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Summary: Episode 6.09 going differently. Everything up to episode 6.09 has happened. What if Rory told Lorelai who helped her realize that she was making a mistake dropping out of Yale. Lit. Kind of cheesy, but oh well. Read and Review!

A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews. I have never gotten so many reviews for a multi-chapter. Thank you. I love you all!

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"So Jess," Lorelai said as they were all sitting around the dinning table just having finished eating. "Rory told me you wrote a book."

Jess cleared his throat before he continued. "It's nothing much really. I just wrote thoughts and events and just other stuff, and the crazy editor's I work with decided to publish it." He said embarrassed.

"I think it's a huge accomplishment and I'm very proud of you." Rory said smiling.

"Thanks." He said as he began to turn a shade of red.

"So, I guess I'll head home now. It's getting pretty late." Jess said as he looked at his watch at started to get up.

"I'll walk you," Rory said as she got up with him, Lorelai giving her a suspicious look which she chose to ignore.

"Thank you for dinner." Jess said sincerely to Lorelai.

"You're welcome." Lorelai said giving him a genuine smile, "you know, you're always welcome here."

"Thanks." Jess said taken aback. "Bye." Jess said as he opened the front door and made his way outside.

"I'll be home late, don't wait up." Rory said as she followed behind Jess out the door.

XXXXXX Outside in the middle of town XXXXXXXX

"So," Jess said walking next to Rory with his hand behind his back.

"So," Rory said awkwardly staring at the ground.

"I'm glad you're back at home." Jess said quietly.

She turned and gave him a bright smile. "I'm glad too, and I have you to thank for that." She said honestly.

"Rory, stop. Please don't make it sound like a big deal when it's not." He pleaded.

"But it is a big deal. I don't know how long it would have taken me to move back home and start school again if it wasn't for you." She admitted.

"You would have realized it sooner or later." Jess stated.

"How do you know that?" she questioned.

"Because I know you." He said truthfully.

"I'm not the same as I used to be Jess. I've changed." She said sadly.

"So, change back." He said nonchalantly.

"It's not that easy." She said frustrated. "God, I don't even remember what the old me was like." She said sadly, tears forming in her eyes.

Jess stopped walking and grabbed her gently by the arm, "I still remember what the old Rory was like."

"I just…" she started, "I just wish things were back to the way they were before I ever slept with Dean." She said not realizing what she said.

"Wait. What?" Jess asked confused.

"Everything started after the night in Yale when you came to visit me." She started.

"Hold on now. Are you blaming this on me?" he asked starting to get frustrated.

"No. No. I'm not blaming you at all. Ugh. God. This is so frustrating." She said having trouble forming sentences.

"That night, when you came to my dorm, I was so confused. I finally had gotten myself together since your last confession, and then you showed up again." She started pacing and making ferocious hand gestures. "God." She yelled in frustration. "I hurt you so bad that night. But, it was all so unexpected, and Dean was there. And. God. I am so stupid."

"Rory," Jess said comfortingly. "We all make mistakes, but the point is to not let them hold you back. You need to accept your mistakes, and move forward."

Rory looked up at him with a small smile on her face. "Trust me; I used to let my mistakes hold me back, up until just recently." He said smirking.

She started sniffing. "Thanks, Jess." She said sincerely.

"So," he said changing the subject, as they started walking again. "You in the mood for some ice cream?" he asked smiling.

She turned and looked at him remembering all the times in the past when they were together and got ice cream. "Well," she said smiling, "only if it's in a cone."

"As you wish." He said as they both headed for the soda Shoppe.

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It was past one in the morning when Rory got home. Time had flown by as the two friends caught up about their time apart, and things that had changed their lived drastically. Rory filled Jess on stealing a boat with Logan, and going to jail, and deciding to drop out of Yale. Jess told her about his short time spent in California, and things not working out as well as he hoped. He then told her about moving back to New York, getting the idea to write a book. Then moving to Philadelphia and getting his book published.

Rory snuck in through the door and into her room figuring Lorelai would be asleep by now. However, when she got into her room, Lorelai was sitting on the chair in her room.

"Hey." Rory said surprised.

"Where were you?" asked Lorelai worried.

"Out with Jess." Rory replied.

"Till this late?" Lorelai asked disbelieving.

"We just had so much to catch up on mom." She stated. "He's changed so much." She said smiling.

"Yea," Lorelai agreed also. A smile beginning to form on her lips. "He has changed from that monosyllabic boy."

"Mom." Rory whined.

"Okay, okay, I'll stop." She said putting up her hands in defense.

"Sooooo." Lorelai said after a short moment of silence.

Rory looked up at her mom from the bed in confusion. "So what?"

Lorelai rolled her eyes and came and sat on the bed next to Rory. "So, what happened?" she asked all giddy.

"Nothing. I already told you that. We just started walking around town, and then we decided to get ice cream, and it just took longer than we expected." Rory looked at Lorelai's eyes widen as she said the last part.

"Nothing dirty happened. We just ended up talking for longer than we thought we would. That's all." Rory stated stubbornly.

The Gilmore's went back to talking all night, and hardly getting a wink of sleep that night.

A/N: Ugh. Sorry it took me forever to get up this next chapter, but I was having severe writer's block. Hopefully it's gone now. Please don't forget to review. I will love you all forever, and hopefully get the next chapter up even sooner!