Disclaimer: Don't own anything except Riley.
A/N: Ah, so there's a consensus, Dean is an idiot. Hah, I actually liked Dean for a little bit during Gilmore Girls, but he truly annoyed me when Jess came into town. No idea why, but I just found Jess so much better. Basically I only liked him when Tristan or Jess weren't in the picture. Anyway, thanks for the reviews, they are lovely. It makes me happy that you guys like this, and please keep the enjoyable reviews coming!
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"You wanna go to the bridge?" Riley asked, as she and Jess had their feet up, watching Happy Days.
Jess tilted his head all the way back, checking the time, "It's twelve."
"So?"
"Luke will get mad," Jess said, and Riley raised an eyebrow. "Fine, let's go."
"I'll meet you there," Riley said, grabbing her coat, giving a nod to Lorelai, who was altering Lane's wedding dress.
Jess sighed, as she closed the door behind her. Pulling his converses on, he looked at Lorelai, "When Luke gets out of the bathroom, can you tell him-"
"That you guys are running around, ready to vandalize the town? Sure," Lorelai said, and Jess gave a laugh.
"Yeah, that. Thanks," He said, closing the door behind him.
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Opening the diner door, Jess watched Rory's car slowly park. She turned off her lights, shut off her engine, and smiled as she got out of the car.
"Hey," She said, approaching him.
"Hey," Jess replied, not ready for the awkwardness they were about to encounter.
"I'm sorry," Rory said, not pausing to any instincts screaming for her not to say anything.
"It's okay," Jess replied, shrugging his right shoulder.
"No, it's not. You don't deserve any of that. I shouldn't have done that. I'm so sorry," Rory said, shaking her head.
Jess sighed, "Rory, its okay, no need to go into contortions. I just…" She looked up at him, "I wanna spend time with you while I'm here. I'm not gonna be staying forever, but maybe we could do the whole friends thing while I'm here?"
Rory smiled, "Yeah. That sounds good. That sounds really good."
Jess gave his infamous smirk, "Well, good."
"Well, I gotta go give this to my mom. It's for Lane's dress," Rory said, and Jess opened the door for her. "I'll see you later?"
"Yeah," Jess said. "Later."
Rory smiled to herself, turning around to see Jess walking across the towns square. Her smiled faded when thoughts of giving Jess up seemed suddenly wrong. That maybe he was grown up and it was finally the right time for them to be together. Rory frowned even more when the name Logan popped up in her mind.
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"Jess," Riley said, hearing the wood creak underneath someone's feet. "What took you so long?" Riley looked up, seeing a tall figure, and the brown floppy hair, of Dean. "What the hell? Are you stalking me? I'm not eighteen. This stalking can end up very bad for you."
"No," Dean said, scared to sit down. "I just saw you walking here, and I was just making sure that you didn't get lost. "
"You do realize you live in Stars Hollow, right?" Riley asked, swinging her feet on the bridge. "What do you want?"
"Nothing," Dean shrugged. "Just wanted to ask why you're here in Stars Hollow. It doesn't seem like you want to be here."
"Jess made me," Riley mumbled, remembering why she was stuck there for a few days.
"Is that why you hate me, because Jess does? Does he tell you stuff about me?" Dean asked and Riley shook her head, rolling her eyes. "I'm pretty sure what he says are lies."
Riley looked up at him, "Why do you think everything is about you?"
"What? I don't get what you're saying." Dean asked, and Riley gave a scoff.
"Oh, then I'll talk slowly. I don't like you because I don't like you. Not because of Jess. You always think it's about you. Maybe I just don't like people. Which is only half true, because I like some people, but I don't like you, which was my point," Riley rambled, before pausing. "Jess is talking to Rory because he wants to mess with my head. Jess came to talk to Rory because he knew I was there. Jess hates me and is using Rory against me. Me, me, me. Does this sound familiar to you? Because it really should." Riley looked at Dean, whose jaw was clenched, and was shaking his head. "Well get over yourself, Dean-o."
Before Dean had the chance to say anything back, Riley watched the figure of Jess walking towards them. "Dean, what the hell are you doing?" Jess asked, standing in front of Dean, looking up at him, scowls on their faces.
"Flashback to many years ago, where a young Jess Mariano looks up at the extremely tall specimen of a man named Dean, with a girl in the distance," Riley mumbled, standing up.