July so its in the future, also I have a sweet spot for the character
of Jess so for you Dean/Tristan supporters I'm sorry you'll be very
disapointed.
Rory woke with a start suddenly remembering all that had happened in
the last week. Her head was pounding, tormented by both anger and
guilt. Did she do the right thing? What had made Dean turn into such
a jerk all of a sudden? Could she have made a different decision?
Being the rational one in the Gilmore family, She sat up and retraced
the steps she had taken over the last week.
For the past four weeks Dean had been away visiting his cousin in NY.
Rory having nothing else to do, had taken to working in the Inn in
the mornings, and then spending the rest of the day with Lane and
Jess. In actuality all of rory's time this summer had been spent with
them, the three had become inseparable. Dispite the fact that Jess
had caused her many problems during the school year, rory refused to
believe that Jess was anything less than a nice guy. Rory really
enjoyed his company, his friendship was much different than anything
she had with Dean and rory reveled in her time with Lane and Jess.
The summer had gone on without a hitch until a week ago. Last
saturday rory recieved the call that Dean was coming home a week
early. Rory felt immediate guilt after realising that she was a bit
disapointed, truthfully, she had almost forgotten that she had a
boyfriend for a while. That night she had a wonderful dream about
Dean coming home and running down the street to meet her but just as
he reached for her his face contorted and changed in Jess' face just
at that moment her dream self grabbed Jess and pulled him closer to
her saying, "I love you". Shocked by the dream, Rory stopped going by
Lukes in the afternoons and told Lane that they had to hang out at
her house for the rest of the week.
On Wednsday morning as Rory was returning from work, Dean was waiting
on her doorstep. "Hey, you, I missed you."
I" missed you too, hey how about we go watch X-men for the 30
millionth time."
" Um, actually I just came to tell you i got back ok, um i still have
a lot of unpacking to do so I'll call you later ok?"
"um I guess so,you ok"
"yea, why wouldn't i be?"
" I don't know you seem kinda weird"
"I'll see you later ok?, bye"
Just as he walked away the phone rang
"hello?"
"hey, feel up for a movie, i could go for a light comedy?"
"well it's not like i had anything better to do right?"
"alright see ya in 5"
"k, bye Jess."
(in the theatre)
"so wasn't casanova supposed to be home today?"
"yea...but he was too tired to hang out"
"Wow, thats a lie if i ever heard one"
"what? why would he lie?"
"i dont know, but "Gee, i spent 4 weeks away from the girl im in love
with but now that im finally home im too tired to see her" sounds
like a crappy excuse"
" yea well--
"If I were him, I'd jump at the chance to spend time with you--
"if you were him?"
"yea, well i guess i'd dropped the dumb bag boy outfit and the stupid
haircut first"
"hey, you are talking about the man i love!"
"The man you love huh? you mean the man who you haven't even
mentioned let alone thought about for the past four weeks--
"how dare you, of course I've thought about him,you know nothing
about it,--
"i know enough to tell when a relationship is ending"
"I have to go."
Sitting on the sidewalk outside the theatre Rory began to rethink
what jess had said. why hadnt she been thinking about Dean? Was that
a sign that she didnt love him anymore? Why was dean being so weird"
"Hey rory, I'm sorry if i hit below the belt"
"Hey, you were right, i don't know whats going on with me and Dean, I
mean no i havent being thinking much about him, but up until
saturday, I hadnt heard a peep from him in two weeks, is that a bad
sign?"
"I don't know, but i think you should find out, come on i'll drop you
off"
--As she retraced the past events Rory's guilt began to leave her,
she remembered ringing the door bell of deans house and waiting
nervously at the door.
"Rory, what are you doing here? Stay right here we'll go for a walk
ill just get my jacket"
As she stood there she could her him scrambling around and a muffled
voice saying good bye to someone and hanging up the phone.
"Whats the matter rory?"
"something jess said made me feel uncomfortable about us."
"Jess, so we're listening to him now?"
"Would you stop it?, he's my friend and I needed advice."
"advice on wha--
"on us, you really upset me today, why didnt you want to stay and
watch a movie?"
"I told you--
"no, you lied to cover up something"
"look I don't know what Jess made you think but you can't believe a
word he says, he's trouble"
"how would you know, you havent spent more than 5 minutes in a room
w/ him"
"oh so now what, you have a thing for Jess? This is great im gone for
4 weeks and all of a sudden my girlfriend likes somebody else"
"Dean, thats not what happened and why are you so angry, I only
mentioned jess once, you're the one who keeps bringing him up"
"oh, come on rory, if you want lets just walk away now, you can go
meet up w/ jess and marry him if you want to, ill just go inside and
get out of your way"
"inside, im the one who wanted to talk about this, why are you so
upset, dont you even care that you hurt my feelings? You know Dean if
you were so tired why are you awake? In fact who was on the phone?"
"now you're changing the subject great, you just cant admit that u
like jess"
"you didnt answer me, you know i think its you who wants out, and you
know what you got it hear ya go heres your bracelet back, im not your
girlfriend anymore"
The rest of the night was spent crying on her bed in the dark.
Looking back, rory no longer felt ashamed but angry that dean was
hiding something from her and then blamed her of cheating on him.
Just as she began to cry again there was a knock at the door
"hi, look rory, we need to talk."
"Go ahead, I have nothing to say, step up to the mike its your turn
to speak"
"You know we've been kidding ourselves these last few months, we've
been having so many problems but we never did anything about them, i
think we both secretly wanted out, but cared to much for each other
to say it.
"So that's it then?"
"i guess so, I'm really sorry i let you take the blame for it, I'm
the guilty one the truth is, I met someone in NY, and I think i want
to get to know her better."
"You've met somebody else, so what you weren't going to tell me? you
wer just going to let me stand here and continue to love you well
you're off with another girl?"
"Rory,I'm sorry it just happened. Her name is Sarah Kelley, and she
lives next store to my cousin. I never planned it to happen, I didn't
go to New York to leave you behind honestly, I really do care about
you."
"i see, well i hope it works out for you, now if you'll excuse me, i
have to run an errand." before she knew what she was doing rory was
running at highspeed towards Luke's when *bam!*
"whoa, you ok, rory?!"
As he looked into her glassy blue eyes he knew what had happened.
"you were right, he, he--
Before she could finish Jess did the only thing he could, he grabbed
rory and held her tightly, allowing her the support she desperatly
needed.
"im so sorry, shh baby, calm down, it'll be ok, he doesnt deserve
you anyway, im just sorry it had to happen this way..alright just shh
don't cry"
Rory, her mind unfocused could do nothing but grab on to jess and
lose herself in his embrace. They stood there for nearly a half hour
holding and supporting each other--something that they both
desperatly needed to do. When They finally let go rory spoke:
"you know, i think he was right, we needed a break and u know
what...i think im over him."
"Yea?"
"yea." and as she spoke she reached over and for the first time ever
she kissed a boy who wasnt Dean, on the lips.
of Jess so for you Dean/Tristan supporters I'm sorry you'll be very
disapointed.
Rory woke with a start suddenly remembering all that had happened in
the last week. Her head was pounding, tormented by both anger and
guilt. Did she do the right thing? What had made Dean turn into such
a jerk all of a sudden? Could she have made a different decision?
Being the rational one in the Gilmore family, She sat up and retraced
the steps she had taken over the last week.
For the past four weeks Dean had been away visiting his cousin in NY.
Rory having nothing else to do, had taken to working in the Inn in
the mornings, and then spending the rest of the day with Lane and
Jess. In actuality all of rory's time this summer had been spent with
them, the three had become inseparable. Dispite the fact that Jess
had caused her many problems during the school year, rory refused to
believe that Jess was anything less than a nice guy. Rory really
enjoyed his company, his friendship was much different than anything
she had with Dean and rory reveled in her time with Lane and Jess.
The summer had gone on without a hitch until a week ago. Last
saturday rory recieved the call that Dean was coming home a week
early. Rory felt immediate guilt after realising that she was a bit
disapointed, truthfully, she had almost forgotten that she had a
boyfriend for a while. That night she had a wonderful dream about
Dean coming home and running down the street to meet her but just as
he reached for her his face contorted and changed in Jess' face just
at that moment her dream self grabbed Jess and pulled him closer to
her saying, "I love you". Shocked by the dream, Rory stopped going by
Lukes in the afternoons and told Lane that they had to hang out at
her house for the rest of the week.
On Wednsday morning as Rory was returning from work, Dean was waiting
on her doorstep. "Hey, you, I missed you."
I" missed you too, hey how about we go watch X-men for the 30
millionth time."
" Um, actually I just came to tell you i got back ok, um i still have
a lot of unpacking to do so I'll call you later ok?"
"um I guess so,you ok"
"yea, why wouldn't i be?"
" I don't know you seem kinda weird"
"I'll see you later ok?, bye"
Just as he walked away the phone rang
"hello?"
"hey, feel up for a movie, i could go for a light comedy?"
"well it's not like i had anything better to do right?"
"alright see ya in 5"
"k, bye Jess."
(in the theatre)
"so wasn't casanova supposed to be home today?"
"yea...but he was too tired to hang out"
"Wow, thats a lie if i ever heard one"
"what? why would he lie?"
"i dont know, but "Gee, i spent 4 weeks away from the girl im in love
with but now that im finally home im too tired to see her" sounds
like a crappy excuse"
" yea well--
"If I were him, I'd jump at the chance to spend time with you--
"if you were him?"
"yea, well i guess i'd dropped the dumb bag boy outfit and the stupid
haircut first"
"hey, you are talking about the man i love!"
"The man you love huh? you mean the man who you haven't even
mentioned let alone thought about for the past four weeks--
"how dare you, of course I've thought about him,you know nothing
about it,--
"i know enough to tell when a relationship is ending"
"I have to go."
Sitting on the sidewalk outside the theatre Rory began to rethink
what jess had said. why hadnt she been thinking about Dean? Was that
a sign that she didnt love him anymore? Why was dean being so weird"
"Hey rory, I'm sorry if i hit below the belt"
"Hey, you were right, i don't know whats going on with me and Dean, I
mean no i havent being thinking much about him, but up until
saturday, I hadnt heard a peep from him in two weeks, is that a bad
sign?"
"I don't know, but i think you should find out, come on i'll drop you
off"
--As she retraced the past events Rory's guilt began to leave her,
she remembered ringing the door bell of deans house and waiting
nervously at the door.
"Rory, what are you doing here? Stay right here we'll go for a walk
ill just get my jacket"
As she stood there she could her him scrambling around and a muffled
voice saying good bye to someone and hanging up the phone.
"Whats the matter rory?"
"something jess said made me feel uncomfortable about us."
"Jess, so we're listening to him now?"
"Would you stop it?, he's my friend and I needed advice."
"advice on wha--
"on us, you really upset me today, why didnt you want to stay and
watch a movie?"
"I told you--
"no, you lied to cover up something"
"look I don't know what Jess made you think but you can't believe a
word he says, he's trouble"
"how would you know, you havent spent more than 5 minutes in a room
w/ him"
"oh so now what, you have a thing for Jess? This is great im gone for
4 weeks and all of a sudden my girlfriend likes somebody else"
"Dean, thats not what happened and why are you so angry, I only
mentioned jess once, you're the one who keeps bringing him up"
"oh, come on rory, if you want lets just walk away now, you can go
meet up w/ jess and marry him if you want to, ill just go inside and
get out of your way"
"inside, im the one who wanted to talk about this, why are you so
upset, dont you even care that you hurt my feelings? You know Dean if
you were so tired why are you awake? In fact who was on the phone?"
"now you're changing the subject great, you just cant admit that u
like jess"
"you didnt answer me, you know i think its you who wants out, and you
know what you got it hear ya go heres your bracelet back, im not your
girlfriend anymore"
The rest of the night was spent crying on her bed in the dark.
Looking back, rory no longer felt ashamed but angry that dean was
hiding something from her and then blamed her of cheating on him.
Just as she began to cry again there was a knock at the door
"hi, look rory, we need to talk."
"Go ahead, I have nothing to say, step up to the mike its your turn
to speak"
"You know we've been kidding ourselves these last few months, we've
been having so many problems but we never did anything about them, i
think we both secretly wanted out, but cared to much for each other
to say it.
"So that's it then?"
"i guess so, I'm really sorry i let you take the blame for it, I'm
the guilty one the truth is, I met someone in NY, and I think i want
to get to know her better."
"You've met somebody else, so what you weren't going to tell me? you
wer just going to let me stand here and continue to love you well
you're off with another girl?"
"Rory,I'm sorry it just happened. Her name is Sarah Kelley, and she
lives next store to my cousin. I never planned it to happen, I didn't
go to New York to leave you behind honestly, I really do care about
you."
"i see, well i hope it works out for you, now if you'll excuse me, i
have to run an errand." before she knew what she was doing rory was
running at highspeed towards Luke's when *bam!*
"whoa, you ok, rory?!"
As he looked into her glassy blue eyes he knew what had happened.
"you were right, he, he--
Before she could finish Jess did the only thing he could, he grabbed
rory and held her tightly, allowing her the support she desperatly
needed.
"im so sorry, shh baby, calm down, it'll be ok, he doesnt deserve
you anyway, im just sorry it had to happen this way..alright just shh
don't cry"
Rory, her mind unfocused could do nothing but grab on to jess and
lose herself in his embrace. They stood there for nearly a half hour
holding and supporting each other--something that they both
desperatly needed to do. When They finally let go rory spoke:
"you know, i think he was right, we needed a break and u know
what...i think im over him."
"Yea?"
"yea." and as she spoke she reached over and for the first time ever
she kissed a boy who wasnt Dean, on the lips.