AN: i'm so sorry i left you guys hanging for so long!!! i suck! but i've just been really busy lately and i know that is no excuse so from now on i'm going to devote a part of my day to updating my fic and i wont leave it untouched for weeks and months at a time.. so i hope you guys can forgive me and i hope you like this chapter! peace * love ya'll! -heather

Disclaimers: once again..i own nothing..but i wish i owned that miloliciou stud! mmm..hehe!~

Rory was usually not one to be so rash and spontaneous, always careful to take in to account every little detail about something so she knew her decesion was the right one.

Well, except for that time she skipped school to go visit Jess in New York.

And here she was again, chasing after him.

Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around?

However, Rory was determind to find Jess, but since he hadn't told her where he was going when he left, she had no idea of where he could be.

Luke.

He had to know something.

Rory went into the diner as usual and sat down at the bar, debating about where or not to ask him.

Luke walked over to her and poured her a cup of coffe, noticing her furrowed brow, he knew she was conflicting about something.

"Somethin' wrong Rory?"

"What..oh..um no Luke..i'm fine.."

"Well ok.."

She decided, she was gonna ask him, how else would she ever find Jess?

"Um..actually Luke, there is something i need.."

"What is it?"

"Uh well..ok see i wanted to know if you..um..if you knew where Jess might be?"

Luke stood there just staring at her for what seemed like forever, but in reality was only a few long seconds.

It had been so long since anyone, especially Rory, had uttered his nephew's name.

"You think this is a good idea, Rory? I mean, are you sure?"

"Yes Luke, i'm sure, i'm following my heart for once, letting my brain take a rest, and i've got lots of questions that only he can answer."

"Ok..well if you're sure..he went to California, Venice Beach, actually, uh..thats where his dad lives, so he's kinda stayin' there now.."

"Do you have the address?"

"..Yea i do..lemme get it."

And with that, Luke walked the stairs slowly to the apartment to retrieve the address, leaving Rory to her thoughts.

'I can't believe i'm actually doing this'

Luke came back down the stairs and looked at the paper in his hands before hesitantly handing it to Rory.

"Here.."

"Thanks Luke.."

"Um..yea..just be careful ok?"

"I will."

Rory got up and headed home, she still had time to pack and get gone before her mother got home from the Inn.

She hated doing this again, the last time she went to see Jess she hadnt told her mother she was going, she just went, and then when she came back, she felt terrible, but this time, it wasn't new york, it was california, and she knew it wasnt right, but she also knew that her mother wouldnt let her go all the way to california alone for some guy who broke her heart.

So, this was the only option if she ever wanted to see him again.

And she did, oh how she did, although sometimes she wondered how she could still want him when he just up and left like that, but he had at least had the decency to tell her he was going. And they'd had so many great times together, they shared a special connection, unlike another other, it was unreal.

And thats what made her finally decide that what she was doing was for the best.

Or at least she hoped it was.

With her bags packed and a twinge of guilt pulling at her heart, Rory left Stars Hollow for the 'fun in the sun' state, california.