Promises
Rory Gilmore had moved on. Of course she had. It had been many months, Jess was out of her life and things were probably better that way. They were certainly easier. She was studying and working and keeping her grades up as best as she could and through the muddled mess trying to spend as much time with her mother as she could. Even if it was just to do laundry.
Her life was in order without any intrusions for the first time in a long time.
And he had to go and screw it up. Very unexpected. Uninvited. Unapologetic. That was Jess.
"Bye Luke, thanks for the info." She smiled and left the diner with a slight wave. As she turned to head home, she froze.
There he was, his hands buried in his jacket pockets, his hair mussed, his eyes fixed on her. "Hey you."
"You.why are you here?"
"You were always good with the greeting thing."
"I have to go."
"Rory, wait a minute." he set a hand on her forearm as she tried to move past him, letting go as she looked down at it. "Sorry. Can we talk?"
"No, talking is bad. Talking is very bad and I don't think it would be a good thing to do, talk, no definitely not. I'm going to go home and you're going to go.wherever it is that you were going and we're not going to talk. Because nothing good can come from it."
"Fine then." Jess pressed his lips against hers gently. She was still for a moment before she threw her arms around his neck and leaned into him.
"Damnit." She pushed him away with all her strength. "Jess, I can't do this. I won't do this, not again."
"Rory you have to let me explain."
"No! No explaining.we are over. We are more than over, in fact we are so beyond over that.that I don't even know what over I'm talking about. That's how over we are. You got that?"
"I don't know what the hell you just said."
"Me neither." She mumbled, wrapping her arms around herself protectively. "I have to go, Jess."
"So you keep saying." He smiled the smile she was all too familiar with. "Give me twenty minutes."
"What?"
"Twenty minutes to explain and you can go. And I won't bug you and I won't do that and you can go and be over this."
"Promise?" Rory raised an eyebrow, though she wanted him to promise nothing of the sort.
"I promise."
"Okay." She nodded, following him into a world she had long since left behind.
Rory Gilmore had moved on. Of course she had. It had been many months, Jess was out of her life and things were probably better that way. They were certainly easier. She was studying and working and keeping her grades up as best as she could and through the muddled mess trying to spend as much time with her mother as she could. Even if it was just to do laundry.
Her life was in order without any intrusions for the first time in a long time.
And he had to go and screw it up. Very unexpected. Uninvited. Unapologetic. That was Jess.
"Bye Luke, thanks for the info." She smiled and left the diner with a slight wave. As she turned to head home, she froze.
There he was, his hands buried in his jacket pockets, his hair mussed, his eyes fixed on her. "Hey you."
"You.why are you here?"
"You were always good with the greeting thing."
"I have to go."
"Rory, wait a minute." he set a hand on her forearm as she tried to move past him, letting go as she looked down at it. "Sorry. Can we talk?"
"No, talking is bad. Talking is very bad and I don't think it would be a good thing to do, talk, no definitely not. I'm going to go home and you're going to go.wherever it is that you were going and we're not going to talk. Because nothing good can come from it."
"Fine then." Jess pressed his lips against hers gently. She was still for a moment before she threw her arms around his neck and leaned into him.
"Damnit." She pushed him away with all her strength. "Jess, I can't do this. I won't do this, not again."
"Rory you have to let me explain."
"No! No explaining.we are over. We are more than over, in fact we are so beyond over that.that I don't even know what over I'm talking about. That's how over we are. You got that?"
"I don't know what the hell you just said."
"Me neither." She mumbled, wrapping her arms around herself protectively. "I have to go, Jess."
"So you keep saying." He smiled the smile she was all too familiar with. "Give me twenty minutes."
"What?"
"Twenty minutes to explain and you can go. And I won't bug you and I won't do that and you can go and be over this."
"Promise?" Rory raised an eyebrow, though she wanted him to promise nothing of the sort.
"I promise."
"Okay." She nodded, following him into a world she had long since left behind.