Rory and Jess were walking hand in hand around the Summer Madness Festival. They were throwing around insults about the insanity and lameness surrounding the town. They both felt genuinely happy, like they were on a limerant high.
"So, your mom is over there, do you want to say hi before she leaves for Friday night dinner?" Jess gestured over towards Luke's where Lorelai was seen at the counter exchanging friendly banter with Luke. Rory was surprised that Jess would voluntarily suggest interacting with her mother.
"Since when do you want to associate with my mom?" Her puzzlement was showing, "Don't you guys have a silent agreement to avoid contact at all costs?" Jess smirked at his girlfriend's inquisitiveness.
"Well actually, her and I had a talk."
"A talk? As in exchanging somewhat friendly dialogue?" Rory inquired.
"Yeah, I think we even smiled at each other," Jess replied fictitiously. Rory rolled her eyes.
"What was it about?"
"Well we made a vocal agreement to be nice to each other for your behalf."
"Wow, I wonder why she didn't tell me!"
"Relax, it wasn't a big deal," Jess wrapped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her head.
"My boyfriend deciding to be nice to anyone is a huge deal!" Rory and Jess both loved how the word "boyfriend" sounded in reference to him.
"Ha, very funny!"
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Jess and Rory walked into the practically deserted diner, except for Lorelai and Luke sitting at the counter. Jess held the door open for Rory and she took full advantage of the situation,
"Aw my boyfriend is such a gentleman, he holds the door open for me!" Jess rolled his eyes as Lorelai and Luke looked over at the happy couple.
"Yep, you got yourself a keeper!" Lorelai's mocking voice cooed through the air. The two sat down next to Lorelai at the counter and Rory placed her order. Jess began to order but was cut off by Luke handing him a coffee pot."
"Fill their mugs!" Luke walked into the kitchen to start making Rory and Lorelai's order. Jess looked utterly appalled.
"Even on my day off I have to work!" Jess reluctantly filled the Gilmore's mugs.
"Wow the service here sure sucks!" Lorelai snapped.
"I know!" Rory chimed in, "I here the youngest one really smells," whispered Rory into her mother's ear, but loud enough for Jess to hear.
"No that would be the proprietor you're thinking about," Jess's sarcasm sent the two girls into childish giggles as Luke walked out with their food.
"Did I miss something?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, you're monthly shower." Jess deadpanned, causing the girls to laugh again, "Wow I'm a big hit tonight." Suddenly Lorelai had a great idea.
"Hey! Luke, Jess are you guys doing something tomorrow?"
"No I don't think so," Luke answered, "Jess you don't have anything going on do you?"
"Of course Uncle Luke! I thought that you and I would have a thrilling night of bonding, watch 'Steel Magnolias,' over-analyze Alanis Morrisette lyrics, facials, the whole bit!"
"Please don't joke like that," Luke replied, with a very scared expression adorning his face.
"So I'll take that as a no," Lorelai continued, "How about the four of us get together tomorrow night and have a movie night!"
"That's a great idea!" Rory squealed excitedly. She was so excited that her mom was so willing to give Jess a second chance.
"Should I be scared?" Jess asked Luke, who simply nodded in disbelief.
"Didn't you guys used to do that with Dean all the time?" Luke asked, not meaning to make his nephew uncomfortable, which he so clearly had. Jess shifted uncomfortably so Rory took that as her cue.
"Yeah but we've been doing this for years!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, I think the first time we did it was when Rory was still in diapers," Lorelai joined in.
"Plus Dean was never very good at making fun of the movies," Rory added. She smiled at Jess, hoping that he got the message that he was much more wanted than Dean. He got it loud and cleared, so he smirked right back at her, and that was as close to a smile that Jess got.
"Sure that sounds like fun," Jess answered, then looked at Luke for approval.
"Okay I'm in." Luke gave in.
"Yay! This is going to be so exciting!" Lorelai beamed.
"What movies are we going to watch?" Rory asked with liveliness.
"We'll have to pick them out tonight," Lorelai looked at her watch, "but right now it's time for me to change for Friday night dinner." Lorelai gave Rory a kiss on the cheek and got up, "I'll see you tonight. Bye Jess, bye Luke!" Lorelai exited the diner and shortly after Luke left to go run a vaguely announced errand of some sort. That left Rory and Jess alone in the diner.
"So," Jess awkwardly started, "do you wanna," He gestured upstairs, but Rory gave him a blank stare of confusion so he had to spell it out uncomfortably, "go upstairs?"
"Oh!" Rory realized and suddenly felt very dumb, "Sure." The two climbed the stairs with apprehension. Rory was unsure of what was going to happen when she was upstairs, alone, with Jess. Jess. She didn't like admitting that she felt a lot safer with Dean. Maybe that was because he was safe. He was the Webster's Dictionary description of safe and predictable.
And he was also the Rory Gilmore's Dictionary's description of boring, she thought to herself. They had finally reached the door, and like the gentleman he was Jess held the door open for her.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG"Lorelai!" Luke called out. He had run out of the diner hoping he would catch her. Lorelai whipped her head around and smiled curiously at Luke who seemed to be out of breath.
"Luke?" She walked up to him and waited for his breathing to calm down.
"Hi!" He greeted her.
"Hi," Lorelai replied questionably.
"I just wanted to thank you," Luke said sincerely.
"For what?" Lorelai cocked her head. What did he have to thank her for?
"For giving Jess a chance, I mean I know he's never been your favorite person, but I just wanted to say that it means a lot to him-and to me," Lorelai was so touched by his devotion to Jess, it was quite obvious that the two of them cared about each other a lot more than they bothered to show.
"No problem, you and Rory were right. He's not such a bad kid after all," she smiled because she knew it was true.
"Nah, he's just got some issues to work out," he paused dramatically, "So tonight's the night you're telling your parents about Christopher?" He asked hesitantly.
"Yep, tonight's the big night!" She said sarcastically. Lorelai sighed to herself nervously. She really didn't want to have do this, but she knew it would have to come out eventually.
"Well good luck," Luke patted her shoulder. When he touched her Lorelai unexpectedly got giddy.
"Thanks. I hope that it goes well." Lorelai continued to stare into Luke's intense eyes and she saw what a great man he was. He was always there for his loved ones, he was one of the most generous people she'd ever met, and not to mention very cute. Lorelai was baffled by all the realizations coming at once. Lorelai put a hand gracefully on Luke's neck and pulled his face down to hers.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGJess and Rory walked into the room nervously. Jess was kicking himself in his head. How could he be this nervous with a girl? Especially Rory! He'd known her for almost a year, so it wasn't like she didn't know him and he didn't know her. But that was it exactly; for the first time he was with someone that he actually knew, someone he could love.
Love? Don't even start going there, Jess silently told himself. As Jess's fears were slowly building up, Rory's were shedding rapidly. She suddenly felt in control when she saw how Jess was subtly squirming. He was sort of pacing around a small square he seemed to be drawing on the ground with his feet. She giggled silently at him. He looked so cute, and cute was not a word she would really use to describe Jess. Dean was cute, Jess was…hot.
Rory glided to him and placed her hand on his shoulder, making him stop. He turned to face her and was about to say something but he was cut short by Rory's lips. She initiated a sweet, soft kiss but she had no intention of keeping it cute. She started adding a bit more heat into it slowly. Jess was quickly warming up to her, leaving his former inhibitions behind. She felt his tongue ask for entrance like her mouth were the pearly gates of Heaven, which wasn't too far off as far as Jess was concerned. She let him in and soon their tongues were dancing off of each other. Rory never felt like this before, and her passion was quickly turning into fear.
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGLuke was more than taken aback by Lorelai's out of the blue kiss. Sure he had wanted to do that for years now, but he had no idea that she ever felt the same way. The kiss was soft and romantic. Of course it would have been much more romantic if the annoying band wasn't playing "Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer" consistently in the background. Luke pulled away first in fear of Lorelai regretting it if it went on any longer. To his surprise when he pulled away the only thing he saw on her face was bliss, and not a trace of regret.
"I gotta go to dinner," she said quickly, the events settling in finally.
"And I got to go check on the diner," he said just as nervously. They both turned around to their separate directions.
I kissed Luke! Is this a good thing? Lorelai was so shocked by her own actions she could hardly walk straight.
Lorelai kissed me…Luke was thrilled to say the least, but he also had a very conspicuous sense of fear. These thought wrapped him up until he was at the door of the apartment.
A/N: I'm just not very good at this updating fast thing am I? At least this is pretty long. Well yes I have some Java Junkie in here this chapter, along with a slight cliffy. I couldn't help myself! I promise that the JJ action won't overcome the main story, which is of course Rory and Jess. I'll try to update faster you guys! I love you all, you guys rock!
