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"Here let me help you." Rory looked at the door and saw Jess coming into the room.
"No, no I can do it." Rory said trying to walk around the bed to put her clothes into a bag. The clothes and the bag had all came from a shopping trip Lorelai had taken.
"Rory you were just in a serious accident and you're pregnant now let me help you." Jess strode towards her and took the clothes out of her hands putting them into the bag and gathering the other things around the room. Rory just watched him wide eyed. That was the first time that Jess had mentioned her pregnancy and it was like a shock to her system.
"Thank..Thank you."
"You're welcome." Jess looked around the room. "Are you ready to go?"
"Um…" Rory nibbled on her lip lost in thought. "Yeah I guess mom and Luke went to get lunch but I told them just to meet us back at your place."
"Okay then lets break you out of this place you all signed out?"
"Yeah." Rory nodded. A nurse then came in with a wheelchair in which Rory reluctantly sat down and was wheeled outside and to Jess's car. Jess helped her in and soon they were on their way away from the hospital.
The car was silent. All the unsaid words laying heavily between them. She turned to him and opened her mouth as if to say something but shut it and turned to the window watching the fast moving landscape pass. He looked at her. Her profile so similar yet so familiar. Staring at her in that moment he could pretend they were seventeen again and that there wasn't the past laying so heavily between them. "We're here." Jess pulled into his parking spot and Rory jolted having been lost in thoughts of her own. "You okay?'
"Yeah,Yeah." She went to open the door.
"Wait I'll help you."
"Jess." She said in exasperation I'm not a complete invalid.
"Just humor me." He got out of the car and went around to her side. He helped her out and then grabbed her bag. They made their way through the bookstore and up to the apartment.
"You must be Rory and I just want to say you're mom is crazy. A man said as the door opened and they walked through.
"I heard that." Lorelai yelled from the kitchen.
"Yes I'm Rory and I already knew my mother was crazy."
"Oh well in that case I'm Chris and I'm going to get out of your way." Chris walked out the door.
"Where you going man?" Jess called behind him.
"Meeting."
"Meeting." Jess mumbled "He doesn't have any meetings." Rory had went ahead of him and into the kitchen and he soon followed. "So why does my roommate think you're crazy and what did you do to my other roommate?" He looked around for Matt.
"He said he had an errand to run." Luke turned from the stove where he was making burgers.
"Luke I'm telling you they're not the same." Lorelai pouted obviously picking up whatever argument they'd been having before Rory and Jess had arrived.
"Lorelai for the last time I'm making them the exact same."
"we've had this conversation before you're Luke but even if the food is made by you it doesn't taste the same as it would if I were to eat it at the actual Luke's."
"I give up I just give up and I'm sorry it doesn't taste the same but what can I do it's not like we're close to Luke's so you're going to have to deal with the burgers I make."
"Fine." Lorelai huffed. Rory just rolled her eyes and chuckled well Jess shook his head. After Lunch was served Luke and Lorelai got ready to leave. "Call me if you need anything." Lorelai hugged her daughter gently.
"I will but I'm sure I'll be fine and when my week is up Jess is going to bring me to Stars Hollow." He eyes flitted over to where Jess stood talking to Luke.
"Okay sweets." Lorelai smiled wearily neither saying what was really on their minds neither bringing up how awkward it would be for Rory and for Jess to be in the same house. With one last goodbye Luke and Lorelai were gone and Jess and Rory were officially on their own.
"So you'll be talking my room I'll sleep on the couch." Jess held up his hand when he knew Rory was going to protest. "It's not up for discussion."
"Fine." She huffed.
"So much like Lorelai." He shook his head and chuckled.
"I don't know if I've just been insulted or not." Jess just shook his head and took her things into his room. "So." Rory ran her hand over his bed. She bit her lip as she turned to look at him.
"So." Jess watched her intently.
"Thanks Jess, thanks for putting me up I know it's the last thing you want but thanks."
Jess sighed and sat down on the bed. "Rory It's not the last thing I want. Sure it's not an ideal situation but as stupid as it may seem I'd do anything for you."
"Even though I'm pregnant with another man's baby." She said the one sentence she knew could break the truce that seemed to be between them.
"Yes even then. I don't like it. Don't ask me to like it but.. but it's you and you're a weakness to me. Something I shouldn't be telling you god I really shouldn't be telling you that but it's the truth so yes even though you're carrying another man's baby I'd do anything for you. Why don't you get settled in." he walked out the door leaving her stunned behind him. He walked into the bathroom closing the door behind him and leaning against it. He closed his eyes trying to fight off the headache he could feel coming on. He really wished he had something to drink right then because he couldn't get the image of her blue eyes out of his mind and his heart felt like it was in his throat. This would be one hell of a week.
A/N thanks to everyone who reviewed.