Chapter 19
Lorelai and Rory were on the flight back to the States, and even though Rory had the time of her life, she was glad to be going home.
She took out her well-worn copy of Howl and started reading. Every excerpt, word, and margin writing reminded her of Jess, as silly as that might sound.
With six hours left in the flight and Lorelai asleep, Rory decided to attempt to get to sleep. Rory was not a big fan of planes. She had trouble getting to sleep on them. She fell asleep after an hour of thoughts.
Jess was anxiously awaiting the time he would go and pick up Lorelai and Rory. Luke couldn't leave the diner, but made Jess promise to bring them to the diner after he got them.
He made sure to bring a batch of fresh baked brownies and a ton of coffee because; well they were Gilmores who hadn't had Luke's coffee in two weeks. And that, he wouldn't like to have to be around for a half an hour in the car.
He arrived at the airport in Hartford ten minutes early. He sat down and started reading. Ten minutes later, he found two overly excited Gilmores hunched over him. He stood up and immediately grabbed Rory and pulled her into a huge hug, just embracing the moment in its entirety.
"Jess, you brought us coffee and brownies." Lorelai said excitedly.
"Of course, and I made sure Luke put extra cocoa power in there." Jess stated bluntly.
"Good man, good man." Lorelai said grabbing her coffee. "Ahh, good to the last drop. But, Luke's is way better than Folgers."
Rory still stood there in Jess' embrace, holding on for dear life, not even had her coffee been touched. She let go after about five minutes and gave him an extremely passionate kiss. When they finally let go of each other, Rory lunged for her coffee. "Hey, Ror." Jess said.
"Yeah?"
"I think we better get going." He said motioning to a sleeping Lorelai.
"You're right."
"Wake her, please. I can't carry her to the car."
"I'll wake her, you go get the bags." Rory said.
"Okay, and by the way, I love you."
"I love you too."
Jess got the bags and the only way Lorelai would wake up was with the promise of free coffee when they got back to Stars Hollow. Rory and Jess walked behind Lorelai to the car with Jess' arm around her waist.
They arrived back in Stars Hollow a half an hour later. Lorelai rushed into Luke's the minute they got there. "Luke, coffee, now."
"Hello to you too." He said giving her a mug.
"Sorry. Hey Luke, I missed you and this place."
"You did?" Luke asked happily.
"Yeah, I really did, now give me a cheeseburger, fries, onion rings, and pancakes please."
"Okay, only if you get some kind of fruit in the pancakes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No." Luke said using Lorelai's trick.
"Yes." Lorelai replied. "Damn." She said just like her daughter.
"Blueberries or strawberries?"
"Strawberries."
"I'll be back."
"Okay, thanks, Arnold."
"Hey mom." Rory said.
"Yeah?"
"Can I go with Jess to the bridge for awhile?"
"Sure."
"Okay, thanks."
They walked to the bridge in a comfortable silence. They sat down. "I'm glad you're back." Jess said.
"Me too. Mom spent so much of my grandparents money on clothes and shoes that she actually had to buy another suitcase."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it was funny."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Paris came into the diner wanting to talk to you, but I told her you were in Europe. She says she wants you to call her. She's starting to show. It was the hour's town gossip."
"I like to see that."
"It was very amusing."
"I wonder how she is going to be a mother and manage classes at Columbia."
"I don't know. But, odds are, since she's Paris that you and I will have something to do with it."
"Oh dear God, I hadn't thought about that, but you're probably right."
"To tell you the truth, I'm kind of worried."
"About what?"
"Paris during pregnancy and birth."
"Me too, but we'll be there to help her."
"Rory, I've never actually been around a kid before."
"Neither have I."
"What happened to Jamie, anyway?"
"I don't know. Paris stopped mentioning him after she told me she was pregnant."
"Well, I think she'll be alright."
"I guess it's just me and you now."
"You're right. How do you think we'll do?"
"Great, we've got each other."
The End
A/N: Well there you go. I decided to end it there because I'm going back down south for about a month so I will have no opportunity to write. There will be a sequel, so don't worry! I will probably start writing when I get back around the middle of July. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.