Chapter 6: Too Much Of Something Not Good
(Previously)
"Luke called in the middle of last night. Lorelai got sick or something so
they are flying back as soon as they could. He just called this morning and
they have already landed. I gotta go pick them up. You coming or not?"
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(Chapter 6)
Twenty minutes later Rory and Jess pulled up to an arrival gate at the
Hartford Airport. Rory saw her mother sitting in a wheelchair, her face was
pale and her hair was disheveled.
"Omigosh," gasped Rory. She jumped out of the car the minute it stopped and
ran to her mother.
Rory couldn't even think of anything to say, she just gave her a hug.
Jess got out and went up to Luke.
"How's she holding up?" Jess asked.
"She's got food poisoning. Figures, the way she eats, but she's was treated
well over there. We gotta take her to the doctor so they can check on her
but I think she'll be fine. What's Rory doing here? Isn't she supposed to
be in New York?"
"She's back in Stars Hollow for a break."
"Oh, well it's good to see her."
*
"It's so good to see you mom!" Rory at this point was crying.
"I'm happy to see you too, babe."
"Do you know what's wrong?"
"Food poisoning. Damn European food."
Rory managed to let out a small laugh. "I guess that's what we get for
eating everything."
"Ugh, I'm sick of all this traveling, let's go home."
Luke managed to get Lorelai in the car quickly and they were headed back to
Stars Hollow.
"What are you doing back home, Rory?" Lorelai asked.
"I had a break from work. I'll be here for like 3 more weeks."
"Are you staying at the house?"
"No, I'm staying at an apartment on Peach Street with a friend from work.
The boss offered it to us."
"Come stay with us."
"I think I should stay with my friend, mom, but I promise I'll be there
every minute I can have."
"You know what I need," Lorelai said as then entered Stars Hollow, "I need
some of Luke's coffee; I haven't had it in ages."
"I think that's the last thing you need right now," Luke commented. "You
need some rest and tea. You'll be drinking tea for awhile.
"How dare you. Never take tea from a Gilmore girl."
"Too late."
"You're an evil, evil man."
They pulled up to the Gilmore residence which looked pretty abandoned at
the moment. It hadn't been lived in for a good 3 weeks.
"It's so nice to be back," Lorelai said. "God I've missed this town."
"Alright, here we go." Luke lifted Lorelai out of the car and helped her to
the ground.
"Hey easy there, I'm not 80. I'm very capable of moving on my own. I
conquered that skill when I was like 2. Don't stop me now."
Luke let go of Lorelai and only held her hand. She wobbled a little then
got her balance.
"See, I can do this. I just haven't walked in while so that might take a
while."
"I'm not gonna risk it, get on my back."
"Yah! Piggy back ride."
"Don't get used to it."
Once Lorelai was comfortably situated on the couch she got a little hungry.
"Rory, can you run to Luke's and get me some food?"
"Sure, I was about to grab something to eat too. What do you want?"
Luke cut in. "Salad, she wants salad, and maybe some bread. But that's it."
Rory looked at her mom. "It's true, that's all I can eat for now. Maybe a
little soup would be nice."
"Do you want anything Luke?"
"Whatever Lorelai has is good."
"Are you hungry Jess?"
"I'll come with you; I gotta take my car back anyways."
"We'll be back soon!" Rory said as she and Jess left.
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Sam was still at a loss for what was up with Rory. She kept disappearing
with this Jess kid and always left him alone. Oh well, for today that would
be okay. He had a 'date' with Ally and that's all that really mattered.
Then he remembered he eventually have to tell her that he wasn't living
here and only for a break, then things got complicated so he decided to
take it one step at a time. What had he got himself into?
Around 12 o'clock Sam headed out to the bridge. He picked up a couple of
flowers for her on the way there.
When he got to the bridge, he found her sitting on it reading a book. He
tiptoed up behind her.
"So what are you reading?"
She jumped a little, startled by his remark. "Hello to you too, Sam."
"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." He offered his hand to help her up. "I
got these for you."
"Oh, thanks, that's so sweet. So what did you have in mind?"
"It's up to you. Since I'm new around here I don't really know what's good.
I've only been to Luke's."
"That's fine with me."
"Alright, Luke's it is."
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"I'm glad they're back. It's kind of 'not Stars Hollow' without them." Rory
pointed out as they drove to Luke's.
"I know what you mean. Lorelai seems to be doing pretty well though."
"Yeah, that's a plus. We should probably get some movies too. She'll get
pretty bored lying on the couch all day."
"Good idea."
Jess pulled the car around to the back of the diner and they got out.
"Hopefully it's not to busy so we can get the food quickly."
"Isn't that Sam?" Jess asked as the walked around to the front. He was
pointing towards the gazebo
Rory squinted to get a better look. "Looks like it; I wonder who he's with.
Oh well."
Jess opened the door for Rory and went in right behind her.
"Damn lunch rush," Jess said when he noticed the amount of people. "Looks
like it might be awhile."
"It's okay; we could go get the movies while we wait."
Jess and Rory placed their order and then went to the door to go to the
movie store.
"Oh, hey Rory," Sam said as he came in the door with Ally.
"Hey Sam," Rory responded.
Sam went around and did the introductions.
Finally Rory remembered why the name Ally sounded so familiar.
"Ally Forester, right?" Rory asked.
"Yeah," Ally still wasn't recalling who Rory was.
"Oh wow, you're so grown up; sorry but wow, the last time I saw you was
when I was like 16. Do you remember me?"
Ally still drew a blank. "No, sorry."
"I used to go out with Dean? Any recollection?"
"Omigosh! Rory Gilmore! I feel like a complete idiot. Of course I remember
you."
Jess rolled his eyes at the name Dean. Just when he thought Dean wasn't in
the picture anymore, he pops right back in. Jess decided not to listen to
the conversation anymore and went to see how much longer the food would be.
"Rory, the food still has like 10 minutes; you wanna go get some movies?"
Jess said when he got back to Rory.
"Yeah, sure." Rory turned back to Sam, "It was good seeing you, Ally and
Sam, I'll see you back at the apartment.
"Bye, Rory, bye Jess." Sam and Ally said in unison.
"Wow; that was really weird." Rory said when they got outside
"What, seeing Dean's sister?" Jess played stupid.
"Yeah, I never really knew her but she looks exactly the same. I never
really liked her when she was younger. She was kind of bratty but I guess
we all are at that age."
"Well now Sam's got her, she's his problem."
"Looks like it. Alright, what movies should we get?"
"What does your mom like?"
"Practically everything. I think for now though we should get something she
can make fun of." Rory headed towards the comedy section. "Crossroads. Ha,
that's gotta be a kick. We're definitely getting that. Are there any other
movies with pop stars trying to be actresses?"
"I don't keep track, sorry. How about this?" Jess picked up a movie.
"Bring It On, priceless. I think two is enough. She's probably jetlagged."
Jess handed Rory the movies. "Wanna pay for these while I go pick up the
food and I'll meet you back here?"
"Sure." Rory picked out some junk food but then realized that Lorelai
wouldn't be able to eat any of it, so she put most of it back. What a drag.
********
The rest of the day was spent watching movies while Rory and Lorelai made
fun of them the whole time, eating food and listening to Luke and Lorelai
tell stories about their time in Europe.
By the time everything was done, it was only 7 but Lorelai was asleep on
the couch.
"Alright, well I gotta get back. I really need to talk to Sam. You're okay
with everything, Luke?" Rory said as she gathered up her stuff.
"Yeah, thanks, we'll be good."
"I'll walk you home, Rory." Jess said as he grabbed his coat.
"Bye Luke, it's good to see you back."
********
"Do you think they'll ever get married Jess?" Rory wondered.
"Who knows, they seem pretty happy right now."
"Yeah they do. I'm just happy that they are finally together. It only took
a while."
"The minute I saw Luke look at Lorelai for the first time, I knew there was
something. Luke's so bad at covering for things."
"Do you wanna walk around a little? It's still kind of early."
"Don't you have to talk to Sam?"
"Yeah but that can wait. So, have you started writing any books lately?"
"I actually have another in the editing process write now so hopefully it
will be published by the new year."
"I think I'm going to have to read these books of yours. I love suspense."
"I didn't know that."
"It's my secret passion."
Jess led Rory onto the bridge where they sat for a few moments in silence.
"I remember the first time we sat on this bridge together." Jess pointed
out. "That stupid picnic thing Taylor organized. It was fun, I must admit.
The look on Dean's face when I beat him was priceless."
"So you only bid on me to see the look on his face?" Rory joked.
"You were a bonus."
Rory and Jess spent yet another hour on the bridge talking about this and
that before she decided to head home.
"Thanks for everything, Jess. You're a great friend to have around." Rory
said as the reached her building.
"I'm just glad I'm here to help. Give me a call tomorrow if you wanna do
something."
"Bye, Jess." Rory reached up and gave Jess a quick peck on the check. "I'll
see you tomorrow."
Jess stood still for a second. He kind of froze in the moment. He snapped
back when the door closed behind Rory. "Bye Rory," he said to himself.
********
"Hey Sam, I'm back." Rory closed the door and found Sam lying in his bed.
"Nice to see you."
"Look Sam, we need to talk." Rory sat at the end of his bed. "I know I've
been leaving you a lot and I feel really bad. It's just hard to come back
to your hometown and completely ignore all your old friends. Anyways, my
mom and Luke just got back from Europe early because my mom had food
poisoning so that's where I was today. I promise, tomorrow I will spend
with you, that is if you don't have plans with Ally or something."
"I completely understand everything. I know it's kind of weird. I mean here
we are pretending to be married when I'm with Ally and you're with Jess. I
have plans with Ally tomorrow night but I would love to just hang out with
you during the day."
"So you really like Ally, huh?"
"Yeah, she's really great. It's gonna get mad confusing soon because when I
first met her I told her I moved here and now in like a month we'll go back
and then I don't know what to tell her."
"I'm sure you'll think of something. Remember too that I've got Jess to
deal with. But at least he knows that I'm going back."
"So you used to go out with Ally's older brother?"
"Yeah, he was my first boyfriend, first kiss and whatnot. We went out for
like 2 ½ years and when it cam time for college, we broke up and I haven't
heard from him since."
"That's so weird. Everything's related in small town life."
"Yeah, try living with it. It gets disastrous after awhile. Okay, well I'm
glad we got that straightened out. It's been a long day so I'm think I'm
going to bed."
"'Night Rory, I wait tomorrow so we can get breakfast together."
"It's a date. I'll see you in the morning."
Rory got up and went to get ready for bed. When she was finally settled,
she started thinking.
*I'm falling for Jess. It happened when I was 17 and now it's happening
when I'm 25. I can't believe I just kissed him out there! What was I
thinking!? We'll I didn't hate it. I just hope he didn't either. It seems
like I'm here for vacation - I've done absolutely nothing for the article,
hell I don't even know what I'm going to write about. I'm not gonna worry
about that right now, I'll just play things out and when I leave I'm sure
I'll have something.*
Rory lingered on her thoughts for some time before she finally fell into a
deep slumber.
********
The next week for everyone went great. Rory and Jess were spending lots of
time together and were getting closer by the second. Everybody could see
that there was something going on, even though the most they did was hung
out. Rory did everything a normal town person did; she attended the
festivities or whatever was going on that week just to remember what this
life was like. She still hadn't picked out a topic but she was sure
something would come to her.
Sam spent half his time with Rory and half with Ally. He was trying not to
get too attached with her because he didn't want to have to tell her he had
to leave. Other than that, he met some other people in the town and kept
him self occupied while Rory was doing other things.
Lorelai went to her doctor's appointment and she was doing fine. She just
needed to take medicine for a while. Luke was still happy that she couldn't
have coffee. Once he got back and was settled, he took over again at the
doctor and Jim only came back when he was needed. Lorelai went back to the
inn. Michel had been working the desk during Lorelai's absence.
Jess' book got final word that it would be on stands in January. He kept
writing and worked at the diner, anything really that kept him busy. He
also spent all his free time with Rory and he was getting that feeling
again that he had when he was 17 and had just met Rory.
********
A week after Lorelai got back, she was back on her feet and feeling great.
One day after a hard day at the inn, she was walking to Luke's to say hi
when she ran into Miss Patty, someone she had managed to avoid for a week.
"Lorelai darling, it's so good to see you on your feet again. We were all
worried about you." Miss Patty said from her studio.
"It's good to see you too, Patty and it does feel great to be getting
around again. Being trapped up is not my thing."
"Congratulations. I heard about the news about Rory, but I'm not supposed
to tell anyone."
"What are you talking about Patty?"
"You don't know dear?"
"Apparently not, tell me please."
"I promised I wouldn't say anything."
"I'm sure Rory told me but it must be slipping my mind right now."
"Well you know, Rory and Sam, getting married. It's kind of hard to believe
though."
"What are you talking about? Sam and Rory?"
"The first day they got her, Sam told me he and Rory were getting married
but they were keeping it quiet. Rory's been spending a lot of time with
that Jess though, I assume they are just catching up and I've seen Sam with
that girl. You might want to see what's going on."
"I don't know what you're talking about, Miss Patty. Rory would've told me
something like this."
"I suggest you talk to her."
"Goodbye Patty, I'll see you around."
Lorelai picked up her pace as she walked to Luke's. What the hell was Miss
Patty talking about? Rory wasn't getting married, or at least she didn't
think she was.
"Luke, I need coffee. I really, really, really need coffee. This is so a
coffee moment. Please let me have coffee." Lorelai ranted as she sat at the
counter.
"Whoa, slow down Lor, what's the matter?"
"I'll tell you when I can, but for now, please let me have coffee."
"I can't - strict orders from the doctor."
"AH! I'm going to die if I go another day. This is the worse thing that
could happen. Okay, I have to find Rory; I'll see you back at the house."
Before Luke could say anything Lorelai was out the door and on a hunt for
Rory. As she was walking toward the house, she gratefully ran into Rory,
who was headed the same way.
"Rory, wait up." Lorelai yelled as she ran to catch up with Rory.
"Oh, hey Mom, I was just going to get something from my room."
"Rory what the hell is going on?"
"What do you mean," Rory continued walking at a fast pace.
"Oh please Rory, don't play innocent with me, you know damn well what I'm
talking about." Lorelai said trying to keep up with her.
"If you filled me in I might have a clue but right now, nope, sorry no
idea."
They reached the house and Lorelai opened the mailbox and pulled out the
mail. "Oh come on, you and Sam, don't hide it."
"Hide what; we came down for the month together. That's it."
"Not an engagement vacation or something? RORY! Why didn't you tell me you
were getting married to him?" Lorelai was practically screaming at this
point.
Jess, who had been reading on the porch, stood up from the couch and headed
down the steps. He'd just heard too much of something not good.
Rory stood and stared at her mother then saw Jess walking towards her out
of the corner of her eye. *Oh, shit, he heard everything.*
"Married, huh? Well congratulations." Jess glared at Rory as he passed her.
He began to run down the road.
"JESS! Wait!" Rory yelled after him but it was useless.
"Great! Thanks Mom. Thanks a lot." Rory said as tears started flowing. She
turned around and ran.
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