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"Luke! I'm back from my break. Where are you?" Jess yelled as he walked through the diner door.
"Jess, Luke went over to the Ice Cream Parlor again. Would you please get him back here because I am starving!" an annoyed Kirk said.
"Aw gees, not again. I'll be right back." Jess sighed as he walked into the building next door from the diner.
"Luke! I will not put up any decorations! We go through this every year and I have yet to put up a decoration!" an angry Taylor yelled.
"Well maybe this year is the year that you will change your mind!" Luke pleaded.
"It's not!"
"We'll see about that young man! You need to show your town spirit!"
"I don't have any."
"Well you better get some! At least lay out a few Easter eggs around the shop! This is an ice cream parlor after all! Ice cream is supposed to be cheerful and happy."
"Not this ice cream! It's just supposed to taste good, which it does, so my duties are fulfilled, so get out of my shop right now Luke!" yelled an angry Taylor.
"Fine, but this isn't over!" Luke said as he stormed out at the same time that Jess came stomping in.
"Luke! Get back to the diner! People are hungry and they need to eat," Jess said.
"Fine, but Taylor Doose has yet to see the last of me." Luke puffed.
"Sorry Taylor!" Jess yelled as he and Luke walked back to the diner.
Right when Jess walked through the Diner's door, his eyes fell upon a certain, unwelcome, someone.
"Dean," Jess muttered to himself. "Luke, I have to go. I'll be back in a few minutes." Jess said hurriedly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, where do you think you're going?" Luke questioned.
"I think I forgot my book at the bridge. It's one I just bought and it was expensive so I don't wanna lose it," Jess quickly fibbed.
"Fine, but if you're not back here in 15 minutes, you can kiss that paycheck goodbye."
"Thanks Luke," Jess said as he quickly walked away. Dean saw this whole scene and knew that Jess was lying about forgetting a stupid book. Jess was afraid of him. Dean would have never thought such a thing possible when Jess first came to Stars Hollow with his bad boy, New Yorker attitude. But, Jess had Rory now and she must have softened him up some. Rory. O how Dean missed her. He wished he could just taste those lips one more time. But then Jess came along and ruined everything between them, so he did what he thought best, he beat Rory. Sure, this was something he wasn't all that proud of, but she had betrayed him, and she deserved to be punished. So of course Dean threatened to kill her and her precious boyfriend. Now, they had to live in fear about whether or not Dean would come after them. Dean enjoyed this thoroughly and couldn't wait till the day when those two would be out of his and everyone else's lives for ever. In just a few days, Jess will have his birthday, and Dean would give him his gift. It would be rude not to give him a gift after all. Dean smiled wickedly to his self as he thought about the present Jess and his whore would get soon.
Then, Dean got up and hurried after Jess before he could get too far away.
Rory was sitting on the bridge, enjoying the nice spring breeze that blew past her, when her cell phone went off. She read the collar ID and saw that it was her grandma. Rory then started to panic, not knowing how to talk to her grandma, since she was going to be so much different then what Rory was use to. She took a few deep breaths, and then answered.
"Hello?"
"Rory! It's grandma. I was just calling to leave a message on your phone. I didn't think you would be out of school so soon." Emily said cheerfully; she no longer sounded stuffy and proper.
"Oh, yeah, I kind of got a bump on the head and I've seemed to forget some things, so the teacher gave me permission to take off as many days as I need to get better," Rory said nervously.
"Well, you know what that means..."
"What?" Rory asked curiously.
"You can just play hooky for as long as you want and no one will even notice!"
"Wow, that's almost the exact same thing as Jess said," Rory said, shocked that her grandma would suggest such a thing.
"Good ole Jess. He is such a fine boy. I don't see why your mother doesn't like him! He's a hell of a lot better than that Dean boy you dated."
"Oh, yeah, he sure is," Rory said. She was even more shocked now; she has never heard Emily say a cuss word before. And she couldn't believe that she liked Jess! This was almost too much for her to comprehend.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe you would like to come over this afternoon. What do ya say?"
"Oh, I would love to, but I already have plans," Rory said, remembering Jess had invited her over.
"What a shame. I already had the whole night planned out. I was thinking about an Orlando Bloom movie night!"
"Wow, that sounds awesome! Could I take a rain check?" Rory asked, wishing she could go, but still very happy with her decision on meeting Jess.
"Of course. Well I have to go. It seems like I need to fire another maid. I don't know where they go and learn their maid skills, but it must be a horrible school!" Emily laughed.
"Haa, I'm sure you're right. Bye, grandma," Rory said as she hung up. She started laughing to herself as she thought that no matter what world it was, Emily would still fire as many maids as she wanted.
Jess stood about ten feet away from the bridge as he watched his girlfriend laugh quietly to herself, wondering what was so funny. He wanted to ask her if she remembered that his birthday was Saturday, only two days from then. So, he was just about to walk onto the bridge when someone pulled him into the bushes.
"What the hell?!" Jess yelled.
"Quiet! I have a knife with me," Dean threatened.
"What do you want bag boy? I haven't told anyone."
"Now, now, now...What makes you think I want anything? I was just going to give you a happy early birthday. I can't wait for you're big day. I have a huge surprise in store for you and Rory," Dean said with a wicked grin.
"Look, I don't know what you're up to, but stay away from Rory. We've kept our promise and haven't told anyone about what you did to Rory, so leave us alone!" Jess said angrily, trying to keep his voice from getting too loud.
"Stop trying to pretend like you're the big super hero who will protect Rory and you aren't scared of anything. I see the fear in your eyes every time you walk pass me. I know you're scared. Stop pretending you're not."
"Look, I have to get back to work. Leave us alone, Dean," Jess said as he turned away from Dean.
"Remember Jess, I'm always watching you and you're prize," Dean said as he walked away in the opposite direction. Right then, Jess wished he could have killed him. If he had the knife and not Dean, Dean would be lying cut up in pieces on the ground, and that scared the shit out of him. He's not scared of Dean, but he's scared of what Dean might do to Rory, and then what he would do to Dean. The last thing Jess needed was to be accused for Dean's murder.
Jess decided he would watch Rory for a few minutes to make sure Dean wouldn't come after her, and then leave to go back to the diner. He didn't feel as if he could talk to Rory, or anybody, right now. So, he sat down in the grass and watched the wind blow kisses onto Rory's face and blow her golden chestnut brown hair around her face, making her look like an angel, which Jess truly believed she was. She was his angel, and he'd be damned if anyone would bring his angel down.
"Independence Inn, Michel speaking," Michel said in his strong Spanish accent. 'Hmm, Michel with a Spanish accent instead of a French, weird.' Rory thought as she walked into the Inn. She walked back towards the kitchen, hoping to get some of Sookie's wonderful bake goods. She was starving!
"Hey, Sook, got any good cookies or brownies?" Rory asked.
"No, and even if I did, what makes you think I would just give it to you for free?" a grouchy faced Sookie said.
"Oh, I don't know. Sorry I asked," Rory said, a bit hurt. "Have you seen Mom?"
"I'm not paid to keep track of where all the people you need to see are at when you want them, I'm paid to be a chef, which is what I am trying to do. Now, would you please get out of my kitchen?" Sookie said getting irritated.
"Ok, sorry I bothered you," Rory said slowly as she quickly rushed out of the kitchen where she bumped into her mom.
"Watch out Rory! How many times do I have to tell you not to run around in here?"
"Sorry mom." ' Man, I sure am having to say sorry a lot, and what have I done? Nothing. This part of this world sure does suck!'
"Don't be sorry, just don't do it again. Now, is there something you have to tell me because I am very busy and do not have time to fool around."
"No, I was just stopping by to see you. Sorry I was too much of an annoyance." Rory said as she walked out of the inn.
'Wow, Rory actually just wanted to come by and see me? What was that all about?' Lorelai thought as she watched her daughter leave. Rory was definitely going through some changes.
"Ok, it's already 6:00. This day sure did go by fast. I guess I might as well go ahead and start getting ready to go over to Jess's." Rory said aloud to herself as she pulled out several possible outfits that she might wear. It was times like these that she could really use Lorelai. She could make any boring shirt suddenly look like a complete outfit within a few simple minutes. Rory really wanted to look nice for Jess since this was kind of their first date, or at least for her it was. She decided to take a big chance and ask her mom to help her.
"Hey mom, could you come in here for a few minutes?" Rory asked Lorelai who was sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.
"Sure, what is it hun?" Lorelai asked. ' Wow, I guess I picked a good time to ask her. She seems almost normal.'
"I was just wondering if you could help me pick out an outfit for tonight."
"Sure, what's the special occasion?" Lorelai said as she started searching Rory's closet.
"Nothing really. Jess and I are having a date tonight and I just feel like looking nice," Rory said, starting to get more relaxed.
"And where are you going?" Lorelai asked, suddenly tensing up.
"I don't know yet," Rory lied. She didn't think it would be best to tell her mom that she and Jess were going to be spending their "date time" in his apartment all alone.
"You know how I feel about him. I don't like him one bit. I swear, if I ever find out that you two are being intimate with each other, you won't be aloud to come out of you're room for the rest of you're life!" Lorelai yelled.
"Mom! How could you think that? I would never do anything like that without telling you first that we were thinking about it!" Rory said, not believing they were having this conversation.
"You would tell me? Yeah right," Lorelai said, shaking her head. Rory then remembered that this wasn't her real mom and that they didn't share everything together here.
"Look, let's just forget about this and please look for an outfit."
"Fine, but we will discuss this later."
"I'm looking forward to it," Rory said sarcastically.
"I'll choose to ignore that comment. Here, where this," Lorelai said, holding up a cute red collar top with a V-neck and a little pocket on it. She also pulled out a pair of dark jeans and a red and white flowered belt.
"Thanks mom, this is perfect." Rory said, going over to give her mom a hug.
'What in the world is she doing? Since when does she give me hugs? I guess I should probably hug her back and think about this later.' Lorelai thought to herself.
An hour later, Rory was standing in front of the Diner. Everyone was gone and there was no sight of Jess anywhere. Rory decided to go ahead in and up the stairs to the apartment.
"Welp, here I am. I guess I should go ahead and knock. Deep breaths Rory," she told herself out loud as she raised her fist to knock. After a few light taps at the door and a few rustling sounds behind, she heard a click and Jess swung open the door. Rory was amazed to see that his hair was dripping wet, as was the rest of his body, and he was in only a towel. He must have just gotten out of the shower.
"Hey, come on in and take a seat anywhere. I'm running late so lemme just go in the bathroom and finish getting ready," Jess said as he closed the door behind Rory.
"Uh huh," Rory said, not able to speak as she took in the sight in front of her. She couldn't believe she was seeing Jess like this. He looked so hot! The Rory in this world sure was lucky!
A/N- There ya go... Hope you liked! Please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Thanks ya'll! ;-)
"Luke! I'm back from my break. Where are you?" Jess yelled as he walked through the diner door.
"Jess, Luke went over to the Ice Cream Parlor again. Would you please get him back here because I am starving!" an annoyed Kirk said.
"Aw gees, not again. I'll be right back." Jess sighed as he walked into the building next door from the diner.
"Luke! I will not put up any decorations! We go through this every year and I have yet to put up a decoration!" an angry Taylor yelled.
"Well maybe this year is the year that you will change your mind!" Luke pleaded.
"It's not!"
"We'll see about that young man! You need to show your town spirit!"
"I don't have any."
"Well you better get some! At least lay out a few Easter eggs around the shop! This is an ice cream parlor after all! Ice cream is supposed to be cheerful and happy."
"Not this ice cream! It's just supposed to taste good, which it does, so my duties are fulfilled, so get out of my shop right now Luke!" yelled an angry Taylor.
"Fine, but this isn't over!" Luke said as he stormed out at the same time that Jess came stomping in.
"Luke! Get back to the diner! People are hungry and they need to eat," Jess said.
"Fine, but Taylor Doose has yet to see the last of me." Luke puffed.
"Sorry Taylor!" Jess yelled as he and Luke walked back to the diner.
Right when Jess walked through the Diner's door, his eyes fell upon a certain, unwelcome, someone.
"Dean," Jess muttered to himself. "Luke, I have to go. I'll be back in a few minutes." Jess said hurriedly.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, where do you think you're going?" Luke questioned.
"I think I forgot my book at the bridge. It's one I just bought and it was expensive so I don't wanna lose it," Jess quickly fibbed.
"Fine, but if you're not back here in 15 minutes, you can kiss that paycheck goodbye."
"Thanks Luke," Jess said as he quickly walked away. Dean saw this whole scene and knew that Jess was lying about forgetting a stupid book. Jess was afraid of him. Dean would have never thought such a thing possible when Jess first came to Stars Hollow with his bad boy, New Yorker attitude. But, Jess had Rory now and she must have softened him up some. Rory. O how Dean missed her. He wished he could just taste those lips one more time. But then Jess came along and ruined everything between them, so he did what he thought best, he beat Rory. Sure, this was something he wasn't all that proud of, but she had betrayed him, and she deserved to be punished. So of course Dean threatened to kill her and her precious boyfriend. Now, they had to live in fear about whether or not Dean would come after them. Dean enjoyed this thoroughly and couldn't wait till the day when those two would be out of his and everyone else's lives for ever. In just a few days, Jess will have his birthday, and Dean would give him his gift. It would be rude not to give him a gift after all. Dean smiled wickedly to his self as he thought about the present Jess and his whore would get soon.
Then, Dean got up and hurried after Jess before he could get too far away.
Rory was sitting on the bridge, enjoying the nice spring breeze that blew past her, when her cell phone went off. She read the collar ID and saw that it was her grandma. Rory then started to panic, not knowing how to talk to her grandma, since she was going to be so much different then what Rory was use to. She took a few deep breaths, and then answered.
"Hello?"
"Rory! It's grandma. I was just calling to leave a message on your phone. I didn't think you would be out of school so soon." Emily said cheerfully; she no longer sounded stuffy and proper.
"Oh, yeah, I kind of got a bump on the head and I've seemed to forget some things, so the teacher gave me permission to take off as many days as I need to get better," Rory said nervously.
"Well, you know what that means..."
"What?" Rory asked curiously.
"You can just play hooky for as long as you want and no one will even notice!"
"Wow, that's almost the exact same thing as Jess said," Rory said, shocked that her grandma would suggest such a thing.
"Good ole Jess. He is such a fine boy. I don't see why your mother doesn't like him! He's a hell of a lot better than that Dean boy you dated."
"Oh, yeah, he sure is," Rory said. She was even more shocked now; she has never heard Emily say a cuss word before. And she couldn't believe that she liked Jess! This was almost too much for her to comprehend.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe you would like to come over this afternoon. What do ya say?"
"Oh, I would love to, but I already have plans," Rory said, remembering Jess had invited her over.
"What a shame. I already had the whole night planned out. I was thinking about an Orlando Bloom movie night!"
"Wow, that sounds awesome! Could I take a rain check?" Rory asked, wishing she could go, but still very happy with her decision on meeting Jess.
"Of course. Well I have to go. It seems like I need to fire another maid. I don't know where they go and learn their maid skills, but it must be a horrible school!" Emily laughed.
"Haa, I'm sure you're right. Bye, grandma," Rory said as she hung up. She started laughing to herself as she thought that no matter what world it was, Emily would still fire as many maids as she wanted.
Jess stood about ten feet away from the bridge as he watched his girlfriend laugh quietly to herself, wondering what was so funny. He wanted to ask her if she remembered that his birthday was Saturday, only two days from then. So, he was just about to walk onto the bridge when someone pulled him into the bushes.
"What the hell?!" Jess yelled.
"Quiet! I have a knife with me," Dean threatened.
"What do you want bag boy? I haven't told anyone."
"Now, now, now...What makes you think I want anything? I was just going to give you a happy early birthday. I can't wait for you're big day. I have a huge surprise in store for you and Rory," Dean said with a wicked grin.
"Look, I don't know what you're up to, but stay away from Rory. We've kept our promise and haven't told anyone about what you did to Rory, so leave us alone!" Jess said angrily, trying to keep his voice from getting too loud.
"Stop trying to pretend like you're the big super hero who will protect Rory and you aren't scared of anything. I see the fear in your eyes every time you walk pass me. I know you're scared. Stop pretending you're not."
"Look, I have to get back to work. Leave us alone, Dean," Jess said as he turned away from Dean.
"Remember Jess, I'm always watching you and you're prize," Dean said as he walked away in the opposite direction. Right then, Jess wished he could have killed him. If he had the knife and not Dean, Dean would be lying cut up in pieces on the ground, and that scared the shit out of him. He's not scared of Dean, but he's scared of what Dean might do to Rory, and then what he would do to Dean. The last thing Jess needed was to be accused for Dean's murder.
Jess decided he would watch Rory for a few minutes to make sure Dean wouldn't come after her, and then leave to go back to the diner. He didn't feel as if he could talk to Rory, or anybody, right now. So, he sat down in the grass and watched the wind blow kisses onto Rory's face and blow her golden chestnut brown hair around her face, making her look like an angel, which Jess truly believed she was. She was his angel, and he'd be damned if anyone would bring his angel down.
"Independence Inn, Michel speaking," Michel said in his strong Spanish accent. 'Hmm, Michel with a Spanish accent instead of a French, weird.' Rory thought as she walked into the Inn. She walked back towards the kitchen, hoping to get some of Sookie's wonderful bake goods. She was starving!
"Hey, Sook, got any good cookies or brownies?" Rory asked.
"No, and even if I did, what makes you think I would just give it to you for free?" a grouchy faced Sookie said.
"Oh, I don't know. Sorry I asked," Rory said, a bit hurt. "Have you seen Mom?"
"I'm not paid to keep track of where all the people you need to see are at when you want them, I'm paid to be a chef, which is what I am trying to do. Now, would you please get out of my kitchen?" Sookie said getting irritated.
"Ok, sorry I bothered you," Rory said slowly as she quickly rushed out of the kitchen where she bumped into her mom.
"Watch out Rory! How many times do I have to tell you not to run around in here?"
"Sorry mom." ' Man, I sure am having to say sorry a lot, and what have I done? Nothing. This part of this world sure does suck!'
"Don't be sorry, just don't do it again. Now, is there something you have to tell me because I am very busy and do not have time to fool around."
"No, I was just stopping by to see you. Sorry I was too much of an annoyance." Rory said as she walked out of the inn.
'Wow, Rory actually just wanted to come by and see me? What was that all about?' Lorelai thought as she watched her daughter leave. Rory was definitely going through some changes.
"Ok, it's already 6:00. This day sure did go by fast. I guess I might as well go ahead and start getting ready to go over to Jess's." Rory said aloud to herself as she pulled out several possible outfits that she might wear. It was times like these that she could really use Lorelai. She could make any boring shirt suddenly look like a complete outfit within a few simple minutes. Rory really wanted to look nice for Jess since this was kind of their first date, or at least for her it was. She decided to take a big chance and ask her mom to help her.
"Hey mom, could you come in here for a few minutes?" Rory asked Lorelai who was sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.
"Sure, what is it hun?" Lorelai asked. ' Wow, I guess I picked a good time to ask her. She seems almost normal.'
"I was just wondering if you could help me pick out an outfit for tonight."
"Sure, what's the special occasion?" Lorelai said as she started searching Rory's closet.
"Nothing really. Jess and I are having a date tonight and I just feel like looking nice," Rory said, starting to get more relaxed.
"And where are you going?" Lorelai asked, suddenly tensing up.
"I don't know yet," Rory lied. She didn't think it would be best to tell her mom that she and Jess were going to be spending their "date time" in his apartment all alone.
"You know how I feel about him. I don't like him one bit. I swear, if I ever find out that you two are being intimate with each other, you won't be aloud to come out of you're room for the rest of you're life!" Lorelai yelled.
"Mom! How could you think that? I would never do anything like that without telling you first that we were thinking about it!" Rory said, not believing they were having this conversation.
"You would tell me? Yeah right," Lorelai said, shaking her head. Rory then remembered that this wasn't her real mom and that they didn't share everything together here.
"Look, let's just forget about this and please look for an outfit."
"Fine, but we will discuss this later."
"I'm looking forward to it," Rory said sarcastically.
"I'll choose to ignore that comment. Here, where this," Lorelai said, holding up a cute red collar top with a V-neck and a little pocket on it. She also pulled out a pair of dark jeans and a red and white flowered belt.
"Thanks mom, this is perfect." Rory said, going over to give her mom a hug.
'What in the world is she doing? Since when does she give me hugs? I guess I should probably hug her back and think about this later.' Lorelai thought to herself.
An hour later, Rory was standing in front of the Diner. Everyone was gone and there was no sight of Jess anywhere. Rory decided to go ahead in and up the stairs to the apartment.
"Welp, here I am. I guess I should go ahead and knock. Deep breaths Rory," she told herself out loud as she raised her fist to knock. After a few light taps at the door and a few rustling sounds behind, she heard a click and Jess swung open the door. Rory was amazed to see that his hair was dripping wet, as was the rest of his body, and he was in only a towel. He must have just gotten out of the shower.
"Hey, come on in and take a seat anywhere. I'm running late so lemme just go in the bathroom and finish getting ready," Jess said as he closed the door behind Rory.
"Uh huh," Rory said, not able to speak as she took in the sight in front of her. She couldn't believe she was seeing Jess like this. He looked so hot! The Rory in this world sure was lucky!
A/N- There ya go... Hope you liked! Please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up as soon as I can. Thanks ya'll! ;-)