A/N: See chapter one for Disclaimer. I have gotten three reviews and I
love them. I haven't updated because I stopped writing. Why? Cause I
wasn't sure if people liked it or not. But now I know that some people do
and are waiting for my updates. And because I am a teenager with friends
who are on vacation, I have nothing else to do all day other than read
fanfics. So! I'm excited and bored and will try to update everyday cause
I'll be writing like crazy. It just so hard to get out what you want to
sometimes, ya know? Anyway! Here's Chapter two and I hope you like it.
Read and Review!!!
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Chapter Two: Not to Worry
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They lay there silently for a moment when Lorelai finally said, "You're gonna have to, Hun."
"How am I supposed to tell him that I don't love him? He thinks that I do and he's happy when he thinks that."
"Rory, that shouldn't be your first priority. You need to make sure you're happy first. Maybe if you actually loved him and you were dating him it might be different, but that's not how it is. You need to deal with your number one priority."
"Which is?"
"Make yourself happy while trying not to hurt others. Your main purpose in life shouldn't be to make others happy, but you also shouldn't do things to make yourself happy that definitely hurts someone else." She paused then, falling into deep thought.
"Mom?"
"Huh?" Rory gave her a pointed look and she realized what she had done. "Oh! Sorry, I got distracted. You know, just making sure I'm not giving you the wrong advice and thus making myself a horrible mother who..."
At this Rory sighed and Lorelai shook her head.
"Sorry, babe. Anyway, you need to do the right thing. You know that."
"Yes, I know." Rory's voice was barely a whisper. She hated the idea of hurting Dean, her first boyfriend, her first love, her first... She didn't want to think about it. It had been a wonderful experience, but it had been wrong. And her mother had called her on her mistake.
For the fifth time that night they lapsed into silence, both thinking about different things.
Lorelai first thought of Rory's problem. Her heart swelled with love for her baby girl. Rory had been through so much. Then she recalled how she had been so happy and bubbly on her way home and how that feeling had quickly faded. Why had she been so happy? Then she remembered Luke and their kiss. Their two kisses actually. Oh. That's why she had been so happy. The same bubbly happiness filled her again as she remembered their argument and then their kisses. Oh how she wanted to kiss him again. She giggled at the thought of his lips on hers.
Meanwhile, Rory had been trying to think of what to do. She made a list in her head: 1) Tell Dean I don't love him. 2) Call Grandma about Europe. 3) Talk to mom about everything after said things in numbers one and two. She recollected the feeling of despair she had felt earlier and that same feeling swamped her again. Why had she been so stupid? Why? God! She was angry at herself for falling so easily for him. She was berating herself when her mother suddenly giggled. She looked sharply up to look at her mother's face.
They made eye contact and the smile on Lorelai's lips was suddenly wiped from her face. Here she had been thinking of Luke's lips on hers (such a wonderful thing...) while her daughter was sitting there dying of confusion and sadness. God! I'm such a horrible mother! She thought miserably.
When she looked down again at Rory, the girl was smiling at her mother.
"What?!" Lorelai said abruptly.
Rory smiled at her suspiciously. "Why are you so happy?"
A guilty look covered Lorelai's face. "I'm not happy, darling daughter-of- mine."
"Come on, mom! You can tell me! I need a good, happy story right now!"
A large grin swept across Lorelai's face.
"Okay! I have a very wonderful story that has made your mommy a very happy lady."
"Wait! Hold on," Rory said quickly. She sat forward and Lorelai followed suit. The girl leaned the pillows on her mother's bed against the headboard and then scooted backwards to lean against it. Lorelai caught her drift and moved backwards as well. "Okay, proceed."
"Well, I was talking to Jason when my parents came in and started yelling at me."
Rory gave her a concerned look.
"It was about the whole putting-them-in-the-bungalow thing."
Rory then gave her an I-told-you-so look.
"Yeah, yeah. You warned me, yahddy, yahddy, yah. So they left and Jason caused me to give him an evil death stare," Rory giggled for the first time all night, "and then I ran into Luke. Apparently he and Jason had had a little talk and Jason told him that he and I were still dating."
Rory gave her a 'what the...?' look.
"So, we started fighting about said evil person and he thought I was taken so he moved to leave. Leave and go where? I don't know. But I followed him out and he said that today was the first time he had ever bought flowers for anyone. Which I replied that I loved them, because I did."
Rory gave her a 'yep, I saw how much, too' look.
"And he mentioned something about a book and then he said that he had thought that there was a moment when he walked me home after the wedding. I confirmed afore mentioned moment and then he moved towards me... and I asked him what he was doing and he told me to stand still and then..."
Rory gave her an expectant and excited look, begging her to go on.
"He kissed me."
Rory let out a squeal of pure delight and tackled her mother.
"How was it?" she asked elatedly.
"Hold on! Hold on! I'm not done with the story yet." She smiled as her daughter settled back against the headboard, joy radiating from her face.
"Sorry! Sorry! Go on!"
"Okay, so, we stopped kissing and I was kinda like 'whoa man!' And then I moved towards him and he was like 'what're you doing?' And I said, 'Will you just stand still?' and then we kissed again only longer and then I pulled away again."
Rory gave her a 'why the hell did you do that?' look.
"Don't give me that look. I was just overwhelmed, is all. Anyway, he pulled me closer and we were about to kiss again when Kirk came running down the stairs completely naked."
Rory's eyes widened in absolute horror.
"Yes, I know. It was gross and yucky and I'll never be able to look at Kirk again without thinking about his naked butt and ---"
"Stop!!!" Rory said hurriedly, trying to get her mother off the topic.
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, back to Luke. I thought he would've been all like 'gross, Kirk!' or something like that. You know, the normal Luke comment but he just turned to me and said 'I'll be right back' and then ran after naked Kirk."
Rory grimaced at the end of this sentence.
"But, of course, I was so dazed by our kisses, mine and Luke's not mine and Kirk's, that I hardly noticed this detail and immediately ran home to tell you." That was where Lorelai saddened a little.
Rory, noticing her mother's sudden delay of happiness, asked quickly, "So how was it? Or should I say how were they?"
Lorelai's face lit up again.
"Oh my God! Beyond compare! It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my entire existence!" She laughed gaily. "I can still feel his lips on mine! And I loved them. The only reason I pulled away both times was because I was just so overwhelmed by all these feelings, you know?"
Rory nodded vigorously.
"Oh, god! It was so amazing! I couldn't help smiling! And Luke is such a good kisser, too."
Rory gave her a look that said 'maybe I don't want to hear about this...'
"Don't worry, nothing graphic. He knew just where to hold me, how much pressure to put on me in all senses of the word. God! I didn't want it to end! Stupid Kirk..." she mumbled playfully.
"I'm so excited, mom! This is great!" Rory tackled her mother again and they giggled together. "Wait, mom...You gotta go back to the Inn."
Lorelai gave her a worried look.
"You have to. Just imagine how many negative comment cards you'll get from Taylor if you don't show up tomorrow."
"Ha. I bet one of them will say, 'You know, Lorelai, its very bad of you to attempt to open an Inn when you can't even show up for work. If all you care about are your personal problems, I don't think you're cut out for the business owning family.'" She used a fake, girly low voice to copy Taylor. "My God! That man is annoying."
Rory laughed carelessly at her mother. "You have to go to the Inn, mom," she said seriously after her giggles subsided. "Plus," she added slyly, "you'll get to see Luke!"
A large smile lit the elder Lorelai's face.
"I know! I'm so excited!"
"So, go!"
"But what about you, Hun?" Lorelai asked, becoming the Mom again.
"I'll sleep here tonight. Don't worry about me," she added when her mother didn't move.
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A/N: finally there will be JJ action, my friends. I just want this part over and done with! Please Please Please review!
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Chapter Two: Not to Worry
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They lay there silently for a moment when Lorelai finally said, "You're gonna have to, Hun."
"How am I supposed to tell him that I don't love him? He thinks that I do and he's happy when he thinks that."
"Rory, that shouldn't be your first priority. You need to make sure you're happy first. Maybe if you actually loved him and you were dating him it might be different, but that's not how it is. You need to deal with your number one priority."
"Which is?"
"Make yourself happy while trying not to hurt others. Your main purpose in life shouldn't be to make others happy, but you also shouldn't do things to make yourself happy that definitely hurts someone else." She paused then, falling into deep thought.
"Mom?"
"Huh?" Rory gave her a pointed look and she realized what she had done. "Oh! Sorry, I got distracted. You know, just making sure I'm not giving you the wrong advice and thus making myself a horrible mother who..."
At this Rory sighed and Lorelai shook her head.
"Sorry, babe. Anyway, you need to do the right thing. You know that."
"Yes, I know." Rory's voice was barely a whisper. She hated the idea of hurting Dean, her first boyfriend, her first love, her first... She didn't want to think about it. It had been a wonderful experience, but it had been wrong. And her mother had called her on her mistake.
For the fifth time that night they lapsed into silence, both thinking about different things.
Lorelai first thought of Rory's problem. Her heart swelled with love for her baby girl. Rory had been through so much. Then she recalled how she had been so happy and bubbly on her way home and how that feeling had quickly faded. Why had she been so happy? Then she remembered Luke and their kiss. Their two kisses actually. Oh. That's why she had been so happy. The same bubbly happiness filled her again as she remembered their argument and then their kisses. Oh how she wanted to kiss him again. She giggled at the thought of his lips on hers.
Meanwhile, Rory had been trying to think of what to do. She made a list in her head: 1) Tell Dean I don't love him. 2) Call Grandma about Europe. 3) Talk to mom about everything after said things in numbers one and two. She recollected the feeling of despair she had felt earlier and that same feeling swamped her again. Why had she been so stupid? Why? God! She was angry at herself for falling so easily for him. She was berating herself when her mother suddenly giggled. She looked sharply up to look at her mother's face.
They made eye contact and the smile on Lorelai's lips was suddenly wiped from her face. Here she had been thinking of Luke's lips on hers (such a wonderful thing...) while her daughter was sitting there dying of confusion and sadness. God! I'm such a horrible mother! She thought miserably.
When she looked down again at Rory, the girl was smiling at her mother.
"What?!" Lorelai said abruptly.
Rory smiled at her suspiciously. "Why are you so happy?"
A guilty look covered Lorelai's face. "I'm not happy, darling daughter-of- mine."
"Come on, mom! You can tell me! I need a good, happy story right now!"
A large grin swept across Lorelai's face.
"Okay! I have a very wonderful story that has made your mommy a very happy lady."
"Wait! Hold on," Rory said quickly. She sat forward and Lorelai followed suit. The girl leaned the pillows on her mother's bed against the headboard and then scooted backwards to lean against it. Lorelai caught her drift and moved backwards as well. "Okay, proceed."
"Well, I was talking to Jason when my parents came in and started yelling at me."
Rory gave her a concerned look.
"It was about the whole putting-them-in-the-bungalow thing."
Rory then gave her an I-told-you-so look.
"Yeah, yeah. You warned me, yahddy, yahddy, yah. So they left and Jason caused me to give him an evil death stare," Rory giggled for the first time all night, "and then I ran into Luke. Apparently he and Jason had had a little talk and Jason told him that he and I were still dating."
Rory gave her a 'what the...?' look.
"So, we started fighting about said evil person and he thought I was taken so he moved to leave. Leave and go where? I don't know. But I followed him out and he said that today was the first time he had ever bought flowers for anyone. Which I replied that I loved them, because I did."
Rory gave her a 'yep, I saw how much, too' look.
"And he mentioned something about a book and then he said that he had thought that there was a moment when he walked me home after the wedding. I confirmed afore mentioned moment and then he moved towards me... and I asked him what he was doing and he told me to stand still and then..."
Rory gave her an expectant and excited look, begging her to go on.
"He kissed me."
Rory let out a squeal of pure delight and tackled her mother.
"How was it?" she asked elatedly.
"Hold on! Hold on! I'm not done with the story yet." She smiled as her daughter settled back against the headboard, joy radiating from her face.
"Sorry! Sorry! Go on!"
"Okay, so, we stopped kissing and I was kinda like 'whoa man!' And then I moved towards him and he was like 'what're you doing?' And I said, 'Will you just stand still?' and then we kissed again only longer and then I pulled away again."
Rory gave her a 'why the hell did you do that?' look.
"Don't give me that look. I was just overwhelmed, is all. Anyway, he pulled me closer and we were about to kiss again when Kirk came running down the stairs completely naked."
Rory's eyes widened in absolute horror.
"Yes, I know. It was gross and yucky and I'll never be able to look at Kirk again without thinking about his naked butt and ---"
"Stop!!!" Rory said hurriedly, trying to get her mother off the topic.
"Oh, sorry. Anyway, back to Luke. I thought he would've been all like 'gross, Kirk!' or something like that. You know, the normal Luke comment but he just turned to me and said 'I'll be right back' and then ran after naked Kirk."
Rory grimaced at the end of this sentence.
"But, of course, I was so dazed by our kisses, mine and Luke's not mine and Kirk's, that I hardly noticed this detail and immediately ran home to tell you." That was where Lorelai saddened a little.
Rory, noticing her mother's sudden delay of happiness, asked quickly, "So how was it? Or should I say how were they?"
Lorelai's face lit up again.
"Oh my God! Beyond compare! It was one of the most wonderful experiences of my entire existence!" She laughed gaily. "I can still feel his lips on mine! And I loved them. The only reason I pulled away both times was because I was just so overwhelmed by all these feelings, you know?"
Rory nodded vigorously.
"Oh, god! It was so amazing! I couldn't help smiling! And Luke is such a good kisser, too."
Rory gave her a look that said 'maybe I don't want to hear about this...'
"Don't worry, nothing graphic. He knew just where to hold me, how much pressure to put on me in all senses of the word. God! I didn't want it to end! Stupid Kirk..." she mumbled playfully.
"I'm so excited, mom! This is great!" Rory tackled her mother again and they giggled together. "Wait, mom...You gotta go back to the Inn."
Lorelai gave her a worried look.
"You have to. Just imagine how many negative comment cards you'll get from Taylor if you don't show up tomorrow."
"Ha. I bet one of them will say, 'You know, Lorelai, its very bad of you to attempt to open an Inn when you can't even show up for work. If all you care about are your personal problems, I don't think you're cut out for the business owning family.'" She used a fake, girly low voice to copy Taylor. "My God! That man is annoying."
Rory laughed carelessly at her mother. "You have to go to the Inn, mom," she said seriously after her giggles subsided. "Plus," she added slyly, "you'll get to see Luke!"
A large smile lit the elder Lorelai's face.
"I know! I'm so excited!"
"So, go!"
"But what about you, Hun?" Lorelai asked, becoming the Mom again.
"I'll sleep here tonight. Don't worry about me," she added when her mother didn't move.
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A/N: finally there will be JJ action, my friends. I just want this part over and done with! Please Please Please review!