So Happy Together…??
Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I wish it was mine, but it's not… darn.
Pairing: Well obviously!
Summary: Rory and Jess are finally back together. Rory has to tell Lorelai what happened when she went to New York. Jess has to work. They are still living in separate towns. CH 1 - Paris rants. Rory has a flashback about the night she came home.
Rating: PG-13 for cussing, etc.
A/N: I had A LOT of trouble with this chapter…Getting Jess into character was very difficult. So I really need you to review and tell me how I did… if I was close, at least. I would like to thank DA, as always, for being my loyal fan. ;D And for helping me get Jess into character. Also, thanks Ash, for the ideas for getting outta writers block. :D And thanks to everyone who has read and reviewed any of my fics! You guys are the best!
"You're not helping," Rory stated into the phone.
"What the hell do you want me to do? Drive to Stars Hollow and tell her myself?" Jess asked harshly and then back-tracked. "Uh…" He cleared his throat. "Sor-"
"Its fine," Rory said quickly, helping him out. "But she's my mother, I have to tell her."
"You don't have to do anything but die and pay taxes," He pointed out.
Rory rolled her eyes. "She will find out eventually and I already promised to tell her after the Friday night dinner."
"Huh."
"I certainly didn't miss that," Rory told him, referring to his 'huh'. "So what am I going to tell her?"
He exhaled slowly. "I don't know…nothing?"
"Why is me telling her such a bad thing?"
"She doesn't like me, not even remotely. I'm not freakin' bag boy," He stated.
"Well, obviously."
Jess raised an eyebrow. "What the hell does that mean?"
"Just what I said. You're not Dean."
"So should I go out and buy stilts and a wig? Apply at the grocery store?"
"Jess…"
"No, Rory. Do you regret not being with Dean?" He asked, slightly unsure of if he wanted to hear the answer or not.
"No!" She exclaimed. "I don't want to be with Dean! If I wanted to be with him, then I'd be with him now."
Jess didn't say anything.
"Is that what you really think?" She asked quietly.
"I don't know…no?" He shrugged. "I just don't want you to have any regrets."
"I don't have any regrets," She told him.
He looked relieved. "Okay," He said nodding.
"My mom will get used to you…eventually..."
"No she won't," He said, shaking his head.
"Come on now, be positive," She urged.
"How 'bout, be realistic."
"I…uh…"
"Do you honestly think that she'll be thrilled when you tell her?" He asked.
"Well…"
"More like she'll be pissed as hell," Jess told her.
"She'll have to accept it; you'll have to be…"
"Mr. Manners?" He suggested.
"Something like that…Just so she can get to know you."
"What about her?" He asked. "It's a two way street."
"I know, I'll have to make her try really hard…maybe Luke can be of some help."
"Huh."
"Hey, what are you doing on Friday?" Rory asked slyly.
Jess didn't catch on. "I don't know…"
"You know what would be fun…if you came to dinner at my grandparents."
Jess frowned. "I…just remembered that I have…spring cleaning to do."
"But you just moved in…and its summer," Rory stated.
"Yeah, but I just got all my stuff in from Jimmy and I couldn't stand having the boxes everywhere so I just dumped all of the crap onto the floor…table…counter…and I realize that it's summer, which makes it even more important that I get it done now," Jess explained, nodding to himself.
Rory smirked. "Whatever you say…" She was about to say something else when she was interrupted by Paris.
"I need to use the phone!" She exclaimed frantically.
"Hang on Jess," Rory said before placing her hand over the mouth piece.
"What's the problem?"
"I seem to have misplaced my cell phone and I was supposed to meet Asher in 30 minutes, but I have to cancel…"
"Okay, okay. Hang on a sec," Rory told her and Paris left the room.
"Sorry about that," She said, holding the phone back up to her ear.
"That's fine."
"I've go to go…Paris needs to call Gramps," Rory told him.
"She has to call her Grandpa?"
Rory laughed. "Oh, that's right. You don't know…"
"Know what?"
"Paris is dating one of my million year old professors."
"Forty?" Jess asked, trying to find a logical age.
"No, I mean seriously he is a grandpa! He's like 65!"
Jess chuckled. "She always did seem like the gold digging type."
Rory looked disgusted. "Well I don't think that's it, actually. She seems to really like him, as far as I can tell…with the making out and all."
"Oh geez. Can you imagine the visuals you're giving me?" He asked groaning.
"You're not the one who has to hear the stories!" She exclaimed. "You're much better off…"
"Huh."
"Okay, well I have to go before she flips out…I'll talk to you tomorrow…"
He nodded. "Bye."
She hung up the phone and within seconds Paris had entered the room and plucked it out of her hands.
"Hey you!" Paris said into the phone.
Rory looked over at her, and a look of repulsion spread across her face.
She grabbed a book of her desk and quickly left the room. She said good-bye to Tanna before exiting the apartment and finding a nice tree to sit under.
"So she won't tell you what happened?" Sookie asked as she bounced Davey on her lap.
"Not until Friday, after dinner," Lorelai told her.
"That doesn't sound good," Sookie said, shaking her head.
"Sook!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"What?" She asked and then looked up. "Oh…sorry."
"Whose side are you on here?"
Sookie looked confused. "Did I miss something? Did it turn into a game?"
Lorelai sighed. "No…"
"He's a cute little boy," Sookie said in a baby voice.
"So what do you think?" Lorelai asked.
"About…?"
"About the whole thing…do you think that she's avoiding telling me because she's embarrassed?"
Sookie looked indifferent. "Possibly."
"You don't agree? Why don't you agree?" Lorelai asked anxiously.
"No, no," Sookie said shaking her head. "That's probably it."
"Well what else could it be?" Lorelai asked.
Sookie shook a rattle around. "Uh… I don't know."
"He has a girlfriend. That must be it," Lorelai tried to convince herself.
"Yes."
No?" Lorelai asked.
"No," Sookie said nodding, not really paying attention to what Lorelai was saying.
Davey started to cry. "I need to put him down…"
Lorelai nodded. "I'll just go. I'll talk to you later."
"Sorry…"
"That's okay," Lorelai reassured her.
"Bye," Sookie said and bounced the baby on her hip. She took his hand. "Wave bye-bye to Aunty Lorelai."
Lorelai waved. "Bye, Davey," She said before walking out the door.
She sighed as she walked down the sidewalk. Everyone's too busy. He has to have a girl-friend; Rory is embarrassed because of it…that must be it. She pushed a strand of hair back behind her ear. I wonder…. Maybe Luke has heard from him.
Lorelai quickened her pace and headed towards Luke's.
"Lorelai!" A voice called after her.
She turned around. "Hi Taylor."
"Lorelai, why are you walking so fast?"
"I'm in a hurry to get somewhere," She answered.
"Well," Taylor said, stopping in front of her. "That is very dangerous, you need to slow down."
"Why?"
He pointed to her shoes. "With those heels, you could easily slip and crack your head open and spill your blood all over my white sidewalk."
"Would you prefer if I walked in the road?"
He frowned. "Lorelai, walking in the middle of the road is called Jay-walking. Do I need to explain that to you?"
"No," She said, looking amused. "But my shoes really aren't that high…"
Taylor pulled a measuring tape out of his pocket and bent down.
She stifled back a laugh as she watched him.
"Three inches," He said as he stood up. "You know, I should bring that up at the next town meeting…" Taylor pulled a pad out of his pocket and started to write on it.
"Can I go now? I promise I'll walk slowly…"
He looked at her wearily. "Well, okay, I'll let you go with a warning…"
"What were you going to do? Give me a ticket?"
"Well, actually," Taylor said as he reached into his pocket.
Lorelai raised her eyebrows at him. "Never mind, I am ever so grateful that you let me off the hook," She told him before turning around and walking towards Luke's as slowly as she could.
Taylor passed her and started to jog towards the gazebo as he spotted something. "Squirrel!" He shouted. "I'm warning you! You get off that ledge right this instant!"
The squirrel started to make chirping sounds and held up a nut.
Taylor looked furious. "Get off there right now! You'll leave droppings!"
Lorelai turned around and started to laugh. "Go squirrel!" She cheered.
"Don't encourage his behavior, Lorelai," Taylor told her.
"How do you know it's not a female?" She asked.
Kirk stood up from a bench. "You are, in fact, correct, Lorelai. Her name is Delilah," Kirk announced.
"I thought it was a girl."
"Leave her alone Taylor! She's just trying to have a peaceful lunch," Kirk told him.
Taylor looked at him. "Kirk, we do not allow animals onto the gazebo. They could ruin it! It's historic, you know…"
Lorelai grinned broadly and continued on her way to Luke's. "Go Delilah, go," She whispered.
She took one last glance over her shoulder to see Kirk standing in front of the gazebo, trying to block Taylor. "She's just trying to have a peaceful lunch!"
"Why does she have a piece of a sandwich?"
"Uh…"
"Did you give her that? Kirk! That's violation of code 23B. 'No feeding animals at any given time.'"
"But she was hungry…"
A/N: Was it in character? What do you think? Any suggestions, etc? Please review. :D