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"Jess...."
"No."
"Jess.....!!!" She pleaded.
"Ok, did I say 'no' or have I just been saying it over and over in my head instead of outloud, 'cause see-I get confused so easily." She smacked him playfully on the arm.
"Jerk." She paused dramatically. "PLEASE!!!!!"
"No, Tara, I am NOT introducing you to that guy, because a) you just got here yesterday and you can't seriously already be trying to find a boyfriend, b) I don't even know the guy myself so it would be weird for me to introduce you two, and c) you know that you would corrupt him, right? I mean look at him. He's gotta be pretty innocent."
"Oh yeah? Why do you think that? He doesn't have to be innocent!"
"But look at him! And besides the fact that he's from Stars Hollow!" She sighed, defeated.
"But...what if I want to change? Huh? What if I want to see different types of guys?" He thought for a moment and looked for the sincerity in his little sister's eyes.
"Then...I would have to say three little words to you."
"I love you? Oh Jess-"
"Load. Of. Crap."
"You think I'm lying?"
"It's what you're best at."
"I learned if from you!" She countered, seeming pleased with her comeback.
"Whatever."
"Ha! I win!" She threw her hands up in the air. Her cellphone rang and she quickly answered it. "Hello? Yeah this is she." Two girls walked in and sat a stool away from Tara and Jess.
"Huh, looks like we're the first one's in here....except for that guy, but we're the first customers that REALLY count! Hey, Jess? Coffee!" Lorelai called. Jess glanced at Tara who was still talking to whoever it was on her phone.
"Yeah, sure." He walked over and got the coffee pot and two mugs, placing them in front of the two girls. "Is this all?" He asked.
"Actually we kind of wanted to meet your sister." Rory chimed in, receiving and odd glance from her mother. Jess also gave her an odd look before looking over at his sister who had just hung up with the person she was talking to.
"Tara, this is Lorelai and Rory Gilmore." Tara looked at Jess and smirked.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you...finally." She muttered. Jess had obviously heard and chuckled a little. Tara stuck out her hand to the two girls, shaking each of their hands one at a time.
"So what brings you here?"
"To Stars Hollow, she means." Rory finished.
"Jess, I guess."
"HA! You rhymed!" Lorelai cheered.
"I think that's worth a dime..."
"What do you think about those chimes?"
"Have you ever thought about being a mime?" Lorelai and Rory giggled together as Tara looked at Jess.
"You two are weeeird." Jess said as he gave them some more coffee.Tara gave one last look at Jess and ran out the door which caused the two girls to stop laughing immediately.
"Um...is anyone else confused?" Lorelai asked. Jess kept his gaze on his sister who was walking down the sidewalk, her arms wrapped around herself protectively and her head down. "Jess-" he was already out the door.
"Lorelai! Lorelai!" The two girls turned around.
"Uh...Sookie? What's wrong?" Sookie held her breath for a moment then let it back out slowly to calm her breathing.
"Jonah!"
"And the whale?" Lorelai asked, trying to figure out what was wrong with her friend.
"No! Jonah-Jackson's step brother's third cousin is comming to visit!" Lorelai and Rory stared in confusion.
"And..."
"And...I've never met him before! What do I cook!?! What do I do! I've never met any of Jackson's relatives before!"
"Sook, calm down. It's sort of a distant cousin right? So maybe his oppinion won't matter so much."
"What are you saying? Are you saying he's going to have a bad oppinion of me? I can't believe this! My best friend!"
"Umm...I mean he'll have an oppinion of you and if his relative is weird and stupid then he might have a bad opinion and therefore maybe because he so distant it won't mean as much......I didn't mean anything by it!"
"Ah, I need coffee. Luke!"
GAZEBO
He stuffed his hands in his pockets and sauntered up the stairs, seeing his sister sitting there looking very much alone. "Need some company?" His voice made her look up slightly and then back down, shaking her head. "Common, you never denied me before..." He took his seat next to her and she scooted away from him. "What's wrong with you? We were fine just a second ago, now you hate me?" She shook her head again. "Look at me." She turned her head further away from him. "Tara Mariano, look at me right now." He feigned seriousness, but there was something in his voice that made Tara turn towards him anyway. He saw the tears in his little sister's eyes that were bound to spill over at any minute. "Hey, what's wrong?" His voice became more soothing and concerned at the look on her face. One tear fell down her cheeks and landed on her plaid skirt. Another one began to fall but she quickly wiped it away, smearing her eccesive amount of make-up in the progress. She never cried, so this was highly unusual. "Tara-"
"I want that." He stopped short and looked at her with a confused look.
"What?"
"I want what they have."
"Want what who has?"
"Them...Lorelai and Rory. They have the perfect mother-daughter relationship. I WANT that, Jess." She sniffed, holding back her tears. She chuckled a little at herself. "This is so stupid. I NEVER cry and when I do, it's over the absolute stupidest things." She continued laughing, receiving a confused look from her brother. Her laughter grew louder and weirder and he wondered if she had been drinking again.
"Are you drunk?" He questioned.
"No." She answered quietly, suddenly stopping her insane laughter that had been over nothing.
"I know you want a good relationship with Liz and Jimmy, Tara." He said aloud. "Cuz I would too." She stared at him out of the corner of her eye and then played with the fray at the hem of her skirt.
~**~**~**~A FEW DAYS LATER-BRIDGE
Rory walked along the bridge, not even noticing someone sitting there. She was so lost in the beauty of the day. She finally looked down. "Jess, sorry I didn't mean to-"
"It's ok, you can stay." He smirked at her.
"Where's your tag-a-long?" She asked, a smile tugging at her lips.
"She's my sister, not my tag-a-long and she's helping Luke out at the diner today...paying her dues if you know what I mean." Rory nodded.
"Jess...I know I shouldn't ask this, but...I mean, I didn't even know you had a sister, then all of a sudden, you do and I'm so confused....what happened?"
"You don't want to know. It's not that interesting."
"Come on. Tell me. I won't....I dunno laugh or....whatever you think I'm gonna do." He sighed, took a deep breath and began talking. Much to Rory's surprise.
"When my dad left, I was about six, Tara was 4 and he took her with him. I kept in contact with her for awhile and she was always trying to be like me and stuff. She came and visited me and my mom but I never visited her. I hate my dad, always will. Anyway, when she was ten, she moved in with us because my dad would have his friends over all the time and they would always...ya know....do stuff to her...make her uncomfortable-anyway. So she moved in with me and my mom. Been there ever since....until now."
"Wow, I didn't even know all of that was going on....I never knew that about your dad. I'm sorry."
"Yeah, well Tara's never really been the same, that's why I'm not pushin her to go back."
"I thought your mom sent her here."
"Apparently not. She said she was passing through...whatever that means, she's fifteen. She can't do like a travel around wherever you want thing. I dunno."
"So, why did she run off the other day?"
"Oh...she was just upset about something. It's...not a big deal." He stood up. "So, how's things with Dean?" She laughed lightly as she stood up.
"Oh, yes, my boyfriend, Dean."
"Ex-boyfriend." He corrected.
"Nope, he's my boyfriend." Jess could have sworn he heard her wrong.
"Sorry, could you say that again?" She chuckled a little.
"Dean and I made up, I told him I was the jerk and it was all my fault and that I would never do it again." Jess couldn't even believe his ears! This was insane! "Jess?" This was unreal. He swallowed his disappointment and smirked.
"I thought you seemed eerily happy today."
"Yeah, well."
"I mean, God forbid you have any fun without his permission. Good thing you apologized." His comment was dripping with sarcasm, taking Rory by surprise.
"Excuse me?"
"Rory, you told me everything that happened. You told me how you got drunk and all that crap that you don't usually do, but may I remind you, that he's the one who took you to that party and told you to loosen up." She stared at him blankly. "Don't apologize for having fun."
"Jess, I cheated on him."
"I know you did."
"So why are you still saying it's his fault?"
"I'm not saying that part was his fault, but I guess all I'm saying is that if he had such a problem with you dancing with other guys, than maybe he shouldn't have let you get drunk, and maybe he shouldn't have let you dance with any of them in the first place." She contemplated for a moment.
"Jess, I know that where you come from, cheating on your girlfriend or boyfriend is not such a big deal, but here-it is."
"What do you mean where I come from?"
"From New York. From things I've seen, in movies and stuff-"
"Rory, Rory. That's the movies. It's different. Sure that kind of stuff happens but it's not always to that extreme."
"Right. Anyways, Dean and I are back together now and we are quite happy." She gave him her most convincing smile and walked past him.
"Funny." She stopped, but did not turn around. "I seem to remember you saying that you were only with him last time because he was nice...and that you didn't really like him." She whirled around.
"Well, I do like him! In fact, I love him! I admit, I wasn't too fond of dating him on a regular basis in the first place, but I have grown to love him." She whirled back around and started off.
"You shouldn't have to grow to love someone. It should just happen, Rory." She heard him, but still did not turn around. He sighed and walked towards the diner, even though that's where she'd gone. Rory knew that she was only with Dean because that's what her mother wanted and that's what the town expected of her.
When Jess walked in, Lorelai and Rory were sitting at one of the tables, and Rory had her head down. She looked deep I thought and he hoped that maybe she was thinking about what he said. His eyes fell on Tara who was carrying a heavy box out from the storage area. He hurried over and took it from her, lifting it effortlessly. "Jeez, you make that look so easy." She said, wiping sweat off of her forehead. He gave her a strange look.
"If you think that's heavy, you need to work more." He chuckled and took the pad from her pocket and the pen from behind her ear. "I'll take over from here." She grabbed both items back from him.
"No, I got it." She smiled and went over to a table of jocks that never came in there. *wonder why they all of a sudden got an urge to come to Luke's Diner.* he thought sarcastically. He looked at his sister. He was used to her skimpy clothing but for some reason, it seemed even more revealing than usual...maybe it was because she was in this town, where no one would even dare dress like that. She was wearing short jean shorts, with a shirt that came up to her navel and had a neckline that was further down than most of the women's in the room. He chuckled as he watched the jocks drooling over his sister. *Poor Tara. Stupid jocks.* Tara bent over and the guys all tried to sneak a peak, but she snapped up quickly. Lorelai and Rory watched from a distance, greatly amused. Tara came back over to Jess with a gigantic grin on her face.
"I love doing that!" He laughed harder and glanced at Rory who was still smiling at his sister's little show. "Hey, can you get the Gilmore's over there. I kind of got my hands full." She asked as she gestured towards the three plates of food that she was trying to balance. He fidgeted nervously.
"Uh, yeah, sure." He took a notepad and pen and went over to their tables. "Hey, what can I get you?"
"Cheese fries, a burger with no lettuce or tomato and coffee." He wrote it down and looked at Rory awaiting her response. "Rory...earth to Rory!" She snapped her fingers in front of her daughter's face.
"What? Oh...uhh same as my mom."
"Ok." He sped off, thankful that he didn't have to stand in that awkward fest any longer than he had to.
"SO what was that about?" Lorelai asked her daughter who seemed to be fidgeting and she also noticed that Jess had been to.
"What do you mean?"
"You and Jess. I thought you guys were ya know...friends or something....and that was not a friendish sort of vibe, that was an awkward kind of vibe."
"Yeah, well, we had sort of a weird conversation earlier. About me and Dean. It was weird."
"What about you and Dean? Is he jealous or just being Jess? 'Cause if I remember correctly, he used to have a crush on you." Rory blushed but tried so hard not to.
"Oh yeah that's it." She replied sarcastically as a cover up for her previous blush. "No, he just said.....well it's actually not important what he said because he was wrong." Lorelai sensed that Rory didn't want to talk about it so she let it slide...for now.
"Oh well, as long as you know you're right. Because a Gilmore is NEVER wrong." This got a smile out of Rory. Tara brought over their food.
"Here ya go." Lorelai grabbed Tara's arm as she started to leave.
"So you're Jess' sister?"
"Um, yeah. I really should-" she tried to leave again.
"No, no! Sit! Sit!" Lorelai scooted over to make room for Tara.
"Well, I guess I could stay for a minute."
"Great! Now tell us something about that brother of yours!" Lorelai grinned evilly.
"Umm, like what?"
"Anything! Just make it juicy!"
"Umm...Ya know, I can't think of any. Hey....Rory right?" Rory nodded.
"You wanna come upstairs and watch some T.V. Or something?" Rory was a little surprised by the offer.
"uhh...sure, is that ok mom?"
"Of course! Have fun! Oh and Tara, try and come up with a good story by the end of your stay, ok?" Tara smiled and nodded and the two girls headed upstairs.
APARTMENT
As they entered the room, Jess was laying on his bed reading. "Jess! Hey!" She ran over and sat on the bed with him, giving him a hug. Rory stood at the doorway awkwardly. "Come on in!" Rory's eyes shifted to the ground.
"Actually, I've got to go. Lane and I are suppose to hang out. I totally forgot. Sorry." She smiled and glanced at Jess. "I'll see you guys later." She left as quickly as possible to avoid any confrontation with Jess......Tara looked at her brother who shifted uncomfortably and went back to reading.
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A/N: Hello! I hope you liked this chapter! I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with Tara. Should I have her leave soon or actually have her stay for awhile....i'm still debating....anyway! Please review....really! I'm serious I love it when you guys review! It makes my heart happy :)
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"Jess...."
"No."
"Jess.....!!!" She pleaded.
"Ok, did I say 'no' or have I just been saying it over and over in my head instead of outloud, 'cause see-I get confused so easily." She smacked him playfully on the arm.
"Jerk." She paused dramatically. "PLEASE!!!!!"
"No, Tara, I am NOT introducing you to that guy, because a) you just got here yesterday and you can't seriously already be trying to find a boyfriend, b) I don't even know the guy myself so it would be weird for me to introduce you two, and c) you know that you would corrupt him, right? I mean look at him. He's gotta be pretty innocent."
"Oh yeah? Why do you think that? He doesn't have to be innocent!"
"But look at him! And besides the fact that he's from Stars Hollow!" She sighed, defeated.
"But...what if I want to change? Huh? What if I want to see different types of guys?" He thought for a moment and looked for the sincerity in his little sister's eyes.
"Then...I would have to say three little words to you."
"I love you? Oh Jess-"
"Load. Of. Crap."
"You think I'm lying?"
"It's what you're best at."
"I learned if from you!" She countered, seeming pleased with her comeback.
"Whatever."
"Ha! I win!" She threw her hands up in the air. Her cellphone rang and she quickly answered it. "Hello? Yeah this is she." Two girls walked in and sat a stool away from Tara and Jess.
"Huh, looks like we're the first one's in here....except for that guy, but we're the first customers that REALLY count! Hey, Jess? Coffee!" Lorelai called. Jess glanced at Tara who was still talking to whoever it was on her phone.
"Yeah, sure." He walked over and got the coffee pot and two mugs, placing them in front of the two girls. "Is this all?" He asked.
"Actually we kind of wanted to meet your sister." Rory chimed in, receiving and odd glance from her mother. Jess also gave her an odd look before looking over at his sister who had just hung up with the person she was talking to.
"Tara, this is Lorelai and Rory Gilmore." Tara looked at Jess and smirked.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you...finally." She muttered. Jess had obviously heard and chuckled a little. Tara stuck out her hand to the two girls, shaking each of their hands one at a time.
"So what brings you here?"
"To Stars Hollow, she means." Rory finished.
"Jess, I guess."
"HA! You rhymed!" Lorelai cheered.
"I think that's worth a dime..."
"What do you think about those chimes?"
"Have you ever thought about being a mime?" Lorelai and Rory giggled together as Tara looked at Jess.
"You two are weeeird." Jess said as he gave them some more coffee.Tara gave one last look at Jess and ran out the door which caused the two girls to stop laughing immediately.
"Um...is anyone else confused?" Lorelai asked. Jess kept his gaze on his sister who was walking down the sidewalk, her arms wrapped around herself protectively and her head down. "Jess-" he was already out the door.
"Lorelai! Lorelai!" The two girls turned around.
"Uh...Sookie? What's wrong?" Sookie held her breath for a moment then let it back out slowly to calm her breathing.
"Jonah!"
"And the whale?" Lorelai asked, trying to figure out what was wrong with her friend.
"No! Jonah-Jackson's step brother's third cousin is comming to visit!" Lorelai and Rory stared in confusion.
"And..."
"And...I've never met him before! What do I cook!?! What do I do! I've never met any of Jackson's relatives before!"
"Sook, calm down. It's sort of a distant cousin right? So maybe his oppinion won't matter so much."
"What are you saying? Are you saying he's going to have a bad oppinion of me? I can't believe this! My best friend!"
"Umm...I mean he'll have an oppinion of you and if his relative is weird and stupid then he might have a bad opinion and therefore maybe because he so distant it won't mean as much......I didn't mean anything by it!"
"Ah, I need coffee. Luke!"
GAZEBO
He stuffed his hands in his pockets and sauntered up the stairs, seeing his sister sitting there looking very much alone. "Need some company?" His voice made her look up slightly and then back down, shaking her head. "Common, you never denied me before..." He took his seat next to her and she scooted away from him. "What's wrong with you? We were fine just a second ago, now you hate me?" She shook her head again. "Look at me." She turned her head further away from him. "Tara Mariano, look at me right now." He feigned seriousness, but there was something in his voice that made Tara turn towards him anyway. He saw the tears in his little sister's eyes that were bound to spill over at any minute. "Hey, what's wrong?" His voice became more soothing and concerned at the look on her face. One tear fell down her cheeks and landed on her plaid skirt. Another one began to fall but she quickly wiped it away, smearing her eccesive amount of make-up in the progress. She never cried, so this was highly unusual. "Tara-"
"I want that." He stopped short and looked at her with a confused look.
"What?"
"I want what they have."
"Want what who has?"
"Them...Lorelai and Rory. They have the perfect mother-daughter relationship. I WANT that, Jess." She sniffed, holding back her tears. She chuckled a little at herself. "This is so stupid. I NEVER cry and when I do, it's over the absolute stupidest things." She continued laughing, receiving a confused look from her brother. Her laughter grew louder and weirder and he wondered if she had been drinking again.
"Are you drunk?" He questioned.
"No." She answered quietly, suddenly stopping her insane laughter that had been over nothing.
"I know you want a good relationship with Liz and Jimmy, Tara." He said aloud. "Cuz I would too." She stared at him out of the corner of her eye and then played with the fray at the hem of her skirt.
~**~**~**~A FEW DAYS LATER-BRIDGE
Rory walked along the bridge, not even noticing someone sitting there. She was so lost in the beauty of the day. She finally looked down. "Jess, sorry I didn't mean to-"
"It's ok, you can stay." He smirked at her.
"Where's your tag-a-long?" She asked, a smile tugging at her lips.
"She's my sister, not my tag-a-long and she's helping Luke out at the diner today...paying her dues if you know what I mean." Rory nodded.
"Jess...I know I shouldn't ask this, but...I mean, I didn't even know you had a sister, then all of a sudden, you do and I'm so confused....what happened?"
"You don't want to know. It's not that interesting."
"Come on. Tell me. I won't....I dunno laugh or....whatever you think I'm gonna do." He sighed, took a deep breath and began talking. Much to Rory's surprise.
"When my dad left, I was about six, Tara was 4 and he took her with him. I kept in contact with her for awhile and she was always trying to be like me and stuff. She came and visited me and my mom but I never visited her. I hate my dad, always will. Anyway, when she was ten, she moved in with us because my dad would have his friends over all the time and they would always...ya know....do stuff to her...make her uncomfortable-anyway. So she moved in with me and my mom. Been there ever since....until now."
"Wow, I didn't even know all of that was going on....I never knew that about your dad. I'm sorry."
"Yeah, well Tara's never really been the same, that's why I'm not pushin her to go back."
"I thought your mom sent her here."
"Apparently not. She said she was passing through...whatever that means, she's fifteen. She can't do like a travel around wherever you want thing. I dunno."
"So, why did she run off the other day?"
"Oh...she was just upset about something. It's...not a big deal." He stood up. "So, how's things with Dean?" She laughed lightly as she stood up.
"Oh, yes, my boyfriend, Dean."
"Ex-boyfriend." He corrected.
"Nope, he's my boyfriend." Jess could have sworn he heard her wrong.
"Sorry, could you say that again?" She chuckled a little.
"Dean and I made up, I told him I was the jerk and it was all my fault and that I would never do it again." Jess couldn't even believe his ears! This was insane! "Jess?" This was unreal. He swallowed his disappointment and smirked.
"I thought you seemed eerily happy today."
"Yeah, well."
"I mean, God forbid you have any fun without his permission. Good thing you apologized." His comment was dripping with sarcasm, taking Rory by surprise.
"Excuse me?"
"Rory, you told me everything that happened. You told me how you got drunk and all that crap that you don't usually do, but may I remind you, that he's the one who took you to that party and told you to loosen up." She stared at him blankly. "Don't apologize for having fun."
"Jess, I cheated on him."
"I know you did."
"So why are you still saying it's his fault?"
"I'm not saying that part was his fault, but I guess all I'm saying is that if he had such a problem with you dancing with other guys, than maybe he shouldn't have let you get drunk, and maybe he shouldn't have let you dance with any of them in the first place." She contemplated for a moment.
"Jess, I know that where you come from, cheating on your girlfriend or boyfriend is not such a big deal, but here-it is."
"What do you mean where I come from?"
"From New York. From things I've seen, in movies and stuff-"
"Rory, Rory. That's the movies. It's different. Sure that kind of stuff happens but it's not always to that extreme."
"Right. Anyways, Dean and I are back together now and we are quite happy." She gave him her most convincing smile and walked past him.
"Funny." She stopped, but did not turn around. "I seem to remember you saying that you were only with him last time because he was nice...and that you didn't really like him." She whirled around.
"Well, I do like him! In fact, I love him! I admit, I wasn't too fond of dating him on a regular basis in the first place, but I have grown to love him." She whirled back around and started off.
"You shouldn't have to grow to love someone. It should just happen, Rory." She heard him, but still did not turn around. He sighed and walked towards the diner, even though that's where she'd gone. Rory knew that she was only with Dean because that's what her mother wanted and that's what the town expected of her.
When Jess walked in, Lorelai and Rory were sitting at one of the tables, and Rory had her head down. She looked deep I thought and he hoped that maybe she was thinking about what he said. His eyes fell on Tara who was carrying a heavy box out from the storage area. He hurried over and took it from her, lifting it effortlessly. "Jeez, you make that look so easy." She said, wiping sweat off of her forehead. He gave her a strange look.
"If you think that's heavy, you need to work more." He chuckled and took the pad from her pocket and the pen from behind her ear. "I'll take over from here." She grabbed both items back from him.
"No, I got it." She smiled and went over to a table of jocks that never came in there. *wonder why they all of a sudden got an urge to come to Luke's Diner.* he thought sarcastically. He looked at his sister. He was used to her skimpy clothing but for some reason, it seemed even more revealing than usual...maybe it was because she was in this town, where no one would even dare dress like that. She was wearing short jean shorts, with a shirt that came up to her navel and had a neckline that was further down than most of the women's in the room. He chuckled as he watched the jocks drooling over his sister. *Poor Tara. Stupid jocks.* Tara bent over and the guys all tried to sneak a peak, but she snapped up quickly. Lorelai and Rory watched from a distance, greatly amused. Tara came back over to Jess with a gigantic grin on her face.
"I love doing that!" He laughed harder and glanced at Rory who was still smiling at his sister's little show. "Hey, can you get the Gilmore's over there. I kind of got my hands full." She asked as she gestured towards the three plates of food that she was trying to balance. He fidgeted nervously.
"Uh, yeah, sure." He took a notepad and pen and went over to their tables. "Hey, what can I get you?"
"Cheese fries, a burger with no lettuce or tomato and coffee." He wrote it down and looked at Rory awaiting her response. "Rory...earth to Rory!" She snapped her fingers in front of her daughter's face.
"What? Oh...uhh same as my mom."
"Ok." He sped off, thankful that he didn't have to stand in that awkward fest any longer than he had to.
"SO what was that about?" Lorelai asked her daughter who seemed to be fidgeting and she also noticed that Jess had been to.
"What do you mean?"
"You and Jess. I thought you guys were ya know...friends or something....and that was not a friendish sort of vibe, that was an awkward kind of vibe."
"Yeah, well, we had sort of a weird conversation earlier. About me and Dean. It was weird."
"What about you and Dean? Is he jealous or just being Jess? 'Cause if I remember correctly, he used to have a crush on you." Rory blushed but tried so hard not to.
"Oh yeah that's it." She replied sarcastically as a cover up for her previous blush. "No, he just said.....well it's actually not important what he said because he was wrong." Lorelai sensed that Rory didn't want to talk about it so she let it slide...for now.
"Oh well, as long as you know you're right. Because a Gilmore is NEVER wrong." This got a smile out of Rory. Tara brought over their food.
"Here ya go." Lorelai grabbed Tara's arm as she started to leave.
"So you're Jess' sister?"
"Um, yeah. I really should-" she tried to leave again.
"No, no! Sit! Sit!" Lorelai scooted over to make room for Tara.
"Well, I guess I could stay for a minute."
"Great! Now tell us something about that brother of yours!" Lorelai grinned evilly.
"Umm, like what?"
"Anything! Just make it juicy!"
"Umm...Ya know, I can't think of any. Hey....Rory right?" Rory nodded.
"You wanna come upstairs and watch some T.V. Or something?" Rory was a little surprised by the offer.
"uhh...sure, is that ok mom?"
"Of course! Have fun! Oh and Tara, try and come up with a good story by the end of your stay, ok?" Tara smiled and nodded and the two girls headed upstairs.
APARTMENT
As they entered the room, Jess was laying on his bed reading. "Jess! Hey!" She ran over and sat on the bed with him, giving him a hug. Rory stood at the doorway awkwardly. "Come on in!" Rory's eyes shifted to the ground.
"Actually, I've got to go. Lane and I are suppose to hang out. I totally forgot. Sorry." She smiled and glanced at Jess. "I'll see you guys later." She left as quickly as possible to avoid any confrontation with Jess......Tara looked at her brother who shifted uncomfortably and went back to reading.
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A/N: Hello! I hope you liked this chapter! I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do with Tara. Should I have her leave soon or actually have her stay for awhile....i'm still debating....anyway! Please review....really! I'm serious I love it when you guys review! It makes my heart happy :)