A/N (please read it):
Hey people! How are you guys? Well, in this fic I'm trying something different, there will be a LOT of new people and cities so I just want to make one thing clear: I don't know any of the cities that I mention in this fic, the only thing that I know about them is that they were in a map. So, sorry if they're nothing like what I say. I hope you enjoy it because I'm loving to write this story and I'm putting my heart, my soul, my blood and my memories in this. Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you like it. Reviews are highly appreciated. I mean it; please tell me what you think Ps.: This first song is the one that made me write this story in the first place, that's why I put it with the Prologue. There wouldn't be another place to it.
"This was a good-bye kiss / That you give just once in a life time
It explains everything without fighting / And it makes light in the darkest day
That's okay if it didn't work out / I thought we came so close
But now I certainly see / That in the end I loved for both of us
But you remember, you'll remember me / That our love was worth it
Remember, this is our happy end
You'll remember, you'll remember, yeah / You'll remember me"
(Você Vai Lembrar de Mim by Nenhum de Nós)
Prologue
It had been two years since Rory and Jess ended their relationship. After graduation from school they had gone to Yale together and continued dating like they had in high school. While in Yale they got to know a lot of people that became their friends, like Jack, Josh, Krista, Bianca, Andrew, Gyn and some others. Rory and Jess had created this life together, this little world that would only belong to them. It wasn't perfect but it was totally full, with family, friends, happiness and problems.
It was in Yale too that they figured out what they really wanted to do. Jess, as it was already supposed to, wanted to become a writer. This was his thing. He wasn't the kind of person who would follow a schedule, work behind a desk and obey orders and be happy. He had a free spirit and a wild soul. He had to create, to live by his own rules, to do what he wanted to do whenever he wanted to do. This would make him happy. Not explain himself to a middle-aged guy who had no personality, no life and a closed mind.
Rory, in the opposite, liked to have schedules, pressure and a big, old, bad tempered boss, thank you very much. After a while she found out that she really wanted to be a journalist, but not an overseas one. She would miss her family, her friends and her little town in Connecticut way too much. She wanted to travel and get to know the world, yes, but as a tourist. What she really wanted to be was a journalist in a paper in Connecticut. Not as small as Stars Hollow Gazette, but one near enough so she could actually live in Stars Hollow.
So, when they graduated in Yale, Jess accepted the scholarship to this creativity course that this new school offered him. It was a great opportunity, with great teachers and a whole new way to teach and learn writing. The only problem was it was in this little town called Kingston, NY. It wasn't far away from Connecticut, just a few hours. But they wouldn't be able to live together or see each other every day.
At first Jess had doubts, but Rory helped him to make the decision insisting to him take the chance. And so he did. She knew how rare this opportunity was and how happy he would be doing this course. She couldn't be the one holding him back.
In the same time a job in the Hartford's Daily was offered to Rory. It was a good job, with nice people and good salary. And besides it was just half an hour from Stars Hollow. There wasn't even one reason not to accept the job.
She started working two weeks after that. Time goes by and not long after they had moved to their new towns they found out it was harder than they thought to keep a long-distance relationship. So they stopped keeping it. It was just too much. Rory was new in the paper so she had no time off. And she liked it. She couldn't be happier with her work; she was doing what she always wanted to do. Jess was pretty happy too. He had these crazy teachers who knew everything about every book written. He was reading a lot, more than he ever did. And he had started writing too. At first just a few short stories, but he was getting better, writing less and longer stories. With all this going on in their lives they really couldn't find time to go visit each other, they were just to busy.
They tried to find a way with Jess going to Stars Hollow from time to time, but when he did it Rory couldn't stop working to enjoy their time together and he ended up spending more time with Lorelai then with Rory. So it got to a point that they didn't have any other choice, they broke up. It was something mutual and not as painful as it could have been. They saw it coming a long time ago and their relationship was non-existent by now. They just made it official.
They didn't lose touch thought. They kept talking to each other at least once a week. They had too much history to just throw everything they had in the garbage. But, as it was expected to, they started meeting new people, the had to move on.
Jess was the first one to get a new girlfriend, Jessica. Lorelai mocked him for the longest time and it was funny, especially because Jessica's friends used to call her Jess. Seeing Jess had really moved on Rory felt allowed to go and try to find someone too. Three months after Jess had started dating Jessica Rory met Mark. He was a lawyer that had been introduced to her by a co-worker. They started dating not long after that. Mark was tall with brown hair and brown eyes. He was a lot like Dean, what wasn't necessarily good or bad.
He was really kind to everyone and nice to her, he was almost a workaholic and romantic and not really jealous and possessive, but he liked to always know where she was and with who, like if he wanted to have some kind of control over her life. It bothered her, but not enough to make her break up with him so she just got used to it.
Before Rory and Mark had completed two months together Jess and Jessica broke up. Apparently they weren't meant to be. Just a few months passed and he started dating again, this time Katlyn.
About a year and a half had passed. Rory is still living with Lorelai in Stars Hollow, working in the same paper and dating the same boyfriend. She became a workaholic with accumulated vacations and no day off. Jess in the other hand was getting serious in his relation with Katlyn. They were living together and Jess was starting to think that maybe she was the one; maybe he should propose to her.
But then again destiny is ironic. It is funny how a whole year can pass and almost nothing change in your life. And then the phone rings and everything changes forever.
Hey people! How are you guys? Well, in this fic I'm trying something different, there will be a LOT of new people and cities so I just want to make one thing clear: I don't know any of the cities that I mention in this fic, the only thing that I know about them is that they were in a map. So, sorry if they're nothing like what I say. I hope you enjoy it because I'm loving to write this story and I'm putting my heart, my soul, my blood and my memories in this. Thank you so much for reading this and I hope you like it. Reviews are highly appreciated. I mean it; please tell me what you think Ps.: This first song is the one that made me write this story in the first place, that's why I put it with the Prologue. There wouldn't be another place to it.
"This was a good-bye kiss / That you give just once in a life time
It explains everything without fighting / And it makes light in the darkest day
That's okay if it didn't work out / I thought we came so close
But now I certainly see / That in the end I loved for both of us
But you remember, you'll remember me / That our love was worth it
Remember, this is our happy end
You'll remember, you'll remember, yeah / You'll remember me"
(Você Vai Lembrar de Mim by Nenhum de Nós)
Prologue
It had been two years since Rory and Jess ended their relationship. After graduation from school they had gone to Yale together and continued dating like they had in high school. While in Yale they got to know a lot of people that became their friends, like Jack, Josh, Krista, Bianca, Andrew, Gyn and some others. Rory and Jess had created this life together, this little world that would only belong to them. It wasn't perfect but it was totally full, with family, friends, happiness and problems.
It was in Yale too that they figured out what they really wanted to do. Jess, as it was already supposed to, wanted to become a writer. This was his thing. He wasn't the kind of person who would follow a schedule, work behind a desk and obey orders and be happy. He had a free spirit and a wild soul. He had to create, to live by his own rules, to do what he wanted to do whenever he wanted to do. This would make him happy. Not explain himself to a middle-aged guy who had no personality, no life and a closed mind.
Rory, in the opposite, liked to have schedules, pressure and a big, old, bad tempered boss, thank you very much. After a while she found out that she really wanted to be a journalist, but not an overseas one. She would miss her family, her friends and her little town in Connecticut way too much. She wanted to travel and get to know the world, yes, but as a tourist. What she really wanted to be was a journalist in a paper in Connecticut. Not as small as Stars Hollow Gazette, but one near enough so she could actually live in Stars Hollow.
So, when they graduated in Yale, Jess accepted the scholarship to this creativity course that this new school offered him. It was a great opportunity, with great teachers and a whole new way to teach and learn writing. The only problem was it was in this little town called Kingston, NY. It wasn't far away from Connecticut, just a few hours. But they wouldn't be able to live together or see each other every day.
At first Jess had doubts, but Rory helped him to make the decision insisting to him take the chance. And so he did. She knew how rare this opportunity was and how happy he would be doing this course. She couldn't be the one holding him back.
In the same time a job in the Hartford's Daily was offered to Rory. It was a good job, with nice people and good salary. And besides it was just half an hour from Stars Hollow. There wasn't even one reason not to accept the job.
She started working two weeks after that. Time goes by and not long after they had moved to their new towns they found out it was harder than they thought to keep a long-distance relationship. So they stopped keeping it. It was just too much. Rory was new in the paper so she had no time off. And she liked it. She couldn't be happier with her work; she was doing what she always wanted to do. Jess was pretty happy too. He had these crazy teachers who knew everything about every book written. He was reading a lot, more than he ever did. And he had started writing too. At first just a few short stories, but he was getting better, writing less and longer stories. With all this going on in their lives they really couldn't find time to go visit each other, they were just to busy.
They tried to find a way with Jess going to Stars Hollow from time to time, but when he did it Rory couldn't stop working to enjoy their time together and he ended up spending more time with Lorelai then with Rory. So it got to a point that they didn't have any other choice, they broke up. It was something mutual and not as painful as it could have been. They saw it coming a long time ago and their relationship was non-existent by now. They just made it official.
They didn't lose touch thought. They kept talking to each other at least once a week. They had too much history to just throw everything they had in the garbage. But, as it was expected to, they started meeting new people, the had to move on.
Jess was the first one to get a new girlfriend, Jessica. Lorelai mocked him for the longest time and it was funny, especially because Jessica's friends used to call her Jess. Seeing Jess had really moved on Rory felt allowed to go and try to find someone too. Three months after Jess had started dating Jessica Rory met Mark. He was a lawyer that had been introduced to her by a co-worker. They started dating not long after that. Mark was tall with brown hair and brown eyes. He was a lot like Dean, what wasn't necessarily good or bad.
He was really kind to everyone and nice to her, he was almost a workaholic and romantic and not really jealous and possessive, but he liked to always know where she was and with who, like if he wanted to have some kind of control over her life. It bothered her, but not enough to make her break up with him so she just got used to it.
Before Rory and Mark had completed two months together Jess and Jessica broke up. Apparently they weren't meant to be. Just a few months passed and he started dating again, this time Katlyn.
About a year and a half had passed. Rory is still living with Lorelai in Stars Hollow, working in the same paper and dating the same boyfriend. She became a workaholic with accumulated vacations and no day off. Jess in the other hand was getting serious in his relation with Katlyn. They were living together and Jess was starting to think that maybe she was the one; maybe he should propose to her.
But then again destiny is ironic. It is funny how a whole year can pass and almost nothing change in your life. And then the phone rings and everything changes forever.