Jess answers the call from Matthew as he walks in the doors at Truncheon. Jess hangs up the call in the stunned silence that envelopes him at the sight of Rory where he would least expect her. Matt exchanges a head nod as he also hangs up the phone at this point, Jess obviously knows the content of the call. "Rory, hey what are you doing here?" Jess offers Rory a hug with a glance in Matthew's direction to which Matt responds with a shoulder shrug and Jess motioning for Rory to have a seat in the chair in front of his desk.
Rory settles into the seat as Jess takes a seat across from her. "I brought the first half of the book for you to read." Jess smiles at the thought of Rory wanting to share the story but he knows her well enough to know that she could have emailed that to him. Rory is here because she wants to talk. Jess looks down at his watch to check the time. He realizes that Rory must have left Stars Hollow very early to get here and it is that time between breakfast and lunch. "You drive in?" Jess offers to open up the conversation to possibilities. Rory nods. "Yeah left at 5:30, did not quite anticipate the traffic in the city."
"How about we discuss this over brunch?" Rory cannot help but smile at the suggestion and she is quite famished. "Matt, you good?" Jess glances over at Matthew who nods. Jess also realizes that introductions are in order. "Matthew Fairchild, Rory Gilmore." Matt crosses the room to exchange formal pleasantries and a toss of his car keys to Jess with a quick shake of the hand. "Take my car." Jess thanks Matt for the keys which will make the adventure easier to navigate. Rory would not likely do well with the hustle and bustle of the Philly transit system in her current condition. The gentlemen in Jess walks around the car to open the door for Rory.
Jess decides to take Rory to the Dandelion for brunch. Jess keeps the conversation light on the drive over to center city since there are topics best left to discussion outside of crazy city traffic. Jess parks Matt's car in the garage near the Dandelion. After getting out of the car, Jess rounds the car to offer a hand to Rory to rise from the seat of Matt's coupe. As if it were the most normal thing in the world, Rory loops her arm through Jess' for the stroll to the restaurant. Surprised by Rory's move, Jess remains the gentlemen as he continues to offer chivalry towards Rory. Rory is impressed that Jess is known in the place as a regular. The surroundings are quite elegant as they take their table. After they place there order, Jess directs the conversation as to the real reason that Rory drove to Philadelphia. "So, Rory, why are you here? You could have emailed me the transcript. Why did you drive 5 hours to Philadelphia just to bring me something that is only half done? What is going on with you?" Jess takes a sip of his iced tea to normalize his rather abrupt call out.
Rory fiddles and fusses with her napkin before responding. She figured that Jess would call her out but she also figured that she would have more time to formulate a reason that sounded legitimate. "Rory?" Rory's longer than a pregnant pause in response to his question prompts Jess to bring Rory out of her head. "It's me, you can talk to me. Why are you here?" Jess eases off as he relaxes his position in his chair to try to comfort Rory into conversation. "Jess, I don't know what to do." Rory's response confuses Jess for a moment. He knows that Rory speaking of the baby and telling Logan.
"Rory, it is the man's child. You owe it to him to tell him." Jess is glad that the food was quick in delivery so that perhaps they can quickly get out of this conversation and on to other topics. He has had his fill with Huntzbergers and he will endure even more over the next weekend when he attends the obligatory dinner in New York with Maj. Rory still matters to him and she is family so he will continue to indulge Rory's whims.
"I know I do but." Rory hesitates which is where Jess again kicks in as her voice of reason. "Rory, you are almost 6 months pregnant, you are running out of time and his wedding is in a month and a half. Tick tock." Jess tries not to be cruel in his tone but he needs to make his point stick. Jess has made his point and decides that this interaction needs to take a more pleasant turn to a literary discussion. They linger over conversation for quite a while before Jess decides it is time to head back to the book press. Jess is surprised by Rory asking him to show her around Philly. The best thing that he can think of is a tour of the art museum. It has been awhile since he has been there and it will pass the time without a lot of need for deep conversation.
Maj has been running around like a mad woman all morning with a full court docket which drifts into the afternoon. Maj finds herself exiting city hall and quite peckish. Given the hour, Maj is torn between a late lunch at the Terminal Market or a swing to the Dandelion for high tea. As a treat to herself, Maj decides on high tea to relieve the stress of the day and it is close to her next destination which makes the decision easy.
Maj is surprised when the waitress mentions Jess and his pregnant girlfriend as a passing comment about seeing them both in one day. Maj instantly knows who had accompanied Jess for lunch. Maj is surprised that Jess did not mention a visit from Rory when she spoke with him. Maj is also a bit surprised how someone referring to Jess having a girlfriend stung a bit. Maj brushes it off and settles into her toast to the crown. It has been a long time since she indulged in High Tea and she is not going to let anything put a damper on it. She can find out more later since Matthew has asked her to stop by the book press this evening to look over some papers.
The day winds into the evening as Maj heads to Truncheon. She is surprised that Matt's car is not in the lot as she pulls in but she is already here so she will head in anyway. Maj is even more surprised to see Matt as she enters the office. Matt can tell from the quizzical look in Maj's expression that she was not expecting him to be at the office. "Jess has my car." Matthew watches Maj's expression fall a bit since she knows why Jess has Matt's car. His sister is not normally one for jealousy but Matt can see the fringes of the green monster in Maj's expression which amuses the hell out of him. "Yes, he is with Rory but how do you know she is here?" Matt is enjoying watching Maj squirm a bit since she has not shared the change in her relationship with Jess with him and this will make Maj own up to it. Maj knows she is snagged and she will not allow her baby brother to get the best of her. "Marie mentioned that they had lunch when I went for High Tea." Matt smiles at Maj. "High Tea, well aren't we the Princess." Matt offers in with a mock British accent. Maj settles in at Matt's desk to tackle the work at hand and to get off the topic of Jess and Rory.