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The next evening Rory stood in front of her mirror, holding outfits in front of her, trying to figure out what to wear.
Lorelai walked into the kitchen and saw her daughter freaking out. "Rory what's wrong?"
"I'm trying to decide what to wear."
"For what?"
"For…Europe!" Rory threw the clothes on her bed, trying to look innocent. "Yeah, I'm just so excited that I'm trying to pick all of my clothes and pack them."
"Oh, Rory I need to talk to you about that."
"What?"
"Yesterday, we got an approximate cost for the Dragonfly's repairs. We can't go to Europe."
Rory looked up and saw her mother was upset, way more upset than Rory. "Oh."
"I'm so sorry Rory. I know you were looking forward to this."
"It's okay, we can go some other time."
"Hey, how about we go to the Festival tonight?"
"Well, I was going to go with Lane."
"Oh, okay. I'll just call Sookie and Jackson. They'll want to go." Rory could tell her mother was disappointed, but Rory really wanted to see what Jess had planned.
"I'm gonna finish getting ready." Rory said, gesturing to her closet.
"Yeah, I'm gonna call Sookie."
Twenty minutes later, Lorelai was putting on her coat, "Rory, I'm heading out. I'll see you later."
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Ten minutes later, Jess knocked on the front door, and felt his jaw drop to the ground when Rory opened the door. "Wow, you look…..great." Rory was wearing a light blue dress that stopped just above her knee, highlighting her eyes even more than usual. Rory blushed when she Jess's eyes light up after noticing the low v-cut the dress made.
"You don't look so bad yourself." Jess was wearing a tan button-up shirt and dark jeans.
"Are you ready?"
"Yep, let's go." They left Rory's yard and made their way around the town. Finally, they reached their destination.
"Oh my god, Jess!" Rory exclaimed as she ran across the bridge. There was a blanket lying across the boards, with small candles in order to help them see. A small picnic basket rested right in the middle. "I can't believe you did this."
"Hey, when you're dating a future Yale student, you gotta pull out all the stops."
"So…what are we eating?"
"The best food money can buy, Luke's burgers and fries." Jess laughed as he pulled out the containers. "And…coffee."
"You are a god."
"I try."
Rory leaned forward and kissed him, "Thank you."
"It was no trouble."
Rory smiled lightly. "So which burger is mine?"
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Rory and Jess made their way back to Rory's house as quietly as possible. When they reached her front door, Jess leaned in and whispered, "I'll see you later?"
Rory put her arms around his neck and leaned in close to his lips, "Come by in the morning." They shared a passionate kiss, neither wanting the moment to end. Finally, Rory reluctantly broke the kiss, "And bring coffee." She then pulled herself from his embrace and opened her door, "Bye Jess."
He watched her as she went into her house, the smile still on his face. After a moment, he turned around and went home.
Rory leaned against the door after she closed it, the memories still swirling in her head.
Jess and Rory had eaten the burgers, and drunk the coffee, and now they were just enjoying each other's company. It was a warm night but Rory warmed herself with the blanket, her head on Jess's shoulder.
"Thank you for tonight Jess. This is by far the best date I've ever been on."
"Well, like I said, it was no problem."
"Still thank-you." They were silent again, the only sounds were the chirping grasshoppers.
Jess didn't even notice that Rory was moving until he felt her arms snake around his waist and her lips on his neck. "Rory, what-"
"I told you, Jess. I'm ready." Rory whispered as her hands snaked up under his shirt.
"Are you sure? You can tell me if-"
"Jess," Rory sighed as she started undoing his buttons. "Will you just kiss me?"
He happily obliged.
With a dreamy smile she walked to her room and went to sleep.
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Lorelai woke up the next morning, hung over and confused. Last night, she had hit the Founder's Day Punch pretty hard to try and forget about her problems. By the time she got home, all she could think about was getting herself to bed.
When Lorelai went down to the kitchen she noticed a post-it on Rory's door. Grabbing it she tried to focus on the words.
Mom,
Stayed up late talking with Lane. Don't wake me up. I'll see you tonight.
Love, Rory.
Lorelai put the note on the table, got dressed and made her way to Luke's where it was surprisingly crowded. Lorelai entered and quickly spotted Ms. Patty and Babette's table. "Hi, girls."
"Hello Lorelai." Patty said, avoiding eye contact.
"Busy today, is Weston's closed?"
"Oh, no doll. It just…seemed like a good day for pancakes." Babette finished.
Lorelai smiled slightly, not believing a word she said. "Okay well, I'm gonna go get some coffee."
"Okay, doll."
Lorelai got up and stepped a few feet away, but stayed close enough to hear their conversation.
"Okay so what happened again?"
"Well, I was sitting out on my front porch, Morey was asleep and I was enjoying the nice night, when I saw them coming up the drive-"
"Rory and Jess?"
"Yes."
Jess? Jess left. Jess is supposed to be in California, and away from Rory.
"So anyway, they came up the drive, at first I couldn't make out who they were, but when they reached the porch, I realized it was Rory and Jess. Jess was carrying the basket."
"Which basket?"
"The one Rory made last year for the bid-a-basket. The one Jess won."
"Really?"
"Yep. Then, Rory all but jumped him."
"No!"
"Yes, those two were outside for almost half an hour, then-"
"They went inside?"
"No, that's what I was expecting, but she went inside, alone. Jess just stood there for a minute, then left."
"But I thought he went to California."
"I know, he must have come back."
"But when?"
"Who knows?"
Oh my god! Jess..here..Rory..Luke! "Luke!" Lorelai stormed over to the counter staring at a very nervous Luke. "Where is he?"
"Who?"
"You know who!"
"Have you gone off your meds?"
"That's it, Caesar, you're in charge. You, upstairs now!" Lorelai grabbed Luke's sleeve and pulled him through the curtain and upstairs to the apartment. The first thing Lorelai did when she opened the door was storm over to Jess's side of the apartment. Seeing that the blankets were rumpled she turned around, her blue eyes on fire. "He's here!"
Luke took a deep breath, "Well,"
"Don't lie to me, Jess is here!"
"Lorelai calm down,"
"No, Luke, your idiot, heartbreaking nephew is back and after my daughter's virginity!"
"Lorelai, you need to calm down!" shouted Luke. Seeing Lorelai was on the verge of tears, he took a deep breath and spoke again, this time quieter, "Yes, he came back, but I thought he left."
"When did he get back?"
"The day after Rory graduated. He told me he wanted to talk to her, and I told him what happened. He said he just wanted to give her something and then he'd be gone. The last time I saw him was when he got back from the hospital. He went upstairs, came back down, and left."
"That was the last time you saw him?"
"Yes."
"Thanks Luke, you're a good friend." Lorelai took a step forward and kissed him on the cheek, then she smiled and went downstairs.
There you go, another chapter done. Also, if any of you have ideas for a future chapter, let me know. I might end up using it and I will personally thank the person who gave me the suggestion. Hope you all have a great holiday.