Disclaimer: Own nothing but Crystal and the rest of Jess's band aka Adam and Joe. And all the teachers & principal. They are based on teachers I had over my years of school life. They all had an impact on me somehow.
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Chapter 18: The First Date!
Rory's POV
It's been just a week since that faithful day, the day I like to add to my list of best days of my life. If you have forgotten I am referring to that day where Jess and I became a couple. Jess is officially my boyfriend. I have a boyfriend, a sweet, gorgeous, wonderful boyfriend. I still can't believe that Jess is my boyfriend! I never thought this day would come. I truly never believed Jess would have ever thought of me as more then a friend but just look at where we are today he's my boyfriend. I can't stop saying it. Just thinking about it makes me smile. Anyways Jess and I haven't been dating long like I said just a week but it was still amazing. We have yet to go on out first official date though, luckily for me that date is happening tonight. I smiled even bigger thinking about my first official date tonight with Jess. He gave me no information on what we were doing, what I should wear, or where it would be taking place. It was going to be a total surprise, which I love but at the same time hate. So before Jess comes to get me tonight for our date my mom, Lane, and Paris were all having a girl's day. Which reminds me I should be getting out of bed before Lane and Paris arrived. Right as I got out of bed my door swung open.
"Finally you are up."
"Mom it's nine O'clock on a Saturday, I highly doubt you've been up for long." I said with a small smile.
"You got me. Anyways I thought before Lane and Paris got here we could run to get some food from Luke's and of course the elixir of life."
"Sure just let me throw on some clothes." I said walking to my closet.
"Oh daughter of mine are you trying to impress someone. Don't you know we Gilmore women always look good in whatever we have on?" She said tilting her head to the side.
"Aright mother of mine would you like to go to the diner in your pink little night gown?" I said turning to her with a smile.
"I see your point I do not want Lukey Poo seeing me like this. Even though he would love it." She said while striking a pose.
"Ew mom too much information. I love that you and Luke are finally together but please not all the details." I said turning back to grab a pair of jeans and a simple v-neck shirt.
"Oh fine ruin my dirty fun. I'll see you in about 10 minutes then it's off to see our diner boys!" She said turning and leaving my room. I dressed quickly brushed my hair throwing it into a ponytail, brushed my teeth and was ready enough for our quick run to Luke's. I was about to put on some make-up but decided against it knowing we weren't going to be out long. I walked to the stairs as I pulled on my converse.
"You ready mom?" I shouted up the stairs.
"Sure am!" She said as she came running down the stairs dressed in jeans, a simple top, and black pumps. "Let's go!" She said grabbing my arm heading towards the door. I laughed linking arms with her as we walked to Luke's.
We arrived a Luke's in no time, the bell over the door signaling our arrival. Looking around I saw neither Luke nor Jess, much to my disappointment on the latter. My mom and I walked to the counter and sat down.
"Oh Lukey-Poo. My lovely mini me and I are in need of your elixir of life and food. We are also on a time limit."
"Lorelai seriously can you ever wait?" Luke said as he came out from the kitchen.
"Nope and I thought when I started dating you I'd get some perks."
"I always knew you were just using me."
"Oh yes using you for your body." She said wiggling her eyebrow. "Dirty!"
"Ew mom stop!." I said covering my ears. "Didn't we go over this at home."
"What do you need Lorelai." Luke asked. I noticed he started to turn red and wouldn't look up from his order pad. Poor Luke.
"Well we need coffee lots of coffee, some donuts, some pancakes, and some bacon. All to go too Rory and I have to be back soon to meet Lane and Paris." My mom said smiling.
"Oh can we also get some muffins?" I asked with a smile.
"I still don't understand how the two of you can eat so much." Luke said shaking his head.
"Well that is why we need muffins too because we will be having Lane and Paris joining us," I said with a smile.
"Oh my daughter how smart you are."
"Well I'm put this order in." Luke said but before leaving he poured two cups of coffee pushing them towards us. "Only because I don't need to hear any complaining while you are waiting."
"Oh how kind you are Lukey-Poo."
"Yeah yeah yeah." He said as he left to the kitchen.
"So what is the plan for today?" I asked turning to my mom.
"What do you mean by that?"
"You always have a whole plan set out so tell me it."
"Alright alright my smart child I do have a plan for us. First we will be eating followed by some much needed shopping then we are back to the house for hair and makeup and all around girl gossip. Of course we will have food and coffee between these times because what is the Gilmore Girls without food or coffee. But of course most of this day is finding the perfect outfit, hair style & makeup for you." My mom said very quickly before she took a sip of her coffee.
"And who are you getting all dressed up for?" I turned to see Jess enter from behind the curtain with a smirk.
"Oh you know just this guy I have a date with tonight." I said with a smile.
"Who is this lucky guy who gets to go on a date with you tonight." He said raising an eyebrow as he poured my mom & I more coffee.
"Oh you know this guy. Why you jealous?" I said with this smile continuing this little game he is playing.
"Me jealous?! Never!" He said placing his hand over his heart smirking.
"Whatever you say." I reply with a smile.
"Alright here you go your food is all ready." Luke said as he handed a bag of food.
"Thanks Luke if you were any longer I don't think we would have been able to leave with the cuteness these two were up to." My mom said with a smirk.
"Haha mom." I said blushing a little as I looked down and finished my coffee.
"Well we shall be going. Bye Jess. Bye Lukey." She said leaning over the counter to give Luke a quick kiss.
"Bye Rory. See you tonight." Jess said leaning over to give me a quick kiss and when he pulled away he gave me a wink.
"Bye Jess." I said while a smile as I followed my mom out the door as we headed back home.
"You got it bad girl." My mom said with a smile.
"Huh?"
"You got it bad." My mom replied again with a smile.
"I don't know what you mean." I said as looked forward continuing to walk home.
"You know exactly what I mean sweets. You know exactly what I mean." She said with a smile as she gave me as side hug. "It's cute to see too." She said with a little laugh.
"Oh like you aren't smitten with Luke, or shall I say Lukey-Poo."
"Oh of course I am. I know this it's just I'll admit it you just need some time to realize you are too." She said with a wink.
I laughed a little while looking down blushing. I couldn't help but think I know how I feel about Jess but I wonder just how much he feels for me. Did he feel the same for me or am I getting to far ahead of myself. I shook my head clearing those thoughts away I wasn't going to worry about that tonight it was my first date with Jess and I'm going to make the most of it. I can't let worrying ruin my night. Tonight was going to be great I just know it and time will tell how Jess feels for me. I'm perfectly fine taking the time to be with him to see what those feelings are too.
We soon arrived back home and went inside to set out the food for all of us to eat. Walking over to the coffee maker I started a pot of coffee.
"My darling daughter what are you doing we already have coffee."
"Well mother of mine you know we don't have enough for Paris, Lane and both of us if we are eating then heading out to shop."
"Very true." She said with a nod of her head.
"Well that should be done soon. Lane and Paris should be here soon also." I said as I heard the door open. "I must be psychic!" I said laughing as my mom joined in.
"What's so funny?" Paris asked as she walked into the kitchen.
"My daughter is psychic."
"I always knew there was something a little off with you." Lane said with a smile.
"Try to predict something else!" My mom said jumping up and down. "See if you can think of where Jess is taking you tonight."
"Ok." I said closing my eyes while looking focused. "Nope got nothing. I lost it." I said with a pout.
"Sad. Well anyways let's dig in girls." My mom said grabbing a plate stacking pancakes, bacon, a donut, and a muffin on her plate.
"So what's the plan for today." Lane asked as she grabbed her own plate of food.
"Finish eating, run to Luke's for more coffee, head to the mall to find the perfect outfit, then back to here for hair, makeup and gossip." I said while pouring everyone a cup of coffee from the pot I had made.
"Oh smart my child adding that run to Luke's for coffee. Even though I feel you just wanna see your diner boy again."
I blush slightly and turned to put the coffee pot away.
"She's got it bad. I've told her this but she still won't admit it." My mom said as she looked at Lane and Paris with a smile.
"Like I said you are smitten with Luke."
"Like I already told you of course I am, I'll admit it you just need more time."
"Let's just finish eating so we can get to the mall." I said sitting down to eat.
"And so we can see diner boy soon."
"Oh shush you." I said sticking my tongue out.
"So what kind of outfit are we looking for?" Paris asked.
"I actually have no idea." I said. "Oh gosh what am I suppose to do. What if I'm too dressed up or what if I'm too dressed down!? I knew this surprise date wasn't going to be good." I said panicking a little.
"Calm down Rory." Lane said putting a hand on my shoulder. "We will just ask him to tell us something when we go get coffee."
"Good idea." I said with a smile.
"Alright so we'll ask lover boy to give us an idea of the outfit then we will be off to the mall." My mom said as she started filling up our coffees again. "So anyways while we finish eating let's get started on some gossiping. How are Zack and Jamie doing?"
"Jamie's good he is visiting some family out of town right now though so I won't see him for a few days." Paris said.
"Zach is also good. We have been discussing how we should start a band soon since he plays guitar and I have been playing the drums." Lane began but I interrupted her.
"Lane Oh my gosh I have the greatest idea!" I said turning to her. "What if you were my drummer?! I really don't have a set band, I mean you probably wanna do something with Zack but it's an idea I just had."
"You should make a whole girl band that would be awesome." Lane said.
"Paris if I knew you played an instrument still I'd have you join." I said giving her a smile.
"Well you know me I really more of a books girl." She said with a small smile. "I use to play violin when I was younger as you know, then I also play bass guitar a little but no one ever knew. But I don't play much anymore."
"Well if you ever decide you want to play more tell me cause I'd totally have you in my girl band." I said smiling. Paris smiled back at me.
"Well ladies as cool as this is idea of forming a girl band we need to be going if we are going to run by Luke's for coffee plus get outfit tips from lover boy." My mom said as she poured coffee for herself and finishing it soon after.
"Alright we can go I just have to do something real quick." I said jumping out of my seat heading towards my room.
"Going to get all cute for lover boy." My mom said with a smirk. I turned from my door sticking my tongue out at her. "Fine, go I'll wanna finish this last bit of coffee anyways. Don't want it going to waste."
I quickly walked into my room going over to my mirror. I quickly put on some eyeliner, mascara, and a lip-gloss. Grabbing my hairbrush I quickly brushed my hair. Now I was ready to go out.
"Let's go." I said exiting my room to see my mom finishing her coffee while Lane and Paris were talking with her.
"That was fast." Paris said.
"I didn't need to do much just needed to look presentable for the world."
"More like presentable for lover boy." Lane said with a small smile as she stood next to my mom.
"Oh don't you start now." I said pointing at her with a stern look then began smiling. "Let's get going already though to the mall we must go."
"After elixir of life!" My mom said.
"Of course."
We started walking to Luke's just randomly talking and laughing. Once we all reach Luke's I could see inside Jess is taking an order from the few people in the diner at the moment while Luke is walking in and out of the kitchen. I can't help but smile when I see Jess. I can't look too long to get caught in my thoughts when I remember what we came here for and what we still have in store for the day so I want to get all this over with so my date can happen and is no longer just a thought in my head.
"Lukey!" My mom said entering the diner.
"Seriously Lorelai. I just saw you a few hours ago and already you're already in here screaming my name again." Luke said coming from the kitchen.
"Dirty!" My mom said as we all reached the counter.
Luke blushes slightly as he shakes his head. "What do you need now Lorelai."
"We all need Coffee so we can all make it through our trip to the mall." My mom replied with a smile.
"Of course I should have guessed. You know this stuff will kill you." Luke said as he turns to make a fresh pot of coffee.
"Yeah yeah I know. Now that we have our coffee on the way on to the next task. Oh Jessie Boy!" My mom yelled turning on her stool.
"Please Lorelai do not call me that." Jess said as he walks to the counter handing the order he just took to Luke. "Now what do you need." He said looking at my mom after he gave me a small smirk making me smile.
"Well we must know where you are taking Rory tonight for your date."
"No can do." Jess said shaking his head.
"But we need to know for her outfit." My mom exclaimed.
"Well I can't tell you where we are going cause it's a secret." Jess said smirking again as he leans on the counter.
"Well at least give us a little hint we don't want her to be too dressed up or too dressed down." My mom said crossing her arms.
"Whatever Rory wears will be fine, she always looks great no matter what she's in. She looked just as beautiful this morning her hair in a ponytail with no makeup then she does now with her hair down with a little makeup, I'm sure whatever she wears tonight will be fine. I'm not going out with her for the outfit or her looks, her being amazingly beautiful is just a bonus for me." Jess replied then busied himself by grabbing a rag to wipe the counter.
"Awe." Lane, Paris, & My mom said. While all I can do is blush while staring at Jess.
Jess looks up from the counter smiling slightly at me. "What? It's the truth." He said leaning over the counter to give me a quick kiss. "Whatever you find will be perfect."
"Well we better be off then." My mom said as she notices Luke has set our coffees in front of her before heading to back to the kitchen. "We will see you soon. Bye Lukey!" She yelled getting up as Lane & Paris follow her out the door.
"Aren't you suppose…?" Jess starts to say before I cut him off by leaning over the counter to give him another kiss, this one lasting a little longer then the one he gave me but I don't allow it to go too far knowing there are a few people watching. I pull back and look at Jess who is smiling slightly as he looks at me. "Thanks." I say with a smile hoping he knows how much what he said means to me. "I should go now though." I start to head for the door.
"See you tonight." Jess said and I turn to look at him and see he has a small smile still.
"See you tonight." I replied smiling even more then before.
I walk out of the diner to see my mom, Lane, and Paris all giving me an all-knowing smile.
"Well let's go." My mom said as we head back home to get the Jeep.
Once we are all in the jeep and headed towards the mall we try to figure out ideas of where Jess could be taking me to figure out outfit ideas. Soon though I get lost in my thoughts about what Jess said in the diner and the conversation around me fades away. Just thinking of what he said even though it wasn't that long ago still makes me feel like I want to melt and I can't help but get a smile on my face knowing Jess said all those things about me. Jess was talking about me and he never says anything he doesn't believe and he definitely would never say anything in front of my mom that he didn't mean, he knows that will only be problematic for him. So knowing this just makes me smile and just want it to be tonight already so that it's just me and Jess having our date together. As I am caught up in my thoughts I don't even notice we are pulling into the mall parking lot, I must have been caught up in my thoughts for a while now. Once we are parked we all get out of the car and start walking.
"So we shouldn't be here long since we need to get you ready Rory so I was thinking we will just head right to Forever21 knowing that's one of your favorites and we will definitely find you something there." My mom said.
"Sounds good to me." I replied with a smile as Lane and Paris nod their heads.
"Alright well let's go then." My mom said as she leads the way in the mall until we reach Forever21.
"Ok well what should we look for?" Paris said as we entered the store.
"I think we could find a nice dress that isn't too fancy for her to wear for tonight." Lane said as she started looking around the store.
"I think that is just what she needs." My mom said with a smile. "Alright let's get going."
And with that I was being lead around the store looking a different dresses and in no time we all hand our hands full with tons of dresses for me to try on. Entering the dressing room I grabbed the first dress got changed quickly and showed the girls it, they all shook their heads "Too Fancy." It went on like this for a while ranging for the dresses being too fancy, too plain, too weird, too not Rory. I was starting to think that we would never find a dress for me. But sure enough as the pile got smaller I saw a dress that looked perfect. I tried it on quickly looking in the mirror I smiled let's just hope everyone else agrees that this is the dress. I step out of the dressing room smiling.
"That's it!" My mom said smiling.
"Agreed." Lane and Paris said together.
"Good because I was thinking this was definitely the dress I was just hoping you all agreed." I said as I turned to look in the mirror again. My dress is a dress that has a denim vest that goes along with it. The dress is a high low form of a dress that has a sheer skirt but also a cotton dress under the sheer skirt dress is all black while the vest is a distressed light blue jean.
"Oh I know what will fit with this dress hold on." My mom said as she ran off. It didn't take her long until she can back with a pair of black almost biker looking boots in her hand. "These will just about complete the outfit."
Sure enough I tried them on and the worked great with the dress. I smiled and turn to look in the mirror from different angles. "Yep this is it." I said smiling.
"Agreed now you change out of that and we will pay, get some food then head back home to get ready." My mom said pushing me back towards my dressing room.
Once I was changed back into my regular clothes quickly. We paid for my dress and shoes and were out of there. We stopped by the food court for some lunch seeing as we wouldn't have anything to eat at home unless we stopped at Luke's again and no one wanted me to see Jess again until the date, they make it sound like the night before a wedding where the groom can't see the bride. After we were done eating we were back in the car and were back on the road to home. While we drove we all discussed what finishing touches we plan to add to make my outfit complete. It seemed like in no time we were back at the crap shack. Grabbing my bag we all entered the house.
"Coffee! I need coffee!" My mom said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Well while you make coffee we will be working on Rory." Lane said as she pushed me into my room.
"Hey hey not so pushy." I said with a laugh sitting on my bed.
"Well don't get comfortable because you need to go shower before we can start." Paris says as she throws a towel at me.
"Yes ma'am." I said saluting Lane and Paris with a laugh as I grabbed the towel then grabbed some underwear, bra, simple t-shirt and shorts then walked out of my room into the bathroom. I took my time showering knowing I didn't have to rush. Once I was done and dressed I wrapped my hair in a towel and headed back to my room.
"Alright girls so how should we go about this?" My mom asked when I entered my room.
"Well I have an idea for her make-up." Lane said.
"I'll do her hair." Paris said.
"Alright I'll see what jewelry I can add to her outfit without overdoing it. Alright team and break." My mom said with a smile and laugh as we all headed to my 'not so secret anymore' room.
"Alright Rory come here and I'll do your makeup while we let your hair air dry some." Lane said leading me over to a chair they had al ready for me.
"So are you excited for tonight?" Paris asked.
"Yes." I said with a smile as I started to think of Jess, which only cause me blush a little.
"Awe she's blushing." Paris said laughing some. "So do you have any ideas of what Jess could be doing?"
"No I have no idea. It really could be anything with Jess I never truly know what to expect with him." I said as I closed my eyes seeing as Lane started gesturing me to do so she could begin my make-up.
"Jess truly does do the unexpected who knew he would say what he did at the diner." Lane said.
"Especially in front of me. I was hoping since I'm Rory's mom he would be a little scared to say that kind of stuff in front of me. But no such luck."
"Well mom it's not like you haven't known him. I mean he did grow up in Stars Hollow when we were younger so you knew him then. I mean we were best friends growing up."
"Very true daughter very true. I must say what he said was very sweet I'm glad to know he cares so much for you."
"Well we don't know how much he cares for me let's not get ahead of ourselves now. I mean come on guys this is our first date."
"If he was comfortable enough saying what he said in the diner in front of your two best friends and mom I would say that shows he cares about you." My mom said and even though I had my eyes closed I knew she was smiling.
"Yeah I agree with your mom Rory, Jess just doesn't say those kind of things you know how he is about his feelings most of the time he's a closed book. But with you I guess he's not so closed anymore." Paris said which just made me blush.
"Well I'm still not going to get my hopes up so high." I said.
"You think Jess would just say those kinds of things and not mean it?" Lane asked. "He isn't like that he uses he feelings and words very wisely plus I don't think he'd ever hurt you not after he knows he's hurt you before. Alright I think I'm done open your eyes."
I opened my eyes for her and she nodded her head smiling.
"Okay my time for hair even though I don't think I'm going to do much with it." Paris said walking over to me with a hair dryer, comb, and brush. It didn't take long for my hair to dry and once it was Paris started brushing and styling it how she wanted. "Alright there." She said.
"Really you're done?" I asked.
"Yeah you look great with your hair just down so I thought I'd keep it simple."
"Alright now look it the mirror tell us what you think." Lane said.
Turning I looked into the mirror and couldn't help but smile. What Lane and Paris had done will match my outfit perfectly. Lane had done a soft smokey eye for my eyes while Paris had just left my hair down straight with my bangs side swept like usual.
"It's perfect. Thanks guys." I said smiling and them.
"Well we still have some time before the date. I say we do your nails since we have time to spare." My mom said walking over to me with some nail polish.
"Sounds good to me." I said sitting down once again. "So what are you all going to do when I'm gone?"
"Well while you are out with lover boy I thought the girls and I could have a movie night while we wait for you to come home to tell us every detail of the date." My mom said.
"I'm up for that." Lane said with a smile.
"Yeah I am too I'm curious to know what Jess will be doing for Rory." Paris said.
"Ummm who said I was going to tell you guys what happens."
"Rory daughter of mine who I love so much you'd really keep this for me, the women who gave you life." My mom said as she stopped painting my nails holding her heart like I just hurt her.
"I guess not, you're right I'll be telling you all everything. Well most of everything." I said with a blush.
"OoOoooOh is Rory planning on doing something dirty to not tell us." Lane said with a laugh.
"Rory I love you and I love Jess and I'm glad you're together but no dirtiness especially on the first date." My mom said with a serious look while trying to suppress a smile.
"Oh gosh no I didn't mean it like that." I said blushing going to cover my face only to have my hands pulled away by my mom who is still painting my nails.
"She probably just doesn't want to share all the details of the kissing her and Jess will be up to." Paris said with a smirk making me blush more.
"Oh girl you will be telling us about kisses. You can't just leave us hanging we need these details." My mom said.
"Can't we just finish so I can get changed?" I said as I wouldn't look at any of them knowing I'd just blush more.
"She really wants to get those kisses girls." My mom said with a laugh seeing as I blushed more.
We keep talking while I was getting my nails finished luckily the topics never were close to me anymore I guess they all thought I had blushed enough for one day. When my nails were finished and dried it left just enough time for me to dress and do my last minute touch ups. Getting my clothes from my bag I got changed. Once I was all dressed my mom handed me a pair of mesh dangly earrings and a necklace that had a ring that said 'believe' on it. I thought it was pretty fitting for the night. (A/N: The whole outfit, make-up and everything is on my profile) Looking at my clock I noticed how late it was and it was then I noticed Jess would be here any minute. It was then that I started getting nervous.
"Rory you'll be fine. You're going to have an amazing night." My mom said smiling.
"Yeah Rory. Don't be such a worry wart." Paris said.
"Plus once Jess sees you he's going to get his socks knocked off." Lane said.
"Thanks guys." I said smiling at them all.
The doorbell rang and we all turned to each other. "I'll go get it. You come in a minute, you have to make an entrance." My mom said leaving to get the door. Again I started getting nervous.
"Rory seriously you have nothing to worry about." Paris said with a smile.
"So stop being so worried you're going to have a good night with Lover Boy." Lane said with a wink. " Now let's go make that entrance."
Lane and Paris both left before me and I took a deep breath before I followed after them. I could hear voices talking I don't know what for sure was being said but I know it was my mom and Jess talking. Once I was in sight they stopped though. Jess's mouth drop for a spilt second then he just smiled. I smiled back my nerves disappearing know that this is a great way for the date to start. I had finally reach where Jess and my mom were standing.
"Alright kids you be good. No getting into trouble, not that there is much trouble in Stars Hollow. Anyways off you guys go." My mom said pushing us out the door. "Remember what I said Jess!" She said with a smile as she shut the door behind us.
"You going to tell me what she said to you?" I asked raising my eyebrow as we started walking off the porch.
"You know the whole hurt my daughter I hurt you speech. Don't worry I expected it." He said with a smirk.
"Oh okay." I said blushing slightly knowing my mom just had to embarrass me.
"Really Rory it wasn't bad at all and like I said I expected it."
"Okay." I said with a nod and smile. " So where are we going?"
"You shall see soon enough." He said with smile as he grabbed my hand. "Did I mention how amazing you look tonight?"
"No you didn't." I said blushing a little looking away. "You don't look so bad yourself." I said with a smile. He had on his leather jacket, a grey button up shirt, jeans, plus his converse. (A/N: Outfit on profile.)
"Well you look beautiful. But like I told you before you're always beautiful." He said as he kissed my cheek quickly while wrapping his arm around my shoulder while I once again blush, when will I stop blushing today. "Alright well we are here."
I looked up and saw we were at the bridge and there were little tea candles lining the bridge lighting it up and in the middle of the bridge there was a blanket and a picnic basket. "Jess this is beautiful. Thank you so much." I said as I hugged him tightly making him chuckle a little.
"Well don't thank me yet the date hasn't even started yet." He said as he led me to the blanket. We sat down in the middle of the blanket as Jess started to get the food out. "So I hope you like what I made."
"You cooked for me?"
"Of course I did." He said as he took out a few bowls and some plates. As he uncovered the bowls I saw he had made spaghetti and some rolls to go along with it.
"This isn't your normal picnic food." I said with a smile as Jess loaded up a plate for me.
"Well you're lucky we are close to the diner where I cook so you get the good stuff not just your regular sandwiches or other picnic foods." He said with a smile as he handed me my plate.
"I'm a very lucky girl indeed." I said smiling as I dug into my plate of food. Once I had taken a bite I couldn't help but groan a little with how good it taste. "Gosh Jess this is delicious."
"Well I'm glad you like it." He smiled.
"You have to cook for me more often." I said as I continued eating.
"That can definitely be arranged." He said still smiling as he began eating.
"You know you didn't have to do all of this for me Jess."
"I know but I wanted our first date to be special and something that hopefully you will always remember."
"I definitely will remember this. Thank you Jess." I said as I leaned over to give him a quick kiss pulling back with a smile as I continued to eat.
"No problem Rory." He said with a smile.
We soon finished our food and had our plates and the food all put away. We were just sitting on the bridge relaxing. Jess was sitting up while I was sitting in between his legs leaning against his chest as I looked up at the sky.
"It's so pretty out tonight. You can see the stars, it's really a beautiful night."
"Not as beautiful as you." Jess whispered into my ear, which once again only caused me to blush. I turned slightly and reached my lips up to his to meet him in a kiss. I could feel Jess smiling slightly into the kiss and then I felt him pull away. "Come on let's dance." He said slowly standing up bringing me along with him.
"Ummm Jess I don't know if you notice but there is no music."
"That's what you say now." He says before he grabbed his iPod and a speaker from the basket.
"You're just full of tricks aren't you?" I asked with a smile.
"I told you I want to make our first date one you remember." He said as he got his iPod ready and grabbed my hand as the music started. "Come on dance with me." He said as he started to move around to the beat.
"Here I thought we would be slow dancing." I said with a small laugh as I laughed dancing with him. (A/N: No dirty dancing people. Just imagine them kind of Swing dancing but not really. But doing some moves you imagine in swing dancing.)
"I can't help that The Boss wants us to dance to his music." He said with a smile. I just laughed again as the song really started and we continued to dance.
"I get up in the evening
and I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby, I could use just a little help
You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
even if we're just dancing in the dark
Message keeps getting clearer
radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man I ain't getting nowhere
I'm just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere
baby I just know that there is
You can't start a fire
you can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
even if we're just dancing in the dark
You sit around getting older
there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
come on baby this laugh's on me
Stay on the streets of this town
and they'll be carving you up alright
They say you gotta stay hungry
hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
come on now baby gimme just one look
You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Even if we're just dancing in the dark
Hey baby"
Once the song was over we both we laughing at how silly we were dancing and I loved every minute of it. Soon enough though the song changed to a much slower one. Jess took a step back from me and bowed slightly. "May I have this dance?"
"Yes you may." I said with a smile as I grabbed his hand and was soon wrapped into his arms while my head rested against his chest. When the song started I could hear Jess singing it into my ear and we slowly dance.
"Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And everything you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.
I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called "Yellow".
So then I took my turn,
Oh what the things have done,
And it was all yellow.
Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into
Something beautiful,
You know,
You know I love you so,
You know I love you so.
I swam across,
I jumped across for you,
Oh what a thing to do.
'Cause you were all yellow,
I drew a line,
I drew a line for you,
Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all yellow.
Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into
Something beautiful,
And you know,
For you I'd bleed myself dry,
For you I'd bleed myself dry.
It's true,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine for you,
Look how they shine.
Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And all the things that you do."
Once the song was over Jess stopped singing and I turned my head so I could lean up and kiss him. His arms were still wrapped around my waist and my arms wrapped around his neck holding me close to him. It didn't take long for us to deepen the kiss. My hands started to roam into his hair and I felt Jess sigh into the kiss as I felt one of his hands slide from my waist to rest against my cheek. We continued kissing until it was clear that we both were in need of some air. We were broke apart I rested my head against his. Jess reached down and gave me a kiss on the cheek before pulled further apart.
"You totally planned that song coming on didn't you?"
"I did not such thing." Jess said looking shocked.
"Ok then." I said shivering from a cold breeze that just picked up.
"Cold?" Jess asked looking at me.
"Here take this." He said as he took off his leather jacket and placed it around me.
"Won't you be cold?" I asked raising an eyebrow as I noticed he short sleeves.
"I'm a big boy I can handle a little breeze." He said with a small smile.
"Ok if you say so." I said as I moved my arms into the sleeves of the jacket." This seriously has been a night I won't forget anytime soon." I said with a smile.
"I'm very glad to hear that."
"Do we have more time before I need to be headed home?"
"Yeah we have a little time." He says with a smile. "Why what do you have planned." He said raising his eyebrow.
"I just wanna sit and look at the stars again."
"Sounds like a plan to me." He says as we lay on the blanket this time. I lay my head on Jess's chest and he wraps his arm around my waist while the other is behind his head. "Oh I almost forgot!" Jess says sitting up bringing me with him and repositioning us so I'm between his legs again as he reaches into the basket.
"What more can be in there?" I asked confused as Jess just laughs and pulls out a thermos and a covered plate handing it to me. I uncover the plate to see brownies and I can only guess what's in the thermos. "Brownies and coffee!?"
"Of course we needed dessert didn't we?" He said kissing my cheek and grabbing a brownie.
"You're just too good to be true." I said with a smile turning slightly to give him a quick kiss before turning back to the brownies.
"I could say the same about you." He whispered into my ear and wrapped his arms around my waist pulling me closer to his chest.
"I once again must say I definitely won't forget this date. Best first date ever." I said taking a bite of my brownie.
"Well I'm happy to hear that." Jess said leaning his head on my shoulder.
"So how are you going to top this for our second date?"
"There's going to be a second date?"
"Well umm…I just…I thought…." I started to stumble over my words.
"Rory calm down. Of course there will be a second date. You're my girlfriend after all." He said with a smile and kissed my cheek again. "I hope there is also a third, fourth, fifth, sixth date and many more after that."
"I hope so too." I said smiling.
"And to answer your question. I'll think of some way to top this date. I have many ideas."
"I can't wait to see what these ideas are."
"Well hopefully you won't have to wait long for until the next one then."
"Agreed" I said turning and giving Jess another kiss. I pulled away leaning against Jess again looking up at the stars. We stayed in that position for a while, sneaking kisses here and there until finally we had to be going. I helped Jess pack everything up which once packed up we left at the bridge since Jess said he's come back to get it and with that we were walking back to my house my hand finding his. We walked in silence the short walk to my place. It did take a little longer then normal though because we snuck a few more kisses in. What can I saw I can't help myself? When we finally reach my porch though I knew I had to get in the house soon before one of my best friends or worse my mom came out to embarrass me.
"Thanks for the most amazing first date Jess." I said with a smile as I looked at him.
"It was my pleasure Rory." He said with a small smile a leaned in to give me one last kiss. My arms went to his neck as I didn't want the kiss to end just yet while Jess's arms went around my waist. We didn't let this kiss last too long though cause I just knew we were being watched, I think Jess knew this too because he pulled away. "You should probably get in there to tell them the details before the come out here." He said with a smirk.
I blushed slightly. "Yeah I better. Night Jess." I said giving him one more peck before for I unwrapped myself from him. "Wait don't you need your jacket back. It is your favorite after all."
"No you keep it, it gives me an excuse to see you sooner." Jess said stopping me from taking off the jacket. "Night Rory. See you soon." He said with a smile as he started his walk away from me.
I entered the house and leaned against the close door behind me with a smile pullng the jacket closer to me. I walked into the living room to see Lane, Paris, and My mom all staring at me.
"Well tell us everything!" Lane said.
"You better not leave anything out." Paris said.
"By that smile I'd say it was a pretty nice date." My mom said.
"Best first date ever." I said with a huge smile and I fell on the couch by my mom and starting telling them everything that happened on the date. It seems that I have another day to add to my list of Best Days of my life. I can't wait to have even more dates and even more days to add to that list.
A/N: YAY FIRST DATE! How did you guys like it? Did I do well? Did you like all the cuteness I tried to add? Haha Well I hope you all enjoyed it. I had a lot of fun writing what I found would be cute. Yeah I know they are OOC but I feel like Jess could be that sweet plus it's my story I like him sweet. Well anyways tell me what you guys think even though the date really did take me a long time to think of once I got the idea it just flowed and I couldn't stop…as you could tell from it being 27 pages haha. Anyways tell me what you guys thought. Thanks so much again for staying with me and for those who are still reading and enjoy my story. It means a lot to me knowing people like my stuff. Anyways I must stop talking. Hopefully I can get next chapter out soon. If it's not out in a month…please spam my messages telling me to get it out already. Once again sorry for any errors I made and thanks so much for reading. Review nicely please. Thanks again!
Songs:
Dancing In The Dark by Bruce Springsteen aka The Boss
Yellow by Coldplay
