Rating: PG-13, I guess this chapter is G, but my fic should probably have
an over all rating of PG-13.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girl's if you thought I did, you have problems.
Summary: Summary: What if Jess hadn't been able to go to California, what if there was something holding him back. (Literati)
Author's Note: Sorry this took so log to update. I was going to have this chapter be the festival too, but it got really long, and I decided that I would have to drag it out a little. Sorry. I thought that they should have some interaction before the festival. But I promise next chapter is the festival. Until next time- Carie
Dedication: This is for Sara (DitzyChik), because she gave me the most awesome review and she is so nice. If you are like Sara, you will definitely get a dedication. And she is a great author too, do go check out her stuff. Thanks Sara!
Chapter 6:
All of Star's Hollow poured out of the meeting hall. Rory and Lorelai walked home in silence until Rory made sure that no one could hear them.
"Oh my god, mom," Rory breathed.
"Rory, it's a good thing," Lorelai prompted. Although she had never been Jess's number one fan, she understood that her daughter had been the happiest she had ever been when she was with him. She could tell that they shared a deep connection.
"Mom, this is Jess. Not just some town loser. This is Jess. I'm going to have to work on a project with him. We're gonna have to make a costume and. oh my gosh."
"Babe, chill out it won't be so bad. This will give him an opportunity to make up with you. You never know. The world works in mysterious ways."
"Maybe," Rory sighed.
"Now let's got on to the more important subject. Kirk and me! Hello, my daughter. How am I going to survive?"
"Remember. You could be Luke."
"Yea, however bad Kirk may make this festival, Luke will never be able to be the same. See, Ror, you could be Luke. Now the Jess thing doesn't seem so bad does it?"
"I guess not," Rory smiled.
The two walked up the stairs to the Gilmore front porch and let themselves into the house. Rory decided to go to bed, and Lorelai told her that tomorrow she should meet with Jess, seeing as the festival is on Sunday, which is in three days. Rory agreed and after sometime, fell into a restless slumber.
The next morning, Rory woke up to Lorelai shouting, "Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo," in an incredibly sing-songy voice. "It has come the time for fair Juliet and her charmingly beautiful young mother to take part in a lavish feast of pancakes and coffee. Has it not?"
"Mom!"
"Get you're rich, Shakespearean hiney out of bed. I want coffee."
"Fine," Rory grunted. She slipped on some clothes and pulled her hair into a loose ponytail. "Let's go."
* * *
Jess heard the bell above the diner door ring. It was her and her mother. of course. Although Jess, as he had reminded Taylor the night before, didn't do festivals, this one would have to be different. It seemed incredibly cliché, but the chance to work with Rory on something like this could clear everything up. Maybe he could tell her. Maybe he would, but she would finally be able to understand. He didn't know. His thoughts were just as bad at expressing emotions and he was.
"I'll take it you two have come in for I nice tall mug of poison have you not?" Luke asked.
"Did you really need to ask?" Rory replied.
"So, Ben, where's J.Lo?" Lorelai asked as soon as he had handed them the steaming coffee.
"She's making her costume." Luke coughed.
"I'm sorry Luke, I'm not sure I caught that," Lorelai said.
"She's making her costume." Luke whispered a little louder.
"What was that?"
"She making her costume!" Luke yelled, causing the whole diner to start staring at him, "Happy?"
"Yes, Lukey, thank you very much." Lorelai replied in a mock angelic little baby voice.
"I don't see Kirk getting your measurements."
"Thank god," replied Lorelai. And with that, the door of the diner swung open, and Kirk walked in as if on cue. Jess decided to listen in while pretending to wipe of and table that he had already done twice.
"Lorelai, I really think we ought to start working on our costume for the festival," Kirk stated, "I've already sketched out some ideas, and mother would be happy to sew anything that we couldn't buy."
"Okay, Kirk, let's go to the mall and you can show me those sketches on the way."
"All right then, should we take your vehicle or mine?"
"Mine's fine, let's go," said Lorelai. Lorelai and Kirk headed out the door. Lorelai looked over her shoulder and mouth the words, "I'm going to die," to Rory.
Rory giggled. Jess smiled at that. He loved her laugh. "Hey, Rory." Jess spoke the first words in to weeks to her.
"Uh huh?"
"I was thinking, maybe we should get a head start on the project too," he said, sounding bashfully unlike himself.
"Okay, do you want to come over to my house?"
"Yea, sure, whatever," he said, regaining his masculine tone.
"Okay cool, come over after your shift."
"Okay, that should be like 3ish probably."
"Cool, see ya then. I should probably get going, but I'll see you."
"Okay, bye," she said, and then Rory walked out of the diner.
Jess smiled. He was finally going to be able to see Rory. Not just some quick encounter in the diner, that would be abruptly interrupted by her mother, but they would get to spend real time together. So what if it was only because of a stupid project. He didn't care. He got to see Rory, and that was enough.
"What are you so smiley about?" Luke grunted, "I've seen you wash that same table three times, don't think I haven't."
"Oh, uh sorry about that."
Jess walked over to another table and started wiping it.
(At about 3)
"Luke!" Jess called, "I gotta go."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, have fun."
Jess left the diner and headed for the Gilmore house. Once he was there, trudged up walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Rory opened it a few seconds later.
"Hey."
"Hey." The two stood there for a minute, taking each other in for the first time in a while.
"So, come in, unless you wanted to go to the mall or something to look for outfits or something like that."
"Uh, well, I'm not sure that the mall sells the kinda stuff we're looking for."
"Oh yea." Rory thought for a moment, " Hey, I'm sure Miss Patty has done something with that kind of clothes. We can just go over there and borrow them, then sew on a few changes to make it look like we put effort into it."
"That works for me."
* * *
Rory and Jess walked to Miss Patty's. They didn't say very much, but each of them stole glances at each other once in a while. The approached Miss Patty's with caution. They heard the faint melody of "Jenny from the Block" most likely sung by Miss Patty. They slowly entered.
"Oh my gosh, I didn't see you there," Miss Patty squealed pulling a large piece of shiny green fabric out of Rory and Jess's view, "What brings you here darlings?"
"Well," Rory started, "We need to make our costumes for the festival too, but we're both clueless about sewing, and we don't think that we can really buy the clothes that we're looking for. So we were wondering if we could maybe borrow a couple costumes that you had made for previous plays and then just tweak them a bit."
"Well of course you can. Just go on in the back and dig around."
"Thanks," Jess said flashing Miss Patty a half smile.
"Jess come here!" Rory called, "It's perfect, come try it on."
Jess smiled, she was finally talking to him again. That was the best thing he could have asked for.
Next up, THE FESTIVAL! Please R/R!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girl's if you thought I did, you have problems.
Summary: Summary: What if Jess hadn't been able to go to California, what if there was something holding him back. (Literati)
Author's Note: Sorry this took so log to update. I was going to have this chapter be the festival too, but it got really long, and I decided that I would have to drag it out a little. Sorry. I thought that they should have some interaction before the festival. But I promise next chapter is the festival. Until next time- Carie
Dedication: This is for Sara (DitzyChik), because she gave me the most awesome review and she is so nice. If you are like Sara, you will definitely get a dedication. And she is a great author too, do go check out her stuff. Thanks Sara!
Chapter 6:
All of Star's Hollow poured out of the meeting hall. Rory and Lorelai walked home in silence until Rory made sure that no one could hear them.
"Oh my god, mom," Rory breathed.
"Rory, it's a good thing," Lorelai prompted. Although she had never been Jess's number one fan, she understood that her daughter had been the happiest she had ever been when she was with him. She could tell that they shared a deep connection.
"Mom, this is Jess. Not just some town loser. This is Jess. I'm going to have to work on a project with him. We're gonna have to make a costume and. oh my gosh."
"Babe, chill out it won't be so bad. This will give him an opportunity to make up with you. You never know. The world works in mysterious ways."
"Maybe," Rory sighed.
"Now let's got on to the more important subject. Kirk and me! Hello, my daughter. How am I going to survive?"
"Remember. You could be Luke."
"Yea, however bad Kirk may make this festival, Luke will never be able to be the same. See, Ror, you could be Luke. Now the Jess thing doesn't seem so bad does it?"
"I guess not," Rory smiled.
The two walked up the stairs to the Gilmore front porch and let themselves into the house. Rory decided to go to bed, and Lorelai told her that tomorrow she should meet with Jess, seeing as the festival is on Sunday, which is in three days. Rory agreed and after sometime, fell into a restless slumber.
The next morning, Rory woke up to Lorelai shouting, "Romeo, Romeo, where for art thou Romeo," in an incredibly sing-songy voice. "It has come the time for fair Juliet and her charmingly beautiful young mother to take part in a lavish feast of pancakes and coffee. Has it not?"
"Mom!"
"Get you're rich, Shakespearean hiney out of bed. I want coffee."
"Fine," Rory grunted. She slipped on some clothes and pulled her hair into a loose ponytail. "Let's go."
* * *
Jess heard the bell above the diner door ring. It was her and her mother. of course. Although Jess, as he had reminded Taylor the night before, didn't do festivals, this one would have to be different. It seemed incredibly cliché, but the chance to work with Rory on something like this could clear everything up. Maybe he could tell her. Maybe he would, but she would finally be able to understand. He didn't know. His thoughts were just as bad at expressing emotions and he was.
"I'll take it you two have come in for I nice tall mug of poison have you not?" Luke asked.
"Did you really need to ask?" Rory replied.
"So, Ben, where's J.Lo?" Lorelai asked as soon as he had handed them the steaming coffee.
"She's making her costume." Luke coughed.
"I'm sorry Luke, I'm not sure I caught that," Lorelai said.
"She's making her costume." Luke whispered a little louder.
"What was that?"
"She making her costume!" Luke yelled, causing the whole diner to start staring at him, "Happy?"
"Yes, Lukey, thank you very much." Lorelai replied in a mock angelic little baby voice.
"I don't see Kirk getting your measurements."
"Thank god," replied Lorelai. And with that, the door of the diner swung open, and Kirk walked in as if on cue. Jess decided to listen in while pretending to wipe of and table that he had already done twice.
"Lorelai, I really think we ought to start working on our costume for the festival," Kirk stated, "I've already sketched out some ideas, and mother would be happy to sew anything that we couldn't buy."
"Okay, Kirk, let's go to the mall and you can show me those sketches on the way."
"All right then, should we take your vehicle or mine?"
"Mine's fine, let's go," said Lorelai. Lorelai and Kirk headed out the door. Lorelai looked over her shoulder and mouth the words, "I'm going to die," to Rory.
Rory giggled. Jess smiled at that. He loved her laugh. "Hey, Rory." Jess spoke the first words in to weeks to her.
"Uh huh?"
"I was thinking, maybe we should get a head start on the project too," he said, sounding bashfully unlike himself.
"Okay, do you want to come over to my house?"
"Yea, sure, whatever," he said, regaining his masculine tone.
"Okay cool, come over after your shift."
"Okay, that should be like 3ish probably."
"Cool, see ya then. I should probably get going, but I'll see you."
"Okay, bye," she said, and then Rory walked out of the diner.
Jess smiled. He was finally going to be able to see Rory. Not just some quick encounter in the diner, that would be abruptly interrupted by her mother, but they would get to spend real time together. So what if it was only because of a stupid project. He didn't care. He got to see Rory, and that was enough.
"What are you so smiley about?" Luke grunted, "I've seen you wash that same table three times, don't think I haven't."
"Oh, uh sorry about that."
Jess walked over to another table and started wiping it.
(At about 3)
"Luke!" Jess called, "I gotta go."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever, have fun."
Jess left the diner and headed for the Gilmore house. Once he was there, trudged up walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Rory opened it a few seconds later.
"Hey."
"Hey." The two stood there for a minute, taking each other in for the first time in a while.
"So, come in, unless you wanted to go to the mall or something to look for outfits or something like that."
"Uh, well, I'm not sure that the mall sells the kinda stuff we're looking for."
"Oh yea." Rory thought for a moment, " Hey, I'm sure Miss Patty has done something with that kind of clothes. We can just go over there and borrow them, then sew on a few changes to make it look like we put effort into it."
"That works for me."
* * *
Rory and Jess walked to Miss Patty's. They didn't say very much, but each of them stole glances at each other once in a while. The approached Miss Patty's with caution. They heard the faint melody of "Jenny from the Block" most likely sung by Miss Patty. They slowly entered.
"Oh my gosh, I didn't see you there," Miss Patty squealed pulling a large piece of shiny green fabric out of Rory and Jess's view, "What brings you here darlings?"
"Well," Rory started, "We need to make our costumes for the festival too, but we're both clueless about sewing, and we don't think that we can really buy the clothes that we're looking for. So we were wondering if we could maybe borrow a couple costumes that you had made for previous plays and then just tweak them a bit."
"Well of course you can. Just go on in the back and dig around."
"Thanks," Jess said flashing Miss Patty a half smile.
"Jess come here!" Rory called, "It's perfect, come try it on."
Jess smiled, she was finally talking to him again. That was the best thing he could have asked for.
Next up, THE FESTIVAL! Please R/R!