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"So Tara seems nice enough, don't you think?"
"Yeah, she's really nice." Rory and Lorelai walked home from the diner after breakfast. "I wonder how long she's staying...it's been....two weeks...."
"Yeah....well, what do you want to do today?"
"Whatever you want, I'm all yours."
"What about Dean?"
"He's working today."
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Jess walked along the sidewalk, heading for his favorite place in Stars Hollow, when he saw her.Tara, making out with some guy against a telephone pole. He'd seen her do this before, but that was in New York....this was Stars Hollow and he had to admit, it was a pretty disgusting display. He wondered if he should go over and stop it, but then again, he saw Taylor with a horrified look on his face. Jess laughed and continued walking, but heard someone yell: "Get off him!" And turned around just in time to see a girl throw Tara off of the guy. He knew Tara could take care of herself, but that didn't stop him from running over to her. "You stay away from my boyfriend!" She yelled and stormed away dragging her boyfriend with her. The guy looked back at Tara and gave her a innocent smile.....that's when Jess recognized him.
"Tara! That's the guy from the diner the other day!" He yelled.
"Yep! And he's like the little prince of Stars Hollow High, can you say:score?!" Jess couldn't help but laugh, but then realized the havoc that she had caused. She started to walk off and pulled out a pack of cigarettes and lit up. Jess stared at the mob of people that were forming around the boy that his sister had been kissing asking him if he was all right and if she hurt him. He looked away and ran to catch up with Tara who was heading back to the diner.
"Tara, you can't just do that her, ok? That guy has a girlfriend."
"Right, I know! Ha! Score!" She threw her arms up in the air and waved them around and stopped when she saw Rory kissing some guy in the diner. She stared intently, not once looking away. Jess waved a hand in front of her face.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" He looked in the direction she had been looking and saw Dean and Rory. His heart sank and he looked away.
"I thought...they broke up."
"Well you thought wrong."
"But you said-"
"Well, I was wrong!" He snapped. She felt sorry for him. He still liked or maybe even loved Rory whether he wanted to show it or not. When he had gotten home from Stars Hollow all those years ago, he had talked of no other person but Rory Gilmore-the girl who had won his heart and would keep it for all eternity though he tried so desperately hard to convince himself and others otherwise as time wore on.
"Sorry...someone's touchy. I just didn't they would get back together."
"Well, Rory's life wouldn't be perfect if they hadn't." He replied bitterly. She nodded and they walked into the diner. "I gotta start my shift."
"You want me to get their table?" Tara asked.
"No, I got it." He walked over and pulled out a notepad and pen. "What can I get you?" Rory stared up at him, her eyes large and wondering. She missed him. She missed him more than she had in the past ten years, maybe because now she knew him better and she wanted to continue getting to know him.
"Coke, burger, and fries." Dean replied, noticing Rory's longing look at him. Jess' eyes caught Rory's and she looked away. Jess stood there waiting for her to order. "Rory, I think the guy's waiting for you." She looked up quickly.
"I'll have the same." She said quickly. Jess raised an eyebrow.
"Coke? You want...a coke?" Jess asked almost laughing. Making her nervous in front of her boyfriend was refreshingly entertaining.
"No, I mean, I want coffee instead of coke. You should know that." He nodded and walked away.
"What was that about?" Dean asked.
"He's a jerk." She said almost inaudibly without looking up.
"You said it." Then all of her feelings just sort of fell out right on the table in front of her boyfriend.
"I mean, I thought he was nice! But then he just...he just...thinks he knows everything! He thinks he's got all the answers! He thinks he's ALWAYS right!!!" She finished just as Jess came over with her food. He handed Dean his plate and his coke and then handed Rory her plate.
"Oh, I forgot your coffee..." He went back and brought her coffee. She watched every move he made. How could she be mad at him? He just told her what he thought....it wasn't like he liked her or anything...or trying to get her to break up with Dean right?
"Thanks." She said after he finished pouring her coffee. She took a large drink of it.
"Whoa slow down there, horsey!" Dean said and laughed at her. Jess looked up when he saw the two laughing together, and Tara looked at Jess who was looking and Rory and Dean. She slowly walked over to Rory.
"Hey, Rory!" Dean looked up and saw this beautiful girl before him. Rory looked at him and shifted uncomfortably.
"Hey, Tara...uhh this is my boyfriend, Dean. Dean this is Jess' sister Tara."
"Yeah, I've seen you around school....sometimes. I always wondered who you were."
"Yeah, well, now ya know! So, Rory! You wanna hang out later? I was thinkin about going to see a movie, but it won't be any fun by myself."
"Why don't you ask Jess to go?"
"Well...I don't think he'd wanna go to this movie."
"What movie is it?" Rory questioned.
"Ella Enchanted. It looks really stupid and I want to make fun of it! But Jess said he wouldn't even show his face in that theater...so you wanna come?"
"Umm....sure! What time?"
"Five o'clock ok for you?"
"That sounds perfect!" Rory was excited that she got to spend a little time with Tara...without Jess. No awkwardness! YAY!
"Ok, umm why don't you stop by here at four forty-five and we can stock up on candy and such. Bring a big purse." She winked.
"Sounds like a plan!"
"Ok, see ya later! Bye Dean."
"Bye..." He watched her leave until she was out of sight and then looked back at Rory who had a very unpleasant look on her face. "What?"
"Um, nothing." She looked down at her coffee. "It's nothing..." She muttered, suddenly realizing what it must have been like for Dean to watch her flirt with other guys...and for this she was ashamed even more for her behavior at that party.
FIVE O'CLOCK
"Rory!" Yelled Tara, comming out from the back with an apron on. She greeted her new friend with a warm smile. Tara pulled the curtain away and yelled for Jess to come downstairs. As she was pulling on her jacket, her big brother finally stumbled down the stairs, quite ungracefully. "Ok, me and Rory are goin to see a movie, so take over my shift for me." She threw the apron at him. He looked less than happy.
"Tara, I already worked today! We could have switched shifts if you had told me earlier!"
"Sorry! Love ya lots!" She yelled as she closed the door and walked towards the theater with Rory. "So, how was your day?"
"It was pretty good." Rory looked at Tara as they stood in line for their tickets and realized that this was probably the type of girls that Jess had dated in the past. Beautiful, sexy...she wished she could be like that.
"Jess told me that you and your boyfriend broke up...but then I saw you two together today..and he was flirting with me. By the way, please tell him to stop. Especially if you two are still dating."
"Yeah, well, we're back together. I guess Jess didn't feel the need to mention that..." She felt somewhat relieved that she didn't like Dean flirting with her.
"Hey..." Her eyes started going from side to side, as if she was plotting something. "You wanna do something really really fun?" Rory's eyes lit up a little.
"Well....what did ya have in mind?" Tara smirked.
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She stared at the building blankly. "We're in New York." She stated. "We're in New York." She said again as if she was not able to fathom it.
"Wow, nothin gets by you does it?" Tara pulled on Rory's arm and into the building where loud music was playing. Rory looked around at all the couples dancing and then the smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke hit her like a slap in the face.
"Tara! Hey, babe!" The two girls turned around to see a tall boy with dark black glasses and brown spiky Hair.
"Camdon, how you doin buddy?" She hugged him, throwing her arms around his neck.
"I'm all right, I guess." He looked behind her shoulder at Rory. "Where's Jess?"
"He's...not here tonight. I brought a friend with me instead. Rory Gilmore, this is Camdon Harce, Camdon, this is Rory." He waved at her and then took Tara by the hand, leading her to a table. Tara picked up two glasses and handed one to Rory. "Here."
"What is it?" Tara smirked, *just exactly like Jess* Rory thought.
"Just drink it."
"It's alcohol."
"Man, you're on a role tonight, girly!" Tara punched Rory in the shoulder and drank half her glass in one gulp. "Common, Rory! Tonight, there's no one here to scold you, no one to put you down, you can do whatever you want and NO ONE has to know! Because I ain't gonna tell nobody! Jess told me what happened with Dean, and you should get to have fun every now and then and if he has a problem with it...just do it behind his back! Tonight is your night, Ms. Gilmore!" She drank the rest of her glass as Rory thought. She squinted and then an angry look appeared on her face, as if she was remembering that she never got to have fun. She nodded and smiled, taking a swig of the substance in the glass. She made a face, but continued drinking. Tonight was going to be full of fun stuff, that's for sure.
By the end of the night, Rory and Tara were both completely drunk. They hopped on a bus to take them back to Stars Hollow, laughing, giggling, and singing slurred songs. They hobbled off the bus and stumbled towards the diner, still singing. "And I-I-I will always, love YOUUUU!!!!!!" They sang at the top of their lungs, getting weird and unkind looks from many people in the town as they passed by. They stumbled into the diner, still singing. They pulled out some chairs at one of the tables and fell as they tried to sit down. They started giggling and about this time, hearing all the ruckus, Luke and Jess came out from the back. Jess stared in horror as he saw his little sister and Rory Gilmore laying on the floor, completely plastered. "Tara, what do you think you're doing!" Yelled Luke as he pulled her up by the arm. She continued laughing.
"Lukey, you're so cute when you get mad!!" She squealed as she pinched his cheeks. Jess came over and helped Rory up. Luke pulled away from Tara and pushed her towards the stairs.
"Jess, take Rory home, make sure she doesn't...faint or something. Tara! Cut it out!" He yelled as she started singing again. He grabbed her arm and and pulled her up the stairs.
"Luke! I can't wait for you to see the tattoo that Rory got! It's sooo cool!"
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Rory was practically hanging on to Jess for fear of falling over. "Did I just hear that you got a tattoo?" He asked. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Maybe..." She leaned up to him and whispered in his ear. The hairs on the back of his neck stood to attention at her closeness. She let go of him as they neared her house and strutted, not walked, but strutted down the sidewalk, making Jess run to catch up with her. He pulled at her arm so she would stop.
"Rory, you can't do this! This isn't you, ok?" She turned and continued walking until they got to her yard and then turned around to see Jess following close behind her.
"Isn't me? I'm tired of being me, Jess! I don't wanna be perfect no more!"
"Rory-" she cut him off with a kiss, that was full of passion and longing. *She's obviously drunk or else she wouldn't do this* Jess thought. She finally pulled away and a look of surprise sprung to her face and she backed away from him.
"Jess...." She put her hands on her head, the headaches kicking in.
"Rory, I-"
"Don't...I...I need to go." She ran up the stairs of her porch and fumbled around for her key and went inside as quickly as she could. Everything was getting fuzzy and she felt dizzy. She was barely able to think straight. *I just kissed Jess! Why did I do that? We're just friends, I shouldn't have done that. I was just trying to prove to him that I'm not perfect! Yes, that's the reason.* she thought, trying to convince herself. She all of a sudden felt something weird happening in her stomach. She ran to the bathroom and hovered over the toilet, letting the events of the night flow out of her mouth.
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Jess walked home, quietly thinking to himself. He hoped no one saw the kiss, only for her sake of course. He knew that perfection must get tiring, but this was entirely unacceptable, especially for Rory Gilmore. This was all Tara's fault. She corrupted the town princess! *And I thought that was my job...* he shook this thought from his head. He would have a long talk with Tara....during her hang over...that would piss her off. Maybe it was time for her to go back to New York.....
*She only kissed me because she was trying to prove that she's a bad girl at heart...which I know is not true of course. We're just friends....right?* he sighed as he walked the rest of the way to Luke's..... *Oh no....Taylor probably saw her drunk...and Babbett and Miss Patty...she's never going to live this down*
*Wait....does this mean she's not mad at me anymore?*
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A/N: Tara's probably not going to be there for much longer...if you couldn't tell. Well, I really appreciate the reviews for the last chapter, but I would still like more!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
P.S. This story is going to take a serious turn towards the end, so don't stop reading!!!!! PLEASE!
Bear with me, there will be more rory/jess action in the upcomming chapters!!
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"So Tara seems nice enough, don't you think?"
"Yeah, she's really nice." Rory and Lorelai walked home from the diner after breakfast. "I wonder how long she's staying...it's been....two weeks...."
"Yeah....well, what do you want to do today?"
"Whatever you want, I'm all yours."
"What about Dean?"
"He's working today."
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Jess walked along the sidewalk, heading for his favorite place in Stars Hollow, when he saw her.Tara, making out with some guy against a telephone pole. He'd seen her do this before, but that was in New York....this was Stars Hollow and he had to admit, it was a pretty disgusting display. He wondered if he should go over and stop it, but then again, he saw Taylor with a horrified look on his face. Jess laughed and continued walking, but heard someone yell: "Get off him!" And turned around just in time to see a girl throw Tara off of the guy. He knew Tara could take care of herself, but that didn't stop him from running over to her. "You stay away from my boyfriend!" She yelled and stormed away dragging her boyfriend with her. The guy looked back at Tara and gave her a innocent smile.....that's when Jess recognized him.
"Tara! That's the guy from the diner the other day!" He yelled.
"Yep! And he's like the little prince of Stars Hollow High, can you say:score?!" Jess couldn't help but laugh, but then realized the havoc that she had caused. She started to walk off and pulled out a pack of cigarettes and lit up. Jess stared at the mob of people that were forming around the boy that his sister had been kissing asking him if he was all right and if she hurt him. He looked away and ran to catch up with Tara who was heading back to the diner.
"Tara, you can't just do that her, ok? That guy has a girlfriend."
"Right, I know! Ha! Score!" She threw her arms up in the air and waved them around and stopped when she saw Rory kissing some guy in the diner. She stared intently, not once looking away. Jess waved a hand in front of her face.
"Hey, what are you looking at?" He looked in the direction she had been looking and saw Dean and Rory. His heart sank and he looked away.
"I thought...they broke up."
"Well you thought wrong."
"But you said-"
"Well, I was wrong!" He snapped. She felt sorry for him. He still liked or maybe even loved Rory whether he wanted to show it or not. When he had gotten home from Stars Hollow all those years ago, he had talked of no other person but Rory Gilmore-the girl who had won his heart and would keep it for all eternity though he tried so desperately hard to convince himself and others otherwise as time wore on.
"Sorry...someone's touchy. I just didn't they would get back together."
"Well, Rory's life wouldn't be perfect if they hadn't." He replied bitterly. She nodded and they walked into the diner. "I gotta start my shift."
"You want me to get their table?" Tara asked.
"No, I got it." He walked over and pulled out a notepad and pen. "What can I get you?" Rory stared up at him, her eyes large and wondering. She missed him. She missed him more than she had in the past ten years, maybe because now she knew him better and she wanted to continue getting to know him.
"Coke, burger, and fries." Dean replied, noticing Rory's longing look at him. Jess' eyes caught Rory's and she looked away. Jess stood there waiting for her to order. "Rory, I think the guy's waiting for you." She looked up quickly.
"I'll have the same." She said quickly. Jess raised an eyebrow.
"Coke? You want...a coke?" Jess asked almost laughing. Making her nervous in front of her boyfriend was refreshingly entertaining.
"No, I mean, I want coffee instead of coke. You should know that." He nodded and walked away.
"What was that about?" Dean asked.
"He's a jerk." She said almost inaudibly without looking up.
"You said it." Then all of her feelings just sort of fell out right on the table in front of her boyfriend.
"I mean, I thought he was nice! But then he just...he just...thinks he knows everything! He thinks he's got all the answers! He thinks he's ALWAYS right!!!" She finished just as Jess came over with her food. He handed Dean his plate and his coke and then handed Rory her plate.
"Oh, I forgot your coffee..." He went back and brought her coffee. She watched every move he made. How could she be mad at him? He just told her what he thought....it wasn't like he liked her or anything...or trying to get her to break up with Dean right?
"Thanks." She said after he finished pouring her coffee. She took a large drink of it.
"Whoa slow down there, horsey!" Dean said and laughed at her. Jess looked up when he saw the two laughing together, and Tara looked at Jess who was looking and Rory and Dean. She slowly walked over to Rory.
"Hey, Rory!" Dean looked up and saw this beautiful girl before him. Rory looked at him and shifted uncomfortably.
"Hey, Tara...uhh this is my boyfriend, Dean. Dean this is Jess' sister Tara."
"Yeah, I've seen you around school....sometimes. I always wondered who you were."
"Yeah, well, now ya know! So, Rory! You wanna hang out later? I was thinkin about going to see a movie, but it won't be any fun by myself."
"Why don't you ask Jess to go?"
"Well...I don't think he'd wanna go to this movie."
"What movie is it?" Rory questioned.
"Ella Enchanted. It looks really stupid and I want to make fun of it! But Jess said he wouldn't even show his face in that theater...so you wanna come?"
"Umm....sure! What time?"
"Five o'clock ok for you?"
"That sounds perfect!" Rory was excited that she got to spend a little time with Tara...without Jess. No awkwardness! YAY!
"Ok, umm why don't you stop by here at four forty-five and we can stock up on candy and such. Bring a big purse." She winked.
"Sounds like a plan!"
"Ok, see ya later! Bye Dean."
"Bye..." He watched her leave until she was out of sight and then looked back at Rory who had a very unpleasant look on her face. "What?"
"Um, nothing." She looked down at her coffee. "It's nothing..." She muttered, suddenly realizing what it must have been like for Dean to watch her flirt with other guys...and for this she was ashamed even more for her behavior at that party.
FIVE O'CLOCK
"Rory!" Yelled Tara, comming out from the back with an apron on. She greeted her new friend with a warm smile. Tara pulled the curtain away and yelled for Jess to come downstairs. As she was pulling on her jacket, her big brother finally stumbled down the stairs, quite ungracefully. "Ok, me and Rory are goin to see a movie, so take over my shift for me." She threw the apron at him. He looked less than happy.
"Tara, I already worked today! We could have switched shifts if you had told me earlier!"
"Sorry! Love ya lots!" She yelled as she closed the door and walked towards the theater with Rory. "So, how was your day?"
"It was pretty good." Rory looked at Tara as they stood in line for their tickets and realized that this was probably the type of girls that Jess had dated in the past. Beautiful, sexy...she wished she could be like that.
"Jess told me that you and your boyfriend broke up...but then I saw you two together today..and he was flirting with me. By the way, please tell him to stop. Especially if you two are still dating."
"Yeah, well, we're back together. I guess Jess didn't feel the need to mention that..." She felt somewhat relieved that she didn't like Dean flirting with her.
"Hey..." Her eyes started going from side to side, as if she was plotting something. "You wanna do something really really fun?" Rory's eyes lit up a little.
"Well....what did ya have in mind?" Tara smirked.
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She stared at the building blankly. "We're in New York." She stated. "We're in New York." She said again as if she was not able to fathom it.
"Wow, nothin gets by you does it?" Tara pulled on Rory's arm and into the building where loud music was playing. Rory looked around at all the couples dancing and then the smell of alcohol and cigarette smoke hit her like a slap in the face.
"Tara! Hey, babe!" The two girls turned around to see a tall boy with dark black glasses and brown spiky Hair.
"Camdon, how you doin buddy?" She hugged him, throwing her arms around his neck.
"I'm all right, I guess." He looked behind her shoulder at Rory. "Where's Jess?"
"He's...not here tonight. I brought a friend with me instead. Rory Gilmore, this is Camdon Harce, Camdon, this is Rory." He waved at her and then took Tara by the hand, leading her to a table. Tara picked up two glasses and handed one to Rory. "Here."
"What is it?" Tara smirked, *just exactly like Jess* Rory thought.
"Just drink it."
"It's alcohol."
"Man, you're on a role tonight, girly!" Tara punched Rory in the shoulder and drank half her glass in one gulp. "Common, Rory! Tonight, there's no one here to scold you, no one to put you down, you can do whatever you want and NO ONE has to know! Because I ain't gonna tell nobody! Jess told me what happened with Dean, and you should get to have fun every now and then and if he has a problem with it...just do it behind his back! Tonight is your night, Ms. Gilmore!" She drank the rest of her glass as Rory thought. She squinted and then an angry look appeared on her face, as if she was remembering that she never got to have fun. She nodded and smiled, taking a swig of the substance in the glass. She made a face, but continued drinking. Tonight was going to be full of fun stuff, that's for sure.
By the end of the night, Rory and Tara were both completely drunk. They hopped on a bus to take them back to Stars Hollow, laughing, giggling, and singing slurred songs. They hobbled off the bus and stumbled towards the diner, still singing. "And I-I-I will always, love YOUUUU!!!!!!" They sang at the top of their lungs, getting weird and unkind looks from many people in the town as they passed by. They stumbled into the diner, still singing. They pulled out some chairs at one of the tables and fell as they tried to sit down. They started giggling and about this time, hearing all the ruckus, Luke and Jess came out from the back. Jess stared in horror as he saw his little sister and Rory Gilmore laying on the floor, completely plastered. "Tara, what do you think you're doing!" Yelled Luke as he pulled her up by the arm. She continued laughing.
"Lukey, you're so cute when you get mad!!" She squealed as she pinched his cheeks. Jess came over and helped Rory up. Luke pulled away from Tara and pushed her towards the stairs.
"Jess, take Rory home, make sure she doesn't...faint or something. Tara! Cut it out!" He yelled as she started singing again. He grabbed her arm and and pulled her up the stairs.
"Luke! I can't wait for you to see the tattoo that Rory got! It's sooo cool!"
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Rory was practically hanging on to Jess for fear of falling over. "Did I just hear that you got a tattoo?" He asked. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Maybe..." She leaned up to him and whispered in his ear. The hairs on the back of his neck stood to attention at her closeness. She let go of him as they neared her house and strutted, not walked, but strutted down the sidewalk, making Jess run to catch up with her. He pulled at her arm so she would stop.
"Rory, you can't do this! This isn't you, ok?" She turned and continued walking until they got to her yard and then turned around to see Jess following close behind her.
"Isn't me? I'm tired of being me, Jess! I don't wanna be perfect no more!"
"Rory-" she cut him off with a kiss, that was full of passion and longing. *She's obviously drunk or else she wouldn't do this* Jess thought. She finally pulled away and a look of surprise sprung to her face and she backed away from him.
"Jess...." She put her hands on her head, the headaches kicking in.
"Rory, I-"
"Don't...I...I need to go." She ran up the stairs of her porch and fumbled around for her key and went inside as quickly as she could. Everything was getting fuzzy and she felt dizzy. She was barely able to think straight. *I just kissed Jess! Why did I do that? We're just friends, I shouldn't have done that. I was just trying to prove to him that I'm not perfect! Yes, that's the reason.* she thought, trying to convince herself. She all of a sudden felt something weird happening in her stomach. She ran to the bathroom and hovered over the toilet, letting the events of the night flow out of her mouth.
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Jess walked home, quietly thinking to himself. He hoped no one saw the kiss, only for her sake of course. He knew that perfection must get tiring, but this was entirely unacceptable, especially for Rory Gilmore. This was all Tara's fault. She corrupted the town princess! *And I thought that was my job...* he shook this thought from his head. He would have a long talk with Tara....during her hang over...that would piss her off. Maybe it was time for her to go back to New York.....
*She only kissed me because she was trying to prove that she's a bad girl at heart...which I know is not true of course. We're just friends....right?* he sighed as he walked the rest of the way to Luke's..... *Oh no....Taylor probably saw her drunk...and Babbett and Miss Patty...she's never going to live this down*
*Wait....does this mean she's not mad at me anymore?*
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A/N: Tara's probably not going to be there for much longer...if you couldn't tell. Well, I really appreciate the reviews for the last chapter, but I would still like more!! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
P.S. This story is going to take a serious turn towards the end, so don't stop reading!!!!! PLEASE!
Bear with me, there will be more rory/jess action in the upcomming chapters!!