Those Quirky Gilmores Chapter Three: Movie Madness
Hey, so I'm at chapter three, I liked the last chapter, um,, that's it I guess.
Sticking "American Beauty" into the VCR, Rory checks her watch for the fifth time in five minutes. Twenty minutes after.
"Where is he?" she asks herself as she picks up the phone and dials Jess's phone number.
At the apartment, Jess was so wrapped up in the book, he barely heard the phone ringing. Without looking up from the book he reached over and grabbed the phone from his nightstand.
Mildly annoyed to be disturbed, he answered, "yeah?"
"Hey." Rory said quietly into the receiver.
Jess snapped back into reality by the sound of her voice, "Hey!" he checked his watch, it said 7:21. "Oh man! Rory. I'm so sorry. I got caught up in this book, I'm on my way alright?"
She barely got in an "ok bye," before she heard the phone click on the other end.
Jess threw the phone down and carefully place marked his book. He grabbed his jacket and ran out of the apartment. Running past Luke he asked where he was going.
"Rory's" he said over his shoulder quickly, "be back later."
He ran over to her house in record time.
At the door, Rory stood with her arms crossed in mild annoyance. "You're 25 minutes late, what book were you reading?"
"Uh...Catcher in the Rye," he lied.
Letting him in she gave him a strange look,"haven't you read that already?"
"Yeah, like fifty times." he answered honestly.
"Oh." she said, leading him into the living room.
"So what are we watching?" he said, taking his coat off.
"American Beauty. I love Annette Benning in this role." Rory said with a smile.
"NO wonder, she makes your mom look normal." he said grinning.
"Hey!" she said in mock offense, "my mom's normal."
"Whatever you say." he said ashe sat down and looked around. "So what do we have for snacks? You said there'd be snacks."
"Well..." she began, "there's chips, candy, popcorn, and that's just to start."
-After the movie.-
"I love that movie more and more every time I see it." Rory said with a stretch.
"How many times have you seen it?" Jess asked her.
"A couple." she answered unconvincingly.
"As in...?" he urged.
"Ten or twelve." she said reluctantly.
"Ten or twelve!?" Jess said shocked.
"I told you," she said, "better and better every time I see it."
"Man! And I thought I was bad with re-reading books."
The phone rang and Rory picked it up. "Hello?" she said uncertainly.
"Hey!" Dean's voice came through the phone, "What are you doing?"
"Oh hey!" she said with forced excitement. She covered the mouthpiece and turned to Jess. "I'll be right back K?"
Jess knew there was only one person she'd have to leave to talk to, and that would be Dean. "Sure." he said curtly.
She waled into the kitchen with the phone to her ear. "So hey, what's up?"
"Not much, just wanted to see if you wanted to do something." he asked, hopeful.
"Well," she hesitated, "I'm kinda busy right now, how about later?"
"Later? Rory it's already 9:30." Dean paused. "What are you doing that you can't drop and spend some time with your boyfriend?"
"Uh, watching a movie." she said slowly.
"You can't stop it?"
"With Jess." she said reluctantly.
"Jess?" he asked with anger rising up in his voice. "Are you kidding me?"
"At least I'm honest." she tried defending herself.
" Yea, honestly pissing me off."
"You're pissed off because I'm hanging out with a friend? Do you know how wrong that is?" her voice showing a hint of anger also.
"I'm pissed off you're hanging out with him." he said, the tone getting angrier with every word.
"Dean, I can't keep having this same argument with you."
"Neither can I." he said with a forfeited tone in his voice.
"What do you suggest?" she asked, hoping for some solution.
"Choose." he said quickly.
"What?" Rory said, shocked as his supposed ultimatum.
"Choose-" he repeated, "a friendship with him, or a relationship with me."
"You can't make me do that," she said, with some contempt, "he's my friend."
"I notice you didn't defend our relationship."
"Well, it's not fair."
"Well, that's the choice." he retorted.
"That's not a choice, that's an ultimatum."
"Well, so it is. It's your choice." he said.
She hesitated to answer, afraid of saying the wrong thing. "I want to be with you, but I'm not going to stop being Jess's friend."
After a couple seconds pondering her answer he said, "I guess you made your decision then."
"Dean..." Rory tried.
"Bye Rory." And with that he hung up.
Rory stood for a couple minutes holding the phone, stunned. Jess walked up. "Everything Ok?" he asked her quietly.
She looked at him and slowly shook her head. As tears formed in her eyes, she looked down.
"That thing permanently attached?" Jess said, pointing to the phone.
Realizing she still had it in her hand she cradled it.
"You look like your cat just died." he said somewhat trying to lighten the mood. Realizing tears were falling he became serious. "Hey," he said, lifting her chin, making her look at him. "Everything alright? What's wrong? What happened?" he looked into her eyes with genuine concern.
"Dean," she began, "he just broke up with me."
"Oh." he said awkwardly, not knowing what else to say.
They both sat in silence. After a few minutes Jess spoke.
"Thanks." he said quietly.
Her tears drying now, "For what?" she asked, confused.
"I heard what you said to him before you said his name last." he said, avoiding her eyes this time.
"You were listening?" Rory asked.
"You were talking pretty loud." Jess explained. "Just wanted to thank you."
"It wasn't a fair ultimatum." she replied.
"No, it wasn't." he agreed. "Do you regret your answer?"
She thought about it a few seconds and answered, "No. I can't be with someone who tells me who I can and can't hang out with."
"It's pretty crappy."
"Yeah." she nodded in agreement.
"It's getting pretty late, I should get going." he said as he got up to leave.
"Yeah... Jess?" she called.
He looked back at her, "Yeah?"
"Just wanted to thank you." she said with a half smile.
He gave her a confused look, "What'd I do?"
"You were here. Thanks."
He smiled, nodded and backed out of the room as he left.
Theme song: Speak Softly
by Best Foot Forward Mostly Dean to Rory, but just really the whole chapter.
It's gotta be done, so lets start now. It's time to face our frustrations, so why delay? They told you it'd be alright. They told you you'd do just fine. So what's the use of waking up, When you can't bare to see? There's too little time, so don't forget. You can't hide for too long. You can't stand in the shadows. Better make up your mind before it's too late. Better hold on to something. Or you won't accomplish anything at all. Speak softly, it's getting late. I can hear your heart beating from your chest. It's the biggest scene I've ever seen in my life. It's so loud and deafening. I can't believe what's happening. When you're dead, I'll still be having fun. Until I see, you ruined everything. I'll pretend that nothings wrong. And all I know, is that we'll never know. There's nowhere left to go.
Hey, so I'm at chapter three, I liked the last chapter, um,, that's it I guess.
Sticking "American Beauty" into the VCR, Rory checks her watch for the fifth time in five minutes. Twenty minutes after.
"Where is he?" she asks herself as she picks up the phone and dials Jess's phone number.
At the apartment, Jess was so wrapped up in the book, he barely heard the phone ringing. Without looking up from the book he reached over and grabbed the phone from his nightstand.
Mildly annoyed to be disturbed, he answered, "yeah?"
"Hey." Rory said quietly into the receiver.
Jess snapped back into reality by the sound of her voice, "Hey!" he checked his watch, it said 7:21. "Oh man! Rory. I'm so sorry. I got caught up in this book, I'm on my way alright?"
She barely got in an "ok bye," before she heard the phone click on the other end.
Jess threw the phone down and carefully place marked his book. He grabbed his jacket and ran out of the apartment. Running past Luke he asked where he was going.
"Rory's" he said over his shoulder quickly, "be back later."
He ran over to her house in record time.
At the door, Rory stood with her arms crossed in mild annoyance. "You're 25 minutes late, what book were you reading?"
"Uh...Catcher in the Rye," he lied.
Letting him in she gave him a strange look,"haven't you read that already?"
"Yeah, like fifty times." he answered honestly.
"Oh." she said, leading him into the living room.
"So what are we watching?" he said, taking his coat off.
"American Beauty. I love Annette Benning in this role." Rory said with a smile.
"NO wonder, she makes your mom look normal." he said grinning.
"Hey!" she said in mock offense, "my mom's normal."
"Whatever you say." he said ashe sat down and looked around. "So what do we have for snacks? You said there'd be snacks."
"Well..." she began, "there's chips, candy, popcorn, and that's just to start."
-After the movie.-
"I love that movie more and more every time I see it." Rory said with a stretch.
"How many times have you seen it?" Jess asked her.
"A couple." she answered unconvincingly.
"As in...?" he urged.
"Ten or twelve." she said reluctantly.
"Ten or twelve!?" Jess said shocked.
"I told you," she said, "better and better every time I see it."
"Man! And I thought I was bad with re-reading books."
The phone rang and Rory picked it up. "Hello?" she said uncertainly.
"Hey!" Dean's voice came through the phone, "What are you doing?"
"Oh hey!" she said with forced excitement. She covered the mouthpiece and turned to Jess. "I'll be right back K?"
Jess knew there was only one person she'd have to leave to talk to, and that would be Dean. "Sure." he said curtly.
She waled into the kitchen with the phone to her ear. "So hey, what's up?"
"Not much, just wanted to see if you wanted to do something." he asked, hopeful.
"Well," she hesitated, "I'm kinda busy right now, how about later?"
"Later? Rory it's already 9:30." Dean paused. "What are you doing that you can't drop and spend some time with your boyfriend?"
"Uh, watching a movie." she said slowly.
"You can't stop it?"
"With Jess." she said reluctantly.
"Jess?" he asked with anger rising up in his voice. "Are you kidding me?"
"At least I'm honest." she tried defending herself.
" Yea, honestly pissing me off."
"You're pissed off because I'm hanging out with a friend? Do you know how wrong that is?" her voice showing a hint of anger also.
"I'm pissed off you're hanging out with him." he said, the tone getting angrier with every word.
"Dean, I can't keep having this same argument with you."
"Neither can I." he said with a forfeited tone in his voice.
"What do you suggest?" she asked, hoping for some solution.
"Choose." he said quickly.
"What?" Rory said, shocked as his supposed ultimatum.
"Choose-" he repeated, "a friendship with him, or a relationship with me."
"You can't make me do that," she said, with some contempt, "he's my friend."
"I notice you didn't defend our relationship."
"Well, it's not fair."
"Well, that's the choice." he retorted.
"That's not a choice, that's an ultimatum."
"Well, so it is. It's your choice." he said.
She hesitated to answer, afraid of saying the wrong thing. "I want to be with you, but I'm not going to stop being Jess's friend."
After a couple seconds pondering her answer he said, "I guess you made your decision then."
"Dean..." Rory tried.
"Bye Rory." And with that he hung up.
Rory stood for a couple minutes holding the phone, stunned. Jess walked up. "Everything Ok?" he asked her quietly.
She looked at him and slowly shook her head. As tears formed in her eyes, she looked down.
"That thing permanently attached?" Jess said, pointing to the phone.
Realizing she still had it in her hand she cradled it.
"You look like your cat just died." he said somewhat trying to lighten the mood. Realizing tears were falling he became serious. "Hey," he said, lifting her chin, making her look at him. "Everything alright? What's wrong? What happened?" he looked into her eyes with genuine concern.
"Dean," she began, "he just broke up with me."
"Oh." he said awkwardly, not knowing what else to say.
They both sat in silence. After a few minutes Jess spoke.
"Thanks." he said quietly.
Her tears drying now, "For what?" she asked, confused.
"I heard what you said to him before you said his name last." he said, avoiding her eyes this time.
"You were listening?" Rory asked.
"You were talking pretty loud." Jess explained. "Just wanted to thank you."
"It wasn't a fair ultimatum." she replied.
"No, it wasn't." he agreed. "Do you regret your answer?"
She thought about it a few seconds and answered, "No. I can't be with someone who tells me who I can and can't hang out with."
"It's pretty crappy."
"Yeah." she nodded in agreement.
"It's getting pretty late, I should get going." he said as he got up to leave.
"Yeah... Jess?" she called.
He looked back at her, "Yeah?"
"Just wanted to thank you." she said with a half smile.
He gave her a confused look, "What'd I do?"
"You were here. Thanks."
He smiled, nodded and backed out of the room as he left.
Theme song: Speak Softly
by Best Foot Forward Mostly Dean to Rory, but just really the whole chapter.
It's gotta be done, so lets start now. It's time to face our frustrations, so why delay? They told you it'd be alright. They told you you'd do just fine. So what's the use of waking up, When you can't bare to see? There's too little time, so don't forget. You can't hide for too long. You can't stand in the shadows. Better make up your mind before it's too late. Better hold on to something. Or you won't accomplish anything at all. Speak softly, it's getting late. I can hear your heart beating from your chest. It's the biggest scene I've ever seen in my life. It's so loud and deafening. I can't believe what's happening. When you're dead, I'll still be having fun. Until I see, you ruined everything. I'll pretend that nothings wrong. And all I know, is that we'll never know. There's nowhere left to go.