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The Prequel of Unexpected!
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Prologue
We all know the story on how Jess Mariano and Rory Gilmore met when they were teens in the small town of Stars Hollow.
Now at 23 … Rory has graduated Yale and has been on the road for a year with the Obama's campaign and is now in Washington DC as the campaign is coming to a close.
Jess is working at Truncheon Books and published his book The Subsect. With the success of his first book, he started writing his next one that also came with a book tour.
Rory walked through the lobby of the hotel and showed her pass before walking into the conference room then sat on her seat and opened her pad.
"I thought I was only one who comes early"
She looked up to see a young woman and smiled "I'm a early bird"
"Me too" She laughed sitting next to her and put her hand out "Lola Davis, New York"
"Rory Gilmore, Stars Hollow" She shaked her hand.
"I've heard about you" Lola nodded "You make everyone in this room scared"
"Why?" Rory looked at her confused "I haven't done anything"
"It's the way you write" Lola smiled "You find parts that others don't even see, is this your first campaign?"
"Yeah" Rory nodded "I graduated last year, this is so different from my high school and college papers"
"It doesn't show" Lola nudged her "Keep it up"
"Thanks" Rory smiled.
Jess sighed walking into the hotel after dodging the paparazzi outside and went up to the desk "Hi, I have a room under the name Mariano"
"Ah yes" The man grinned "We've been waiting for you to arrive, welcome I'm Ken"
"Thank you" He smiled and pointed behind him "What's going on?"
"Oh, the end of the Obama Campaign" Ken nodded "It's just started in one of our conference rooms and should be finished by the time you start at 4pm?"
"Yeah, could you give me a call about 3?"
"No problem Mr Mariano" Ken passed the key over "Enjoy your stay"
"Thanks" Jess smiled and walked up the steps when his phone rang, he pulled it out and answered it "Hello my annoying partner"
"Hey" Matt snapped "If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be on this book tour"
Jess chuckled "If you say so Matt, what's up?"
"You need to get into that campaign and see Obama"
"It's a closed conference and only reporters allowed in there" Jess rolled his eyes and walked down the hallway then swiped the card to open his door "I've just had a 4 hour flight and I'm very tired"
"Alright grumpy" Matt chuckled "Good luck later"
"Thanks mate, talk later" He hung up and sighed falling onto the bed then closed his eyes.
"Are you actually listening to this?" Lola whispered.
"It's sort of the idea" Rory whispered grinning before sitting back in her chair "I wish these had cushions or something"
"Tell me about it" Lola nodded "My butt is going numb"
"Mine too" Rory looked around "Look at him"
Lola looked over "That guy is at every one and always falls asleep but he records everything"
"Thank you for today everyone, this will continue tomorrow" A woman said from the stage then disappeared.
"I guess we can go" Lola stood up "There's a book signing that's starting soon, fancy checking it out?"
"I love a good book" Rory smile standing up and collected her stuff "Do you know who the author is?"
"I have no idea" Lola shrugged opening the doors and walked down the hall "So called this is his second book and it came with the book tour before published it"
"He must be …" Rory froze looking at the stand in front of her "Jess"
"Who's Jess?" Lola asked before looking at the stand "Incoming by"
"Jess Mariano" Rory sighed "Also my ex"
"You dated him?" Lola looked at her shocked "He's cute"
"We dated in high school and the last time I saw him was at his store about a year ago, I sort of kissed him while dating someone else"
"Wow girl" Lola nudged her "So are you on good terms or what?"
"I have no idea" Rory looked at poster and smiled a little "He did another book"
"C'mon" Lola grabbed her hand and pulled her into the room then grabbed a book "We are doing a story on this"
"We?" Rory smirked grabbing a book and sat in an empty seat.
"I think it'll be perfect" Lola grinned sitting next to her "I have a website and we could publish it there"
"Okay" Rory smiled and looked at her "You've got a deal"
"Welcome everyone to the reading of Incoming by a new author" A man said "Please welcome Jess Mariano"
Jess took a deep breath before walking out onto the stage as the crowd cheered and went up to the podium "Hi everyone and thank you for coming today … Incoming is about a small diner in the middle of a small town" He shaked his head "I've been to a lot of diners but there was one where a lot of things happened and I think in every diner there is a story that needs to be told" He looked around the room and saw a very familiar pair of blue eyes looking at him smiling and smiled back before opening his book "My favourite part is on page 35 and line 8 which is No matter what is going on in his head that day, there is one thing that gets him through the day and that's his favourite customer who sits on the same table everyday she comes in and orders a cup of coffee"
He walked around and sat on the edge of the stage "I'm not going to bore you with reading a whole chapter as you can read it yourself" He chuckled "So I'll be here if you have any questions about is or my other book, thank you for coming"
A woman came over to him and held up the book "Could I have your autograph?"
"Of course" He smiled taking it and opened the front page then signed it.
"I love your books, The Subsect is amazing"
"Thank you" He handed it back over "Enjoy it"
"I will" She nodded and ran off.
"Mr Mariano" Another woman came up to him and held out her hand "I'm Lola Davis"
"It's Jess" He chuckled and shaked her hand "You're a reporter"
"Yes" Lola nodded "What inspired The Subsect?"
"A very special person who came into my life" He smiled signing another book "I owe it all to her that I was able to sit down and actually write"
"That's all I need to know, thank you" She nodded and walked out of the room with a group of girls.
"So" Jess looked up to see her standing up and walked towards him "Does Luke know you've wrote a book about him?"
He chuckled "Not really" He looked at her "What you doing here Rory?"
"I'm on the Obama Campaign" Rory nodded and sat next to him on the stage "Lola who just interviewed you, she's on it too"
"I bet Huntzburger wasn't happy about that"
"We are no longer together" She stated "He actually proposed to me but I said no then I got this job offer"
"Sorry for sounding like a jerk but I'm glad you're no longer with him"
"It's okay" She sighed and looked at him "I'm sorry for what happened when I came to see you"
"Forgotten" Jess smiled and stood up then held out his hand "C'mon"
"Where?" Rory looked at him confused.
"Trust me" He looked at her "Please"
"Okay" She stood up and took his hand "If something happens Mariano"
"I'll tell your mum, don't worry Gilmore" He winked and pulled her out.
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