Chapter 5

(A/N Thanks to everyone who has been reading so far! It's the first time I have written a fanfiction story for an audience so I really appreciate your comments!!)

(We left off with Lorelai running into Jason in the second floor hallway of the Dragonfly Inn...and the story continues...)

Lorelai stood shocked in the middle of the hall as she stared at Jason and couldn't believe that this guy just wouldn't leave her alone.

Fortunately for her, she wasn't the only one who heard this melodrama in the hall. Like an angel out of darkness, Luke emerged from his room.

Jason: (To Lorelai) "I won't let you go this easily! We had something and I won't let it be thrown out just because the diner guy sweeps you off your feet! (Menacing look in Luke's direction.) I have something to offer you that he doesn't and he never will!

Lorelai: (To Jason) "Jason, you need to leave now before there is even more trouble. Trust me that you don't want to be making a scene in this particular inn tonight."

Luke: (To Lorelai) "You want me to start something with this guy, or what?"

Lorelai: (To Jason) "Jason, I don't love you. Please accept my feelings. You can't change me. If you care at all about me, you will leave right now before things have to go to a place where I really don't want them to go."

Luke: (To Jason, firmly) "Trust me, pal, you don't want to go any further with this."

Jason (embarrassed and angry with his mouth wide open like he just can't believe what is happening) stalks down the stairs and out of the inn in a huff.

Kirk (who emerged from his room just in time for all the commotion) rushed to the top of the stairs, watching him leave. (To Lorelai): "He's gone. I can stand sentry for you if you like."

Lorelai (To Kirk): "That's okay, thanks Kirk." She smiled and collapsed once again into Luke's arms.

Rory popped her head out of her room at this moment to make sure her mom was okay and saw her in Luke's arms. Luke winked at Rory and gave her the thumbs up sign to let her know that everything was going to be okay.

Lorelai smiled up at Luke and gestured to his room. Luke guided her into his room, onto the bed and lay down next to her, and just held her for the rest of the night while she cried her much needed tears and went to sleep.

(During the Scene in the hallway, Rory was very much involved with her conversation with Jess.)

Rory decided that she should just tell him the way it was. If he really cared for her as much as she thought he did, then maybe he could be a source of comfort right now. She didn't care much for advice and that is exactly what she would most likely get from anyone else right now. She just needed someone to listen and understand.

Rory: "Dean came over to my house while I was getting CD's and said he wasn't getting along with Lindsay and one thing led to another and....."

Jess (interrupting): "What?!" I am going to kill him! Did you want to? Tell me Rory, what is going on? Have you been seeing him regularly? I mean, why was he at your dorm on your last night at Yale? I have been wondering that ever since I last saw you and I just can't make it fit in my mind.

Rory was crying buckets now. She really wanted Jess to comfort her and all he was doing was getting angrier and angrier.

Jess heard her crying as he finished his ranting and realized what he was doing. All he said was:

"I will be there tomorrow. You don't have to go through this alone."

Rory heard this and it was enough. She hung up the phone and steadied herself enough to check on her mom in the hallway and then stumbled into bed into an exhausted sleep.

(Okay, I tried to make this one somewhat happier, but it just kind of depresses me, being full of "rescue me" tones from the girls. I am going for happier times here. Please bear with me. Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better. I think that is what the girls are about to see in my version of events....) (Please continue with the comments!) (I may not be able to write more until Wednesday due to a full schedule Monday and Tuesday.)