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A/N: Thanks for reading and for your reviews. Okay so there was some questions in the reviews that I am going to answer. You guys might also want to go back and read the a/n from the first chapter.

-Okay first off this story is AU. Jess never went to Stars Hollow in season 2. He and Rory did not meet until 6 months ago in New York. And although it is AU a lot of the stuff that has happened in the show not involving Jess has happened in this story.

-This story is Lit, not Rogan. In fact if you like Logan then I recommend not reading this lol

-The story is set about a year after Rory graduated Yale

-I'm Australian and have never seen season 7 of Gilmore Girls. So in this story Logan asked Rory to marry him while he is in London and Rory told him she would give him an answer when he gets back to the states.

-I know that Rory cheating in a little OOC (Although she did kiss Jess while she was with Dean and sleep with a married guy). But the reasons for her actions will be explained over the next few chapters

Anymore questions just ask :) Thanks again for reading. Now onto chapter 2!

Chapter 2: No Angel

Rory sat in a local diner with her lap top out in front of her as she worked on a story for the Hartford Chronicles. She sighed with frustration as she looked up at the blank screen. She just couldn't focus on her work. She had taken an early lunch break hoping it would help clear her head. But she couldn't stop thinking about Jess. When she had first met him she had instantly felt attracted to him. He was everything Logan wasn't. It didn't help the situation that the day she met Jess was also the day that Finn had let it slip that Logan had not been faithful to her while he was in London. Jess had asked her if she wanted to get a drink and she had said yes. Her yes was out of spite, her wanting revenge on Logan.

So they had gone to a pub that Jess loved and drank until 2 in the morning. She had never intended to sleep with him but one thing led to another and they ended up sharing a passionate night together. Rory had thought it would end there. She snuck out of his apartment the next morning and never expected to see him again. But for some reason the following night she found her self walking towards that pub again hoping he would be there, and he was. She saw him sitting at the same table they had been at the night before. She could remember the smile that appeared on his face when he saw her like yesterday.

They spent that night together as well. They were attached at the hip from that night onwards. The three nights a week she spent in New York she spent with him. She told him very little about her life and he did the same but it seemed to work for them. Instead they talked about books and music and their passions in life. Rory constantly lived in fear that he would want to know more. She didn't want to lie to him more then she already had.

She wasn't sure when exactly she had fallen in love with him. All she knew was that she was indeed in love with him. More then love even. It was indescribable the way she felt about him. But by the time she realized she felt this way it was to late. Her lie was too big and she knew if he ever found out the truth he would leave her.

She had no idea why she was still with Logan. When she first found out about his cheating she didn't leave him because she had in fact done the same thing that night. Rory believed that she loved Logan back then. But as she got older they grew apart. They were different people now. Now she stayed with him because he was comfortable. Her grandparents adored him. Her mother all though not his biggest fan had grown to accept him. Things with Logan were easy. And even if she did leave him now Jess would still eventually find out that she had been with another guy for the first six months of their relationship and leave her. She didn't want to be left alone.

Rory Gilmore was never a girl who needed a man to define her. But she had been in a relationship for so long now that she wasn't sure she could handle being alone again. That thought scared her so much. She didn't want to be that girl. The girl who falls apart because she doesn't have a boyfriend. Rory also didn't want to be a cheater but it was too late for that.

Rory picked up her cell phone and dialed Paris's number. "Hello."

"Hey Paris. What are you doing tonight?" Rory asked her. Oddly enough Paris was the only person who knew about Rory's double life. When it all began Rory needed to talk to somebody and found her self at Paris's door. She figured if Paris gave her any shit about it she could always bring up Paris's affair with the professor while she with Jamie.

"Nothing really me and Doyle were thinking about watching a movie but he's driving me insane right now." Paris told her adding the last part like it was the most natural thing in the world.

"Want to have dinner?"

"Sounds good. Just no Indian... Or Thai... Or"

"How about you choose where we go" Rory interrupted her.

"Good."

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Jess glared at the phone from the spot on his chair where he was reading. People always had a habit of ringing him when he was comfortable. He grunted as he got up and picked up the phone. "What."

"Is that how you answer your phone?" His mother Liz asked him.

"When I'm annoyed, yes" Jess told her as he grabbed a smoke and lit it.

"Why are you annoyed?"

"No reason. What's up?" Jess asked wanting to move the conversation along. He was up to his favorite part of Siddhartha and wanted to get back to it.

"Well your uncle's girlfriend is throwing and big Christmas party in a few weeks and I wanted to know if you would come?" Liz asked him.

"Mom... I don't know. Is it in that small town Stars something?" Jess asked her.

"Yeah it is" Liz replied. "Please. We never get to see you. Your always so busy."

"Maybe, it depends on what my friends are doing" Jess told her knowing full well that he had no intention of going. He wanted to spend the holidays with Rory.

"You mean this mysterious girlfriend of yours" Liz replied with a giggle.

Jess paused to consider his answer, "Yes."

"When do I get to meet her?" Liz asked.

"Never" Jess replied simply.

"Come on honey. You haven't even told me her name."

"And I'm not going to. Bye mom" Jess said as he hung up the phone.

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"Where are you going tonight?" Lorelai asked her daughter as she burnt her hand on a hot pop tart, "Ow."

"Dinner with Paris" Rory told her as she walked out of bedroom.

"I have to say it really does amaze me that you two ended becoming such good friends considering the start of your relationship."

"Trust me you are not the only one to marvel at that fact" Rory replied as the message tone on her phone went off. She got her phone out of her bag and looked at the text message and smiled. 'I miss you. Hope your day was good. My boss thinks I'm on drugs cause I'm smiling so much. I blame that on you. Jess'.

"Who has you smiling like that?" Lorelai asked when she saw the look on Rory's face as she read.

"Logan" Rory answered instantly hating how lying had become second instinct to her.

"Was it dirty?" Lorelai asked in an almost child like voice.

"You need help. Serious help" Rory told her mother.

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"I say you dump blondie" Paris said to Rory as she had a bite of her salad.

"I want to do it in person" Rory told her, "He at least deserves that."

"Your talking about the guy that has cheated on you numerous times. To many to count in fact" Paris reminded her.

"I've cheated on him as well."

"Yeah but that's karma."

"What about Jess. He hasn't done anything to deserve what I'm doing to him" Rory said with a sad expression. The truth was she hated the fact that even though she was with Logan first she was also cheating on Jess. She had made Jess the other guy without him even knowing it.

"How do you know? You told me that you two really don't talk much about your past" Paris pointed out.

"It doesn't matter what he has done in the past that I don't know about. Logan cheating on me was my problem. I never should have started things with Jess." Rory stopped for a second. "He told me he loved me. Jess. No matter what happens now I'm going to hurt him. I can't lie to him forever."

"Yes you can."

"Paris. Even if I end things with Logan and stay with Jess, he will find out. Eventually he is going to want to know about my past. And someday he will want to meet my family. It could never work."

"So end it with both of them" Paris replied and Rory looked up at her with wide eyes.

"I don't want to lose Jess." Rory said as she felt tears well up in her eyes.

"Then tell him the truth and hope for the best. Your in a corner Rory. You have to make a decision." Rory thought about what Paris had just said to her and the more that she thought about it the more she figured that either was she was screwed.

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"Hello You" Rory said when Jess answered his phone.

"Hi" Jess said simply but Rory could tell by the tone in his voice that he was happy to hear from her.

"I've been missing you. Three days a week is simply not enough" Rory told him.

"I agree 100" Jess said to her. "I think you should quit your job. Move here permanently and I will be your sugar daddy."

"Sounds appealing" Rory smiled.

"So what are you doing for Christmas. I know it's not for another few weeks but I was wondering?"

"I have plans with my family. My mom is having a huge party" Rory told him.

"Oh" Jess said and Rory could hear the disappointment in his voice.

"Sorry. I would have loved to spend it with you" She told him.

"I know. My mom wants me to go to this thing with her and my uncle. I was hoping to use you as an excuse to get out of it" Jess told her as he tried not to sound to un-happy about things.

"Maybe you should go. You might have fun."

"You haven't met my mother" Jess laughed. "But maybe I will go. I haven't seem my uncle in a while and he's kind of my hero."

"You have a hero" Rory said with mock surprise.

"Hey it's not funny. He just helped me out a few years ago. It meant a lot" Jess said. Rory smiled at how vague his explanation was. It was the way it always was with them.

"Well I just wanted to give you a quick ring but I should go. Love you" Rory said. She meant it to.

"Love you" Jess said softly before hanging up.

TBC

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