4:00 P.M
Lorelai and her daughter, Rory, walked into Luke's Diner and sat down at the counter. "Lukey!" Yelled Lorelai.
Luke emerged from the back. "Hey, what do you want?" He asked gruffly.
"Someone's in a bad mood. Bad day?"
"What do you want Lorelai?"
"I'll have coffee, a cheeseburger, cheese fries, and oh yeah! Coffee!"
"You said coffee already." Retorted Luke
"I want a double dose!"
"Fine. Rory, what do you want?"
"Wait. You're not going to argue with me about how much coffee I drink?" Asked Lorelai.
"No. I don't have time."
"I'll have the same." Said Rory. Luke got them what they wanted and brought it out.
"So where's that nephew of yours?"
"He's upstairs...oh yeah..I'll be back." Luke ran upstairs.
"Ok that was weird."
~*~*~*~*~Upstairs~*~*~*~*~
Luke burst through the door and saw Jess reading on the couch. "I'm still here." He replied to Luke's very ungraceful entrance.
"Well...good...I was just checking on you...seeing if your ok..." Jess didn't answer. "Ok then-I'll be back up later." He walked back downstairs.
~*~*~*~*~downstairs~*~*~*~*~
"Where did you go?"
"I just had to check on my nephew..."
"Um..ok..." Lorelai replied very confused... "Well why don't you bring him to dinner at our house tonight-Sookie will cook-don't worry." She winked at him.
"I'll see..." They had finished their food and decided they needed to go.
"Ok we'll go tell Sookie-BYE!" The two girls left and walked towards Sookie's.
"Hey mom," Rory started, "I'm gonna go read on the bridge for a little while ok?"
"Sure sweets..." Rory walked out onto the bridge. There was someone sitting there right in front of her who was also reading. She couldn't tell who it was. "I'm sorry, I'll just come back later." She started to leave when the person spoke.
"You can stay."
"Are you sure?" He nodded and she sat down a little bit away from him as if not to disturb him....even though she already had.
The two read for about an hour before the young man got up. "Are you leaving?" He nodded as he started walk away. "Well...bye..."
"Yeah." Rory didn't know quite what to make of this boy. She wasn't sure if it was Luke's nephew or just some kid she'd never met before...if that was even possible...but for some strange readon, he intrigued her. A boy that reads books....that was something new...
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Rory walked in and smelled the wonderful food that Sookie was making. "Mom! I'm home!!" She walked into her room and started her homework. Her mind kept drifting to the boy at the bridge...she had no idea why...Though she didn't really see his facce, he looked sad. Just by the way he slumped over his book. She didn't think it could have been Luke's nephew because when they were about to leave Luke's, he had just gone up to check on his nephew....This guy she saw at the bridge was HER age...he wouldn't have needed to be checked on.....
1 HOUR LATER
Rory came out of her room just as the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!!" She walked to the door and opened it. There stood Luke....and the guy she saw at the bridge...she stumbled back a little. "H-hi..."
"Hey, Ror." Greeted Luke.
"You....you're Luke's nephew?" She asked.
"Oh so you two know each other. That's cool. All right well common, you gotta go meet the rest of 'em." Luke walked away. Rory realized she didn't know this guy's name...he started to follow his uncle, but as he passed by Rory, he whispered:
"Jess." She looked up into his eyes and smiled.
"Rory..." He nodded and walked off.
~*~*~*~*~
They sat next to each other at the table and Rory noticed he wasn't eating. She saw Luke lean over and whisper to him, "Eat, Jess....please." Jess abruptly stood up and left the table...Everyone looked at each other in complete confusion.
"Well, I'm done." Rory announced. She took her plate into the kitchen and noticed the back door opened slightly. She walked over and opened it more...there stood Jess at the railing. "Hey..." He turned his head slightly at the sound of her voice.
"Hey" he responded. He had a bottle of beer in his hands and he started to try and open it, but his right hand was shaking so badly that he stopped trying. Rory noticed this.
"Are you ok? You're shaking..."
"I'm fine." He said harshly. There was a long silence before Rory spoke again-for fear of upsetting him once again.
"So you wanna come inside?"
"Nope."
"Oh...um..ok..so you like to read?"
"It's cool."
"So do you read much?"
"No..not much." Luke stepped out.
"Common, Jess. Let's go home." Jess started to walk off but then said to Rory.
"But then again, what is 'much'? Night Rory." The two boys walked off leaving Rory with a huge grin on her face.
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"Did you have fun?"
"It was ok." He paused. "Do they know?"
"About what?"
"About this..." He pulled up his sleeve and revealed a bandange.
"Oh that...umm...no..I figured you didn't want everyone to know-even if you don't know the people." Luke replied, very uncomfortable talking about this with him. Jess pulled his sleeve back down and rubbed the ever so sensitive spot on his wrist where he had tried to kill himself.
"Thanks..." Luke nodded and they walked the rest of the way home in silence.
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A/N: Hey guys! I hope this chapter is what you wanted...but I'm kind of unsure about it....so feedback is greatly appreciated!
Lorelai and her daughter, Rory, walked into Luke's Diner and sat down at the counter. "Lukey!" Yelled Lorelai.
Luke emerged from the back. "Hey, what do you want?" He asked gruffly.
"Someone's in a bad mood. Bad day?"
"What do you want Lorelai?"
"I'll have coffee, a cheeseburger, cheese fries, and oh yeah! Coffee!"
"You said coffee already." Retorted Luke
"I want a double dose!"
"Fine. Rory, what do you want?"
"Wait. You're not going to argue with me about how much coffee I drink?" Asked Lorelai.
"No. I don't have time."
"I'll have the same." Said Rory. Luke got them what they wanted and brought it out.
"So where's that nephew of yours?"
"He's upstairs...oh yeah..I'll be back." Luke ran upstairs.
"Ok that was weird."
~*~*~*~*~Upstairs~*~*~*~*~
Luke burst through the door and saw Jess reading on the couch. "I'm still here." He replied to Luke's very ungraceful entrance.
"Well...good...I was just checking on you...seeing if your ok..." Jess didn't answer. "Ok then-I'll be back up later." He walked back downstairs.
~*~*~*~*~downstairs~*~*~*~*~
"Where did you go?"
"I just had to check on my nephew..."
"Um..ok..." Lorelai replied very confused... "Well why don't you bring him to dinner at our house tonight-Sookie will cook-don't worry." She winked at him.
"I'll see..." They had finished their food and decided they needed to go.
"Ok we'll go tell Sookie-BYE!" The two girls left and walked towards Sookie's.
"Hey mom," Rory started, "I'm gonna go read on the bridge for a little while ok?"
"Sure sweets..." Rory walked out onto the bridge. There was someone sitting there right in front of her who was also reading. She couldn't tell who it was. "I'm sorry, I'll just come back later." She started to leave when the person spoke.
"You can stay."
"Are you sure?" He nodded and she sat down a little bit away from him as if not to disturb him....even though she already had.
The two read for about an hour before the young man got up. "Are you leaving?" He nodded as he started walk away. "Well...bye..."
"Yeah." Rory didn't know quite what to make of this boy. She wasn't sure if it was Luke's nephew or just some kid she'd never met before...if that was even possible...but for some strange readon, he intrigued her. A boy that reads books....that was something new...
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Rory walked in and smelled the wonderful food that Sookie was making. "Mom! I'm home!!" She walked into her room and started her homework. Her mind kept drifting to the boy at the bridge...she had no idea why...Though she didn't really see his facce, he looked sad. Just by the way he slumped over his book. She didn't think it could have been Luke's nephew because when they were about to leave Luke's, he had just gone up to check on his nephew....This guy she saw at the bridge was HER age...he wouldn't have needed to be checked on.....
1 HOUR LATER
Rory came out of her room just as the doorbell rang. "I'll get it!!" She walked to the door and opened it. There stood Luke....and the guy she saw at the bridge...she stumbled back a little. "H-hi..."
"Hey, Ror." Greeted Luke.
"You....you're Luke's nephew?" She asked.
"Oh so you two know each other. That's cool. All right well common, you gotta go meet the rest of 'em." Luke walked away. Rory realized she didn't know this guy's name...he started to follow his uncle, but as he passed by Rory, he whispered:
"Jess." She looked up into his eyes and smiled.
"Rory..." He nodded and walked off.
~*~*~*~*~
They sat next to each other at the table and Rory noticed he wasn't eating. She saw Luke lean over and whisper to him, "Eat, Jess....please." Jess abruptly stood up and left the table...Everyone looked at each other in complete confusion.
"Well, I'm done." Rory announced. She took her plate into the kitchen and noticed the back door opened slightly. She walked over and opened it more...there stood Jess at the railing. "Hey..." He turned his head slightly at the sound of her voice.
"Hey" he responded. He had a bottle of beer in his hands and he started to try and open it, but his right hand was shaking so badly that he stopped trying. Rory noticed this.
"Are you ok? You're shaking..."
"I'm fine." He said harshly. There was a long silence before Rory spoke again-for fear of upsetting him once again.
"So you wanna come inside?"
"Nope."
"Oh...um..ok..so you like to read?"
"It's cool."
"So do you read much?"
"No..not much." Luke stepped out.
"Common, Jess. Let's go home." Jess started to walk off but then said to Rory.
"But then again, what is 'much'? Night Rory." The two boys walked off leaving Rory with a huge grin on her face.
* * *
"Did you have fun?"
"It was ok." He paused. "Do they know?"
"About what?"
"About this..." He pulled up his sleeve and revealed a bandange.
"Oh that...umm...no..I figured you didn't want everyone to know-even if you don't know the people." Luke replied, very uncomfortable talking about this with him. Jess pulled his sleeve back down and rubbed the ever so sensitive spot on his wrist where he had tried to kill himself.
"Thanks..." Luke nodded and they walked the rest of the way home in silence.
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A/N: Hey guys! I hope this chapter is what you wanted...but I'm kind of unsure about it....so feedback is greatly appreciated!