He had decided to hang out with a different group of guys, the ones that
were quiet and mysterious, because no one ever bothered them. Heck, they
barely bothered each other. That's what he liked about them. That's what he
wanted the most, was to be left alone. There were 4 guys, usually dressed
in black and they sat in the back of every class and they hung out in dark
alleys. They would just sit around and read or listen to music. They would
occasionally smoke and drink, but only rarely. Yup, this was definitely the
group for Jess. Though it wouldn't necessarily make him look like a saint
to the rest of the town, he couldn't care less what they thought, but he
didn't want to get into trouble anymore. It was too tiring.
Lorelai and Rory had heard about Jess's friend Justin and felt absolutely terrible. But Rory felt the worst. She had been with him last week and not even noticed how badly he was upset. Although he refused to talk to her anyway. The two women walked into Luke's and ordered their usual. Jess came downstairs, took a bagel and walked out the door to school. Rory had to talk to him. She hurried out to catch up with him. But by the time she reached him, she froze. He wasn't with the guys he had been with before, he was with a darker group. They scared her even more than the other guys. What was Jess thinking!?!
AFTER SCHOOL
"See ya, guys." Jess said as his new "friends" left. Rory came up to him.
"Jess." He turned around.
"Hey." The two instinctively started walking towards the bridge.
"I heard about your friend. I'm so sorry, Jess." She said sincerely. He looked down, somewhat ashamed that he hadn't told her about Justin by now. It had been a week.
"It's ok. Sorry I didn't..ya know, tell you. I just-"
"Didn't want to talk about." She finished. "I understand what you mean."
"No, I don't think you do."
"Actually, I do. My dad...he died 3 years ago." Jess was most definitely ashamed now. He was so lost in his own depression and self-pity that he didn't bother to take into consideration that maybe, just maybe, someone might know what he was going through.
"Oh..I'm uhh sorry. I didn't..."
"It's ok. I try not to really think about it. I knew him, but he and my mom weren't married. He got my mom pregnant at 16 and she left and came here to Stars Hollow and he visited every now and then and he would call me every Thursday morning for about 10 minutes. I loved him, but I guess...not as much as I love my mom." They had reached the bridge and they sat down.
"Yeah I understand." They wanted to change the subject.
"So what's up with those guys?" She asked.
"What guys?"
"The ones you've been hanging out with recently."
"I changed friends and now you're not happy with my new ones?"
"Jess...they scare me! They're weird!"
"Rory, you don't know them. They're different than people see. They aren't all bad. Yeah, they seem dark and mysterious, but I think they do that so people will leave them alone. That's why I like them, Rory. No one bothers them. This whole town just leaves them alone. You notice they are never in the gossip chain, they just hang out. Like you and that Japanese girl."
"She's Korean."
"Whatever. You get my point."
"That's the most I've ever heard you speak."
"Well don't get used to it." He paused and looked at her. "Listen, why don't you hang out with us sometime..."
"Jess, I dunno. I don't think so."
"You and that KOREAN girl can hang out with us. We're going to Hartford to a bookstore and a music store on Saturday. Why don't you guys come."
"Wait..a bookstore and a music store....Jess that's not where you guys are really going is it?"
"Yeah. I told you they were different than you might think." He smirked.
"Well..Let me think about it ok?"
"Sure." She walked off smiling to herself. Maybe her mom was wrong about him.
He walked back into the diner a little happier than he had been in several days. "Hey, Jess, you wanna help me out?" Asked Luke comming from the back.
"Nope." He said as he took off upstairs. *ugh!!* thought Luke. Jess began reading hoping to forget his life and his problems, but he never succeeded. Every time he was alone, he would begin thinking about his problems and he would get a strong urge to kill himself-which was NOT normal. He hated being with people, but yet he had to. This sucked. He went back downstairs and decided to help Luke.
"What do you need?" Asked Jess as he entered the diner.
"Wait..I thought...ya know what. Nevermind. I will not question this miracle that has just occurred before my very own eyes." Jess rolled his eyes. "You can go serve Lorelai, Rory and Lane. Because I know you want to anway." He winked.
"What is up with you, Luke? You just winked at me. You're acting..happy...I think that I'VE seen the miracle here today."
"HA-HA. You're hilarious. Now go." Jess went over to the table of three.
"Hey, what can I get you?" He asked. Rory looked up and smiled at the familiar boy.
"Hey, Jess." Lorelai and Rory said in unision.
"Hey."
"This is Lane. The Korean girl you thought was Japanese." Said Rory. "And Lane, this is Jess, Luke's nephew."
"You thought I was Japanese?" Lane questioned, narrowing her eyes.
"GUESSED, not THOUGHT." He corrected. "It's nice to meet you. Now what can I get you people."
"Coffee!!!" Lorelai and Rory yelled in unision.
"Ok then. Lane?"
"Coke, please."
"Ok. Anything else?"
"Nope. Thanks, Jess." Said Lorelai. Jess looked out the window and saw his buddies hanging out.
"Whatever." He walked off, handing the order to Luke and grabbing his coat. He walked out the door and left with the mysterious group of guys.
"Talk about a major mood swing. Who are those guys?" Asked Lane.
"His friends." Replied Rory. "He was actually wondering if you and I would like to hang out with them Saturday." Lane looked at her strangely.
"With them? Those guys? I don't think so, Rory."
"They're going to a bookstore and a music store....Jess said they are different than most people think...and I'm wondering if he's right. Why don't we try it." Rory said with a determined look on her face as she stared out the window at the gang of boys walking towards an alley.
"Whoa whoa whoa! A bookstore and a music store? Wow. That's just crazy....I guess we could give them a try. But, Rory, even if we figure out that maybe they aren't so bad- I don't want to end up hanging out with them all the time, ok?"
"Of course." Rory replied walking towards the door.
"Uhh...Rory where are you going?" Asked Lane as she stood up as well about to follow her friend to wherever she was going.
"I'm going to tell Jess that we can hang out with them Saturday. You wanna come?"
"Yeah ok. Bye Lorelai."
"Guys, wait! I'm sorry that I wasn't paying attention! I was just staring longingly at the coffee pot hoping to move it with my magical mind powers!"
"Bye, Mom!"
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Lorelai and Rory had heard about Jess's friend Justin and felt absolutely terrible. But Rory felt the worst. She had been with him last week and not even noticed how badly he was upset. Although he refused to talk to her anyway. The two women walked into Luke's and ordered their usual. Jess came downstairs, took a bagel and walked out the door to school. Rory had to talk to him. She hurried out to catch up with him. But by the time she reached him, she froze. He wasn't with the guys he had been with before, he was with a darker group. They scared her even more than the other guys. What was Jess thinking!?!
AFTER SCHOOL
"See ya, guys." Jess said as his new "friends" left. Rory came up to him.
"Jess." He turned around.
"Hey." The two instinctively started walking towards the bridge.
"I heard about your friend. I'm so sorry, Jess." She said sincerely. He looked down, somewhat ashamed that he hadn't told her about Justin by now. It had been a week.
"It's ok. Sorry I didn't..ya know, tell you. I just-"
"Didn't want to talk about." She finished. "I understand what you mean."
"No, I don't think you do."
"Actually, I do. My dad...he died 3 years ago." Jess was most definitely ashamed now. He was so lost in his own depression and self-pity that he didn't bother to take into consideration that maybe, just maybe, someone might know what he was going through.
"Oh..I'm uhh sorry. I didn't..."
"It's ok. I try not to really think about it. I knew him, but he and my mom weren't married. He got my mom pregnant at 16 and she left and came here to Stars Hollow and he visited every now and then and he would call me every Thursday morning for about 10 minutes. I loved him, but I guess...not as much as I love my mom." They had reached the bridge and they sat down.
"Yeah I understand." They wanted to change the subject.
"So what's up with those guys?" She asked.
"What guys?"
"The ones you've been hanging out with recently."
"I changed friends and now you're not happy with my new ones?"
"Jess...they scare me! They're weird!"
"Rory, you don't know them. They're different than people see. They aren't all bad. Yeah, they seem dark and mysterious, but I think they do that so people will leave them alone. That's why I like them, Rory. No one bothers them. This whole town just leaves them alone. You notice they are never in the gossip chain, they just hang out. Like you and that Japanese girl."
"She's Korean."
"Whatever. You get my point."
"That's the most I've ever heard you speak."
"Well don't get used to it." He paused and looked at her. "Listen, why don't you hang out with us sometime..."
"Jess, I dunno. I don't think so."
"You and that KOREAN girl can hang out with us. We're going to Hartford to a bookstore and a music store on Saturday. Why don't you guys come."
"Wait..a bookstore and a music store....Jess that's not where you guys are really going is it?"
"Yeah. I told you they were different than you might think." He smirked.
"Well..Let me think about it ok?"
"Sure." She walked off smiling to herself. Maybe her mom was wrong about him.
He walked back into the diner a little happier than he had been in several days. "Hey, Jess, you wanna help me out?" Asked Luke comming from the back.
"Nope." He said as he took off upstairs. *ugh!!* thought Luke. Jess began reading hoping to forget his life and his problems, but he never succeeded. Every time he was alone, he would begin thinking about his problems and he would get a strong urge to kill himself-which was NOT normal. He hated being with people, but yet he had to. This sucked. He went back downstairs and decided to help Luke.
"What do you need?" Asked Jess as he entered the diner.
"Wait..I thought...ya know what. Nevermind. I will not question this miracle that has just occurred before my very own eyes." Jess rolled his eyes. "You can go serve Lorelai, Rory and Lane. Because I know you want to anway." He winked.
"What is up with you, Luke? You just winked at me. You're acting..happy...I think that I'VE seen the miracle here today."
"HA-HA. You're hilarious. Now go." Jess went over to the table of three.
"Hey, what can I get you?" He asked. Rory looked up and smiled at the familiar boy.
"Hey, Jess." Lorelai and Rory said in unision.
"Hey."
"This is Lane. The Korean girl you thought was Japanese." Said Rory. "And Lane, this is Jess, Luke's nephew."
"You thought I was Japanese?" Lane questioned, narrowing her eyes.
"GUESSED, not THOUGHT." He corrected. "It's nice to meet you. Now what can I get you people."
"Coffee!!!" Lorelai and Rory yelled in unision.
"Ok then. Lane?"
"Coke, please."
"Ok. Anything else?"
"Nope. Thanks, Jess." Said Lorelai. Jess looked out the window and saw his buddies hanging out.
"Whatever." He walked off, handing the order to Luke and grabbing his coat. He walked out the door and left with the mysterious group of guys.
"Talk about a major mood swing. Who are those guys?" Asked Lane.
"His friends." Replied Rory. "He was actually wondering if you and I would like to hang out with them Saturday." Lane looked at her strangely.
"With them? Those guys? I don't think so, Rory."
"They're going to a bookstore and a music store....Jess said they are different than most people think...and I'm wondering if he's right. Why don't we try it." Rory said with a determined look on her face as she stared out the window at the gang of boys walking towards an alley.
"Whoa whoa whoa! A bookstore and a music store? Wow. That's just crazy....I guess we could give them a try. But, Rory, even if we figure out that maybe they aren't so bad- I don't want to end up hanging out with them all the time, ok?"
"Of course." Rory replied walking towards the door.
"Uhh...Rory where are you going?" Asked Lane as she stood up as well about to follow her friend to wherever she was going.
"I'm going to tell Jess that we can hang out with them Saturday. You wanna come?"
"Yeah ok. Bye Lorelai."
"Guys, wait! I'm sorry that I wasn't paying attention! I was just staring longingly at the coffee pot hoping to move it with my magical mind powers!"
"Bye, Mom!"
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