"Let her see how good is to live
It's not the life how it is
But things as they are
You didn't want to help me
So, whose fault is that?"
(Meninos e Meninas by Legião Urbana)
Chapter 2 - Kingston
Rory reached Jess' place while the sun was setting. The calm night was coming and the silence was killing her. Luke and Lorelai went straight to the hotel when they arrived in town. Rory decided to go right to Jess' house. She opened the door quietly. Katlyn's family gave it to Luke when they arrived and he passed it to Rory. She entered the living room and wandered through it. She had never been in his place before, or in his town for that matter. And now she was feeling guilty for it. Since he started dating Katlyn their relationship wasn't the same and they started to lose touch. It shouldn't had happened. She couldn't really say what had happened to their realtionship but she knew that even both of them being guilty for this, she had more blame than him. He had visited her and Stars Hollow folks a few times and he even called her from time to time, and this wasn't a Jess thing at all. But he did it for her anyway. And she hardly called and never went to his town! She'd always say she's too busy with work and couldn't get a break. Now she was in his living room, surrounded by pictures of him and Katlyn, and just now she could really notice how much Jess had changed.
He was all grew up and maybe that's why he looked wiser. Actually he didn't look all this different, his face and his body were the same. But his eyes were different and that alone changed everything. They looked brighter, what someone would usually say was a good change. But Rory knew better, she really did know him. His eyes were dark and that's the way they should be. Something was wrong in all that pictures, something was missing. She didn't know what, but she knew it was there.
Rory reached the coffee table and unfolded a note with Jess' handwriting. "I had to go. Sorry. Need to find myself again. Went to an old friend. Don't know how long will be gone - Jess"
An old friend. Someone from his past, their past - together. Rory pulled this thought away, it wasn't the time. They had a lot of friends back there, but she had a feeling about who he was refering on the note. Josh. They're really close back then and they always could count on each other. He was living in a city not too far from there, about three hours away. She could go after him in the next day. Now she was too tired and she had to get back to the hotel where her mother and Luke were waiting her, but definitely tomorrow she'd go see Josh. And Jess. She needed to find him before she lose him for good.
Rory woke up in an empty bedroom. She could feel kisses on her shoulder. Jess' kisses. No, it wasn't happening, she was just remembering. And missing. She pulled this thoughts aside, she had Mark now. Mark! "Oh my God, I forgot to tell Mark!", she screamed. She sat on bed, grabbed the phone and dialed the familiar number. On the third ring Mark answered.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's me"
"Rory?"
"Yeah. So, how are you?"
"Fine, fine. So, why are you calling at 7 a.m.?"
"Mark, do you remember that friend of mine? Jess? Well, his girlfriend died yesterday"
"Oh, I'm sorry"
"Yeah, me too. Anyway, when I got to know that she died I came to his town with mom and Luke, to support him"
"So, how is he?"
"I guess not so good. He ran away. He left a note saying he needed some time out..."
"Sorry you couldn't help him. But, hey, you tried..."
"So I'll go after him"
"What?"
"He said he'd go to an old friend and I have a guess of who this friend would be"
"What about work?"
"I'll take vocations"
"And...your mom?", he tried, loking for a reason for her not to go.
"She can handle herself", Rory told him matter-of-factly.
"So you're really going?"
"Yes"
"How long will you be gone?"
"I don't know. A while"
"Okay"
"I'll call you"
"Right"
"I have to hung up now. Bye"
"Bye"
Rory hung up the phone thinking what she would do now. She wanted to get up, grab her bags and fall on the rode. Go find him. But then she remembered that in the next day would be Katlyn's funeral and decided to stay. She needed to be there for some reason. She didn't really know what was this reason but she knew there was a reason. She got up, took a shower and then called her mother.
"Good morning mom"
"Good morning sweeties. So, how are you? How it was yesterday in Jess' place?"
"He left a note saying he needed some time out and he was going to visit some old friend"
"Someone you know?"
"He didn't say a name but I think so"
"So...now that Jess is not here and you are sure about it you don't have any reason to go to the funeral. Are you going back to Stars Hollow today?"
"No, actually I'll just go for a walk. Tomorrow I'll go to the funeral and as soon as it's over I'll go to this old friend's place to see if Jess is there"
"Where is this freind's house?"
"About three or four hours away from here"
"Are you sure you're going to be okay?"
"Yes, I'm sure, dear mother"
"Okay then", Lorelai said as if Rory had asked her permission.
"Gee mom, thanks. Anyway, I'm going for a walk now. Bye"
"Buh-bye"
Rory hung up the phone and left the hotel. She went downtown to find some tourists stores. There she bought a few maps, then in her way to the hotel she bought some flowers to the funeral. When she got in her hotel room she took the address book from her purse and looked in the map to find the town where she'd go in a few hours. Then she lied in bed and fell asleep, thinking how odd could be to see this two friends after so many years.
A/N: Okay, from now on I consider this as a story, until here it was just pure boring. Please, don't give up on me already...I promise you I'll try my best in this story. And please, let me know what you think about it so far. I really want to know, so drop a line. Thank you so much.
It's not the life how it is
But things as they are
You didn't want to help me
So, whose fault is that?"
(Meninos e Meninas by Legião Urbana)
Chapter 2 - Kingston
Rory reached Jess' place while the sun was setting. The calm night was coming and the silence was killing her. Luke and Lorelai went straight to the hotel when they arrived in town. Rory decided to go right to Jess' house. She opened the door quietly. Katlyn's family gave it to Luke when they arrived and he passed it to Rory. She entered the living room and wandered through it. She had never been in his place before, or in his town for that matter. And now she was feeling guilty for it. Since he started dating Katlyn their relationship wasn't the same and they started to lose touch. It shouldn't had happened. She couldn't really say what had happened to their realtionship but she knew that even both of them being guilty for this, she had more blame than him. He had visited her and Stars Hollow folks a few times and he even called her from time to time, and this wasn't a Jess thing at all. But he did it for her anyway. And she hardly called and never went to his town! She'd always say she's too busy with work and couldn't get a break. Now she was in his living room, surrounded by pictures of him and Katlyn, and just now she could really notice how much Jess had changed.
He was all grew up and maybe that's why he looked wiser. Actually he didn't look all this different, his face and his body were the same. But his eyes were different and that alone changed everything. They looked brighter, what someone would usually say was a good change. But Rory knew better, she really did know him. His eyes were dark and that's the way they should be. Something was wrong in all that pictures, something was missing. She didn't know what, but she knew it was there.
Rory reached the coffee table and unfolded a note with Jess' handwriting. "I had to go. Sorry. Need to find myself again. Went to an old friend. Don't know how long will be gone - Jess"
An old friend. Someone from his past, their past - together. Rory pulled this thought away, it wasn't the time. They had a lot of friends back there, but she had a feeling about who he was refering on the note. Josh. They're really close back then and they always could count on each other. He was living in a city not too far from there, about three hours away. She could go after him in the next day. Now she was too tired and she had to get back to the hotel where her mother and Luke were waiting her, but definitely tomorrow she'd go see Josh. And Jess. She needed to find him before she lose him for good.
Rory woke up in an empty bedroom. She could feel kisses on her shoulder. Jess' kisses. No, it wasn't happening, she was just remembering. And missing. She pulled this thoughts aside, she had Mark now. Mark! "Oh my God, I forgot to tell Mark!", she screamed. She sat on bed, grabbed the phone and dialed the familiar number. On the third ring Mark answered.
"Hello?"
"Hey, it's me"
"Rory?"
"Yeah. So, how are you?"
"Fine, fine. So, why are you calling at 7 a.m.?"
"Mark, do you remember that friend of mine? Jess? Well, his girlfriend died yesterday"
"Oh, I'm sorry"
"Yeah, me too. Anyway, when I got to know that she died I came to his town with mom and Luke, to support him"
"So, how is he?"
"I guess not so good. He ran away. He left a note saying he needed some time out..."
"Sorry you couldn't help him. But, hey, you tried..."
"So I'll go after him"
"What?"
"He said he'd go to an old friend and I have a guess of who this friend would be"
"What about work?"
"I'll take vocations"
"And...your mom?", he tried, loking for a reason for her not to go.
"She can handle herself", Rory told him matter-of-factly.
"So you're really going?"
"Yes"
"How long will you be gone?"
"I don't know. A while"
"Okay"
"I'll call you"
"Right"
"I have to hung up now. Bye"
"Bye"
Rory hung up the phone thinking what she would do now. She wanted to get up, grab her bags and fall on the rode. Go find him. But then she remembered that in the next day would be Katlyn's funeral and decided to stay. She needed to be there for some reason. She didn't really know what was this reason but she knew there was a reason. She got up, took a shower and then called her mother.
"Good morning mom"
"Good morning sweeties. So, how are you? How it was yesterday in Jess' place?"
"He left a note saying he needed some time out and he was going to visit some old friend"
"Someone you know?"
"He didn't say a name but I think so"
"So...now that Jess is not here and you are sure about it you don't have any reason to go to the funeral. Are you going back to Stars Hollow today?"
"No, actually I'll just go for a walk. Tomorrow I'll go to the funeral and as soon as it's over I'll go to this old friend's place to see if Jess is there"
"Where is this freind's house?"
"About three or four hours away from here"
"Are you sure you're going to be okay?"
"Yes, I'm sure, dear mother"
"Okay then", Lorelai said as if Rory had asked her permission.
"Gee mom, thanks. Anyway, I'm going for a walk now. Bye"
"Buh-bye"
Rory hung up the phone and left the hotel. She went downtown to find some tourists stores. There she bought a few maps, then in her way to the hotel she bought some flowers to the funeral. When she got in her hotel room she took the address book from her purse and looked in the map to find the town where she'd go in a few hours. Then she lied in bed and fell asleep, thinking how odd could be to see this two friends after so many years.
A/N: Okay, from now on I consider this as a story, until here it was just pure boring. Please, don't give up on me already...I promise you I'll try my best in this story. And please, let me know what you think about it so far. I really want to know, so drop a line. Thank you so much.
