Note: You guys, thanks somuch for the reviews! Also, if anything in the story might seem similar to your story or any other stories you've read, my sincere apology. I swear this is an original story. It's just a coincidence. Also, this chapter is a little longer, so I hope you enjoy it. And I'm thinking that the story might be shorter than I thought it would be.

Chapter 3 A New Life Unfolds

Rory pulled up in front of a small quaint building. This building belongs to Jess, her best friend and ex-boyfriend, whom she loved very much. Rory stop the engine and just sat in her car…reminiscing her life about six or seven years ago, when she had first met Jess. Rory wondered what would've happened if she had said yes when Jess asked her to run away. What would it be like? Would they have gotten married? Rory can't help herself to wonder. Just then, a knock from her car window, surprised her. She saw none other than Jess himself, smiling at her. Rory rolled down her window.

"Hey, are you gonna just sit there or are you gonna come in?" Jess asked.

Rory smiled lightly and nodded. "I'll be there in a second."

Jess nodded and went back inside the bookstore. Rory inspects him from inside her car. Jess was right, he has been growing up…He's also cuter and hotter than ever. Rory shook her head.

No, I can't do this. I just broke up with Logan. It's not fair to either one of us. Rory thought to herself. She took her mind off the subject, and got out of her car. She locked her car and walked in the bookstore. She took a glance at Jess who was still greeting his fans and signing his books that they had bought. She also saw two guys standing behind Jess, who she assumed was Chris and Matthew.

She walked around the bookstore, looking through the books. Most of the books in the store are mostly by Hemingway. Just like my Dodger. Rory thought. Rory remembered how much Jess loves Hemingway. She picked up The Old Man and the Sea from the shelf and walked over to one of the sofa and started reading. A moment later, she felt like she was being watched and lift up her head.

"Enjoying the book?" Jess asked.

Rory nodded. "Well, you know how I am with books."

Jess nodded and as he's reaching for the sofa next to Rory, he said, "Right. I remember."

"So, nice place you got here." Rory complimented.

"You think so?"

"Yeah! It's very quaint and homey."

"Homey? Is that the best word you can think of?" Jess laughed.

Rory smirked at him. "Well, it's better than me saying that the place is dull." she joked.

"Well, everyone's got their own taste right?"

Rory nodded.

"Jess!" a man called. "Break's over!"

Jess nodded. "I'll be right there, Chris." He turned to Rory. "Well, I gotta go. I'll see you later?"

"Well, I'm kinda tired, so I might just go back to my hotel. But, I might be back later."

"Okay. Where are you staying?" Jess asked as he was rising from his seat.

"Umm…The Blue Plaza… I think…it's right around the corner."

"Oh. Okay…I'll talk to you later then?"

"Definitely."

About fifteen minutes later, Rory had finished reading and was walking back to her car. As soon as she got inside her car, she noticed that she had forgotten her cell phone inside the car and than she has 31 missed calls. She pressed a button to see who was calling her so many time.

"Logan?" Rory asked herself, surprised.

She dialed an familiar number and listened for the connection tone.

"Hello? Ace?" the voice on the other side greeted.

"Logan? Did you call me?" Rory asked coldly.

"Yeah, I was hoping we could talk over dinner. I wanna apologize for everything."

"Logan, don't you think it's too late for you to apologize to me? I've been waiting for you to apologize since we got back together last year."

"You're the one who broke off our relationship, Rory! I tried to be 'your perfect man' remember? I committed myself to you!"

"You're the one who cheated on me!" Rory yelled, her temper rising.

Rory started driving back to her hotel and managed to talk with the addition of yelling and a little bit of crying with Logan, at the same time. At the end of the conversation, the agreed to meet for lunch the day after she goes back to Connecticut.

Later that night…

Rory was just finishing her dinner when her phone started ringing. She looked at the caller I.D. and saw that it was her mother. Rory immediately picked up the phone.

"Hi, mom!" Rory greeted.

"Oh, thank God! So, you're not hurt or anything." Lorelai said, relieved.

"What? What are you talking about?" Rory asked confused.

"Well, a so-called daughter of mine, said that she was going to call me as soon as she got to Philadelphia and I never got the call. So I assumed that she either hasn't reached Philly yet, or that she's hurt. Her father said that I'm in denial, because I refused to think that she had forgotten all about me. Or calling her parents."

Rory slapped her forehead. "Oh, that's right! I knew I forgot something!"

"Oh, so you admit that you did forget about me."

"No…it's just that…" Rory started explaining to her mother about what happened today…the phone call with Logan and the spark that Rory felt when she was with Jess.

"But, I don't know if I can be with Jess, you know? It's just that he has his own life now. He has his bookstore and his books and everything! Oh my gosh, Mom! You should've seen how many people were there to buy his books!" Rory said proudly.

"Well, I'm glad you had fun…or so to speak. But, I gotta go. Your dad is planning this party with my parents, sort of like a congratulations kinda thing."

"Wait, what congratulations thing?"

"Shoot! You weren't supposed to know that! Um, well, on Tuesday I went to the doctor, 'cause I haven't been feeling well lately…and I had to get some tests done, and yesterday the doctor called and told me that I was…pregnant."

"You're what?!" Rory exclaimed. "How come you didn't tell me?"

"Well, I gotta go. Bye!" Lorelai said quickly and hang up.

Rory laughed lightly. A new life is being born into the world by her mother. How ironic is that. Rory yawned and realized how tired she was. She made a mental note as she brushed her teeth to call Jess to apologize for not showing tonight. She also made a mental note to leave early tomorrow morning so that she could go home, congratulate her whole family, help her dad and grandparents with the party planning and be there for her mom.

Note: So, I might not be able to update until like let's say...over the weekend. My teachers are working our butts off for the finals, but anyways, I will try to write the next chapter tonight and update it tomorrow. But I'll probably won't have time til tomorrow afternoon or the weeked. Once again, thanks for the reviews! Feel free to keep on reviewing!