Sorry this took so long to update! I started this story because I was
having trouble with my other one, and now I'm having no trouble with my
other story, and a harder time with this one.
This chapter is really short, I know, but in the next chapter, Rory is off to Yale, and I wanted that to be alone. Don't worry. It'll be up really soon. Anyways, enjoy! -----
Lorelai and Rory got back from their trip in Europe in the middle of August, with just two weeks left of summer vacation before Rory went to Yale. Rory still hadn't heard from Jess. She had told him over the phone that she wasn't going to pine, and she had tried desperately not to. At least, she had tried hard to hide it when she was pining.
She couldn't exactly pinpoint what it was about Jess that made her need him so much. Maybe it was that he wasn't only her boyfriend, but her best friend. They were both on the same level. They loved the same things. They could spend an afternoon together, and both of them would be completely happy with what they were doing.
And she had loved him. She had had a lot of time to think about it, and she had definitely loved him. And, she hated to admit to herself, she still did love him. And she thought she probably always would. But she couldn't go back to him, beg him to take her back. They were both going to lead different lives now, and there was no way they would be able to get back what they had.
As soon as they got back from Europe, they dropped their stuff in the front hall of their house, and simultaneously demanded that they go to Luke's for coffee. The walk to Luke's took much longer than either of them had expected, mainly because they ran into Patty and Babette, who wanted to hear everything about their trip. They finally made it to the diner and found a table. Rory half expected to see that scowling head of jet black hair come by to pour her coffee, but she knew that that wasn't going to happen. Jess was gone.
Luke saw them from behind the counter and smiled a very broad smile. He grabbed two mugs and the coffee pitcher and came over to pour them coffee.
"You're back! How was it?'
"Wow," Lorelai said to Rory, "we didn't even have to ask. Such service."
"It was great Luke. How was the cruise?"
"Oh, it was alright."
"Alright?"
"Yeah."
"Care to elaborate?" Lorelai asked.
"Nicole and I broke up."
"Oh," Lorelai said, "I'm sorry Luke."
"Yeah, well, we had our differences. The cruise was fine, but we broke up a week or so after we got back."
"Sorry."
"You said that already. It's fine."
"Sit with us! We'll tell you everything."
"The other customers. . . "
"Will be fine!" Lorelai interrupted, "There are three other people here, and they don't need anything right now. Don't you want to hear about our trip?"
"Fine." Luke placed the coffee pot on their table and pulled up another chair. By the time he sat down, Lorelai was already replenishing her and Rory's cups.
"No way," Luke said, taking the coffee pot away from her. "There is NO WAY you two are even TOUCHING this pot. I will be monitoring coffee intake."
"But Luke. . ." the girls whined simultaneously.
"So, where did you start off?"
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Rory flopped down on her bed. She had missed this bed. All of the beds throughout Europe were different. Harder, softer, smaller, smelled funky. This was her bed, and she was finally back.
She inhaled deeply, her face in her pillow. For some reason, when she exhaled, she exhaled tears.
Jess. She missed him so much. She had missed him in Europe, but now she was back in Stars Hollow, where they had been together. All of the things that she saw around her reminded her of times when he was here.
At least she would be going off to Yale soon. Yale would be another anonymous place, like Europe had been. She wouldn't have to think about Jess as much. Maybe, some day, she would be able to forget about him. But until then, being home would always be painful. She exhaled again. Just two more weeks until school started. Just two more weeks until she could escape all of these memories.
This chapter is really short, I know, but in the next chapter, Rory is off to Yale, and I wanted that to be alone. Don't worry. It'll be up really soon. Anyways, enjoy! -----
Lorelai and Rory got back from their trip in Europe in the middle of August, with just two weeks left of summer vacation before Rory went to Yale. Rory still hadn't heard from Jess. She had told him over the phone that she wasn't going to pine, and she had tried desperately not to. At least, she had tried hard to hide it when she was pining.
She couldn't exactly pinpoint what it was about Jess that made her need him so much. Maybe it was that he wasn't only her boyfriend, but her best friend. They were both on the same level. They loved the same things. They could spend an afternoon together, and both of them would be completely happy with what they were doing.
And she had loved him. She had had a lot of time to think about it, and she had definitely loved him. And, she hated to admit to herself, she still did love him. And she thought she probably always would. But she couldn't go back to him, beg him to take her back. They were both going to lead different lives now, and there was no way they would be able to get back what they had.
As soon as they got back from Europe, they dropped their stuff in the front hall of their house, and simultaneously demanded that they go to Luke's for coffee. The walk to Luke's took much longer than either of them had expected, mainly because they ran into Patty and Babette, who wanted to hear everything about their trip. They finally made it to the diner and found a table. Rory half expected to see that scowling head of jet black hair come by to pour her coffee, but she knew that that wasn't going to happen. Jess was gone.
Luke saw them from behind the counter and smiled a very broad smile. He grabbed two mugs and the coffee pitcher and came over to pour them coffee.
"You're back! How was it?'
"Wow," Lorelai said to Rory, "we didn't even have to ask. Such service."
"It was great Luke. How was the cruise?"
"Oh, it was alright."
"Alright?"
"Yeah."
"Care to elaborate?" Lorelai asked.
"Nicole and I broke up."
"Oh," Lorelai said, "I'm sorry Luke."
"Yeah, well, we had our differences. The cruise was fine, but we broke up a week or so after we got back."
"Sorry."
"You said that already. It's fine."
"Sit with us! We'll tell you everything."
"The other customers. . . "
"Will be fine!" Lorelai interrupted, "There are three other people here, and they don't need anything right now. Don't you want to hear about our trip?"
"Fine." Luke placed the coffee pot on their table and pulled up another chair. By the time he sat down, Lorelai was already replenishing her and Rory's cups.
"No way," Luke said, taking the coffee pot away from her. "There is NO WAY you two are even TOUCHING this pot. I will be monitoring coffee intake."
"But Luke. . ." the girls whined simultaneously.
"So, where did you start off?"
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Rory flopped down on her bed. She had missed this bed. All of the beds throughout Europe were different. Harder, softer, smaller, smelled funky. This was her bed, and she was finally back.
She inhaled deeply, her face in her pillow. For some reason, when she exhaled, she exhaled tears.
Jess. She missed him so much. She had missed him in Europe, but now she was back in Stars Hollow, where they had been together. All of the things that she saw around her reminded her of times when he was here.
At least she would be going off to Yale soon. Yale would be another anonymous place, like Europe had been. She wouldn't have to think about Jess as much. Maybe, some day, she would be able to forget about him. But until then, being home would always be painful. She exhaled again. Just two more weeks until school started. Just two more weeks until she could escape all of these memories.