A/N: Finally!! I hope its worth it, I spent the entire morning trying to get the second half right!! Hope you guys like it, enjoy!!

Disclaimer: Do we have to go over this again? Fine. I don't own GG.

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Lorelai brings the mugs of coffee to the table and sits one in front of Rory before taking a seat. Rory smiles appreciatively before looking down at it. They sit in silence for a few minutes.

"So…" Lorelai starts.

"So…" Rory copies.

Lor sighs again. "You gotta work with me here, hun."

Rory nods. "I know." Beat. "This is akward…" She signals between them.

Lorelai nods. "Yea." She sips her coffee again before continuing. "Just, start again."

Rory nods pondering. "I thought I was imagining things when…he first showed up. Or hallucinating, or…something." She shrugs. "I don't know. A part of me was so glad to see him. So…happy that he was there. I thought he came back for me." She doesn't want to see Lorelai's expression when she says it, so she looks down yet again. Lorelai sighs openly but clenches her jaw and looks down at her mug as well. "And the other part of me," She shakes her head. "was so angry. How dare he show up there, where I worked? How dare he pretend everything was normal or okay between us? I wanted to hit him and hug him at the same time." She sips her coffee letting Lor digest the information. "When I was talking to you on the phone that day and told you I had to go it was because I found the reception area littered with flower baskets." Pause. "I didn't dare let myself think that they were from him, but…they were." She says wistfully, finally having the courage to meet Lor's gaze which is surprisingly neutral. "I was so sure he had changed, ya know? He'd never bought me flowers before. Only cards and jewelry." She offers by way of explanation to Lorelai's confused look. "At other times, when I saw him with Shelly, I thought…'people don't change'. But then when he was with me…he was different."

"Different how?" Lorelai finally speaks up.

Rory shrugs again. "Just different. Better." She sighs. "He didn't even kiss me when we were alone; he said he wanted me to trust him."

"And do you?" She's afraid to hear the answer.

"Maybe…I don't know." Beat. "I guess I had to have slept with him." It doesn't come out a joke like she intended. It only made things worse.

"Yea." Beat. "Did you regret it?"

Rory ponders. "Honestly?" She continues after Lor nods. "I wanted to but I didn't. Don't." She corrects. "I regret not regretting it." She shakes her head. "I didn't even want him to leave."

"Then why did you make him?"

"Because, I was supposed to. I wasn't supposed to like it. The way he makes me feel, but I did. Do." Lorelai sighs. "Tell me what to do."

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because, you won't like what I have to say." Rory deflates. "I still stand by what I said before and you sleeping with him doesn't change that. In fact it makes it worse." She notices Rory's reaction. "Look hun, you don't have to like what I have to say nor do you have to take my advice but—"

"Suppose it was Luke." Rory cuts her off.

Lorelai stops. "It isn't."

"But what if it was!"

She looks at her coffee and sighs before looking back at Rory. "That doesn't change anything."

"You're just saying that because it hasn't happened." Rory rolls her eyes.

"Right. It hasn't happened."

"People can change!" Rory ignores her.

Lorelai clenches her jaw and shakes her head. "People can change." She assures her. "But only if they want to."

Rory folds her arms and leans back in her chair. "I just, I…really missed him."

"I know kid."

Rory nods. They sip their coffee in silence.

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Rory enters the main building and sees the elevator closing. She hurries towards it already late.

"Wait! Don't close the—" She sighs as the elevator door closes as soon as she reaches it. "Dammit!" The wait for the next one takes longer than she can afford, she ponders whether to take the stairs up to the top floor. When she picks up her bag the second elevator arrives and she breathes a sigh of relief. Out of nowhere Jess enters the elevator before she does and she hesitates.

"Going up?" He smirks. A part of her thinks he did it intentionally; he wasn't even around when she came in. She made sure of it. He was probably waiting in hiding, she thinks. "Rory?"

"…I'm thinking…" She admits.

"Ya know, its not brain surgery, you just have to get on the elevator." He says sarcastically.

"Ah…" She takes a step back. "I'll just wait for the next one."

He studies her curiously for a few seconds. "What exactly is the problem? What are you afraid of?"

She shakes her head. "No problem."

He immediately notes she disregards the second half of the question. The elevator starts to close and he reaches his hand out to stop it before it does. "Rory, come on. We're going on the same floor." Beat. "You're going to be even later if you wait for the next elevator…" He strikes a chord and he knows it as he watches her weigh her options. "We don't even have to talk…" He adds. She sighs before finally boarding the elevator. He reaches across her and hits the button on the panel. She takes a step back as his hand brushes the front of her stomach. It felt like everything was moving in slow motion. The elevator wasn't moving fast enough in her opinion.

She sighs and runs her hand through her hair, before noticing his smirk. "What?" She fidgets.

"I said nothing." He continues to watch her. "You're avoiding me." She ignores it. Him. "Okay, that was me saying something."

Rory sighs but doesn't face him. "See this falls under the category of 'talking'."

He ignores the comment. "Why are you avoiding me?"

Rory spares him a glance. "If I was avoiding you I wouldn't be here."

He nods absently. "So you're here willingly?" Rory breathes a sigh of relief as the elevator comes to a stop and the door opens. She immediately hurries out. He follows and places a hand on her elbow, turning her around. "Rory, we need to—"

"Not yet." She expects him to bring it up.

"Why not?" She looks around checking to see if anybody was around. She spots Sarah and shifts uncomfortably. "It's been three—"

"I can't do this now." She turns but he cuts in front of her.

"Well, when?" He sighs.

She folds her hand. "…Um, I don't know."

"We've had this conversation before."

"I need to meet—" She signals to the direction of Sarah, who's talking to Angie.

"Okay, well have dinner with me." He cuts her off.

She looks taken aback. "Um…I don't see how that'll—" Rory starts.

"All we'll do is talk." Jess assures her.

Rory hesitates. She looks over at Sarah who signals to her, she looks back at Jess. "Jess…"

"Just say 'yes'."

She takes a breath. "Okay."

Jess nods. "Okay."

She turns to walk off but stops and faces him again. "Uh…should we—I mean—"

"—I'll meet you after. In the parking lot." He tells her.

"Okay." Pause. "Good."

He smirks. "Good."

Rory looks around not sure what to say or do. He watches her. "I'm just gonna—" She cuts herself off and signals towards Sarah's office.

"Right." He nods and watches her walk away before heading around the corner to his office.

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A/N: See I got it on Friday like I promised! So please leave a review! Don't make me beg, cuz I will. Lol :D.