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Summary: We get to know Tara a little more and find out a little more about Jess' past. Sort of a filler chapter, but please read anyway!
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He pushed her away and grabbed her arms, sitting her back down on the stool. "You're drunk." She smiled sheepishly. "Stay here." He went in the back. She pulled out a cigarette and lit up. She took a couple of drags and sighed, she didn't know why she smoked...it had always been a big puzzle to her. Maybe it was because Jess did...or because...well she didn't know.
Jess finally came back out with a glass full of something disgusting looking. "Here. Drink up." He said as he shoved the glass in front of her and took the cigarette away from her and threw it out a window. *Luckily there aren't many people left in the diner to witness her insane craziness and drinking habits....and mine.* Jess thought.
"Hey! That's mine!" She yelled.
"No smoking in the diner or Luke will have your right thumb. Trust me." He held up his right hand and hid his thumb to prove his point.
"Ha-ha you're just so funny."
"And serious." He pointed to the glass sternly. She almost picked up the glass but decided to make a bargain with him.
"I'll drink this, if you drink a shot of this." She pulled out a bottle of tequila and a small shot glass.
"Nope." He pushed it away.
"Ok, then I won't drink this." She pointed to the juice in front of her.
"But you NEED to drink that."
"Well, you NEED to drink this!" She pushed the bottle in front of him. "Common. Where's my big brother gone to? He's in there somewhere ain't he?" She started poking him to "try and find the real him" until he finally gave in.
"Stop it." He heaved and poured himself a shot and drank it. Lorelai and Rory watched in shock.
"YAY!" The girl squealed. "There he is!" She pointed at him and he slapped her hand down.
"Now, you drink that." He pointed to her glass.
"All right all right." She took a swig and puked it out all over Jess. "EW! This is sickkk.!!" Jess seemed unfazed by this whole thing. He took a close pin and put it on her nose and tipped her head back, pouring in the thick disgusting liquid. The girl started choking and gagging but he continued pouring it down her throat. He seemed so concentrated and concerned and careful. He was finally done. "That was disgusting!" She yelled. "What's the point of that crap again? I forgot."
"It's to clean your system completely of the alcohol." He replied, taking the glass and putting it in the sink.
"How's it gonna do that?" She asked obviously having forgotten.
"You'll see in about...." He looked at his watch. "One minute." He smirked. A minute later she started gagging.
"Jess..." She whimpered. "Where's..."
"Upstairs." He winked at her and watched her run upstairs yelling.
"I hate you!" He laughed, remembering the good times when that used to happen about everynight...except they BOTH would be hovered over the toilet. Rory motioned for Jess to come over. He was still chuckling.
"Who's that?" The two girls asked at the same time.
"That would be my little sister, Tara." He replied.
"I didn't know you had a sister..." Rory was shocked he had never told her....
"Yeah. I know. She's two years younger than me....in case you were wondering." The two girls looked at each other.
"Ok."
"I gotta go change." He pointed to his shirt that had a good amount of puke down the front and headed upstairs. A few minutes later, he came back clad in a brown collared shirt with a blue shirt on underneath it.
20 MINUTES LATER
Lorelai and Rory were talking to Luke and Jess was wiping down one of the counters when Tara finally came back down, her face completely pale. She was holding her head and trying to fix her hair that had fallen down. She sat back down at the stool she had been in before and put her head down. "Did I mention that I hate you?" She asked. He slipped her two pills and a glass of water and she sat up and looked at them.
"They're for that massive hang over you're going to have in about ten minutes." She nodded, knowingly. He actually missed this. Taking care of his little sister when she got drunk. He remembered the first time she had done it. He had actually told her not to but it's not like she was going to listen to him. It was back when she was fourteen and he had been doing things like drugs and going to parties, always getting in trouble. She asked him if she could come with them one night and he had said no, but she kept begging and begging until he finally gave in.
~FLASHBACK~
"All right, jeez. Common." She squealed in delight and threw her arms around her brother's neck. He peeled her off of him and the group went to the party.
"This is great!" She yelled over the loud music.
"Yeah, spectacular." He replied sarcastically. He was actually getting kind of bored with these parties. They were all the same. You get drunk, then you get laid-it was as simple as that. He used to think it was great, but now he wasn't so sure he liked it anymore.
"I'm goin to the bar." She stated as she went and sat on one of the stools. Jess sighed and came over to her.
"What do you think you're doin? You're fourteen, you can't just-"
"Yes, I can! They don't check ID's here, that's why we come here, remember? I mean, you're sixteen and you still drink, right?"
"Yeah, but-" she drank the shot that was placed before her. She made a disgusted face but asked for another anyway and then she asked for another and then another. "Tara cut it out!" He took the last one from her and held it away. "No more!" He yelled sternly.
"Just let me have a little fun, Jessy!" He hated it when she called him that.
"I already did. Besides you'll throw up your insides if you drink any more of that stuff." He sighed. "Let's go." He pulled at her arm but she jerked away.
"I'm fourteen, Jess. I can do what I want."
"Oh, please, Tara! You're FOURTEEN! You can't do stuff like this!" He yelled, not believing his sister was going to turn out like him.
"Whatever. Do me a favor and don't talk to me for the rest of the night." She walked away. He looked down at the glass he was holding. He looked up and then back down and drank it. Just then, Tara came back, seeing the sad look on her big brother's face. "Jessy...just trust me, ok? I won't get into any trouble. I just want to have a little bit of fun." He nodded and watched her go. She began dancing with some guy that was obviously looking for a one night stand. This was almost too much for Jess-watching his little sister dance seductively with a guy like that....it made him sick to his stomach.
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When they finally got home that night, Jess and Tara were both completely wasted. Jess had finally just given up and drank a couple rounds with his buddies....well maybe a little more than a COUPLE. "Jess, do you know how to make one of those...drinks...ya know...?" She slurred and he thought about it for a minute and nodded.
"Yep." He stumbled into the kitchen and fixed two drinks for each of them. A drink that would clean their systems and he put a little something extra in to help them sleep. "Here we go. Made it special myself." He handed her one glass and they held the glasses high in the air. "To...not being wasted tomorrow!" They clanged their glasses together and fell asleep on the couch not too long after.
~END FLASHBACK~
"Ok-I'm feelin the hang over now." Her voice broke his thoughts. "Ow...ow ow ow." She held her head and he just smiled at her. "Don't look at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Like 'ha-ha you got a hang over and I don't.'" He smiled at her again.
"Come on." He led her upstairs and then came back down to three people staring intently at him.
"What?"
"Who is that?" Luke asked, annoyed that some girl was up in his apartment without his permission.
"Luke, you don't even know you're own niece?" Jess asked astonished.
"That's Tara? Please tell me you're kidding." He begged.
"Nope."
"Great. Another delinquent in my house, this is just GREAT!"
"Luke, calm down. I don't even know how long she's stayin. I think she's just chillin out here for awhile." Luke nodded and thought for a moment.
"Ok, but if she starts actin like you-one of you is leavin. Got it, dear nephew of mine?" Jess nodded and went back to wiping down tables. Rory waved to Jess as she and Lorelai left.
"Bye, Jess!" He looked up and waved quickly before going back to work.
THAT NIGHT
"So, is uncle Luke gonna let me stay?" Jess jumped and almost fell off of his bed at the sound of her voice. He quickly gathered himself and answered.
"Um, yeah. For a little while....." He looked up from his book. "what are you doin here, Tara...in Stars Hollow. I mean, seriously. It's not that I'm not happy to see you or anything, but I would kind of like to know if there's some ulterior motive for this little visit of yours." She plopped down on his bed.
"Well, I came here because I missed you...and other reasons are my own."
"Tara, we used to tell each other everything. Come on, you can tell me." She crawled up towards him and placed her head on his chest and he put his arm around her.
"Let's just....sit here for a little while, ok?" He sighed, realizing he wasn't going to get an answer out of her. Once she made up her mind about something, she was stubborn and kept to it.
"Ok." He gave in.
"Read to me?" He smiled down at her.
"Yeah." He opened The Great Gatsby and began reading. He knew it was one of her favorite books. "'Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy's running around alone, for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsby's party. Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness-it stands out in my memory of Gatsby's other parties that summer.' "
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Luke walked in and found Jess and Tara asleep with a book laying on Jess' chest. He smiled at the two, who obviously had a connection of some kind. They understood each other. Someone that understood Jess? Go figure....he didn't know Tara that well, but by the looks of her clothes....maybe he didn't want to get to know her. *stop judging! She's your niece! She could be nice!* Luke yelled at himself.
GILMORE'S
"Hey, Ror. What'd you think of Jess' little sis? Slutty, huh?" Rory laughed a little but stopped short.
"Mom...I don't think we should judge her quite yet."
"But sweetie, we saw how she dressed and she was drunk when she came to STARS HOLLOW!"
"That doesn't mean she's a slut. Let's just give her a chance." Lorelai nodded approvingly and they went back to watching T.V.
"So...I saw you and Jess talkin today." Lorelai turned and watched her daughter blush slightly before smiling and looking down.
"Yeah...we did. He's really not that bad, ya know? He helped me a lot when Dean broke up with me."
"I know. You told me." Rory smiled.
"Just making sure you knew." Rory mumbled. The two girls smiled at one another and went back to watching T.V. Rory's thoughts weren't on what they were watching though. They were on Jess and his little sister.
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Summary: We get to know Tara a little more and find out a little more about Jess' past. Sort of a filler chapter, but please read anyway!
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He pushed her away and grabbed her arms, sitting her back down on the stool. "You're drunk." She smiled sheepishly. "Stay here." He went in the back. She pulled out a cigarette and lit up. She took a couple of drags and sighed, she didn't know why she smoked...it had always been a big puzzle to her. Maybe it was because Jess did...or because...well she didn't know.
Jess finally came back out with a glass full of something disgusting looking. "Here. Drink up." He said as he shoved the glass in front of her and took the cigarette away from her and threw it out a window. *Luckily there aren't many people left in the diner to witness her insane craziness and drinking habits....and mine.* Jess thought.
"Hey! That's mine!" She yelled.
"No smoking in the diner or Luke will have your right thumb. Trust me." He held up his right hand and hid his thumb to prove his point.
"Ha-ha you're just so funny."
"And serious." He pointed to the glass sternly. She almost picked up the glass but decided to make a bargain with him.
"I'll drink this, if you drink a shot of this." She pulled out a bottle of tequila and a small shot glass.
"Nope." He pushed it away.
"Ok, then I won't drink this." She pointed to the juice in front of her.
"But you NEED to drink that."
"Well, you NEED to drink this!" She pushed the bottle in front of him. "Common. Where's my big brother gone to? He's in there somewhere ain't he?" She started poking him to "try and find the real him" until he finally gave in.
"Stop it." He heaved and poured himself a shot and drank it. Lorelai and Rory watched in shock.
"YAY!" The girl squealed. "There he is!" She pointed at him and he slapped her hand down.
"Now, you drink that." He pointed to her glass.
"All right all right." She took a swig and puked it out all over Jess. "EW! This is sickkk.!!" Jess seemed unfazed by this whole thing. He took a close pin and put it on her nose and tipped her head back, pouring in the thick disgusting liquid. The girl started choking and gagging but he continued pouring it down her throat. He seemed so concentrated and concerned and careful. He was finally done. "That was disgusting!" She yelled. "What's the point of that crap again? I forgot."
"It's to clean your system completely of the alcohol." He replied, taking the glass and putting it in the sink.
"How's it gonna do that?" She asked obviously having forgotten.
"You'll see in about...." He looked at his watch. "One minute." He smirked. A minute later she started gagging.
"Jess..." She whimpered. "Where's..."
"Upstairs." He winked at her and watched her run upstairs yelling.
"I hate you!" He laughed, remembering the good times when that used to happen about everynight...except they BOTH would be hovered over the toilet. Rory motioned for Jess to come over. He was still chuckling.
"Who's that?" The two girls asked at the same time.
"That would be my little sister, Tara." He replied.
"I didn't know you had a sister..." Rory was shocked he had never told her....
"Yeah. I know. She's two years younger than me....in case you were wondering." The two girls looked at each other.
"Ok."
"I gotta go change." He pointed to his shirt that had a good amount of puke down the front and headed upstairs. A few minutes later, he came back clad in a brown collared shirt with a blue shirt on underneath it.
20 MINUTES LATER
Lorelai and Rory were talking to Luke and Jess was wiping down one of the counters when Tara finally came back down, her face completely pale. She was holding her head and trying to fix her hair that had fallen down. She sat back down at the stool she had been in before and put her head down. "Did I mention that I hate you?" She asked. He slipped her two pills and a glass of water and she sat up and looked at them.
"They're for that massive hang over you're going to have in about ten minutes." She nodded, knowingly. He actually missed this. Taking care of his little sister when she got drunk. He remembered the first time she had done it. He had actually told her not to but it's not like she was going to listen to him. It was back when she was fourteen and he had been doing things like drugs and going to parties, always getting in trouble. She asked him if she could come with them one night and he had said no, but she kept begging and begging until he finally gave in.
~FLASHBACK~
"All right, jeez. Common." She squealed in delight and threw her arms around her brother's neck. He peeled her off of him and the group went to the party.
"This is great!" She yelled over the loud music.
"Yeah, spectacular." He replied sarcastically. He was actually getting kind of bored with these parties. They were all the same. You get drunk, then you get laid-it was as simple as that. He used to think it was great, but now he wasn't so sure he liked it anymore.
"I'm goin to the bar." She stated as she went and sat on one of the stools. Jess sighed and came over to her.
"What do you think you're doin? You're fourteen, you can't just-"
"Yes, I can! They don't check ID's here, that's why we come here, remember? I mean, you're sixteen and you still drink, right?"
"Yeah, but-" she drank the shot that was placed before her. She made a disgusted face but asked for another anyway and then she asked for another and then another. "Tara cut it out!" He took the last one from her and held it away. "No more!" He yelled sternly.
"Just let me have a little fun, Jessy!" He hated it when she called him that.
"I already did. Besides you'll throw up your insides if you drink any more of that stuff." He sighed. "Let's go." He pulled at her arm but she jerked away.
"I'm fourteen, Jess. I can do what I want."
"Oh, please, Tara! You're FOURTEEN! You can't do stuff like this!" He yelled, not believing his sister was going to turn out like him.
"Whatever. Do me a favor and don't talk to me for the rest of the night." She walked away. He looked down at the glass he was holding. He looked up and then back down and drank it. Just then, Tara came back, seeing the sad look on her big brother's face. "Jessy...just trust me, ok? I won't get into any trouble. I just want to have a little bit of fun." He nodded and watched her go. She began dancing with some guy that was obviously looking for a one night stand. This was almost too much for Jess-watching his little sister dance seductively with a guy like that....it made him sick to his stomach.
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When they finally got home that night, Jess and Tara were both completely wasted. Jess had finally just given up and drank a couple rounds with his buddies....well maybe a little more than a COUPLE. "Jess, do you know how to make one of those...drinks...ya know...?" She slurred and he thought about it for a minute and nodded.
"Yep." He stumbled into the kitchen and fixed two drinks for each of them. A drink that would clean their systems and he put a little something extra in to help them sleep. "Here we go. Made it special myself." He handed her one glass and they held the glasses high in the air. "To...not being wasted tomorrow!" They clanged their glasses together and fell asleep on the couch not too long after.
~END FLASHBACK~
"Ok-I'm feelin the hang over now." Her voice broke his thoughts. "Ow...ow ow ow." She held her head and he just smiled at her. "Don't look at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Like 'ha-ha you got a hang over and I don't.'" He smiled at her again.
"Come on." He led her upstairs and then came back down to three people staring intently at him.
"What?"
"Who is that?" Luke asked, annoyed that some girl was up in his apartment without his permission.
"Luke, you don't even know you're own niece?" Jess asked astonished.
"That's Tara? Please tell me you're kidding." He begged.
"Nope."
"Great. Another delinquent in my house, this is just GREAT!"
"Luke, calm down. I don't even know how long she's stayin. I think she's just chillin out here for awhile." Luke nodded and thought for a moment.
"Ok, but if she starts actin like you-one of you is leavin. Got it, dear nephew of mine?" Jess nodded and went back to wiping down tables. Rory waved to Jess as she and Lorelai left.
"Bye, Jess!" He looked up and waved quickly before going back to work.
THAT NIGHT
"So, is uncle Luke gonna let me stay?" Jess jumped and almost fell off of his bed at the sound of her voice. He quickly gathered himself and answered.
"Um, yeah. For a little while....." He looked up from his book. "what are you doin here, Tara...in Stars Hollow. I mean, seriously. It's not that I'm not happy to see you or anything, but I would kind of like to know if there's some ulterior motive for this little visit of yours." She plopped down on his bed.
"Well, I came here because I missed you...and other reasons are my own."
"Tara, we used to tell each other everything. Come on, you can tell me." She crawled up towards him and placed her head on his chest and he put his arm around her.
"Let's just....sit here for a little while, ok?" He sighed, realizing he wasn't going to get an answer out of her. Once she made up her mind about something, she was stubborn and kept to it.
"Ok." He gave in.
"Read to me?" He smiled down at her.
"Yeah." He opened The Great Gatsby and began reading. He knew it was one of her favorite books. "'Tom was evidently perturbed at Daisy's running around alone, for on the following Saturday night he came with her to Gatsby's party. Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness-it stands out in my memory of Gatsby's other parties that summer.' "
~**~**~
Luke walked in and found Jess and Tara asleep with a book laying on Jess' chest. He smiled at the two, who obviously had a connection of some kind. They understood each other. Someone that understood Jess? Go figure....he didn't know Tara that well, but by the looks of her clothes....maybe he didn't want to get to know her. *stop judging! She's your niece! She could be nice!* Luke yelled at himself.
GILMORE'S
"Hey, Ror. What'd you think of Jess' little sis? Slutty, huh?" Rory laughed a little but stopped short.
"Mom...I don't think we should judge her quite yet."
"But sweetie, we saw how she dressed and she was drunk when she came to STARS HOLLOW!"
"That doesn't mean she's a slut. Let's just give her a chance." Lorelai nodded approvingly and they went back to watching T.V.
"So...I saw you and Jess talkin today." Lorelai turned and watched her daughter blush slightly before smiling and looking down.
"Yeah...we did. He's really not that bad, ya know? He helped me a lot when Dean broke up with me."
"I know. You told me." Rory smiled.
"Just making sure you knew." Rory mumbled. The two girls smiled at one another and went back to watching T.V. Rory's thoughts weren't on what they were watching though. They were on Jess and his little sister.
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A/N: HEY! Ok, I need more reviews, ok? It keeps me inspired and i'm not feeling all that inspired right now because of the lack of reviews! So PLEASE PLEASE review!!!