He Wasn't Supposed to Come Back
by Emily Carol
Summary: He wasn't supposed to come back. He was supposed to stay away from her. Especially after he broke her heart.
Author's note: I'm back! I'm only posting this one here at ff.net during my nice break between sites (any of you who visited Lives of a Gilmore know I left it and I'm starting my own site).
Also, I'm looking for betas (yes, that's plural, I want lots of feedback) for my story On Eagle's Wings. If you're interested either say so in your review (make sure you leave an e-mail address) or you can just e-mail me.
erin - I have been writing since I left my site with my friend actually. The stories will be posted at my new site when it gets up (layout difficulties, such as I can't get the picture to the guy who does my layouts...) and possibly here...on some of them
Anyways... on with the story. I warn you, the idea is only half throught out really.
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Chapter 1
He'd never expected to walk off that bus again. Not into this town.
Not back into Stars Hollow.
Not back to all the quirky townspeople and the school that refused to graduate him even though he was smarter than half of his classes.
Yet there he was. Standing next to the sign with the picture of the bus on it while the bus he'd just walk off of rolled away slowly. Announcing to the town of Stars Hollow that someone had come into town from Hartford. And since Rory Gilmore wasn't at Chilton anymore it made the curious.
And thanks to the curiousness of Stars Hollow everyone had gathered at his destination.
Luke's Diner.
Luke's was where Miss Patty and Babette and the rest of Stars Hollow met for their daily gossip.
It had been like that before Jess had come to town, and even the prospect of his scowling face every day hadn't dampened their spirits enough for them not to come to Luke's Diner every day. Sometimes mulitple times in a day.
And entering the diner it seemed things hadn't changed much.
He attracted stares and whispers. People pointed their fingers at him and spoke in hushed voices.
It was like back when they discovered he was dating Rory. Or when someone had seen them kissing
Or maybe it was accusing like when he had commited a fake murder. Or stolen Babbette's lawn gnome.
But either way, there they were, the residents of Stars Hollow, whispering and pointing at him.
Wondering why he'd come back.
And then there was Lorelai. Sitting at a table by herself.
Jess remembered then. Rory was gone, off to college. Perhaps he'd get in and out of here without seeing her. Without having her confront him. Without having her tell him exactly what he'd done wrong, like the time she'd left that message on his machine. The one she'd told him to delete, but he listened to it anyways.
Lane was rushing around the diner. She looked like she was waitressing. Lane? A waitress.
Jess just ignored it, figuring Luke had needed help and somehow Lane had convicned Mrs. Kim to let her work.
Scanning the diner, while ignoring the pointing of fingers and the whispering that surrounded him, he didn't see Luke.
He dropped his bag by a stool at the counter and took a seat, starting straight ahead at the no cellphone signs, pretending to ignore the whispering.
Lane talked to him first.
"Jess!" She sounded surprised. Apparently she hadn't noticed the whispering that had announced his arrival.
"Lane, you're working here," he said in a voice he didn't recognize as his own.
"Yeah," Lane said. "Luke and I kind of clash but it's working out."
Jess nodded. He didn't know what to say. He still wasn't exactly sure why he'd come back.
"So, what are you doing here?" Lane asked confused.
"I need a place to crash for a few days, where's Luke?" Jess said. He wasn't in the mood for small talk. He'd just crossed the country for the second time in less than a year.
"He's coming in late. Caeser and I opened today," Lane said.
"I'll come back later," Jess said. "And do me a favor, don't tell him I was here."
Jess walked out the door.
And into Luke.
"Sorry," Jess mumbled as he started to walk away, praying Luke didn't recognize him.
"Look who's come crawling back," Luke said grabbing the back of Jess's coat and pulling him back. "What are you doing here?"
Jess kicked the pavement and mumbled something.
"What was that?" Luke said putting his ear closer to Jess.
Jess mumbled again.
"I can't hear you," Luke said. "What are you doing back here? Because you sure as hell better not be crawling back to me because I'm not letting you back in. Not after how you treated Rory and the rest of this town. Not after how you just left leaving me to clean up your mess. And definately not after you didn't graduate high school."
"Jimmy kicked me out okay?" Jess said in a half yell. "His girlfriend was sick of me being around the house all day and threatened to leave if he didn't kick me out. He chose her over me. Her over his own family."
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A/N - It's short, I know. But I really don't know what to do next, give me suggestions!
Read and Review if you really want!
-Emily Carol
by Emily Carol
Summary: He wasn't supposed to come back. He was supposed to stay away from her. Especially after he broke her heart.
Author's note: I'm back! I'm only posting this one here at ff.net during my nice break between sites (any of you who visited Lives of a Gilmore know I left it and I'm starting my own site).
Also, I'm looking for betas (yes, that's plural, I want lots of feedback) for my story On Eagle's Wings. If you're interested either say so in your review (make sure you leave an e-mail address) or you can just e-mail me.
erin - I have been writing since I left my site with my friend actually. The stories will be posted at my new site when it gets up (layout difficulties, such as I can't get the picture to the guy who does my layouts...) and possibly here...on some of them
Anyways... on with the story. I warn you, the idea is only half throught out really.
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Chapter 1
He'd never expected to walk off that bus again. Not into this town.
Not back into Stars Hollow.
Not back to all the quirky townspeople and the school that refused to graduate him even though he was smarter than half of his classes.
Yet there he was. Standing next to the sign with the picture of the bus on it while the bus he'd just walk off of rolled away slowly. Announcing to the town of Stars Hollow that someone had come into town from Hartford. And since Rory Gilmore wasn't at Chilton anymore it made the curious.
And thanks to the curiousness of Stars Hollow everyone had gathered at his destination.
Luke's Diner.
Luke's was where Miss Patty and Babette and the rest of Stars Hollow met for their daily gossip.
It had been like that before Jess had come to town, and even the prospect of his scowling face every day hadn't dampened their spirits enough for them not to come to Luke's Diner every day. Sometimes mulitple times in a day.
And entering the diner it seemed things hadn't changed much.
He attracted stares and whispers. People pointed their fingers at him and spoke in hushed voices.
It was like back when they discovered he was dating Rory. Or when someone had seen them kissing
Or maybe it was accusing like when he had commited a fake murder. Or stolen Babbette's lawn gnome.
But either way, there they were, the residents of Stars Hollow, whispering and pointing at him.
Wondering why he'd come back.
And then there was Lorelai. Sitting at a table by herself.
Jess remembered then. Rory was gone, off to college. Perhaps he'd get in and out of here without seeing her. Without having her confront him. Without having her tell him exactly what he'd done wrong, like the time she'd left that message on his machine. The one she'd told him to delete, but he listened to it anyways.
Lane was rushing around the diner. She looked like she was waitressing. Lane? A waitress.
Jess just ignored it, figuring Luke had needed help and somehow Lane had convicned Mrs. Kim to let her work.
Scanning the diner, while ignoring the pointing of fingers and the whispering that surrounded him, he didn't see Luke.
He dropped his bag by a stool at the counter and took a seat, starting straight ahead at the no cellphone signs, pretending to ignore the whispering.
Lane talked to him first.
"Jess!" She sounded surprised. Apparently she hadn't noticed the whispering that had announced his arrival.
"Lane, you're working here," he said in a voice he didn't recognize as his own.
"Yeah," Lane said. "Luke and I kind of clash but it's working out."
Jess nodded. He didn't know what to say. He still wasn't exactly sure why he'd come back.
"So, what are you doing here?" Lane asked confused.
"I need a place to crash for a few days, where's Luke?" Jess said. He wasn't in the mood for small talk. He'd just crossed the country for the second time in less than a year.
"He's coming in late. Caeser and I opened today," Lane said.
"I'll come back later," Jess said. "And do me a favor, don't tell him I was here."
Jess walked out the door.
And into Luke.
"Sorry," Jess mumbled as he started to walk away, praying Luke didn't recognize him.
"Look who's come crawling back," Luke said grabbing the back of Jess's coat and pulling him back. "What are you doing here?"
Jess kicked the pavement and mumbled something.
"What was that?" Luke said putting his ear closer to Jess.
Jess mumbled again.
"I can't hear you," Luke said. "What are you doing back here? Because you sure as hell better not be crawling back to me because I'm not letting you back in. Not after how you treated Rory and the rest of this town. Not after how you just left leaving me to clean up your mess. And definately not after you didn't graduate high school."
"Jimmy kicked me out okay?" Jess said in a half yell. "His girlfriend was sick of me being around the house all day and threatened to leave if he didn't kick me out. He chose her over me. Her over his own family."
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A/N - It's short, I know. But I really don't know what to do next, give me suggestions!
Read and Review if you really want!
-Emily Carol