He sat on the bridge the next day as it poured down rain and he
absentmindedly rubbed his wrist while staring at his reflection in the
water. "Hi." Came an angelic voice. He jumped and grabbed for the sleeve of
his shirt to pull it down to hide his wrist...but the problem was....He was
wearing a short sleeve shirt...and he had forgotten a jacket. He thought he
would be the only one out in the wet, cold afternoon.
"You shouldn't be out here, you'll catch a cold." Rory was surprised that he actually said something....considerate.
"What about you? You have a short sleeve shirt on! At least I have a jacket!" She said half jokingly. Jess realized it was hopeless to argue with her. He made sure that his wrist was hidded as she sat down next to him. They sat in silence for a good while. It was a comfortable silence unlike most silences Rory had experienced. Most were uncomfortable and made her want to squirm or run away. Rory although enjoying this silence thought it best to say something. "So how do you like Stars Hollow?" He looked at her out of the corner of his eye hoping she was joking, but then realizing she wasn't, tried to come up with an answer.
"I haven't been here long enough to make an analysis."
"Oh. That makes sense." There was another silence. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He slowly put it up to his lips and took a drag. The silence then became uncomfortable. "Hobby?" She asked pointing the cigarette he held in his left hand..........conveniently.
"One of many." He replied in a joking casual way. After a bit he sensed that him smoking was a discomfort to Rory. "Is it bothering you? Me smoking?"
"A little." She confessed.
"Ok." He threw it in the water. "Better now?" She smiled.
"Much....but you didn't have to."
"Whatever. I gotta get goin, I'll be seein ya." He got up.
"Yeah me too." He turned around to leave but she spoke again. "Hey Jess?"
"Yeah?" He turned around.
"I hope you like it here in Stars Hollow." She smiled at him then turned around and walked away. He smirked a little and stared after her, seemingly satisfied and happy that she was stubborn enough to stay and talk to him in the rain. She was different than the other girls he had met. Most were just after sex, one night stands, things like that...she was so so much different.
Jess walked back into the diner and all of a sudden froze.
~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~
"Move!"
"What?"
"You're in the way! Move!!"
"What if I don't want to?" Jess asked sarcastically.
"Then you better start runnin." The large man replied.
"OOO, is that a threat?" The man lunged at Jess and threw him on the ground. He repeatedly punched Jess in the face and in the stomach and he would stand up and kick him in the ribs. Then occasionally he would pick him up and throw him into a wall or a bookcase or maybe even a coffee table.
"Billy, stop." Said Liz, comming up behind him. She was wasted and to Billy she was not even close to a threat to him. He shoved her back and she landed on the floor. That was it, this pushed Jess too far. He stood up slowly, stumbled back a little, and thend steadied himself the best he could. His vision was blurred from the tears of pain that lingered in his eyes, but he had to defend his mother.
"Leave her alone." He said sharply. The man turned back to him with hate and anger upon his red face.
"You want another beatin, boy!?!" He boomed as he stormed over to Jess. He was once again caught in a situation that was not good. His stpid mouth had once again got him and even his constantly wasted mother into trouble. He looked at his helpless mother and decided that he could take another beating for her as always and replied to his mother's boyfriend:
"Bring it on." For a 14 year old, Jess was quite brave to have taken on this guy for 2 years straight...of course he always lost, but his mother was always ok..except for the fact she was wasted. He wanted to be tough....and that's what he would do. He decided while he was lying on the floor about to go unconscious from the pain that he was going to find someone that could make him tough.
Liz had been so depressed over Jimmy leaving, that she would go to bars everynight and get drunk or wasted or whatever she felt like-this started her addiction to drugs and alcohol. One night while she was at the bar, she brought home the man named Billy. She brought him home night after night after night for 2 years and at least 4 times a week, Jess would take a beating. He had to get tough-that's all there was to it. Whatever it took, he would do it. He couldn't take it anymore.
~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~
"Jess..Jess?" His head shot up to look at his uncle.
"Huh?"
"I've been trying to get your attention for like 5 minutes, where you been?"
"I uhh..I..." He didn't want to tell Luke about Billy...he looked down and then replied: "I was gonna go..umm...well....nevermind!" He got too frustrated and all of the anger and hate that he had had back in New York with Billy came rushing back into his mind like a river rushes into an ocean. He couldn't be with anyone right now or he would probably take their head off-He had to be alone.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Luke came upstairs after he locked up the diner. Jess had finally calmed down and decided to take a shower and as Luke entered the apartment, Jess came out of the bathroom. The looked at each other not quite sure what to say because of Jess's little explosion down in the diner earlier that day.
"Uhh...you closed early?" Jess asked.
"Yeah...yeah I did....so ummm what was up with you today?"
"What?" He played dumb.
"You were zoned out for forever....you just stood in the doorway with a look of horror on your face...it was weird."
"Oh...I was thinkin...." He replied not wanting to discuss it any further.
"About....?"
"Nothing that concerns you!" He snapped again, as he mentally slapped himself.
"Jeez I was just askin!" Luke yelled as he went into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Jess flinched. There he went again-making people mad with his stupid mouth. He never said the right thing. He didn't really mean to snap again but it just happened..... *I really shouldn't speak at all...* he thought.
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A/N: Hey guys I hope you liked this chapter! Please tell me if you like the many flashbacks I'm debating if I should continue to use them....well please review and tell me! thanks!
"You shouldn't be out here, you'll catch a cold." Rory was surprised that he actually said something....considerate.
"What about you? You have a short sleeve shirt on! At least I have a jacket!" She said half jokingly. Jess realized it was hopeless to argue with her. He made sure that his wrist was hidded as she sat down next to him. They sat in silence for a good while. It was a comfortable silence unlike most silences Rory had experienced. Most were uncomfortable and made her want to squirm or run away. Rory although enjoying this silence thought it best to say something. "So how do you like Stars Hollow?" He looked at her out of the corner of his eye hoping she was joking, but then realizing she wasn't, tried to come up with an answer.
"I haven't been here long enough to make an analysis."
"Oh. That makes sense." There was another silence. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He slowly put it up to his lips and took a drag. The silence then became uncomfortable. "Hobby?" She asked pointing the cigarette he held in his left hand..........conveniently.
"One of many." He replied in a joking casual way. After a bit he sensed that him smoking was a discomfort to Rory. "Is it bothering you? Me smoking?"
"A little." She confessed.
"Ok." He threw it in the water. "Better now?" She smiled.
"Much....but you didn't have to."
"Whatever. I gotta get goin, I'll be seein ya." He got up.
"Yeah me too." He turned around to leave but she spoke again. "Hey Jess?"
"Yeah?" He turned around.
"I hope you like it here in Stars Hollow." She smiled at him then turned around and walked away. He smirked a little and stared after her, seemingly satisfied and happy that she was stubborn enough to stay and talk to him in the rain. She was different than the other girls he had met. Most were just after sex, one night stands, things like that...she was so so much different.
Jess walked back into the diner and all of a sudden froze.
~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~
"Move!"
"What?"
"You're in the way! Move!!"
"What if I don't want to?" Jess asked sarcastically.
"Then you better start runnin." The large man replied.
"OOO, is that a threat?" The man lunged at Jess and threw him on the ground. He repeatedly punched Jess in the face and in the stomach and he would stand up and kick him in the ribs. Then occasionally he would pick him up and throw him into a wall or a bookcase or maybe even a coffee table.
"Billy, stop." Said Liz, comming up behind him. She was wasted and to Billy she was not even close to a threat to him. He shoved her back and she landed on the floor. That was it, this pushed Jess too far. He stood up slowly, stumbled back a little, and thend steadied himself the best he could. His vision was blurred from the tears of pain that lingered in his eyes, but he had to defend his mother.
"Leave her alone." He said sharply. The man turned back to him with hate and anger upon his red face.
"You want another beatin, boy!?!" He boomed as he stormed over to Jess. He was once again caught in a situation that was not good. His stpid mouth had once again got him and even his constantly wasted mother into trouble. He looked at his helpless mother and decided that he could take another beating for her as always and replied to his mother's boyfriend:
"Bring it on." For a 14 year old, Jess was quite brave to have taken on this guy for 2 years straight...of course he always lost, but his mother was always ok..except for the fact she was wasted. He wanted to be tough....and that's what he would do. He decided while he was lying on the floor about to go unconscious from the pain that he was going to find someone that could make him tough.
Liz had been so depressed over Jimmy leaving, that she would go to bars everynight and get drunk or wasted or whatever she felt like-this started her addiction to drugs and alcohol. One night while she was at the bar, she brought home the man named Billy. She brought him home night after night after night for 2 years and at least 4 times a week, Jess would take a beating. He had to get tough-that's all there was to it. Whatever it took, he would do it. He couldn't take it anymore.
~*~*~*~End of Flashback~*~*~*~
"Jess..Jess?" His head shot up to look at his uncle.
"Huh?"
"I've been trying to get your attention for like 5 minutes, where you been?"
"I uhh..I..." He didn't want to tell Luke about Billy...he looked down and then replied: "I was gonna go..umm...well....nevermind!" He got too frustrated and all of the anger and hate that he had had back in New York with Billy came rushing back into his mind like a river rushes into an ocean. He couldn't be with anyone right now or he would probably take their head off-He had to be alone.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Luke came upstairs after he locked up the diner. Jess had finally calmed down and decided to take a shower and as Luke entered the apartment, Jess came out of the bathroom. The looked at each other not quite sure what to say because of Jess's little explosion down in the diner earlier that day.
"Uhh...you closed early?" Jess asked.
"Yeah...yeah I did....so ummm what was up with you today?"
"What?" He played dumb.
"You were zoned out for forever....you just stood in the doorway with a look of horror on your face...it was weird."
"Oh...I was thinkin...." He replied not wanting to discuss it any further.
"About....?"
"Nothing that concerns you!" He snapped again, as he mentally slapped himself.
"Jeez I was just askin!" Luke yelled as he went into the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Jess flinched. There he went again-making people mad with his stupid mouth. He never said the right thing. He didn't really mean to snap again but it just happened..... *I really shouldn't speak at all...* he thought.
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A/N: Hey guys I hope you liked this chapter! Please tell me if you like the many flashbacks I'm debating if I should continue to use them....well please review and tell me! thanks!