Disclaimer: Don't own Gilmore Girls, never have, never will….
AN: I just wanted to say that this IS a lit story and Jess and Rory will be together in the end, its just going to take some time to get there. But anyways it seemed like some of you were upset that they were just friends, but I promise you this does have a happy ending. Once again thank you to everyone who reviewed! You guys RAWK!!
They were both right, things didn't go back to how they used to be, and they never did sit down and read a book together. It was still a very simple quick and short conversation in the diner.
But on the bright side, Jess and Skylar were doing better then ever. They had managed to stay together all this time, and were actually happy. They were so in love, you could see it in their eyes when they looked at each other, or when they heard the others name just mentioned, it was the kind of love everyone wished they could find. And when two people are that in love, it can only get better from there.
It was late one night and Jess and Skylar were lying in her bed.
Skylar looked over at Jess who was staring at her with stars in his eyes, "I'm so lucky that I have you" she smiled.
"I know," he laughed, "And I'm lucky to have you."
"I can't picture ever being with anyone else"
Jess thought about that for a minute, he couldn't agree for himself because he always saw himself with Rory. He never imagined being with anyone but her. "I can't believe we've made it this far" he changed the subject.
"I know 4 years already, and we're happier then we ever were, I just know we were meant to be, we're going to grow old together Jess, I can feel it" she looked over at him and he seemed to be deep in thought.
"You think we can make it that far?" he asked she nodded a small nod and smiled and then kissed him, "Then let's get married." He looked at her deeply.
"What?" she was surprised; she didn't see that one coming.
"Lets get married, I don't mean right now, and I don't mean in the near future, but let me put a ring on your finger and claim you my own, take you off the market"
"Are you sure?" she asked, she didn't want him to regret it, she thought that maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing and the moment would pass and he would change his mind, but he shook his head eagerly. "Okay then, Yes! Yes I'll marry you Jess"
He pulled her to him and kissed her with all the passion he could find. It was settled, he was getting married, he had a fiancé, and then it hit him, he had never pictured him the type of guy to get married, not ever. But if he did ever imagine it, his future, the bride to be would always have been Rory. All of his thoughts always went back to her, she was burned into his mind, he would never be able to forget her, and then he realized he had to tell her. He got up off Skylar's bed, and headed for the door.
"Where are you going?" Skylar asked.
"I have to go do something"
"Jess, its 3 A.M. what could you possibly have to do at this early hour?"
"I have to tell Rory the good news" he looked at her, and the expression on his face was softened. Anything that had to do with her made him soft.
Skylar realized there was nothing she could do. He had to tell her and he had to tell her now. "Okay, but hurry back, I'll be waiting" she smiled.
He quietly exited her room and went out her front door. As soon as his bare feet hit the cold and hard cement he ran, he ran as fast as he could the whole 50 feet to Rory's house, he started going up the porch and then remembered what time it was. He stopped and looked around. Her window, she always left it opened a crack just in case he wanted to come over.
He walked over to the window and even though things weren't the same between them and he hadn't been in her room in almost a year the window was still opened a crack. He smiled, she didn't forget, she thought about him just as much as he thought about her. He climbed through the window and into her room. She didn't even move. She was sound asleep. He slowly walked over to his side of the bed and lifted the covers and lay down next to her. He kissed her forehead and found her feet with his own. They were freezing from the cold cement outside and he needed something to warm them up and she opened her eyes.
"Jess?" she asked, maybe she was dreaming, it had been a long time since he was in her bed. "Is that you?"
"It's me alright" he smiled, she was so sweet and innocent looking when she slept, "What are you doing?" he asked.
She laughed at him, "Well I was sleeping, but then this jerk I know crawled into my bed and woke me up at…" she looked over at the clock, "…3 in the morning, he's a freak like that"
"You want me to beat him up?" he asked.
"Would you? He's a pretty scrawny guy I'm sure he wouldn't be that much trouble"
"Just give me his name and address and I'll do it first thing in the morning"
She smiled, "so what brings you here at this early hour of the morning?" she paused and before she let him answer, "Don't think I'm complaining, I miss this, I miss you."
"And I miss you, but the reason I'm here is because I have to tell you something."
She sat up a little so she could meet him eye to eye, "What? What is so important you had to disturb me and interrupt my beauty sleep to tell me?" she joked.
"First off you need a lot more then just sleep to make that face beautiful, but that's besides the point" he laughed, it felt good to joke with her, after all the time passed they could go back to normal and tease each other, there was never anything weird between the two of them, no awkward moments and no weird feelings, "I'm getting married" he blurted out, "Skylar and I are getting married"
Her eyes got huge, "Married?" she asked.
"Yep, I married, I'm an engaged man, and I had to tell you, I couldn't wait, we just decided five minutes ago, and as soon as I asked her I got up and ran here"
"Congratulations" she smiled and then leaned over and hugged him, "I never pictured you the married man"
"Me either, and if I did it was always with you. I just thought that we would remain best friends forever, and always have that relationship, we'd have an open marriage but we'd have a family, because we shared everything, and we would be together forever."
"We are still best friends, Jess, we always will be, remember, no matter what"
"I know" he reassured her, "Always and forever" he smiled at her, "Now I have to get back to Skylar."
He started to get up from the bed, but Rory grabbed him, "Stay for just a while longer?" she begged, and he lay back down next to her and wrapped his arms around her, "remember when I couldn't sleep without you?" she snuggled up to him and he nodded, "It took me forever to break that habit, I didn't sleep for a week at one point"
"I couldn't sleep for two" he said quietly. "Remember the first time we tried? What were we 13?" he laughed.
"I remember" Rory thought back, "I could never forget, it was the day I became a woman" she said gracefully.
"Is that what they're calling it these days?"
"Yep" she nodded.
"Huh. That's funny because you sure didn't handle it like a woman" he laughed.
"Hey now, it was my first day, I was still learning" she smiled.
"Yeah, sure, I remember coming over here and you wouldn't even let me in the house"
"Yeah" Rory giggled, "That was funny"
"No it wasn't, I didn't know what I did wrong, so then I got out my key and you freaked out, and ran straight to your room before I even got the door unlocked. Then when I got to your door I was knocking on it like crazy and you started yelling at me and wouldn't let me in there either" he said with a frown.
"Yep, and then when you left I fell on my bed and cried my heart out because I couldn't tell you what was happening."
"Yes you could have, I was there for you, I still am here for you." He said warmly.
"You wouldn't have understood" she shook her head.
"I could have tried" he replied quietly.
"No, it was something I had to deal with on my own, it was a girl thing"
"Well you could have at least told me something, I remember thinking you were so mad at me, I went home and Luke tried to talk to me, but I refused because I was so hurt."
"Well I was mad at you… I was mad because you were a boy and you didn't have to deal with having a period, it wasn't fair."
"Yeah, well however mad you were, can you remind me who it was that was throwing pebbles at my window at 2 in the morning?"
"Who me?" she asked innocently.
"Yes, YOU!" he smiled a true genuine smile, he missed those days.
"Well I couldn't sleep without you, trust me, I tried" she assured him.
"Well I guess it was okay, because I couldn't sleep without you either, partly because you were mad at me, partly because you weren't there with me, and partly because YOU were throwing rocks at my window!"
Rory laughed at him, "Well it worked out for the better, you came downstairs and we went to the bridge, and I tried to explain to you what was happening to me."
"Yep and every time you tried to tell me, you burst into to tears, you BABY!"
"I was a baby, a baby on the verge of becoming a woman. I cried and you hugged me and then I cried myself right to sleep in your arms, the only place that made me feel safe."
"Then somehow I fell asleep next to you, I don't even remember falling asleep, I just remember waking up."
"Oh yeah" Rory remembered, " that was the day my mom went to Luke's looking for me in the morning, and Luke told her we were at my house, and then they both freaked out, they sent the whole town looking for us."
"And they found us a whole 3 minutes later, actually the cops found us, we thought we were in trouble and you started to crying again, but it all turned out okay, what an adventure."
"Yep those were the good ol' days, when we were innocent, and free, we weren't engaged men!" Rory reminded him.
Jess snapped out of the past, "Yep, well you're not an engaged man so that's good."
They both smiled at each other, they missed each other, and they missed the past.
"Stay her till I fall asleep?" she asked quietly, almost asleep already.
"Okay" he whispered.
"I wish I could have you back, I wish things would go back to how they used to be"
"Ditto" he replied. 'Ditto' had always been their word. They were so much alike and when they both thought and wanted the same thing, the would reply with the simple 'Ditto', it was a word that was so special, and held so much for the both of them that now it hurt to say it.