Post by coffeechick87 on Mar 13, 2003 1:34:06 GMT -5
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“Mom?!” Rory called into the quiet house an hour later. “Mom?!” She shook her head and walked farther into the entry of her mothers large home. She walked into the kitchen and looked at the coffee pot. Clean, and empty. She sighed and flipped it on, smiling slightly as the room filled with the scent of fresh coffee.
Walking up the stairs minutes later, with a large cup of coffee in each hand, she grinned, thinking of what she was here to tell her mother.
She opened the door to Lorelai’s room and looked at the large ball of blankets that was stirring slightly. Rory walked over and sank down on the corner of the bed, setting her coffee onto the bedside table.
She choked back a giggle as she saw only a nose come out of hiding sniffing through a break in the sheets. Then a hand slowly crept out of where the nose had been seconds before, searching for the source of the coffee.
Rory laughed quietly as she steered the mug into her mothers questing hand.
Lorelai pulled the blanket off her head, and with her eyes still closed sniffed and sipped the coffee slowly, savoring the first sip of the day, before she gulped down half of the scalding brew.
“Ah, daughter dearest. How I worship thee for bringing me ambrosia in bed.” Lorelai pried her eyes open and grunted when she saw how put-together her daughter looked. “How can you look that good this early?” She groaned.
Rory shook her head sadly. “Mom, it’s almost 11 o’clock.”
“Exactly.” Lorelai gulped the rest of her coffee and looked sadly into the empty cup. Rory rolled her eyes and handed her mother her own coffee. Lorelai took it, grinning and took a gulp. “So…” She cleared her throat. “Any news on the contract front?” She looked inquiringly at her daughter.
“Well, there is a loophole. Bu-“ Rory was cut off by her mothers excited shriek.
“Yay!! That’s great hun!!” Lorelai looked at her daughters face closely, “Oh… it’s not so great.”
Rory smiled, “No, it is great... it’s just… The loophole is… the only way of getting out of the contract is... if I’m already married.”
Lorelai’s face went blank. “Huh?”
Rory sighed and repeated herself. “The only way to get out of the contract is if I’m already married.”
Lorelai tilted her head and blinked. “That’s what I thought you said.”
They were silent, passing the coffee back and forth until Lorelai broke the silence. “Well, what are you going to do?”
“I guess, I’m getting married.”
“WHAT?!” Lorelai shouted. “You’re giving in to your father?! You’re marrying his protégé? But I just got you back! I’m not letting you go again! I won’t let that - That Chris Clone take you away from me and back to California!!” Lorelai put the empty coffee cup on the table and clutched her daughter.
“Don’t worry Mom. I’m not going anywhere.”
“But you just said that you were marrying Bradley Shipley!”
Rory shook her head, a small smile on her face. “No, you said that I was marrying Bradley. I however did not say whom I’m marrying.”
“What?” Her mother looked puzzled.
“I’m not marrying Bradley,” She started to explain. “I’m marrying Jess.”
“Oh. Wow. Are you happy about it?” Lorelai asked cautiously.
Rory grinned. “Ecstatic.”
Her mother laughed. “Well, Congratulations then. So when’s the wedding?”
“Soon. I have to be married by my birthday, so we were thinking in a week. My birthday is in 3 weeks, so I have to be married then. But my wedding to Bradley was going to happen a little more than a week before my birthday, so Jess and I thought next Saturday - A week from today - is when we’ll get married.”
“Whoa, take a breath, Ror.” Lorelai put her hands on her daughters shoulders. “Are you sure that you want this? I mean, really, REALLY, 100%, sure? Because, you know, you and I could always go into hiding until you’re 18. We could live in the abandoned subway system of a big city and disappear!”
Rory laughed. “I’m really, REALLY, 100% sure that I want this, mom.” She smiled softly thinking of her fiancé, The real one. “I love him. I love him so, so much. And I know that I’ll never stop.” She looked at her mother, who had tears in her eyes.
“My baby’s getting married!”
Mother and daughter leaned into each other, tears rolling down their cheeks, and hugged.
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“Honey! I’m home!!” Jess called as he walked into Rory’s apartment that evening.
“Hey.” Rory smiled at him from the couch, where she was watching the latest entertainment news and stroking Asia as he sat on her folded legs. “Where have you been? My mom was looking for you after I told her our plans.”
“I had to go to Hartford. How did the whole Lorelai thing go? Did she take the news well?” He asked as he went into the kitchen and got a pop out of the fridge.
“Well enough. She wants me to be happy. She knows I’m happy with you.” She kissed him as he walked to the couch and sat beside her. Asia looked at him for a second, then jumped off of Rory’s lap and walked into the kitchen.
“I don’t think Asia likes me very much.” Jess chuckled.
“Don’t take it to heart, babe. He likes no-one but me. It’s nothing personal.” She leaned in and kissed his cheek softly.
“So, Lor,” Jess used his personal nick-name for her. “I have a serious question for you.”
“And that would be?” Rory looked at Jess, and frowned as he reached into his pocket and got off of the couch. As she saw the semi-familiar move of him getting on kneeling in front of her, she swore that her heart stopped beating, then started again at an unnatural pace.
“What… What are you doing?”
Jess grinned, taking Rory’s left hand in his own he opened the small velvet box that was in his hand. Rory gasped at the brilliant blue topaz jewel that was framed by two brilliant diamonds. She took in a shaky breath as Jess started to speak.
“I know this ring isn’t quite traditional, but when I saw it… I just thought of your eyes. And I could picture this on your finger forever. And I also know that we did the whole agreeing to marriage thing this morning, but.. I wanted to do this... I wanted to make it formal… Well, as formal as it can be when you’re in your pajamas.” He smiled slightly as her took in the pink sheep that adjourned her bedclothes. She laughed softly and sent a lone tear trickling down her rosy cheek.
“So, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, love of my life… Will you marry me?”
Rory couldn’t help smiling as she nodded. “Yes, Jess Robert Mariano. I will marry you.”
He slipped the ring on, and kissed her hand before taking her in his arms and bringing his lips to hers.
“I love you Lor, so much.”
“I love you, too. I love you, too.”
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I hope to have an update soon...
Reply and I might just write faster!! lol
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“Mom?!” Rory called into the quiet house an hour later. “Mom?!” She shook her head and walked farther into the entry of her mothers large home. She walked into the kitchen and looked at the coffee pot. Clean, and empty. She sighed and flipped it on, smiling slightly as the room filled with the scent of fresh coffee.
Walking up the stairs minutes later, with a large cup of coffee in each hand, she grinned, thinking of what she was here to tell her mother.
She opened the door to Lorelai’s room and looked at the large ball of blankets that was stirring slightly. Rory walked over and sank down on the corner of the bed, setting her coffee onto the bedside table.
She choked back a giggle as she saw only a nose come out of hiding sniffing through a break in the sheets. Then a hand slowly crept out of where the nose had been seconds before, searching for the source of the coffee.
Rory laughed quietly as she steered the mug into her mothers questing hand.
Lorelai pulled the blanket off her head, and with her eyes still closed sniffed and sipped the coffee slowly, savoring the first sip of the day, before she gulped down half of the scalding brew.
“Ah, daughter dearest. How I worship thee for bringing me ambrosia in bed.” Lorelai pried her eyes open and grunted when she saw how put-together her daughter looked. “How can you look that good this early?” She groaned.
Rory shook her head sadly. “Mom, it’s almost 11 o’clock.”
“Exactly.” Lorelai gulped the rest of her coffee and looked sadly into the empty cup. Rory rolled her eyes and handed her mother her own coffee. Lorelai took it, grinning and took a gulp. “So…” She cleared her throat. “Any news on the contract front?” She looked inquiringly at her daughter.
“Well, there is a loophole. Bu-“ Rory was cut off by her mothers excited shriek.
“Yay!! That’s great hun!!” Lorelai looked at her daughters face closely, “Oh… it’s not so great.”
Rory smiled, “No, it is great... it’s just… The loophole is… the only way of getting out of the contract is... if I’m already married.”
Lorelai’s face went blank. “Huh?”
Rory sighed and repeated herself. “The only way to get out of the contract is if I’m already married.”
Lorelai tilted her head and blinked. “That’s what I thought you said.”
They were silent, passing the coffee back and forth until Lorelai broke the silence. “Well, what are you going to do?”
“I guess, I’m getting married.”
“WHAT?!” Lorelai shouted. “You’re giving in to your father?! You’re marrying his protégé? But I just got you back! I’m not letting you go again! I won’t let that - That Chris Clone take you away from me and back to California!!” Lorelai put the empty coffee cup on the table and clutched her daughter.
“Don’t worry Mom. I’m not going anywhere.”
“But you just said that you were marrying Bradley Shipley!”
Rory shook her head, a small smile on her face. “No, you said that I was marrying Bradley. I however did not say whom I’m marrying.”
“What?” Her mother looked puzzled.
“I’m not marrying Bradley,” She started to explain. “I’m marrying Jess.”
“Oh. Wow. Are you happy about it?” Lorelai asked cautiously.
Rory grinned. “Ecstatic.”
Her mother laughed. “Well, Congratulations then. So when’s the wedding?”
“Soon. I have to be married by my birthday, so we were thinking in a week. My birthday is in 3 weeks, so I have to be married then. But my wedding to Bradley was going to happen a little more than a week before my birthday, so Jess and I thought next Saturday - A week from today - is when we’ll get married.”
“Whoa, take a breath, Ror.” Lorelai put her hands on her daughters shoulders. “Are you sure that you want this? I mean, really, REALLY, 100%, sure? Because, you know, you and I could always go into hiding until you’re 18. We could live in the abandoned subway system of a big city and disappear!”
Rory laughed. “I’m really, REALLY, 100% sure that I want this, mom.” She smiled softly thinking of her fiancé, The real one. “I love him. I love him so, so much. And I know that I’ll never stop.” She looked at her mother, who had tears in her eyes.
“My baby’s getting married!”
Mother and daughter leaned into each other, tears rolling down their cheeks, and hugged.
*~**~*(*)*~**~*
“Honey! I’m home!!” Jess called as he walked into Rory’s apartment that evening.
“Hey.” Rory smiled at him from the couch, where she was watching the latest entertainment news and stroking Asia as he sat on her folded legs. “Where have you been? My mom was looking for you after I told her our plans.”
“I had to go to Hartford. How did the whole Lorelai thing go? Did she take the news well?” He asked as he went into the kitchen and got a pop out of the fridge.
“Well enough. She wants me to be happy. She knows I’m happy with you.” She kissed him as he walked to the couch and sat beside her. Asia looked at him for a second, then jumped off of Rory’s lap and walked into the kitchen.
“I don’t think Asia likes me very much.” Jess chuckled.
“Don’t take it to heart, babe. He likes no-one but me. It’s nothing personal.” She leaned in and kissed his cheek softly.
“So, Lor,” Jess used his personal nick-name for her. “I have a serious question for you.”
“And that would be?” Rory looked at Jess, and frowned as he reached into his pocket and got off of the couch. As she saw the semi-familiar move of him getting on kneeling in front of her, she swore that her heart stopped beating, then started again at an unnatural pace.
“What… What are you doing?”
Jess grinned, taking Rory’s left hand in his own he opened the small velvet box that was in his hand. Rory gasped at the brilliant blue topaz jewel that was framed by two brilliant diamonds. She took in a shaky breath as Jess started to speak.
“I know this ring isn’t quite traditional, but when I saw it… I just thought of your eyes. And I could picture this on your finger forever. And I also know that we did the whole agreeing to marriage thing this morning, but.. I wanted to do this... I wanted to make it formal… Well, as formal as it can be when you’re in your pajamas.” He smiled slightly as her took in the pink sheep that adjourned her bedclothes. She laughed softly and sent a lone tear trickling down her rosy cheek.
“So, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, love of my life… Will you marry me?”
Rory couldn’t help smiling as she nodded. “Yes, Jess Robert Mariano. I will marry you.”
He slipped the ring on, and kissed her hand before taking her in his arms and bringing his lips to hers.
“I love you Lor, so much.”
“I love you, too. I love you, too.”
*~**~*~**~*
So?
What do you think?
I hope to have an update soon...
Reply and I might just write faster!! lol
Jayde