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| PAGE 2 Title: Younger Man Author: Java Junkie Date: Sept 23 2002-monday-9:45 P.M. Disclamer- I dont own Gilmore Girls.....I hope you already knew that.......'cause I dont........no kidding.....I really dont....honestly... Chapter Seven Jess and Lorelai had went and retrived Jess' possesions from the hotel and took them back to her house. After a few hours of talking Jess offered to go pick up some dinner, from Lukes, while Lorelai went to rent videos. Jess walked into Lukes, only a few tourists were there, so he went and stood at the counter. Luke glarred annoyed at Lorelai's 'Mystry Man' as he had been refered to since he was first spotted. "What" grumbled Luke. "Uh can I get to burgers,2 fries and 2 coffees to go" Jess replied. "Yeah" A few moments later Luke was back porring coffee into styrofoam cups. "It'll be done in a few minutes" "Uh.. good I wanted to talk to you" "About" "Lorelai" "What about her" "I know you had..." "had what" Luke getting annoyed. " feelings for her" Jess said feeling like a dork. "What're you talkin about" "Luke get off it man" "What in the hell are you talkin about" "Come on you lusted after her" Jess, exaspurated. "Lorelai said that" "Didnt have to I saw the way you use to watch her. Come on Uncle Luke fess up" Jess, he hadnt meant to say uncle. "Uncle...oh hell...Jess" "Hey" "Dammit, does Lorelai know..." "Yeah" "Your kidding me.." "No, I told her as soon as I ound out who she was" "You came back for Rory right and Lorelai feels bad about hating you and she helping you out right" "No" "You two are jsut friends right" "Sorta" "Dammit" Luke mumbled going in the back. He came out with the food. "Here" "Thanks" Jess handing Luke the money. "I gotta get back to work" Jess nodded and left. "Hey" Lorelai, when Jess came inside the house. "Hey" "Whats wrong" "I told Luke who I was" "Oh" "you ok with that" "yeah, what he say" "Dammit....several times" "anything else" "he uh.. thought I came back and you were upset about hating me and so you were 'helping' me win her over" "What'd you say" "I said we were sorta friends" "Sorta friends" "Yeah" "Okay then" "I didnt wanna say anything about how 'sorta' we were. Before we talked about it" "Untill then, sorta friends works" "good" "So was Miss Patty in the diner" "Hey I'm not crazy" "They'll find outta bout it soon enough" "That ok with you" "Yup" "Good" Chapter Eight Lorelai sat in the kitchen. It was 4 am and Jess was asleep on the couch. He had been staying with her for two days. Two days of feeling like she was the most amazing woman in the world and yet feeling guilty at the same time. She was afraid. Two things always managed to mess up her relationships with men: commitment and intamacy. She wanted Jess. But, she knew they should wait. If their was a relationship in their future they needed to develop a bond something strong and real before they progressed much further sexually. Finally breaking out of her thoughts she saw Jess standing a few feet away in a white t-shirt and flannel pants. Half asleep and smirking. "Whatcha doin" he asked walking over to her and kissing her hair. "Thinking" she stated looking up at him. "Oh, about anything interesting" he asked sitting down next to her. "Um..about..uh..not really.." "Lorelai, you dont have to tell me" Lorelai stared at him giving him a 'please dont think I'm shutting you out' look. He kissed her quickly, reassuringly, passionatly. "If ya need me I'll be on the couch" he whispered against her hair as he pulled away from her. Jess went back to the couch and Lorelai followed him. They held eachother and fell asleep. It was 5:40 and she knew Lorelai would be asleep. So she used her key, quietly opening and closing the door. She heard a rustle of blankets and figured Lorelai was asleep on the couch. Smiling she walked over and turned on a lamp as she loudly said "Hey, wake up sleepyhead". Lorelai and Jess woke up, both a bit confused. And they saw her standing there bags at her feet, mouth gaped open and blushing. "I'll um.. I'll be in my room" Rory stated before walking to her room. Lorelai and Jess starred shocked and nervous. "So what do we do" Lorelai asked. "I dunno" "Um..I'll tell her" "You sure" "Yeah" "Alright...I'm gonna get dressed and take a walk, so you guys can be alone" "Good idea" Jess kissed Lorelai before pulling a pair of jeans on over his flannel pants and putting on shoes and a jacket. He said he'd be back in an hour and then he left. Lorelai nervously walked into Rory's room. Rory sat on her bed, her cheeks still painted crimson. "I didnt even think about you having company" Rory stated as soon as Lorelai walked in. "Hey can I get a hug" Lorelai knew Rory would react badly and she wanted to get one before Rory wasnt willing. Rory nodded and hugged her mother. They pulled away and sat akwardly beside eachother. "So....who is he" Rory. "Um kiddo I love you so much your THE most important person to me and you always will be" "Mom, I know, besides I want you to be happy and you deserve a nice guy..he's nice isnt he" "Yeah.. I didnt think he was when we first met.." "Okay so who is he" Rory asked smiling. Lorelai tried to be calm but she was nervous, she could very well lose her daughter over this and yet she managed to whisper "Jess". "Uh thats his name...how weird....oh God...that isnt..." Rory asked shocked before she stood up and ran out the door. Rory didnt even register that Jess wasnt on the couch she just ran. She stopped at the bridge and saw him sitting there smoking a cigarette. "How could you" she asked as she sat a few feet away from him. "When we met the other day we didnt even recognize eachother" Jess stated tossing his cigarette into the water. "The other day" Rory shocked "Uh..yeah and then I asked her name and she told me and I was shocked and then I told her my name and she took off" "Then.." "We met back up and it was weird but we were attracted to eachother and it just went from there" "I cant belive you teo. Didnt you think about..Luke or...me...How we'd feel...I cant stand you..or her" with that Rory left. She arrived at Lukes banging furiosly on the glass. He came out from the back and unlocked the door suprised when he saw her. And then he saw the tears in her eyes as she asked him "did you know". "Just found out yesterday" Rory starred up at Luke and before she could talk herself out of it she kissed him. It was rushed and nerous and left them both confused. Her for kissing him and him for kissing her back. Chapter Nine "Rory...we cant do that" Luke stated stepping back a few steps. "Sorry. I was just..." "Hey dont worry about it...it's just we cant let whatevers going on with Lorelai and Jess effect the way we feel. Just because we're mad dosent mean we have to try and hurt them" "I know" Luke decided now wasnt the time to tell Rory he was in a searious relationship, that would only embarass her even more. "Where ya staying" Luke asked "I cant go back to the house..." Rory stated nervously. "Rory you can stay here, forget about the....what happened before. People do things they dont mean when their upset" Rory nodded and followed Luke up the stairs. She opted to sleep on the couch, Jess' old room had a bed in it but she couldnt sleep there and sleeping in Lukes bed was just to weird. Luke watched Rory fight to go to sleep, despite the fact that it was 5 am she was struggling with her newly aquired knowledge of her mothers love life. Lorelai was still in Rory's room when Jess had got back. He had followed Rory to make sure she didnt do anything rash. However she did. He saw her kiss Luke and he saw Rory about to leave. And so he walked away, so they wouldnt see him. And a few minutes later when he walked back to the diner they were both gone. So he headed back to Lorelai. "Hey" Jess stated when he saw Lorelai, sitting on Rory's bed, crying. "She left" "I um.. know" he debated with himself with what to tell her. Lorelai looked at him, what was he not saying. "She came to the bridge and I was there" "Oh" "She asked me how we got together" "And" "I told her" "At least she talking to someone. Did she say where she was going" "Uh..no" "Jess" "I followed her" "You followed her" "To make sure she didnt get hurt, Lorelai" "And" "She went to Lukes" "What happened" "She kissed him" Jess after a few moments. "WHAT, it was a friend kinda kiss right" "It was more of a ..um pay back..pissed off kinda kiss" Jess nervous. "Oh and" "Rory was leaving so I walked into the alley and when I came out they were gone" "They hate us" "Their just upset" Lorelai got up and hugged Jess before she sat at the table and Jess made coffee. Noon came and with it Rory woke up. A note was tacked to the door. 'Your more then welcome to come down. But, dont forget your in Stars Hollow and with the thing with your mom and Jess going around People may get the wrong idea. I'll be up to check on you whenever it gets slow. Luke' She groaned and turned the tv on. 35 minutes later Luke came upstairs. "Hey" he stated when he saw she was awke. "Hey" "Want some coffee" "Yeah" "I should've know" "Yup" "Okay then" "Hey um Luke...about earlier" "What happened earlier" Luke with a slight smile as he atempted to look clueless. Rory smiled and shrugged "I forgot what I was gonna say" "I'll be right back" "Think they'll ever not hate us" Lorelai asked Jess. "Yeah" "Really" "Yes" "But how sure are you" "99%" "Only 99" "point nine" "they'll be the point one" lorelai asked resting her forehead against the table. Chapter Ten "Rory dont ruin the relationships you have with them. You might want them around some day" Luke said, the few years with Jess had made him realize that you had to give advice and give a reason why. Being demanding just got you a glare from whoever you were talking to. And just advising left them asking why. "Luke it was my mom and my ex-boyfriend. She's old enough to be HIS mom" Rory said loudly. "Jess is my nephew and your mom....shes a good friend of mine. And apparently everyone knew I wanted more then that...at one time. But it didnt work out. And you and Jess didnt work out. And you realized he was younger then her when you walked in on them. It's weird because it's them" Luke said, making references to things Rory had revealed. Rory just starred at her hands. She didnt want to think about it anymore. "Jess I lost my best friend and my kid. Everything is falling apart" Lorelai said sitting on the couch starring dazed at the turned off television. "Their just upset." "Yeah and thats why it's been 3 days" "Lorelai reverse the situation... Luke and Rory" "Are you TRYING to scar me for life" "Thats how they feel" "I'm a horriable person you know that dont you...how can you be with me I mean I am sooo sleazy" "Lorelai your not horriable or sleazy, your an amazing person. Besides I'm a part of this relationship" "Jess I called you back, I started this. this is so wrong.." "Loreali this isnt worng, it cant be.. because, I love you" Jess said stopping Lorelais rant. "What" "I love you" "Oh" Lorelai said suprised and looking a bit shocked. Jess just nodded. He didnt need her to say it back, not yet. Their relationship was new and they still hadnt defined their relationship but he wouldnt lie to her, he did love her. Lorelai and Jess had sat on the couch for awhile but now she needed to be alone and think. So she sat on the porch wonderring how she ended up with this amazing man who loved her and just happened to be Lukes nephew and Rorys ex-boyfriend. "Hey" Rory said standing on a porch step. "Oh" Lorelai said suprised and then a shaky "Rory hey" "Do ya mind" Rory asked pointing at the seat beside Lorelai. "No... go ahead ki..yeah um please sit down" Lorelai stated rushed. Rory jsut nodded and sat down. "I dont care" "About what" Lorelai. "You and Jess, I just dont care anymore. I mean its none of my buisness I havent spoken to him for years and we're... um.. we hardley talk anymore" "I call you" "I know. Anyways I mean it's your buisness and it's your mistake.. He's just an old boyfriend and your just..." "Your mother" "Your both parts of my past, I've moved on and..." Rory was stopped when Jess, who had just stepped outside when Lorelai mentioned calling Rory, "She was everything to you, she was your mother, your best friend, you name it she'd do it, and when I was 17 I didnt understand it cause I never had it. Hell I still dont understand it but we all knew it, still do. And as much as you despise this ..... situation. She'll always be your mom and anytime you call her she'd run all the way to you if she had to" "Jess.." Lorelai pleaded afraid her daughter would be out of her life forever. "Bye" Rory stated angrily and then left. Leaving Lorelai to break down it tears asking Jess "why" and when he hugged her she began hitting his chest but she was so worn out that it didnt hurt that much and he didnt move. Chapter Eleven Rory Gilmore sat in her apartment, a week since she had seen her mother and Jess, starring at the tv. She had come home, been upset, told her boyfriend about it, he was pissed that she'd care who her ex boyfriend was dating, and so theyd broken up. And that was only the first day. The rest of the week was full of ice cream and bad columns that her boss had whined about all week. Tentively giving in to the Rory Gilmore of years ago she picked up the phone and called her mother. "H'lo" Lorelai answered plainly. "Hey mom" Rory. "Ror" Lorelai nervously. "How are you" "Fine, what about you babe, I mean Rory" Lorelai not wanting to upset Rory. "I broke up with Brok" "Who" "My boyfriend" "Oh, I'm sorry" "It's ok, so Jess" "What about him" "How is he" "Fine, did you and Brent break up because of Jess" "It's Brok and sort of" "You still like Jess" "No, but Brok thinks I do, it's like he thinks my mom dating my ex boyfriend is normal, but it's not mom it's just not" "I know" "Uggh this was a bad idea" "No it.." Rory hung up. "Jess, this thing, it has to stop" Lorelai said walking in on Jess brishing his teeth. "Lorelai I'm getting the feeling we arent talking about me brushing my teeth" "I cant ...we cant" "Oh that, I knew I wasnt lucky enoug for it to be about my teeth cleaning technique" "Rory is so upset" "You talked to her" "Yeah she just called" "Oh, she asked that we stop seeing eachother" "Not in so many words" "Then how, how did she say it" "That it wasnt normal and she broke up with her boyfriend because when she told him about it he thought she was upset about you and.." "And you looking for an out" "Jess it's not like that" "Lorelai I know Rory comes first but your not exactly fighting for this relationship...at all" "How can you say that, I have no one Jess, do you understand that, my own daughter hates me, the daughter whose been my best friend since conception, and you want me to just disregard her, I cant do that" "Lorelai I love you, your everything to me. But hey who gives a fuck. I gotta go. Call me when you have a permission slip from your daughter" Jess said before walking out the front door. Lorelai fell to the floor pissed off and in tears. Chapter Twelve Jess sat in Lukes now empty diner. Leaning onto the counter starring at his soda. "I'd offer you something else but I dont drink" Luke said wiping off the counter. Jess held a chip that ressembled a poker chip between his fingers and mumbled "Sober 1 year" Luke looked shocked he hadnt known Jess had been an alcoholic. "So what went wrong" "What didnt" "Jess you came in here barefoot and shirtless and you've sat there for an hour and a half" Jess just shrugged "Your not gonna explain are you" "Wasnt on the agenda" "You and Lorelai fighting" "Naw" Jess in a half assed manner "Jess is you.." "Dont get all halmark card on me" "Jess" "What, Lorelai broke it off is that what you fucking wanted to hear, well there ya go" Jess asked standing up and yelling. "Jess" "What" "Need someplace to crash" "No, I'm going back to new york, I have to get away from conneticut, I need to stay away conneticut, conneticut and gilmore girls" "Your gonna go like that" Luke refering to Jess attire, or lack there of. 15 minutes later Jess was in a cab wearring one of Lukes shirts and a pair of his shoes. A few hours later he was at his apartment in NYC drinking soda and watching so late it's almost morning tv shows aka infomercials. "Luke can I get some coffee" Lorelai stated lightly. Luke handed her a cup of coffee. "Lorelai about.." "I gotta get to work, I'll drop Jess' stuff off later" "He isnt here" "Oh, I'll drop em off here anyways" "Jess.. Jess" His publisher. "What" "Is your book anywhere near done" "Nope" "you said.." "Dont care" "We have a .." "Dont care" "Hey mom" Rory said approaching Lorelais front desk at her inn. "Rory" Lorelai shocked. "Hows work" "Fine" "Is there someplace we can talk" "Uh yeah in my office" Lorelai leading Rory to the back. "So.." "So hows...um.. your boyfriend, did you guys get back together" Rory shook her head "Hows Jess" "I dunno he went back to New York a couple weeks ago" "Dosent he call" "We're not together" "Oh so that..thing between you was a fling" Lorelai bit her tounge and kind of nodded. "Oh, so um.. " "What is it babe" "So it wasnt because of my call" "Oh of course not" "It had to do with the call" "I said it didnt" "You lied" "Rory it dosent matter you were right and all we were doing was hurting people" "Mom I'm sorry" "Babe it's not your fault" "I meant I'm sory but I cant agree with your relationship with Jess" Lorelai tried so hard to bite her tounge but couldnt "It dosent matter" "What" "Ror, I happen to be an adult, and I love you so much, but I have to make my own decisions" "And" "And Jess wasnt a fling, and I have to see if he's willing to figure out this..thing between us" Rory walked away, leaving Lorelai in tears but a little bit stronger a little bit hopeful. |