Chapter Two ( I will think of more creative titles eventually. :D)
Rory looked up from her breakfast and nearly jumped out of her seat. It couldn't be him. He couldn't be back here. But after the initial shock passed, she realized it wasn't him. It wasn't Jess. The boy in front of her was younger and taller than Jess, but otherwise, he looked like he could've been Jess' twin brother. Memories started to flood back, but she quickly shoved up the mental barrier she had built over the years. Looking back at Logan, she told herself that the past was gone, and that her husband was her present. Smiling, she tried to reassure her confused husband by squeezing his hand gently. He still looked confused, but he smiled back at Rory. Then she looked over at Kimberly.
Rory felt her heart start to pound. She knew that look on her daughter's face. She knew what was going to happen. She knew too well what feelings her daughter was having right now. Her past had come back to haunt her. Luke's arrival and shouting broke her reverie and she began to think rationally again. One look did not mean Kimberly was going to fall for this younger Jess. One look meant nothing, she shouldn't jump to conclusions. She knew she was lying to herself though.
After breakfast, Logan left for work and Rory walked Kimberly to the bus and then walked home by herself. Rounding the corner, she passed Doose's Market, now owned by Kirk. Taylor had passed away a few years ago. The town was different, but in most ways, it was still same old Stars Hollow. That would never change. Rory waved at Miss Patty and Babette across the street and then turned right onto her street. She stopped dead in her tracks. Sitting on her clean white porch, waiting for her, was Jess. This time, it was the real thing. He was exactly as she remembered. When he saw her, he jumped to his feet and started to say something but stopped suddenly. Rory couldn't find any words either. The two of them stood awkwardly staring at each other for half an eternity it seemed. Finally, Jess said softly, "I'm moving back." Rory closed her eyes. She had missed that voice. Unbidden, a memory of that voice reading her to sleep floated up in her mind. Closing her eyes, she shoved it away into a dark corner of her mind. She didn't answer Jess, and instead nodded slowly. Again, a silence grew between them. Finally, she croaked in a voice that wasn't hers, "Why?"
Jess answered in his head, "Because I miss you. Because you are all I think about now. Because I've tried, and I can't live without you, Rory." But out loud, he instead said, "Luke is getting old, and he needs help with the diner. I owe him a lot." Rory was silent again. His presence had shocked her so much; maybe it meant he had a shot with her now. Before he could say anything else, Logan's car pulled up on the driveway. Jess' stomach seemed to freeze. The blond stepped out of his car and walked over to Rory. When he recognized Jess, his face turned cold and he wrapped his arm protectively around her. "Jess right?" Jess nodded, trying not to lunge at him. "What are you doing here?" Logan said with undisguised hostility. Jess didn't even look at him, instead, he stared deep into Rory's clear blue eyes. "Nothing," he finally said, and turned and disappeared