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Chapter 7: Sleeping Plans & Friend Friction
Nobody besides Rory had ever seen Jess like this except when he was younger and found out about his parents. Luke saw him cry for 2 minutes until Rory was brought up to comfort him. She was just better at it. The diner stayed silent and knowing he didn't want to be seen like that, Rory brought Jess upstairs and sat down with him on the couch. He had stopped crying, but was still eerily quiet. She laid them both down on the couch. She twisted their legs together and wrapped him up in her arms with his head on her collar bone. She smoothed down his hair and he wrapped his arms around her waist. They fell asleep like that.
Back down in the diner an uncomfortable silence had fallen over them.
"So, where is everyone sleeping?" Luke asked.
"Uh, I can't go back to my house," Lane spoke up.
"I don't want to stay in the Crap Shack by myself," Paris confessed and bit her lip.
"Alright, everyone just sleep here," Luke threw up his arms in defeat and walked up the stairs. Everyone followed him up the stairs and walked into the apartment.
When they found Rory and Jess on the couch, their sleeping plans had to be altered. They had planned for Rory and Paris to share Tristan's bed, Lane sleep in Jess' bed, and the boys fight over the couch the other having to camp out on the floor. That obviously wasn't going to work now.
"Alright, uhh…," Luke started.
"Paris and I will sleep in my bed and that Lane girl can take Jess' bed," Tristan suggested.
"No," Luke said immediately.
Tristan rolled his eyes, "Come on Luke, what are we going to do with her in the room?" he asked, pointing to Lane, "Besides, it's not like we haven't shared a bed before," he smirked.
Paris blushed profusely and she and Lane scurried into Jess and Tristan's room. Tristan and Luke's arguing could be heard from the bedroom, but the girls tried to block them out.
"So, how long have you known Rory and Jess?" Paris asked Lane.
"Um, since we were around 3 or 4," Lane answered with a nod of her head as she started to take out her hair and pull out a pair of Jess' boxers and one of his t-shirts, "You?" she countered.
"Uh, since we were eleven. How come I don't see you around?" Paris asked as she did the same to Tristan's dresser.
" Paris right?" Lane questioned and with an affirmative nod from Paris, Lane continued, "Rory, Jess, and I used to be inseparable. We used to do everything together. We would have sleepovers and movie nights, the whole nine yards. My mother of course, disapproved of most of it, but we hid it from her. Jess was the only boy my mother ever approved of me hang out with. As we grew up and Rory started at Chilton, we started to drift apart. Of course, Rory and Jess stayed close since Rory was here everyday, but my mother got stricter as I got older and I couldn't get out much. But, whenever I needed a cover story, they were right there to help me. We just, we're always going to be there for each other I guess," Lane told her with a small smile and a shrug.
"Well, it's nice to meet you," Paris smiled just as Tristan walked in, "Verdict?"
Tristan smirked and pushed Paris on his bed. Lane chuckled and shook her head as she climbed into Jess' bed and went to sleep.
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Next Morning
BANG! BANG! BANG!
"What the…?" Lane mumbled as the banging on the door woke her. Knowing that Luke, Rory, and Jess would definitely sleep through the noise and eyeing Tristan's bed where there was no sign of movement, she got up to answer the door. Her hair was a complete mess and her shirt and boxers were wrinkled. She walked to the door and slowly opened it. "Hello?"
"Lane?" a woman's voice sounded, but Lane didn't have her glasses on and couldn't quite make out the face also due to her sleepiness.
"Lorelai? What are you doing here?" Lane asked, confused, as she let Lorelai in.
"I came home from the inn early to see my babies this morning and no one was there. No Rory, no Paris, no Jess, no Tristan, no one at all. Do you know how scared I was?" Lorelai was now swiftly making her way in the apartment to the couch where she sat down, obviously not noticing the bodies on there.
Rory and Jess groaned collectively and tried to push her off. Lorelai yelped and jumped up.
"That's where they are. I'm assuming Paris is here somewhere?" At the confused nod of Lane's head, Lorelai sighed in relief and looked at a clock, it was 4:30am and she was up and awake, "I'm going back to bed," Lorelai stated.
"Wha…?" Lane was so confused. She watched as Lorelai went onto Luke's side of the room, pulled sweatpants and a t-shirt from his drawers and changed into them. She slipped into bed with Luke and quickly fell asleep.
Lane went to the door, closed it, locked it, walked back into the room she had come from, got back into bed, and went back to sleep.
An hour later Luke rolled over to hit he alarm and realized that he was reaching over something. He looked down to find Lorelai sleeping peacefully curled into his side. He stood still in shock for a few moments until he shook his head back to reality, leant down, kissed her forehead, and carefully climbed out of bed. He set the alarm again for Lorelai, got a shower, got dressed and went to get the diner ready to open.
Three hours later, the alarm went off again. Lorelai rolled over and hit it with a groan. It didn't stop. Apparently, Luke thought it would be funny to set an alarm for her that didn't have a sleep. She made a loud disapproving sound and got out of bed. She shut the alarm off and made her way downstairs. She tried to sneak behind the counter to the coffee pot, but just as she was about to grab it, a hand slapped hers away.
"No coffee for you," Luke said gruffly.
"Luuuke, I'm tired!" Lorelai whined.
"Our baby is not going to be deformed or hopped up on coffee when it's born," Luke said adamantly.
Lorelai pouted and crossed her arms, "Fine!"
"I love you," Luke said with a smile and kissed her, then went back to work.
"Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say," Lorelai said weakly.
Back upstairs, teens were starting to awake.
Rory woke up feeling something heavy on her chest. She looked down to see that it was Jess' head. She sighed and tried to move it to no avail.
"Jesss," she whined, "come on baby I can't breathe."
"Mmmm," Jess replied.
"Jess, come on," Rory said as she tried to pick up his head. She managed to pick it up, but he dropped it back down and her hands were now trapped, "You are a pain in the ass," Rory muttered. She raked her nails along the back of his neck causing him to shiver and she smiled a wicked smile at the reaction. "Jess, get up. You're trapping my hands and cutting off my air supply."
"Fine," Jess whined and picked up his head. Rory slid from underneath him and got up to start some coffee.
"Want coffee?" Rory asked sweetly when the coffee was done. She crouched down in front of Jess so that she was eye level and kissed his nose, "Come on, up, up baby doll!" she said as she pulled the sheet off of him and ruffled his hair.
"Watch the hair," he protested.
"You haven't even done your hair yet Jess, it's a mess already," Rory countered.
"Just give me the damn coffee," Jess said as he sat up.
"Here," Rory said shortly and shoved it in his hands. She stood up and went back to the kitchen area where she nursed her own coffee.
Jess sighed into his coffee and got up. He walked over to the kitchen area where Rory was standing by the counter with her back to him. He set his coffee cup down on the table, walked up behind her, snaked his arms around her waist from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. He kissed just below her jaw bone and then took a deep breath.
"I'm sorry for being such a grouch. I had rough night last night," Jess whispered.
Rory turned around in his arms and placed her own arms around his waist, "I know," she replied. He leaned in and gave her a gentle kiss. She moved her hands to cup his face and kissed him again, "I love you."
"I love you, too," he replied and they noticed Lane coming out of Jess and Tristan's room.
"Hey guys," she said groggily.
"Coffee?" Rory questioned.
"Yes please," Lane replied.
Rory smiled and filled a mug with coffee for her. She stepped out of Jess' embrace and went to Lane. She hugged her shoulders from the side and smiled, "Hey."
Lane laughed at her antics, "Hey."
"I haven't seen you in too long missy," Rory declared as she pulled back, but linked their arms and pulled her over to the couch.
Meanwhile, Paris was standing in the doorway watching the encounter with her arms crossed. Jess spotted her, walked over and engulfed her in a big hug. She rested her head on his chest and took a deep breath.
Jess kissed the top of her head, "They're just catching up. No need to feel threatened Pear," he reassured.
"But-"
"No buts, she's still your best friend," Jess told her.
She sighed, but relented, "Fine."
"Someone better have coffee for waking me up this early on a weekend," Tristan muttered as he walked to the doorway from his bed.
"On the counter," Jess told him and both Paris and Tristan went to get a fresh cup of joe.
"Jess!" Lane called from the couch, "Come over here and join our game off catch up!"
He smiled and walked over. He plopped himself down between them and threw an arm over each of their shoulders, "How are my girls?"
The rest of the morning was filled with old friends catching up and Paris and Tristan watching while they drank coffee and read the paper.
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Crap Shack; Late Afternoon
"Mom," Rory called, "I need to talk to you."
Lorelai appeared in Rory's doorway, "What is it sweets?"
"You might want to sit down for this one," Rory admitted quietly and waited for Lorelai to sit next to her on her bed.
"What is it babe? You can tell me anything," Lorelai asked again.
"Well, last night, after the party, before you came home…something kind of happened," Rory started.
"What?"
"Well, Jess and I came back to the house and we, um, we, we…I lost my virginity," Rory finally squeaked out while biting her lip.
"You what?" Lorelai asked, shock present on her face.
"Jess and I had sex last night," Rory confessed.
"Oh my God," Lorelai said as she covered her face with her hands, "On this bed?"
"Yes," Rory squeaked.
"Oh God," Lorelai said disgusted and moved to Paris' bed, "Were you safe?"
"Of course," Rory told her.
Lorelai took a deep breath, "Okay, we'll get you an appointment and on the pill."
"Thanks mom," Rory said sincerely as she leaned over and hugged Lorelai. Lorelai hugged her back tightly and the Gilmore girls sat thinking about how everything was changing.
"So, where is Paris?" Lorelai asked as they pulled away.
"Out with Tristan I think."
"Oh, and Jess?'
"Working at the diner."
"What's Lane going to do about her whole mother thing?"
"I think her and the band are going to get an apartment together. She's still going to go to school and I think Jess is helping her out with the down payment and first month's rent since she doesn't have a job yet," Rory explained.
"Where is she going to work?"
"She doesn't know where to ask," Rory shrugged as she got up and started rifling through some papers on her desk, "I think she's going to ask Sophie if she can work at the music store."
"Oh, well Sophie will probably give her a job," Lorelai conceded.
"Yeah."
"So, you and Jess okay?" Lorelai asked cautiously.
"What do you mean? Of course we're okay," Rory answered and turned to face her mom.
"I mean, you guys are so in love and I just—I don't know what I mean. I'm just scared because my babies are growing up," Lorelai confessed.
"Mom, who are you talking about here? Of course I'm going to grow up."
"Well, you and Jess and Paris and Lane and even Tristan. I mean I didn't know Tristan nearly as long, but he and Paris are so serious and I don't know, I'm just a rambling, blubbering mom," Lorelai rambled.
"Oh mom," Rory said sympathetically as she went over to envelope her mom in a hug, "How about we invite all your babies over for a gigantic movie night and we can even invite dad," Rory suggested.
"Dad?"
"Luke, silly. He raised us all as much as you did. I mean, I'm not going to call him dad or anything, but he was my father-figure," Rory explained.
"Ah, I see. Well, let's do it!" Lorelai exclaimed and Rory rushed up to go and spread the news.
She ran to Luke's and burst in with much enthusiasm.
"Jess!" she said when she got in there, "Luke!"
She ran up to Jess and pulled his head down to hers in a short, passionate kiss, "We're having a movie night with all my mom's babies. You're coming," she announced when they pulled apart, "You too Luke, you're the father-figure in this circus we call life."
"Wha…?" both Luke and Jess trailed off, Jess still shocked by her greeting and Luke because of her announcement in general.
"BIG movie night, you're invited, be there or be square!" she said again then kissed Jess goodbye and bolted out the door in a search for Paris and Tristan.
She walked around for awhile until she ended up at the gazebo where Paris and Tristan were sitting and talking.
"Hey guys," she chirped as she sat down on the bench opposite from them, "We're having a big movie night with all my mom's babies and both of you are coming."
"Don't you mean Lane and Jess," Paris quipped.
"Well, yes, they'll be there too, but you guys are invited as well," Rory said with as her eye brows knitted together.
"Look, you don't have to invite us out of pity, Rory, we're big kids now, we can handle it," Tristan replied.
"Guys, come on," Rory said and got up to sit on Paris' lap, "My mom wants you guys there. She feels like her babies are all growing up."
"How does she consider me her baby?" Tristan asked incredulously.
"You and Paris are so serious she's incorporated you into the family I'm sure we warned you about her attachment issues," Rory said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Look Ror, we understand that we'll always be after Lane, just don't take pity on us by inviting us to something that is so obviously for the three of you," Paris said, exasperated.
"God! What is your problem? You think I'm just going to replace you with Lane? And Jess is going to do the same to you?" she directed at Tristan, "He's not and neither am I. Lane is and always will be our best friend, but we couldn't get by without you guys. You're my rock, Paris and Tristan, while at first I hated your guts, I love having someone at school to protect me since Jess isn't there. You guys are our everythings. You're right up there with my mom and Luke. Mom wants you there, if you want to disappoint her, then go ahead, but that's your decision." With that, Rory got up and marched off to find Lane and have a good rant.
Once she found Lane, told her everything, including about the movie night, she went to get massive amounts of junk food and movies to be ready for the night ahead.
It was going to be one crazy night at the Crap Shack.
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A/N: Okay, so end too me less time than I thought, a good thing for you. So anyway, hoped you liked it! Press the pretty little button!