Title: Just waiting

Chapter 2: Realizing.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Gilmore Girls, they are all property of the WB, except the characters that I create and come from my imagination.

A/N: Hey! Thank you so much to TeXaS vBaLl 13, smile1 and kayciwebster for read and review my story, and thank you so much for all of you that read it too, (I'm blabbing, sorry) you don't know how happy I feel when I read your comments! I couldn't believe it! 0, so I hope you all can enjoy what I write, and I hope you like this chapter, it's a little longer than the last one, so read, enjoy and review!

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Rory was awake and laying in her bed; it was about 3:30 am and she couldn't find a way to fell asleep. She had tried and tried, but the sleep wouldn't come at all. After Dean had left, she had tried to read, but she just couldn't concentrate on the words and then when she had tried to make some coffee, she had found out that they had run out of it, I mean, how could that even be possible? Anyway, after that, she had decided that maybe if she went to bed she would be able to sleep a little, but surprise! It didn't work and in addition she wouldn't stop thinking about him, why did everything have to be so difficult?

And there was the reason of her lack of sleep, "him." It was always him, but why? He was not her boyfriend; it was not a big deal, and what about Dean? The things he had said to her that afternoon after he saw her talking with Jess, and then that night on her porch, but Jess wasn't like that, right? He was a good person, and he was nice to her, he was not like Dean had said, she was not another conquest for him, they were just friends, weren't they?

She began to think about Jess; after his arrival to Star Hollow things were different, everything was more exciting, well at least for her. But what made her happier was that she had found someone whom she could talk to about her first love, books. But that was not everything they could talk about; they could talk about music, about life, about everything you would talk with your... friend. Well she wasn't sure if he thought of her as a friend, but like she had said if she was the kind of person that Jess would consider necessary to stop and say hi to, then that would mean they were at some point in the friendship universe, right? And he was something new for her, and she liked it.

She couldn't believe Dean had asked her to stop seeing Jess. He was jealous, but he didn't have a reason to be. She was with him, right? Yeah, she was with Dean and nobody else, he didn't have to worry about anything!

At least she hoped so.

The next morning she was still laying in her bed, with the same open eyes plus a terrible headache, of course. Her mom was calling her from the kitchen and telling her to prepare to go to Luke's.

"C'mon honey, I'm dying for a cup of coffee," Lorelai said walking into Rory's room. "It's 11 o'clock, it's Saturday, please!"

"Mom, I don't feel like going to the dinner, I couldn't sleep last night," Rory said taking her pillow and putting it on her head. "I just want to sleep; my head will explode if I don't."

"Oh! My poor baby, I think some coffee could help you, but we need to go to Luke's because we don't have any in here!" Lorelai said sitting on the edge of her daughter's bed, and taking the pillow out of Rory's face. "Please, please, please, I can't go alone to Luke's, someone could think that I lost you, or that you enlisted in some kind of ambulant circus, please Rory don't enlist in an ambulant circus!"

"Fine, but please stop shaking me like that! What part of 'I feel terrible', don't you understand?" Rory asked sitting on her bed while she started getting ready. "Just give me a minute."

"I knew it, I knew it!" Lorelai said giving little jumps. "I love you, you know? You'll be grateful for this."

"I'm actually regretting this," Rory said grumpily watching her mother walked out of her room. "You'll pay! If I fell in the middle of the street, it will be your fault!"

"Don't worry darling, if you fell I will ask Kirk to help me carry you to the dinner, and then I'll have my cup of coffee." Lorelai said with a small smile.

"You're horrible, you know that? I'm dying and all you can think about is coffee." Rory said approaching the kitchen with a pout on her lips.

"Oh Hon! I know I'm terrible, but I promise you that you can sleep all you want after I have my cup of coffee, ok?" Lorelai said grasping Rory's shoulders in her hands.

"Fine, but if I don't, you'll pay!"

"I get it!" Lorelai said walking out of the kitchen and into the living room with Rory following after her. "By the way, were you talking with Dean through your window last night?"

"Oh, yeah," Rory answered while she opened the front door and walked into the porch, "he wanted to apologize."

"Apologize for what?" Lorelai asked confused closing the door behind her.

"Apparently for what he said yesterday when he found me talking with Jess."

"Why were you talking with Jess in the first place?" Lorelai asked a little worried. "Why didn't you tell me last night?"

"Because I didn't want to talk about it, it's not a big deal." she answered with a calm voice, and after she noticed the expression on Lorelai's face, she added. "Remember yesterday after we met at Luke's and I told you I wanted to go to the bookstore?"

"Yes, I remember." replied Lorelai trying to focus on her words. "I met Dean after you left, and I told him you were at the bookstore."

"Yeah, well, when I was at the bookstore I ran into Jess. He was there looking for a book, and he couldn't find it, so I offered to help him look for it and..."

"But Jess was at the diner," Lorelai interrupted following Rory in the street, "I saw him."

"No, he wasn't," Rory insisted. "I didn't see him at the diner."

"Yes, he was! He was there when Luke gave us the coffee, and then again when he gave us the food," Lorelai said thoughtfully. "He went upstairs and then when you left, he walked down and left too, oh! He followed you!"

"No! He didn't, he had to be at the bookstore because I didn't see him coming in." Rory said with logic in her voice.

"Maybe he entered when you weren't paying attention!"

"That's not true! And anyway that's not the point," Rory said continuing with her story. "He gave me the title of the book and we started looking for it. After like 20 minutes I found it, and I gave it to him, and that's when Dean walked into the bookstore and started making a huge scene, just because Jess prevented me of living the most embarrassing moment of my life."

"What? What were you going to do?"

"I was going to collapse two shelves of bookcases just because of a stupid chair that was in my way when I was trying to reach Jess; he caught me before I fell."

"Oh!" Lorelai exclaimed realizing. "And then what happened? Did you tell Dean that?"

"Well, it wasn't necessary," she answered, "when he was yelling at me and asking for answers, the man that works in the bookstore asked me if I was Ok, and then he told me 'how lucky I had been that that young man had caught me in time before I had stumble upon the bookcases', or something among the lines."

"Well, you're a lucky woman!" Lorelai said taking Rory by her shoulders. "And what about Dean? What did he say?"

"What else? That he was sorry, and blah, blah, blah." Rory said opening the door of the dinner.

"Rory!" Lorelai smacked Rory in her arm with an accusatory tone in her voice.

"What? It's true!" Rory said defending herself. "And mom, remember my head? It's about time to fell and roll across the floor of the dinner."

"Oh! Poor head of Rory, I think it needs some coffee... like me!" Lorelai exclaimed sitting at a table near one of the windows.

"Yay!" Rory replied sitting in front of Lorelai and resting her head on the table.

"Looks like someone doesn't want any coffee." Luke said walking to their table with a pot of coffee while he glanced at Rory for a moment.

"It's the lack of sleep." Lorelai said like she was offended he had suggested such a thing.

"Bad night?" Luke asked filling the two cups that he had placed in front of his regular costumers.

"Terrible," Rory answered moving in her seat. "I'm sorry Luke; I think a cup of coffee would help."

"Ok then, do you want something else?" Luke asked ready to take their orders.

"I think I want an omelet," Lorelai said with a big smile on her face, "and the same for you Rory?"

"Yes, please." Rory answered looking around the dinner for any sight of him, but she couldn't see him. (A/N: lol)

"Is that all?" Luke asked ready to go.

"Yes, please." Lorelai replied just as she was going to sip her coffee, and then remembering something she asked him. "Luke, do you know if Jess was here yesterday?"

"Mom!"

"What?" Lorelai replied with an innocent face, "I'm just asking."

"What are you talking about?" Luke asked with curiosity in his voice. "Of course he was, but then he left, like every day."

"See!" Lorelai said to Rory. "Do you know what time did he leave?"

"Mom, stop it! Don't pay attention to her; she is a little delirious right now." Rory said with a forced smile aimed at Luke.

"Just answer, please!" Lorelai begged to Luke.

"I don't know, early I guess, why? What did he do? I'm going to kill him!" Luke said walking to the curtain that hides the stairs. "Jess!"

"Luke, wait!" Lorelai said stopping him. "He didn't do anything, I'm just asking."

"Oh, well if that's all, I'm going to give Cesar your order." Luke said walking out of the Gilmore's table and behind the counter, to give Cesar their order.

"See! You didn't have to make a commotion, he could have left earlier and we didn't see him!" Rory said in a small voice.

"But I saw him! I swear!" Lorelai said sure of herlself.

"Ok mom, whatever," replied Rory leaning her head on the table, "It's not that important."

"Yes, but..."

"Mom!"

"Ok, then." Lorelai said giving up.

While waiting for their orders, Rory closed her eyes at the same time that Lorelai began to talk about Michel and something to do with the Inn, but Rory wasn't paying attention, she was thinking about the other part of the story that she hadn't told.

When Dean was yelling at her, Jess had tried to explain him what had happened, but of course his sarcastic comments had gotten in the way and it didn't help her at all. Taking the book that they had been looking for, Jess walked towards the register and paid for it. She saw how Jess had waited for them to pass the front door, and when Dean wasn't looking, he had placed the book inside of Rory's purse while whispering "read the note," and then he had walked away in the opposite direction.

When Rory and Dean were walking towards the Gilmore house, Dean had tried to apologize for what had happened, but Rory had told him that it was Ok, that she needed to prepare for dinner at her grandparents. Dean left when they arrived at her porch, and Rory wanting to know what was written in the note, had checked that Lorelai wasn't home and as soon as she entered her bedroom she had taken out the book that Jess had given her and shaking it lightly she had found a little note that said:

Rory:

I picked out this book for you; it's one of my favorites. I hope you like it and good luck with Mr. lifted stick.

Jess

She turned her attention to the book that was resting on her lap and paying it more attention she read the title. It was "The Giant Bonsais by Lucia Baquedano." Immediately she had begun to read the first pages of the book, but eventually she lost her concentration. She couldn't stop thinking about the events that had happened that afternoon, she had felt confused.

Suddenly remembering where she was, she jumped a little taking in her surroundings.

"Huh, it's funny how you can find people without shame sleeping on the tables." Jess said filling her cup of coffee as he watched her give a little jump in surprise at the sound of his voice.

"Oh, Jess how funny!" Rory said looking at the cause of her start. "Where is my mom?" she asked noticing that Lorelai wasn't in her seat.

"There," Jess said pointing at the counter where Lorelai was talking animatedly to Luke. "She went up there after she noticed that you weren't paying attention and instead were sleeping."

"I wasn't sleeping!"

"Yes, you were," Jess said in his defense, "the whole dinner could hear your snores."

"That's not true!" Rory said blushing feeling her cheeks burnt. "I was just thinking! Anyway, how did you know what she say?"

"Because I was in time to hear Lorelai say that to Luke, so I'm just repeating her words," Jess said chuckling as he placed the pot of coffee in front of her.

"Oh!"

"Yeah, so… bad night?" Jess asked looking at her noticing the dark rings that laid under her beautiful blue eyes.

"The worst," She replied looking at him and resting her head on the table.

"I'll get your order," he said smiling ready to get Rory's order.

"Jess," she called when she remembered the book, and when Jess turned around to look at her she continued, "thanks for the book."

"Anytime," Jess replied smiling, and then he continued walking towards the counter.

Lorelai had looked up when she heard Rory's voice, she saw her talking to Jess, she was a little curious, she wanted to hear what they would talk about, when Rory had thanked Jess for the book she was somewhat confused, she didn't know for sure what book they were talking about, but she had a remote idea of which book she could mean.

"Hey, sleeping beauty," Lorelai greeted walking towards their table "Time to wake up!"

"I know, I'm sorry I didn't realize I was sleeping," she said squirming in her chair. "Did you eat anything?"

"Yes, I did, and now I need to go to the Inn."

"Oh, I forgot!" Rory said. "I..."

But she couldn't continue because Jess approached their table at that exact moment.

"Here you go." he said placing a plate in front of Rory.

"Oh, thanks,"

"Anything else?" he replied with a nonchalant face.

"I don't think so." Lorelai answered abruptly.

"Oh, that's okay, thank you." Rory said confused at their attitude.

"Ok," he said walking out of their sight, and entering the kitchen.

"What was that about?" Rory asked her mom frowning.

"What?" Lorelai replied avoiding Rory's eyes.

"Forget it," she said looking at her plate and remembering what she was talking with Lorelai "oh," she said suddenly, "So, are you leaving me alone?"

"I'm sorry hun, but I told you I'll need to prepare everything for the dance we're giving at the Inn tomorrow night, thanks to the tons of water that fall in Chicago." Lorelai said with her arms over her head.

"I know," Rory said suddenly disappointed at the idea of the dance. She didn't want to be there with Dean just smiling to everyone who would walk in front of them, and just listening to Dean complained about whatever he didn't agree with.

"And you know that Sookie will freak out if I don't go and help her with the details." She finished smiling gently at her daughter.

"It's ok mom, I think I'll go home to sleep a little bit more, and then I'll wait for you to watch a movie. But remember I promised Dean I'll go with him to buy his tux. I'm not that sure about that, though."

"Oh, don't say that!" Lorelai said. "Dean loves you and he takes care of you. He's worried about other men appearing in your life and stealing you away."

"No one is going to take me away!" Rory said just in time to see Jess walked out of the kitchen as he looked casually over her.

"I know, Hun," Lorelai said noticing how Rory looked at him and how Jess looked at her with a small secretive smile "I know."

And suddenly she realized that what Dean and she had feared since Jess showed up in Rory's life was already happening.

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