Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with the WB or Gilmore Girls.
Summary: Rory comes back from Washington to some different surprises.
It was the Saturday night of the party. Jess agreed to go to the party, although it wasn't really his idea of fun. He much rather hang out with just Rory, but he figured he might as well just go to see how the band was.
"This is not working!" Rory yelled, frustrated.
"What's not working?" Lorelai asked, walking into the living room where Rory was standing in front of the mirror, trying to put on a necklace. "Here." Lorelai offered and easily clipped the necklace on.
"Thanks." Rory smiled. "Can I borrow a bag to put my key in?"
"Just put it in your pocket. Or, oh, even better idea. Put it on your belt." Lorelai hooked the key to the belt.
"Impressive." Rory smiled as she put on her jacket.
"Yeah, well, it takes years to get the skills I possess. Okay, couple of tips." Lorelai said quickly.
"Yeah?"
"Don't take any food out of bowls, you might as well stick your hand in a toilet. If you want chips, take it out of an open bag. Don't sing any songs, trust me, it will follow you forever." Lorelai smiled at her wit.
"I didn't plan to." Rory said, walking towards the door.
"Those things are never planned. So are you meeting Jess at the diner?" Lorelai asked, following her to the door.
"Yeah. Then we are going to the party. Then...." Rory said slowly.
"Are you asking if you could spend the night out?" Lorelai asked.
"How did you know?"
"You are talking to the queen of party life and the after party." Lorelai smiled.
"I don't know. I mean, I don't plan to, but if it happens."
"Well, I guess. I guess I don't mind as long as you call me and leave a message on my cell." Lorelai warned.
"Okay." Rory smiled thankfully.
"Will you be staying with Jess?" Lorelai asked. "I heard Luke went fishing again. I have no idea what the hell is with that man and fishing."
"Yeah. I was thinking about staying there." Rory said, looking at her feet.
"With Jess?" Lorelai dreaded.
"Well, he lives there so it might be rude to ignore him." Rory said sarcastically.
"Fine." Lorelai smiled. "I'm going to Sookie's and I might end up staying there so if you call and I'm not here, you know where I am."
"Okay. Come on, we can walk together." Rory smiled.
"Let's go!" Lorelai smiled back.
Rory walked into Luke's where Jess was behind the counter with a book in hand.
"Hey:" Rory went behind the counter and kissed him.
"Hey. You wanna go now?" Jess asked, putting the book down.
"Yeah. I wanna get there before the crowd so I can find Lane." Rory said.
"Ok. Let's go." They headed for the door, but Jess stopped them.
"Hey, did you ask your mom is you could stay over tonight?" Jess whispered so the customers couldn't hear.
"Yeah, she said it was fine as long as I called her and told her where I was." Rory replied.
"What do you mean, I thought you asked if you could stay."
"I asked her if it was ok that I stayed out all night and she said ok as long as I called and told her but then she figured out that it was probably with you so, I just have to call her and touch base with her." Rory explained.
"Ah, I got it." Jess said.
"Okay. Now let's go!" Rory screamed excitedly.
When they arrived, there were already a lot of people there.
"Ah, I guess everyone felt the same way that you did." Jess laughed lightly.
"Yeah, I guess so. Lane!" Rory spotted her and ran over to her. Jess followed.
"Rory! Hey! Hey Jess!" Lane smiled at them.
"Hi." Jess said simply since he wasn't much for socializing.
"So, are you ready?" Rory asked.
"I'm pumped!" Lane screamed "I am so ready. I have been waiting for this for months!"
"Aw, well, I wish I was there with you." Rory said sadly, looking down at her feet.
Lane touched her shoulder. "It's okay Rory. Don't worry about it."
"Okay." Rory looked up and smiled. "So, when are you on?"
"Um, I think in 15 minutes. I'll find you if you just wanna look around." Lane said.
"Okay, great." Rory smiled and took Jess hand. He squeezed it lightly and smiled. "Let's walk around."
"Okay." Jess nodded.
They walked around the house. Rory felt kinda awkward. She hadn't seen most of these people since she went to Stars Hollow High and a lot of them looked different.
"This is so weird, I don't recognize these people. I haven't seen them in 2 years." Rory said to Jess.
"Oh, right, so you're the girl everyone talked about last year, saying you left the school because you were too smart for them and that you are the snobbiest girl alive." Jess said, amused.
"They did not say that." Rory smiled.
"Well, something along those lines." Jess smiled.
"Yeah, Lane told me that part. But you added a lot more detail, mister." Rory laughed.
They walked into the kitchen where there was a bowl of punch on the table.
"Ohh, I'm thirsty." Rory started to pick up the spoon but Jess stopped her hand.
"What?" Rory looked into his eyes.
"Don't drink that." Jess said.
"Why?" Rory asked him in a sad voice.
"Because there is a 98% percent chance that there is alcohol in here and call me crazy but I'm not really in the mood to see you drunk and hold your hair away from your face." Jess smirked.
"Um, thanks?" Rory smiled and put the spoon down.
"Rory! Rory!" Lane screamed as she ran into the kitchen.
"Lane! Hey! What's up?" Rory asked casually.
"We are going. Now. Like in 2.5 minutes! I can't do this!" Lane screamed inhaling and exhaling.
"Of course you can. You'll be great." Rory encouraged. "Come on Jess, help me out here."
Jess held his hands in the air and shrugged.
"Just go out there and play what you know and I think that's the best advice I can give you." Rory smiled.
"Okay, thanks." Lane exhaled.
All three of them went into the living room where the small stage was set up. Dave was up there with his guitar and the other two band mates Zack and Brian were tuning their guitars. Lane jumped onto the stage and behind her drums.
"Who's going to introduce us?" Dave asked Lane.
"Rory! Introduce us!" Lane yelled.
"What?" Rory asked.
"Come on Ror!" Jess smiled amused.
"Oh, now you pipe in," Rory eyed him. She walked onto the stage. "Here's Stars Hollow's rockingest band. What's your name?" Rory asked panicking at Dave.
"The We, Follow them to the edge of the desert, the Harry Potters." Brian and Zack screamed.
"The-" Rory coughed and jumped off the stage and ran over to Jess. Jess smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist while she sat on his lap.
The bad were great and none of them messed up at all. Rory studied all their movements then looked around the room to see the party's reaction. Then she spotted Dean, who was over in the corner with his new girlfriend Lindsay. He spotted her and waved and she waved back. Then Rory looked over at Jess who seemed like he liked the band and she kissed him. Jess, of course, kissed her back and smiled.
After about a half hour, the band took a break. Rory and Jess got up to go and sit on a couch in the corner.
"They were awesome." Rory smiled as she cuddled with Jess on the couch.
"Yeah. Not too shabby." Jess nodded.
"Right."
"But that Brian guy. I thought he was going to pass out, but now I'm pretty sure that he is." Jess pointed to Brian who was on the stage breathing in and out while Lane rubbed his back.
Rory started hysterically laughing at the sight of Brian hyperventilating. She started laughing so hard that she started tearing.
Before she knew it, she stood up and started crying-laughing. Jess got up, smiling, but then seeing how people were staring and afraid she might be embarrassed of making a spectacle. Even Dean turned around to see what happened.
"Rory, it's not that funny." Jess whispered.
Rory nodded and was hysterical. But then she looked up and saw all the people staring at her. And from their point of view, it didn't look like she was laughing, it looked like she was crying.
She ran out of the door and Jess stood there and sighed. Dean thought Jess had made her cry. Jess started walking towards Rory, who was standing at the door, motioning for him to follow her. But before Jess could reach Rory, Dean pulled Jess arm, swung him around, and punched him right in the jaw.
"Dean!" Rory screamed.
Jess wasn't going to lay there and seem like a sissy in front of everyone, so he got up and punched him right in the stomach. Dean punched back and pushed them in another direction. Jess punched Dean so he was on the ground and got up to walk away. Dean quickly got up and tried to grab Jess's arm again but Jess stopped his hand and stared at him.
"If you even think about touching me........."Jess warned.
Dean just breathed in and out, his hair in his face.
"Jess!" Rory said lightly, implying that she wanted to leave.
"Be right there." Jess called back. "Get the hell off my back, bagboy." Jess walked towards Rory and she held out her hand for him to take. He grabbed her hand and they walked out on the silent party.
Rory and Jess continued walking towards the diner, completely silent.
"Jess, I hope you don't think I was gonna blame this all on you." Rory broke the silence.
"I was still debating." Jess replied softly.
"I know you always think that Dean is my idea of a perfect boyfriend and how I will always think that way. And normally you are a smart person, but Dean isn't even close to being a perfect boyfriend, so I guess you're not so smart this time. You are more of a perfect boyfriend." Rory blushed. "Dean has never done anything wrong to me, and neither have you."
Jess just smiled and squeezed her hand. "I'm sorry I punched him back. I just didn't want to sit there feeling stupid for being punched in the face I know I would have been the bigger man if I didn't fight back, but it was there, the opportunity was open, what can you do?"
"It's okay." Rory smiled.
"You feel like going to sleep?" Jess asked when they arrived at the apartment.
"Can we just lay down until we fall asleep?" Rory asked innocently.
"Sure." Jess said. They laid down on Jess's bed and cuddled.
Just when they were about to fall asleep, Rory broke the silence for the second time that night.
"I love you." Rory said quietly.
"I love you too." Jess whispered as they fell asleep in each others arms.
****Okay I'm sorry if the fight was lame!! I wasn't going to have an argument between Jess and Rory so I had no other way to start a fight unless someone said something ot start the fight, so I figured I'd switch it around to be a ridiculous/funny type of reason. Review and ideas PLEASE!!!!!!****
It was the Saturday night of the party. Jess agreed to go to the party, although it wasn't really his idea of fun. He much rather hang out with just Rory, but he figured he might as well just go to see how the band was.
"This is not working!" Rory yelled, frustrated.
"What's not working?" Lorelai asked, walking into the living room where Rory was standing in front of the mirror, trying to put on a necklace. "Here." Lorelai offered and easily clipped the necklace on.
"Thanks." Rory smiled. "Can I borrow a bag to put my key in?"
"Just put it in your pocket. Or, oh, even better idea. Put it on your belt." Lorelai hooked the key to the belt.
"Impressive." Rory smiled as she put on her jacket.
"Yeah, well, it takes years to get the skills I possess. Okay, couple of tips." Lorelai said quickly.
"Yeah?"
"Don't take any food out of bowls, you might as well stick your hand in a toilet. If you want chips, take it out of an open bag. Don't sing any songs, trust me, it will follow you forever." Lorelai smiled at her wit.
"I didn't plan to." Rory said, walking towards the door.
"Those things are never planned. So are you meeting Jess at the diner?" Lorelai asked, following her to the door.
"Yeah. Then we are going to the party. Then...." Rory said slowly.
"Are you asking if you could spend the night out?" Lorelai asked.
"How did you know?"
"You are talking to the queen of party life and the after party." Lorelai smiled.
"I don't know. I mean, I don't plan to, but if it happens."
"Well, I guess. I guess I don't mind as long as you call me and leave a message on my cell." Lorelai warned.
"Okay." Rory smiled thankfully.
"Will you be staying with Jess?" Lorelai asked. "I heard Luke went fishing again. I have no idea what the hell is with that man and fishing."
"Yeah. I was thinking about staying there." Rory said, looking at her feet.
"With Jess?" Lorelai dreaded.
"Well, he lives there so it might be rude to ignore him." Rory said sarcastically.
"Fine." Lorelai smiled. "I'm going to Sookie's and I might end up staying there so if you call and I'm not here, you know where I am."
"Okay. Come on, we can walk together." Rory smiled.
"Let's go!" Lorelai smiled back.
Rory walked into Luke's where Jess was behind the counter with a book in hand.
"Hey:" Rory went behind the counter and kissed him.
"Hey. You wanna go now?" Jess asked, putting the book down.
"Yeah. I wanna get there before the crowd so I can find Lane." Rory said.
"Ok. Let's go." They headed for the door, but Jess stopped them.
"Hey, did you ask your mom is you could stay over tonight?" Jess whispered so the customers couldn't hear.
"Yeah, she said it was fine as long as I called her and told her where I was." Rory replied.
"What do you mean, I thought you asked if you could stay."
"I asked her if it was ok that I stayed out all night and she said ok as long as I called and told her but then she figured out that it was probably with you so, I just have to call her and touch base with her." Rory explained.
"Ah, I got it." Jess said.
"Okay. Now let's go!" Rory screamed excitedly.
When they arrived, there were already a lot of people there.
"Ah, I guess everyone felt the same way that you did." Jess laughed lightly.
"Yeah, I guess so. Lane!" Rory spotted her and ran over to her. Jess followed.
"Rory! Hey! Hey Jess!" Lane smiled at them.
"Hi." Jess said simply since he wasn't much for socializing.
"So, are you ready?" Rory asked.
"I'm pumped!" Lane screamed "I am so ready. I have been waiting for this for months!"
"Aw, well, I wish I was there with you." Rory said sadly, looking down at her feet.
Lane touched her shoulder. "It's okay Rory. Don't worry about it."
"Okay." Rory looked up and smiled. "So, when are you on?"
"Um, I think in 15 minutes. I'll find you if you just wanna look around." Lane said.
"Okay, great." Rory smiled and took Jess hand. He squeezed it lightly and smiled. "Let's walk around."
"Okay." Jess nodded.
They walked around the house. Rory felt kinda awkward. She hadn't seen most of these people since she went to Stars Hollow High and a lot of them looked different.
"This is so weird, I don't recognize these people. I haven't seen them in 2 years." Rory said to Jess.
"Oh, right, so you're the girl everyone talked about last year, saying you left the school because you were too smart for them and that you are the snobbiest girl alive." Jess said, amused.
"They did not say that." Rory smiled.
"Well, something along those lines." Jess smiled.
"Yeah, Lane told me that part. But you added a lot more detail, mister." Rory laughed.
They walked into the kitchen where there was a bowl of punch on the table.
"Ohh, I'm thirsty." Rory started to pick up the spoon but Jess stopped her hand.
"What?" Rory looked into his eyes.
"Don't drink that." Jess said.
"Why?" Rory asked him in a sad voice.
"Because there is a 98% percent chance that there is alcohol in here and call me crazy but I'm not really in the mood to see you drunk and hold your hair away from your face." Jess smirked.
"Um, thanks?" Rory smiled and put the spoon down.
"Rory! Rory!" Lane screamed as she ran into the kitchen.
"Lane! Hey! What's up?" Rory asked casually.
"We are going. Now. Like in 2.5 minutes! I can't do this!" Lane screamed inhaling and exhaling.
"Of course you can. You'll be great." Rory encouraged. "Come on Jess, help me out here."
Jess held his hands in the air and shrugged.
"Just go out there and play what you know and I think that's the best advice I can give you." Rory smiled.
"Okay, thanks." Lane exhaled.
All three of them went into the living room where the small stage was set up. Dave was up there with his guitar and the other two band mates Zack and Brian were tuning their guitars. Lane jumped onto the stage and behind her drums.
"Who's going to introduce us?" Dave asked Lane.
"Rory! Introduce us!" Lane yelled.
"What?" Rory asked.
"Come on Ror!" Jess smiled amused.
"Oh, now you pipe in," Rory eyed him. She walked onto the stage. "Here's Stars Hollow's rockingest band. What's your name?" Rory asked panicking at Dave.
"The We, Follow them to the edge of the desert, the Harry Potters." Brian and Zack screamed.
"The-" Rory coughed and jumped off the stage and ran over to Jess. Jess smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist while she sat on his lap.
The bad were great and none of them messed up at all. Rory studied all their movements then looked around the room to see the party's reaction. Then she spotted Dean, who was over in the corner with his new girlfriend Lindsay. He spotted her and waved and she waved back. Then Rory looked over at Jess who seemed like he liked the band and she kissed him. Jess, of course, kissed her back and smiled.
After about a half hour, the band took a break. Rory and Jess got up to go and sit on a couch in the corner.
"They were awesome." Rory smiled as she cuddled with Jess on the couch.
"Yeah. Not too shabby." Jess nodded.
"Right."
"But that Brian guy. I thought he was going to pass out, but now I'm pretty sure that he is." Jess pointed to Brian who was on the stage breathing in and out while Lane rubbed his back.
Rory started hysterically laughing at the sight of Brian hyperventilating. She started laughing so hard that she started tearing.
Before she knew it, she stood up and started crying-laughing. Jess got up, smiling, but then seeing how people were staring and afraid she might be embarrassed of making a spectacle. Even Dean turned around to see what happened.
"Rory, it's not that funny." Jess whispered.
Rory nodded and was hysterical. But then she looked up and saw all the people staring at her. And from their point of view, it didn't look like she was laughing, it looked like she was crying.
She ran out of the door and Jess stood there and sighed. Dean thought Jess had made her cry. Jess started walking towards Rory, who was standing at the door, motioning for him to follow her. But before Jess could reach Rory, Dean pulled Jess arm, swung him around, and punched him right in the jaw.
"Dean!" Rory screamed.
Jess wasn't going to lay there and seem like a sissy in front of everyone, so he got up and punched him right in the stomach. Dean punched back and pushed them in another direction. Jess punched Dean so he was on the ground and got up to walk away. Dean quickly got up and tried to grab Jess's arm again but Jess stopped his hand and stared at him.
"If you even think about touching me........."Jess warned.
Dean just breathed in and out, his hair in his face.
"Jess!" Rory said lightly, implying that she wanted to leave.
"Be right there." Jess called back. "Get the hell off my back, bagboy." Jess walked towards Rory and she held out her hand for him to take. He grabbed her hand and they walked out on the silent party.
Rory and Jess continued walking towards the diner, completely silent.
"Jess, I hope you don't think I was gonna blame this all on you." Rory broke the silence.
"I was still debating." Jess replied softly.
"I know you always think that Dean is my idea of a perfect boyfriend and how I will always think that way. And normally you are a smart person, but Dean isn't even close to being a perfect boyfriend, so I guess you're not so smart this time. You are more of a perfect boyfriend." Rory blushed. "Dean has never done anything wrong to me, and neither have you."
Jess just smiled and squeezed her hand. "I'm sorry I punched him back. I just didn't want to sit there feeling stupid for being punched in the face I know I would have been the bigger man if I didn't fight back, but it was there, the opportunity was open, what can you do?"
"It's okay." Rory smiled.
"You feel like going to sleep?" Jess asked when they arrived at the apartment.
"Can we just lay down until we fall asleep?" Rory asked innocently.
"Sure." Jess said. They laid down on Jess's bed and cuddled.
Just when they were about to fall asleep, Rory broke the silence for the second time that night.
"I love you." Rory said quietly.
"I love you too." Jess whispered as they fell asleep in each others arms.
****Okay I'm sorry if the fight was lame!! I wasn't going to have an argument between Jess and Rory so I had no other way to start a fight unless someone said something ot start the fight, so I figured I'd switch it around to be a ridiculous/funny type of reason. Review and ideas PLEASE!!!!!!****