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CHAPTER TWO: HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
Rory awoke the next morning to the sun streaming into her hotel window, the sun doing nothing to help her splitting headache. Jennifer jumped onto the edge of Rorys bed upon seeing her awake, "Morning sleepy head." she said cheerfully and snapped her fingers, "Snap snap, we have to leave for the conference in one short hour."
Rory threw her pillow over her head and kicked at the covers attempting to hit Jenn, "Damnit not so loud."
Jennifer grinned, "Is my little girl hung over?"
Rory grimaced and slowly got out of bed, "Maybe a teeny tiny bit." she said walking over to the mini fridge and getting out one of those bottles of over priced water and taking a long drink followed by two asprins.
"So I'm assuming you did more than lounge around the pool all night."
"Ha, more like lounged around the lounge." Rory said as she went through her suitcase picking out her outfit for the day, dark grey dress pants and a matching fitted blazer with a sheer white camosile underneath, "Im gonna quickly go get changed. Then we can head out."
Jennifer nodded, "For another day of work. Oh joy." She said as she switched on the television searching through the channels as Rory headed off to the washroom to get ready for the day ahead of her. Perhaps putting a little more effort into her outfit than she had ever done for any of the other conferences, because in the back of her mind as unlikely as it would be, there was a chance she could run in him, Jess Mariano, in this city.
The conference hall was stuffy and Rory realized more than ever that she was over dressed. And while most of the other events she had covered while on the road with everyone Rory had been the most eager to ask questions, to write, to be there and live the experience to its fullest today she found her mind wandering. Off in a day dream state for most of the conference, in fact she hadn't even noticed that it was over, little to nothing written in her notebook when Jennifer gently jabbed her elbow into Rorys side to indicate that everyone else was leavingand she better get up too or risk being left behind.
Rory gave a small smile trying to play off that she had been day dreaming and so out of it, not wanting to worry Jennifer anymore than she already had, because this surely wasn't normal Rory Gilmore behaviour at all.
Upon exiting the building Jennifer asked Rory to walk back to the hotel with her instead of taking the bus and she agreed. "So, a bunch of us are going out for drinks tonight." Jennifer said turning to Rory, "Joseph, Karen, maybe Aly...there's a good place down the street from the hotel." she said with a shrug, "And we're not taking no for an answer, you've been mopey ever since you stepped off that bus. Now I know Philly isn't the most exciting place in world, it's no Las Vegas but I do think a night out would cheer you up and do you some good."
Rory sighed, finding it unevitable to get out of going out again and honestly believing that maybe it would do her some good to go, get her mind of that Mariano kid. "Sure. I can do that." she said smiling a bit, "As long as we can stop for a cheese steak before we go back to the hotel."
Jenn grinned at her, "Of course we can darling. What's kind of trip to Philly would this be if we didn't stop for a cheese steak."
"I don't know. Sounds like a pretty horrible one to me."