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Everything that you recognize from Gilmore Girls the show belongs to Amy S- P and the WB. Everything else is mine.
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Rory was sitting at the kitchen table bent over a piece of paper when Lorelai bounced through the front door.
"How was your day today, darling daughter, love of my life?"
"Mmm."
"Rory? Everything OK?"
Rory snapped up from her bent position, and then draped both arms over her paper. "Nothing! I mean, yes!"
"Rory? Mommy knows when something is wrong. . ."
"No, nothing is wrong. . ."
"Does it have to do with Jess?"
"I told you nothing is wrong! I'm just a little. . . wired is all. I had a lot of coffee today. And two of them were double espressos."
Lorelai smiled. "Oh. Baby cakes, I told you that no one but me can drink more than 2 double espressos in one day."
"I know."
"All right, well, I just needed to come back to change my shoes. I broke a heel. I've got to be at the inn until about 7. Want to meet me at Luke's for dinner?"
"Sure. I've got my cell. Call me when you're ready to meet."
"All right sweetie. Bye."
"Bye." Rory watched as her mother grabbed a pair of shoes from Rory's closet, put them on, and breezed out the front door. She leaned back down over her work.
On the paper, Rory was trying to no avail to write out the message she would leave on Jess' machine. She didn't know what to tell him, because she still wasn't exactly sure what she wanted to say. Finally, she crumpled up the paper, put it in her pocket, and dialed the apartment. For a moment, she was nervous that Jess or Luke would pick up, so she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the familiar voice of the diner owner, "Hey, this is Luke. Jess and I aren't here right now. Leave a message or try the diner." BEEP.
"Hey Jess, this is Rory. Um, I was just wondering, uh, if you could meet me. Tonight. At 9 or so. You know where. Bye." She hung up the portable phone and then returned it to its cradle. She was a nervous wreck. She checked her watch: 5:30. She would take a nice long bath and then read for a while. She didn't have any homework left, and she needed to calm down.
She ran her bath and then relaxed as she sank into the warm water. She closed her eyes and began to think. Why was she so nervous? This was Jess. Jess, who had grown to be one of her best friends. So why was she so nervous about going to meet him?
Because of Dean, she admitted to herself. Before, Dean had been a pillar for her to lean on. Because she was going out with Dean, she knew that nothing could really happen with Jess, even if she wanted it to. Now that she didn't have Dean anymore, she knew that it was possible for something to happen with Jess. And as much as she wanted something to happen with Jess, she was afraid of change. Well, she was just going to have to get over that, she decided. Change wasn't always bad. In fact, she had a feeling that in this case, change was going to be exciting, and that was a good thing.
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It was 6:45 when Rory's cell phone rang, bringing her back from the world of Jane Austen. She had decided to reread Pride and Prejudice, her favorite of the Jane Austen novels.
"Hey."
"Hey sweetie. I'm done over here. Want to meet me at Luke's for dinner?"
"Sure thing. I'll walk over there now."
"See you in five. Love you"
"Love you too."
Rory hung up her cell phone and looked around for her shoes. Upon finding them, she grabbed her sweatshirt and walked out the front door.
She reached Luke's in what seemed like nothing and walked in the door just as Lorelai was saying, "Anywhere?" with a small smile to Luke.
"Anywhere where there isn't already someone sitting there!" Luke added quickly, grabbing Lorelai by the shoulders and escorting her away from a full table to an empty one farther away from the door.
"Steal all my fun! I'm going to have to think of a new trick for you. One that you don't know as well." Lorelai saw Rory entering the diner and opened her arms to her as she whined, "Rory! Luke knows my jokes too well. You're smart. Help me think of a new one."
Rory hugged her mother and sat down with her. "Luke? Could we have a menu?" Lorelai called.
"Lorelai. You know the menu forwards and backwards. And you always get one of maybe 3 things. Just pick something."
"My goodness!" Lorelai said to Rory, loud enough for Luke to hear, "the service in this place is terrible."
Luke heaved an overdramatic sigh and brought two menus over to Lorelai and Rory's table.
"We'll get some coffees to start. And we need a few minutes to read the menu."
Luke walked off in a huff to get their coffees, and Lorelai leaned over to Rory. "Isn't teasing Luke fun?"
"Yeah, sure mom. Usually, I would agree with you. But today I'm hungry, so can we just order?"
"You're no fun! But fine. If your tummy's talking, we'd best shut it up. Oh Lukie!"
"Hey. What can I get you." But the voice wasn't that of the diner owner. Rory looked up to see Jess standing before her.
"Two burgers with extra fries and an order of onion rings," said Lorelai, "and make it speedy. Rory's hungry."
"Coming right up," Jess said as he turned towards the kitchen. Rory had been trying to read him for something, anything that would have said that he had gotten her message, but there was nothing. Maybe that was just Jess being Jess. She would have to wait until nine to find out.
Lorelai and Rory hung around the diner long after they had finished their meals along with three cups of coffee and a piece of pie each. Lorelai had conned Luke into letting her and Rory play bagel hockey on the counter while he tried to clean up. Kirk was the only customer left at 8:30, but he had finished his meal a while before, and Luke finally kicked him out. Kirk stomped away, mumbling about there being nowhere for a man to enjoy his sandwich. Jess had disappeared at around 8:00, and it was Cesar's night off, so it was just the two girls and Luke in the diner.
At 9:00, Lorelai was showing no signs of leaving any time soon. "I think I'm going to head back," said Rory, gathering her sweatshirt from her chair.
"It's because I'm beating you at bagel hockey! Come back and fight, you lilly-livered scalawag!"
"I'll see you later, Mom," Rory said as she left the diner. As the door closed behind her, she heard her mother say, "Lukie, come play bagel hockey with me!"
"Lorelai, that is idiotic!"
"You're just scared I'm gonna beat you!"
Rory shook her head and smiled at her mother and Luke's conversation, and then headed in the direction of the bridge. When she got there, she saw the silhouette of Jess, and she wasn't sure if that made her more or less nervous.
"Hey," he said, as she approached.
"Hey. You came." She stood next to him, and they both looked out at the water.
"You called, I came."
They just stood together for about a minute, perhaps the most excruciating minute of Rory's life. Then she decided to break the silence.
"You're probably wondering why I called."
Jess just shrugged at this comment. Rory turned to face him.
"Um, well, you see. . ." Rory started to fidget with her hands. Jess reached out for them. He grasped each one of her hands in one of his and held them still. He held them loosely in his fingers and moved his thumbs in small circles over the backs of her hands. Neither of them looked the other in the face, they just both watched their hands.
"It's kind of about the other day."
"Yes?" Jess said, patiently.
"Well, it seems to me that, well, what happened is becoming a sort of habit of ours. And well, I would like it to be a continued habit. . ."
Rory still concentrated on their hands, but Jess was looking at her face.
"Mmm hmm. . . " Jess said, encouraging her to continue.
"Umm, well, you're single, and I'm single, and it kind of makes sense that if we want to make a habit of. . ." Rory was growing more and more flustered, "Well, maybe we shouldn't be single anymore?" Rory finally looked up at his face, and stared hopefully into his eyes.
Jess smiled as he looked at her. "Why Rory Gilmore, did you just ask me out?"
Rory pulled her hands from Jess' and threw her arms around his neck, coming in for a kiss. She closed her eyes and tangled her fingers in his hair. Jess' hands rested gently at her waist, and then he moved them to the small of her back and pulled her closer to him, their bodies pressed close together. He parted her soft lips with his tongue and began to kiss her more passionately. They started to pull back into a series of smaller kisses until Jess was just pecking her softly. Rory placed her forhead against his, the tips of their noses touching and opened her eyes. She found herself looking into the two dark pools that were staring at her. She smiled.
"So. . . is that a yes?"
Everything that you recognize from Gilmore Girls the show belongs to Amy S- P and the WB. Everything else is mine.
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Rory was sitting at the kitchen table bent over a piece of paper when Lorelai bounced through the front door.
"How was your day today, darling daughter, love of my life?"
"Mmm."
"Rory? Everything OK?"
Rory snapped up from her bent position, and then draped both arms over her paper. "Nothing! I mean, yes!"
"Rory? Mommy knows when something is wrong. . ."
"No, nothing is wrong. . ."
"Does it have to do with Jess?"
"I told you nothing is wrong! I'm just a little. . . wired is all. I had a lot of coffee today. And two of them were double espressos."
Lorelai smiled. "Oh. Baby cakes, I told you that no one but me can drink more than 2 double espressos in one day."
"I know."
"All right, well, I just needed to come back to change my shoes. I broke a heel. I've got to be at the inn until about 7. Want to meet me at Luke's for dinner?"
"Sure. I've got my cell. Call me when you're ready to meet."
"All right sweetie. Bye."
"Bye." Rory watched as her mother grabbed a pair of shoes from Rory's closet, put them on, and breezed out the front door. She leaned back down over her work.
On the paper, Rory was trying to no avail to write out the message she would leave on Jess' machine. She didn't know what to tell him, because she still wasn't exactly sure what she wanted to say. Finally, she crumpled up the paper, put it in her pocket, and dialed the apartment. For a moment, she was nervous that Jess or Luke would pick up, so she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the familiar voice of the diner owner, "Hey, this is Luke. Jess and I aren't here right now. Leave a message or try the diner." BEEP.
"Hey Jess, this is Rory. Um, I was just wondering, uh, if you could meet me. Tonight. At 9 or so. You know where. Bye." She hung up the portable phone and then returned it to its cradle. She was a nervous wreck. She checked her watch: 5:30. She would take a nice long bath and then read for a while. She didn't have any homework left, and she needed to calm down.
She ran her bath and then relaxed as she sank into the warm water. She closed her eyes and began to think. Why was she so nervous? This was Jess. Jess, who had grown to be one of her best friends. So why was she so nervous about going to meet him?
Because of Dean, she admitted to herself. Before, Dean had been a pillar for her to lean on. Because she was going out with Dean, she knew that nothing could really happen with Jess, even if she wanted it to. Now that she didn't have Dean anymore, she knew that it was possible for something to happen with Jess. And as much as she wanted something to happen with Jess, she was afraid of change. Well, she was just going to have to get over that, she decided. Change wasn't always bad. In fact, she had a feeling that in this case, change was going to be exciting, and that was a good thing.
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It was 6:45 when Rory's cell phone rang, bringing her back from the world of Jane Austen. She had decided to reread Pride and Prejudice, her favorite of the Jane Austen novels.
"Hey."
"Hey sweetie. I'm done over here. Want to meet me at Luke's for dinner?"
"Sure thing. I'll walk over there now."
"See you in five. Love you"
"Love you too."
Rory hung up her cell phone and looked around for her shoes. Upon finding them, she grabbed her sweatshirt and walked out the front door.
She reached Luke's in what seemed like nothing and walked in the door just as Lorelai was saying, "Anywhere?" with a small smile to Luke.
"Anywhere where there isn't already someone sitting there!" Luke added quickly, grabbing Lorelai by the shoulders and escorting her away from a full table to an empty one farther away from the door.
"Steal all my fun! I'm going to have to think of a new trick for you. One that you don't know as well." Lorelai saw Rory entering the diner and opened her arms to her as she whined, "Rory! Luke knows my jokes too well. You're smart. Help me think of a new one."
Rory hugged her mother and sat down with her. "Luke? Could we have a menu?" Lorelai called.
"Lorelai. You know the menu forwards and backwards. And you always get one of maybe 3 things. Just pick something."
"My goodness!" Lorelai said to Rory, loud enough for Luke to hear, "the service in this place is terrible."
Luke heaved an overdramatic sigh and brought two menus over to Lorelai and Rory's table.
"We'll get some coffees to start. And we need a few minutes to read the menu."
Luke walked off in a huff to get their coffees, and Lorelai leaned over to Rory. "Isn't teasing Luke fun?"
"Yeah, sure mom. Usually, I would agree with you. But today I'm hungry, so can we just order?"
"You're no fun! But fine. If your tummy's talking, we'd best shut it up. Oh Lukie!"
"Hey. What can I get you." But the voice wasn't that of the diner owner. Rory looked up to see Jess standing before her.
"Two burgers with extra fries and an order of onion rings," said Lorelai, "and make it speedy. Rory's hungry."
"Coming right up," Jess said as he turned towards the kitchen. Rory had been trying to read him for something, anything that would have said that he had gotten her message, but there was nothing. Maybe that was just Jess being Jess. She would have to wait until nine to find out.
Lorelai and Rory hung around the diner long after they had finished their meals along with three cups of coffee and a piece of pie each. Lorelai had conned Luke into letting her and Rory play bagel hockey on the counter while he tried to clean up. Kirk was the only customer left at 8:30, but he had finished his meal a while before, and Luke finally kicked him out. Kirk stomped away, mumbling about there being nowhere for a man to enjoy his sandwich. Jess had disappeared at around 8:00, and it was Cesar's night off, so it was just the two girls and Luke in the diner.
At 9:00, Lorelai was showing no signs of leaving any time soon. "I think I'm going to head back," said Rory, gathering her sweatshirt from her chair.
"It's because I'm beating you at bagel hockey! Come back and fight, you lilly-livered scalawag!"
"I'll see you later, Mom," Rory said as she left the diner. As the door closed behind her, she heard her mother say, "Lukie, come play bagel hockey with me!"
"Lorelai, that is idiotic!"
"You're just scared I'm gonna beat you!"
Rory shook her head and smiled at her mother and Luke's conversation, and then headed in the direction of the bridge. When she got there, she saw the silhouette of Jess, and she wasn't sure if that made her more or less nervous.
"Hey," he said, as she approached.
"Hey. You came." She stood next to him, and they both looked out at the water.
"You called, I came."
They just stood together for about a minute, perhaps the most excruciating minute of Rory's life. Then she decided to break the silence.
"You're probably wondering why I called."
Jess just shrugged at this comment. Rory turned to face him.
"Um, well, you see. . ." Rory started to fidget with her hands. Jess reached out for them. He grasped each one of her hands in one of his and held them still. He held them loosely in his fingers and moved his thumbs in small circles over the backs of her hands. Neither of them looked the other in the face, they just both watched their hands.
"It's kind of about the other day."
"Yes?" Jess said, patiently.
"Well, it seems to me that, well, what happened is becoming a sort of habit of ours. And well, I would like it to be a continued habit. . ."
Rory still concentrated on their hands, but Jess was looking at her face.
"Mmm hmm. . . " Jess said, encouraging her to continue.
"Umm, well, you're single, and I'm single, and it kind of makes sense that if we want to make a habit of. . ." Rory was growing more and more flustered, "Well, maybe we shouldn't be single anymore?" Rory finally looked up at his face, and stared hopefully into his eyes.
Jess smiled as he looked at her. "Why Rory Gilmore, did you just ask me out?"
Rory pulled her hands from Jess' and threw her arms around his neck, coming in for a kiss. She closed her eyes and tangled her fingers in his hair. Jess' hands rested gently at her waist, and then he moved them to the small of her back and pulled her closer to him, their bodies pressed close together. He parted her soft lips with his tongue and began to kiss her more passionately. They started to pull back into a series of smaller kisses until Jess was just pecking her softly. Rory placed her forhead against his, the tips of their noses touching and opened her eyes. She found herself looking into the two dark pools that were staring at her. She smiled.
"So. . . is that a yes?"