AN-For those of you who have read Unbreakable, this story might make a little bit more sense to you. But I'm only writing this because I was going to put some flashbacks in Unbreakable, but I decided to expand it and make it into a whole story.

Disclaimer-I don't own Gilmore Girls, or Rory and Jess.

Prologue: Goodbye

Rory's POV:

"Come with me", Jess said.

"What?" I asked.

"Come with me", Jess said again.

"Where?" I asked.

"I don't know", he answered. "Away."

"Are you crazy?" I asked.

"Probably", he said. "Do it. Don't think about it."

"I can't do that", I said, turning around and walking into my dorm.

"You don't think you can but you can", he said, following me. "You can do whatever you want."

"It's not what I want", I said, not really believing myself.

"It is, I know you", he said.

"You don't know me!" I said. I still couldn't believe I was saying this. I was lying.

"We'll go New York", he said. "We'll work, we'll be together, we'll live together. It's what I want, and it's what you want, too!"

"No!" I said.

"Look, I want to be with you, but not here, not this place, not Stars Hollow", he said. "We have to start new."

"There's nothing to start", I said, just lying more.

"But you're packed!" He said. "Your stuff's all in boxes. You're ready! And I'm ready. I'm ready for this! You can count on me now. I know you couldn't count on me before, but you can now, you can!"

"No", I said.

"Look, you know we're supposed to be together. I knew it the first time I saw you two years ago!" he said. "And you know it, too. I know you do."

"Yes", I said suddenly.

"What?" Jess asked.

"I said yes", I answered. "Let's go."

"You can't be serious", he said. "I really didn't expect you to say yes, but I knew I had to try."

"Jess, I love you", I said. "I have for a while. And I want to be with you. You're right, we belong together. And I want us to be together."

But Jess didn't say anything. He just leaned forward and kissed me.

"Let's go", he said. Then we did.

xxxxxx

Lorelai's POV:

I woke up the morning after Liz's wedding to a beeping coming from my cell phone. I checked the message. It was from Rory, and all it said was "Mom, I'm leaving Connecticut. I don't know exactly where I'm going or when I'll be back, but I love you, and I don't want you to worry about me. I'm ok, and I'm happy. Goodbye Mom."

Well, I completely freaked out. I went to Luke's to talk to him, but I couldn't find him. I felt desperate and scared. I know she would be ok, but I just wanted to know why she left or where she would end up. But I didn't even know that she knew that.