All of the characters in this story belong to Amy S-P and the WB. All I did
was write the story. This story takes place right after the dance marathon
episode.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ "Mom?" Rory called as she walked into the house. "Mom?" Rory dropped her backpack in her bedroom and walked into the kitchen. She saw a note on the kitchen table that read, "I'm at Luke's, come meet me when you get home." Rory went back to her bedroom and changed into jeans and a t-shirt, and then she made her way over to Luke's.
Rory opened the door to the diner and Lorelai ran over to her and grabbed her arm. "Rory, Rory, mean Lukie won't give me any coffee!"
"Lorelai, you've had three cups already. Give it a rest. Maybe some juice?"
"Juice? Juice! Never! Rory, explain to this man what he has suggested."
"Luke," Rory said, amused, "Wouldn't it be easier to just give her the coffee?"
Luke let out an overdramatic sigh and went to get the coffee cup. Rory and Lorelai walked over to a table. "Daughter, you have saved me from the peril that is Luke. Let me repay you by buying you a cup of the elixir of life!"
"Mom, we never pay. For anything."
"You're no fun. Want a burger or something?"
"Do you even have to ask? Who knows what kind of confit à la something Grandma has in store for us tonight."
"Tonight? Tonight is Friday night? Oh of all nights, why does it have to be Friday?"
"Friday night dinners?" Rory looked over her shoulder to see Jess holding a coffee pot, ready to fill their mugs.
"Yep," Rory said with a smile. Yep? Yep? Why did she have to say yep? She needed to say something else fast.
"Can I take your order ladies?" Jess asked.
"Burgers please. Two of them," Rory said.
"With fries," added Lorelai.
"Coming right up," Jess replied as he turned and walked towards the kitchen.
Rory wanted to say something. Anything. Should she invite him to dinner? No, her Grandmother wouldn't like that at all. Well she had to say something.
"Hey Jess!"
"Yeah?" Jess said, turning.
"Umm. there's a new bookstore opening in Hartford this weekend. Well, it's actually not new; it's a used bookstore. A new used bookstore. Haha, an oxymoron, you know? Anyways-" Rory was rambling. She was fidgeting with her hands. She quickly slipped them into her pockets.
"Sure."
"Huh?" Rory looked up from her feet and into Jess' eyes.
"Let's check it out. Saturday? Say, 11?"
"Great. I'll, I'll see you then."
"Cool." Jess' face showed no emotion, but that was Jess. Rory was going to have to get used to that. Jess turned again and started back towards the kitchen, and Rory walked back over to where her mother was sitting.
"What was that all about?" Lorelai asked.
"Nothing, Jess and I are just going to go into Hartford this weekend."
Lorelai raised an eyebrow.
"Don't worry, mom, we're just friends." For now.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ "Mom?" Rory called as she walked into the house. "Mom?" Rory dropped her backpack in her bedroom and walked into the kitchen. She saw a note on the kitchen table that read, "I'm at Luke's, come meet me when you get home." Rory went back to her bedroom and changed into jeans and a t-shirt, and then she made her way over to Luke's.
Rory opened the door to the diner and Lorelai ran over to her and grabbed her arm. "Rory, Rory, mean Lukie won't give me any coffee!"
"Lorelai, you've had three cups already. Give it a rest. Maybe some juice?"
"Juice? Juice! Never! Rory, explain to this man what he has suggested."
"Luke," Rory said, amused, "Wouldn't it be easier to just give her the coffee?"
Luke let out an overdramatic sigh and went to get the coffee cup. Rory and Lorelai walked over to a table. "Daughter, you have saved me from the peril that is Luke. Let me repay you by buying you a cup of the elixir of life!"
"Mom, we never pay. For anything."
"You're no fun. Want a burger or something?"
"Do you even have to ask? Who knows what kind of confit à la something Grandma has in store for us tonight."
"Tonight? Tonight is Friday night? Oh of all nights, why does it have to be Friday?"
"Friday night dinners?" Rory looked over her shoulder to see Jess holding a coffee pot, ready to fill their mugs.
"Yep," Rory said with a smile. Yep? Yep? Why did she have to say yep? She needed to say something else fast.
"Can I take your order ladies?" Jess asked.
"Burgers please. Two of them," Rory said.
"With fries," added Lorelai.
"Coming right up," Jess replied as he turned and walked towards the kitchen.
Rory wanted to say something. Anything. Should she invite him to dinner? No, her Grandmother wouldn't like that at all. Well she had to say something.
"Hey Jess!"
"Yeah?" Jess said, turning.
"Umm. there's a new bookstore opening in Hartford this weekend. Well, it's actually not new; it's a used bookstore. A new used bookstore. Haha, an oxymoron, you know? Anyways-" Rory was rambling. She was fidgeting with her hands. She quickly slipped them into her pockets.
"Sure."
"Huh?" Rory looked up from her feet and into Jess' eyes.
"Let's check it out. Saturday? Say, 11?"
"Great. I'll, I'll see you then."
"Cool." Jess' face showed no emotion, but that was Jess. Rory was going to have to get used to that. Jess turned again and started back towards the kitchen, and Rory walked back over to where her mother was sitting.
"What was that all about?" Lorelai asked.
"Nothing, Jess and I are just going to go into Hartford this weekend."
Lorelai raised an eyebrow.
"Don't worry, mom, we're just friends." For now.