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A/N: Here is chapter 7! A very important chapter for the story because this is when all the good stuff starts to happen. Well at least I think that. Anyways I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I wanted to make sure it was as perfect as I could make it. This is a very important chapter for my story so I hope you all love it.
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Chapter 7: I'm Rose Maylie!
Rory's POV
It had been 3 months since Jess had told me that he liked Rose Maylie. We had already had our winter break from school and had been back from our break for awhile. I had spent a lot of time over break and even now that we are in school with Lane, Paris, Jamie, Zach, and Jess. A lot of time with just Jess too. Rose is still all he can talk about. He has been coming to every performance I have done just to talk to me. He hasn't told me, Rose, that he liked me though. He saves all that stuff for me Rory. Life seemed a lot easier before Jess became so open about his feelings about Rose. I loved that he was opening up to me I just didn't want to hear so much about Rose. I can only hear about myself so much before I go insane. I am thinking about just telling him the truth already. I don't think it will turn out well though so I keep putting it off. I really need to tell him soon though. It just never seems like the right time… it never will be in my mind though. I shook my head though clearing my thoughts since I was getting close to Luke's.
I walked the little distance I had left till I reached Luke's. I saw Jess at the counter wiping it off. I took a deep breath and opened then door. With the bells jiggling telling everyone of my entrance I looked up and saw Jess looking at me with a little smile. The smile that meant he had something he wanted to talk about. All I could do is hope that it wasn't about Rose.
"Hey Rory." Jess said as I walked up to the counter.
"Hi Jess. Can I get some coffee?" I asked with a small smile.
"Sure no problem. Coming right up." He said as he turned to get me my coffee. "Here you are. Anything else?"
"I'm good for right now, thanks though."
"So… I have something to tell you. The band and I have a performance to do tonight, do you want to come?" He asked with a hopeful look.
"Ummm…" I said. What am I going to do I perform tonight too. "Sorry Jess I promised Lane and Paris I would go with them to see Rose Maylie perform." Great why did I say that?
"Really? She has a performance tonight. I wish I could go with you guys." He said looking a little sad.
"Yeah I wish you could come too, but you have to perform."
"Wait, I have an idea. Be right back." He said before running up the stairs.
I sat there looking staring at the stairs. This couldn't be good. About five minutes later Jess came back from upstairs with a grin.
"Guess what?" He asked sounding a little too excited for my liking,
"Ummm… Chicken butt!" I said with a smile.
"Hahaha very funny. No I can go to Rose's performance with you, Lane and Paris." He said his grin growing a little.
"What? How? I thought you had to perform?" I asked surprised.
"I did but I got it moved to another day. Do you not want me coming along?"
"No, of course not… I want you to come." I answered with a small smile.
"Sweet so what time should we all meet?" He asked.
"Umm… I'm not sure yet. One of us girls will call you later." I said trying not to panic.
"Okay sounds good to me."
"Well I should probably get going. See you later then Jess." I said getting up and placing some money on the counter.
"Okay. Bye Rory."
I gave Jess a wave as I walked out of the diner. Once I was I rushed home not knowing what I was going to do.
"Mom, are you home?" I said as I entered my front door.
"Yeah, I'm upstairs." She said. I rushed up the stairs to find my mom in her bedroom.
"Mom I'm in so much trouble." I said as I sat on her bed.
"Isn't that usually something I decide?" She asked.
"I am being serious mom."
"Okay so why are you in trouble?" She asked as she sat by me.
"I went to Luke's to get coffee and of course Jess was there. He asked me to go to his performance tonight, but I have a performance too. So I started to panic a little and I told him that I had promised Lane and Paris to go with them to Rose Maylie's performance. So he said he wished he could come with us, the he ran upstairs. When he came back down he told me he could go with us, he said he got his performance moved. So now I am really freaking out because I have no clue what to do. I need help mommy." I said as I leaned against her.
"Well you did get yourself in to some trouble didn't you?'
"Not helping mom please help me."
"Well you could just tell Jess the truth already." She said while running her hand through my hair trying to calm me down.
"Mom no, he will get so mad that I didn't tell him. He will hate me so much." I said as I jumped off the bed and started pacing.
"Okay well then I guess you could tell him you are sick. If you don't like that idea then we can call Lane and Paris to come over early to help with a plan."
"I'm doomed aren't I?" I said as I fell onto the bed.
"No you're not honey. Let's call lane and Paris for some backup." She said patting my back.
"I hope you're right. I said sitting up. "I'm going to call Lane and Paris now." I said getting off the bed and walking out of my mom's room. I grabbed the phone once I was downstairs and dialed Paris first.
"Hello?" I heard Paris say.
"Paris I am in need of help can you please come over?"
"What's wrong Rory?" She asked sounding worried.
"I need you and Lane to help me. Jess is coming to see Rose tonight. He thinks I am going with you guys to see her perform."
"I thought he had to perform?" She asked confused.
"Yeah he got it moved."
"Okay well I will be over soon."
"Thanks Paris. I am going to call Lane now." I said signing with relief.
"No problem see you soon." She said hanging up the phone.
I hung up the phone then dialed Lane's number.
"Hello?" Mrs. Kim said.
"Hi Mrs. Kim. It's Rory is Lane there?" I asked.
"Yes hold on Please." I heard her say before she set down the phone and called for Lane.
"Hey Rory. What's up?" Lane said when she got to the phone.
"Can you come over I need your help. Paris is already on her way."
"Yeah sure. What is up though." She asked sounding confused.
"Jess is coming to see Rose tonight because I told him you, Paris and I were going."
"Doesn't he have to perform though?" She asked.
"He did but he got it moved."
"Okay well I will be over soon." She said.
"Thanks so much Lane. I owe you guys." I said feeling a little better.
"No problem. See you soon." She said hanging up the phone.
I sat on the couch hoping that we could come up with some idea. If not I am so screwed.
…. Few hours later ….
"Okay I'm done… it's over… we have nothing." I said as I covered my head with a pillow.
"Well we will just have to wing it." Paris said.
"Yeah we will think of something when the time comes." Lane said agreeing.
"Okay but this could turn out very badly. If it does I blame both of you." I said as I pointing at them.
"Come on Rory you need to trust us." Paris said.
"I do. I am just worried." I said.
"Okay then let's get ready." Lane said smiling.
"Sounds good to me but one of us needs to call Jess."
"I'll call lover boy you two go start getting ready." Paris said picking up the phone. She told Jess that we were going to meet at Cloud 9 at 6:30 sense the performance was at 7.
Lane and I got ready but I couldn't get into my Rose outfit so I was in a white t-shirt, brown hoodie, baggy jeans, and brown converse. I had my outfit for my performance picked out though and all packed in a bag. My outfit was a red shirt that fell off both shoulders, a black tank top to go under it, a black vest to go over my red top, black stretchy jeans, black strappy heels, multiple necklaces, multiple silver bracelets, hoop earrings and a red mask.
Lane had on a green, yellow and blue spaghetti strap top, grey skinny jeans, blue flats, and yellow flower earrings and necklace. Paris had on a red spaghetti strap top, white skinny jeans, brown flats, multiple brown bracelets, and brown and red earrings. (A/N: Outfits on profile) They looked awesome and I had what I needed so we headed off to Cloud 9. I hope everything would go smoothly tonight.
…. Cloud 9 ….
Paris's POV
When we got to Cloud 9 we stood outside to wait for Jess. I could see that Rory was freaking out just standing there.
"Okay guys I have to go get ready. Are you sure you can think of something?" Rory asked sounding and looking worried.
"Yes Rory now go we already have a plan." I said with a smile.
"Okay that's good." She said letting out a sigh of relief. "How come I didn't get to know about it though?" She looked at me confused.
"We didn't have time to tell you now go." I said giving her a little push to leave.
"We have a plan, sense when?" Lane asked once Rory was gone.
"Of course we don't have one. Rory didn't need to know that though. She doesn't need to be freaking out."
"Well we have some time before jess gets here so let's think of something." She said turning towards me.
"No we don't." I said.
"Why?" She asked confused.
"Because here comes lover boy." I said nodded for her to turn around. When she did she saw Jess walking towards us with a small smile on his face.
"Oh shit, not good." She said quietly.
""Hey Jess you're early and you are never early." I said when Jess reached us.
"Hey Paris, Lane… I didn't want you guys to be waiting so I made sure I was going to be early. Hey wait where is Rory." He asked looking around us to try and find her.
"Oh, ummm…. She went in already because she wanted to get a table." Lane said.
"And you guys just let her go alone?" Jess said looking at us.
"Yeah that was rude of us. I'll go find her." Lane said quickly as she ran inside.
"So Jess how are you today?" I asked facing him.
"I'm fine but why are we still out here when we could go inside and join Lane and Rory?" He asked looking confused.
"Ummm… well Lane said she would text me to when she found Rory so we wouldn't all lose each other." I said with the first thing that came to my mind.
"I don't remember her saying anything like that."
"Yeah… hold on let me text her." I said as I pulled out my cell phone to text Lane. A minute later I got a text from lane. "Okay so Lane found Rory and I know where they are. So we can go in now." I said with a smile as I headed inside with a very confused jess behind me.
"Guys over here." Lane said while waving her arms in the air.
"Lane I already knew where you were going to be. You didn't have to wave your arms like a crazy person." I said as I sat down.
"Ummm Lane where is Rory? I thought she was with you." Jess asked as he sat down.
"Oh she went to the bathroom she wasn't feeling to good. I told her I would see how she was once you guys arrived. So I'll be right back." Lane said getting up quickly and walking away. I just hope Jess didn't notice she started to walk to go backstage.
Lane's POV
I walked backstage to the room Rory would be in hoping that Jess was believing what Paris and I were telling him tonight. I found her door and looked around to make sure no one could hear me.
"Rory! It's Lane open up." I said while knocking.
"Lane what's the matter?" She asked as she opened the door. I could see that she was finishing her make-up but was all changed.
"Nothing, just send a text saying your sick to me and everything will be good."
"Why?" She asked confused.
"Jess keep asking questions about you. First about why we left you to go in alone. Then when he got to the table and saw you weren't there he asked where you were because I said I was going to find you. So I said you were in the bathroom and didn't feel great. So I am pretending to be in the bathroom looking for you right now." I said explaining everything to her.
"Okay seems to make sense now."
"Yes. Now just send me a text in like 2-3 minutes. It will take me a little time to get to our table."
"Alright I will do that."
"Good luck Rory you will do great. Everything is under control now so stop worrying." I said with a smile giving her a hug.
" Thanks Lane. You guys are the best." She said with a smile.
"Yeah we know but what are best friends for. See you later!" I said walking away from her room and walking towards the table Jess and Paris were still sitting at.
"Where is Rory?" Jess asked worried as he noticed it was only me sitting down.
"I couldn't find her." I answered as I put my cell phone on the table knowing I would be getting a text soon
"I wonder where she is." Paris said looking at me a little confused. Right as she did my phone went off.
"Oh I am getting a text." I said picking up my phone. " It's from Rory. It says 'Sorry guys I'm feeling really sick. Went home to get some rest. Sorry to scare you guys. I will see you guys later though. Have a great time.' Poor Rory." I said as I set down my phone.
"Yeah no wonder why you couldn't find her." Paris said looking at me.
"Poor Rory she never seems to be able to come with us. We just have to make sure next time she comes that she is not sick and we are all here." Jess said.
"Yeah another time." I said giving Paris a look saying I sure hope not.
We started talking for a little longer, Jess asking how we like Rose. The boy really seems to like her. Not good. We stopped talking when we saw Rose or shall I say Rory walk out on stage. She started singing 'Get this Party Started' just like always. Paris and I got out of our seats and started dancing like idiots. I noticed Jess was still sitting. He was just staring at Rory with a smile.
"Come on Jess, dance with us." I said running over to him. I started to pull him to try and get him up.
" Nope no dancing for me. You guys are too crazy." Jess said pulling away from me with a small smirk.
"You're no fun." I said walking back to Paris.
We were having such a fun time dancing. Every time I looked over at Jess he had the same smile on his face and was staring at Rory. Of course all of us were but his stare was different. Paris and I didn't stop dancing the whole night. When Rory was done we finally went back to the table and sat down for some much needed rest.
"Hey guys I'm going to see Rose." Jess said.
"Okay have fun." I said waving my hand to him. He walked away and that was when I noticed what he said. I looked at Paris and she too just seemed to notice what he said.
"This isn't good." She said laying her head on the table.
"Not good at all." I said as I watched Jess walk backstage.
Jess's POV
Rose was amazing tonight. I was so disappointed that Rory wasn't here again. Lane and Paris were dancing the whole time Rose performed. It was pretty funny. As I watched Rose I knew I needed to talk to her after her performance. When she finished and walked off stage I knew it was time. I got up from my chair right as Lane and Paris sat down to rest not even noticing me standing.
"Hey guys I'm going to see Rose." I said
"Okay have fun." Lane said waving a hand at me. I notice Paris waved also.
I started walking backstage and walked down the hall searching for the room Rose was in. Once I found the door I knocked.
Rory's POV
My performance was so fun tonight. I saw Lane and Paris dancing the whole time. I tried my hardest not to laugh knowing they could dance better then that. I also noticed Jess sitting at a table watching me the whole time. He looked to be thinking about something. I was pulled from my thoughts when I heard a knock.
"Coming!." I shouted as checked to make sure I had my mask on then I walked to the door. When I opened the door I saw Jess standing there. " Oh… Jess… Hi." I said shocked. This wasn't suppose to happen.
"Hey you were great out there." He said with a smile as he walked into the room.
"Thanks and Yes Jess of course you can come in." I said shutting the door.
"So how are you?" He asked with a smile as he sat down.
"Fine a little tired. I was getting ready to leave actually." I said hoping he would leave once I said that. He didn't though so I walked over and sat by him.
"Oh ok. Can I ask you a question before you have to leave?" He asked looking at me.
"Sure."
"I was wondering if you ever wanted to go out with me sometime." He said still looking at me.
"Like on a date?" I asked a little shocked.
"Yeah like a date." He said looking a little nervous.
"Umm… I don't know Jess." I said as I stood up and started pacing. This could not be happening. I knew he liked Rose and not me.
"Umm… Ok can I ask why at least?" He asked. I saw that he was now standing and watching me pace.
"Because if you knew the truth about me you would never like me." I said as I stopped pacing.
"That could never happen Rose. I really like you. Do you not like me?" He asked as he stepped a little closer to me.
"I do like you Jess but you don't know the real me. If you did you wouldn't like me." I said looking at the floor. This is not how this was suppose to happen.
"The real you? I don't understand. I would like you no matter what Rose." He said coming even closer.
"Yeah the real me. Who I really am when I'm not out there singing and wearing masks." I said as I kept looking at me feet.
"Well if we went out sometime I would get to see her." He said as he walked the last couple steps to reach me.
"No you don't understand if you knew you wouldn't like me anymore. You would hate me." I said trying not to cry.
"Not true. I could never hate you Rose." He said as he tilted my head up to look at him.
"I wouldn't be so sure Jess." I said as a stepped back from him.
"Why do you say that?" He said walking towards me again.
"Because Jess… I'm Rose." I said as I pulled off my mask and looked at him.
"Rory?" He said shocked and took a couple steps back.
"Yeah… see Jess told you that you didn't know the real me. I said looking at him.
"I can't believe you." He said taking more steps away from me. "I trusted you Rory. And what do you do. You lie and keep this from me. I can't believe I actually trusted you." He said then stormed out of the room.
I collapsed to the floor and started crying. This wasn't how it was suppose to happen. I knew he would never like me. He like Rose and just her. She wasn't a freak, geek, loser, and whatever else I am. I sat there crying I don't know how long I was there but soon Lane and Paris where there comforting me.
"I told you he only liked Rose guys." I said looking at them with a sniffle.
"I'm so sorry Rory we should have stopped him." Lane said with a frown.
"Not your fault. I should have told him earlier." I said looking at her.
"I don't believe it for one minute that he doesn't like you Rory." Paris said.
"Why did he storm out of her after yelling that he can't believe he trusted me." I said as tears started to pour down my face again.
"He is just upset you didn't tell him." Paris said.
"Yeah remember how I reacted. I am sure everything will be ok Rory." Lane said.
"I really hope so guys. Right now I have no hope for that though." I said with a sad smile.
"Well we will just have to change that now won't we Lane." Paris said.
"That we will now come on let's head to your place Rory." Lane said.
As we started to head to my house I started thinking. I really hope that Lane and Paris were right and Jess and I would be fine again. I knew what I had to do.
"Guys I know what I have to do." I said as we got to my house and headed to my room.
"We are listening." Lane said with a smile.
"I have to tell Jess how I feel and about why I didn't tell him tomorrow." I said looking at them.
"Finally" They said together. I looked at them confused.
"What we have been wanting this to happen forever." Paris said.
"Yeah forever. You and Jess are perfect for each other and you are so in love with him." Lane said with a smile.
"Well when are you telling Zach how you feel?" I asked Lane and I heard Paris laugh a little. "Funny Paris? Well when are you going to tell Jamie you like him?" I said smiling as she blushed.
We started talking for a while and my mom came in the room and I explained all that happen and what I was going to do tomorrow. She reacted just like Lane and Paris had. So I of course had to ask her when she was going to tell Luke how she feels. Which made her stop. We spent a good amount of time talking about our boy troubles. Then we all got ready to sleep. As I dozed off I could only hope tomorrow would be better then today.
…. Next day ….
Once I woke up Lane, Paris and I talked for a little before they had to go home. It being Sunday they had stuff to do. They both wished me good luck and left. Leaving my mom and I. She wanted her coffee so that is how I got to the place I am. Standing outside Luke's staring in the window. I saw Jess in there and I started getting more nervous then I already was. My mom gave me a little nudge and smile as she walked into the diner demanding coffee. I took a deep breath and entered.
" Hey Luke can I have a cup of coffee too." I said sitting by my mom just to kill a little time before I would have to talk to Jess.
"Sure Rory. See Lorelai why can't you ask like that?" He said as he handed me my coffee.
"Because it just wouldn't be as fun." She said with a smile as she help out her cup for more. I couldn't help but smile at there banter.
"Hey Luke is Jess upstairs?" I asked as I looked around to see he was no longer in the diner.
"Dang Kid he is suppose to be down here. When you go see him will you tell him he is suppose to be working."
"Sure thing thanks Luke." I said as I got out of my seat. I saw my mom give me a smile as I headed towards the curtain and up the stairs. I stood in front of the door and took a deep breath and knocked. "Jess." I said but no on answered. "Please jess I need to talk to you." I said pleading.
"What could you possible say Rory." He said angrily as he opened the door.
"Please let me explain." I said walking into the apartment.
"What's there to explain Rory? I already know your little secret. How long did you think you could keep it from me? I trusted you when I told you I liked Rose Maylie. Did you never think that you should maybe tell me you were her?" He said as he glared at me.
"Of course I wanted to tell you but I was scared. I thought something like this would happen and I didn't want that to happen. I wanted to tell you so badly Jess." I said looking at the floor.
"I told you I liked Rose over 3 months ago Rory. You couldn't have told me in that time? Do you know what that feels like being lied to for that long? For thinking your best friend doesn't care enough to tell you the truth." He said angrily.
"I'm sorry Jess so sorry. I wanted to talk to you today Jess. Can you ever forgive me?" I asked as I looked at him. When he said nothing I started to speak again. " Jess I never meant to keep it from you this long I really.." I couldn't finish my sentence because Jess was speaking.
"Sorry yeah I get it but right now sorry isn't good enough." He said looking away from me.
I ran out of the apartment and diner with tears running down my face, I got home and laid on my bed and cried. I don't think he noticed I said I really not I'm really. I wasn't going to say I was sorry I was going to say that I liked him and I was scared he only like Rose and not me and that he would never like me. But that never happened.
…. Monday morning at School ….
Jess's POV
I still can't believe Rory didn't tell me she was Rose. It hurt so much to know she keep it for me. Now I know why Paris and Lane where so weird on Saturday. It made sense why she could never come to the performances. I was done thinking about Rory though she hurt me too much. I knew what I was going to do. I walked into school and noticed Paris, Lane, Jamie, and Zach talking while Rory stood there they were standing at their lockers, which wasn't far from mine. I walked past them giving a nod Jamie, Zach, Lane and Paris but when I saw Rory I didn't even look at her. I continued down the hall knowing what I had to do. I reached my destination and tapped on her shoulder.
"Hey Crystal…"
A/N: I know some people will say I am evil for leaving it there but I had to keep you hanging. Hope you all enjoyed it. For those of you who ever read this story when I had it post 2 years ago you will know this is were I ended up stopping. So for those of you who are reading my new version Thanks and get excited because you will finally get to know what happens next. Since I have the chapter written. Okay so thanks for reading. Please review if you liked it. I shall have then next chapter posted in a few days again.
