"Lindsey and I aren't working out. I thought we would, but she's not--" He
dropped the sentence there knowing she could figure out the point.
"Me?" Rory's eyes widened and she looked straight at him not believing what he'd just said.
"You were always, Rory."
His tone was unmistakable; he was still in love with her. He stepped forward as she backed away. He followed as she finally stopped. He bent down to kiss her. It wasn't a normal kiss though; it was rough and fiery, unlike any she'd shared with Dean before. He pushed her forward and toppled onto her on the bed. Startled, her mind wandered and she was no longer in control of her body. He reached for the buttons on her camisole and undid them one by one and began kissing her neck. She breathed heavily, still in her trance and a blissful one at that. He sat up to unbutton his pants and she snapped back to reality. An expression of shock spread across her face and she squirmed out from under him.
"Dean! No, this can't happen! What the hell do you think you're doing? You're married, and-not like this!"
"Rory--wait!" He climbed off the bed as she clamored out the door buttoning her shirt. Rounding the corner she glanced forward to see none other than Jess Mariano. Dean ran out after her and stopped dead in his tracks.
"How'd you get-" Rory asked the visitor.
"The door--it was um--open but I can see that I was wrong to come back." He looked frightened and almost disgusted. The door opened again and Dean bolted out the back exit.
"Rory, you'll never guess what happened and who is running around naked in the square." The former pair of lovers darted their attention to Lorelai.
"This isn't what it looks like, Mom." Rory was almost in tears.
"So you and Jess weren't having sex?" She shrieked.
"No, Lorelai." Jess answered sure that Rory wouldn't.
"Dean just --" Rory added.
"So you and DEAN?!"
"Well, yes but I stopped it before we did anything."
"What were you thinking? He's a married man." Lorelai's head was spinning. She couldn't take this situation. She'd brought Rory up better than this. She grabbed her keys and ran out, slamming the door behind her.
There was a long pause as Jess and Rory stood looking at each other, one on each end of the small hallway. Finally Rory spoke, as Jess had never been much of a conversation starter.
"So, what are you doing here?"
"I don't know. I know you through me out from your dorm, but I felt like I just couldn't leave without being sure I couldn't have you. Come with me?" He put his hand out in atypical Jess fashion. It was inviting, him standing there in front of her and at that moment her heart softened a little bit.
"Jess, you ran out without even telling me! Then you show up, tell me you love me, run away, come back and ask me to go away with you?"
"Doesn't sound so much different from what you did last summer does it?" Jess replied coolly putting his hands down.
She'd left him hanging after kissing him before her trip to Washington. She felt even worse now. She'd done the same thing he had.
"Well, right now, going away is looking like more and more of a possibility especially with this last chain of events you've witnessed today."
"I'll be around, so when you decide you can find me." He almost smiled and walked out the door.
Rory sighed, ran a hand through her hair, slid down the wall and sat on the floor. What just happened? Has she just almost had sex with Dean? Oh God, her mother! Then there was Jess. Deep down she knew she still loved him, but she couldn't always follow her feelings. Look where they'd gotten her today.
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Lorelai drove the Jeep as fast as she could, up through the square and stopped abruptly in front of Luke's. The diner was dark but she put her hands up to the window and looked in anyway. Nobody was visible. She picked up a pebble from the ground, stepped back and threw it at his window. She did the same with another and another. Just as she was about to pitch another one he opened the window.
"Lorelai, what's going on?"
"I don't wanna--can I come in?" She sounded and looked like a sad puppy dog. How could he resist?
"Yeah, just a second." He stomped down the stairs and opened the diner door.
"What happened, Lorelai? He put his arm around her and she swung into a hug. He wrapped his other arm around her, protecting her, and she cried into his shoulder.
"Me?" Rory's eyes widened and she looked straight at him not believing what he'd just said.
"You were always, Rory."
His tone was unmistakable; he was still in love with her. He stepped forward as she backed away. He followed as she finally stopped. He bent down to kiss her. It wasn't a normal kiss though; it was rough and fiery, unlike any she'd shared with Dean before. He pushed her forward and toppled onto her on the bed. Startled, her mind wandered and she was no longer in control of her body. He reached for the buttons on her camisole and undid them one by one and began kissing her neck. She breathed heavily, still in her trance and a blissful one at that. He sat up to unbutton his pants and she snapped back to reality. An expression of shock spread across her face and she squirmed out from under him.
"Dean! No, this can't happen! What the hell do you think you're doing? You're married, and-not like this!"
"Rory--wait!" He climbed off the bed as she clamored out the door buttoning her shirt. Rounding the corner she glanced forward to see none other than Jess Mariano. Dean ran out after her and stopped dead in his tracks.
"How'd you get-" Rory asked the visitor.
"The door--it was um--open but I can see that I was wrong to come back." He looked frightened and almost disgusted. The door opened again and Dean bolted out the back exit.
"Rory, you'll never guess what happened and who is running around naked in the square." The former pair of lovers darted their attention to Lorelai.
"This isn't what it looks like, Mom." Rory was almost in tears.
"So you and Jess weren't having sex?" She shrieked.
"No, Lorelai." Jess answered sure that Rory wouldn't.
"Dean just --" Rory added.
"So you and DEAN?!"
"Well, yes but I stopped it before we did anything."
"What were you thinking? He's a married man." Lorelai's head was spinning. She couldn't take this situation. She'd brought Rory up better than this. She grabbed her keys and ran out, slamming the door behind her.
There was a long pause as Jess and Rory stood looking at each other, one on each end of the small hallway. Finally Rory spoke, as Jess had never been much of a conversation starter.
"So, what are you doing here?"
"I don't know. I know you through me out from your dorm, but I felt like I just couldn't leave without being sure I couldn't have you. Come with me?" He put his hand out in atypical Jess fashion. It was inviting, him standing there in front of her and at that moment her heart softened a little bit.
"Jess, you ran out without even telling me! Then you show up, tell me you love me, run away, come back and ask me to go away with you?"
"Doesn't sound so much different from what you did last summer does it?" Jess replied coolly putting his hands down.
She'd left him hanging after kissing him before her trip to Washington. She felt even worse now. She'd done the same thing he had.
"Well, right now, going away is looking like more and more of a possibility especially with this last chain of events you've witnessed today."
"I'll be around, so when you decide you can find me." He almost smiled and walked out the door.
Rory sighed, ran a hand through her hair, slid down the wall and sat on the floor. What just happened? Has she just almost had sex with Dean? Oh God, her mother! Then there was Jess. Deep down she knew she still loved him, but she couldn't always follow her feelings. Look where they'd gotten her today.
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Lorelai drove the Jeep as fast as she could, up through the square and stopped abruptly in front of Luke's. The diner was dark but she put her hands up to the window and looked in anyway. Nobody was visible. She picked up a pebble from the ground, stepped back and threw it at his window. She did the same with another and another. Just as she was about to pitch another one he opened the window.
"Lorelai, what's going on?"
"I don't wanna--can I come in?" She sounded and looked like a sad puppy dog. How could he resist?
"Yeah, just a second." He stomped down the stairs and opened the diner door.
"What happened, Lorelai? He put his arm around her and she swung into a hug. He wrapped his other arm around her, protecting her, and she cried into his shoulder.
