-1AN: It's not very good, but I'm sick and very bored.

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Gilmore Girls, if I was Jess never would've left, which means Rory never would've slept with Dean ew and Logan never would've existed he makes my skin crawl.

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"Why won't you leave me alone? You won't go away," Rory asked, pain evident in her voice.

"Rory."

"What do you want?"

"I don't know. I just wanted to see you, talk to you. I just…"

"What?"

"Come with me."

"What?" Rory was stunned by Jess' request.

"Come with me."

"Where?"

"I don't know...away!"

"Are you crazy?"

"Probably. Do it. Come with me. Don't think about it."

"I can't do that," She stated as she opened the door and walked into her dorm.

"You don't think you can do it but you can. You can do whatever you want."

"It's not what I want." Rory was always a terrible liar.

"It is. I know you."

"You don't know me!" Two lies in less than five minutes, no one knew her better than Jess.

"Look, we'll go to New York. We'll work, we'll live together, we'll be together. It's what I want. It's what you want, too."

"No!"

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

"There's nothing to start!"

"You're packed. Your stuff is all in boxes. It's perfect. 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!"

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

"No, no, no, no, no!"

"Don't say "no" just to make me stop talking or make me go away. Only say "no" if you really don't want to be with me."

"No!" The lies just kept on coming.

Rory tried to control the rapid beating of her heart. The tears threatened to spill down her cheeks, and the look in Jess' eyes wasn't helping. His chocolate eyes were clouded over with pain and disappointment.

Jess backed away slowly hoping Rory would change her mind. With a small nod he turned on his heel. He could feel the tears welling up behind his eyes, but he refused to cry in front of her. He refused to let her know how much she meant to him, he refused to let her see that she finally broke him.

"No! You don't get to walk away again."

"What the hell do you want from me?"

"You know I can't go with you. I can't just leave Yale and my mom."

"I know."

"Don't make me choose between school and you."

"What?" Jess' curiosity got the best of him.

"Stay."

"Where?"

"New Haven."

"Why?"

"Me."

Rory leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. Jess was shocked but got over it and quickly reciprocated the kiss. He rested his forehead against hers and tangled their fingers together when they broke apart.

"Okay."

"I love you too." Rory whispered as she stared up into his chocolate eyes.