Missing The Bus
A long time before Jess was sent to live with Luke in S2/3, him and his mother moved in with Luke for a few months when Jess was 10, as she had just divorced yet another husband and wasn't coping. In this 'lil fic, Jess and Rory end up missing the bus together, causing Lorelai and Luke a lot of panic, and inadvertently landing the kids in New York. Rory/Lorelai, Rory/Jess, Lorelai/Luke.
Note: 7th Heaven fans may recognise the similarities to an old Ruthie/Peter storyline :)
I don't own Gilmore Girls, or anything even remotely valuable. I don't even own this computer.
Note: I realise there were no Flip tops or Camera phones in the mid nineties, but they did have those awful brick like things, which workmen like Jimmy and Luke might have had. Plus, not being American I have absolutely no idea how long it takes to get to NYC, so just ignore any time faults. Sorry for the lack of Rory/Jess-ness, I have never been a Jess fanatic so I guess I'm not in the habbit of writing him! I will try with the chapter after this.
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'Oh...of course. Of course.' Jimmy stuttered, fumbling for his mobile. 'You should both call your parents.'
He paused, hand in the leather case attached to his belt.
'Maybe I had better talk to them first.'
Rory warily recited her home number to him, and he dialed.
''Sorry, kid, theres no answer.'
Rory bit her lip, furiously trying not to cry. Jimmy looked like he just might cry aswell.
'Your mom got a cellphone?'
Rory gave a tiny shake of her head.
'Luke does.' Jess piped up, and salvaged a post-it from his school bag.
Jimmy dialed the number read to him, and waited for his ex brother-in law to answer.
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Lorelai and Luke sat side by side in the back seat of the police cruiser, traveling back towards the Zoo. Every fibre in her body told Lorelai that this was not the direction they should be traveling in, but the officer wanted to begin by finding some people to question. A second car followed, and yet another vehicle had gone in the direction of Stars Hollow.
Breaking the silence, a weird electronic chirp came from Luke. Lorelai looked over.
'Being summoned back to your home planet?'
Luke fumbled around his pockets.
'It's...uh...a cellphone. It's new.'
Lorelai was shocked, but was in no mood for further teasing. A handful of jokes about the technologic age and radiation poisening sat in the back of her head, unregistered.
'Hello.'
He answered the thing as if it might bite.
'Luke. It's Jimmy.'
'Jimmy?... Uh, how did you get this number, Jimmy.'
'Jess gave it to me. He's sitting here on my couch, telling me you're looking after him while his mom's out of town.'
'What! Jess is there? Is he okay?'
Lorelai looked over, eyes wild.
'Luke! What's going on? Where is 'there'? Is Rory with him?'
'He's fine. His poor little friend is here too, scared out of her wits.'
Luke looked at Lorelai and nodded.
'So, hang on. You're not still in New York?'
'Oh, yeh, same old apartment.'
The policeman had stopped the car and was listening to the converstaion.
Luke covered the reciever with his hand .'Head towards New York city.' He instructed the officer.
'Look Jimmy, we're on our way now, we'll be there as soon as we can.'
'Sure thing, Luke. We'll be here.'
Luke replaced the phone in it's pouch and turned to Lorelai, awkwardly patting her shoulder.
'They're fine, Lor. They're in New York with Liz's brother.'
Lorelai was white.
'New York!' It was barely a whisper.
'How...but...when...they...'
Luke continued to pat her shoulder.
'They're okay, Lorelai. You'll be with Rory soon, I promise.'
Lorelai continued to stare out the window, her face a sickly shade of greenish-white.
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When the patrol car finally turned onto Jimmy's street, Lorelai hands were clenched so hard they had cramped in that position.
The car crawled slowly up the street, the officer looking for the right building. Every bone in Lorelai's body was screaming for the car to go faster, for the closest building to be the right one. Finally, at Luke's exclamation of 'that's the one' the car slowed to a halt and Lorelai was out of the vehicle, running up the concrete steps before the officer had even turned the engine off.
Luke followed behind, and together they raced up two flights of stairs, till Luke stopped on a landing and motioned towards a nondescript wooden door. Puffing heavily, he rapped lightly on it with his knuckles. He turned to Lorelai.
'I'm joining the gym tomorrow. Wanna try for a two for one membership?'
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After a couple of hours watching various unfunny sitcoms, Jess had fallen asleep. Rory was wide awake. He had zoned out with his head on her shoulder, and was snoring lightly. So now to add to her emotional exhaustion, she had a crick in her neck.
There was a knock on the door, and three heads turned towards it. After a pause, Jimmy stood up to open it.
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Stay tuned!
