Title: A Few More Fights, With a Few Less Tights.
Spoilers: everything through episode 4 x 21, Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Pairings: I'm a lit, with a dash of javajunkieness
Rating: PG-13 just to be on the safe side
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of the other characters, I do however plan to rectify the horrible situation the writers made out of the season 4 finale by changing things before they go wrong. I hope you enjoy, feedback is much appreciated. Also this is my first fic, so if it's horrible let me know.
Summary: An alteration to 4.21 episode can make all the difference in the world.
A/N: Just wanted to say this is a birthday present for one of my best online friends so you better enjoy chica!
It just seemed like another Stars Hollow morning, the early crowd still arrived early at the diner and Luke was once again up at his usual 5 AM to get everything prepared and opened in time for them.
Jess awoke at 7:30 and looked for his clock. "What the hell?" he asked sitting up quickly and looking around, finally realizing that he wasn't in his crappy little apartment in New York but back at Luke's. He sighed and threw his feet over the side of the bed and rubbed his face with his hands. "Here goes nothing," he muttered as he stood up rummaged through his box found some clothes and headed for the bathroom to get cleaned up and ready for the day.
"Oink, oink," the alarm was buzzing in Lorelai's room, she sighed and slapped it shut. "Stupid pigs!" she mumbled as she rolled over and buried her head under the pillow in the process knocking over her alarm clock that clanked to the floor.
Downstairs Rory was woken by the clatter. "Huh?" She asked sleepily. She glanced around and realized she was back at home. "Did you hear that colonel clucker?" she asked her stuffed chicken that was sitting on her dresser. She sat up and padded into the kitchen. "Mom?" she called looking around. Rory glanced at the clock on the stove..."8:30" ... "Mom?!?" she called a little louder.
Lorelai unburied her head, "Rory?" she called back.
"Mom?" Rory called again as she headed upstairs, "did you hear that clank?" she asked.
"Ummm," Lorelai yelled back still half asleep. Rory walked into her room and saw the clock on the floor she picked it up and put it back on the night table. "Taking the break a few eggs to make an omelet literally?" Rory asked.
Lorelai opened up her eyes and looked at Rory, "it was the pigs. No chickens here."
"Oh, so you had an urge for bacon?" Rory teased now fully awake and mentally freaking out over the thought of seeing Jess.
"I don't know, I'm thinking some coffee and a Danish," she half smiled thinking of coffee.
"I'm uh..." Rory was about to say not really hungry but changed her mind. "I think I need to go to the diner alone."
Lorelai opened her eyes wide, "you are denying your mom coffee!!!" her jaw dropped.
"No, not denying you coffee just postponing it," Rory paused, "or you could make your own."
"Blasphemy!" Lorelai shrieked and then seeing Rory's nervous look said, "fine, but I'm gonna take a shower in a half hour and then go get the coffee so you better hurry." She said encouragingly.
"Okay," Rory said and headed for the bedroom door.
"Sweets," Lorelai said stopping her mid stride, "it'll be okay, just remember there are more fish in the sea, you don't need to settle for a Jess-fish if you don't want to."
Rory chuckled and headed downstairs to get dressed and head over to Luke's.
About a half hour later Rory walked into Luke's diner. "Hey Luke," she said trying to hide her nerves from him. Luke looked up, "Hey Rory, glad to see you back." He said as he poured her a cup of coffee. "You might want to take this to go," he said thinking perhaps she didn't want to see Jess.
"Um, no thanks, actually I was wondering if I could take this upstairs." She said hoping Jess hadn't bolted first chance he got.
Luke gave her a skeptical look, "Fine." He said turning to go take Kirk's order.
"Thanks Luke," she said as she headed behind the counter and upstairs hoping no one had noticed her disappear.
Rory went upstairs and knocked on the door.
"What?" Jess called thinking it was Luke.
Rory had half a mind to head back downstairs and not do anything but a voice inside her head told her it was important to talk to Jess, so she took a deep breath.
"Jess?" she called back through the door.
She heard the music inside cut off, and then the door opened. "Hey" he said looking at her.
"Um, hi." She said as she pushed past him and into the room. He closed the door and turned around.
He swallowed not sure what to do or say. "Um thanks for the ride." He said lamely.
"Oh, you're welcome." Rory said feeling flustered. She looked down and stared at her hands and the coffee cup not sure what to say.
Jess put his hands in his pockets and leaned against the door. "So now what?" he asked finally.
Rory looked up, "now what?" she asked sounding slightly angry, "okay I'm not going to go off again like yesterday." She said resolutely more to herself than to him. "Now we talk and work out a plan."
"Okay," Jess said as he moved toward her and sat down on the chair.
"Okay," Rory said again and cleared her throat. "you," she pointed, "live in New York," she paused, "I live here or at Yale. Do you see the problem?"
Jess gave her a strange look, "Huh, really?" he gave her his patented smart-ass response.
"Jess." She said sounding angry again, "you want me to change my entire life for you and yet you think that I'm willing to do that at the drop of a hat."
"No." he said, "I don't, but I think that you know that we are meant to be, and that this not being together isn't working."
Rory bit her bottom lip thinking. "I'm not going away with you, so now what excellent plan do you have?"
Jess shrugged, "That depends what do you want me to do?" he asked her.
Rory looked at him, "I can't tell you what to do or you'll end up resenting me."
Jess gave her a look, "Jesus Rory, I'd do anything for you."
Rory looked at him, "prove it." She said and got up and walked past him toward the door.
"Rory?" he called after her.
She didn't respond she simply headed toward the door.
Jess sat there bewildered once again. "Oh man, now what the hell am I gonna do?" he asked as he put his face in his hands again already thinking of his next course of action.
Rory walked downstairs calmly feeling good about her choice of words until she saw her mom sitting at the counter talking to Luke and suddenly she realized nothing had really been solved.
"Shit." She muttered as she brushed past Luke and Lorelai and headed outside for the bridge.
Jess just happened to be glancing out the window at that moment and saw Rory head toward the bridge. "You're turn Mariano," he said as he got up and headed toward the door.
Spoilers: everything through episode 4 x 21, Last Week Fights, This Week Tights
Pairings: I'm a lit, with a dash of javajunkieness
Rating: PG-13 just to be on the safe side
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of the other characters, I do however plan to rectify the horrible situation the writers made out of the season 4 finale by changing things before they go wrong. I hope you enjoy, feedback is much appreciated. Also this is my first fic, so if it's horrible let me know.
Summary: An alteration to 4.21 episode can make all the difference in the world.
A/N: Just wanted to say this is a birthday present for one of my best online friends so you better enjoy chica!
It just seemed like another Stars Hollow morning, the early crowd still arrived early at the diner and Luke was once again up at his usual 5 AM to get everything prepared and opened in time for them.
Jess awoke at 7:30 and looked for his clock. "What the hell?" he asked sitting up quickly and looking around, finally realizing that he wasn't in his crappy little apartment in New York but back at Luke's. He sighed and threw his feet over the side of the bed and rubbed his face with his hands. "Here goes nothing," he muttered as he stood up rummaged through his box found some clothes and headed for the bathroom to get cleaned up and ready for the day.
"Oink, oink," the alarm was buzzing in Lorelai's room, she sighed and slapped it shut. "Stupid pigs!" she mumbled as she rolled over and buried her head under the pillow in the process knocking over her alarm clock that clanked to the floor.
Downstairs Rory was woken by the clatter. "Huh?" She asked sleepily. She glanced around and realized she was back at home. "Did you hear that colonel clucker?" she asked her stuffed chicken that was sitting on her dresser. She sat up and padded into the kitchen. "Mom?" she called looking around. Rory glanced at the clock on the stove..."8:30" ... "Mom?!?" she called a little louder.
Lorelai unburied her head, "Rory?" she called back.
"Mom?" Rory called again as she headed upstairs, "did you hear that clank?" she asked.
"Ummm," Lorelai yelled back still half asleep. Rory walked into her room and saw the clock on the floor she picked it up and put it back on the night table. "Taking the break a few eggs to make an omelet literally?" Rory asked.
Lorelai opened up her eyes and looked at Rory, "it was the pigs. No chickens here."
"Oh, so you had an urge for bacon?" Rory teased now fully awake and mentally freaking out over the thought of seeing Jess.
"I don't know, I'm thinking some coffee and a Danish," she half smiled thinking of coffee.
"I'm uh..." Rory was about to say not really hungry but changed her mind. "I think I need to go to the diner alone."
Lorelai opened her eyes wide, "you are denying your mom coffee!!!" her jaw dropped.
"No, not denying you coffee just postponing it," Rory paused, "or you could make your own."
"Blasphemy!" Lorelai shrieked and then seeing Rory's nervous look said, "fine, but I'm gonna take a shower in a half hour and then go get the coffee so you better hurry." She said encouragingly.
"Okay," Rory said and headed for the bedroom door.
"Sweets," Lorelai said stopping her mid stride, "it'll be okay, just remember there are more fish in the sea, you don't need to settle for a Jess-fish if you don't want to."
Rory chuckled and headed downstairs to get dressed and head over to Luke's.
About a half hour later Rory walked into Luke's diner. "Hey Luke," she said trying to hide her nerves from him. Luke looked up, "Hey Rory, glad to see you back." He said as he poured her a cup of coffee. "You might want to take this to go," he said thinking perhaps she didn't want to see Jess.
"Um, no thanks, actually I was wondering if I could take this upstairs." She said hoping Jess hadn't bolted first chance he got.
Luke gave her a skeptical look, "Fine." He said turning to go take Kirk's order.
"Thanks Luke," she said as she headed behind the counter and upstairs hoping no one had noticed her disappear.
Rory went upstairs and knocked on the door.
"What?" Jess called thinking it was Luke.
Rory had half a mind to head back downstairs and not do anything but a voice inside her head told her it was important to talk to Jess, so she took a deep breath.
"Jess?" she called back through the door.
She heard the music inside cut off, and then the door opened. "Hey" he said looking at her.
"Um, hi." She said as she pushed past him and into the room. He closed the door and turned around.
He swallowed not sure what to do or say. "Um thanks for the ride." He said lamely.
"Oh, you're welcome." Rory said feeling flustered. She looked down and stared at her hands and the coffee cup not sure what to say.
Jess put his hands in his pockets and leaned against the door. "So now what?" he asked finally.
Rory looked up, "now what?" she asked sounding slightly angry, "okay I'm not going to go off again like yesterday." She said resolutely more to herself than to him. "Now we talk and work out a plan."
"Okay," Jess said as he moved toward her and sat down on the chair.
"Okay," Rory said again and cleared her throat. "you," she pointed, "live in New York," she paused, "I live here or at Yale. Do you see the problem?"
Jess gave her a strange look, "Huh, really?" he gave her his patented smart-ass response.
"Jess." She said sounding angry again, "you want me to change my entire life for you and yet you think that I'm willing to do that at the drop of a hat."
"No." he said, "I don't, but I think that you know that we are meant to be, and that this not being together isn't working."
Rory bit her bottom lip thinking. "I'm not going away with you, so now what excellent plan do you have?"
Jess shrugged, "That depends what do you want me to do?" he asked her.
Rory looked at him, "I can't tell you what to do or you'll end up resenting me."
Jess gave her a look, "Jesus Rory, I'd do anything for you."
Rory looked at him, "prove it." She said and got up and walked past him toward the door.
"Rory?" he called after her.
She didn't respond she simply headed toward the door.
Jess sat there bewildered once again. "Oh man, now what the hell am I gonna do?" he asked as he put his face in his hands again already thinking of his next course of action.
Rory walked downstairs calmly feeling good about her choice of words until she saw her mom sitting at the counter talking to Luke and suddenly she realized nothing had really been solved.
"Shit." She muttered as she brushed past Luke and Lorelai and headed outside for the bridge.
Jess just happened to be glancing out the window at that moment and saw Rory head toward the bridge. "You're turn Mariano," he said as he got up and headed toward the door.