Better in cones

Chapter Seventeen

Jess looked up as someone entered the room, he'd been expecting Luke to come in and try and talk him out of leaving, but when he looked up it was Lorelai standing in the doorway, she stared at him with a look of sympathy on her face, as she took in his injuries. She moved in and took a seat next to the bed.

'I wanted to thank you for protecting Rory today.' Lorelai said, he remained silent but nodded his head, not sure where this was going.

'I don't trust you, I've known guys like you and you are not the kind of guy I would want my daughter to be with, but over the last few weeks I've started to see a glimpse of what Rory has always seen. I'm not saying I'm entirely happy about it. But right now my daughter is crying her eyes out because you've told her your leaving.' Lorelai said choosing her words carefully. Jess opened his mouth to reply but she held up her hand to stop him. 'Jess, I know you think you're doing what's best for Rory and I don't completely disagree with your choice because a part of me just wants to protect Rory. Only I think she'll end up hurting more if you leave. So I just have one question, and I want you to be 100% honest with me. Do you love Rory?' She asked. Jess didn't hesitate for a second.

'Yes.'

'Then don't leave, because that'll only end up hurting her more. You'll be safe here, safer than you will be back in New York, I don't think anything like this will happen again, if you truly love Rory then you won't break her heart. Just think about that.' Lorelai said getting up. Jess hadn't expected this, of all people he thought Lorelai would be glad to see him gone, but he could see the honesty in her eyes as she spoke, maybe this place was the safest place for him. He pictured Rory's sobbing face as he told her he was leaving, and imagined what it would be like if he really left, how long would it take her to get over him? Then it hit him like a bolt of lightening, if she got over him then she'd find someone else and the thought of her being with someone else killed him.

'Lorelai, could you ask Rory to come back in.' Jess said, with a small smile Lorelai nodded and left the room, sending Rory back in, who was still crying.

'Come here.' Jess said softly. She walked over to the bed and sat on the edge, letting him take her hand.

'Yeah?' She asked quietly. Her voice shook a little as she spoke, and she couldn't get more than a word out.

'I figure it wouldn't be fair to leave, after all you did put a deposit down on me being your boyfriend.' Jess said, his heart jumping as a bright smiled went across her face.

'You'll stay?' Rory asked excitedly. He nodded his head and kissed her.

'I love you, how could I leave the girl I love?' Jess asked. 'But no more boyfriend on hold, I want this to be real ok?' Jess said catching her eyes which were shining excitedly, she nodded her agreement eagerly.

'Sounds perfect to me.' She kissed him again, before pulling away and adding cheekily. 'Boyfriend.'

'Yeah, perfect...Girlfriend.' He smirked.

'You know I never expected this to be the place where we finally got together.' Rory said a few minutes later, lacing her fingers together with his.

'It isn't exactly romantic is it.' Jess agreed. 'So how about I make you a deal, when I get out of this place I will take you on a real date.' Jess said, she smiled at him happily.

'I've never been this happy before.' She said leaning against him.

'Me either.' He whispered.

A/N- Ok so I know it's short, I don't really like this part. But everyone seemed to want them together so here it is, I'd started to loose reviews so I decided to write it this way rather than the way I had planned. Hope you all like it. The next part will be longer I promise. Please review, I hate loosing reviews/readers. So hopefully now they are together I might get more reviews :)