So Happy Together...??
Chapter 3
Disclaimer: I think not.
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 3 - Jess gets an offer, Dinner at the grandparents
Rating: PG-13 for cussing, etc.
A/N: Thanks for all who have reviewed. :D
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A few minutes after Jess hung up with Rory, there was a knock at his door. Who the hell could that be?? He stood up and walked over to it. He looked through the hole and saw Sammy standing on the other side. He sighed. Should I open it?? Well what could she possibly want?
He slowly opened the door.
"Hey Jess," She greeted him, smiling broadly.
"Uh..hi..."
"So did you work things out with that girl from the other day?" Sammy asked.
"Um...yeah..." He nodded.
"That's good."
"Uh huh...." He looked at her curiously. "Is there a reason that you're here?" He finally asked.
"Oh, right...I was wondering if I could borrow... For whom the bell tolls?" She asked.
"I thought you said you'd read it..."
"Yeah, and I own the book too...but I lent it to someone and never got it back..." Sammy explained.
He stepped back from the door and looked around. He spotted a big stack of books on the floor. "Well...it should be somewhere in there," He said pointing.
She came inside and looked around at his piles of crap everywhere. "Gosh, what happened?"
He shrugged.
"You want some help straightening it up and putting everything away?"
He cleared his throat. "What?"
"I could help you with this," She motioned around her. "I'm a clean freak..."
"Huh."
"Is that a yes?" She asked him, grinning.
"Well..." I don't know... It should be fine. She wants to borrow a book, she wants to help my clean this up. How could I say no to that? "Okay," He decided.
"Good," She said nodding. "So tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
"I guess I can wait and get the book when we find it tomorrow," She said.
"Uh huh."
"Do you ever say more than 3 words at a time?" She asked him.
He shrugged. "I can."She laughed. "Okay, well I'll be here tomorrow... I have the morning shift....so would 3:00 be okay?"
"Whatever."
She nodded. "Then I'll see you then," She said and shut the door behind her.
"Huh," He said to himself before picking a book up off the stack and sitting down.
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Rory glanced up from her book and looked at her watch. She had been sitting under this tree for almost 2 hours now.
"Hey Rory," A voice said from behind her.
She turned around. "Brian... hi."
"Hey..."
"So what's up?" She asked.
"Oh nothing..."
"Cool," She said nodding.
"Yep...hey did you ever work things out with that one guy?" He asked out of courtesy.
"Oh...uh, yeah... I'm really sorry about that."
He shook his head. "You shouldn't be sorry...." He looked down. "You mind if I sit here?" He asked.
She looked at the spot next to her and then at the textbooks that he was carrying in his hand. "No, that's fine."
He sat down and Rory scooted over a bit.
"My dorm is extremely loud. I've been trying to find a spot to study," He explained.
She nodded. "Very understandable."
"Same problem?" He asked.
"Yep. Accept I've got everything done for today. So I just wanted peace and quiet."
"Oh, well I could go somewhere else," He said and started to stand up.
"No, that's okay. I've been here for 2 hours. Stay."
He sat back down.
"So what are you studying?"
"I have a paper in psychology due tomorrow...so I need to read basically half the book and then write the paper," He told her.
"Ah. Fun."
"Right," He said chuckling.
Rory's cell phone started to ring. She pulled it out of her pocket and answered it. "Hey mom!"
"Hey!" Lorelai said grinning.
"What's up?"
"Nuts...or sandwiches perhaps," Lorelai answered her.
"Explain."
"There was a squirrel sitting on the gazebo and Kirk was feeding it and Taylor freaked out," Lorelai told her.
"Ooh, too bad I missed it."
"It was great. And you have to come to the next town meeting. It'll be special..." Lorelai promised.
"Okay, you have me intrigued....any hints as to why?" She asked.
"Nope. I'm going to leave you in suspense so that you'll come for sure."
Rory laughed. "I'll be there."
"So, dinner tomorrow..."
Rory nodded. "Yes, we have dinner tomorrow and Grandma and Grandpa's."
"I was thinking that maybe you should sprain your ankle," Lorelai suggested.
"How thoughtful of you."
"Well...I could always sprain my ankle... but it'd be better if the kid did it... they wouldn't be too concerned about me..."
"We are going to dinner tomorrow night."
"But why?" Lorelai whined.
"Because they love us and they feed us and we go every Friday night," Rory answered.
"But Luke feed's us and provides us with coffee and we eat there practically every day..."
Rory grinned. "Yes, that is true."
"So...?"
"So we go to dinner on Friday and then maybe afterwards we can go by Luke's," Rory said.
"Uh. No fair."
"So what'd you do today?" Rory asked.
"Worked...went by and saw Sookie and Davey," Lorelai told her.
"Ooh, how's Davey?"
"Oh, you know...just a cute, whining, crying, baby," Lorelai said shrugging. "You'll know how that is when you have one in....oh, about 30 years."
Rory smirked. "I can have a kid when I'm 49?"
"We'll see..."
Rory laughed. "Right."
Lorelai sighed. "Well I have to go... I'll see you tomorrow... I guess."
"Yes you will," Rory agreed.
"Bye."
Rory had barely hung up when it started to ring again. "Hello?"
"How's that leg doing?"
"I'll see you tomorrow night mom," Rory said rolling her eyes and hung up the phone. She looked over at Brain and stood up. "I've gotta be going back to my dorm...I'll see you later."
He nodded and Rory stood up and walked back to her dorm.
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The Next Night
Rory got out of her car and saw her mom sitting in the Jeep. "Hey," Rory said and went over to it.
Lorelai opened the door and got out. "Hey babe," She greeted her with a hug. "Ready to go in?"
"What's up?" Rory asked, wondering how her mother was suddenly wanting to go to dinner.
Lorelai started to walk to the door and fake tripped. "Oh, oh! My leg," She wailed.
Rory grinned and grabbed her arm. "Come on," She said and dragged her to the door.
"Nooooo!" Lorelai whispered.
Rory knocked on the door. A few seconds later the maid opened it. "Hello," She greeted.
"Hi," Rory said smiling. "We're here for diner with my grandparents."
The maid nodded. "Come on in." She stepped back and they walked in.
Richard came up behind the maid. "Hello girls," He nodded.
"Hey Grandpa," Rory said and hugged him. "How are you?"
"Just fine," He answered.
Emily appeared from the sitting room. "What's with all the dilly-dally? Come in, come in."
"We where just saying hello, Emily," Richard told her as he motioned for them to go in.
Rory and Lorelai walked into the sitting room and sat down on the couch.
"Drinks?" Emily asked.
"I'll just have water, please," Rory told her.
"Me too."
Emily poured it and Richard handed the glasses to them.
The maid walked in a few seconds later. "Dinner is ready, Ms. Gilmore," She announced.
Emily looked at her watch, annoyed. "Rebecca, it is only 6:50. You know very well that we don't eat until seven o'clock."
"But it's ready now..."
Emily sighed. "Well fine, we'll eat now."
They all stood up, walked into the dining room and sat down.
Rebecca placed the salads on the table in front of each of them.
"Ooh, ooh!" Rory exclaimed and held up her wrist.
Lorelai laughed. "That's it!"
Rory nodded. "Isn't it lovely?"
Emily looked confused. "What are we talking about?"
They both laughed. "It is very rude to keep secrets, Lorelai," Emily told her.
"It's not a secret grandma. I was just showing mom my friendship bracelet."
"Oh, let me see it," Emily requested.
Rory held her hand out towards her.
"That is very pretty. Who made it for you?"
"Uh...Paris...Gellar," Rory answered.
"Ah, yes," Richard said nodding. "Very nice girl."
"Yes, she is."
"And this was called...what?" Emily questioned.
"A friendship bracelet."
"That's lovely indeed... I wonder why I haven't heard of these bracelets..." Emily mused.
Lorelai laughed. "Probably 'cause they haven't been popular for 5 years," Lorelai muttered under her breath.
"What was that, Lorelai?"
"I said, probably because they're new," She told her.
"Oh, maybe I should buy some..."
"You make them grandma," Rory explained.
"Hmm... well maybe someone would make them for me and I could give them out to some friends."
Lorelai and Rory raised there eyebrows at each other.
They finished their salads and Rebecca set out the main course.
Richard took a bite and chewed happily. "Isn't this pork roast splendid?"
They all nodded. "Yes, it is marvelous," Lorelai said nodding.
Emily frowned. "Are you being sarcastic, Lorelai?"
Lorelai smirked. "No mom, the pork roast is scrumptious."
Emily eyed her suspiciously.
"When we went to Colorado, we stayed in this hotel that had this humongous pine tree next to it," Richard told them between bites of Apple cobbler.
"No, no," Emily said wiping her mouth off. "It was a redwood tree."
Richard frowned. "That isn't right, Emily. It was a pine tree."
"I'm sure it was a redwood."
Richard rolled his eyes and held his hand up so that only Rory and Lorelai could see what he was saying. "Don't listen to her, it was a pine tree. She doesn't know an apple tree from an orange tree," He whispered.
"I do so."
Rory and Lorelai stifled their laughs. Lorelai quickly finished her cobbler.
"Are you ready Rory?" She asked her.
Emily frowned. "What's the hurry, Lorelai?"
"Um...I just have stuff to do at home..."
"And why does that concern Rory?" Emily questioned.
"Well...Rory needs to help me."
"With what?"
"Err... I have to alphabetize... the kitchen," Lorelai said without thinking.
"Alphabetize the kitchen?" Richard and Emily both asked.
Lorelai nodded. "Yeah, the dishes....and pots and pans and silverware...they all need to be alphabetized."
"But that doesn't make any sense," Emily said frowning.
"Sure it does," Lorelai said, standing up.
"But Rory's not even done with her cobbler," Richard said.
"She's full," Lorelai told him. "Aren't you full?" She asked.
"Um...I guess so," Rory answered.
"Well then let's get going."
Rory stood up. "Bye grandma, grandpa. Dinner was excellent as always."
"Good bye girls," Richard said.
"We'll see you next week," Emily said.
Rory nodded. "Yep. Bye!"
They went to the door, grabbed their purses and walked out.
"Gosh," Rory said.
"What?"
"Alphabetizing the kitchen? Do we even have anything in the kitchen?" Rory asked.
"Um...well sure...the coffee maker...and the cups..." Lorelai trailed off.
"Right and that's about it."
Lorelai shrugged. "Hey!" She exclaimed as if she had just thought of it and hadn't been thinking about it all day. "Weren't you going to tell me what happened between you and jess after dinner?"
Rory rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that's right."
"Well...?"
"When we get home," Rory told her.
"Uh!"
Rory got in her car. "See you at home!" She yelled out the window.
Lorelai sulked over to the Jeep and got in. "Hurry home! We have alphabetizing to do!"
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A/N: Yay. i wrote 3 chapters within 5 days. :) please review and i'll keep 'em comin' :P thanks!