Summary: Sequel to Come Home Little Girl, Jess and Rory attempt to get all the details of their wedding organized, before the tyrant of Emily Gilmore tries to take over the wedding, while dealing with new surprises in Stars Hallow
Rating: K+ and a little bit of Teen in there to make things good
Dedication: This is the sequel of Come home little girl, and to all of those who reviewed each part. This is for you ….
Author's Note: ok, this is me warning you, it will not have perfect grammar, I don't have the time to go through it and correct everything, and get it out in a timely fashion, so pick story or grammar. And I am sorry that you are upset about this, but it's my decision.
Thanks for all of the great, supportive reviews, you guys are so awesome!
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Jess sat on the end of the bed staring at Rory as she slept. She had been surprisingly calm as she told him the latest manipulation her grandmother tried to pull. Frankly he was getting tired of it. Not for himself, and surely not for anyone else, just for Rory. He could tell that it was starting to wear her down.
She shifted and mumbled something in her sleep and he had to laugh. While asleep everything about her was wild abandon. She would take up most of the bed and she would make sure that she was always on his side, not that he minded. Having a Gilmore girl in your bed was not something to complain about.
Over the last couple of days, ever since they announced they were moving, things had been different. Rory seemed more at ease in her own life, and for him, he was actually scared at the future. Afraid he couldn't support her and that he would never write again. The first book was his chance to have redemption. To help erase all the pain from his past, and the second book was his way of thanking the town for accepting him like they did. The third was something from his childhood, but now he was stuck.
He'd been called the introspective writer, but he had nothing to even write about. And the things he thought he could do, twisted themselves into an awkward wall that he couldn't get past, and he knew Rory was counting on him. He wanted to be someone she was proud of, and he feared that he would never get to that point.
Maybe he shouldn't have said no to Richard about college. Maybe with some education, he could figure out what his next book should be about and that's when it all came into place and he smiled and carefully got his much beloved laptop and began to type away, getting pulled in once more into the world of his own creation.
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Rory was awakened slowly by the sound of keys being pushed and she smiled. She knew that sound. Jess was writing again. To some it may have sounded annoying, but to her it was like music. A Jess that was writing was happier, less tense. It was like he could get all of his worries and demons in his writing, which just left the good stuff left.
She stumbled out of bed and went over and kissed his cheek and looked over his shoulder. He already had four pages full of writing and Rory smiled. She could tell how worried he was. 'Any coffee?' Rory asked and her voice gravely from the lack of use.
'Yup, it may be a little cold, you want me to make some more?' Jess asked and Rory just shook her head. 'No keep at it.' She said and tried to hide her smile.
Rory got showered and dressed and nursed her second pot of coffee while she waited for Lane to come over. They were going to go bridal dress window-shopping. Rory pretty much knew that her mother could create something more beautiful than anything she could find, but it didn't hurt to look.
Jess hadn't emerged from his computer the entire time she was up, not that it bothered her. She liked the quiet and it gave her a chance to really think about what her grandmother did. She had simply had enough. She hadn't really had anything to do with her grandmother after she came home from living in the pool house. It took a year before her grandmother started trying to get involved in her daughter and her grand daughters life. With her mom, her grandmother had simply showed up one-day expecting things to be perfect, when it had never been that way.
She had looked at Luke in that way and it caused Mom to freak out and tell her that either she get over her disillusioned visions of the life she wanted for mom, or don't expect to be invited to the wedding. Emily had been mad at first but saw that this was one of the things she couldn't manoeuvre. And soon afterwards her grandmother had stopped making snide comments all the time to Jess.
And Rory had started to think her grandmother had finally got the point and stopped trying to interfere. Her mother has said it perfectly once. 'Emily thinks that it's her place to be in the middle of your business, it doesn't occur to her that really she has no place in thinking that.'
Lane brings me out of my thoughts as she jumps on the couch and startles me. 'You excited Rory?' she asks me and I had to smile. 'Yeah kinda, it's weird that you get so excited about one white dress you wear once.' I said and we both get up. Jess and let Lane in and was making breakfast.
'You guys want some eggs?' he asks us and Lane just pulls me towards the door. 'We'll pick it up on the way, you get back to creating the genius ' lane says and she picks up my purse and then we are out of the door before Jess can say anything. 'Bye!' I yell as we both run down the stairs.
Lane was at her happiest, no longer burdened with the need to be independent and to be rock and roll. She and Dave were happy and she could know say that her love of music was helping people.
We went to this small wedding boutique that lay quietly on the street and Lane smiled at the sight of a huge white dress in the store window. 'That's an Emily dress for sure.' Lane says and I have to laugh.
Lane knew about Emily's manipulations from the other day and she told me that I did the right thing in not letting her take over my wedding.
We step into the store and it looks like we walked into a padded wall room, white dresses covered almost every surface and there was lace and roses everywhere. The sales lady walked up to us all smiles.
'How may I help you today?' She said and Lane just smiled. 'We are looking for a wedding dress for my friend here.' The woman took my hand and looked at the engagement ring that had somehow become a part of my self. 'That's a beautiful ring, who is the lucky young man.' She asks and Lane gives me a look.
'He's a writer' I said and took my hand out of hers, and walked around the front area of the store. 'I am just looking.' I said and Lane followed me as I looked at the hanging dresses. There was a very sleek looking silk wedding dress hanging off a padded hanger.
'That's very nice.' The sales lady said trying to get us to engage in a princess wedding speech. 'It's too Emily for me.' I said and Lane had to smile. I looked back at the women and she looked confused. I felt bad, and my mother taught me never to be rude, even to the D.A.R.
'I'm sorry, my grandmother is trying to control my wedding and that is the dress she would want me in, so I am just looking to see the styles.' I said and the woman's look relaxed and she let us explore on our own.
After awhile, and a million white dresses already dancing in my head I looked at Lane to save me. 'I just want to find THE dress, not just any dress.' I said and Lane looked at my sympathetically. 'How about we go with your mom next time. She found hers pretty quick didn't she?'
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Lorelai Gilmore was going to have Luke Danes child. That thought kept him up all night. Currently there was something the size of a very small pea in his wife, and it made him feel weird. He had been a father secretly for years before he knew it, and this time he had the chance to be there from the very beginning.
When he had found out about April, he had been relieved. It took off all the pressure for Lorelai. He no longer had to worry if she wanted kids, and if she did how many. He didn't need to picture what Lorelai would be like with cravings and the lack of coffee in her system. But now, it seemed the fates had taken that out of his hands. It was now noon, and Lorelai had been the same usual flurry of emotions and actions, and she didn't seem different, but there was just something different.
It looked like she had this secret that she hadn't let him in on. She would have this faint smile on her face and she would stop and just smile and then continue on. It was driving him nuts. He wanted to ask her all these questions but didn't have the guts to do so. She had bounded out of the house late as usual for work and had only kissed him on the cheek and for the first time it bothered him.
He now had an actual biological reason to protect his wife and it drove him crazy that millions of things could happen out in the world and he had no control over it. People knew that Lucas Danes was protective over his loved ones, and it usually made people smile to look over his family and just watch them.
Luke knew he was acting crazy, irrational and full of doubts and worries that he had never imagined would go through his head. He thought he was a Louie. A loner full of anger and resentment and without his notice and even his permission he became a family man. Him, a family man. He was becoming his father, and even though he loved and adored his father, it scared him.
He was acting like an idiot, like the kind of men that were laughable so he shook his head and left the house and tried not to think of the pride that was warming his heart, at the thought that soon, he would have an actual real family.
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Jess had spent the last 6 hours typing furiously on his laptop. It amazed him that a simple self-examination statement could bring him out of his very scary and very real writers block. He had called his editor and told him the good news. That he had a new direction and it looked promising. Writers very much believed in superstition so he wouldn't utter what it was about until he had finished at least the first half of the book.
His fingers ached from the fast pace of typing he had done, and he could feel the muscles in his arms stiff from the overuse. His neck was stiff as well. His throat was dry and his eyes hurt from reading and rereading what he had written on the screen. And Jess had never felt so alive then he did right now.
He wanted to go find Rory and show her. Let her see the tangible proof that she had helped him in a way that no one could. He stood up and tried to get the kinks of out his back when someone knocked on the door. He gave one last glace at the computer, checking to see that he had compulsively saved what he had done.
When he opened the door, there stood his future grand father in law. A very weird thought but the truth nonetheless. 'Richard, nice to see you.' Jess said and let Richard into the apartment.
Over the years, the man had changed from the very scary grandfather of his girlfriend to the man who he had respected and came to when he needed advice. Richard had been very welcoming, when had suddenly reappeared in Rory's life.
'Jess my boy, nice to see you. Is Rory here by chance?' Richard asked and Jess shook his head. 'No, she's with Lane. Looking at dresses or something like that.' Jess smiled at the thought of marrying Rory.
'May I ask you something?' Richard asked suddenly and I nodded. 'Sure.' Richard sat down on the couch and he looked around. 'I am assuming that Rory told you about her and Emily's little meeting the other day?' he asked and I nodded. 'Whatever was said, embarrassed Emily, and now it's my job to make Rory apologize.' I scoffed at that and Richard just shook his head.
'My suspicions are correct then.' Richard says cryptically and sighs. 'When I met Emily she was this carefree girl, laughing and could run circles around me. She was very much like Lorelai. And then bit by bit, that whirlwind was gone, and in her stead was this super proper D.A.R woman.'
Jess sighed and sat down and listened to what the man had to say. 'When Lorelai was born, something changed. Suddenly my whirlwind slowed down to a stop and started listening to what others had to say. I know that Trix was part of that, but not until a few days ago did I actually see the full extent of what my ignorance has done.'
Jess shifted uncomfortably. He felt like this was none of his business. 'Is there something I coul…' Jess began and Richard shook his head. 'No, I just want you to understand that Emily isn't this evil person. Lorelai getting pregnant hurt her more than any person can imagine.' Jess sighed at this. It always bugged him that they treated Lorelai so badly when she had brought something so wonderful into the family.
'Richard you know I respect you, but I got to say it. That's a load of bullshit. If you were so upset that Lorelai got pregnant than you would never open your arms to Rory like you did. You blame her for ruining the plans you had, and If don't think you quite realize what your comments has done to Lorelai and even Rory.' Richard looks at Jess in shock.
'This is not an attack, just shouldn't your daughter want to tell you that she's getting married. Lorelai looks almost heart broken after some of her encounters with you, and I just want you to understand that it will take a little more than a brief description of Emily to get us to accept that she doesn't feel some pleasure in bringing us down.' I crossed my arms and dared him to reject what I had to say.
'Your right, Lorelai and Emily and I excel in hurting each other, but that's not my point. I will have to deal with my actions at some point, but right now I need you to help me convince Rory that she needs to let Emily in.' Jess just shook his head.
'I could never convince Rory of anything. You know she has her own mind, and even if I could, how do I know that I would even be treated even with respect. Richard you have to understand that Emily had just burned to many bridges.' Jess said and Richard sighed.
He looked older, frailer, and that's hard to do with a tall very domineering man. Richard was intimidating and he was powerful. 'Rory told me how you had changed and that you went to the people that you burned for forgiveness, can't you give that to my wife?' Richard states finally, and suddenly Jess is given a choice. Either help Rory's grandfather or have to question his past yet again.
'Look I will talk to Rory, but you need to give me one reason why I should help Emily when she had been and said nothing but disrespectful and rude.'
Richard sighed and got up. 'I appreciate that, and it's my job to work on Emily. I'll see you next week for dinner. Good to see you.' And Richard walks out of the apartment, leaving Jess to mull over what was said. Could he ever think of Emily as anything else than the enemy he had known?
He looked over at his now abandoned Lap top and wondered if he could just turn back time and go back to writing in blissful ignorance.
Next time on Let Me Fall: Jess lets Rory know about his talk and she goes to talk with the Gilmore's. After hearing about their granddaughter's future nuptials, the Hayden's come by for a visit. Lorelai and Luke also let the family know about the upcoming family member.