When will you realize He's the one?
Description: It is the 5th season how I wanted it to go. This story starts right after Dean and Rory slept together. She goes to Europe with Emily and Rory realizes she wants out of being the other woman. In the end Rory feels alone and broken. When she stumbles upon a letter Jess had written her after she denied his invitation to come away with him, things begin to change for her.
Chapter 1. Picking up the pieces.
Rory opened the front door of the Gilmore house. The place she has called home all these years. She was so happy to be home. "Mom?" She asked hesitantly, knowing her relationship with Lorelai was still a little rocky. "Rory!" "Rory your home!" Lorelai screamed as she embraced her daughter at the door. "Welcome back babe!" "How was it?" "Did Emily make you want to jump in front of a vesper?" She questioned jokingly. "It wasn't that bad." "It actually gave me a lot of time to think over the events that happened before I left." Rory replied starting to sound serious. "Oh?" was all Lorelai could say. "Yeah Mom you were so right I should have never slept with Dean." "I made myself the other woman." "Then because I regretted what I did, when you confronted me, I took all of my anger and frustration out on you." Rory explained with tears in her eyes. "Oh Rory It's alright." Lorelai added sweetly. "No Mom it's not!" "I made myself believe that Dean and I could work it out but were not the same people." "He got married and I grew up." "We are not meant for each other and I needed to face that and face my mistake." "Now I have to face Dean." Rory said as she began to cry. Lorelai took her daughter in her arms and led her to the coach. "Rory I want you to do what you think is best for you." "I will support you." "I promise you that." Lorelai said as she rubbed her back kindly. "Thanks Mom." "But I have already made my decision." "I am meeting with Dean tomorrow and ending this mess." "I'm picking up the pieces of my life and making a fresh start." She declared as she rubbed away the last tear she was going to shed for Dean Forrester. "So on a lighter note did you bring me any biscotti cause I gotta tell you kid I may disown you if you didn't!" Lorelai said with the sarcasm Rory had missed so much. "I can't believe you even have to ask" Rory said with a smile as she handed her mother a bag full of biscotti. "I knew you were always my favorite child!" Lorelai joked as she grabbed the bag and dug in. Rory laid back on the couch and took a deep breath. She was finally home.
Rory sat on the bench at the gazebo in town waiting for him to arrive. She looked to her left and saw his tall figure heading towards her. She took a deep breath and stood up to greet him. "Rory I am so glad your back." Dean said as he walked towards her. "Yeah I got back last night." She replied nervously playing with her hands. "I missed you." He said softly. "Dean don't!" Rory declared as she moved away from his touch. "Rory what's wrong?" he asked now confused. "Look Dean we need to talk." "I can't do this with you anymore." "You and I we're just wrong." She began to explain. "No Rory don't say that I love you!" He said raising his voice. "No Dean you don't" "What happened with us was a mistake and we just need to move passed it." She stated. "How can you say that?" "We love each other!" "Isn't what happened between us special to you?" he questioned angrily. "Dean what happened was special in its own way." "But I have had a lot of time to think about this and I won't be the other woman." Rory replied. "You won't have to be." "I am going to leave Lindsey!" he stated. "Don't say that like it's a good thing." "She is innocent in all of this and you owe her respect and time to heal this." Rory began to raise her voice. "I don't understand." "I thought you wanted to be with me?" he asked sadly. "I did." "But I realize now that we could never make this work." "I mean it when I say it was a mistake." "Go home to your wife and figure this out." "I need to have a fresh start and make something of myself." "I can't do that if I'm sleeping with a married man." She explained being as strong as she could. "I can't believe your actually saying this." He replied sadly. "Goodbye Dean." Was all Rory said as she made her way out of the gazebo and headed home.
Rory spent the next week at home preparing herself for another year at Yale. Being home with her mom was a remedy in its own way for her. Rory was laying on her bed thinking about the last year. How she went from having no boyfriend to having Jess come to stars hollow say he loved her walk away and then asked her to come with him to New York. Then after that she had an affair with the very boy she had dumped for another guy. Dean her Dean! Had made her to the unthinkable! Her world had really turned upside down in the last few years. "I am going to swear off men I promise!" Rory said to herself proudly. "You sure about that sweets?" Lorelai added Rory jumped off her bed. "Mom I didn't see you there!" Rory gasped. "I understand why you would want to swear off men, but I gotta tell ya since I started dating Luke, he has really restored my faith in the opposite sex." She said with a smile as she took a seat on Rory's bed. "I know mom but they are not all Luke's ya know!" Rory replied as she took a seat next to her mother. "You will find your Luke honey I promise he's out there." Lorelai said as she rubbed back. "Thanks mom." "Anytime Kiddo!" She replied…………. It was Sunday night. The night before Rory had to go back to school. She was going through some papers and mail in her mom's room looking some stationary while Lorelai was at work. When she came across an envelope with her name on it. The handwriting was very familiar. She opened it and saw it was from Jess. Rory began to read……….
Dear Rory,
I honestly don't know what to say to you, but I just had to write to you.
I know I've hurt you beyond repair. I left you without an explanation and
That was wrong. I don't know if I could ever express how sorry I am,
I came to you and put my heart on the line and you crushed it. I guess
I deserved that.
I just want to give us some closure. I want to say that I love you and I
Probably always will. You were meant for something bigger than me
And I realize that now.
Thank you for believing in me.
Jess
Rory sat there dumbfounded at his letter. She had never heard him be so sincere. Tears began to form in her crystal blue eyes. She didn't how old this letter was and if her mom had ever planned on ever telling her it was there…. A few hours passed and Lorelai finally made it home. "Offspring Mommy's home!" she yelled as she made her way into the living room. Rory was sitting on the couch with the letter in her small hands with one light on. "What's with the depressing mood kid?" Lorelai asked curiously. Rory stood up and handed her the letter in reply. "Rory listen I was going to show you this but it came after you had left for Europe." "You had already slept with Dean and I thought you were going to be with him, and I just thought seeing this would only make things worse." She explained defensively. "You should have shown me!" Rory retorted as a tear fell down her cheek. "I thought you were over him Kid, I'm sorry!" She defended. "I am, I mean…. God I didn't need this!" Rory put her face in her hands and fell back on the couch. "Rory I am sorry." "You know that right?" Lorelai asked nervously. "I know mom, it's not your fault my love life is so messed up." "I really wished you would have shown me though." "I mean he was such a big part of my life." She replied softly. "I know babe." Lorelai said as she took her daughter into a hug.
The morning of Rory's return to Yale the Gilmore Girls headed to Luke's for breakfast. "Hey Rory." "You excited for another year at school?" Luke asked as he greeted the girls. "Yeah I'm starting to." She replied as she took her seat at the table. "Hi babe!" Lorelai said greeting him with a kiss. "Good morning to you to." He replied with a silly grin. Rory looked on and wished so badly she could just make something like that work. Being in love didn't seem to fit Rory Gilmore and she just couldn't figure out why. "Coffee?" Luke asked. "Like you even have to ask!" Lorelai replied with a sarcastic smile. "Coming right up!" he said as he made his way to the counter. "Were okay right kid?" Lorelai asked sweetly. "Yeah mom were good." Rory replied with a smile………The girls were getting ready to go when Lorelai crept behind the counter to say goodbye to Luke. They were kissing and completely forgetting about Rory. "Uh hem!" Rory interrupted the lover's goodbye. "Hey Rory I think I left my sweater upstairs." "Could you go up and get it for me?" "That way you don't have to wait until we finish up." Lorelai asked with a wink. "Yeah sure." She replied sheepishly Rory made her way up the stairs. She was suddenly flooded with memories of Jess. Come to think of it the last time she really went up here was when she was with him. She smiled sweetly as she walked into the infamous apartment. Even though she knew Lorelai hadn't left anything up here she looked around anyway…..Her eyes gravitated towards the fridge. She noticed a post it with Jess' name on it. It looked like a cell number. "So much for not believing in them." She said aloud jokingly. She quickly wrote it down on a napkin and ran back down the stairs. "You ready to go babe?" Lorelai asked. "Yeah ready." Rory answered out of breath. "Bye Luke!" she yelled back on their way out the diner. The girls got in the car and started for Yale……….
A/N: I have so many ideas for this story! This is my first time posting on this site!
Please read and review let me know what ya'll think!
-Kara-