Disclaimer: Don't own Gilmore Girls, never have, never will…
*I know its short still, but give it time…
Luke walked over to the young boy and picked up his small bag, which consisted of most of his belongings and carried it upstairs. The small boy followed, he couldn't have been more excited to be pulled out of the diner where he was the center of attention, he hated attention. Luke took him up to the apartment, no words exchanged, no questions asked, this was his new home, Luke was his new guardian.
The small boy poured his belongings on his new bed, there were more books then there were clothes, he crawled up onto the bed and began to read. His books made him special, he had so many and everywhere he went he had a book in his pocket or in his hand, he was never without. And with that Luke left him alone, the kid had been through enough in one day, hell he had been through enough in one lifetime, he just needed to be alone now and Luke understood that.
The boy, his name was Jess; He was Luke's kid sister's boy. She decided she didn't want him anymore. Not so much didn't want him but didn't want the responsibility. He couldn't believe that she would pull a stunt like this one, but then again it was always like her, if you cant deal with your problems, just run away from them. His dad split right after he was born, his mom was a deadbeat, poor kid, Luke would be good for him, he needed him, and they needed each other.
Hours later the Gilmore girls were still sitting at the counter. Rory was still reading her book and Lorelai was still drinking her coffee. There was a rustling coming from above the diner and soon Jess emerged from behind the curtain that led up to the apartment. Rory looked up when she heard the noise, first time she looked up all morning; she hadn't even noticed him earlier when he first came in. She was the young girl that shared his interest, books, and would become his life long friend. Jess saw her and smiled and she smiled back.
Luke saw Jess standing there, "You hungry?"
Jess nodded and sat down on at the counter one seat away from Rory. She looked over at him, "Hi" she said cheerfully
"Hi" he said quietly in response and quickly making eye contact. It wasn't that he was shy, he was just scared, and lonely, and sad.
"I'm Rory" she introduced herself, "This is my mom Lorelai" she turned and pointed to her mom, Lorelai was too busy talking to Luke to notice that Rory had introduced her, "She's busy at the moment, sorry"
"Its okay, I'm Jess" then there was silence, Rory went back to reading her book and then Jess interrupted, "What are you reading?" he was curious, maybe he had read it before. She held up the book so that he could read the cover, "That's a good one"
"You've read it before?" she was excited; she had never met anyone her age who liked to read as much as she did.
"Yep, right before I came here, one of my friends back home had it and let me borrow it, I liked it"
Rory smiled, "so what else have you read?" and so started their first conversation, about books, which would be the bases for the entire friendship. It was the beginning of something small that would later become something beautiful.