I'm back with a brand new chapter, thank you again for the reviews. This will be a long chapt I think… And if you can please advertise this story, just a little… then I can use the feedback to make this story better. Hope you like it, review please, please! Thx

Chapter 11: tourist-tour, dinner and a movie

Just for the setting: it's Thursday morning, the day that Matt was going to give his grand tour of the town, then take Rory to dinner and a movie.

Rory woke up, happy. She was feeling good, had a whole day to enjoy the planned tour and of course Jess was ok… She will see him in a week.

That moment her phone rang, she picked up. It was her boss, telling her that she could still go home, but she really needed to help her replacement as soon as possible. John McCain had introduced Sarah Palin as his candidate for vice-president and the media was spreading all sorts of gossip about her, this was an important event in politics. Rory said she understood, her replacement will be arriving tomorrow very early in the morning… that meant she couldn't stay out too late tonight.

Because Matt had promised to pick her up at eleven, she had to hurry downstairs for some breakfast end coffee. She was just finishing her bagel when she saw Matt standing in the lobby. He was early, about ten minutes early, she wasn't used to guys being early.
Normally they were always ten minutes late… or they didn't show up and sent her a message to tell her they'd forgotten or something else had come up. This was a nice surprise but she'd rather have some more time to get ready. She tried to swallow her hot coffee, then her cell-phone gave a buzz, telling her she had received a text. It was from Matt.

"Hey, I can see you... Look to your right xx"

She had already seen him, was he being too eager? Maybe… She told the waiter to put the breakfast on her tab, then went to the lobby to meet him.

"Hey, how are you?"

"Hey, I'm good, received your message. I had already spotted you, I was just finishing breakfast."

"Right, you ready to go?"

"Not just yet… your earlier than I expected, so I have to get a few things from my room."

"That's ok, I'll just wait here."

Rory stood in the elevator going up to her room.

-- Matt was really early, and that smile when he saw her… what was that all about? It hadn't been that long… he always had that smile when he looked at her, was it because he was just happy to see a friend, or was it because… no that can't be… was he really… falling for her? How was that possible? They only met a week ago…they had lunch and talked like friends, then at those meetings talked some more. But for him to fall for her, that would be too early. --

As she stood there over thinking it, she saw the numbers changing on the display above the elevator's door.

She went to her room, used the bathroom and stared at her reflection in the mirror.

-- I don't look so good, it's like I haven't slept for days… Just a splash in the face, little make-up and go back down. --

She grabbed her purse and locked the door behind her. She was a little nervous now, why… she had nothing to be nervous about, hadn't she?

XXX

Matt sat down in one of the couches near the entrance. He watched Rory step into the elevator and saw the numbers changing as she went up. He had been a bit early, he just wanted to see her. He couldn't bare to be separated from her any longer than a few seconds, every time he saw her leave his heart broke and started bleeding.
When he saw her he was so happy, he felt on top of the world. He wanted to tell her how much he cared about her, how much he wanted to give her. He was prepared to do anything, whatever he could do to make her fall in love with him. He had to tell her, but when he saw her his mouth was dry and couldn't form the words e desperately wanted to say.

What took her so long? She just needed to get some things, right? Had it been a mistake to come so early? Maybe she had gotten the wrong impression. That would be a disaster! At that moment he saw the numbers of the elevator coming down again. She stepped out, even more beautiful than ten minutes ago. She spoke to him in that sweet voice of hers, she amazed him with a smile.

XXX

"So eleven o'clock, I'm right on time!"

Rory gave him a quick smile.

"ok" Matt smiled back "let's go."

They walked around for two hours, he showed a few places that were exact copies of houses in Stars Hollow. She laughed a lot, he was being funny…

they had lunch in the diner, Carol looked over with a weird look in her eyes… However, Rory didn't notice it she was busy telling stories about her best friend, Lane, and of course the famous Paris with all her quirks. Then she told him more about Jess, telling it made her crave for him again.

XXX

He sat across from her, listening to her soft voice talking to him about the people from her village. He listened to her every word, not wanting her to stop talking. Then she said that name… Jess, he had hurt her so much in the past, he couldn't believe she was still talking about him.

XXX

Rory was talking about jess again, she realised Matt's face twitched when she mentioned his name for the first time that day. She didn't pay attention to it, thinking it was nothing important. She was talking on and on, he did say a few things but he always let her talk.

It was easy to talk to him, she had no idea why but she felt comfortable around him, not completely trusting him with everything but still…
He already knew a lot about her. She was hesitating when she thought about the e-mails she had sent to Jess, she wanted to tell him…
But then she thought about that hunch, it will break his heart if she tells him that. She decided not to tell him, it would be easier than explaining everything.

She started asking him some questions, she had been talking for too long, it was his turn.

"Well, I have one bad experience with a girl… Melanie. I told her how I felt about her and she turned away, never spoke to me again."

"That's terrible! You can't ignore something like that… at least tell that person you don't feel the same…"

They walked around a bit longer. Rory met a few people from the town: Babbette's twin, then the male, gay form of miss Patty, a cranky mechanic, then the mayor… a woman called Taylor strange how things turned out. Rory laughed with the resemblance, she told Matt about it. Then they went to a small restaurant for dinner.

XXX

She is so amazing, her smile… everything about her. He wanted to tell her how he felt but he was afraid it would spoil the good time they were having now… what if she didn't feel the same?

"So Rory, how is your article going?"

"good, all finished. I just have to show my replacement around and give her a full update on everything and then I'm ready to go home. My mom is getting married so I'm going home for two weeks."

Matt's heart stopped, what was she telling him she was going away… that can't be… His whole world fell apart.

"But I'm coming back after two weeks to pick up where I left it."

Matt felt a bit better, still... She was going… "so… when are you leaving?"

"Monday very early in the morning."

-- I have to tell her how I feel, before she leaves, but how? I can't tell her in person, I'll choke up and I won't be able to form one decent sentence. Maybe through e-mail… yeah, I'll send her an e-mail… tomorrow. --

XXX

They went to the movie, Rory felt a bit weird, Matt had insisted on paying for dinner…

They were talking about some unimportant things right before the movie started. There was one man, sitting two rows behind them talking loudly, that was very annoying.

XXX

Matt couldn't help it, every few minutes he turned his head to look at her. He watched her every movement and every emotion. He noticed her smile, a tear when the movie was sad, an irritated face when the man started talking again.

She was so different in the dark, the faint light coming from the screen shone upon her face. He took it all it, her features and her concentrated frown. She had this mystery surrounding her in this dim light. The movie ended, they stood up and he gave her coat, touching her hand, he felt the place where her skin had caressed his burning up. he watched her putting on her coat, so elegant in everything she does.

XXX

Rory noticed Matt was looking at her, she felt his eyes on her. She didn't really mind but it made her a little uneasy.

"You want to go for a drink?"

"Well."

She thought about the phone-call she had that morning, she needed to plan things before leaving… she couldn't.

"I'm sorry, I want to, I really want to…"

"But…?"

"But I have to get up early, my replacement is arriving tomorrow and I have to be ready to get him or her up to date."

"Right" She could hear the disappointment in his voice.

"I'm really sorry."

"I'll walk you back."

She could also see it in his eyes that he was a bit disappointed, but they had just spent a whole day together…

They arrived at her door. She opened and said goodbye, giving him a kiss on the cheek. She closed the door behind her.

XXX

She had kissed him on the cheek, he started blushing but luckily she hadn't seen it. He sent her a small text.

"I had fun tonight, please tell me you still have some time to go out before you leave. Xx
p.s. you're cute (when you laugh) luckily you do that a lot, even with everything I say. Xx"

XXX

She received a text from Matt, when she read it she smiled.
– What should I say, does he really have feelings for me? Maybe…I'm not really sure, he didn't say it out loud. I'll agree to go out again on Saturday… see what happens, I don't know him that well to know whether I have feelings for him.—
she sent a short message back.

"I had fun too, I may have some time… not sure yet. Bye xx"

XXX

She had fun too, that was a good sign. He'll send a mail tomorrow, telling her everything, how he felt about her… she needs to know.

XXX

One last message before she shut her phone… it was from Matt saying goodnight.

She crawled under the covers and fell asleep.

That's it for this time… hope you liked it. It's turning out a bit different than I had in my mind… Please review, and try to tell other people about this… I could use some suggestions. Bye for now. XO