Title: Pain
Author: Kat
Rating: PG
Pairing: Rory/? & Jess/?
Disclaimer: I own none of GG.
Author's Note: This chapter is the beginning, so Jess is with Shane for now. But that will change, just wait and see. Who will Rory be with? Read on.
Jess walked down the street, trying to get away from Shane. He was only using her to make Rory jealous. She didn't mean anything to him. Jess hated it, Rory made him feel something so.. He couldn't describe it. It was surreal. After she'd kissed him, he'd felt like he won a million dollars. Then she left, and didn't say anything the whole summer. That really pissed him off. So that's when he decided, why should he care?
Rory walked down the street, pretty in her violet dress, with a lavender sheen. Long dark hair swung out behind her. Her intelligent blue eyes scanned the street for Jess and his skank. Seeing the all clear, she went to cross the street, when she spotted a flash of blond. Shane.
She turned around, ready to confront the scene in front of her. She opened her mouth, ready to tell Jess and Shane what she thought of them. What she saw, tore at her insides, pain wracked her from every side. She felt like she was dying, a slow painful death. Shane had her back to Rory, Jess was looking straight at her. He kept kissing Shane, moving his hands all over her body. When he'd made his point, he wrapped his arm around Shane and walked off with her.
Rory stood there, her mouth wide open. She knew then, what she had to do.
"I'm so happy to see you, finally after the summer apart, we'll be together," Dean rattled off. He wrapped his arms around Rory's waist. He leaned down to kiss her. When Rory avoided his kiss, he looked at her. "What's wrong?"
"We need to talk," Rory took his hand and sat him down on the couch. "How to start," she got up and began to pace. "We need to break up and see other people, this relationship just isn't going to work for me. You deserve a girl who will love you for you, not someone who uses you, and that's exactly what I've been doing. I've been stringing you along, and it's not fair to you."
Rory looked down and saw that Dean's face was calmly pale. "Dean?"
"That's fine," he got up and walked out of the room. "Dean wait, aren't you going to get mad and yell at me, I was kind of expecting that response, not this quiet acceptance. It's kind of scary."
"Actually Rory, you've opened my eyes, and I now see what I was blind to before, that we are two different people and we've grown apart, so I wish you the best for the future. It's just kind of a shock, to have this all so suddenly revealed. I hope you'll understand if you I don't talk to you for awhile, I need time to be alone." Dean walked out the door, shutting it behind him, the click sounded so final. As if Dean had walked out of her life permanently.
Now she had Jess to contend with. How to go about that? He and Shane were obviously in some kind of relationship. She wasn't the type to steal someone's boyfriend. Rory walked outside and went next door to Babette's.
Babette was outside watering the plants. "Hey hon' why so glum?"
"I just broke up with Dean," Rory answered.
Babette gasped, bringing a hand to her chest, "Well these things happen, why don't you go home and have a lie-down, you'll feel better. Excuse me, I have to go inside, for more water."
Mission accomplished, Rory thought. Jess would know within the hour, and the next pursuit of action would be his. She walked back into the house and shut the door.
Jess sat on the bridge reading, when he heard footsteps. He saw a pair of boots, Shane. "Why do you have to read?" "Is it for school?"
"You should know, that I never do anything for school," Jess said. "I read because I like it," he added. "So what'd you want?"
"Nothing, you want to make out some more?" Shane asked.
"Not really," Jess said.
"Fine, there's other guys that want me. That tall dark dude looks like he could some of my special help," Shane commented.
"What tall dark guy?" Jess asked curiously.
"Dean."
"Why would he look like he needs help?"
"Because word is, or so I hear from that tap-dance lady, that his girlfriend just broke up with him," Shane said.
Jess got up, something clicked in his mind. "Let's go," he said lazily.
"What about your all-important book?" Shane teased.
"You're more important," Jess looped his arm around her neck, leaving his book on the bridge. He walked away with Shane.
Rory watched the sun go down. Where the hell was he? He'd had all afternoon to do something about the news that he must know by now. Obviously he didn't want her. That was just fine. She grabbed a light jacket, and walked outside, heading for the bridge.
The stars were out, she could make out the Big Dipper, the North Star, and other constellations. Coldness wracked her body. As she made her way down the bridge, it creaked under her weight. She saw a book sitting on the edge of the bridge, she walked over and picked it up. Jess's copy of Oliver Twist. She hugged it to her chest. Now she had a reason to go find him. She set off for the diner.
Rory pushed open the door of the diner, Luke looked at her from behind the counter, he nodded his head to the right. She saw Jess and Shane sitting in a booth. She walked over, slammed his book down on the table.
"I found this on the bridge," she said.
"Thanks," Jess said, not looking at her but at Shane. He kissed Shane on the lips, ignoring Rory.
"You bastard." Rory stormed off. She ran out of the diner, tears forming, she viciously dashed them away with her hands. She fled back to the bridge. What better place to nurse a broken heart, her vision was blurred from her tears. The internal ache was so painful, she had to lie down. She curled up on the bridge in a fetal position, and let herself go. Tears rained down her face, her body shook violently from her sobs.
Jess looked at Shane. Jess grabbed the book and ran out the door. He headed towards the bridge. What he saw when he got there, broke his heart.
Rory lying on the bridge, curled in a fetal position, he could see how much pain she was in. He ran over to her. "Rory."
His voice registered through the pain she was feeling. She sat up, "What'd you want?" her voice was hoarse.
"To talk," he said simply.
"Why so you can break my heart again," Rory said bitterly.
"No, so I can explain-"
"Hold your breath, I don't want to hear anything from you. You can listen to what I have to say." Rory stood up. "I kissed you because I was happy to see you, happy that you came back for me. I was scared after it happened, I didn't what to do or say, so I left for the summer. I'm sorry if I hurt you. But what you've been doing for the last three days was unconscionable agony for me. I broke up with Dean for you. I'm crying because of you, my heart is broken because of you."
"Rory, can I just say something-" he was cut off again.
"Why so you can hurt me even more," she jeered. "Is this not pathetic enough for you, should I cry some more," she looked up at him.
"I went out with Shane to hurt you, but only because of the way you hurt me, when you left for the summer. How do you think I felt all summer, knowing you were still with Dean? It was hell on earth for me. I did what I did, because I was hurting. I'm sorry that I hurt you so badly," Jess explained.
Rory looked at him. Speechless for once in her life, she didn't know what to do or say?
Author: Kat
Rating: PG
Pairing: Rory/? & Jess/?
Disclaimer: I own none of GG.
Author's Note: This chapter is the beginning, so Jess is with Shane for now. But that will change, just wait and see. Who will Rory be with? Read on.
Jess walked down the street, trying to get away from Shane. He was only using her to make Rory jealous. She didn't mean anything to him. Jess hated it, Rory made him feel something so.. He couldn't describe it. It was surreal. After she'd kissed him, he'd felt like he won a million dollars. Then she left, and didn't say anything the whole summer. That really pissed him off. So that's when he decided, why should he care?
Rory walked down the street, pretty in her violet dress, with a lavender sheen. Long dark hair swung out behind her. Her intelligent blue eyes scanned the street for Jess and his skank. Seeing the all clear, she went to cross the street, when she spotted a flash of blond. Shane.
She turned around, ready to confront the scene in front of her. She opened her mouth, ready to tell Jess and Shane what she thought of them. What she saw, tore at her insides, pain wracked her from every side. She felt like she was dying, a slow painful death. Shane had her back to Rory, Jess was looking straight at her. He kept kissing Shane, moving his hands all over her body. When he'd made his point, he wrapped his arm around Shane and walked off with her.
Rory stood there, her mouth wide open. She knew then, what she had to do.
"I'm so happy to see you, finally after the summer apart, we'll be together," Dean rattled off. He wrapped his arms around Rory's waist. He leaned down to kiss her. When Rory avoided his kiss, he looked at her. "What's wrong?"
"We need to talk," Rory took his hand and sat him down on the couch. "How to start," she got up and began to pace. "We need to break up and see other people, this relationship just isn't going to work for me. You deserve a girl who will love you for you, not someone who uses you, and that's exactly what I've been doing. I've been stringing you along, and it's not fair to you."
Rory looked down and saw that Dean's face was calmly pale. "Dean?"
"That's fine," he got up and walked out of the room. "Dean wait, aren't you going to get mad and yell at me, I was kind of expecting that response, not this quiet acceptance. It's kind of scary."
"Actually Rory, you've opened my eyes, and I now see what I was blind to before, that we are two different people and we've grown apart, so I wish you the best for the future. It's just kind of a shock, to have this all so suddenly revealed. I hope you'll understand if you I don't talk to you for awhile, I need time to be alone." Dean walked out the door, shutting it behind him, the click sounded so final. As if Dean had walked out of her life permanently.
Now she had Jess to contend with. How to go about that? He and Shane were obviously in some kind of relationship. She wasn't the type to steal someone's boyfriend. Rory walked outside and went next door to Babette's.
Babette was outside watering the plants. "Hey hon' why so glum?"
"I just broke up with Dean," Rory answered.
Babette gasped, bringing a hand to her chest, "Well these things happen, why don't you go home and have a lie-down, you'll feel better. Excuse me, I have to go inside, for more water."
Mission accomplished, Rory thought. Jess would know within the hour, and the next pursuit of action would be his. She walked back into the house and shut the door.
Jess sat on the bridge reading, when he heard footsteps. He saw a pair of boots, Shane. "Why do you have to read?" "Is it for school?"
"You should know, that I never do anything for school," Jess said. "I read because I like it," he added. "So what'd you want?"
"Nothing, you want to make out some more?" Shane asked.
"Not really," Jess said.
"Fine, there's other guys that want me. That tall dark dude looks like he could some of my special help," Shane commented.
"What tall dark guy?" Jess asked curiously.
"Dean."
"Why would he look like he needs help?"
"Because word is, or so I hear from that tap-dance lady, that his girlfriend just broke up with him," Shane said.
Jess got up, something clicked in his mind. "Let's go," he said lazily.
"What about your all-important book?" Shane teased.
"You're more important," Jess looped his arm around her neck, leaving his book on the bridge. He walked away with Shane.
Rory watched the sun go down. Where the hell was he? He'd had all afternoon to do something about the news that he must know by now. Obviously he didn't want her. That was just fine. She grabbed a light jacket, and walked outside, heading for the bridge.
The stars were out, she could make out the Big Dipper, the North Star, and other constellations. Coldness wracked her body. As she made her way down the bridge, it creaked under her weight. She saw a book sitting on the edge of the bridge, she walked over and picked it up. Jess's copy of Oliver Twist. She hugged it to her chest. Now she had a reason to go find him. She set off for the diner.
Rory pushed open the door of the diner, Luke looked at her from behind the counter, he nodded his head to the right. She saw Jess and Shane sitting in a booth. She walked over, slammed his book down on the table.
"I found this on the bridge," she said.
"Thanks," Jess said, not looking at her but at Shane. He kissed Shane on the lips, ignoring Rory.
"You bastard." Rory stormed off. She ran out of the diner, tears forming, she viciously dashed them away with her hands. She fled back to the bridge. What better place to nurse a broken heart, her vision was blurred from her tears. The internal ache was so painful, she had to lie down. She curled up on the bridge in a fetal position, and let herself go. Tears rained down her face, her body shook violently from her sobs.
Jess looked at Shane. Jess grabbed the book and ran out the door. He headed towards the bridge. What he saw when he got there, broke his heart.
Rory lying on the bridge, curled in a fetal position, he could see how much pain she was in. He ran over to her. "Rory."
His voice registered through the pain she was feeling. She sat up, "What'd you want?" her voice was hoarse.
"To talk," he said simply.
"Why so you can break my heart again," Rory said bitterly.
"No, so I can explain-"
"Hold your breath, I don't want to hear anything from you. You can listen to what I have to say." Rory stood up. "I kissed you because I was happy to see you, happy that you came back for me. I was scared after it happened, I didn't what to do or say, so I left for the summer. I'm sorry if I hurt you. But what you've been doing for the last three days was unconscionable agony for me. I broke up with Dean for you. I'm crying because of you, my heart is broken because of you."
"Rory, can I just say something-" he was cut off again.
"Why so you can hurt me even more," she jeered. "Is this not pathetic enough for you, should I cry some more," she looked up at him.
"I went out with Shane to hurt you, but only because of the way you hurt me, when you left for the summer. How do you think I felt all summer, knowing you were still with Dean? It was hell on earth for me. I did what I did, because I was hurting. I'm sorry that I hurt you so badly," Jess explained.
Rory looked at him. Speechless for once in her life, she didn't know what to do or say?