Author's note: I hope you guys like this chapter! Writing everything as emails and texting seemed like such a good idea at first but it's hard to portray them hanging out! Should this fic ever get a sequel it will not be written like this...
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 7:48pm
Pst.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 7:49pm
Did you just text me from under the table?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 7:50pm
Yes, I've gotten very good at texting without looking at the keyboard.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 7:51pm
I can't do that. You're being so rude to poor Paris…
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 7:52pm
Hey at least I'm not openly texting. Paris has not stopped talking in the last 20 minutes about how disenfranchised Philly has become. Do you really think she'll notice?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 7:53pm
Good point. Well it's cool that you're here, even if you had to bring Paris.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 7:54pm
Hey don't make that face at me. I was kidding!
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 7:55pm
Do rats really come up through the toilets here?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 7:56pm
Not mine.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 7:57pm
How are you listening to all of this so patiently?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 7:58pm
It's funny. Paris has never been here before has she?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 7:59pm
I think it's safe to say she hasn't. Hey, are cheesesteaks actually a really big deal here?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:00pm
Some people think so. The general consensus is a cheesesteak is only official if it's made with spray cheese, so most cheesesteaks are pretty terrible. I try not to eat aerated cheese.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:01pm
God I love spray cheese. It's so convenient!
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:02pm
Did Paris just order us a round of beer that I can't even pronounce?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:03pm
Yes, shockingly Paris is quite the beer aficionado. She and Doyle toured a microbrewery last weekend and she took actual notes on a little notepad.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:04pm
Huh. Paris is kind of weird.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:05pm
Yes, yes she is. I don't really have the heart to tell her I don't even like beer very much.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:06pm
I thought crappy beer was the perfect thing to pair with spray cheese though.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:07pm
Oh, Paris does not drink crappy beer.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:09pm
I guess we'll find out when it gets here. What would you be drinking now if Paris allowed you to order for yourself?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:10pm
Have you ever had an appletini? It tastes like a Jolly Rancher but it's basically the same as eating fruit.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:11pm
I've never seen Sex and the City but I'm pretty sure that's what they drink.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:12pm
Too girly for you?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:13pm
I just can't get on board with those fruity drinks.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:14pm
Fair enough. Ever try vodka with Red Bull?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:15pm
That stuff will kill you.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:16pm
You sound like Luke.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:17pm
Oh nice going. Now Paris is suspicious of us.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:18pm
You're the one who laughed at a completely random time!
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:19pm
You're the one who made me laugh. Why does this beer taste like trees?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:20pm
It's very old? Or too new? Or was brewed by the Keebler elves?
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:21pm
That's probably it. Thanks for cutting her off before she ordered another round.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:22pm
I can only take so much.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:23pm
I have an excellent selection of bottom shelf stuff at the bar. It probably won't live up to the standards of your fancy Yale friends but it's free.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:24pm
Hey, I can get down with cheap alcohol.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:25pm
Is this the same Rory Gilmore that wouldn't even go within three feet of the keg at that party we went to in high school?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:26pm
Hey, I was just a kid then. I'm a legal adult now so it's okay. Hey, have you ever tried Kahlua? That stuff is great.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:27pm
Let's not go crazy here. We definitely don't serve that at the bar.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:28pm
Maybe that's why you're so broke.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:29pm
I highly doubt that. Paris is absolutely glaring at you.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:29pm
Oh sure, tell her you're texting your mom. How original, liar.
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:30pm
Paris glares at me all the time. And you're being way more obvious about it than I am and she hasn't said a word to you.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:31pm
Yeah, because she's just ignoring me. Why exactly did you bring her again?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:32pm
You invited her! And now she thinks we're hooking up so way to go.
New Text to Rory
8/12/06 8:33pm
How is this even a little bit my fault?
New Text to Jess
8/12/06 8:34pm
I don't know. Stop texting me. We're just going to make her suspicious. This whole thing is so ridiculous.