I am SO sorry for making you guys wait so long for this! I haven't had
internet at school until now, and the first thing I thought of was to
update my stories. So here goes!
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Rory had been pacing outside her mother's room for about ten minutes. She was trying to think of a way to tell her about Jess' request, and how she had agreed to go to New York with him. Finally, she took a breath and opened the door. Her mother was sitting up in bed reading a People magazine.
"Hey babe! Come here! Get in with me." Lorelai patted the bed next to her, and Rory walked over and slid under the covers. She lay her head down and sank into the pillow. She sighed. Lorelai reached out and smoothed her hair.
"You know baby," she said, I'm really proud of you. When you were up there yesterday. . . I am just so happy you did this. I always knew you would. And now you're on your way to Yale. . ." Lorelai smiled softly and kissed Rory on the forehead.
Rory really didn't want to ruin this moment. Her mother was so happy right now. Rory knew that her mother didn't hate Jess as much as she had before: she had told her herself that she thought that she should try to go after Jess if it would make her happy. But still she knew that telling her mother that she was going to New York with Jess. . .
But if not now, then when? Rory took a big breath and said, "Mom, I've got something to tell you."
"Oh. . ." Lorelai looked worried, "OK. . ."
"It's about Jess. . ."
"Oh God. Were you safe? Just tell me if you were safe. Please say you were safe. Oh God."
"What?"
"You slept with Jess."
"No! No. No I didn't."
"Oh God Rory! Don't scare me like that."
"Sorry. No, the thing is. . . Jess' mom is getting remarried. And the guy doesn't really like him much, but Jess' mom wants them to meet, so Jess has to go into New York right after graduation. And. . . he asked me to go with him."
"And you said?" Lorelai said, although she was certain she already knew the answer.
"I said yes."
"Hm. . ."
"I'll be staying in Jess' apartment."
"Hm."
"I love him, Mom."
Lorelai paused before saying, "Have you told him that?"
"Yes, and he says he loves me too. He actually said it first."
"Have you talked about. . .sex with him yet?"
"No. . .not yet. But I think the topic will come up soon."
"You think he's going to bring it up?"
"No, I think I'm going to bring it up."
"Oh, OK." Lorelai bit her lip, like she was trying to think of the right thing to say to that. "You'll use protection, right?"
"Yes."
"I think you should go on the Pill. Just in case."
"OK."
"OK." Lorelai sat for a few moments before saying, "Honey, can you just give me a second here? Why don't you go get dressed, and we'll leave for Luke's in about half an hour."
"Alright, Mom." Rory leaned over and kissed her mother's forehead before leaving the room, closing the door behind her.
Lorelai watched the door. Her baby really had grown up. There was no stopping her now.
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Rory had been pacing outside her mother's room for about ten minutes. She was trying to think of a way to tell her about Jess' request, and how she had agreed to go to New York with him. Finally, she took a breath and opened the door. Her mother was sitting up in bed reading a People magazine.
"Hey babe! Come here! Get in with me." Lorelai patted the bed next to her, and Rory walked over and slid under the covers. She lay her head down and sank into the pillow. She sighed. Lorelai reached out and smoothed her hair.
"You know baby," she said, I'm really proud of you. When you were up there yesterday. . . I am just so happy you did this. I always knew you would. And now you're on your way to Yale. . ." Lorelai smiled softly and kissed Rory on the forehead.
Rory really didn't want to ruin this moment. Her mother was so happy right now. Rory knew that her mother didn't hate Jess as much as she had before: she had told her herself that she thought that she should try to go after Jess if it would make her happy. But still she knew that telling her mother that she was going to New York with Jess. . .
But if not now, then when? Rory took a big breath and said, "Mom, I've got something to tell you."
"Oh. . ." Lorelai looked worried, "OK. . ."
"It's about Jess. . ."
"Oh God. Were you safe? Just tell me if you were safe. Please say you were safe. Oh God."
"What?"
"You slept with Jess."
"No! No. No I didn't."
"Oh God Rory! Don't scare me like that."
"Sorry. No, the thing is. . . Jess' mom is getting remarried. And the guy doesn't really like him much, but Jess' mom wants them to meet, so Jess has to go into New York right after graduation. And. . . he asked me to go with him."
"And you said?" Lorelai said, although she was certain she already knew the answer.
"I said yes."
"Hm. . ."
"I'll be staying in Jess' apartment."
"Hm."
"I love him, Mom."
Lorelai paused before saying, "Have you told him that?"
"Yes, and he says he loves me too. He actually said it first."
"Have you talked about. . .sex with him yet?"
"No. . .not yet. But I think the topic will come up soon."
"You think he's going to bring it up?"
"No, I think I'm going to bring it up."
"Oh, OK." Lorelai bit her lip, like she was trying to think of the right thing to say to that. "You'll use protection, right?"
"Yes."
"I think you should go on the Pill. Just in case."
"OK."
"OK." Lorelai sat for a few moments before saying, "Honey, can you just give me a second here? Why don't you go get dressed, and we'll leave for Luke's in about half an hour."
"Alright, Mom." Rory leaned over and kissed her mother's forehead before leaving the room, closing the door behind her.
Lorelai watched the door. Her baby really had grown up. There was no stopping her now.