Disclaimer: I own nuthing except for Jess's new friends (except for Dean of
course)
A/N: Thanks for all your reviews! But I would appreciate it if you continued!! Enjoy this chapter!
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"Jess, get your butt down here and help me!!" Luke yelled up the stairs to his sleeping nephew. "JESS!!!!" Luke shook his head and walked over to the Gilmore's to take their order. "What can I get you guys?" He asked taking out his notepad.
"Coffee and some french toast...and a danish!"
"And a donut!" Rory chimed in.
"Oh, and did we mention COFFEE!!!!" Lorelai and Rory giggled as Luke went to the back to get their orders. Rory looked longingly at the stairs. Oh, how she wanted to go up them. They were like the stairway to Heaven. "Rory!!" Rory tore her eyes away from the stairs and looked at her mom. "Hey, sweetie, what are you looking at?"
"Oh nothing." Rory replied nonchalantly. She really wanted to go up and see Jess...but she didn't know if he wanted her to.....Well, it was a chance she was willing to take. "Hey, Luke?"
"Huh?"
"May I go upstairs and see Jess for a minute, please?" Luke nodded. Rory walked up the stairs slowly and knocked on the door. There was no answer, so she knocked again. A figure soon appeared behind the door as it opened.
"What!?" He yelled, expecting to see Luke standing before him. Instead, he saw the sweet, bewildered face of Rory Gilmore. "Rory...hey. Sorry..I thought you were Luke..." She nodded slowly and looked down at her feet. "You uhh...wanna come in?" She nodded and continued to look down at her feet as she walked inside the apartment. "You ok?" He asked, afraid that he had really scared her. She nodded again and looked up and then looked away again.
"Jess...can you umm..." She pointed to him without looking at him, hoping he would understand.
"What? Can I what?" He asked obviously not understanding. She finally looked at him.
"Could you maybe put some clothes on?" He looked down and realized he was only in his boxers and began to blush...and that was a first for Jess Mariano.
"I uhh...yeah...sorry." He grabbed the first shirt and pair of pants that he could find and went into the bathroom to change. A few minutes later, he emerged, fully clothed. "Hey sorry about that." She had been looking at one of his books and at the sound of his voice, she threw the book halfway across the room and almost hit him, but he ducked just as the book past by his head. "Jeez! I said I was sorry!! It's not like you didn't enjoy it!" She started to blush and he just smirked at her. "So what did you need?"
"What?"
"I know you didn't come up here just to get a look at my sexy body...." He paused as she blushed furiously. "So why did you come up?"
"Well...I was just wondering...why you didn't want to hang out with me last night....and then the other day at the bridge, you ran away from me. It's like you don't want me around. You ditched me for those guys the first day of school...and I'm just confused." He walked over to his bookshelves and looked for a book.
"It's not that I don't want to hang out with you, Rory. I do. I just....it's hard ok?" He turned around to face her to see if she would leave it at that or if she was going to make him explain further. She was looking at him, nodding her head.
"oh...I get it...hanging out with me is -hard-. I see what you mean...." Her brow furrowed as her anger increased. "If it's so -hard- to hang out with me as you so eloquently put it, then why don't you just quit hanging out with me all together?!" She yelled as she headed out the door.
"Rory, it's not like that!" He yelled after her. "That's not what I meant." He said as the door clicked shut. His stupid mouth.
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LUNCH TIME AT SCHOOL
"So, what are you going to do?" Lane asked her friend as they sat at one of the benches at their school.
"I don't know." She answered honestly.
"You know I don't think he meant that it was -hard- to hang out with you....I really don't think that's what he meant..." Rory stared at the ground in deep thought....until a voice broke her concentration.
"Rory!!" She turned around... "Hey! It's me, Dean. Do you remember me?" *crap* she thought.
"Yeah, I remember you." Lane looked down not sure if she should stay or if she should leave.
"Great. Listen, I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hang out on Saturday...ya know maybe see a movie, get some coffee..." Rory looked down and thought for a moment. She really didn't want to...out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jess talking to a particularly hoochie-looking blonde headed girl. She made her decision.
"Sure, I'd love to go out with you on Saturday." Lane's head shot up at the sound of these words, uttered by her best friend. "What time?"
"I'll pick you up say around 1:00 and we'll make a day of it. Ok?"
"Great! I'll see you then, Jean." He laughed a little and gave her an odd look...
"Yeah...and it's Dean...." She smiled at him.
"Sorry. Bye Dean!" Dean walked away, satisfied. Lane searched her friend's face for some kind of explanation. Not two minutes ago had she been completely crushed that Jess "didn't want to hang out with her" and then all of a sudden she has a date with this guy named Dean.
"Rory..."
"Yeah?" She asked turned towards Lane's confused face. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You have a date." She stated, wondering if Rory really knew what had just happened. Rory looked at her, lost.
"Yes, I do. Glad to know you're not deaf...." She paused for a moment. "Is that a problem?"
"Well, just a second ago you were totally crushed about Jess and all of a sudden I hear you say that you would love to go on a date with a creep."
"He's not a creep. He's nice." She defended this Dean guy even though she knew Lane was right.
"Rory! YOU told me he was a creep!!" The two had almost reached the school's entrance when Rory stopped and looked over to her left and then quickly looked away. Lane followed where her eyes had been. "Oh my gosh, Rory!" She pulled her friend away from the crowd into a more private area. "You said yes to Dean because you saw Jess with that girl didn't you!?!" Rory looked at Lane, appalled.
"Lane, how could you accuse me of such a thing? I would never use a guy just to get to another guy!" Lane's eyes narrowed at her words. "Lane!" Rory's brow furrowed and her eyes closed as she leaned her head back. "Lane...I haven't dated since that Brad guy....and Jess and I are just friends...just FRIENDS Lane....I just want to go on a date. Ok?" Lane still didn't believe her, but she decided not to push the matter for their friendship's sake.
"Ok, Rory." Lane left and went to her class, leaving Rory alone. She peaked around the side of the building and saw Jess and the girl still talking. The girl was so touchy-feely. Everytime she would laugh, she would reach out and touch him. Rory's heart filled with anger and though she never would admit it, jelousy. A heavy sigh escaped her lips as she walked to the front of the building.
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"So I was thinkin maybe we could hang out sometime?" The girl looked at Jess hopefully and he looked away, wishing that she would just disappear. He spotted Rory out of the corner of his eye. "So what do you think about-"
"Listen, I have to go." He stopped her mid-sentence and ran to catch up with Rory. "Hey! Rory! Wait up!" She turned her head slightly and then continued walking, even quickening her pace. "Rory!" He ran quicker and grabbed her arm gently, turning her around.
"Let me go, Jess. I have to get to class." She looked at him and then the girl he had been with, who was standing in the same spot, with a pout on her face. "Unlike some people." She remarked.
"Rory, I think you misunderstood me earlier."
"Stay away from me...oh, but you'll probably do that anyway." She ran off to her next class, unaware of how sad this made Jess.
He walked....he just walked. There was nothing he could do. She was convinced that he hated her, which was completely ridiculous. *Maybe I should tell her.....* he thought as he stepped onto the bridge. "NO!" He boomed, his deep voice bouncing off the water and the trees. *I can't. It will scare her. She'll run away. She can't know about me.* He looked at his wrist. *she can't know.* People were afraid of people who were "suicidal". They always were making sure that they didn't upset the person so they wouldn't get upset and kill themselves. He hated it. He hated being treated weird. If people knew about him....especially -her-.....it wouldn't end well and she definitely wouldn't want to be friends with a suicidal freak like him. Why was she so upset that he wasn't hanging out with her anyway?
3:30-AFTER SCHOOL
Jess had laid at the bridge for the rest of the day. He didn't want to go back to that school, at least not today. He heard a noise and looked up. A little distance away, he saw two people. A girl and a guy. The girl laughed at something the guy had said and placed a hand on his shoulder, a caring gesture. The girl, was most definitely Rory....and the guy...he squinted...."Dean?" Jess laid back on the bridge and stared up into the sky. Dean was his friend....but not anymore. From that day on, Jess decided to become a loner. He was in no need of friends. All they brought him was hurt.
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A/N: I know Rory and Jess are acting pretty imature, well mainly Rory....but please try and bear with me! Being ditched by your friends really sux! Trust me I know!! Anyway! I'm not entirely sure if I'm satisfied with this chapter.....Make me happy and review!! thanks!!
A/N: Thanks for all your reviews! But I would appreciate it if you continued!! Enjoy this chapter!
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"Jess, get your butt down here and help me!!" Luke yelled up the stairs to his sleeping nephew. "JESS!!!!" Luke shook his head and walked over to the Gilmore's to take their order. "What can I get you guys?" He asked taking out his notepad.
"Coffee and some french toast...and a danish!"
"And a donut!" Rory chimed in.
"Oh, and did we mention COFFEE!!!!" Lorelai and Rory giggled as Luke went to the back to get their orders. Rory looked longingly at the stairs. Oh, how she wanted to go up them. They were like the stairway to Heaven. "Rory!!" Rory tore her eyes away from the stairs and looked at her mom. "Hey, sweetie, what are you looking at?"
"Oh nothing." Rory replied nonchalantly. She really wanted to go up and see Jess...but she didn't know if he wanted her to.....Well, it was a chance she was willing to take. "Hey, Luke?"
"Huh?"
"May I go upstairs and see Jess for a minute, please?" Luke nodded. Rory walked up the stairs slowly and knocked on the door. There was no answer, so she knocked again. A figure soon appeared behind the door as it opened.
"What!?" He yelled, expecting to see Luke standing before him. Instead, he saw the sweet, bewildered face of Rory Gilmore. "Rory...hey. Sorry..I thought you were Luke..." She nodded slowly and looked down at her feet. "You uhh...wanna come in?" She nodded and continued to look down at her feet as she walked inside the apartment. "You ok?" He asked, afraid that he had really scared her. She nodded again and looked up and then looked away again.
"Jess...can you umm..." She pointed to him without looking at him, hoping he would understand.
"What? Can I what?" He asked obviously not understanding. She finally looked at him.
"Could you maybe put some clothes on?" He looked down and realized he was only in his boxers and began to blush...and that was a first for Jess Mariano.
"I uhh...yeah...sorry." He grabbed the first shirt and pair of pants that he could find and went into the bathroom to change. A few minutes later, he emerged, fully clothed. "Hey sorry about that." She had been looking at one of his books and at the sound of his voice, she threw the book halfway across the room and almost hit him, but he ducked just as the book past by his head. "Jeez! I said I was sorry!! It's not like you didn't enjoy it!" She started to blush and he just smirked at her. "So what did you need?"
"What?"
"I know you didn't come up here just to get a look at my sexy body...." He paused as she blushed furiously. "So why did you come up?"
"Well...I was just wondering...why you didn't want to hang out with me last night....and then the other day at the bridge, you ran away from me. It's like you don't want me around. You ditched me for those guys the first day of school...and I'm just confused." He walked over to his bookshelves and looked for a book.
"It's not that I don't want to hang out with you, Rory. I do. I just....it's hard ok?" He turned around to face her to see if she would leave it at that or if she was going to make him explain further. She was looking at him, nodding her head.
"oh...I get it...hanging out with me is -hard-. I see what you mean...." Her brow furrowed as her anger increased. "If it's so -hard- to hang out with me as you so eloquently put it, then why don't you just quit hanging out with me all together?!" She yelled as she headed out the door.
"Rory, it's not like that!" He yelled after her. "That's not what I meant." He said as the door clicked shut. His stupid mouth.
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LUNCH TIME AT SCHOOL
"So, what are you going to do?" Lane asked her friend as they sat at one of the benches at their school.
"I don't know." She answered honestly.
"You know I don't think he meant that it was -hard- to hang out with you....I really don't think that's what he meant..." Rory stared at the ground in deep thought....until a voice broke her concentration.
"Rory!!" She turned around... "Hey! It's me, Dean. Do you remember me?" *crap* she thought.
"Yeah, I remember you." Lane looked down not sure if she should stay or if she should leave.
"Great. Listen, I was wondering if you maybe wanted to hang out on Saturday...ya know maybe see a movie, get some coffee..." Rory looked down and thought for a moment. She really didn't want to...out of the corner of her eye, she saw Jess talking to a particularly hoochie-looking blonde headed girl. She made her decision.
"Sure, I'd love to go out with you on Saturday." Lane's head shot up at the sound of these words, uttered by her best friend. "What time?"
"I'll pick you up say around 1:00 and we'll make a day of it. Ok?"
"Great! I'll see you then, Jean." He laughed a little and gave her an odd look...
"Yeah...and it's Dean...." She smiled at him.
"Sorry. Bye Dean!" Dean walked away, satisfied. Lane searched her friend's face for some kind of explanation. Not two minutes ago had she been completely crushed that Jess "didn't want to hang out with her" and then all of a sudden she has a date with this guy named Dean.
"Rory..."
"Yeah?" She asked turned towards Lane's confused face. "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You have a date." She stated, wondering if Rory really knew what had just happened. Rory looked at her, lost.
"Yes, I do. Glad to know you're not deaf...." She paused for a moment. "Is that a problem?"
"Well, just a second ago you were totally crushed about Jess and all of a sudden I hear you say that you would love to go on a date with a creep."
"He's not a creep. He's nice." She defended this Dean guy even though she knew Lane was right.
"Rory! YOU told me he was a creep!!" The two had almost reached the school's entrance when Rory stopped and looked over to her left and then quickly looked away. Lane followed where her eyes had been. "Oh my gosh, Rory!" She pulled her friend away from the crowd into a more private area. "You said yes to Dean because you saw Jess with that girl didn't you!?!" Rory looked at Lane, appalled.
"Lane, how could you accuse me of such a thing? I would never use a guy just to get to another guy!" Lane's eyes narrowed at her words. "Lane!" Rory's brow furrowed and her eyes closed as she leaned her head back. "Lane...I haven't dated since that Brad guy....and Jess and I are just friends...just FRIENDS Lane....I just want to go on a date. Ok?" Lane still didn't believe her, but she decided not to push the matter for their friendship's sake.
"Ok, Rory." Lane left and went to her class, leaving Rory alone. She peaked around the side of the building and saw Jess and the girl still talking. The girl was so touchy-feely. Everytime she would laugh, she would reach out and touch him. Rory's heart filled with anger and though she never would admit it, jelousy. A heavy sigh escaped her lips as she walked to the front of the building.
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"So I was thinkin maybe we could hang out sometime?" The girl looked at Jess hopefully and he looked away, wishing that she would just disappear. He spotted Rory out of the corner of his eye. "So what do you think about-"
"Listen, I have to go." He stopped her mid-sentence and ran to catch up with Rory. "Hey! Rory! Wait up!" She turned her head slightly and then continued walking, even quickening her pace. "Rory!" He ran quicker and grabbed her arm gently, turning her around.
"Let me go, Jess. I have to get to class." She looked at him and then the girl he had been with, who was standing in the same spot, with a pout on her face. "Unlike some people." She remarked.
"Rory, I think you misunderstood me earlier."
"Stay away from me...oh, but you'll probably do that anyway." She ran off to her next class, unaware of how sad this made Jess.
He walked....he just walked. There was nothing he could do. She was convinced that he hated her, which was completely ridiculous. *Maybe I should tell her.....* he thought as he stepped onto the bridge. "NO!" He boomed, his deep voice bouncing off the water and the trees. *I can't. It will scare her. She'll run away. She can't know about me.* He looked at his wrist. *she can't know.* People were afraid of people who were "suicidal". They always were making sure that they didn't upset the person so they wouldn't get upset and kill themselves. He hated it. He hated being treated weird. If people knew about him....especially -her-.....it wouldn't end well and she definitely wouldn't want to be friends with a suicidal freak like him. Why was she so upset that he wasn't hanging out with her anyway?
3:30-AFTER SCHOOL
Jess had laid at the bridge for the rest of the day. He didn't want to go back to that school, at least not today. He heard a noise and looked up. A little distance away, he saw two people. A girl and a guy. The girl laughed at something the guy had said and placed a hand on his shoulder, a caring gesture. The girl, was most definitely Rory....and the guy...he squinted...."Dean?" Jess laid back on the bridge and stared up into the sky. Dean was his friend....but not anymore. From that day on, Jess decided to become a loner. He was in no need of friends. All they brought him was hurt.
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A/N: I know Rory and Jess are acting pretty imature, well mainly Rory....but please try and bear with me! Being ditched by your friends really sux! Trust me I know!! Anyway! I'm not entirely sure if I'm satisfied with this chapter.....Make me happy and review!! thanks!!