Jess woke up the next morning even madder than when he had went to bed the night before. Suddenly, it hit him what he could do. Not only would he give Rory a good wake up call, but he'd show her to rub her new boyfriend in his face. After a quick shower, he was out the door and in search of Dean.
"Rory?" Lorelai called. "Would you like some breakfast?"
Rory slowly raised her head from her pillow. "Did Luke make it?"
"Of course."
"Then yes." Rory yawned as she leaned forward and got out of bed.
"He made it this morning before he took off to the diner. Pancakes and bacon." Lorelai replied. "I tried to get him to stay in eat but he's so damn determined to get to work on time."
"He has to be there on time, mom. Other people are expecting him to be open so they can eat too." Rory took a seat at the table.
Lorelai sat down as well, but the jumped back up. "Jess."
"What?" Rory asked confused.
"I forgot about Jess. I should see if he wants some of this."
"Mom, I'd just leave him alone until he wakes up. I'm sure he could care less about breakfast."
"Rory…" Lorelai timidly scolded.
Rory sighed. "Fine, go ahead. Don't say I didn't tell you so when he shows you his fangs."
Lorelai opened the door to the basement. "Jess? You awake? Hello?" After several seconds of no answer, she cautiously walked down the stairs. "Jess?" After reaching the bottom it was clear Jess was gone. Lorelai returned to the kitchen. "He's not down there."
Rory seemed uninterested. She continued eating as if she hadn't even heard Lorelai.
"Rory, did you hear me?" Lorelai asked.
Rory took a sip of milk. "I heard you."
"What is your problem?" Lorelai folded her arms. "Is something wrong between you and Jess?"
Here it was the perfect chance to expose Jess and tell Lorelai what a creep he truly was. She could tell Lorelai about how he wanted to go out with her and how he confessed loving her the night before.
"No." Rory replied. Well, there went her perfect chance.
"Then what it is?"
"I don't feel well. I think I'm about to start my period." Rory stood from the table. "Do we have any Midol?"
Lorelai couldn't keep from smirking. "You think I'm going to fall for that?"
"Fall for what?" Rory asked innocently.
"Rory, I know something is going on between you and Jess."
(Stars Hollow High football field)
Just as he expected Jess found Dean playing football with friends on the school field. He wasted no time walking straight up to Dean.
"Hey, Poindexter, we need to talk." Jess announced as he came closer to Dean.
Dean glanced over to see a very aggravated Jess headed towards him. "Hey, I'm gonna sit this one out." Dean replied to the boys. He walked over to the side line. "What's up? Is something wrong with Rory?"
"Yeah, there are a lot of things wrong with Rory." Jess replied bitterly. "You're one of them."
"Excuse me?" Dean asked.
"I saw the necklace you gave her. It must have taken you hours to pick it out of the fifty cent machine at Taylor's."
"What are you talking about? I spent twenty dollars on that necklace." Dean defended.
"Ooooo, twenty dollars." Jess mocked. "That doesn't even add up to pocket change for a millionaire."
Dean was obviously confused. "Look, I don't know what you're talking about…"
"Did Rory ever bother to tell you where she's really from?" Jess asked. "Has she told you anything at all about who she really is?"
"She's from here." Dean answered.
"She was born here." Jess smirked. "She lived in London almost her whole life. She just moved back here this year. Do you know who else lived in London? Her super rich great-grandmother. And guess what, great-grandma passes away, boom, Rory becomes heiress to an entire multi-million dollar fortune. You really think a twenty dollar necklace is going to impress her?"
Dean hung his head. "I didn't know she was rich." He replied softly.
"Hey, don't feel bad buddy boy…. No one is good enough for that chick. Except maybe one Prince Charles' sons."
Dead slowly nodded his head. "So she showed you the necklace?"
"Yeah." Jess replied. "Right after she took it off… she didn't want it to turn her neck green."
Jess could see Dean was becoming very upset. Looks like his job was done. Very pleased with himself, he patted Dean on the shoulder. "Don't worry, there's plenty of girls in this hick town who'd love a twenty dollar necklace. Don't waste your time on some bratty, rich kid who think she's got you wrapped around her finger."
Jess strutted back off the field. He knew it wouldn't be long till everyone in Stars Hollow would find out the truth about Rory and then she'd see just how great she actually wasn't.
