They met in California. They became friends. They both missed their girlfriends. So they worked out a plan. To get their girlfriends back.

"Where's your car, man?" he asked and gave the boy/man next to him a questioning look.

"Relax, Dave. You'll get to see Lane soon enough."

"Ok, ok, but I just want to be sure, everything is ok."

"Ok, so in half an hour you will be meeting Rory at Luke's and I'll meet Lane in her apartment. Are you sure she will be there?"

"Oh yes. I spoke to a neighbor of her and she said, she heard, that Zach and Brian wanted to go somewhere, but that Lane wanted to stay home. So I'm pretty sure she will be there."

"Ok and then fifteen minutes after that we meet at my car, which is standing in front of the gazebo."

"Alright, so I think I should get going."

"Yeah, me too. Good luck."

Both boys went away in different direction.

Dave sat at the counter at Luke's and drank a coke. He was waiting for Rory. According to "the plan" she should be here for ten minutes. Finally he heard her voice. She was talking to her mom on her cellphone. He turned a little away from her. He wanted to surprise her when she wasn't speaking anymore.

Finally she hung up and sat at the counter right next to him. She didn't recognize him. He decided it was the right moment.

He turned to her

"Hey Rory" She jumped

"Oh my god, Dave, you scared me!"

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I'm glad to see you. What are you doing here anyway? I thought you were studying in California."

"Well, California turned out to be too sunny for me. And then there's something I wanted to talk to you. Would you mind, if we went outside?"

She gave him a puzzled look, but answered:

"Yeah, sure." She hopped off of her stool and went to the door. He followed her.

Outside he started walking in the direction of the gazebo.

"You know, Rory, the main reason, why I left California was Lane. I really missed her and didn't want to lose her."

"Wow, that's great. Lane will be thrilled."

"Yeah, I hope so. But there's something else I have to tell you."

"What is it?" They were almost at the gazebo, when she saw the two people standing there.

"Jess" she said almost inaudible.

Jess stood in front of the door. He checked the address on the note Dave had given him. He was right. He wanted to ring the bell, but he couldn't find one, so he knocked.

For a long time nobody responded. Just when he wanted to knock again, he heard Lane say, while she opened the door:

"Sorry it took so long, but…" She had opened the door and saw him.

"What are you doing here?"

"Hello to you, too." He answered very ironic.

"I just didn't expect you, after all what you did to Rory. So why are you here?"

He looked at his shoes. He seemed to be guilty. When he looked back at her, he said:

"I want to talk with you about something really important. But not here. Can you come outside with me, for a quick walk?"

"Uhm, sure" she answered and went to get her keys, than followed him.

He went in the direction of the gazebo. Of course.

"So, what do you want to tell me?" said Lane a little annoyed, but on the other hand curios.

"Well, I went to California to live with my father. But I assume you know this."

"Yeah, I do."

"Well, at that time things didn't went too well with Rory. She was my first real girlfriend and I didn't know what to do, so I did, what apparently I'm best at. Leave and hurt her. But in California I realised, that it wasn't as simple as I thought it would be. I missed Rory. All those times I called her and didn't say a word, I really wanted to explain everything, but I couldn't. I just couldn't. When she said, she didn't want to be my girlfriend anymore it really hurt. But who could blame her? Certainly not me. After some time of doing nothing I decided, I wanted her back. And so I'm here."

"Why are you telling this to me? You should talk to Rory" They were at the gazebo now. He stopped.

"Because that's not everything I have to say. I met someone in California. Someone you know."

"Who?" Now she was really curios.

"Dave!"

"What!"

"Yeah, and apparently he misses you, too. So we decided to come back here together, to get our girlfriends back."

At this moment, they saw Rory and Dave coming from the other direction. And obviously Rory saw him.

So, that's it for now. This is my first English fanfic. I've done two in German, but two weeks ago, I moved to Canada and decided to write my third one in English. I hope there are not too many mistakes in it and that it's not too crappy.

Please review. This is really important for me. I have to know your opinions on my story. Otherwise I won't write more ;)

So please write more.

Yours LorelaiRory