Ok, here's the next chapter! Hope everyone likes it! This one is kind of a filler, but I felt that this should be in it. Next chapter will be going back to Philly with some drama! :O Please read and review!
Life's Lessons
Chapter 6
Bad Dreams and Memories
"Rory, I really don't want you going to talk to Dean." Jess argued pleadingly.
"I have to do this Jess. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." Rory reassured Jess and picked up her jacket. "I'll meet you back at Luke's later ok? I'll even call if you want."
"I just wish you would let me go with you."
"No. If I do that, things will get ugly. Stay. Read." Rory smiled handing him a copy of The Fountainhead.
Jess sighed and took the book. "I'm not reading this. Give me Hemmingway, or Catcher In The Rye. I am not going to read this. I read it once and I don't plan on doing it again."
"Fine." Rory grabbed The Sun Also Rises and handed it to Jess. "I'll call you when I'm done."
"Bye. Be careful." Jess kissed her and watched her walk out. But if Dean does anything to you, I will beat him up and make him regret talking to you.
Rory walked nervously downstairs, she knew what she was about to do, but she wasn't sure if she was ready. Luke saw her come down and smiled.
"Coffee?"
"To go please. I have somewhere I need to be." Rory quietly replied.
"Where?" Luke pretended not to care.
"I have to talk to Dean." Rory shyly answered.
"What?! Jess is letting you go after what happened?" Luke raised his voice slightly.
"Yeah, I had to beg him, but I need to get this done."
"I don't think it's a good idea Rory."
"Luke, calm down. I'll be back soon. Don't be like Jess." Rory got up and took her cup of coffee.
Rory walked to Dean's house slowly. She needed to think of what she was going to say, but didn't seem to find any words. She knocked on the door and waited. The door opened and to her surprise Lindsay greeted her.
"Rory?"
"Hi Lindsay. Is Dean around? I have to speak to him about something." Rory fidgeted with her fingers nervously.
"Why do you need to talk to him?" Lindsay suspiciously asked.
"Because of this." Rory turned around and pointed to the back of her head. "He hit Jess and Jess fell back into me and I fell and hit my head. I need to talk to him about that."
"Dean did that?"
"Yes. I'm not blaming him, I just want him to know that, but Jess and my mom are pretty ticked at him." Rory sighed wanting to get this over with.
"Linds, who's at the door…" Dean asked stopping when he saw Rory. "Rory?"
"Dean." Rory simply stated.
Lindsay stepped away from the door and let Rory in. "I'll be upstairs."
"Alright." Dean nodded and stared at Rory awkwardly. "So why are you here?"
"Because you hit Jess. Why would you do that? You're 25 Dean. You have to grow up. I don't blame you for anything, and I'm not mad at you for what happened to me, but you hitting Jess upset me." Rory angrily informed him.
"I have every right to punch him when I feel like it Rory."
"No you don't. He is my husband, Lindsay is your wife. Unless for some stupid reason Jess does something to your wife, you don't have a right to do anything to him." Rory stated matter-of-factly.
Dean looked away annoyed. He knew she was right, but he didn't want to give in. "I'm sorry Rory. I didn't mean to get you hurt, and if it makes you happy, I won't punch Jess again. But if he attacks me, I can't promise that I'll hold back. That guy is a jerk."
"I'm going to talk to him about that. Just keep away from him for now. He needs time to cool off." Rory smiled slightly and turned around. "Bye Dean."
"Congratulations by the way." Dean quickly said. Rory stopped and turned around.
"Thanks." She smiled and waved.
- - -
Rory walked to the Diner briskly. She wanted to get home and rest. Walking around so soon wasn't a good idea and she was beginning to feel dizzy. She rushed into the Diner and ran upstairs, suddenly feeling nauseous. When the door swung open Jess jumped. He turned around to see Rory running to the bathroom.
"Rory?" Jess got up and followed her. Rory was swatting at him as she ran to the toilet and threw up. Jess pulled back her hair and held it away from her mouth.
"Thanks Jess, but you don't need to see this." Rory weakly said.
"What happened?"
"It's nothing, just morning sickness I guess." Rory slumped onto the floor and closed her eyes. "Blah! I hate this already."
"Hey it's going to happen, it happened last…" Jess cut himself off and looked away. Rory looked down and closed her eyes, the memories hurting.
"How did everything with Dean go?" Jess changed the subject quickly.
"Fine. Just promise me you'll stay away from him and not hit him or start a fight. I made him promise, now it's your turn. Besides I think Lindsay is going to chew him out. She seemed pretty mad that I had to go over there because he injured me." Rory giggled.
Jess smiled. "Well there is some good that comes out of this I guess. You want something to eat?"
"No. I don't think my stomach could take it." Rory sighed getting up. She swayed and stumbled into Jess's arms.
"You ok?"
"Just dizzy. I think I need to lay down." Rory suggested. Jess nodded and helped her to the bed.
"Take it easy ok? Wouldn't want Holden there to get brain damage from you stumbling all over the place." Jess smirked.
"Holden? Jess what if it's a girl?" Rory laughed gently.
"My bad, Jane then." Jess grin broadened.
"So you're naming the baby now? Don't I have a say in this?" Rory questioned playfully.
"I was just using some names, I don't want to call our baby 'it' anymore. We might traumatize the baby and he or she will think they are an it." Jess playfully reasoned.
"Oh yeah, I'm sure." Rory sarcastically replied and closed her eyes. Jess kissed her gently and took off her shoes and covered her with a blanket. She fell asleep quickly and Jess decided it was time to go write a chapter. Surprisingly the words came easily. Within an hour he had two chapters written, and they weren't short little chapters, they were long sophisticated ones.
Rory hadn't stirred from sleep so Jess decided to head downstairs and bring something up to eat. Luke was glaring at Jess for some reason and it was beginning to irritate him.
"Look I know I'm good looking and all, but I'm not too fond of guys staring at me. If you want to stare at men, go find Kirk." Jess sarcastically spat out.
"Why did you let her go?" Luke stated bluntly.
"She wanted to. I trust her and besides I don't think Dean would do anything to hurt her intentionally." Jess sighed. "I came down for food Luke, not a lecture. If you want to lecture me, let me get my pad and pen, I'll take notes." Sarcasm dripped from his mouth and Luke frowned.
"Well class begins soon. Hurry up." Luke shot back. Jess sneered and stood up.
"Are you going to give me food or not Luke. If not I'm sure Al's will."
"Fine. What do you want?"
"Two hamburgers, fries, and some lemonade."
"For Rory?" Luke asked.
"One's for me, the other for her. So double size her order."
"Ok. Hold on." Luke walked into the kitchen and came back out a few minutes later with Jess's order. "Bring back the dishes when you're done."
"Sure thing Uncle Luke." Jess took the food upstairs and found Rory sitting on the couch watching TV. "Hey."
"Food!" Rory smiled and reached for it.
"Wait, you need to calm down first." Jess teased. Rory glared at him and frowned.
"Are you refusing a Gilmore her food?" Rory warned.
Jess thought and handed her the food. "You're right, I'd rather live."
Rory smiled. "Wise man." She ate her food happily while Jess watched her. "What?"
"Nothing. I was just thinking…never mind." Jess began eating his food.
"You can't just do that Jess. What were you going to say?" Rory was not going to let this one drop.
"I was just thinking, what are we gonna name the kid? Do you want a boy or girl? Are they going to have your coffee addiction and eating habits? Will they look like you or me? Will they read and be as smart as you?" Jess looked away embarrassed.
Rory was shocked, she didn't expect Jess to be thinking about this yet. "Well do we really need to think about all of that right now?"
"I was just thinking. I didn't mean anything by it." Jess wouldn't meet Rory's eyes.
"Look at me."
Jess looked up slowly and saw her smiling. "I think about that all the time too." Jess smiled and took a fry and popped it into his mouth.
"What do you want to have?" Jess asked quietly.
"I don't know. As long as the baby is healthy I don't really care."
"So should we let it be a surprise?"
"No. I want to be able to find a good name for the baby. To stop calling he or she 'it'." Rory sighed and leaned back, yawning. Jess stood up and stuck his hand out to her.
"You're tired, it's been a long day, you should go to bed."
"Come with me. I don't want to lay in bed by myself." Rory asked sweetly.
"Alright. But let me grab my laptop first. I'm just about done with this book." Jess walked into the living room and grabbed his laptop. He carefully grasped Rory's hand and followed her into the bedroom. He helped her get into bed and sat down next to her.
"''Night Ror." Jess kissed her gently and pulled out his laptop.
"Goodnight Jess. Love you." Rory yawned and closed her eyes. She fell into a peaceful sleep almost immediately.
Jess smiled and began typing furiously. Lately he had been writing so much and he was practically done with his second book. A few hours had gone by and Jess had dozed off. He was woken up by Rory screaming and whimpering in her sleep.
"Rory!" Jess gently shook her, trying to wake her up.
"Jess! Don't leave me!! Please!" Rory screamed, sweat dripping down her face.
"Rory! I'm right here. Wake up." Jess grabbed her.
Rory opened her eyes and began crying. She clung to Jess tightly and wouldn't let go.
"Rory, what's going on? Was it a bad dream?" Jess panicked, not knowing what was going on.
Rory sobbed loudly, but when her breathing began to slow down she looked at Jess.
"You're not going to leave me are you? You really are happy about the pregnancy right?" Rory looked like a small scared child.
"Rory, I'm not leaving you. You're my wife and I love you. We may have our fights, but I will not leave you. This baby is a gift to us. Of course I'm happy about it. This is what's going to bind us together. Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere." Jess assured his trembling wife. He wrapped his arms tightly around her and rocked her.
"Jess, I dreamt that you just stood up and told me that you weren't ready for this. That having a baby was moving too fast and that our marriage was too big of a commitment to make. We were on our way to the hospital because I was in labor and you just left saying that this was too much for you to handle." Rory bawled.
"Shh. It's ok, I'm not leaving. I couldn't leave you, and I could never just leave you at the hospital like that." Jess stroked her hair lovingly and kissed her.
Rory stared at him intently and slowly the tears began to stop dripping down her face. She held on to him tightly and refused to let go. Rory fell asleep clutching Jess. Jess laid there holding her protectively not being able to fall back asleep.
"I won't leave you." Jess whispered into her ear and kissed her forehead.
- - -
Rory woke up the next morning gripping Jess tightly. She looked around making sure he was right there.
"If you hold on to me any tighter, I'm going to bleed. I think I'm bruising as it is." Jess tried joking to help lighten the mood.
"Oh, sorry." Rory whispered nervously. Loosening her grip ever so slightly.
"I'm not leaving Ror." Jess said again to comfort her.
"I know." Rory's voice was barely audible. Jess leaned closer to her and looked her in the eyes.
"I'm not. I love you. This baby means something to me. You mean something to me." Jess passionately stated. "This baby is going to have you, a wonderful mother, and me around." He put his hand gently on Rory's stomach and she made a small noise.
"You'll be a great dad Jess." Rory smiled and rested her head on his chest.
"I know what not to do that's for sure." Jess said, a hint of sarcasm in his voice.
"I trust you." Rory put her hand up to Jess's face and leaned forward to kiss him. "I'm sorry about last night. My dream just felt so real, and I freaked out. I didn't mean to. It's just that…" She looked away.
"That I have left you before." Jess finished her sentence sighing. "I'm sorry about that. I'm different now. I can support you and you can count on me. I mean, look at us, we're living in Philadelphia and I'm working at Truncheon while writing a book. And you're writing for one of the biggest papers there. We're not the same as when we were seventeen."
"And I'm so proud of you Jess. You made something of yourself and you're successful. I didn't believe you when you told me I could count on you, but when you came and visited me at my grandparent's house and showed me your book, you proved me wrong and I felt regret flood through me. I wanted to go with you, but I was trapped by the lies I told myself and the lies Logan and his family told me." Rory rambled on.
"I'm proud of you too Ror. You knew you had to get out of there and you finished Yale."
"Thanks to you. If you wouldn't have yelled at me to get my life straight, I would still be in the DAR, living with my grandparents, not talking to my mom, and would most likely be engaged or married to Logan, and not you."
"I think this is the most we have talked about since we've dated or been married." Jess laughed.
Rory smiled and giggled. "You're right. You know what?"
Jess looked at Rory and cocked his head. "What?"
"I think that the reason I said no to Logan was because of you. Because I knew that I still loved you and that Logan treated me like crap. And when he proposed I instantly thought of you and how I wanted to be back at Truncheon kissing you." She smiled and squeezed Jess's hand.
"Good thing you said no to him, otherwise who knows where I'd be now…probably living in a cardboard box or in a ditch." Jess snorted.
"No you wouldn't." Rory hit him playfully. "I would though."
"Why?"
"Because I would have been so sick of Logan that I would have gone to live on the streets. Heck, he'd probably have already cheated on me numerous times now."
"Well let's forget about him, and think about now. So now are you sure you trust that I'm not going anywhere?"
"Of course. It was just a dream. I love you Jess."
"We have to leave tomorrow, you know that right?" Jess asked.
"Yeah. We need to find a doctor."
"Yep. Breakfast?" Jess jumped up and held his hand out to her.
"Definitely. I'm starved! But let's get dressed first." Rory giggled.
"Sounds fun." Jess smirked and wiggled his eyebrows.
"We don't have time for that Jess." Rory laughed running from him and snatching up some clothes. "Besides, I'm really hungry."
"Fine." Jess sighed and followed her. "You need to spend your time with your mother before we leave anyway."
There you have it! Hope you enjoyed it. I thought that Rory and Jess should actually learn to communicate, and starting with their past sounded good to me. I might not have very many of these kinds of moments considering Jess has communications problems. lol...but seeing Jess in season 6 made me realize how much he changed. I mean him paying back Luke and giving him a hug, a HUG, well enough of my rambling. Reviews are greatly appreciated!
Beth