A/N: Sorry for the long wait, but I've been mega busy! That being said, thanks for again for all the reviews! They really do make my day! So I finally snagged myself a beta! So extra special (corny phrase) thanks to kckgirl! In other news I've decided not to up the rating and I'm actually faking sick so I can finish this for you. So read and review! thanks!
Chapter 4- Floppy hair and Talking Muffins
The diner bell rung out the next morning as Rory and Lorelai tentatively walked into the diner. Both were dreading making an appearance, Lorelai didn't want to see Jess mocking with his presence and Luke just not being...Luke. Rory also had two big fears walking into the diner; Seeing Jess after his parting words of warning and awkward confrontation and seeing Dean after well everything. Unfortunately the girls had to eat so in they walked.
"Um, how about that table?" Rory pointed to the table far off in the corner.
"Perfect!" Lorelai smirked, a well hidden table was exactly what she needed "Hey wait a minute! I know why I'm hiding but why are you?"
"I'm not, I'm just thinking of your needs." Rory lied
"Since when have you been behind my hide from Luke campaign?" Lorelai asked suspiciously "You refused to wear the button I made!"
"Well it didn't match my out fit."
"Yeah, yeah, likely story."
"When are you going to talk to him anyways?"
"I've tried sweets, but he's pulling a Mr. Freeze."
"Ice ray and all?"
"Set to kill."
"Hey Rory...Lorelai." Dean called cheerily bursting into the diner
"AH! We've been discovered! Run for your life!" Lorelai cried in mock horror
"You were hiding?" asked sitting down next to a very tense Rory
"Ugh, yeah." Rory stuttered nervously 'oh no! He knows! I can see it in his eyes! Ah I sound like Lane!' "Mr. Freeze has his gun set on kill for mom."
"Do I want to know?"
"Most likely not." Lorelai offered "What does one have to do to get served in this place!"
"Table Dance." Rory suggested
"Oh do you think they'd except lap dances? I'm far better at those!"
"Dirty!"
"You could always move out of the dark corner?"
"Silly Dean knows not what he says." Lorelai mocked tapping his head
"Coffee?" a voice outside the conversation offered
"JESS!" Dean asked shocked. Rory froze, it shocked her how casual he had come up to her. 'he's up to something'
"That's me." Jess grunted and turned to Lorelai "Coffee?" he asked pouring some into her mug
"I thought you moved away?" Dean snarled
"Moved back."
"Why? No one wants you here."
"Dean!" Rory voiced before thought about it "It was just unnecessarily mean." Rory tried to recover because of Dean's glare
"Huh," Jess smirked "Rory, old chum, would you like some coffee?" He thought Rory defending him was priceless, or more the look on bag boys face was. He had a plan and Bag Boy was making it too easy. 'you're going down Bag Boy'
"Ugh yeah sure." Rory nodded bewildered. Had he not left her alone on the bridge last night? Had he not yelled at her, kissed her, and yelled at her again? Had she made this whole situation up or did she walk into some crazy twilight zone 'what are you up to Jess'
"So I'm re reading Great Gatsby." Jess said nonchalantly as he pour Rory's coffee
"You hate that book!" Rory said quickly, if he wanted things to be normal she would make them that way
"Yeah, I thought I'd like it better if the school wasn't forcing me to read it."
"Like you go to school." Dean slurred he didn't like that Rory and Jess were so talkative so friendly. Especially after the little punk wrecked Rory's car. The car Dean made for her.
"True," Jess agreed, then with a look of great concentration "but I do have cool hair."
"Dean has cool hair too," Lorelai offered "Its all Floppy and fun."
"You're right it is floppy." Jess smirked
"Are you going to take our orders or continue to force small talk on Rory?'
"Oh are you hungry?"
"That is why one would come to a diner isn't" Dean was beyond annoyed
"We serve food! Well Gee Golly!" Jess said with mocked gusto
"Were you always so damaged?"
"Was your hair always so floppy?" Jess countered
"STOP! Both of you!" Rory cut in, she was fed up, she didn't want to hear them bicker anymore. It was also freaking her out because Dean was provoking Jess not vice versa 'is Jess attempting to...play nice?'
"Sorry Ror, guess I got carried away." Dean apologized throwing a possessive arm over Rory's shoulder "I'm just surprised to see him is all."
"What Ror here didn't tell you I was back?" Jess grinned broadly 'and he's back' Rory thought hopelessly "Can I get anyone breakfast?"
"You knew he was back!" Dean asked angrily turning to Rory
"Ugh, yeah." she said tentatively
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"It happened yesterday...it slipped my mind."
"I think she just wanted to keep me her little secret." Jess winked and wagged his eyebrows suggestively. Dean look appallingly angry and Rory looked guilty as sin 'if only you knew how true that statement was Bag Boy'
"Jess, you're not helping!" Rory warned shooting Daggers at him with her eyes
"Hey tell me what you want to eat and I'm out of your hair and floppy's too."
"Pancakes, eggs , and waffles." Lorelai ordered for the group
"Coming right up Ms. Gilmore." Jess smiled and walked away going to put in the orders
"Did he just call me Ms. Gilmore?" Lorelai questioned once he was gone
"I believe so."
"When did he become Wally?"
"I'd say more Beaver then Wally."
"Either way far to polite."
"He must want something." Dean finally spoke anger still evident in his voice "You know I'm not really that hungry anymore, I think I'm gonna have to take a rain check on breakfast."
"Are you sure? cause if this about Jess..."
"Yeah Rory I'm sure." Dean spat at her and got up and stormed out the door. Rory didn't even wait for the bell to stop ringing before jumping up to chase after him. Unfortunately she was in such a hurry she didn't see the Jess before it was to late. She crashed into him toppling him to the floor. The whole Diner stopped to watch.
"Slow down speed racer!" Jess mocked helping her up off the ground "Where you off to in such a hurry? Trouble in Paradise?"
"Shut up Jess!" Rory glared "I can't deal with you right now. I have to go fix things with MY BOYFRIEND!"
"Really is he mad at you?" he asked faking innocence
"You provoked him so yeah now he's mad!"
"Hey! he was asking for it!"
"Really?" she replied skeptically
"Like a dead body to a stick." Jess grinned, Rory glared and walked out the door after Dean. 'you're making this too easy Gilmore'
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Lorelai sat at her dark corner table alone, two minutes ago she had people to hide her but once again Jess ruined her plans. She was also out of coffee. Lorelai made up her mind then and there, she was going to talk to Luke. Nervously Lorelai slid up to the counter, where Luke stood clean the counter.
"Ok Luke, I have a Joke" Lorelai announced to get his attention "Two muffins are in an oven. One muffin turns to the other say 'man its hot in here' and the other muffin turns and goes 'AUGHH a talking muffin!'" Luke stared blankly and nodded "Do you get it cause there both talking muffins! Ah come on you know that was funny."
"I get it." Luke grunted
"yep, good, good," Lorelai sighed "more coffee please." and with out a word he poured her some more of her precious caffeine
"Anything else?" he asked after she'd been sitting there for awhile
"Luke, I've tried to break your freeze ray here with a little food humor, but you won't give in. Can't we just talk? I want things to be better."
"We are talking."
"But everything's different! I want things to be better!"
"Didn't we already have this conversation."
"Yes, but this time I started with a cheery muffin ice breaker."
"..." Luke sighed and shock his head
"You know ice breaker is a weird phrase, because it's suppose to mean a phrase that breaks the tension right but hey let's say you ice skating and there is a tension filled moment. You wouldn't want the ice to break would you? Of course not because then you'd drown and that be bad and most likely add to the tension." Lorelai rambled, trying to make Luke be normal with crazy talk
"I guess." Luke sighed trying to look like he didn't care. He did of course care but Lorelai had said some pretty harsh things and he was not yet ready for things to go back to normal.
"Then again, it's metaphorical ice and not real ice so perhaps when this metaphorical ice melts instead of cold dieing you get warm tingles. But then again maybe breaking the ice and drowning doesn't give a fun picture to go with my little muffin joke; maybe it needs a new name! It could be tension relief time...no to dirty...OH OH breaking the glass...no to bloody...anyways I'm sure there a better name out there." Lorelai continued
"I'm sure." Luke grunted and but his rag away "Look here's your breakfast, I've got work to do upstairs." Luke mumbled handing her, her pancakes and headed upstairs. Lorelai was now even more down then before. Christopher was gone and she didn't have anyone to turn too. Rory was just as hurt by what happen not to meantion she was certain something was going on that she didn't know about. Sookie was off honeymooning it with Jackson. And Luke just won't cave. Accepting her failure, Lorelai exited the diner and headed to work.
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Rory darted out of the diner, she could not believe how Jess was acting. She had to find Dean. She had to make things good with him. She hated making him upset, he was just to good of a guy for her to actually hurt. And hurt him is what she did she knew that, he didn't know how much she'd hurt him but she was beyond guilty about it. She couldn't believe she had cheated one Dean. Dean was so perfect and she knew she loved him. She knew she had feelings for Jess too though. They were different then what she felt for Dean though, with Dean everything was safe. She felt protected and cared for but with Jess everything was different. He scared her she didn't know what he'd do next, wasn't sure how things would be. She couldn't tell if he cared, couldn't unwrap the mystery known as Jess. What scared her the most though was she couldn't explain or even describe how she felt about him. He was to much of a Risk. Rory finally spotted Dean sitting in the Gazebo and ran to him.
"Dean!"
"Rory what are you doing here? Don't you have breakfast to eat?" Dean glared
"You're mad at me."
"I'm not mad" Dean sighed "I'm confused at you."
"Meaning?"
"Why didn't you tell me he was back?"
"I told you! it slipped my mind." Rory hated lying to him
"When did you see him?"
"At Sookies wedding."
"Is that why you were acting so weird?"
"Yes." she said quietly
"Rory did something happen with you two?" Dean asked scared she'd say yes praying she'd say no
"What! of course not!" Rory lied. She couldn't tell him. She couldn't break his heart, and if she told him he'd dump her and she wanted to be with Dean. She was almost 80 sure about that.
"I just wish you would have told me."
"I'm sorry, I just didn't want you to get mad."
"It's just seeing you guys in there talking like nothing happen, drove me insane."
"Good pun."
"Rory.."
"Sorry, I know I should have told you. I am really sorry Dean."
"I know, I just need some time to cool off, ok?"
"Ok" Rory sighed looking at the ground
"Why don't we catch a movie later?" Dean smiled standing up taking her hand
"Yeah I'd like that." Rory sighed relief flooding over her, at this Dean leaned down and kissed her. It wasn't passionate and it wasn't lustful but it was safe. It was Dean. Good. Safe. Reliable. Dean. But Rory knew it was missing something maybe it was the heat she felt with Jess, maybe it was the wrongness. but Rory knew which one was better. But Rory knew which one was smarter as well. And if Rory was anything she was smart so pushed all thoughts of Jess and the Kiss out of her head and kissed back Dean.
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A/N: Well here ya go chapter 4 over chapter 5 on the way. Tell me what you think! Oh and I really hope no Dean Lovers are reading this and think she should be with Dean cause then I think I'd cry. lol Well the next chapter should be up sometime after the first sorry for the wait but i got exams and i got to cram! till then Review and tell me anything you think and/or want! thanks!
