Chapter 6- I'll be here
Rory arrived at the bridge about 35 minutes later. Lorelai had gone back to the Dragonfly so she had a few hours before starting to plan for their movie night together. She found Jess standing on the bridge, looking at the water.
"Hi."
"Hey."
He moved closer and tried to kiss her.
"Not here, Jess. People might see."
She took his hand and moved behind a tree. He followed her and, after she stopped walking, he took her other hands in his and kissed her.
"Hi!" she smiled at him.
"I think you already said that!" he smirked and she punched him lightly in the arm.
"Jess, you know we have to talk about this at some point…"
"About this?" Jess kissed her again.
"Yes, about this! About us and this thing we're doing…But not here and now."
"Really? We're not going to talk in the bushes? Oh, man that's one fantasy going down the drain!"
"Jess, I'm trying to be serious here!" she said laughing.
"Yes, I can see that! Look, you've already been through enough in the past 24 hours so why don't you just relax for now. We can talk about anything you want tomorrow, ok?"
"Ok. But…are you going to be here tomorrow?" "Please say you will be…"
"Probably not in this exact same place but I will definitely be here tomorrow." "I'm not letting you go again…" "Now how about we go get some ice cream?"
"And coffee?"
"And coffee." he smiled and kissed her on her forehead.
Later at Weston's:
They were sitting at a table in a corner, eating ice cream.
"I still say it's better in a cone."
"We would have had to go to far to get cones and you can't just mention ice cream in front of a Gilmore and then make her wait for it! And as an added bonus here I am never more then 3 feet away from cake and coffee."
"Your eating habits will never cease to amaze me."
"Well mom ate my pie earlier at Luke's. He didn't want to give her a third piece so she just ate mine." she said pouting a little.
"You two should be studied."
"We'll just drive all the nice scientists crazy with our constant babbling. So …um…Jess, where are you living now?"
"Philadelphia. I've been staying with some friends and working for Trucheon Books, the guys that published my book, driving around cities trying to find people crazy enough to sell their books."
"That's sounds great!"
"It's nothing much. Just something to pay the bills."
They finished their ice creams and went into the bookshop. After a couple of hours, as Rory was walking out of the shop, talking to Jess who was behind her she bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention. Oh, hey mom!" she said looking up.
"Hey, honey! So I figured what movie we should see!" She started talking before noticing Jess. "Hi, Jess!"
"Hello."
"How are you?"
"I'm fine. You?"
"I'm good."
They all stood there, not knowing what to say next. Jess looked at his watch.
"I'm sorry but I should go. Liz wants me to have dinner with her and TJ. It was nice seeing you again, Lorelai."
"Nice seeing you too, Jess. Say "Hi" to Liz and TJ for me."
"I will. Goodbye."
"Bye, Jess."
"Bye."
The girls watched him walk away. After he crossed the street Lorelai looked at Rory:
"So, what was that?"
"Nothing. We just had coffee, talked and looked at books."
"Sure?"
"Yeah…now can we please drop this?"
"Ok…"
They both walked around silent for a while.
"So you said you picked a movie?"
"Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory."
"Again?"
"Well I can't watch it with Luke. He gets weird when I talk about the Oompa Loompas."
"That's because you have a crush on them."
"But they're small and cute and they make chocolate."
"You are sick."
"No, I just love chocolate."
They walked into the video rental store, still talking about the movie.
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The next morning:
Rory was sitting on the bed in her room reading when her phone rang.
"Hey, Jess!"
"Hi! I didn't wake you up, didn't I?"
"No, I was just reading… How are you?"
"I'm fine. What are you reading?"
"Anais Nin's diary."
"Interesting thing to read on a Sunday morning. So what are your plans for today ?"
"Well I have to go back to Yale sometime. I have a final soon and I have to study. How about you?"
"I don't have to study."
She could almost see his smirk through the phone.
"I meant what are you doing today?"
"I have to meet with some guys from a bookstore in New Haven and since I'm going to be there and you're going to be there I'm thinking I could take you out for a cup of coffee."
"That would be great."
"I have to go now but I'll see you later, ok?"
"Ok. Bye!"
"Bye!"
Rory remained on the bed, smiling at the phone.
"Rory, you up?" Lorelai said, knocking at the door.
Rory put her phone on the nightstand and opened the door.
"Of course I'm up, who did you think made coffee?" she said smiling and pointing at the pot.
"The coffee fairy? So what are your plans for today?"
"I think that after breakfast I'll head back to Yale."
"So soon?"
"Yes, I have to study for my last final."
"Ok. So when are you coming back?"
"Well the exam's on Tuesday morning so I'll just finish packing the stuff I have left and be home Tuesday night or Wednesday morning."
"Do you need me to come and help you with the boxes?"
"No, don't worry about it. Most of my stuff is already here anyway."
"Ok hun, but if you need help call me, ok?"
"The last time you tried to help me pack we ended up shopping, remember?"
"Well I needed new shoes."
"You always need new shoes."
"Not always. I sometimes need new clothes."
"My mistake. Now let's go to Luke's and get some breakfast before you decide you need another pair of shoes!"
"Well I saw this blue sandals…"
"Luke's! Now!"
A/N: I'm soooo sorry that it took me this long to update but I've been extremely busy this past few days. I'm also sorry if Jess seems a little OOC but I saw "Happy Birthday, baby!" earlier today and he's just so sweet there. Thank you everyone who reviewed. As I stated many times before reviews make me extremely happy. I hope to get the next chapter up pretty soon.