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Summary: Dean finds Jess and Rory at her house....alone....
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"So, you're mom's going to be gone tonight?" Dean asked.
"Uh yeah, she is."
"So what do you want to do then? I could come over and we could eat junk food and watch movies....what? What's wrong?" He asked, seeing the look on his girlfriend's face.
"I was kind of just wanting to hang out alone tonight....do some laundry watch a sad girly movie..." His face expressed utter dissapointment. "I'm sorry..." She kissed his cheek quickly and walked away.
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"Ok, you make sure and do something naughty while mommy's gone all right..." She paused for a moment and turned to look at her daughter who was following her through the house. "Well...not...TOO naughty."
"MOM!" Lorelai laughed.
"I'm just kidding! So, are you inviting Dean over tonight?" Rory paused, thinking.
"Umm...No. I just kind of want to be alone tonight."
"All right...fine. But do something that normal parents would find wrong...at least something small...like...sneaking some of the liquor I got me stored in the liquor cabinet." She said with a hillbilly accent.
"Mom, go! Grandma's waiting!"
"Yeah, love you too!!" Rory laughed and closed the door. She looked around the empty house, realizing she was now alone. What could she do? Laundry! Yes, there was definate need of doing laundry at the Gilmore household.
Later, she started to get hungry. She looked at her watch. "Seven O'clock." She said aloud, sighing to herself. There was a knock at the door. She stood up from the couch and went to the door and opened it. It revealed none other than Jess Mariano. "J-Jess." She stuttered. "What are you doing here?"
"I brought over a care package. Luke heard your mom was gonna be gone for the night, SO he sent this over. Where should I put it? Kitchen?" He headed past her before she could answer.
"Uh..sure." She followed him and watched him unload it. She started to get nervous. What if Dean called? What if he came over?! He would flip out! He finally finished unloading and turned to face her. "What?" She asked as he held out his hand.
"Tip, please. I offered you my services, now I would like a tip." She sighed heavily.
"You want money?"
"I could take a fry and be satisfied." She was thankful that he didn't want any money, because frankly, she didn't have money to give.
"Uh, sure. Have as much as you want." She crossed her arms as he took of his jacket and laid it on the counter. "Jess, what are you doing?"
"Eating." He replied simply. "Didn't you just invite me?" *danget! He caught me!* she screamed at herself.
"No..."
"Yes you did, you just said I could have as much as I wanted."
"I know..." She sighed, defeated. They both sat down in the chairs that were around the table.
"Why do you want me to leave?" He questioned. "I thought we wuz friends, Huck. I thought we wuz friends." He said in a hillbilly accent and got up, pretending to leave.
"Ok, no need to quote 'Tom and Huck'." She pulled him back down by his sleeve into his chair.
"So? Why do you want me to leave so badly? Oh wait, I get it. Bag boy's commin over tonight isn't he? You don't want him to catch me here." She looked away from him. "Is that it?" She nodded.
"I'm sorry...you don't have to go. I told him not to come over, but you know how Dean is." Jess laughed.
"Yeah, unfortunately." They both laughed and began to eat. After their long discussions of books and movies, and music all the while eating tons of food, they went into Rory's room to look at her books. "Hey, this is mine!" He said, looking at one of the hardback books of Oliver Twist. Rory looked up at him.
"Oh yeah, you left it on the bridge that day that you-" her face got extremely red and she looked away from him. He seemed unfased by what she just said and kept looking at his old book. "Jess why did you leave?" He set the book down and looked at her.
"Because I had to." He stated simply before walking out into the living room. He studied the pictures on the mantle, taking in each one in their simplicity. She was so beautiful and he knew that Dean didn't deserve her. No one did. His eyes fell on one picture in particular. It was the day of the Stars Hollow Elementary Fundraising Picnic. Fundraising for what, he never knew, but he went anyway because Luke made him. He decided he could just read a book under a tree and steal somebody's food. No of course not, stealing was wrong- he used to think, but now he wasn't too sure.
"I didn't want you to go." She said as she came up behind him. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and then looked back at the picture. "I remember that day..." She smiled as she took the picture he was holding.
~Flashback~
"Jess, go to the picnic." Luke demanded.
"D-don't wanna!" He shoved Jess out the door.
"GO!" Jess stumbled onto the sidewalk and looked around the small town. It was so much different from New York. He walked over to the school and sat down by a nearby tree, pulling out his book. He got completely lost in it, not hearing the footsteps comming towards him. The person stood above him until he finally looked up.
"R-rory?" He choked out. His palms got sweaty and his face turned red as she sat down next to him, leaning up against the tree. He adjusted his glasses on his nose better and looked straight ahead, not sure of what to say to her.
"Hey, Jess." She smiled. His hands started to shake so he set his book down in his lap, taking this opportunity to discretely wipe the sweats droplets from his brow. "What are you reading?" He looked at her and then picked up his book for her to read the title. "That's a good book." He nodded and tried to go back to reading. She pulled a book out of her bag that she had been carrying over her shoulder and began to read as well. By nightfall, Rory had fallen asleep and lain her head on Jess' shoulder. He didn't move for an hour, hoping she would stay there forever.
She sat up and yawned. "Jess?" She rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"H-hey." He adjusted his glasses. "You f-fell a-asleep. I d-didn't w-want to w-wake y-you." She smiled at him sweetly before standing up. He stood up as well and faced her.
"Thanks, Jess." She turned around to walk away but stopped and looked back at him. "You know, you're not as weird as everyone says you are. You're really nice." He smiled that crooked smile of his and blushed in the dark.
"B-bye, R-rory." He walked back to the diner on cloud 9 that beautiful, stary night.
~End of Flashback~
He turned around and took the picture from her delicate hands and placed it back upon the mantle where it belonged. "I'm not sorry I kissed you." She whispered, not once breaking eye contact. "I was drunk, but I knew exactly what I was doing." She paused. "And exactly why I was doing it." His heart almost stopped at her words. She brought her face closer and closer to his..
"Rory..." Jess warned, full aware that he did NOT come here for this and was not ready to have to deal with the awkwardness that would most definitely follow. She put her finger to his lips to quiet him. Slowly, she continued bringing her face towards him....
KNOCK KNOCK
Jess pulled back completely out of her grasp and watched her face carry a panicked expression. She walked to the door and opened it. "Dean!" She yelped. "Umm..what are you doing here?" She asked, trying not to act strange. He pushed past her gently and closed the door.
"I came to see you."
"But I told you-" she started, shaking her head and crossing her arms across her chest.
"I know, I know, but I really wanted to see you." He began to walk into the living room and Rory closed her eyes tightly, preparing herself for the screaming that would follow. "RORY!!!!" She sighed and walked into the room as calmly as she could.
"Dean, I know what your thinking-"
"No, I'm pretty sure you don't, because if you did, you would hate me right about now!" He yelled. Jess stood in the corner, not sure of what to say so he stayed quiet and watched them battle it out.
"Dean, listen, he just came over and brought me some food...from Luke's, that's all!"
"Then why is he still here? Huh? And why don't I see any food anywhere? Shouldn't you be eating while he is LEAVING!!!?"
"We were just-"
"I don't want to hear it Rory!" He screamed. "I can't believe this! I knew something was going on between the two of you, I just didn't want to see it! This is ridiculous!!!"
"Dean, we're just friends, that's all. I swear! Please believe me!" She pleaded. He sighed quietly and his voice became calmer.
"Rory...I can't. You've just...you've done things these past couple of months that..I don't really want in a girl. I wanted a girl that you used to be. I just don't think I can do this anymore. I'm sorry." He left quietly. Jess stared at Rory intently, waiting for a reaction. Was she going to make him leave? Was she going to cry? Was she going to scream? She just stood there, like nothing had happened.
"You want to watch a movie?" He continued to stare at her and she looked away from him. "Stop looking at me like that. I don't like it when people look at me like that."
"Sorry." He turned his head away from her and searched for something else he could look at. "Rory, listen, I'm sorry about Dean, if I had known you guys would end up breaking up....partly because of me...I would have never come over here." He shook his head sadly. "I should...go." He headed towards the door and picked up his jacket. Rory couldn't just let him leave like that could she?
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"Mom, stop talking, this is a SPA!"
"Well, how are you suppose to have a decent conversation with someone when you're not allowed to talk!" Lorelai waved her arms in the air.
"Mom, stop talking." She whispered harshly. "No one likes it when people talk at a spa. People come here to relax...not to listen to some crazy lady talk her brains out just for the sake of talking." She laid down on the chair and motioned for her mother to go into her own room.
"Fine, but excuse me for trying to have a decent conversation with my own daughter." She exited Lorelai's room with a huff. Lorelai smiled triumphantly and leaned her head back and closed her eyes.
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She listened to the door close before she made up her mind. She grabbed her jacket and ran to the door. She opened it and ran outside onto the front porch. "Jess, wait!" Her eyes scanned the yard, but saw no one. "Jess?" She started to run but a voice stopped her.
"Where are you going?" She gasped quietly, knowing who that voice belonged to. "Looking for me?" She whipped around and wiped a tear away that had fallen silently, smirking at him. The one who could always make her smile. He was standing under a tree in all his mystery.
"I thought you left." She pulled her jacket tighter around herself and stared at him with questioning eyes.
"Nah, I was gonna stick around and make sure Dean didn't come back after he was sure I had gone." She smiled at him and he smirked back at her. "Didn't want you to have to deal with something you couldn't handle alone." He put an arm around her. "Let's go back inside." They entered the house and Jess shut the door quietly. They sat down on the couch and Rory turned on the T.V.
"Jess?" She kept her eyes on the screen. "I always thought I would be the one to break up with him, ya know? He's so possessive and junk. If it had gotten any worse, I would have broken up with him." Jess nodded and kept his eyes on the screen as well. "I meant what I said....before Dean showed up." She sniffed and looked over at him, his chocolate brown eyes meeting her blue ones. She kissed his cheek. "I hated that you left that day...I realized that I really liked you...and I never forgot you after all these years. I always thought about you, as crazy as that sounds, I did." He slowly brought his face closer to hers, almost afraid this was moving too fast for her, but she was the one who closed the distance between them. It was a quick kiss, but both felt the sparks. He pulled away from her and stood up. His confidence had somehow been shattered.
"I'm..I'm s-sorry." He stuttered. His stutter would sometimes come back if he was nervous. "I s-shouldn't h-have done th-that." She stood up as well and stood directly in front of him.
"Jess, I know that this is going to sound insane, but ever since I started dating Dean, I've always had you in the back of my mind." She pecked his lips one more time. He smiled.
"Would you...are we...together?" He asked, afraid to look at her.
"Only if you want us to be. But I want to take things slow...because I am upset about Dean, but I also want to be with you...so we'll-"
"Take things slow. Got it." He finished.
"So, you want to be with me?" She questioned, almost skeptically.
"I would like nothing better." He kissed her lovingly. "I should go..." He whispered.
"You don't have to."
"I think I should though." He winked at her and kissed her one last time before leaving. She sighed happily and fell back on the couch...almost satisfied with her life, but the dark cloud of Dean still hung over her head but she knew that soon Jess would blow that cloud away with an easy breeze.
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A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update! Please forgive! I hope you liked it!!!
Summary: Dean finds Jess and Rory at her house....alone....
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"So, you're mom's going to be gone tonight?" Dean asked.
"Uh yeah, she is."
"So what do you want to do then? I could come over and we could eat junk food and watch movies....what? What's wrong?" He asked, seeing the look on his girlfriend's face.
"I was kind of just wanting to hang out alone tonight....do some laundry watch a sad girly movie..." His face expressed utter dissapointment. "I'm sorry..." She kissed his cheek quickly and walked away.
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"Ok, you make sure and do something naughty while mommy's gone all right..." She paused for a moment and turned to look at her daughter who was following her through the house. "Well...not...TOO naughty."
"MOM!" Lorelai laughed.
"I'm just kidding! So, are you inviting Dean over tonight?" Rory paused, thinking.
"Umm...No. I just kind of want to be alone tonight."
"All right...fine. But do something that normal parents would find wrong...at least something small...like...sneaking some of the liquor I got me stored in the liquor cabinet." She said with a hillbilly accent.
"Mom, go! Grandma's waiting!"
"Yeah, love you too!!" Rory laughed and closed the door. She looked around the empty house, realizing she was now alone. What could she do? Laundry! Yes, there was definate need of doing laundry at the Gilmore household.
Later, she started to get hungry. She looked at her watch. "Seven O'clock." She said aloud, sighing to herself. There was a knock at the door. She stood up from the couch and went to the door and opened it. It revealed none other than Jess Mariano. "J-Jess." She stuttered. "What are you doing here?"
"I brought over a care package. Luke heard your mom was gonna be gone for the night, SO he sent this over. Where should I put it? Kitchen?" He headed past her before she could answer.
"Uh..sure." She followed him and watched him unload it. She started to get nervous. What if Dean called? What if he came over?! He would flip out! He finally finished unloading and turned to face her. "What?" She asked as he held out his hand.
"Tip, please. I offered you my services, now I would like a tip." She sighed heavily.
"You want money?"
"I could take a fry and be satisfied." She was thankful that he didn't want any money, because frankly, she didn't have money to give.
"Uh, sure. Have as much as you want." She crossed her arms as he took of his jacket and laid it on the counter. "Jess, what are you doing?"
"Eating." He replied simply. "Didn't you just invite me?" *danget! He caught me!* she screamed at herself.
"No..."
"Yes you did, you just said I could have as much as I wanted."
"I know..." She sighed, defeated. They both sat down in the chairs that were around the table.
"Why do you want me to leave?" He questioned. "I thought we wuz friends, Huck. I thought we wuz friends." He said in a hillbilly accent and got up, pretending to leave.
"Ok, no need to quote 'Tom and Huck'." She pulled him back down by his sleeve into his chair.
"So? Why do you want me to leave so badly? Oh wait, I get it. Bag boy's commin over tonight isn't he? You don't want him to catch me here." She looked away from him. "Is that it?" She nodded.
"I'm sorry...you don't have to go. I told him not to come over, but you know how Dean is." Jess laughed.
"Yeah, unfortunately." They both laughed and began to eat. After their long discussions of books and movies, and music all the while eating tons of food, they went into Rory's room to look at her books. "Hey, this is mine!" He said, looking at one of the hardback books of Oliver Twist. Rory looked up at him.
"Oh yeah, you left it on the bridge that day that you-" her face got extremely red and she looked away from him. He seemed unfased by what she just said and kept looking at his old book. "Jess why did you leave?" He set the book down and looked at her.
"Because I had to." He stated simply before walking out into the living room. He studied the pictures on the mantle, taking in each one in their simplicity. She was so beautiful and he knew that Dean didn't deserve her. No one did. His eyes fell on one picture in particular. It was the day of the Stars Hollow Elementary Fundraising Picnic. Fundraising for what, he never knew, but he went anyway because Luke made him. He decided he could just read a book under a tree and steal somebody's food. No of course not, stealing was wrong- he used to think, but now he wasn't too sure.
"I didn't want you to go." She said as she came up behind him. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye and then looked back at the picture. "I remember that day..." She smiled as she took the picture he was holding.
~Flashback~
"Jess, go to the picnic." Luke demanded.
"D-don't wanna!" He shoved Jess out the door.
"GO!" Jess stumbled onto the sidewalk and looked around the small town. It was so much different from New York. He walked over to the school and sat down by a nearby tree, pulling out his book. He got completely lost in it, not hearing the footsteps comming towards him. The person stood above him until he finally looked up.
"R-rory?" He choked out. His palms got sweaty and his face turned red as she sat down next to him, leaning up against the tree. He adjusted his glasses on his nose better and looked straight ahead, not sure of what to say to her.
"Hey, Jess." She smiled. His hands started to shake so he set his book down in his lap, taking this opportunity to discretely wipe the sweats droplets from his brow. "What are you reading?" He looked at her and then picked up his book for her to read the title. "That's a good book." He nodded and tried to go back to reading. She pulled a book out of her bag that she had been carrying over her shoulder and began to read as well. By nightfall, Rory had fallen asleep and lain her head on Jess' shoulder. He didn't move for an hour, hoping she would stay there forever.
She sat up and yawned. "Jess?" She rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"H-hey." He adjusted his glasses. "You f-fell a-asleep. I d-didn't w-want to w-wake y-you." She smiled at him sweetly before standing up. He stood up as well and faced her.
"Thanks, Jess." She turned around to walk away but stopped and looked back at him. "You know, you're not as weird as everyone says you are. You're really nice." He smiled that crooked smile of his and blushed in the dark.
"B-bye, R-rory." He walked back to the diner on cloud 9 that beautiful, stary night.
~End of Flashback~
He turned around and took the picture from her delicate hands and placed it back upon the mantle where it belonged. "I'm not sorry I kissed you." She whispered, not once breaking eye contact. "I was drunk, but I knew exactly what I was doing." She paused. "And exactly why I was doing it." His heart almost stopped at her words. She brought her face closer and closer to his..
"Rory..." Jess warned, full aware that he did NOT come here for this and was not ready to have to deal with the awkwardness that would most definitely follow. She put her finger to his lips to quiet him. Slowly, she continued bringing her face towards him....
KNOCK KNOCK
Jess pulled back completely out of her grasp and watched her face carry a panicked expression. She walked to the door and opened it. "Dean!" She yelped. "Umm..what are you doing here?" She asked, trying not to act strange. He pushed past her gently and closed the door.
"I came to see you."
"But I told you-" she started, shaking her head and crossing her arms across her chest.
"I know, I know, but I really wanted to see you." He began to walk into the living room and Rory closed her eyes tightly, preparing herself for the screaming that would follow. "RORY!!!!" She sighed and walked into the room as calmly as she could.
"Dean, I know what your thinking-"
"No, I'm pretty sure you don't, because if you did, you would hate me right about now!" He yelled. Jess stood in the corner, not sure of what to say so he stayed quiet and watched them battle it out.
"Dean, listen, he just came over and brought me some food...from Luke's, that's all!"
"Then why is he still here? Huh? And why don't I see any food anywhere? Shouldn't you be eating while he is LEAVING!!!?"
"We were just-"
"I don't want to hear it Rory!" He screamed. "I can't believe this! I knew something was going on between the two of you, I just didn't want to see it! This is ridiculous!!!"
"Dean, we're just friends, that's all. I swear! Please believe me!" She pleaded. He sighed quietly and his voice became calmer.
"Rory...I can't. You've just...you've done things these past couple of months that..I don't really want in a girl. I wanted a girl that you used to be. I just don't think I can do this anymore. I'm sorry." He left quietly. Jess stared at Rory intently, waiting for a reaction. Was she going to make him leave? Was she going to cry? Was she going to scream? She just stood there, like nothing had happened.
"You want to watch a movie?" He continued to stare at her and she looked away from him. "Stop looking at me like that. I don't like it when people look at me like that."
"Sorry." He turned his head away from her and searched for something else he could look at. "Rory, listen, I'm sorry about Dean, if I had known you guys would end up breaking up....partly because of me...I would have never come over here." He shook his head sadly. "I should...go." He headed towards the door and picked up his jacket. Rory couldn't just let him leave like that could she?
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"Mom, stop talking, this is a SPA!"
"Well, how are you suppose to have a decent conversation with someone when you're not allowed to talk!" Lorelai waved her arms in the air.
"Mom, stop talking." She whispered harshly. "No one likes it when people talk at a spa. People come here to relax...not to listen to some crazy lady talk her brains out just for the sake of talking." She laid down on the chair and motioned for her mother to go into her own room.
"Fine, but excuse me for trying to have a decent conversation with my own daughter." She exited Lorelai's room with a huff. Lorelai smiled triumphantly and leaned her head back and closed her eyes.
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She listened to the door close before she made up her mind. She grabbed her jacket and ran to the door. She opened it and ran outside onto the front porch. "Jess, wait!" Her eyes scanned the yard, but saw no one. "Jess?" She started to run but a voice stopped her.
"Where are you going?" She gasped quietly, knowing who that voice belonged to. "Looking for me?" She whipped around and wiped a tear away that had fallen silently, smirking at him. The one who could always make her smile. He was standing under a tree in all his mystery.
"I thought you left." She pulled her jacket tighter around herself and stared at him with questioning eyes.
"Nah, I was gonna stick around and make sure Dean didn't come back after he was sure I had gone." She smiled at him and he smirked back at her. "Didn't want you to have to deal with something you couldn't handle alone." He put an arm around her. "Let's go back inside." They entered the house and Jess shut the door quietly. They sat down on the couch and Rory turned on the T.V.
"Jess?" She kept her eyes on the screen. "I always thought I would be the one to break up with him, ya know? He's so possessive and junk. If it had gotten any worse, I would have broken up with him." Jess nodded and kept his eyes on the screen as well. "I meant what I said....before Dean showed up." She sniffed and looked over at him, his chocolate brown eyes meeting her blue ones. She kissed his cheek. "I hated that you left that day...I realized that I really liked you...and I never forgot you after all these years. I always thought about you, as crazy as that sounds, I did." He slowly brought his face closer to hers, almost afraid this was moving too fast for her, but she was the one who closed the distance between them. It was a quick kiss, but both felt the sparks. He pulled away from her and stood up. His confidence had somehow been shattered.
"I'm..I'm s-sorry." He stuttered. His stutter would sometimes come back if he was nervous. "I s-shouldn't h-have done th-that." She stood up as well and stood directly in front of him.
"Jess, I know that this is going to sound insane, but ever since I started dating Dean, I've always had you in the back of my mind." She pecked his lips one more time. He smiled.
"Would you...are we...together?" He asked, afraid to look at her.
"Only if you want us to be. But I want to take things slow...because I am upset about Dean, but I also want to be with you...so we'll-"
"Take things slow. Got it." He finished.
"So, you want to be with me?" She questioned, almost skeptically.
"I would like nothing better." He kissed her lovingly. "I should go..." He whispered.
"You don't have to."
"I think I should though." He winked at her and kissed her one last time before leaving. She sighed happily and fell back on the couch...almost satisfied with her life, but the dark cloud of Dean still hung over her head but she knew that soon Jess would blow that cloud away with an easy breeze.
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A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to update! Please forgive! I hope you liked it!!!