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Can't Take The Hate

Chapter 2

Discoveries and Fights

With Lorelai And Luke

"Mr. Danes?" a voice behind the new couple asked.

"Yeah?" Luke asked annoyed that she had stopped him from seeing his nephew.

"We found this in your nephew's pocket," she said handing him a folded piece of paper. "I didn't think it was my place to open it," she said leaving.

"Uh…thanks," Luke said opening the paper. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Lorelai also reading the note.

To anybody who may find or read this,

I'm sorry that you had to see me at my weakest state. I've tried and failed to start over and forget my past, but it seems like it won't leave me alone. Old memories have resurfaced as of recently and they're just too much for me to take. I don't think I'll be able to forget no matter how hard I try. I've lost contact with my friends in New York, my mom hates me, Stars Hollow is probably planning how they'll kill me, I'm the devil's spawn to Lorelai, I'm a burden to Luke, and Rory can't even stand the sight of me. I'm too scared to go home, but living in an Anti-Jess filled area is killing me. I don't act the way I do because I like it. I do because I don't want to get hurt again. If I let my guard down for even a minute…I don't think I'd be able to replace it. What Dean said was right. My mother sent me here because she couldn't stand me and everybody hates me. Who would have ever thought I'd listen to him? He told me to get out of everyone's lives and that's what I've done. Now Luke won't have to deal with me and will be able to tell Lorelai how he feels. Without me around Rory can be happy with Dean and I'll no longer be a factor in their relationship. Everyone, I'm sorry, but this is all just too much for me to take anymore.

Jess

"Oh, God," Lorelai said, putting her hands over her mouth in shock.

"Lorelai, you go to Rory and Jess for me," Luke said clenching his fists.

"Aren't you coming?"

"I have to do something," Luke said dropping the note and storming out of the hospital.

With Luke

"I'm going to fucking kill him," Luke grumbled as he walked towards the town meeting. Slamming the door open Luke went straight to where Dean was making out with a girl in a leather mini skirt and extremely low cut shirt. Grabbing Dean by his shirt he threw a punch at the lipstick stained face.

"What the!" the idiot exclaimed trying to get Luke off of him.

"Luke! What is the meaning of this!" Taylor exclaimed annoyed that Luke had interrupted him trying to prove that Pretty Pretty Princess was the best game created. (Sorry, I just couldn't resist!)

"What is wrong with you!" Bag Boy exclaimed when Luke was pulled off of him. (Damn!)

"This is because of you!" Luke yelled trying to break free. "You're the reason Jess tried to kill himself!" he yelled causing the room to be enveloped in silence.

"He…he what?" Dean stuttered, a wet spot appearing on his pants. "Oops."

"Is this some kind of joke!" Taylor exclaimed.

"Why would I joke about this!" Luke exclaimed, his eyes filling with tears again.

"He…he really? Oh, God. Is he okay?" Lane asked worried.

"He's alive but he hasn't woken up yet," Luke said calming down slightly.

"How'd he do it?"

"Kirk," the room moaned annoyed.

"He slit his wrists," Luke said. "Why would you care anyway? You've all made it clear that you hate him."

"We don't care about him. We're worried about the person that had to find him."

"Shut up, you idiot!" The room yelled back at Dean, who sat back down sulking.

"Luke, where are you going?" Taylor asked.

"To see how he's doing," Luke said before walking out.

At The Hospital

"Luke! Where'd you go? Lorelai asked hurrying to Luke's side. Seeing his roughed up appearance she frowned. "You didn't."

"I was just so mad. I walked into the town meeting and saw Dean kissing some slut and that just got me disgusted. I started yelling at him and it slipped. The whole town knows! God. He's going to hate me," Luke said shaking his head. "Though, after I said it the idiot pissed himself."

"Are you serious! God, I wish I was there," Lorelai said laughing.

"Yeah," Luke said chuckling. "How are they?"

"I don't know," Lorelai said shaking her head. "When I was on my way there Dr. Glass stopped me. She had wanted to speak to you, but when I told her you weren't here I was able to get her to tell me."

"What'd she say?" Luke asked worried.

"She…she said that Jess had been cutting-"

"What!"

"She said there were scars covering both arms and that there were scars and old injuries that hadn't healed right. She thinks he was abused back in New York."

"Abused? Liz wouldn't have…it must have been her boyfriends," Luke said realization dawning on him.

"Her boyfriends?" Lorelai asked confused and shocked.

"Her boyfriends were always scum," Luke said shaking his head. Sighing he looked at Lorelai. "I never thought she'd pick one that would abuse her own kid. But, that's Liz for you." Sighing again he looked up at the hall determined.

"Ready to see Jess?"

"Yeah," Luke said nodding. "Let's just hope we don't get stopped again."

"Yeah," Lorelai said laughing. Lacing her finger's with his she raised her head to kiss him. Pulling away she hugged him. "Let's go."

Jess' Room

"Ror? Ror? Wake up," Lorelai said shaking her daughter.

"What?" Rory asked blinking the sleep out of her eyes.

"Comfy?" Lorelai asked giggling.

"What?" Rory asked confused she looked down to see what her pillow was. "AH!" she exclaimed springing up in her chair.

"Rory? You need to see this," Luke said passing Rory, Jess' suicide note.

"What?" Rory asked confused. Reading it her face went from confused to shocked to ashamed. "How…how couldn't we have seen this?"

"I don't know, babe," Lorelai said hugging her daughter.

"Wait…you read this too?" Rory asked confused.

"Yeah," Lorelai said nodding.

"So you know that…" Rory said trailing off since Luke was still in the room.

"I told her."

"You did?" Rory asked shocked. "So are you two?"

"Yeah," Luke said nodding. "I'm gonna go get something to drink."

"I wanna come!" Lorelai exclaimed smiling. "Want anything?" She asked Rory.

"No thanks," Rory said shaking her head.

"Okay. We'll be back in a little," Lorelai said grabbing Luke's hand.

"Later," Rory said. After they left Rory turned to Jess. Grasping his hand in her own she brought it to her face. "Jess, what happened in New York?" Rory asked knowing that he probably couldn't even hear her. Suddenly feeling her hand being squeezed she quickly placed his hand on the bed when she saw Jess was beginning to wake up. Noting that his panicked eyes hadn't seen her she remained silent.

"Dammit," Jess grumbled when he spotted the IV.

"Dammit? Dammit! You almost died, Jess!" Rory exclaimed, surprising Jess.

"Why would you care! This was my choice!" Jess exclaimed angry.

"Well, it wasn't a good one! I care! You don't know how scared I was when I found you!" Rory exclaimed, her eyes filling with tears.

"You…You found me?" Jess asked, suddenly self-conscious.

"You don't remember?"

"The last thing I remember is slitting my wrists and falling to the ground," Jess said softly. "Why did you go there anyway? You've been avoiding me and the bridge all week."

"I went to the diner to see you, but Luke said you were at the bridge so I went there."

"Oh."

"Oh? Oh! Is that all you have to say! God, Jess! What were you thinking!" Rory exclaimed letting tears fall.

"I can't take it anymore!" Jess exclaimed growing angry.

"Take what?" Luke's voice asked from behind the fighting teens. "Jess, I'm not letting you clam up now," Luke said when Jess suddenly shut his mouth.

"We all saw the note," Lorelai said suddenly. Well, he did have to know, Lorelai thought to herself. Probably could have told him a little better, though.

"You…you did?" Jess said growing uncomfortable.

"Yeah," Rory said nodding. Turning serious she looked at Jess. "I don't hate you, Jess. When I ran off I was scared. I didn't know what to do. And, I only avoided you because I thought you'd be angry at me for running off."

"Look, we're not going to push us to tell us," Lorelai said breaking in. "We better go. Visiting hours are over," she said before ushering the other two out with short farewells.

"Lorelai! What got into you? We could have had him explain what happened!" Luke exclaimed after they got outside.

"We can't push him. When I was his age my friend tried to kill herself and everyone pushed her to tell them why. Not even a week after, she tried again and this time she succeeded. Do we want to do that to Jess?"

"No," Luke and Lorelai said in unison.

"Just don't push him. He might withdraw from people for awhile, but we still have to keep an eye on him. He's tried twice. He can still try again."

"Yeah," Rory said nodding. "Luke, shouldn't you call his mom?"

"I should, but I'm not," Luke said. "If she finds out he tried again she might say she wants him home. I'm not sending him somewhere where he'll be abused."

"What?" Rory asked confused. "Abused?"

"Yeah," Lorelai said nodding. "The doctor thinks he might have been," she said, going on to explain what Dr. Glass had told her.

"He…he's been cutting?" Rory asked shocked when her mother had finished.

"Yeah," Lorelai said. "She said there were recent cuts too. Probably a week old."

"A week? The day after the accident at the bridge. I thought there was something different about him," Rory said guilty that she had run away.

"Rory, it's not your fault. You didn't know," Lorelai said.

"But, I should have! I'm supposed to be his friend and I couldn't even see something was wrong!" Rory said beginning to cry again.

"Ever since it happened," Luke said softly.

"Since what?" Lorelai asked as they drover into the Gilmore's driveway.

"I can't talk about it now. Just ask Sookie if she remembers Kira," he said before saying a quick good-night and driving away.

"That was weird," Lorelai said.

"Yeah," Rory said nodding. "Hey, you don't think she'd another Rachel do you?"

"I hope not," Lorelai said shaking her head. "He looked half dead when he talked about her."

"Yeah," Rory said nodding.

"Hey, it's still pretty early. Wanna go to Sookie's?"

"Killing you, huh?"

"No…yes," Lorelai said sighing. "It's just…he looked so upset when he talked about her.

"You gotta keep your man."

"And, you gotta get yours."

"Mom!" Rory exclaimed blushing.

"Let's go, babe," Lorelai said throwing an arm around her daughter's shoulders.

"You're insane."

"Love you too."

At Sookie's

"What are you two doing here?" Sookie asked curious when she opened the door.

"Luke said something that's making Mom go crazy," Rory said.

"She doesn't know something," Sookie said knowingly.

"Yup."

"Come on in," Sookie said letting them in.

"Sookie? What's-oh hey Lorelai, Rory," Jackson said coming in.

"Lorelai doesn't know something," Sookie said.

"Ahh," Jackson said knowing what she meant.

"Hello! Still here!"

"Oh, sorry," Sookie said. "Okay, so what do you want to know?"

"Who's Kira?" Lorelai asked.

"Oh," Sookie and Jackson said in unison, looking down.

"Who is she?" Rory asked.

"She was Luke's twin sister," Sookie said.

"Was?" Rory asked.

"She died," Jackson said.

"What happened?" Lorelai asked.

"Jess came home one day and found her and her husband-"

"Wait…Jess?" Rory asked.

"They were his parents. Kira was like the two of you. She got pregnant at 16 too, Lorelai. But, like Rory she was the town princess. When she got pregnant she married her boyfriend. They moved to Maine shortly before Jess was born…But when Jess was 14 he came home and found them both dead in the living room," Sookie said sadly.

"How…how were they killed?" Rory asked shocked.

"They were both shot to death," Jackson said chocking back tears.

"The only reason I know is because the morning he found out I was at the diner. It was the day after you had broken your leg in that yoga class and I was getting you coffee on my way to the inn. When I went in he was just getting off the phone. When I asked him what was wrong it looked like he was going into shock. He started saying things I could barely make out, and then he just broke down," Sookie said trying to maintain control of her emotions.

"Luke told us he was sent to Liz only because they wanted to keep him as close to Maine as possible and that was New York," Jackson said. "Jess' name was never really said, so the whole town does think that he's Liz's kid."

"No wonder he looked half dead," Rory said. "Kira was his twin, his other half. Losing her must have been so hard."

"Did they find who killed them?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah," Jackson said nodding.

"It was Ryan Doose, Taylor's son," Sookie said.

"Are you kidding me!" Lorelai exclaimed nearly falling off her chair.

"No," Sookie said shaking her head. "Ryan and Alex, Jess' dad, had always been huge rivals. So, when he found out the girl he always said would be his girl got pregnant with his rival's kid he was pissed. And he got even madder at hearing about a wedding. He'd been expecting Alex to ditch Kira, then he could show up and play daddy. Needless to say it never happened. After 14 years of hearing how happy they were he finally got so mad that he just went and killed them both."

"The rest you'll have to ask Luke, because that's all anyone in this town knows," Jackson said.

"Alright," Lorelai said standing. "Thanks."

"No Problem," Sookie said. "Bye."

"Bye," Lorelai and Rory said in unison leaving.

TBC

Anime Girl23: Well, that's Chapter 2! Sorry it took so long! I've had absolutely no time to update and forgot about this fic for a while.

Jess: You do know I don't like you, right?

Anime Girl23: Whatever. Hope you liked this chapter! It'll probably be a while until the next one because I have about 10 other stories that I'm doing right now and I'm not sure where to go from here. Just give me a while and I'll get it…eventually.

Jess: I'm outta here. Leaves

Anime Girl23: Don't forget to review! Chases Jess Jess! Wait up!