Authors Note: For those reading this story I truly hope you enjoyed the first chapter (and my first writing attempt) and were surprised at the little twist at the end. If you enjoy the story please follow as I do plan on updating as often as I can. All feedback is welcome and encouraged.

"What … Why…" Jess began to stutter while he sat at his desk, rooted to the spot with shock. Rory took a step towards him.

"Which one would you like me to answer first?" She asked him. He stiffened slightly in his seat. Despite the anger he had harbored against her for months he couldn't help but feel that undeniable pull towards her.

"What are you doing here Rory?"

"I wanted to see you," She replied simply, like he should have been expecting her.

"Huh? You wanted to see me?" He repeated it to her, making her well aware it wasn't so simple. "Why now? After months of nothing, no call or email. Did I miss the message in the bottle or the smoke signal?"

"No," Rory muttered, looking downcast and ashamed "It's not like that at all. I didn't know what to say to you. And even if I did would you have listened?"

"Would you expect me to?"

"No, I understand your upset with me."

"Yeah I am upset with you Rory." He exclaimed, his voice rising along with his temper. "You came here; you made me believe you had everything sorted. You made me feel like all my work paid off. Like I was a somebody, maybe even a somebody worthy of you. You kissed me. And then you turn around and tell me you were using me to get back at some blonde dick with a Porsche, who treated you like nothing more then another conquest. Next thing I know your back with him and he's proposing. So what are you doing here? Come to give me the save the date in person?" He spat the words at her in anger but still felt the guilt hit the bottom of his stomach as the hurt registered on her face.

"I… No… Its not…" She was lost for words. She knew he was angry but she assumed he would have been caught up from Luke as far as Logan was concerned. "I didn't accept Logan's proposal." She finally murmured.

"Huh." Jess couldn't manage much more of a reply as his mind went into overdrive. She hadn't accepted that trust fund tool's proposal. Questions flew through his mind at an incredible pace.

"Why?" Was the first of his questions he managed to vocalize.

"I wasn't ready for that kind of commitment to him. I was frightened. I thought maybe I could come around in time but he said it was all or nothing. I chose nothing. Plus… I… Never mind." She looked up at him, the blue eyes that monopolized his dreams piercing his soul.

"What never mind?" He asked her.

"Well…" She took a deep breath. Her mum was right she needed to know both way and the only way she would know how he felt was to tell the entire truth. Put it all out there and let him decide from there. "When I imagined myself spending the rest of my life with someone, married and kids, it was never him in those fantasies. The face I woke up to and went to sleep to, it wasn't his face. It wasn't his ring on my finger, or his eyes my future children inherited. It wasn't his last name behind my first. I want all those things, of course I do but I don't want them with him. I… I… God Jess, I want all of that with you!" She released all of it without taking a breath."

"You say that Rory, but are you sure you don't just want to come running to me as your second choice. I mean, that's what I was last time right. An attempt at a distraction while your man misbehaved. A way to get his attention. You said you had it sorted before but turns out that weren't true. You used me then so what is stopping me from believing you're doing anything different now?"

"I am so sorry for that Jess, you are absolutely right. What I did, the way I used you it was awful. And you have no reason to believe me. But what I am telling you now; it is the truth from the very bottom of my soul." She took a breath as the tears welling in her eyes became increasingly closer to breaking free. "When I turned Logan down, I was trying to run from it. From everything. I tried to deny to myself how I was really feeling. But I couldn't. It just built and built. I'm sitting on a bus and I am meant to be writing about the campaign and Obama's progress and I find myself stalking the truncheon website to see what you are doing and where you are at. My mum even picked up on it and I eventually told her everything. I love you Jess and I have loved you since I was seventeen years old. I love you in the purest way a person can possibly love another person. And I know that when I came here and I kissed you that you believe I was purely trying to prove a point. But really, I could have done that with any guy. I was drawn back to you. I will always be drawn to you. Every guy will always be compared to you and they will never be able to compare to you. You are the one guy who has ever been able to connect and push me on every level possible. I want you and I need you." She gasped as the tears began to spill over. Jess was taking in every single word. Rory loved him. She loved him and she had been loving him for not just months but years. He knew they had both done wrong by the other. Yet here she was, declaring her love. Rory, his Rory, who never jumped into anything without a safety net. Who worked out a pro/con list just to change her dishwashing liquid. Here she was begging him to accept her love and to maybe love her back. There was no guarantee for her here and he knew how much strength and bravery this was taking from her. He sat watching her, silent tears running down her face as she waited for him. He watched as she took a large gulp of air.

"I am so sorry Jess; I shouldn't have bombarded you like this. This wasn't fair." She choked out the words as the tears took hold and she began to turn back towards the door. Before he could think about any of the details Jess followed his heart. He bridged the four feet between them in less then a second. Grabbing her above the elbow he turned her back to him grabbing her chin and pulling her face towards him he kissed her hard and deep on the mouth.

A/N:

This is my first attempt at writing Fan Fiction. I am enjoying writing and getting some creative juices flowing. Please leave me reviews and let me know how you feel I and the story are going. You are also welcome to inbox me. I am a huge fan of Gilmore Girls. =)