Title- Why Don't You And I
Author- Jenny
E Mail- [email protected]
Author's Note- Thanks for all the reviews you guys! I know this has taken forever and I'm sorry! With school and all. I've started new classes . all the usual complaints! I might try to end this story soon, just have a few more chapters. or it could end up dragging on forever.. but I'm aiming for a short and sweet story!
Why Don't You and I
Chapter Five
"Good morning." Jess said to Rory as she stirred in his arms. He had watched her all night, the way she slept and the little noises that she made.
"Morning," Rory replied, stretching. She looked up at him. 'What happens now?' she thought.
Jess stared at her for awhile before he decided to talk. "Rory, I think we should talk about this."
"About what? Nothing happened." Rory denied vehemently, to herself and to him.
Jess sighed. He knew that she wanted to talk. What was holding her back? They couldn't just let this happen and not do anything about it. 'What did happen?' he thought. "Rory, We can't just leave this. There's something between us and you know it. You feel it too. It's not just me."
Rory looked up at him, she stood up. "I think I should go."
He watched her walk away. He ran his hands over his face. "I need a shower."
Later that morning...
"Good morning Jess." Lorelai said when he walked down over the stairs. "Sleep well?"
Jess glanced at her, then at Rory. "Yep, it's very peaceful here."
"Don't I know it, I slept like a log." Luke handed Jess a cup of coffee.
"How can you sleep like a log?" Rory asked, sitting down.
"A proverbial one." Luke supplied. Rory smiled.
"So did you sleep good?" Her mother asked her.
Her head snapped up. "I slept fine." She sipped her coffee.
"So your bed was comfortable?"
"Very."
"I thought I heard someone walking around last night." Luke set a plate full of food on the table.
"I wanted cocoa." Jess and Rory replied in unison.
"You both decided you wanted cocoa at the same time?" Luke asked, looking at Jess suspiciously.
"I wasn't up the same time Rory was, I didn't see her. There wasn't a late night rendezvous is that's what you're thinking."
"He wasn't thinking that. Were you Luke?" Lorelai gave him a hard look.
"No, it never entered my mind." He continued to dish out breakfast. He gave Jess one last glare.
"So what are you two up to today?"
"I'm going to read a book." Rory told her mother. "Then I'm going to go for a walk." Her mother glanced at her as she stood up from the table.
"You're not going to finish your breakfast?" She asked.
"No, I'm not as hungry as I thought I was." Rory replied, walking out of the kitchen and up over the stairs.
Jess stood up after her, "I think I'm goin to go for a walk." He grabbed his coat and headed towards the back door.
"Don't get lost." Lorelai told him. She watched him with a thoughtful look on her face. "There's something going on here."
"I'll kill him." Luke jumped up with his spatula in hand.
"Sit down Luke." Lorelai pulled on his flannel sleeve. "Would it be so bad if they did get together? Rory would get him on the right track."
"Or he would drag her to the other side." Luke sat down. "I thought you didn't like Jess anyway."
"I think I've changed my mind." Lorelai drifted into her own thoughts for a minute. "If there was something we could do." Luke looked at her in mid chewing of his breakfast.
"No, we're not interfering! If something is going to happen, let it happen by itself!" Luke put his fork down.
"It would be a healthier environment!"
"Since when did you care about healthiness? Look at what you eat!" Lorelai shushed him. "Don't shush me!"
"AH HA!" Lorelai exclaimed. Causing Luke to drop the fork that he had just picked up. "I just realized that I forgot some Christmas gifts!"
"You're lying! You didn't forget any Christmas gifts! You came here with Sears behind you!" Luke exclaimed.
"Rory! I just realized that I forgot a couple special Christmas gifts and Luke and I are going to drive back and get them, could you go out and tell Jess, he needs to chop some wood for the fire! Us dainty girls couldn't do anything like that!" Lorelai jumped out of her seat when her daughter entered the room.
Rory gave her a skeptical look. "Are you sure you forgot them? We came with sears behind us."
"That's the same thing I said!" Luke threw up his hands.
"I'm positive I forgot them!" Lorelai exclaimed. "And if Luke doesn't want to drive me, I'll just have to drive my little old self down the mountain. And lord knows it isn't fit for a lady to do so!" She put her hand to her forehead.
"I'll drive you." Luke stood up and walked towards the door. "I have to go clean off the jeep first."
"Thank you Lukey!" Lorelai called after him.
"I know you didn't forget any presents Mom." Rory looked at her. "You would never forget them. So what's this all about?" Lorelai stalled for a second. "I'll tell you the truth, you're old enough now. I want to spend some alone time with Luke."
"Mo-om!" Rory exclaimed.
"You wanted to know!"
"You're right, I did, and I'll never ask again." Rory told her.
"Good girl! Now go tell Jess what I told you to tell him!" Lorelai grabbed her daughter's coat. "I don't know what time we'll be back, so don't wait up!"
"Where'd he go?" Rory asked her mom. Lorelai shrugged. "Oh great!" She pulled on her mittens, her hat, and her boots and trudged outside. "Bye Luke."
"Where are you going?" Luke asked her as he finished cleaning off the car.
"To find Jess, have you seen him?"
"He went that way." Luke pointed towards a wooded path. "I think there's a field and a little pond there or something."
Rory walked on, caught up in her own thoughts. 'What am I going to do? Is there something more then friendship between Jess and I? There has to be after last night. He was right, it did feel .like it was meant to be.' Rory continued walking through the forest, oblivious to the sights around her, until something hit her leg. She stopped and turned around. Jess was standing there tossing a snowball from one hand to the other.
"Looking for me?" He asked with an innocent grin on his face.
Rory bent down to wipe the snow off her jeans. "As a matter of fact. I am." She turned around and looked at something in the other direction, secretly grabbing a hand full of snow. She molded it into a ball behind her back. She smiled at Jess. "My mom and Luke just left to go home."
He walked closer. "And left us here?" he stopped to stand in front of her.
"She forgot some special Christmas gifts."
"Your mother forgot Christmas gifts?" he looked at her with the same look that she had had earlier.
"That's what she says!" Rory shrugged and finished with the snowball. She threw it at him and nailed him in the stomach.
"Hey!" Jess exclaimed. "That hurt!"
"Wimp." Rory replied teasingly.
"Wimp hunh? I'll show you a wimp!" Jess ran towards her, send Rory into a mad dash, squealing with laughter.
"Jess no! Please!" He tackled her gently to the ground, shoving a handful of snow down her jacket. She squealed and squirmed as he lid on top of her, only lodging the snow further down. She realized this and stopped, lying completely still. She looked up at Jess. His eyelids hooded. He looked into her eyes and brushed a stray piece of hair from her face. Rory stared back, looking into the deepest, chocolate coloured eyes she had ever seen. But what was it that she saw in them? She didn't notice that Jess was moving until his lips were lightly touching hers. He stayed still, asking a silent question. She moved, making the kiss deeper. It was the answer he was waiting for and he wrapped her in his arms. Finally the kiss was over; they sat there looking at each other, both wondering what to say, or what to do.
"Rory, where does this leave us?" Jess decided to go first. "After last night, well-."
"I know, I was confused, I didn't know what to think. Dean was my last boyfriend Jess, and look how that ended, he cheated on me. I don't want that to happen again." Rory looked down at her mitten-covered hands.
He put his forefinger in under her chin and lifted her head so he could look into her eyes. "I will never, ever do what Dean did to you. I promise." She shivered at the intensity of his gaze. "You're wet, you must be freezing. Let's go back to the cabin and get you warm."
"And how do you plan that Mariano?" Rory asked as he helped her off the ground.
"I have my ways." Jess replied with his lopsided grin.
Author's Note- So that's it for this chapter! Hope you liked it! I'm sorry it took so long! Review!! And stay tuned for warm and fun cabin adventures!
Author- Jenny
E Mail- [email protected]
Author's Note- Thanks for all the reviews you guys! I know this has taken forever and I'm sorry! With school and all. I've started new classes . all the usual complaints! I might try to end this story soon, just have a few more chapters. or it could end up dragging on forever.. but I'm aiming for a short and sweet story!
Why Don't You and I
Chapter Five
"Good morning." Jess said to Rory as she stirred in his arms. He had watched her all night, the way she slept and the little noises that she made.
"Morning," Rory replied, stretching. She looked up at him. 'What happens now?' she thought.
Jess stared at her for awhile before he decided to talk. "Rory, I think we should talk about this."
"About what? Nothing happened." Rory denied vehemently, to herself and to him.
Jess sighed. He knew that she wanted to talk. What was holding her back? They couldn't just let this happen and not do anything about it. 'What did happen?' he thought. "Rory, We can't just leave this. There's something between us and you know it. You feel it too. It's not just me."
Rory looked up at him, she stood up. "I think I should go."
He watched her walk away. He ran his hands over his face. "I need a shower."
Later that morning...
"Good morning Jess." Lorelai said when he walked down over the stairs. "Sleep well?"
Jess glanced at her, then at Rory. "Yep, it's very peaceful here."
"Don't I know it, I slept like a log." Luke handed Jess a cup of coffee.
"How can you sleep like a log?" Rory asked, sitting down.
"A proverbial one." Luke supplied. Rory smiled.
"So did you sleep good?" Her mother asked her.
Her head snapped up. "I slept fine." She sipped her coffee.
"So your bed was comfortable?"
"Very."
"I thought I heard someone walking around last night." Luke set a plate full of food on the table.
"I wanted cocoa." Jess and Rory replied in unison.
"You both decided you wanted cocoa at the same time?" Luke asked, looking at Jess suspiciously.
"I wasn't up the same time Rory was, I didn't see her. There wasn't a late night rendezvous is that's what you're thinking."
"He wasn't thinking that. Were you Luke?" Lorelai gave him a hard look.
"No, it never entered my mind." He continued to dish out breakfast. He gave Jess one last glare.
"So what are you two up to today?"
"I'm going to read a book." Rory told her mother. "Then I'm going to go for a walk." Her mother glanced at her as she stood up from the table.
"You're not going to finish your breakfast?" She asked.
"No, I'm not as hungry as I thought I was." Rory replied, walking out of the kitchen and up over the stairs.
Jess stood up after her, "I think I'm goin to go for a walk." He grabbed his coat and headed towards the back door.
"Don't get lost." Lorelai told him. She watched him with a thoughtful look on her face. "There's something going on here."
"I'll kill him." Luke jumped up with his spatula in hand.
"Sit down Luke." Lorelai pulled on his flannel sleeve. "Would it be so bad if they did get together? Rory would get him on the right track."
"Or he would drag her to the other side." Luke sat down. "I thought you didn't like Jess anyway."
"I think I've changed my mind." Lorelai drifted into her own thoughts for a minute. "If there was something we could do." Luke looked at her in mid chewing of his breakfast.
"No, we're not interfering! If something is going to happen, let it happen by itself!" Luke put his fork down.
"It would be a healthier environment!"
"Since when did you care about healthiness? Look at what you eat!" Lorelai shushed him. "Don't shush me!"
"AH HA!" Lorelai exclaimed. Causing Luke to drop the fork that he had just picked up. "I just realized that I forgot some Christmas gifts!"
"You're lying! You didn't forget any Christmas gifts! You came here with Sears behind you!" Luke exclaimed.
"Rory! I just realized that I forgot a couple special Christmas gifts and Luke and I are going to drive back and get them, could you go out and tell Jess, he needs to chop some wood for the fire! Us dainty girls couldn't do anything like that!" Lorelai jumped out of her seat when her daughter entered the room.
Rory gave her a skeptical look. "Are you sure you forgot them? We came with sears behind us."
"That's the same thing I said!" Luke threw up his hands.
"I'm positive I forgot them!" Lorelai exclaimed. "And if Luke doesn't want to drive me, I'll just have to drive my little old self down the mountain. And lord knows it isn't fit for a lady to do so!" She put her hand to her forehead.
"I'll drive you." Luke stood up and walked towards the door. "I have to go clean off the jeep first."
"Thank you Lukey!" Lorelai called after him.
"I know you didn't forget any presents Mom." Rory looked at her. "You would never forget them. So what's this all about?" Lorelai stalled for a second. "I'll tell you the truth, you're old enough now. I want to spend some alone time with Luke."
"Mo-om!" Rory exclaimed.
"You wanted to know!"
"You're right, I did, and I'll never ask again." Rory told her.
"Good girl! Now go tell Jess what I told you to tell him!" Lorelai grabbed her daughter's coat. "I don't know what time we'll be back, so don't wait up!"
"Where'd he go?" Rory asked her mom. Lorelai shrugged. "Oh great!" She pulled on her mittens, her hat, and her boots and trudged outside. "Bye Luke."
"Where are you going?" Luke asked her as he finished cleaning off the car.
"To find Jess, have you seen him?"
"He went that way." Luke pointed towards a wooded path. "I think there's a field and a little pond there or something."
Rory walked on, caught up in her own thoughts. 'What am I going to do? Is there something more then friendship between Jess and I? There has to be after last night. He was right, it did feel .like it was meant to be.' Rory continued walking through the forest, oblivious to the sights around her, until something hit her leg. She stopped and turned around. Jess was standing there tossing a snowball from one hand to the other.
"Looking for me?" He asked with an innocent grin on his face.
Rory bent down to wipe the snow off her jeans. "As a matter of fact. I am." She turned around and looked at something in the other direction, secretly grabbing a hand full of snow. She molded it into a ball behind her back. She smiled at Jess. "My mom and Luke just left to go home."
He walked closer. "And left us here?" he stopped to stand in front of her.
"She forgot some special Christmas gifts."
"Your mother forgot Christmas gifts?" he looked at her with the same look that she had had earlier.
"That's what she says!" Rory shrugged and finished with the snowball. She threw it at him and nailed him in the stomach.
"Hey!" Jess exclaimed. "That hurt!"
"Wimp." Rory replied teasingly.
"Wimp hunh? I'll show you a wimp!" Jess ran towards her, send Rory into a mad dash, squealing with laughter.
"Jess no! Please!" He tackled her gently to the ground, shoving a handful of snow down her jacket. She squealed and squirmed as he lid on top of her, only lodging the snow further down. She realized this and stopped, lying completely still. She looked up at Jess. His eyelids hooded. He looked into her eyes and brushed a stray piece of hair from her face. Rory stared back, looking into the deepest, chocolate coloured eyes she had ever seen. But what was it that she saw in them? She didn't notice that Jess was moving until his lips were lightly touching hers. He stayed still, asking a silent question. She moved, making the kiss deeper. It was the answer he was waiting for and he wrapped her in his arms. Finally the kiss was over; they sat there looking at each other, both wondering what to say, or what to do.
"Rory, where does this leave us?" Jess decided to go first. "After last night, well-."
"I know, I was confused, I didn't know what to think. Dean was my last boyfriend Jess, and look how that ended, he cheated on me. I don't want that to happen again." Rory looked down at her mitten-covered hands.
He put his forefinger in under her chin and lifted her head so he could look into her eyes. "I will never, ever do what Dean did to you. I promise." She shivered at the intensity of his gaze. "You're wet, you must be freezing. Let's go back to the cabin and get you warm."
"And how do you plan that Mariano?" Rory asked as he helped her off the ground.
"I have my ways." Jess replied with his lopsided grin.
Author's Note- So that's it for this chapter! Hope you liked it! I'm sorry it took so long! Review!! And stay tuned for warm and fun cabin adventures!