A/N: I decided not to skip…the idea would have been cool if I planed it all better, but its cool.
For those of you who think it's too soon for them to fall in love: 3 words: Romeo and Juliet. Lets see, in 3 days the found a way to fall in love, sleep with each other, and die in each other's arms. They were planning to run away together and get married. But, this isn't English class so I won't start a discussion on Shakespeare.
For those of you who are wondering about Logan: Well, I will just say this is the beginning of Rory's freshman year at college and when did Logan get into the story?
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or plot of Gilmore Girls.
Rory and Jess walked into Luke's. Lorelei was there, on her 5th coffee that hour, sitting at the counter. Rory went to sit next to her. Lorelei turned to look at her hesitantly, still afraid of how their conversation ended earlier.
"I'm sorry, Mom. I just…I just had to clear my head, you know? Too much information was being contradicted." Rory said, quietly.
"Yea, I get why you had to clear your pretty little head and all, but I totally did not understand the second thingy." Lorelei smiled.
"Just, well, one second I see things one way, and then it's the complete opposite! Like there are contradictions fighting right now, in my head." Rory said.
Jess, who, got dragged by Luke to help out and was standing on the other side of the counter when she said that, laughed when she said that. She just glared at him; he got her coffee, knowing better.
"Okay…" Lorelei smirked, "I think I get it. Just promise me you will fill me in on what is going on in that head of yours?"
"Sure." Rory smirked and took a sip of her coffee. "I think I might be going back to Yale tonight." She said between sips.
Lorelei's faced turned from calm to shocked, "What! I had this whole plane for tonight. We were going to be in our PJs having a movie night, but only watch movies that we have seen a zillion times so we can talk also!"
"Maybe next week." Rory responded calmly, taking another sip.
"Why do you have to go back so soooon?" Lorelei whined, hence the extra o's.
Rory looked around, seeing if anyone was in the diner that would matter. Babette and Morey were sitting at the closest table. She responded with, "I will tell you at home."
"Fine," Lorelei pouted. "Can we go home now?"
"Okay," Rory said, "Just because I want to leave soon." She then turned to Jess who was behind the counter again. "Jess, I will call you right before I plan to leave. Is that cool?"
"Yea, that's cool." Jess said, mocking her by accenting the word cool.
Lorelei then pulled Rory out of the diner and to the house. She pretty much threw Rory onto the couch and said, "Spill."
"So, I walked out the house after our last discussion…" Rory started, and told the whole story. Well, not the whole story. She didn't say what Jess said to Dean.
After she was done, Lorelei asked, "What did he say to Dean that made him so mad?"
"I dunno." Rory said, breezily. "Okay, I'll pack to go now so I don't have to drive at night."
"Yea, fine, go pack. Leave your mother." Lorelei said, over exaggerating.
Rory sighed, smiled, and walked into her room. She started throwing things into a suitcase as she picked up her phone and dialed Jess's number.
"Hello?" Jess answered.
"I'll be there in 5 minutes." Rory said, throwing more things into the suitcase.
"Okay." Jess replied.
"See you in a bit." Rory hung up the phone and Jess repeated the action.
Rory zipped up her bag and slung it over her shoulder. She walked over to the mirror and did one last 'guge' (As in the Queer Eye word) and walked out. "I'm leaving now." Rory announced.
"Well, call me when you get there." Lorelei said, giving her daughter a hug. "This is weird." She admitted.
"Yea, it is." Rory nodded and smiled.
"Be good." Lorelei added with a smile as Rory walked out the door.
Rory hopped in her car eager to get away with the drama that will happen in Stars Hollow about how their favorite couple had a fight in the middle of Town Square. She laughed at the idea actually. She imagined the town should know by now. She imagined the looks she would get from all the townspeople. Now she is glad she is at college. She pulled up to Luke's diner and walked into the familiar place.
"Anything you want before we leave?" Jess asked, bringing his bag down.
"Yea, coffee. In the biggest cup you've got." Rory smiled as she walked up to the counter.
"Shall we take it to go?" Jess asked.
"Yea. Its time to get out of here." Rory said looking around the diner and seeing faces quickly turn away from her.
"Yea, well, the time might have come sooner than we thought." Jess nodded to who just walked into the diner.
"You cannot be serious." Rory mumbled.
Jess smirked and got her coffee and one for him. He set them on the counter and waited for Rory's first move. She grabbed the coffees and motioned for them to leave.
"Rory, wait." Dean said calmly as she pushed past him.
"No, not now Dean." Rory started walking again. Dean grabbed her arm to stop her. "Dean, just let me go." Rory struggled.
"Why, so you can go and be pissed at me and blow this way out of proportion?" Dean asked annoyed.
"Dean!" Rory yelled.
"Just let her go man." Jess said, standing behind Rory.
"Stay out of this." Dean yelled at Jess.
"Dean, I have to get back to school. We will talk about this later." Rory struggled with her arm again, but carefully not to spill the coffee.
"Fine." Dean said, his face red and his hands trembling.
"Bye." Rory said coldly and left.
Jess smirked at Dean, "It was great running into you again!"
Dean glared at him and Jess calmly walked out of the Diner, his new home.
Rory stomped to her car, fidgeting and juggling the coffees and her keys, grunting every now and then.
"Maybe I should drive." Jess said as he took one of the coffees.
"No, I'm fine. I really am." Rory said, shoving the key into the door a bit to vigorously.
"Are you sure?" Jess asked as threw his bag in the back.
"Yea." Rory took a deep breath.
"Okay…But the offer still stands." Jess said, getting into the passenger side.
"Maybe you should drive." Rory said, shaking with anger.
"Okay." Jess smirked, stepping out of the car and getting into the driver's seat as Rory went to the passenger's seat.
After a long silence, Jess broke it by ordering, "Top Five songs right now."
"We aren't in High Fidelity are we?"
"Yea, and I'm John Cusack, seriously, Top Five songs."
"Wow, uhh… in order?"
"No, it doesn't have to be."
"Time bomb by Rancid."
"Understandable." Jess smirked.
"It's a long way to the promise land by Bad Religion."
"Yea."
"I don't want to live today by Ape Hangers."
"Good choice."
"Let's go by Frou Frou."
"And lastly…" Jess started for her.
"Blitzkrieg bop by The Ramones."
"Ahh, super choice." Jess smirked again.
"Thank you. Your turn." Rory ordered.
"Let's see…" Jess named his 5 favorite songs at that moment like he didn't really have to decide it. (A/N: I truly wanted to get this chapter up so I will let you guys decide his favorite songs. You can send them in the review if you want or something.)
"No, no, no. You are totally wrong. Chocolate chip cookie dough is the best ice cream. But only if it is…" Her cell phone interrupted her. "One second." She said to Jess as she picked it up. "Hello?"
"Rory." Dean sounded desperate.
"What is it?" Rory sighed.
"I'm sorry." Dean said.
"Do you even know what you are sorry for?" Rory laughed.
"For yelling at you in the middle of Town Square?" Dean questioned.
"What, would you be sorry if it was in privacy?" She said coldly.
"No, I mean, yes. I am sorry for yelling at you, period."
"That's just not enough. What you said, it just hurt and it was just wrong."
"I know."
"And you have to stop blaming all our relationship problems on me because I am not the only one in this relationship. You aren't perfect Dean. You are not even close to perfect. You are the one that finds a way to make everything ugly. I can't have this conversation now, good-bye." Rory hung up the phone on him. Shaking in anger, again.
"Boyfriend?" Jess asked like the first day they met.
"Who needs them?" Rory threw her arms in the air. "Where was I, oh yes. Chocolate chip cookie dough is only good from Ben and Jerry's."
Jess laughed at her subject change. "Yea, I agree." He pulled up to their dormitory. They both didn't move from their seats.
"So, this was a weird weekend." Rory announced, looking at the dashboard.
"Huh." Jess nodded.
"You're lucky that you don't have to come back there next weekend." Rory smiled.
"I might." Jess nodded.
"You don't want to." Rory knew Jess.
"Yea, but I just might have to." He nodded, recently finding out that was his new home.
"Moving stuff back?" Rory asked.
"I guess."
Rory made the first move, unbuckling her seat belt. Jess followed and they both stepped out of the car and grabbed their stuff from the back.
"Keys." Rory said as Jess dropped them in her hand.
Rory unlocked her door and stepped into her dorm. Paris was still up on the couch. "How was small town, USA?" She welcomed Rory.
"The weirdest it's ever been."
"Huh?"
"Well, where should we start? Jess's uncle is Luke and his mother is making him move in with Luke."
"Wow." Paris said astonished.
"That's not all. Dean got jealous that I had a friend that was a guy. We are now in a big fight that goes beyond me having Jess as a friend."
"Wow." Paris repeated herself.
"Luke isn't living with his wife. My grandpa's new partner is his old boss's son." Rory went on.
"Okay, just stop. Your life is messed up." Paris held her hands up in a halt motion.
"Thanks for the update. I need to put an end to this day and get to sleep." She entered her room. She picks up her cell phone and dials the numbers to her house to tell her mother she got back in one piece. After that task is finished, she falls right asleep on her bed. She didn't have the best of days.
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"Rory?" Paris comes in the room their next morning and asks. "Are you awake." The comatose figure answers her question. "Rory! Wake up." She yells.
"Hmph." Rory groans.
"Come on…our first news paper meeting is today!" Paris says full of emotion.
"Yay." Rory says getting up. "I totally forgot."
"We are going to be late, get dressed." Paris yells as she starts walking out, "I'm not waiting for you."
Rory slowly gets up from bed and gets dressed. Lucky that I had such a bad day and came home a day earlier. She smiles, well, that is one way of putting that whole day into a positive perspective. She drags herself over to the newspaper office for her first day; this puts her in a good mood, no even a great mood.
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Rory smiled walking out of the newspaper office. This is going to be a good year. She is happy with the environment that is around the newspaper; it puts her in a better mood.
"Rory, wait!" Paris calls, jogging up to her.
"What's up?" Rory asks as Paris catches up to her.
"So, how is the fight going?" Paris asks.
"Why, you didn't want to know about it before." Rory laughs.
"Yea, well, now I do."
"You aren't going to make my life a column in a paper are you? That is just unreal. This newspaper will never go for this childish column." Rory laughs again.
"No. I want to know." Paris pushes.
"College Paris is just plain weird." Rory says speeding up getting away from Paris who is staring at Rory from the spot they just had the conversation.
"No, college Paris is much more fun to be with!" Paris yells.
"Oh, just go to your craft corner!" Rory yells back, not looking back. Like 2 seconds after she yelled that, her cell phone went off. "Hello?" She answered, too lazy to look at the Caller ID.
"Hey." It was Dean.
Rory kicked herself mentally, should have looked at the Caller ID. "Uh, hey Dean." Her natural high went down.
"How are you?" He asked like nothing was wrong.
"I just got out of a newspaper meeting and I was good." She said.
"Oh."
"Why did you call?" Rory said after a small silence.
"I just wanted to talk." Dean said.
"Why did you call?" Rory asked again, a little annoyed.
"I can't call to check up on my girlfriend?" He asked.
"That matters, the part about me being your girlfriend, if you have something else to say." Rory said, angry.
"I'm sorry, I did a lot of thinking, and I was the one that is responsible for us falling apart."
"That isn't it, Dean." Rory said.
"Rory, what can I say? What can I say that is right? Lately, it's been nothing." Dean said, a little aggravated.
"Dean, ugh, well, we…you…I…" Rory said angry. She then stopped walking and her face showed the realization she just had, "I just can't do this." She said surprisingly.
"What?"
"I can't fight like this anymore…it's just...it's just not worth it all."
"What?"
"I just don't know what to do anymore, I hate us fighting all the time."
"Me too. Let me just come see you, we can work this out."
"What good would that do?" Rory asked, giving up.
"I'm coming." Dean said, without getting permission. He then hung up.
"Dean, don't" Rory said to the ended phone call. Right after she said this, she heard the dial tone. "Shit." She mumbled off to her room.
A/n: Sorry for the wait…I just came back from the beach and realized I didn't finish this. Well, here it is. Again, sorry for the wait.
