Title: Carpe Diem
Author: Kenora Hazel Saul
Pairing: R/J, L/L
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own none of GG, just my Literati and Java Junkie fanfics.
A/N: This is a chapter of exploration. Jess will seem a slightly different person, because he is. He's lost his parents in one day, so he's feeling lonely, he needs to deal with his loss. Luke and Lorelai will deal with what they almost did, and that will deepen their connection/bond. Rory will be put more in the spotlight at Chilton because of her connection to Jess. The next chapter will be better. I just need to get this out of the way. So bear with me. Please r/r, thanks again to those who did. Keep the feedback coming. I thrive on it.
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"Oh my god," Paris exclaimed, she was stunned into silence by what she saw on the door of her Chemistry class. Rory had scored higher than her on the mid-term, she almost fainted.
"What is it, Paris? Did you get a 98, when you should've gotten a 100," Louise teased.
"Rory beat me on the mid-term, I studied forever for this, and she beat me," Paris was repeating herself.
Madeline came up behind Paris and Louise, "Have you guys heard who's finally coming back, after like forever."
"Of course, all you can think about is boys, aren't you even concerned about whether or not you passed your Chemistry mid-term?" Paris asked her.
"Oh did I pass?" Madeline scanned the sheet for her name, which was near the bottom. "I squeaked by with a 62, Daddy will be so proud of me."
"Whatever, now what about this guy?" Louise asked.
"Jess Mariano is finally coming back, after being suspended on academic probation, and then his parents died in that plane crash last week, and he's now living near Hartford," Madeline quoted, from the little slight of info she managed to get from his file.
"Well watch out Jess Mariano, the Chilton girls are on the prowl," Louise and Madeline slapped a high-five and made their way to their respective lockers.
**
Jess rolled over in his narrow bed, upstairs in Luke's diner. He couldn't believe it been a week today since his parents had died. He was alone in the world, except for Luke and Rory. Where was he going to go from here? He was still 17, a ward of the state, Luke was his guardian. When he turned 18, he inherited everything. His original trust fund had multiplied by about 10. When he graduated from Chilton in June, he'd have the world at his fingertips.
**
Rory rolled over in her bed, that night in the diner. Jess had told her everything, his childhood, everything he could remember. Always being alone, while his parents jetted off to some new locale. She couldn't compare, because her childhood had always been surrounded by happiness. Her mom was her best friend, and that had never changed. But now Jess was in her life, where would he fit in?
**
Lorelai looked at her ceiling, her mind drifted back to the night a week ago. When she and Luke had. They hadn't spoken of it since.
.. Luke's hands had been ripping off her bra, his mouth devouring her throat. When the phone had rung, its jarring peal had caused them to break apart. As though they'd been caught doing something wrong. She'd looked at Luke, his eyes glazed over with passion. He looked like a little boy that'd lost its treat. She had so badly wanted to finish what they had started, but that just hadn't been the time.
What Christopher had made her feel before paled far in comparison to what Luke had made her feel that night. With Christopher it'd been a babbling brook, with Luke a raging waterfall, a blazing volcano. So much passion concealed beneath such mysterious exterior. Wondrous.
**
Luke still couldn't believe what happened that night a week ago. He'd finally done something about his feelings for Lorelai, although it shouldn't have happened that way. He stared out his window, watching as dawn crept over the mountains.
He couldn't believe Christmas was only ten days away. He was definitely not in the holiday mood this year. Taylor had been badgering him to put up decorations. It was almost six-thirty, the diner was supposed to open in a half-hour. Reluctantly Luke rolled out of his warm bed, and headed for the shower.
**
Jess rolled over when he heard the shower go on. He had to go to school, this was the last week before the holidays, and he hadn't been to school since the last week of November. So he had a lot of catching up to do. He sat up in bed and looked out the window at the frosty dawn.
**
"Mom rise and shine, you do have to work you know," Rory yelled up the stairs.
"Go away evil spawn, Mommy is sleeping and must not be disturbed or she gets very mad," Lorelai yelled down the stairs.
"I get first dibs on the shower then," Rory slammed the bathroom door and locked it.
"Aww, I hate getting up in the morning, where's coffee when I need it," Lorelai groaned as she very reluctantly got out of bed.
**
The bell over the door rang as the Gilmore girls walked into the diner. It was surprising empty for that time of morning. Luke was behind the diner in his flannel regalia, coffeepot in hand.
"Luke please have mercy on my cold soul, and let me have some coffee," Lorelai began to beg for her coffee.
Silently without argument, Luke poured her coffee and walked away.
"Wow, that's never happened before," Rory commented quietly. "Did you give him a lap-dance when I wasn't looking," she teased.
Lorelai's eyes widened briefly, then she went back to inhaling her coffee and silently praising it.
Jess wandered down the stairs and into the diner. He walked over to their table. "So are you headed for school?"
"Yeah, are you coming?" Rory asked.
"Figure I might as well put in an appearance before the year is over, don't want people to forget me," Jess said. "I'll be at the counter, when you're ready to go."
"Okay." Rory went back to her coffee.
"Great conversationalist that one," Lorelai remarked.
Rory rolled her eyes, "Mom he's still mourning, let him do it in his own way, everyone has a way of dealing with loss."
**
"Here we are," Jess gestured to the cold stone prison that Chilton was.
Rory took his hand and led him into the frigid interior.
**
"Well what have we here?" Madeline glimpsed a peek at Rory walking down the hall hand-in-hand with Jess Mariano.
"How did she get to him before us?" Louise complained.
"You already have a boyfriend, Louise," Paris remarked scathingly.
"Yeah, but he doesn't go to this school," she replied.
**
Louise sauntered up to Jess, "Long time no see."
Jess looked at her and saw a blonde that didn't look familiar, "And you would be?" He looked around. A striking brunette, unfamiliar. And Paris Gellar.
"Paris, long time, no see," Jess mocked.
"Mariano, nice to see you at school, going to try and scare me off again, won't work this time," she lied.
Madeline, Louise and Rory looked on in confusion. "How do you know him?" Louise asked Paris.
"None of your business, come we have English Lit. first period. Oh by the way, congratulations on beating me on the Chem. mid-term Rory," Paris remarked fairly as she walked down the hall. Louise and Madeline in tow.
Rory looked at Jess, questioningly. "How do you know Paris?"
"We share a similar past," Jess looked at Rory. "Let's be off to English Lit. don't want to miss Mr. Medina's riveting lecture on the Restoration period."
"Actually we're on the Victorian era now," Rory filled him in as they walked down the hallway to class.
**
"Luke what are we doing?" Lorelai asked. She was upstairs in Luke's bedroom, fastening up her blouse. After Rory and Jess had left, it'd just been the two of them. Luke had walked over to the diner and turned the lock, flipped the sign to CLOSED. Taken Lorelai's hand and led her up the stairs.
"I don't know, we seem to enjoy making out with each other," he said.
"Well it's pretty obvious that we're sexually compatible, and we've known each other forever, so what's missing?" Lorelai looked scared at the thought of discovering where this was going.
"Since we haven't actually slept together yet, I would have to say that we still won't know that, until we do sleep together. I think for now we should just enjoy being here in the moment," Luke took her hand and kissed it softly, looking her in the eye.
**
IF YOU WANT MORE, I WANT AT LEAST 10 REVIEWS, PLEASE PLEASE, I LOVE WRITING THIS, BUT I NEED FEEDBACK TO KEEP IT COMING.
Author: Kenora Hazel Saul
Pairing: R/J, L/L
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I own none of GG, just my Literati and Java Junkie fanfics.
A/N: This is a chapter of exploration. Jess will seem a slightly different person, because he is. He's lost his parents in one day, so he's feeling lonely, he needs to deal with his loss. Luke and Lorelai will deal with what they almost did, and that will deepen their connection/bond. Rory will be put more in the spotlight at Chilton because of her connection to Jess. The next chapter will be better. I just need to get this out of the way. So bear with me. Please r/r, thanks again to those who did. Keep the feedback coming. I thrive on it.
**
"Oh my god," Paris exclaimed, she was stunned into silence by what she saw on the door of her Chemistry class. Rory had scored higher than her on the mid-term, she almost fainted.
"What is it, Paris? Did you get a 98, when you should've gotten a 100," Louise teased.
"Rory beat me on the mid-term, I studied forever for this, and she beat me," Paris was repeating herself.
Madeline came up behind Paris and Louise, "Have you guys heard who's finally coming back, after like forever."
"Of course, all you can think about is boys, aren't you even concerned about whether or not you passed your Chemistry mid-term?" Paris asked her.
"Oh did I pass?" Madeline scanned the sheet for her name, which was near the bottom. "I squeaked by with a 62, Daddy will be so proud of me."
"Whatever, now what about this guy?" Louise asked.
"Jess Mariano is finally coming back, after being suspended on academic probation, and then his parents died in that plane crash last week, and he's now living near Hartford," Madeline quoted, from the little slight of info she managed to get from his file.
"Well watch out Jess Mariano, the Chilton girls are on the prowl," Louise and Madeline slapped a high-five and made their way to their respective lockers.
**
Jess rolled over in his narrow bed, upstairs in Luke's diner. He couldn't believe it been a week today since his parents had died. He was alone in the world, except for Luke and Rory. Where was he going to go from here? He was still 17, a ward of the state, Luke was his guardian. When he turned 18, he inherited everything. His original trust fund had multiplied by about 10. When he graduated from Chilton in June, he'd have the world at his fingertips.
**
Rory rolled over in her bed, that night in the diner. Jess had told her everything, his childhood, everything he could remember. Always being alone, while his parents jetted off to some new locale. She couldn't compare, because her childhood had always been surrounded by happiness. Her mom was her best friend, and that had never changed. But now Jess was in her life, where would he fit in?
**
Lorelai looked at her ceiling, her mind drifted back to the night a week ago. When she and Luke had. They hadn't spoken of it since.
.. Luke's hands had been ripping off her bra, his mouth devouring her throat. When the phone had rung, its jarring peal had caused them to break apart. As though they'd been caught doing something wrong. She'd looked at Luke, his eyes glazed over with passion. He looked like a little boy that'd lost its treat. She had so badly wanted to finish what they had started, but that just hadn't been the time.
What Christopher had made her feel before paled far in comparison to what Luke had made her feel that night. With Christopher it'd been a babbling brook, with Luke a raging waterfall, a blazing volcano. So much passion concealed beneath such mysterious exterior. Wondrous.
**
Luke still couldn't believe what happened that night a week ago. He'd finally done something about his feelings for Lorelai, although it shouldn't have happened that way. He stared out his window, watching as dawn crept over the mountains.
He couldn't believe Christmas was only ten days away. He was definitely not in the holiday mood this year. Taylor had been badgering him to put up decorations. It was almost six-thirty, the diner was supposed to open in a half-hour. Reluctantly Luke rolled out of his warm bed, and headed for the shower.
**
Jess rolled over when he heard the shower go on. He had to go to school, this was the last week before the holidays, and he hadn't been to school since the last week of November. So he had a lot of catching up to do. He sat up in bed and looked out the window at the frosty dawn.
**
"Mom rise and shine, you do have to work you know," Rory yelled up the stairs.
"Go away evil spawn, Mommy is sleeping and must not be disturbed or she gets very mad," Lorelai yelled down the stairs.
"I get first dibs on the shower then," Rory slammed the bathroom door and locked it.
"Aww, I hate getting up in the morning, where's coffee when I need it," Lorelai groaned as she very reluctantly got out of bed.
**
The bell over the door rang as the Gilmore girls walked into the diner. It was surprising empty for that time of morning. Luke was behind the diner in his flannel regalia, coffeepot in hand.
"Luke please have mercy on my cold soul, and let me have some coffee," Lorelai began to beg for her coffee.
Silently without argument, Luke poured her coffee and walked away.
"Wow, that's never happened before," Rory commented quietly. "Did you give him a lap-dance when I wasn't looking," she teased.
Lorelai's eyes widened briefly, then she went back to inhaling her coffee and silently praising it.
Jess wandered down the stairs and into the diner. He walked over to their table. "So are you headed for school?"
"Yeah, are you coming?" Rory asked.
"Figure I might as well put in an appearance before the year is over, don't want people to forget me," Jess said. "I'll be at the counter, when you're ready to go."
"Okay." Rory went back to her coffee.
"Great conversationalist that one," Lorelai remarked.
Rory rolled her eyes, "Mom he's still mourning, let him do it in his own way, everyone has a way of dealing with loss."
**
"Here we are," Jess gestured to the cold stone prison that Chilton was.
Rory took his hand and led him into the frigid interior.
**
"Well what have we here?" Madeline glimpsed a peek at Rory walking down the hall hand-in-hand with Jess Mariano.
"How did she get to him before us?" Louise complained.
"You already have a boyfriend, Louise," Paris remarked scathingly.
"Yeah, but he doesn't go to this school," she replied.
**
Louise sauntered up to Jess, "Long time no see."
Jess looked at her and saw a blonde that didn't look familiar, "And you would be?" He looked around. A striking brunette, unfamiliar. And Paris Gellar.
"Paris, long time, no see," Jess mocked.
"Mariano, nice to see you at school, going to try and scare me off again, won't work this time," she lied.
Madeline, Louise and Rory looked on in confusion. "How do you know him?" Louise asked Paris.
"None of your business, come we have English Lit. first period. Oh by the way, congratulations on beating me on the Chem. mid-term Rory," Paris remarked fairly as she walked down the hall. Louise and Madeline in tow.
Rory looked at Jess, questioningly. "How do you know Paris?"
"We share a similar past," Jess looked at Rory. "Let's be off to English Lit. don't want to miss Mr. Medina's riveting lecture on the Restoration period."
"Actually we're on the Victorian era now," Rory filled him in as they walked down the hallway to class.
**
"Luke what are we doing?" Lorelai asked. She was upstairs in Luke's bedroom, fastening up her blouse. After Rory and Jess had left, it'd just been the two of them. Luke had walked over to the diner and turned the lock, flipped the sign to CLOSED. Taken Lorelai's hand and led her up the stairs.
"I don't know, we seem to enjoy making out with each other," he said.
"Well it's pretty obvious that we're sexually compatible, and we've known each other forever, so what's missing?" Lorelai looked scared at the thought of discovering where this was going.
"Since we haven't actually slept together yet, I would have to say that we still won't know that, until we do sleep together. I think for now we should just enjoy being here in the moment," Luke took her hand and kissed it softly, looking her in the eye.
**
IF YOU WANT MORE, I WANT AT LEAST 10 REVIEWS, PLEASE PLEASE, I LOVE WRITING THIS, BUT I NEED FEEDBACK TO KEEP IT COMING.