To: Jess
January 27, 2006 10:39pm
Subject: Ay ay ay
Message:
Oh my god, the last two days have been absolutely insane. We finally got the Paris breakdown you've been waiting for. Yesterday I go into the Daily News office because no one ever confirmed my article and every single department quit! Paris was in her bunker trying to get the entire paper done by herself by the time it had to be sent to the printer and I had to get people in to work on it because I wasn't going to sit around and let the paper not come out for the first time in history. We almost didn't get it done. We had to stall on the phone for a good ten minutes while I got everything together to send in because we were about thirty seconds away from losing our printing time. We got everything sent in just in time, thank god. It was probably the worst issue of the Daily News ever, but we got it out. And then tonight we had the most bizarre Friday night dinner ever. My grandparents got totally pissed that my dad started paying for Yale so dinner started off with arguing and I got yelled at and there were maybe twenty minutes in there where it was fine and we were actually laughing and then my grandma yelled at my mom for not marrying my dad 21 years ago. I'm still a little dizzy from it all. I'm sure you weren't expecting an email rivaling the length of Stephen King's entire collected works, though. What's new with you?
To: Rory
January 27, 2006 10:47pm
Subject: Wow
Message:
And here I thought my poet throwing up story was exciting. There is absolutely nothing new with me. We're finishing up the February issue of our zine right now but I don't think we're working on it as hard as you were all working last night. Chris has mostly been playing solitaire on his laptop instead of proofreading and Matthew has been working on plans for a bar that he thinks we need. I'm still not sure if he wants to put it in the bookstore or find a new place.
To: Jess
January 27, 2006 10:58pm
Subject: Tell me about it
Message:
I've never seen a bar in a bookstore before. You guys could have the first one. It opens up a whole new set of possibilities. You can do poetry readings during the day and karaoke at night. Although that might attract a different clientele than you're looking for.
To: Rory
January 27, 2006 11:06pm
Subject: I bet Paris is going to quit soon
Message:
Matthew keeps saying it'll be an intellectual bar. I'll believe it when I see it. I know that artists and alcohol go hand in hand, but I'm still not convinced that a bar belongs in a bookstore.
To: Jess
January 27, 2006 11:12pm
Subject: She'll never quit
Message:
Maybe if we opened up a bar in the newsroom more of the staff would show up when they're supposed to. It'll be interesting to see how many of them show up on Monday, since I kind of forced them out of quitting.
To: Rory
January 27, 2006 11:17pm
Subject: You'll probably be editor soon
Message:
If you're around to keep Paris from going insane then I bet people will be there. Has anything happened with Logan? You haven't mentioned him in a few days. Did he finally realize that he's a dick and you deserve someone better?
To: Jess
January 27, 2006 11:24pm
Subject: Yeah right
Message:
Jess! Actually, we were supposed to have dinner last night but then all of the stuff happened with the paper so we spent the evening working. He was a huge help and then we had a picnic in the newsroom, so everything is good there now.
To: Rory
January 27, 2006 11:32pm
Subject: I'm serious!
Message:
Hey, I'm just calling it like I see it. So all he had to do was play Superman to win you back? I'm surprised he just didn't try to pay off the people in charge of your printing time.
To: Jess
January 27, 2006 11:37pm
Subject: Paris will be the editor until she dies I'm sure
Message:
Logan is on the Daily News staff so it's not exactly shocking that he showed up to work on the paper or anything. You act like all he does is party and throw his money around or something. He's not like that. You saw him once for about an hour.
To: Rory
January 27, 2006 11:43pm
Subject: I still think you'll be editor
Message:
Where we ate dinner at a bar and he told me I could order one of the fancy burgers because he was paying.
To: Jess
January 27, 2006 11:49pm
Subject: We'll see
Message:
He was being polite! Some might even say he was being generous. I don't understand what your problem is.
To: Rory
January 27, 2006 11:55pm
Subject: Yes
Message:
He's a jerk, Rory. I don't know how you can't see that. I thought that you taking so long to get back together with him because you finally realized how bad he is for you, but I guess it wasn't.
To: Jess
January 28, 2006 12:01am
Subject: Re: Yes
Message:
You don't even know him! There are a million guys like him at Yale. He's just a regular college student, not some manipulative millionaire playboy like you make him out to be. This is so ridiculous. I'm tired of having this conversation. You think I can't tell that you're jealous? I can. You came to Stars Hollow, told me you loved me and drove away. I didn't hear from you for months and then one night you showed up at my dorm and asked me to run away with you. Did you really think after all that I would sit around waiting for you or something?
To: Rory
January 28, 2006 12:07am
Subject: I don't know
Message:
I don't know what I thought would happen after that. I was hoping that you would say yes and we could get away and start our lives together. I didn't think that you would turn me down for the guy who dumped you in front of the whole town and I didn't think you would move on to some trust fund snob who has probably never worked for anything in his life.
To: Jess
January 28, 2006 12:14am
Subject: Re: I don't know
Message:
Why would I say yes to that? You left Stars Hollow without even telling me in high school and then you didn't even have the courage to say anything when you called me a dozen times after that. That sucked. I don't know how else to say that. It sucked, and I hated it. It's great that you've finally settled down. I love that you wrote a book and have a job that you like, but I can't forget about all the crappy stuff that you did. You think Logan is so bad for me, but what about everything that you did? Don't act like you would be better for me than he is, because you wouldn't be. Every time when we have a nice conversation I think "I'm glad Jess is back in my life. It's great being friends with him again", but then you say stuff like this and I'm not so sure. If you truly wanted to be my friend then you would be able to accept that I'm with Logan now and be supportive about it for more than a day at a time.
To: Rory
January 28, 2006 12:23am
Subject: Re: Re: I don't know
Message:
I guess I don't know what to tell you. I don't like Logan and I don't think you should be with him. That's all I've got.
To: Jess
January 28, 2006 12:35am
Subject: [Untitled]
Message:
I don't know what to tell you either.
Author's Note: It started out so nicely... Why can't these crazy kids just figure things out?