"Find a song that convinces me," Jess had said after days of nagging, so, naturally, Rory had gone home, taken out one of her many journals, called Lane, and started a list:
Songs for Dancing with Jess
Sparks - Coldplay - Parachutes (Jess likes, but too slow?)
Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (a joke)
Dosed - Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (Jess likes, but no)
A Worrying Thing - Yo La Tengo - Painful (fitting maybe... but too romantic?)
Here She Comes - Slowdive - Souvlaki (too sad)
Wish You Were Here - Incubus - Morning Drive (Jess likes, but inaccurate and undanceable)
Let's Dance - David Bowie - Let's Dance (too disco)
Stay - David Bowie - Station to Station (fitting lyrics, hard to dance?)
Hard to Explain - The Strokes - Is This It (not for this)
Back to You - John Mayer - Room for Squares (too sappy for Jess)
The Letter - PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her (fitting lyrics, wrong mood)
It takes her two weeks to make a decision and plan for her mom to be out of the house for the afternoon, but finally the moment comes when Jess is standing in her living room, watching with raised eyebrows as Rory fumbles with stereo and rambles, "It's a classic artist but not an obvious song, and it's — it's a little romantic, I guess, but not really, it's more subtle than some of the other options I considered, and no, I'm not showing you my list — unless you really want to see it — and this is slightly on the faster side, but we don't have to follow the tempo, I just figured that this sort of had meaning, I guess, and — okay, okay, I'm playing the song."
The guitar for "Stay" comes on and Jess' eyes narrow with focus, then the drums and they widen with surprise, and by the time Bowie starts singing, Jess is pulling her closer by the hips, saying, "Bold choice, Gilmore," and Rory smiles and wraps her arms around his neck.
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"Find a song that convinces me," Jess had said after days of nagging, so, naturally, Rory had gone home, taken out one of her many journals, called Lane, and started a list:
Songs for Dancing with Jess
It takes her two weeks to make a decision and plan for her mom to be out of the house for the afternoon, but finally the moment comes when Jess is standing in her living room, watching with raised eyebrows as Rory fumbles with stereo and rambles, "It's a classic artist but not an obvious song, and it's — it's a little romantic, I guess, but not really, it's more subtle than some of the other options I considered, and no, I'm not showing you my list — unless you really want to see it — and this is slightly on the faster side, but we don't have to follow the tempo, I just figured that this sort of had meaning, I guess, and — okay, okay, I'm playing the song."
The guitar for "Stay" comes on and Jess' eyes narrow with focus, then the drums and they widen with surprise, and by the time Bowie starts singing, Jess is pulling her closer by the hips, saying, "Bold choice, Gilmore," and Rory smiles and wraps her arms around his neck.