Ok here it is chapter 2... and thanx for all the reviews you guys rock!!
Disclaimer: not mine lade de dadi da... on with the story
Rory and Loralai headed out to Luke's for some pie and coffee and to torment him as usual.
"So how ya feeling about the whole Dean thing?" Loralai asked as they got closer to the diner
"Mom, I already told you I'm ok...why won't you believe me?" replied Rory as she tucked a stand of her now black hair back into her beanie.
"I know you said you were fine but I'm kind of finding it a little weird that you just broke up with Dean, you're boyfriend of two years,and you don't seem a bit upset...It's just a little weird that's all.."
"I know but I just don't love him that way any more mom...things have been weird between us for a while and he doesn't see it,he acts like nothing is happening...I don't know I guess I just don't feel for him anymore"
"I understand babe but why didn't you just try and talk to him you could have worked things out"
" I tried a few times but he kept avoiding it and not wanting to talk about it so I just gave up... and we don't want the same things out of life. I want to go out see the world,have advancers,and do things with my life.I want to live it to the fullest and I want some one who will be willing to do that with me!" Rory went on then when they walked Loralia looked at her daughter and nodded
"And Dean doesn't want that he wants to go community college and stay here.I...I...I just can't I won't not when I know there is so much out there for me to see first" she finished as the walked into Luke's.
Loralai has always loved that there daughter had big dreams and ambitions she was so proud of her for them and she now knew that she was right she did need someone that would want the same thing out of life as she did...and if she said that Dean was not the one then she believed her and she knew that she was ok.
"I understand Rory and I hope you find him...and when you do ask him is he as an older brother!!" Loralai said as they took seats at a tabel.
They were still laughing when Luke came up to them with two coffee mugs and a pot of coffee
"Thanks Luke you are the best!" Rory exclaimed as she grabbed her mug took a sip.
"Yes and we loooooooooove you!!" added Loralai as she drank from her mug
"Yeah yeah" they heard him grumbled as she went back to work
Sighing in frustration Rory threw the cover back and kicked them all the way down. she looked at the clock next to her bed. It was 4:00 in the morning and she could not fall asleep it was to hot even with her window open she had even taken her bottoms off so she was only in her tank top and underwear. It was getting to much for her so she decided she needed to get out and take a walk...maybe go to the lake it was always nice and cool there. She got out of bed pulled on her bottoms and slipped on a pair of shoes and climbed out her window.
When she reached the lake there had been a breeze that felt wonderful on her hot and over heated skin.Sighing in content this time she smiled as she remembered the last time she was here with Jess.She had pushed him in because he was teasing her and would not stop,once she had had enough she simply pushed him in. she stood there watching him splashing about and yelling, that he would get her,he had also chassed her all the way back to Luke's. She laughed out loud a little at the memory he looked so funny all wet and mad,he threatened to push her in one day when he got the chance.
"Guess that is never going to happen now, now is it?" she asked her self aloud.
She sat down on the dock and laid back looking up and the stars and finally starting to cool off. After a while of star gassing she got an idea sitting up she looked around to see if any one was there once she was satisfied that no one was there and no one would be looking she slowly got up and removed her pajamas. Once she was done she looked around again but didn't see that there was some one behind the big tree to the right watching her from a far.
Convinced that no one was there she dove into the lake loving the feel of the watter.Once she surfaced pushed her hair back out of her face and enjoyed the the water it was wonderful,not to cool and not to warm it was perfect just perfect.She flouted around for a file until she heard a branch crack and her eyes stared to dart around trying to see if there was anyone there.'Calm down Rory it's 4:30 A.M who is going to be up?' she thought to her self 'only weirdo's!! ahhhhhhhhh okay i'm going home like now!' she climbed out of the water put on her tank top and underwear and started to run for the house before anything could happen to her.
'Damn' Jess thought he was so close to seeing who the girl with the black hair that he bumped into earlier that day, he was getting closer so he could get a better look but a tree branch snapped and made her run away.
Rory ran until she felt safe, she turned around making sure that there was no one fallowing her. 'God I'm so paranoid'she thought and she pulled on her bottoms then squeezes the water out of her hair and headed home.
"Did you sleep ok last night?" asked Loralai the next morning as they walked to Luke's
"Huh? why?" ask Rory a little surprised
"Well it was pretty hot last night and I know how you love to sleep in a cold room" she told her looking at her as she pushed the door open to the diner.
"Oh yeah...It was ok I opened my window and got some cold water to cool off" she said walking in to the diner
"Ah that's smart... I would have just taken off my Pajamas" Loralai said taking her seat.
"You would mom.." Rory laughed as she adjusted the beanie
Loralai just watched her "So you ever gonna leave the house with out that, and show off you're new hair? or are you going to just hide it under you're beanie?" she asked curiously.
"I will take it off eventually...but I I just feel weird with it, I mean for 17 years I have had brown hair and now all of the sudden I have black...it's change I need time to adjust."
Loralai just nodded "What ever you say babe...jus get the coffee!!" Rory laughed and got up to get them the coffee
"Hey Rory" Luke greeted her as she walked up to counter
"Hey Luke what's up?" she took a seat on one of the stools
"Ugh nothing much... ya know running the diner been keeping me busy. So what can I get you two this morning?"
"Coffee and some waffles" she replied cheerfully
"Coming right up"
"Thanks Luke"
At that moment Jess come downstairs,he was rubbing some sleep out of his eyes,but stopped when he saw Rory.
"Hey" he said in his casual tone
she looked up at him and smiled weakly and replied "Hey"
The two of the just stood there looking at each other deep in thought.
'She looks so cute when she is all flustered and shy' Jess thought to him self as he was watching her.She had on her school uniform,her legs were bare of the black tights she usually wore to school,her hair was hidden under a black beanie, and what was that she had on her face? was it make up? he squinted a little... It was!! She had on some rosey blush on her cheeks,and black eye liner in and around her eyes and her lashes looked fuller and thicker with the help of her mascara. Why did she have make up on? she usually didn't wear any to school only when she went out on dates with Dean,dinner with her grandparents,and any other special occasion but never to school. 'Wonder what brought this on?' he thought to him self. He had always thought that she looked beautiful with out with out make up and he loved her no matter what she looked like.
'Damn he looks so hot! I love his hair...the way it looks I bet it feels like silk when you run you're hands through it...ohhhhh those eyes...the beautiful chocolate brown eyes I see in her dreams every night and those lips.they look so full and kissable." Rory thought
Luke just looked at the two wondering what was going on between them. He reminded him self to ask Loralai if she knew anything.
"Uhh...I gotta go to school" Rory said suddenly breaking out of the trance like state she was in
"Yeah me too" Jess said stuffing his hands in his pockets and chewing his lower lip
"So do you want you're coffee to go then?" Luke asked
"Yeah that would be great Luke"
She looked away from Jess and at the floor while she waited for her coffee.
"Here ya go" Luke handed her a cup of coffee in a to-go cup "Take a donut with you...can't have you go to school on an empty stomach" he grabbed two placed them in wax paper and handed them to her.
"Thanks Luke..." she smiled and took the donuts
"You're welcome,now get going don't wanna miss you're buss"
Rory nodded and went back to the table Loralai was at grabbed her bag kissed her mom and was out the door. She was walking with her head down thinking about things when she felt a hand on her shoulder,she turned around to see who it was.
"Jess?!" she said shocked
He just bowed his head and said "I thought I could walk to to the bus stop"
Rory smiled "That would be nice...but won't you be late for school?"
He shrugged "I still got a some time"
They started walking in the direction of the bus stop.
"So how are things?" he asked looking at her
" Ok...how about you?"
"Ok"
They continued to walk in silence for a little longer until Jess asked
"Why are you wearing a hat?"
She looked at him and replied "I am not wearing a hat..."
He raised an eye brow "Well what do you call that thing you go on you're head?" he pointed to it
"A beanie"
"Same difference it's still on you're head... and why is all you're hair tucked up into it?"
She was chewing her lip she didn't know what to say,should she tell him? should she show him? she was confused it was not like it was a big secret or anything he would find out sooner or later but she just did't wanna tell him.
"Why do you wanna know?" she asked not even looking at him
"Well every time you come by the diner...which is a lot at least 3 times a day I may point out you had it on. what's the matter get a bad hair cut or something? or you just having a lot of bad hair days?"
She heard the bus pull up to the stop so she stopped looked at jess and said "Something like that" and ran off to catch the bus. He just stood there and watched her run off.She had a hand on her "beanie" as she called it while she ran she then turned her head and called out "Thanks for walking me!!" and hopped on to the bus.
Jess just sighed and looked at his watch and ran to school
Rory regretfully pulled her beanie off before stepping off the bus,she had to take it off once she reached the school she knew that they were not allowed to wear then during school hours so once she reached the front gates she took a deep breath and let her hair fall out from under the beanie, she continued to make her way into the school when she was Paris stand at the front door waiting for her.
" Oh my god Rory you will not believe what Jamie asked me last night!" Paris said in one breath once she saw her.
"Rory is that you? what did you do to you're hair?!" She asked once she noticed her hair
"Hello Paris" she said as she walked to her locker.
"You didn't answer me! what did you do to you're hair?" Paris fallowed
"What does it look like I did Paris?" Rory asked as she kept walking
"It looks you dyed it!! why would you do that?"
"Well if it looks like I dyed means I must have...and as for why...Just felt like a change"
Rory closed her locker and heading to her first class with Paris hot on her heels.
"I don't get it...why did you do it?"
"I just did okay,it's no big deal people do it all the time. can you just drop it"
" Ok fine...guess what Jamie asked me last night?" she asked like a little Rory had to smile at her she could go from being a obsessive person to a little girl in 5 seconds flat.
"ughhh I don't know does it have anything to do with any Holidays coming up?" Rory looked side ways at the blushing girl
" Yes!! he asked to to go home with him for Thanksgiving!!"
"Paris that's great are you going to go?" Rory asked taking her seat as they walked into their History class
"I don't know...usually I just help out at a soup kitchen..." she started
"Paris! You have got to be kidding me!!! you would pass on dinner with Jamie to help out at a soup kitchen?" she asked pulling out her history book
"Well I need it on my College application..."
"Paris, Don't be stupid go have dinner with Jamie and his family you have enough volunteer work and shit on you're applications and you have already got accepted to every school you applied to!!"
"Except for Harvard...Still have not heard from them..." she pointed out
"You will get accepted,trust me have a night off and have some fun" she finished up just as their history teacher walked it
At the end of the day when Rory got home she threw her self on to her bed and sighed it had been a log day and all she wanted to do was have a nice hot bath relax for a few hours and then curl up with a good book. Just as she finished her thought the phone rang. "ughhh perfect timing!!" she groaned getting up to answer it.
"Hello" picked up the phone
It was Lane and she wanted Rory to meet her at the park in 10 minutes she said she needed to talk to her.
Since it was Lane and she loved her like a sister and didn't know what she would do without her she agrees to meet her. Hanging up the phone she got up taking her skirt and shirt off and walked to her closet looking looking for something to wear. after standing in her bra and underwear for 5 minutes she finally decided on a pair of tight pair of jeans and a white tank top with a black shirt on top of it that that had was low cut in the front,she touched up her make up,slipped on her Black Sketchers that had three white strips down each side,grabbed a black hat that was in her closet but decided against it she thought it was time that she went out with out it so she ran a brush through her hair squirted some of her favorite body spry on looked at her self one last time before she left the house.
"RORY!!" She heard some on yell across the street she looked up and saw Lane running up to her.
"Hey Lane!!" she greeted
"God you're hair looks great!! Loralai told me that you dyed it... it really does look good!!"
Rory smiled placed her hand on her hair and thanked Lane.
"Ok so why did you need to see me?" she asked looping her arm through hers
she smiled and started to tell her about Mama Kim's lates fiasco,they walked down the street laughing and talking about old times.
Jess was leaning agents a tree smoking a cigarette while Shane babbled on about something he really was not interested in,when he saw her. It was the girl he bumped into that night and the girl at the lake and she was walking with Lane, Lane knew her,she was a friend of Lane's! He could ask her about her but wait Lane didn't like him very much so he could not just walk up to her and ask her... he would have to find a way to find out. He looked closer at the girl and smiled there was something very familiar about her he could not put his finger on it but he felt like her knew this girl and that was what was drawing him to her.
"Jess? Jess are you paying attention!?" Shane was asking crossing her arms
Jess looked away from Lane and mystery girl and said "Sorry I got to go I'll call you later!" he ran after the girls. Shane stood there pissed and watching him run off. Jess stayed behind the girls but made sure that he was far enough away from them that it didn't look like he was fallowing them. They Walked by Luke's Diner and saw Loralai looking out the window for a dance partner for the Dance Marathon coming up.
"So is you're mom having any luck finding a dance partner?" Lane as they walked by
Rory just shook her head no and giggled "She is determined to win this year!"
"She was so close last year too...she must have really been bummed"
"She was! she still can't look at an apple pie with out thinking about what happened last year" Rory rolled her eyes
"Just don't bring it up with her she will go all "I WAS SOOO CLOSE!!" and you don't wanna go there"
"I'll try and remember that...oh do you mind if I pop in to the Music shop for a minute?" Lane asked as he stopped and pointed to it.
"No, not at all take you're time I'll be here" she told her
"Thanks I won't be more then a few minutes...promise" she called out as she disappeared into the store
While Rory was waiting for Lane she noticed that he shoe lace had come undone so she bent down and started to tie it
Jess had stopped when he was that she was alone,he also could not see her face, her hair was covering it.He smiled when he saw her about to push her hair back and tuck it behind her ears to get it out of her face and he would finally see who she was and if he really did know her. just as she was pushing her hair back he heard his name being called and he looked in the direction that he heard his name.
"Jess!!!" Luke called out out once again
Jess nodded and looked back at where he had last seen my mysterious girl that had intrigued him,but she was gone!! he sighed and crossed the street to see what Luke wanted.
Rory and Lane where at the park having a good time on the swing set
"Ok on the count of three" Lane said looking at her as they swung in sync
"Ok..." Rory nodded while she pumped
"One..."
"Two..."
"THREE!!!" the screamed out and jumped of the swings and landed on the the grass
The two girls just lay there laughing and having a good time when Rory's cell phone rings
"Hello?" she answered
Three minutes later she hung up and got up of the ground and pulled strand of grass out of her hair and said
"Mom is on her way to Luke's for dinner she wants us to join her...ya feeling up for it?"
Lane popped off the ground "Are you kidding I'm starving!! lets go!!" with that they made their way to Luke's
"Hey guy's ya have a good time today?" Loralai asked as she took a seat at the table the girl occupied
"Yeah we had a swinging contest and I won!" Rory said proudly
"Ohhhhhhhhh cool let me know the next time I want in!" Loralai smiled
"So You finally left the house with out the beanie huh?" She said
Rory's hand went to her hair she ad forgotten about it "Yeah... figured it was bout time so I left it home"
Luke came by with his pen and pad of paper to take their order
"Hey Loralai,Lane,Rory..." he said with out looking up from his pad
"Hey" they all greeted
"Ok whaaaaa...Rory?!" he asked finally looking at her
she smiled "Yeah it's me.. what do ya think?" she shook her head a little letting her hair fly around a little
"It's nice... you look good" he smiled at the girl he saw as a daughter
"Thank's Luke"
"Okay so what will it be?" he asked still smiling
They gave him their order and went back to talking.
A few minutes later Rory excused her self to go to the bathroom
"Hey guy's I'll be right back...need to go to the little girls room" Rory said getting up from her seat and went to the bathroom.
Shortly after she got up Jess walked in
"It's about time you got back hurry up and go take their order"
Luke pointed to the table by the window
"Yeah yeah what ever you say" Jess said taking off his jacket
Rory was come out of the bathroom wondering where Jess was, It was Wednesday and he would usually help out on Wednesdays. Just as she finished her thought she bumped into some one.
"I'm sorry I waaaa..." she trailed off looking up at who she bumped in to
"Rory?!"
hee hee there ya go Chapter 2 hope you like. I would have had it up sooner but my Boyfriend had a little accident and I stayed with him at the hospital he is ok thank god and then X-mas came and i kinda got busssy... so don't 4 get to review!!! hee hee it could be my X-mas gift from all of you!! lol
Happy Holidays every one!!!
Risma