A/N: Hey everyone, so I see there are some people who actually like my story, I'm in awe. Ok, so keeeeeep reviewing! It really helps me out a lot and if people haven't noticed yet, this is a Rory and Jess story, yea, just telling you. So, here you go, read, sorry that these section separators haven't been showing up, it's REALLY annoying me and it's probably confusing you guys up too. So, I'm going to try another type in this chapter. Ok, so, here it is….
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"Jess…" Rory exhaled his name.
"Rory…very graceful these days I see," Jess smiled at her and it made her heart leap a little.
"Well, you know me."
Jess looked down at his shoes and swallowed, then looked back up and spoke, in a voice that sounded forced, "So, how've you been?"
"Good, good," Rory felt very awkward and they were avoiding what happened last time which made her feel even more uncomfortable, "A-and you? How have you been Jess?"
"I've been doing pretty good myself," He commented back and looked at what she held in her hands, "A book as always, Miss Gilmore, what is it this time?"
Rory smiled shyly.
"Come on, tell me!"
Rory held up a little black book with the words The Subsect written on the front in white.
"God, why do you read that? I've told you before, it's an absolutely horrible book!"
"You're wrong, and I won't let you insult one of my favorite books!" Rory playfully shoved his arm.
"Rory, love, where are you!" Finn's sing-song voice started coming towards them.
"Who is that?" Jess asked simply looking at this man he'd never seen before.
"That would be Finn, he's Australian, and behind Logan over there coming after me is Colin, they are Logan's two best friends and they are always over at the apartment," Rory just smiled remembering all the fun times she'd had with the gang.
"Huh. I see."
"Well, Jess, it's been nice talking to you, but I've kinda gotta run…bye!" Rory started running away from her boyfriend and friends again and then Jess noticed three bodies chase after her. He turned away and decided to turn back to the food table and pulled his book out of his back pocket and started to pick up a plate when he heard a playful shriek and looked to his left to see Rory laughing and being lifted up by Finn and being spun around.
He felt something in the pit of his stomach at the site before him and he turned back to his food and pushed away whatever he felt.
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"Finn! You put me down right now!" Rory couldn't help but laugh with these guys, they were hilarious.
"Ok, but you're going to have to stop running," Finn told her in his exotic accent.
"I solemnly swear, now put me down! I'm getting so dizzy!"
Rory was placed back down and she stared up at her friends and was about to talk to them when her mother pulled her arm really hard and started marching towards the gazebo.
"Pictures!" Lorelai Gilmore said and Rory turned around to her three friends and stuck out her tongue then marched away with her mother.
The three boys followed her but stopped at the steps and just watched.
"Ok, so first I want a picture of the entire wedding party," the red haired woman, Rachel, said.
In the center was Luke and Lorelai and next to Luke was Jess followed by Jackson and next to Lorelai was Rory and after Rory was Sookie. In front of Luke stood April and in front of Lorelai stood little Davey.
Snap.
"Next picture, the wedding couple," Rachel suggested and the two stood together and she snapped a few more pictures, the two standing together, one with arms around each other, and one with them kissing.
"Ok, now, Sookie and Jackson."
They stood together and took a beautiful picture, then one with both their kids. Then Lorelai and Luke took one with Rory and April. Another one was taken with Luke, Lorelai and Rory, and one more with Lorelai, Luke, and April. Then, a picture was taken with Lorelai, Luke, Christopher Hayden, Anna Nardini, Rory, and April. Then the same picture without the two daughters.
"Ok, now one with Rory and Jess," Rachel moved her hands telling them to move together and they both started protesting a little, "No, it'll look cute, come on!"
So they stood next to each other. Their backs were rigid and they had a good foot between them and their faces were expressionless.
"Ok, you guys are gonna have to get closer together and loosen up!" Rachel insisted and they each stepped a bit closer, "Once again, closer, you need to fit in this shot!"
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During all this, the three guys were witnessing an awkward Rory and an uncomfortable Jess.
"What's up with that mate?" Finn asked, eyeing the black haired boy.
"That's Rory's friend Jess, they used to date," Logan spat out his name.
"You don't like him, do you?" Colin took a little bit of amusement out of Logan's jealousy.
"You think?" Logan replied and looked at Jess standing next to Rory with a glare that said one thing: death.
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Rory and Jess continued to inch little closer and Rachel kept insisting on getting closer and closer.
Rory took a deep breath and thought about how Jess and Rory were good, close, friends and they had been through a lot. She thought about how they acted around each other even before they started dating, they were calm and they were a lot more comfortable with each other. Rory wanted that again.
She exhaled her breath and swung her arms around Jess's neck and leaned her head in. Jess immediately smiled and hooked his arms around Rory's waist and leaned his head in too. They smiled happily.
Click!
The picture was taken.
"Wow, that was a really good picture, I want one more, another pose though."
Rory though then walked behind Jess and leaped on his back and he couldn't help but laugh as she latched her hands around his neck and lean her head in, her legs were being held up by Jess's arms and they both genuinely smiled.
"That was really good." Rachel commented.
"Rachel, thanks again for being our photographer, and Lorelai and I wanted to take a picture of you with your husband," Luke commented and Lorelai ushed Rachel and her husband to where everyone had stood for the pictures and Luke snapped a picture of Rachel, her stomach bulging a little, she was three months pregnant, and her husband whom she had met while on one of her wild adventures.
Rory and Jess stood next to each other, but didn't say anything. What could they say?
"Jess, maybe we cou-" Rory was interrupted.
"Ace! Get down here!" Logan called her and she gave Jess an apologetic look but he once again, shrugged and turned away with a book in his hand.
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Logan Huntzberger was not happy. His girlfriend had just thrown her arms around her ex-boyfriend and taken a picture, then jumped on his back and taken a picture. What happened to being uneasy and nervous around him? What happened to avoiding him?
This was not making him happy, but he was not going to let his emotions get the better of him again. Last time, he ended up nearly losing her because of this jerk and he wasn't going to let it happen again. He was going to keep his cool.
He hoped.
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"Hey Logan, guys," Rory came down the stairs smiling at them.
"Hey Rory, so who's your friend?" Colin nodded his head towards Jess.
"Oh, he's my friend Jess, I've known him since my Junior year in high school, he's a really cool guy. He actually wrote a book," Rory was so proud of Jess. She pulled her copy of The Subsect out of her purse and showed it to the guys.
"That's very cool," Colin commented looking at the book in Rory's hands.
"Ok, darling, when is the fun going to begin!" Finn asked Rory.
"Very soon, the drinks are over there," Rory pointed to where Miss Patty stood, " And if you noticed, Lane's band is setting up as we speak."
"I need a drink," Finn proclaimed and waltzed over to the drinks stand.
"I second that," Colin followed him.
"Logan, you wanna go over there and get a drink?" Rory asked and Logan nodded his head.
"Of course, you know it's one of my many talents," Logan started walking and pulled Rory along with him by holding her hand.
"Logan slow down!"
"You slow down, you die Ace! Faster!"
"Well you go too fast in heels and you sorta die too…"
They reached the cart and Finn was already halfway through an entire bottle of champagne.
"Oh dear, that can't be good," Rory spoke, pointing to Finn.
"That bottle will be done in…thee…two…one-"Colin started the countdown to be interrupted by Finn coming up for air once he finished the bottle of wine.
"Ahh…refreshing, alcohol is my water," Finn spoke then opened another bottle.
"Finn, you could, slow down a bit. It's jut a suggestion," Rory said as she took a little sip of her champagne.
"Never!" Finn then consumed another entire bottle of wine.
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After a long day, the night was starting to get late and Hep Alien, Lane's band, was taking a break. They were playing a CD of random songs. When Lorelai went up to the podium and started to speak.
"This next song I'd like to dedicate to my fella, my ol' man, Luke Danes, the best guy I've ever met! This is a song of his favorite CD, Reggae Fever!" Lorelai jumped down and sauntered over to Luke.
"I'm never going to live that CD thing down, am I?" Luke asked as a song started to play over the speaker system.
"Never, ever, ever!" Lorelai smiled and hooked her arms around Luke's neck and kissed him. The married life was good.
After the Reggae Fever song, came some more off a CD and Rory was dancing with Lorelai now with Logan close behind her. Finn and Colin were off flirting away.
Lorelai spun Rory around and she was having the time of her life. Logan caught her and they started to slow dance as the song "Time of My Life" from the movie Dirty Dancing, came on.
After all this, Rory was tired and decided to take a little walk.
Aimlessly, Rory walked away from the madness and happiness, needing a little break. Her head was throbbing a little from the loud music and she just needed to clear her head a little. She let her feet take her anywhere they wanted her to.
Soon enough, she was on the little bridge and she sat down on the edge. She slipped off her heels and placed them next to her and she let the tips of her toes make little ripples in the river.
She loved this place.
She placed her hands behind her and looked up at the full moon then closed her eyes. She just sat there for a little when she thought she heard the sound of footsteps. She opened her eyes, but she was the only one there. She then picked up her heels and slipped them back on and headed back to the party.
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God did she look gorgeous.
Jess, wanting a little time alone, had decided to go to the bridge only to find Rory Gilmore already there, illuminated by the moon's light, head back, hair blowing in the breeze.
He quickly walked away when he noticed she was there, he hadn't been able to talk to her all night. When they were avoiding the past, it was easy. But he knew that eventually, it would all come up. He didn't know when, but he didn't want to do that. The pain he felt when she misled him was nearly unbearable.
He cared about her so much and he still did, that was the worst part of all.
He couldn't seem to just let her go because Rory Gilmore was like no other girl he had ever met before.
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Rory ran back to the party and a little too soon for Rory's liking. It ended and they were seeing Lorelai and Luke off for their honeymoon. The newlyweds were heading down to Hawaii.
Rory and Lane had personally decorated Luke's pick-up truck. There were streamers and balloons. There were signs and sparkles and it was just crazy and gorgeous. They had also decorated with a lot of silly string. Personally, it was a masterpiece, of course, Luke didn't enjoy it quite as much as the girls.
They waved goodbye, there were a couple tears, but they'd be back in two weeks.
And then, the party ended and everyone had to head back home.
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Finn and Colin went in one care and Rory took Logan home in her car. They did still live together in the apartment when he was home.
So she walked into the large apartment and Rory changed into a white lace cami and white and lavender pajama pants. She pulled the sheets over her and turned off the lights with Logan sleeping next to her, his arm around her waist.
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It had been two hours since they had gotten home and Rory couldn't get to sleep. This was a problem. She was extremely tired but she had a lot on her mind. She had someone on her mind.
Jess Mariano.
Why hadn't they had a good chance to talk? He could have approached her! She tried to approach him many times and failed. They needed to talk. They needed to really get comfortable around each other again. She wanted that. More than anything at this moment, she wanted to fix things with Jess.
So she got out of bed quietly and crept into her closet and pulled out a light blue sweater and then her light, white, fitted jacket and slipped on her silver ballet flats. She then picked up her keys and quietly closed the door and snuck out of her apartment and went down the stairs and got into her car.
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She didn't care about the hour, she just zoomed by on the highway towards Stars Hallow and when she got there, she parked her car at her house and walked over to Luke's Diner, where she heard Jess was staying while Luke was gone for two weeks. Jess was going to help run the Diner with Lane and Caesar.
She welcomed the slightly chilly air and stuffed her keys in her jacket pocket. She reached the Diner and just looked up. She though she saw a little light through the window.
She took a deep breath and just stared. The entire town was barren and quiet. She looked around on the road and picked up a rock and hurled it as hard as she could at the window and heard it hit.
"Jess!" she yelled and hoped really hard that no one else would hear. The people that used to live next door to Luke moved away to Florida a couple months ago.
Rory heaved another rock at the window and it hit again.
"Jess! Jess! Stellaaaaaa!" Rory screamed and heard the window open to reveal Jess.
"Rory?"
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Ok, so do you like? Well, I hope you do. It would help if you reviewed. So, thanks in advance to all of you who do. I love you! So, mysterious ending kind of, hope you're hooked. I'm trying my best to get these updates in as soon as I can. I hate when people don't update for like months, you lose the flow of the story.
So when Rory was calling Jess, did you notice how it's exactly like the time Lorelai was trying to get Luke late at night? Well, you probably did, so thought I'd point that out.
Ok, that's it for now.
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