Better In Cones
A/N- Sorry this has taken me so long, I hope I still have some readers left. Please review and tell me what you think. I struggled over this chapter, and where this story is going. So let me know what you think.
Chapter 20
As Rory stepped of the bus and turned towards the diner, she saw Jess standing there in a shouting match with a short woman, with messy blondish hair, tattoo's and hippy clothes. Rory's heart sunk as she got closer and could hear the fight.
'I won't come with you!' Jess shouted angrily.
'You'll do as you're told. I'm your mother.' Liz yelled back, her words slightly slurred.
'Yeah when you want to be, I'm 17 you can't make me go anywhere.' Jess replied.
'Stop being ungrateful. I sent you here for your own good.' Liz replied, swaying a little.
'You sent me here because you were done trying to be a mother, you sent me here because you were too drunk to care.' Jess shouted, unaware that he'd drawn a crowd.
'I like a drink now and again! It's not a big deal, I won't have a worthless teenager like you making judgements.' Liz sneered. 'You're so dramatic, I gave you a roof over your head in New York what else did you want, I did what I could.'
'No! No you didn't. You could have given up drinking, got a job, made sure I had food.' Jess' voice started to shake. 'You could have stopped those guys from beating me over and over, but you were always to out of it, or too scared they'd leave you. It was somehow always my fault because I was too loud, or looked at him funny, or said something he didn't like!'
Rory stepped closer again, now just the road separated them.
'You caused trouble! I couldn't deal with that.' Liz shouted. 'What is it that you think you deserve? You're nothing! Just a trouble maker, who skips school.'
'I finally have something good here. Don't mess this up as much as you messed up my life in New York.' Jess shouted.
'You don't deserve to have something good, you're stupid and worthless.' Liz shouted. Rory rushed to his side and threw her arms around him as she saw him getting angrier and angrier, she was scared he'd do something stupid. In actual fact he was about to hit the glass window next to him, had Rory not run into his arms.
'Jess?' Rory said quietly, getting his attention, her arms still around his waist. He looked down at her, his anger slipping away, now only sadness remained. 'Let's go.' She said kissing him. He nodded his head and walked away with his arm around her, for the first time realising people had been staring, now as he walked through there were mutterings of 'Poor Jess.' and 'I had no idea'. He smirked angrily, of course they didn't have and idea. Rory turned her head in time to see Luke arrive, after Lorelai had run to get him when the fight had started, he'd been at Liz's new house dropping of and unloading some stuff while she wanted to see the town. Luke was trying to figure out what had been said, Rory simply glared at Liz and turned back to Jess, resting her head on his shoulder. Luke looked over to where Jess was walking away.
'Someone like to fill me in?' Luke asked, just as Liz was about to speak he held up his hand. 'Not you.' He said and she stomped into the diner, slamming the door behind her.
'Oh Luke honey it was awful, one minute she's all sing song and happy to see him and the next she's going off at him because he said he wanted to stay living here with you. She kept saying he was worthless, and a waste of space, said he deserved to be beat up back in the city.' Babette said passing on what she'd heard. 'I had no idea he'd had it so rough there, explains a lot.'
'Yeah it does.' Luke shakes his head sadly. 'Then what happened.'
'Well Jess was yelling back, but you could see he was getting more and more upset, I ain't never seen him like that before, he tried to fight back but I think he started believing her when she said he was worthless.' Babette continued. 'Then Rory showed up, and threw herself into his arms, that was really something, oh you should have seen it, he calmed down instantly and just hugged her, it was like there was only the two of them in the whole world, then she said something but it was too quiet to here, next thing there walking off and you arrived.'
'Ok, thanks Babette.' Luke replied, turning to Lorelai as the crowd started to thin out.
'Are you going to talk to Liz?' Lorelai asked.
'I'm not sure, I think I should find Jess first, make sure he's ok.' Luke rubbed his head, trying to relieve the headache that had formed.
'You know I think Rory probably has cheering Jess up covered.' Lorelai smiled. 'She'll make sure he's ok.'
'Yeah I guess. So I'd better talk to Liz then.' Luke said tiredly.
'Uh-huh. Go on up, I'll help Caesar out in the diner since your other worker just walked off with my daughter.' Lorelai laughed trying to lighten the situation.
'Thanks.'
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'You ok?' Rory asked as they sat down on the bridge. Jess looked out over the water, holding her hand in his tightly.
'I was, I thought about what you said to me about how it might me different, I really tried but then she shows up and she drunk. I just can't do all that again, I can't go home and wonder if I'll find her in a happy drunk mood, angry and violent, or if she'll have some guy over who will start hitting me.' Jess closed his eyes as his anger grew, but Rory saw through it, his anger was a mask for his fear, she curled up closer to him, turning her head and kissing his cheek.
'You won't have to.' Rory said resting her head on his shoulder. 'Luke won't let you live with her now.'
'Yeah.' Jess said turning to her, her eyes were soft and caring and the last of his anger and fear slipped away, it was safe here, safe with her.
'I love you Jess, don't let her get to you, you're so much more than what she thinks. Please don't take anything she said to heart ok?'
'I'll try.' Jess said bending his head and kissing her. 'I love you. Do you know I've never said that to anyone but you.'
'Then I feel special.' Rory said, though she felt the sadness of his words that he'd never had anyone in his life to love, no family or friends.
'You are special.' Jess replied, trying to make her see how true those words were. 'You're the only thing that's keeping me going.'
'What do you mean?' Rory asked, slightly scared by the hollowness of his words, and the sadness in his eyes.
'Nothing. Forget it.' Jess said smiling down at her slightly, she relaxed a bit. Kissing him.
'I'll always love you Jess, you'll always have me.' Rory said holding him tighter. 'I love you.'
'I love you too.' Jess said holding her tightly, afraid she'd disappear if he let go. 'Don't leave me ok.'
'Never, I could never leave you.' Rory said, this was the most vulnerable she'd ever seen him, and it was amazing and scary all at the same time. 'I promise.'
A/N- So I hope you like this, I'm not sure about this chapter so let me know.