walked to the bridge. When she got there, she pulled a book out of her coat pocket and began to read. Only, she couldn't read. Rory stared back into the lake and thought, 'I wonder how deep this lake is........' She stood and walked across the bridge and found a long stick. She went back to her seat and poke through the water. 'Longer than the stick,' she thought.
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Jess woke up with a crappy crick in his neck.
He walked to Gypsy's.
'Good she's open!' Jess thought. He stormed up to her garage and knocked loudly.
"Oh, you again," Gypsy said.
"Yeah, me again," Jess responded.
"What do you want?" Gypsy asked, getting irritated.
"I asked you to fix my goddamn car!"
"I did! What do you thin I did the whole time, twiddle mah thumbs? I don thin so!" Gypsy said, heavy in her accent.
"Well you must have because I have a car pulled over on the road, just outside this hell hole of a town!"
"Fine! So where is the hunk o junk?"
Jess just blinked.
"I just told you!"
"Oh right, right, I'll call a towing truck,"
"And this'll cost how much?"
Under her breath Gypsy murmured, "Free."
Jess put his hand to his ear and said, "Hmm? I couldn't hear you!"
"Free! Now get outta mah face before I do something I'll regret!"
"And we wouldn't want that, now would we," Jess briskly replied.
Gypsy gave him a warning stare and he just walked away.
Jess walked around and since he knew that no one else knew he was here he went to the bridge for safety.
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Rory laid on the bridge, poking the water with the stick, watching it ripple.
She soon her footsteps on the wooden platform and said, with out looking up, "Uh, scientific research, come back later."
He laughed and said, "What do we have on our hands here doctor? Algae problems?"
"Jess," she breathed out.
"Hey," was all he said.
Spotlight's on me.
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