When Rory and Paris walked into their apartment, Sarah was sitting on the couch, crying towards the TV. "Sarah. What's wrong?" Rory asked, sitting next to her and pulling her into a hug. Paris, surprisingly, sat on the other side of Sarah and rubbed her back.
"Oh, it's nothing like that. It's just, One Tree Hill can be really sad." Rory laughed when she looked at the TV and saw that Sarah's One Tree Hill DVD was paused.
"Oh, well at least it's not something earth shattering," Paris said disgustedly, getting up and pouring three cups of coffee and bringing them to the couch.
"Thanks," Sarah said and Rory took a sip of her coffee from her favorite mug. "So, You and Jess," Sarah said, her tears gone and her gaze fixed on Rory.
"Again," Paris chimed in from her spot on the couch.
"Yeah, me and Jess, again," Rory said, using her withering stare towards Paris. "It's good. It's amazing. It all started the night before we left for Stars Hollow when-" she was cut off by Sarah.
"So last weekend when me and Dave got to their apartment and you were there. That's when it started?" Sarah asked.
"Pretty much. When you guys came in, I had no shirt on and I was about to take off Jess' pants. It got pretty intense, I'm not going to lie."
"Wow, good thing we didn't notice. You get dressed fast," Sarah pointed out and Paris laughed.
"Unfortunately Jess doesn't get dressed quite as quickly," she said and Sarah looked at her questionably.
"What?" Sarah asked.
"Well, when we were in Stars Hollow, I accidentally walked in on them obviously after something had just happened and Jess had no shirt on," Paris explained.
"Yeah, he takes his time," Rory told her. "So, how are things with Dave? When is he going to California?" Rory asked, directed to Sarah.
"Oh, Wednesday. He asked me to go with him, but I'm not sure. We haven't been together very long and with travel, I'm not sure if I'm ready for that seriousness," Sarah explained.
"I remember when I was a freshman at Yale and I was dating Rory's professor, Asher Fleming, and he asked me to got to Oxford with him. I was scared of that same kind of seriousness, but I went and unfortunately he died while we were there, but I think it was worth it," Paris said and Sarah's face was priceless, never knowing about Paris and Professor Fleming.
"What! You never told me about you and this old guy. Holy shit, how old was he?" Sarah questioned.
"Sixty," Paris told her and her face dropped. Rory watched and chuckled to herself. "Wow, two years I've lived with you and I've never told you about the great love of my life. I'm surprised at myself."
"Me too," Sarah said, not really knowing what to say. "I just don't know if I'll go."
"It's something that is probably going to take a lot of thinking, but it's already Sunday so you don't have much time to think about it," Rory pointed out. The three of them took a sip of their coffees at the same time without even noticing. "Sarah, I need to tell you something," Rory blurted out.
"What?" Sarah asked nervously, seeing the serious look in Rory's eyes.
"My mom is pregnant and now that I have this new person coming into my life I want to know her or him the best that I can. I have been thinking about it a lot, and I'm moving back to Stars Hollow, into Jess' mom's old house. He's moving to Hartford or New Haven when I leave so that we can stay together," Rory explained watching Sarah's expression go from nervous to sad.
"Wow, that sucks. I'm going to miss you. When are you guys leaving?" Sarah asked, obviously at a loss for words.
"Well, I was thinking about six months, but that was before I had a place to move into. Now that I have Jess' mom's place I want to go sooner, like in a month, so that I can be there for my mom during the pregnancy. It's soon I know, and Jess still needs to find a place to live, but I want to go. I also need to quit my job and find a new one, closer to home, so who knows how long it will actually take."
Sarah and Paris sat there astonished. Paris knew she was leaving, but not so soon. The three sat back on the couch quietly and Sarah unpaused One Tree Hill and they watched it until it ended and sat in silence again. "This really sucks," Paris said, breaking the silence.
"I'm sorry, guys. Stars Hollow is my home. You can visit me whenever and I'll come back to see you guys. It won't be as bad as it seems," Rory responded looking at her feet. She felt bad for leaving such a negative affect so early on in the night. "So, what do you guys feel like doing?"
"We should go out and party," Sarah said. "We need to unwind after this bomb has dropped."
"I definitely need a drink," Paris admitted.
"I second that," Rory said getting off of the couch and walking to the door, not wasting any time. "Where?"
"Cappy's," Sarah responded as her and Paris followed Rory to the door and left. They all walked onto the sidewalk, in an awkward silence. They walked until they reached the club, where they waited in a short line, still not knowing what to say. As soon as they were in Cappy's they were at the bar, getting drinks. Rory really didn't want to 'party' as Sarah had said, but she did need a drink. She walked away from the bar and noticed Paris and Sarah already sitting at a table, so she sat down to join them. "I can't believe that you're leaving," Sarah said, the first thing spoken to one another since they left the apartment twenty minutes ago.
"I know, it's kind of soon, we have time though. I told Paris before that I will not cut you out of my life. We'll talk on the phone all of the time. It will be like I'm not gone, except that I will be. Please, I don't want to ruin our girl's night. I basically already did, but I want to still have some fun tonight," Rory pleaded with Paris and Sarah.
"Fine, but don't expect us to be the same tomorrow," Paris told her taking a large sip of her drink.
"OK," Rory told them. "I'll go get us another round." She left the table and walked over to the bar. When she ordered her drinks, she noticed Dave sitting at a table, not too far from her own, and walked over to hers to tell Sarah. "Hey Sarah, Dave is here," Rory told her, while sitting down.
"Oh crap. Tonight was supposed to be a girl's night," she said into her drink.
"Well, I don't think that he's seen us, so he might not for the rest of the night. We could always go someplace else," Rory suggested.
"Looks like Dave isn't the only one here," Paris pointed Jess out to the rest of the table.
"Dammit. Now I think we should go for sure. It's not supposed to be about them tonight," Rory said, watching her boyfriend from afar.
"Yeah, I thinks so too. And I'm not just saying that because I don't have a boyfriend, but I think it would be wise," Paris said.
"Yeah, let's go home," Sarah suggested to her roommates.
"Lets," Paris said and Rory nodded in agreement. "We can get some coffee on the way."
"Oh yeah, definitely," Rory agreed. They all got out of the booth they were sitting in and headed for the door. Of course, on the way out, both Jess and Dave spotted and stopped them. "Hey," Rory said to them before she gave Jess a quick kiss.
"Woah. Somebody's been drinking," Jess said when he pulled away from Rory.
"Yeah, a couple. We're walking and we're stopping to get coffee, so it's OK," she assured her boyfriend.
"Why are you guys leaving so early?" Dave asked, his arm protectively wrapped around Sarah's waist.
"Well, Bud, we're having a girl's night and you are not girl's. We'll just go home and have our fun. Don't worry we don't have alcohol in our apartment," Paris said to both Dave and Jess.
"OK Paris," Jess said with a sarcastic tone. "We'll let you guys go then. Bye," he said more to Rory than anyone else. He kissed her on the lips tenderly and then kissed her forehead before they left the bar. Dave gave Sarah a kiss on the lips and then let go of her waist and hugged her.
"Bye Dave. I'll see you tomorrow for our date Jess," Rory said before leaving with Paris and Sarah.
"So, you're not going to tell him yet are you?" Paris asked Rory when they got outside.
"Tell him what?" Rory asked stupidly.
"About leaving sooner than what you guys had planned. I mean, if you were going to, you could have done it then," Paris pointed out and Sarah nodded with agreement.
"I wasn't going to tell him then. We weren't even having an actual conversation. I'll probably tell him tomorrow night on our date," Rory explained to them. "Maybe not though. I'm scared of telling him. I'm going to, but I don't know how or when."
"You could always do it in bed," Paris suggested and both Rory and Sarah looked at her amazed. "Well, he wouldn't get that mad if he were getting some in the process."
"Yeah, I think I'll veto that one. Oh, coffee," Rory said as they walked into the Coffee Bean.
"Yes, hence the name of the store Coffee Bean," Paris said with a mocking tone. Sarah giggled a little to herself and Rory nodded, defeated.
"Three medium coffees, please," Sarah ordered when they got to the counter. It was late, so there weren't many people in there. They got their coffees and Rory gave the the server the appropriate amount of money and they left. "This does not go well with the taste of beer still hanging around in your mouth," Sarah told them, matter-of-factly.
"Hm, I whole-heartedly concur," Rory said and Paris took another sip before nodding in agreement. When they reached their apartment, they sat down on the couch and turned on the TV. To their pleasure, Dirty Dancing was just beginning, so they decided to watch it.