Now and forever...

a/n- ok, these are the previous chapters 1-4. we decided to make them one. thanks to Breanna, who suggested it. ^_^ Thanks for all the reviews!

Disclamer- can i please just borrow them for a little while? i'll give them back!!! FINE! Anyway, I don't own any of the Gilmore Girls Characters, or anything associated with the
show. Besides, I'm 13 and I don't really own anything worth owning, so THERE! don't sue me you petty fools! ok, i'm done ranting...

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Even though school was almost out for the summer, Chilton was just like normal. Still learning, still like any other day, except for the fact that there was a meeting and school ended 1 1/2 hours early. Meanwhile, Stars Hollow High had the day off. "Ugh!"
said Rory in frustration, "It's not fair!!!"

"Hi Rory!" chirped Madaline, unusually wide awake, "What's not fair?"

"Oh, nothing," began Rory, "It's just-"

"Madaline!" interrupted Louise, turning her back to Rory, "we aren't talking to her."
"No... that was last week..." Madaline said slowly. Then she turned back to Rory, "So Rory, I'm having a party this Saturday, can you come?"

"Sure," said Rory, immediatly thinking of Dean, "Can I bring someone?"

"Yeah," said Madaline thinking, "I'm bringing, like, the whole school..."

"Plus more," added Louise, an evil glimmer in her eyes.

"MADALINE! LOUISE!" said an annoyed voice.

"uh oh..." said Madaline

"I told you so," whispered Louise

"What did I tell you about talking to her?" Madaline bagan to answer, but Paris cut her off. "Don't answer," she said. And with that, she left, Madaline and Louise on her heels.
"Bye Rory!" called Madaline, "See you Saturday!"
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That afternoon, while Rory was on the bus, she couldn't concentrate on her book. She didn't know why, but she had a feeling. "I probably just need coffee," she mumbled to herself. But she still couldn't shake away the feeling. Something was going to happen. Something big. She had to find Lorelai.
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When she got home, Lorelai was right there, in front of the hall closet, looking through her Max box.. again. With a sigh of relief, Rory went to her room to change out of her Chiltonm uniform. But something was still wrong. "Dean!" she whispered hoarsely.

"Bye Mom!" she yelled as she ran back out the door, not hearing Lorelai's reply.

When she reached Dean's house, she rang the doorbell. No one was home. She walked back in the vague direction of Luke's, when she saw a brown haired guy but the bus stop. She ran over to him, then realized that his face was attached to Hillary's. Hillary went to star's hollow high. She was a cheerleader. As Rory neared them, Miss Patty rushed over to Rory, in order to tell Rory what was going on with Dean, not realizing that Rory had already seen them.
"I'm so sorry Rory," finished Miss Patty

"It's okay," said Rory, "really. Dean and I are broken up. I just broke up with him."
"Oh," said Miss Patty, "excuse me." and with that she began to make phone calls. Free from Miss Patty, Rory walked over to Dean, and tapped his shoulder.

"Hi Dean!" she said, with a smile.

"Rory. Hey," he said feebly, "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I got of school early," she said, "and just in time to break up with you." Then, as if nothing had gone wrong, Rory turned around, and walked aimlessly around town.
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The next thing she knew, Rory was sitting at the counter of Luke's, drinking coffee.

"Hey," said a voice from behind the counter.

"Hi Jess," she said, without looking up.

"Look, I know you just broke up with Dean, but I was wondering-"

Rory looked up. Was he asking her out?

"Jess!" yelled Luke,"take this to Kirk." as he put a food on the counter. Reluctantly, Jess grabbed the plate, and walked accross the diner. 'Oh well,' he thought,'I'll ask her later.'
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It was the day after Rory had broken up with Dean, and she was in the diner, yet again...

"Hey," said Jess,"you want coffee?"

"NO!" came a yell from the back of the diner.

"Yes, please," said Rory, pausing,then quickly said,"Hey Jess there's this party at chilton that this girl madaline is having well its not really at chilton its her party but its gonna be all chiltonites and stuff but louise said other people too and madaline said i could bring someone so i thought of dean but a few hours later we broke up so anyway do you wanna go with me?"

"Wow," said Jess, looking impressed,"Did you say that all in one breath? Because if you did, I think-"

"Jess."
"What?"
"Do you want to go?"
"Where?"
"Jess!"
"Fine. When?"
"Saturday."
"Sure,"
"Thank you," said Rory, and with that she walked out of the diner.
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Rory followed closely behind her mom, who was dragging her towards Luke's faster than normal.
"Mom! You can let go of me! I'm not going to run in the other direction." She told her, As they reached the diner.

"Fine, fine." Lorelai said giving up finally and opening the door, and holding it for rory, "enter daughter of mine."

They walked into the diner and as Rory headed for her seat Lorelai walked up to the counter for her usual coffee banter with Luke. As they started talking, Jess, seeing that rory was alone started walking towards rory. When he reached her she looked up surprised, and at a loss for words.

"Uh" she started without much luck, he sensed her uncomfort and broke in,
"Do you want some, coffee? Or food of some sort?"
"Yeah. Yes. That would be good." She said giving him a somewhat strange look.

He brought back an assortment of Rory's favourite foods and a large cup of coffee, exactly the way she liked it.

"How did you?"
"Don't worry about it. Look, I'll be back in a minute, but then I think we need to talk ok?"
"Um, ok." Rory said, puzzled.

Her mom arrived at the table, disappointed that Rory already had food, when she had barely started her coffee. "what was that about?"

"Oh, nothing. He just wants to talk about...uh oh, mom I forgot to ask you something,"
"and what would that be?"
"Well, you see, Madaline's having a party on Saturday and she really wanted me to come, so of course I thought of dean, but now dean and I are no more, so I kind of invited jess"
"Oh." Lorelai said surprised
"Is this okay with you?"
"Look Rory, it's your life, do what you want. I have to go to work." Lorelai got up and walked out of the diner, calling behind her,"Bye Luke, Rory... Jess."
Rory said a quick bye, and kept eating. Luke waved, and Jess called back, "Ma'am," which received a glare from Lorelai.
Jess walked over to Rory and said, "Is that the withering glare?"
"Not quite," said Rory, finishing her breakfast ,"What did you want to talk about?"
"Follow me" he said smiling
They walked outside the diner, then into the park, sitting down on a bench. She looked at him expectantly and he began talking, "Look, Rory, if this whole, you and me going out on Saturday night is too hard, and too uncomfortable for you, we don't have to do it. You know that right?"
"Well, yeah."
"Is this a date, because I'll admit it, I want it to be. I really do." Jess took a deep breath hardly believing what he was saying, "but if you just want to go as friends, that's fine."
Rory considered what he was saying for a minute before she began to speak. "Can we stay friends? For now at least? I'm not quite sure if I'm ready for anything else yet."
"Sounds good." He stood up bringing her with him and kissed her hand, backing up he smiled and then jogged back to the diner.

"wow." Rory exclaimed silently to herself.
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