-1A/N: Omg, I had this chapter pretty much written but as I was working I didn't save any of it, then my cat decides to lay on my keyboard and fxcked something up. My computer went crazy and shut down the program, it didn't save anything! So I had to re-write this.
Also, I don't know how to really write Lorelai.
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Rory had been staring at the ceiling for an hour now. It was now ten o'clock and she'd been up since 9. She decided she'd put it off long enough, she needed to call Lorelai. She moved gently out of Jess' embrace, trying not to wake him up. She pulled on a pair of Jess' boxers and a Metallica tee-shirt.
She tip-toed quietly out of the bedroom and into the living room. She grabbed her phone and descended down the stairs and made her way out the front door. Rory sat down on a nearby bench and dialed the familiar number.
"Offspring."
"Mom, I have something important to tell you."
"What's up?", Lorelai asked fearing the worst.
"Logan and I, we broke up."
"Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry."
"I'm not."
"You aren't?"
"Nope. Logan wasn't the one, and I'm fine with that."
"Really?"
"Really."
"Then I guess I can be honest now. I hate Logan. He let you drop out of Yale and go to jail for stealing a boat! He slept with like four girls while you were together. He was just so immature. He turned you into someone I didn't recognize, a society girl. You were thrown into the life that I ran away from. You were Rory, girl who works for the DAR and parties all the time with her idiot boyfriend. You weren't Rory, girl who loves to drink coffee and talk about books. I guess, I'll have to thank Jess the next time I see him for bringing my baby back."
"How did you know it was Jess?"
"Luke. And from what I hear, Jess has really grown up."
"He has. He even wrote a book!"
"I know. I read it and it's so romantic. That's one word I never thought I'd associate with Jess, romantic."
"It's so weird, you know?"
"It's so weird. Jess, rebel without a cause, wrote a book."
"Exactly."
Rory couldn't help but think that Lorelai was trying to imply something.
"Mom?"
"Yes?"
"Is there a reason for this Jess-fueled conversation?"
"No, no reason at all." Lorelai said unconvincingly.
"Mom, seriously!"
"Where are you?" She asked.
"Philadelphia, why?"
"Of course you are."
"What are you talking about?"
"Think about it, hun. Who couldn't you keep off your mind while you were with Dean? Who did you kiss at Sookie's wedding and then have to go to Washington, D.C. because you realized you had feelings for him? Who was the only person you listened to about how it was a mistake to drop out of school or that Logan was a dick? Who's the reason you're in Philly right now, probably doing dirty things, and not at home heartbroken about Logan?"
"Oh my god, Jess."
"Jess is "the one" for you. I know I've spent a lot of time and energy fighting the whole Jess thing, but you can't mess with fate. I know fate quite well, and she can be a bitch. And sweets, other things point to Jess too."
The vagueness of that statement put a lot of things in perspective for Rory. She had lost her virginity to Dean shortly after Jess had come back and asked her to run away with him because Dean was there and Jess wasn't. She'd been with Logan because he had the same bad-boy persona as Jess.
"You're right."
"Darn tootin."
"Mom, I have to go."
"Okay, I love you sweets."
"I love you too, bye."
"Bye."
After she hung up, Rory thought about what her mom said about Jess being "the one" for her. And the idea of spending the rest of her life with him didn't seem so scary as it had with Logan. It felt, right. She smiled at the thought of being Mrs. Jess Mariano. Rory Mariano, it had a much nicer ring to it then Rory Huntzberger.
Rory stood up and brushed herself off. The smile never left her face as she made her way back to Truncheon. Her choice of wardrobe elicited stares from people walking past her.
She walked into Truncheon only to find two people staring at her.
"Nice outfit."
Rory looked down at what she was wearing and blushed slightly.
"You're the girl from opening night." He pointed out.
"That I am." She agreed.
"I'm Mathew and that over there my dear, is Chris."
"Hi. I'm Rory."
Both Chris and Mathew were both staring at her intently.
"So we finally meet the infamous Rory."
"Infamous?" she questioned.
"We've heard a lot about you from Jess."
"Oh really? Like what?"
"That you're beautiful, no lie there. You go to Yale and how you were the only one in Stars Hollow that gave a damn about him, besides his uncle. He left because he flunked out and blah blah. You know the rest." Chris said.
Rory nodded.
"Well, I'm going to go upstairs. It was nice meeting you two."
"You too."
"Yeah, it was our pleasure."
With a small smile she turned and ran up the stairs.