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A/N I'm probably go with the story line for season 2 for the most part. I am pretty much winging it with this story so if there's something you don't like just let me know. As for my other story, I have part of chapter 4 written but I'm not sure it fits or if it's too rushed. I'll probably post it by next Sunday. Thankyou to all the people who took the time to review. I was ecstatic with all the interest. I also changed something in the prologue so you might want to reread it. Anyway, on with the story!
When Rory got home Luke had left and Sookie, Jackson and Lorelai were cleaning the kitchen. "Hey guys! Sorry we missed dinner but Jess wanted to walk around." She had smile on her face, and Sookie and Lorelia had knowing looks.
"Alright spill!"
"Sookie, I'm gonna get going, this is girl talk."
"I should be going too. I'll see you tomorrow Lorelai. Bye sweetie. There's still some food in the fridge."
"Thanks. Bye Sookie, bye Jackson." After they left, Lorelai turned to Rory and repeated "Spill!"
"Well, first he came in my room and took a look at all my books..." She went through describing what happened, being careful not to mention that they talked about Lorelai and Luke. "Then he asked me out for tomorrow and I said yes."
"Interesting."
"What?"
"How far you've come from barely being able to talk around a sweet guy like Dean for the first time, to being Ms. Smooth around a tough guy like Jess. My baby's growing up." She pretended to wiped a tear from her eye, but in truth that's how she really felt. She really didn't want Rory to get hurt but she didn't want to push her away like her mother did.
"So you're not mad?"
"Mad? No, sweets. I just want you to be careful. I mean there's a reason he was sent here. I don't know him so I'm willing to try to get to know him since you seem to like him. Sound fair?"
"Thanks mom. But I'm hungry so I'm gonna heat up my food."
"I'll pick out a movie."
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The next morning Lorelai and Rory are walking into Luke's. Luke tells them to sit anywhere since the diner's full and he has no help. As usual Lorelai takes this opportunity to bug Luke and sits down at Kirk's Table. "I meant anywhere there's no one already sitting."
"Hey, Luke? Shouldn't Jess be down here helping."
"Yeah, but he won't get his punk ass down here to help." As if on cue Jess comes down the stairs. "Jess, take the coffee pot around."
He looks at his uncle and says "That's okay Uncle Luke. I gotta ask Rory somethin'." He walks over to the table where she and Lorelai are sitting. "Hey." He nods at both of them then says to Rory "What time do you get out of school?" Lorelai takes this chance to go get herself a cup of coffee.
"Well I have to interview a teacher for the paper but I'll probably get home about five, five thirty."
"How about we meet here, say 6?"
"Sure."
"Great, see you then."
"Wait before you, go can you get me some coffee?" She gave him puppy dog eyes.
"Whatever." He went behind the counter and got her a cup of coffee and Lorelai went back and sat down with Rory.
"That's my girl. Already training him to give you coffee. And nice use of the puppy dog eyes."
"All part of the Gilmore charm?" Jess asked as he set the mug of coffee in front if Rory.
"You found yourself a smart one. I like him."
"Should I be scared?"
"Very. Now get your ass to school." Luke said coming up behind him. "Here's your danish and a coffee to go."
"Thanks Luke. Mom you can have this coffee." She got up and kissed her on the cheek. "Bye, mom. Bye, Luke."
"Have a good day, sweets." Rory and Jess walked out of the diner and to the bus stop.
"So does Luke really expect me to go to school?"
"Yes and you should."
"Why? What's the point?"
"Too cool for school?"
"Yup, thats me."
"Maybe you'll learn something."
"Didn't you leave 'cause you weren't learning anything?"
"No, I left because the work was too easy for me. If you wanted to I bet you could get strait A's."
"Yeah, but where's the motivation. I don't plan on going to college so why waste time in high school?"
"So when you're looking for a job you'll at least have a high school diploma to help you find a job you actually like."
"Fine, fine I'll go." Rory had a look of victory on her face. "But only so you'll stop nagging me."
"As long as you go."
"Why do you care?" He didn't say it with a harsh tone, but more of a curious tone. Before she could answer her bus pulled up.
"I gotta go, but I'll see you at 6. Go to school." With that she got on the bus and watched him walk in the direction of the school, a smile lit her face.
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Rory wasn't able to pay attetion to her first and second period teachers because her mind kept wandering to a certain dark haried boy. During passing periods she ran onto three people one being Tristan. "Whoa, where's the rush Mary?"
"If you don't move I'm going to be late for English." She pushed past him but he just followed.
"So Mary, what are you doing tonight."
"I have a date."
"Don't tell me you're dating bag boy again."
"It's not Dean."
"Well then who is it?"
"Why do you care?"
"I like to know who my competition is."
"You don't have any competition because we're just friends."
"What ever you say Mary." He smirked then walked away. Rory had finally given up on Tristan calling her by her name and in a way it would feel weird. They had this unspoken agreement that Tristan would keep asking her out and her answer would be the same. Tristan was really into her and her quirkiness, unlike any girl he's met. But she was only interested in being friends with him. When they kissed, she didn't feel anything. It was a nice kiss, but it didn't make her blood rush or make her knees go weak like Dean's kisses used to. 'Used to' being key words. The passion between them went out and the kisses no longer meant anything but became routine. She realized that she couldn't let her mind wander during the rest of her classes and she actually managed to pay attention for the most part.
Her interview with Mr. Medina was a bit akward but also good. She needed to let him know that she wanted him as a step-father and she also got to know him a bit more. One thing she'd probably never admit to her mom unless she and Luke got together, was when she realized Lorelai and Chris probably wouldn't get back together, that Lorelai and Luke would finally admit their feelings and get together.
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Around five thirty Rory was in her room trying to figure out what to wear. She still hadn't got that part down. "MOM! HELP!"
"What is it sweets?"
"I don't know what to wear!"
"Deja vu."
"Huh?"
"Remeber that night I invited Dean over for the first time?"
"Yeah."
"You didn't know what to wear then either."
"Just please help me, I'm meeting him in like 15 minutes."
"How about these black jeans and my porn star shirt?"
"Sounds great minus the shirt."
"Fine. Hmm, ooh! What about the blue shirt with silver flowers on it?"
"Okay, makeup?"'
"You must really like him."
"I don't him all that well, but from what I do know he's a great guy. So, makeup?"
"No blush, I don't think you need it. Some light blue eyeshadow and a little lip gloss for the casual look."
"Thanks mom. Now out so I get can get ready. Oh, and what do I do with my hair?"
"Leave it down." She walked out of the room closing the door behind herself and smiled thinking Maybe she's not all grown up just yet... A few minutes later Rory came out of her room dressed and ready. By now it was five fifty. "Ready?"
"Yeah."
"I want coffee!"
"To Luke's!"
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After Lorelai and Rory got their coffee, Rory and Jess left. They just walked around talking much like they had the night before but they were a bit more comfortable and after a while Jess put his arm around Rory's waist. When he touched her they both felt something. Her heart started beating faster and she felt butterflies in her stomach. He had the same reaction. He thought to himself God, no one's ever made me feel like this... As she thought This feels so right. I haven't felt like this in a long time...
"I have something for you."
"You didn't have to get me anything."
"Here." He stoped and handed her a copy of Howl.
"You didn't have to buy a new copy. I told you I'd lend you mine."
"It is yours."
"You stole my book." She said with a smile.
"Nope borrowed it."
"That's called a felony."
"I just put some notes in the margins for you." She started flipping through it.
"You've read this before."
"About forty times."
"I thought you said you didn't read much."
"Well, what is much?"
"Thanks Dodger."
"Dodger?"
"Figure it out."
"Oliver Twist." He said putting his arm back around her waist and walking.
"Right. So who's one of your favorite authors?"
"Hemingway."
"Ugh. His books are the equivalent to a sleeping pill. My grandpa's tried to get me to read him before."
"Your grandpa reads?"
"Well I didn't get my love of books from my mom or dad."
"Who's one of your favorite authors?"
"Ayn Rand."
"Politcal nut."
"Yeah but no one can write a forty page monologue like she could. I read The Fountainhead when I was ten, but I didn't understand a word of it so I read it again when I was fifteen."
"I've yet to make it through it. If I reread it then you'll..."
"Give the painful Ernest Hemingway another try."
"You know, Ernest only has lovely things to say about you." She smiled.
"I want candy!"
"What kind?"
"I want a ring pop!"
"A ring pop?"
"Yeah, my mom and my teacher, Mr. Medina, the one I interviewed today, used to date and at the first town meeting he went to he gave us ring pops. And since we talked today outside of class it made me want one."
"Makes sense."
"I did get myself a smart one." She smiled and they walked into Doose's. Just then Dean walked out of the back. He smiled when he saw Rory, but his eyes hardened when he noticed Jess' arm around her. The truth was he was still hung up on Rory. She broke up with him because she felt that they didn't have enough in common and the passion between them was gone. She said it would be best if they were just friends and he agreed, not wanting her out of his life completely with the hope that they would get back together. She hadn't gone out with anyone since Dean, that is until Jess came. To her it was a nice change. Jess was differet from Dean, but in a good way. To Jess it was nice change too. In New York he hadn't dated a lot of girls with substance like Rory. To Dean, Jess was a threat. It meant that Rory was over him and that there was a slim chance of them getting back together. "Hey Dean."
"Hey Rory." Dean stared at Jess with hatred.
"Oh, this is Jess, Luke's nephew. Jess this is my friend Dean. Jess just moved here from New York."
"Hey." Dean said icily. Jess just noded in response, his face emotionless.
"We just came here for some candy." She said attempting to break the akward silence.
"Right. Well I gotta get back to work."
"Right, bye." Dean turned and went into a random isle to calm down a little. He knew that being jealous wasn't going to help. He was always jealous of Tristan and Rory hated it.
"So, this what you're looking for?" He held up a package with a red ring pop.
"Yes, thankyou." She reached for it but he pulled away. She reached for it again but he just pulled it farther away. The next time she reached for it he caught her lips with his. She forgot about the candy and wrapped her arms around his neck and he put his hands on her hips. It was an intense, passionate kiss and they deepened it. When oxygen became necessary they broke apart and rested their foreheads against each other. "Hi." She smiled. She learned her lesson about runnning away after a kiss from Dean and Tristan.
"Hi. So are we going to pay for this or what?"
"You don't want one?"
"I'll get another one just incase you want another."
"Or you want one."
"Come on, let's pay for these and go."
"You want one."
"Believe what you want."
"You want one." He smirked.
"You're annoying, you know that?"
"I get it from my mom." She said with a shrug. They walked to the cash register and payed for the ring pops. Rory immediately ripped the wrapper off and put in on her right pinky and started eating it as they walked. Jess stared at her with a smirk on his face. "What?"
"Nothing."
"So, you're probably wondering about Dean, right?"
"A little, but you don't have to tell me."
"No, it's fine. Well he was the first guy I really liked, my first kiss, and my first love. On our three month aniversary he told me he loved me. I couldn't say it back and he got really mad and we broke up. About two months later he came to school and I said it back. He said love is something you don't have to think about. I had to think about it alot. I really cared for him. Maybe I did love him, but I'm positive it wasn't true love. When I realized that our relationship had changed to one of friends, I broke up with him because it wasn't fair to either of us to stay in a relationship that was going no where. And now I'm here with a guy I really like who happens to share my interests."
"Huh."
"What?"
"I really like you too."
"Good, because if you didn't I'd sound like a complete idiot and I don't think I could handle that."
"So, that ring pop any good?"
"You want one!"
A/N So what do you think? Be honest. I had a little bit of trouble with this and I'm not sure how well I did the Dean scene. Hey, I rhymed! Anyway, please REVIEW! I might have been OOC a little but I warned you! I put the ring pop thing in because I really want one right now...