Confirming Best Wishes & Worst Fears

Premise: What if Dean had found Rory and Jess at Sookie's wedding? Rewritten I Can't Get Started scene.

A/N: Ok so I have six assignments to work on over the next two weeks. However, this idea has been in my head for a while. I also wanted to try my hand at rewriting a scene because I like reading other people's rewritten scenes. This scene is one of my favourites from Gilmore Girls and now, here I am, wrecking it. I have now set aside nights to either write fanfiction or watch True Blood and days to work on assignments. That means that Chapter 21 of the Newspaper Room and the Maternity Ward will be out sooner than I anticipated. I am trying to fit the entire trial in one chapter so it may take a while. Rambling over and on to the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls

After Christopher Hayden left to answer his phone, Rory Gilmore turned down towards the hill and saw a familiar figure waiting for her. It couldn't possibly be him. He couldn't be back, could he? Maybe he likes me after all. Rory slowly walked down the hill towards Jess Mariano.

"What are you doing here?" Rory asked as she tried to keep her breath steady.

"Hello to you too." Jess replied sarcastically, evasively avoiding her initial question.

"Is everything okay?" Rory asked. She still couldn't believe that he was here again. Maybe he had also had a stroke when she visited him in New York.

"You look nice," Jess complimented her, a rare thing for him to do.

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Lorelai Gilmore looked frantically everywhere at the Independence Inn. She couldn't find Christopher or Rory and the ceremony was about to start any minute. Dean and Lane were standing near the piano casually talking. They noticed Lorelai's panic and approached her.

"Lorelai, what's wrong?" Dean enquired and Lorelai breathed out.

"I can't find Rory or Christopher and the ceremony is about to start so we only have one bridesmaid. Do you guys know where they went? Chris said he had to talk to her about something." Lorelai babbled on.

"Well, we can go find Rory if you want. She can't be far away." Lane offered and Lorelai thanked her. She pointed in the direction that she saw Chris and Rory walk off in. Lane and Dean headed over the tiny bridge and went off in search of Rory Gilmore.

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"Thank you, what are you doing here?" Rory insisted on this first question and Jess had no choice but to finally answer her.

"I moved back." Jess told her, which was true although he avoided telling her why.

"What?" Rory wasn't sure that she heard him properly.

"I moved back." Jess repeated. How long would it take for her to understand this?

"But-what-why?" Rory stuttered and Jess shrugged his shoulders.

"Just wanted to." Jess slightly lied or some could call it veiling the truth. It was all because of her. Rory looked breathlessly at him and before she knew what she was doing, Rory pulled him into a kiss. Jess pulled her closer and kissed her back.

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Dean and Lane were wandering aimlessly around the extensive gardens of the Independence Inn. The property was large in comparison to Stars Hollow. They had trouble finding her and thought it was weird that Rory was hiding from the celebrations.

"Maybe she's over there." Lane suggested and they went in that direction. Down the hill they could see Rory and Jess talking. "Well, we found her." Lane tried to say enthusiastically. They couldn't believe that Jess was back in Stars Hollow. They watched Rory and Jess' interactions until suddenly Rory leaned forward and kissed him. Rage built up inside Dean and he could feel his whole world falling apart. Everyone could see their attraction, their connection, including him. He had always suspected that Rory liked Jess and it wasn't just that she had to be nice to everyone. Jess was even nice to her but he always delighted in screwing around with him first. Jess was kissing her back now and the rage continued to build. How could they do this right in front of him? She had come to Sookie's wedding with him and now she runs off to have a thing with Jess! How could this happen? Lane noticed the pain that was visible on Dean's face. She tried to say something encouraging or compensating but came up with nothing. When Rory and Jess parted, they could both see Rory's expression of guilt as she ran away to go back to the festivities.

"I'm going to kill him!" Dean clenched his fists and paced around.

"Don't do that. Rory looked so guilty and I don't think you should kill him. You'll go to jail and upset Rory." Lane tried to convince him but Dean was determined. He wasn't sure whether to go yell at Rory or punch the living daylights out of Jess. Lane offered to go console Rory on the promise that Dean wouldn't kill Jess. She ran off in the same direction that Rory had run off.

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Jess breathed in amazement at what had just happened. He decided to leave the Independence Inn and turned to the direction that Rory had come from. He froze in panic when he saw the tall menacing figure of Dean Forester.

"Oh crap." Jess said to himself. Had he seen that kiss? Had he seen everything? What would happen now? Dean advanced towards Jess and he could tell that Dean was pissed off. Jess put on his usual smirking sarcastic shield, as Dean got closer. As he was about to greet him, he was pushed back towards the ground.

"I'm not going to fight you, Dean." Jess gathered himself up and tried to leave in the other direction but he was pulled back. Dean punched Jess as hard as he could and Jess felt his eye blacken once more, like from his childhood in New York.

"What the hell were you thinking? Rory is with me! She's my girlfriend but you don't seem to care! You kissed my girlfriend! It's so damn obvious that you like each other! You know what, I'm out! Go ahead. Be together! I'm not standing in your way now!" Dean walked off in a huff and Jess didn't blame the guy. Was he really going to break up with Rory? Would he do it right here at Sookie's wedding? Jess started to walk back to Luke's when a familiar voice called him back.

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Lane found Rory sitting at the pond in the Independence Inn gardens. As Lane approached, she heard her best friend sobbing uncontrollably. Lane tried to walk as quietly as she could but she stepped on a twig and the sound caught Rory's attention. Rory looked back to see her best friend coming to console her and immediately jumped up to hug Lane. She could see that Rory's eyes were red and tears streamed down her beautiful face. Lane pulled her closer to her as Rory sobbed on her shoulder.

"Lane, what's wrong with me?" Rory cried but Lane only made shushing noises to comfort her like a mother comforts her baby. "I have a boyfriend who's kind and loves me and I just kissed Jess! Why do I like Jess when I'm already with a guy? He's so smart and nice and he hates Ayn Rand. Everyone in town hates him. He makes me laugh and blush so easily. What's wrong with me? I missed my mother's graduation because I got on a bus to go to New York to see Jess! I skipped school and everything!" Rory continued to sob as Lane patted her back. Rory untangled herself from her best friend and wiped away her tears. "How did you even know to find me here?" Rory enquired and Lane sighed.

"Okay but you're not going to like the story. The wedding is starting up pretty soon and Lorelai was wondering where you were so Dean and I went looking for you. We found you with Jess and… Dean and I saw you guys… kiss." Lane explained and panic and guilt filled Rory's conscience.

"Dean saw… us? He must be so mad. Oh no! What have I done?" Rory panicked and Lane pulled her back into a hug. Rory started to cry again on Lane's comforting shoulder.

"I need to talk to you, alone!" A voice hissed and Rory and Lane turned to see an angry Dean Forester in front of them. Lane instinctively stood in front of Rory to protect her. Rory decided to step next to Lane instead of using her as a shield.

"Whatever you need to say, you can say in front of Lane." Rory said defensively.

"I thought I would inform you that we're done! I have spent months trying to ignore what was going on with you and that jerk but I've given up now. You came to this wedding with me and you run off to kiss Jess!" Dean shouted.

"I did not run off to kiss Jess! My father wanted to talk to me in private! I had no idea he was coming back. It just happened. It meant nothing. I want to be with you!" Rory shouted back even though deep down, she knew that that kiss meant something. Dean shook his head at this.

"You don't want to be with me! I'm through, so go and be together!" Dean turned on his heel and headed back to his home. He didn't really want to be at Sookie's wedding anymore. Rory sighed and looked at her best friend.

"So, am I officially broken up with Dean?" Rory wondered out loud and Lane nodded. "You're going to be a great mother, Lane Kim." Lane smiled at this and they suddenly remembered about the wedding. "We have to make a pit stop first." Rory took Lane's hand and led her to where she and Jess had kissed. They could see Jess starting to leave and Rory called out to him. He immediately stopped and turned around to face them. Jess suddenly smiled at the sight of Rory, despite his black eye.

"Jess, I'm so sorry! What happened to your eye?" Rory slowly stepped forward while Lane remained half hiding in the bushes.

"It's nothing." Jess said as he shrugged his shoulders. To be completely honest, it only ached a little. He'd had worse injuries.

"Dean and I broke up just now." Rory announced although Jess kind of figured this from Dean's speech earlier.

"I'm sorry." Jess apologised almost apathetically but Rory didn't mind.

"I have to go." Rory remembered the wedding and he looked disappointed.

"Why?" Jess questioned and Rory reminded him that there was a wedding going on. She promised to call him the next day and left to go back to the wedding.

Rory and Lane ran back towards the Inn and arrived just in time. Lane ran over to her seat and Rory went up to the bridge and stood next to her mother. Lorelai handed her daughter a bunch of flowers as they waited for the music to start.

"I think I'm going to Washington." Rory announced breathlessly.

"Oh," Lorelai said as she simply stared straight ahead. At that moment, the music began to play and Lorelai and Rory headed down the aisle.

A/N: Please review and let me know what you think of my first rewritten scene! I hope you enjoyed it.