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Chapter 2-Monday morning came fast for Jess. Today he was starting a new school, meeting new friends, and worst of all wearing a uniform. He had dark blue dress pants, white collared shirt with a blue tie, and a dark blue blazer with the Chilton crest on it.
"I look like a freak." Jess said to his uncle who was standing behind him trying not to laugh.
"You look ridiculous." Luke said trying really hard not to laugh. But it failed and laughter broke out.
"Thanks. I feel much better now." Jess said sarcastically. He then picked up his backpack and went to go catch his bus. Since he lived 45 minutes away from Chilton he took a local bus that would take in right outside of the school.
As he was walking down the stairs and into the diner, he saw Rory and her mother eating breakfast. He tried to walk right past them without being talked to.
"Hey Jess, right?" Lorelai called. He stopped and cringed.
"Yeah?" He turned and asked.
"Come sit." She said. Rory looked like she wanted to kill her mother.
"Can't have to catch my bus." He said trying to look sorry. And without waiting for an answer, he quickly left the diner and ran across the street to the bus that was about to leave. Luke lived in an apartment above the diner. It used to be his dad's office when he owned the place. Back then it was a hardware store.
By the time Jess reached Chilton it was about 20 minutes till class. And Jess still had to get to the main office to get his class schedule. While he was walking through the hallway, he saw Rory and by what it looked like her 'rich snob' friends. One guy, most likely her boyfriend, had his arm around her waist. Jess tried very hard to ignore them, but Rory spotted him.
"Hey Mariano! Get over here!" She called. He stopped for a second but then resumed walking on. "Just ignore her and keep walking. She's just another rich snob that tried to ruin everyone else's life. You've seen this before Mariano. Just keep walking." Jess told himself.
A minute later two pairs of hands grabbed his backpack and pulled him back wards. But his reflexes from being with The Cobras for so many years stopped this quickly. Jess grabbed one of the pair of hands and flipped him forward. The guy next to him tried to punch him, but Jess did the same thing to him like the first guy.
"Stop!" Rory yelled. She ran to both of them to see if they were okay.
"I don't like being touched." Jess said coolly and walked through the crowd and towards the main office.
As he walked to the main office he started to laugh. He felt amazing. He felt as if he were back on the streets of NYC. He felt powerful again. He didn't want this feeling to go away.
He arrived to Headmaster Charleston's office. The old man let him in and they started to talk. Charleston asked him about his academic records, his old school back in NYC, and about his friends. Of course Jess basically lied about everything and tried to get on the man's good side. Amazingly it worked.
"Mr. Mariano I hope you like it here in Chilton." Charleston said. "Here is your schedule and a map to your classes."
"Thank you sir." Jess said shaking the man's hand. He walked out.
His first class was Physics. With the help of the map and a few students he made it to class on time. But to his horror, Rory and her gang were in the class also.
"Well look here. Ninja boy has arrived." A tall guy with blonde hair said.
"Oh lay off Dugrey. He's hot and mine." A blonde girl said.
"Please Stephanie, he's got a sour attitude." Rory said. Jess rolled his eyes and took a seat next to a girl with straight dirty blonde hair.
"I'm Paris Gellar." The girl turned and said. Jess nodded.
"Jess Mariano." He said.
"Just to let you know I am going to be editor of The Franklin this year. I am also going to be Valedictorian." Paris said. Jess smirked and leaned in closer.
"I don't like being part of groups and I can't stand studying." He whispered. Paris eased a bit.
"Where did you come from?" she asked.
"Manhattan High. Mom decided I was out of control and sent me to live my uncle." He replied.
"I can't stand parents. They think they know everything." She said.
"I agree. My mother is a drug addict. She doesn't give a damn about me." He said with anger.
"My mother and father can't stand each other. They basically ignore me. So I ignore them." She said with the same anger. Jess smiled and decided he liked this girl.
"So, what's with that group back there?" Jess asked pointing to Rory and her gang.
"That's Rory Gilmore-Hayden and her boyfriend Logan Huntzberger." Paris said pointing to Rory and the guy was had the arm around her.
"Tristan Dugrey and Stephanie Vanderbilt" pointing to the blonde guy and girl.
"Collin McCray and Finn Morgan" pointing to the two guys. One was reading a book. And the other had an Australian accent.
"They are the richest people here. Their parents know the Headmaster and give donations to the school. So they think they rule the school. Just stay out of there way and they'll ignore you." Paris said quietly. Jess nodded in understanding. "Exactly what Babett and Miss Patty said." Jess thought.
"Well I already ran into Logan and Tristan today." Jess said leaning back in his seat.
"Oh so that was you." Paris said in understanding. Jess raised his eyebrow.
"News travels fast around here." She said. Jess groaned. Paris laughed.
"Alright class settle down." The teacher said as he walked in.
"We have a new student this year. Jess Mariano." The teacher said.
"Jess would you like to say something?" The teacher asked.
"Nope" Jess said smirking.
"Alright let's get started."
After the class ended, Jess turned to Paris to see if she knew where his other classes were. Turned out he and Pairs had all the same classes. As they were walking towards there next class Pairs asked the most bizarre question to be asked.
"So you like Rory huh?" she said. Jess stopped and turned to her.
"What?" he asked in shock.
"I saw you keep looking at her Jess. You had that 'I'm in love' look." She said with pride like she figured it out.
"She is a rich snob. I can't stand her. She doesn't like me. And she has a boyfriend." He said after recovering.
"Please, Huntzberger? They are lucky to be together. He doesn't do commitment. How she swung that one I will never know." She said. He shook his head and they continued to their next class.
By lunch Jess was already tired. He had so much homework and a few projects to do. Him and Paris grabbed some lunch and went to sit with Paris's friends.
"Jess this is Madeline and Louise." Paris said pointing to a girl with black hair, and girl with blonde hair.
"Hi." Jess said.
"Wow Paris. Where did you meet this one." Louise asked leaning across the table.
"Back off Louise. He has his eyes on Gilmore-Hayden." Paris said taking a bite of her sandwich.
"Quit it Paris. No I don't." Jess said in annoyance.
"Ug why her? She is so…not good." Louise said trying to describe her. But there was no way to describe her than beautiful. Jess did want her. Her beauty was exquisite.
"Anyway, I am having a party this Friday. You want to come Jess?" Madeline asked.
"Sure, why not." Jess replied. "Anything to get my mind off of her."
Monday wasn't going to well for Rory. After the fight with Jess between Logan and Tristan, every one of her friends wanted to kill him. Except Stephanie of course.
"He's going down." Tristan said for the 10th time.
"I know Tristan. I know." Rory said in a sigh.
"I can't believe he did this. Does he know who we are!" Logan said in anger. He started to pace the empty classroom they were in. They all were skipping gym, which they had now. Except for Finn who had Calculus now.
"Maybe we should teach him." Collin said.
"Calm down guys. Thing is he is hot." Stephanie said.
"Steph for one minute could you possibly get you sexual thoughts out of your head and help us out here please." Tristan said.
"Please, you're just mad because he beat you guys at your own game. He isn't afraid of you. He must be from New York City. He has an attitude of a New Yorker." Stephanie replied.
"He is." Rory said without thinking. They all looked at her.
"Like I said he's Luke's nephew. I met him yesterday. He's rude and needs a life change." She said. But truth was Rory was attracted to him.
"We still have to do something." Logan said still pacing. Then the bell rang.
"After school my house." Collin said as they got up to got to their next class.
Rory was on her way to her Literature class when she fell into somebody.
"Watch where you're going." Rory said rudely.
"Jeez calm down. Didn't mean to." The person said. She looked up and saw Jess.
"Yeah okay." She said gathering her books.
"You know being this cold will only turn you ugly. You know that right." He said gathering his things.
"What are you saying then?" she asked.
"That you're beautiful." He replied softly. She looked at him and felt a blush come to her cheeks. He smiled softly.
"Thank you." She said. He nodded and walked off. For the rest of the day she couldn't stop smiling.
By the time she was at Collin's house she couldn't stop thinking about Jess. The way he commented her. The way he told her she was beautiful. The way he smiled. She melted in his smile. But she knew her friends would never approve. She knew her family would never approve. He had no money according to them. But she couldn't help herself.
"Okay, so we have Madeline's party on Friday. We going?" Logan asked.
"Party? I love parties!" Finn said jumping on Collin's bed.
"Dear God." Collin mumbled.
"Finn, get off Collin's bed before he has an anxiety attack." Tristan said.
"Fine. Be that way. See if I care." Finn said in mock hurt. He got off the bed and went and shut himself in a closet.
"Finn!" everyone yelled. He got out.
"Okay, back on track. Madeline's party yes or no?" Logan asked.
"Let's go. Dad is away this weekend and mom is with Luke." Rory said.
"Okay, we go." Tristan said.
"Now, about this Jess guy." Collin said.
"We kill him." Tristan said.
"Or we just make him miserable." Logan said.
"How about we dress him up as a poodle!" Finn exclaimed. Everyone looked at him.
"What? Poodles are cool. I love poodles. We could call him Milt!" Finn exclaimed again. He smiled so innocently.
"Finn." Collin said.
"Yes Collin doll." Finn replied.
"Go away." Collin said. Finn huffed and sat on the floor.
"Guys, why don't we leave him alone?" Rory suggested.
"No, he messed with us. Now we mess with him." Logan said.
"But how?" Tristan asked. Logan paced for a minute.
"I don't know. But I'll think of something." Logan answered.
Rory sighed and turned her attention to the window in Collin's room. Outside she saw a bright sunny day. What she wanted right now was to drive for hours in this weather. She didn't want to go home to her father. Her father is the one person she couldn't stand. Most likely he and her mom would be fighting. She wishes her father would let her mom leave. That way both her mom and Rory could be happy.
"Ace, you okay?" Logan asked, shaking her from her thoughts.
"What? Yeah I'm fine." Rory answered. "Listen I'm going to go home. Dad's there."
"Okay, bye." Logan said. They kissed and she walked out.
On her way home he kept thinking about Jess. No matter what she did she couldn't shake him out of her head. Her thoughts kept leading back to him. When she pulled into the driveway, her thoughts left. She could hear her parents fighting.
"Why won't you let me leave!" her mother screamed when she walked through the door.
"You're mine Lorelai! Mine! I will not let you walk out and be with some disgusting guy! What about our daughter!" her father yelled back. Rory tried to go to her room without being seen.
"Oh so you do remember her? Well, guess what. She is miserable too!" Lorelai screamed back.
"She's happy! She has everything!" Christopher screamed.
"She doesn't have a father." Lorelai said.
Christopher grew quiet. They were like that for a few minutes. Rory stayed put on the stairs so she wouldn't be heard. She also wanted to hear what would be said next.
"Leave then." Christopher said.
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"Leave. If you're unhappy leave. Take Rory if you want." He said. He then walked out of the house.
"What happens now?" Rory asks herself.
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