*Outside the Banquet Hall.
"Please Rory, it's important."
Matt looks from Rory to Jess and back again, he sees the pain in Rory's eyes, and the longing in Jess'. "I'm going to go inside and get another drink, are you going to be ok?" He says looking at Rory.
"Yea, I'll be there in a minute." She nods at Matt as he leaves; She looks back at Jess and then at the floor, trying to keep her composure. "Well?"
"I missed you." Jess says with great feeling.
"So, why'd you leave then?"
"I didn't have that much of a choice now did I?"
Rory looks towards the ground again shaking her head in disbelief, "What do you mean by that?"
"I saw you Rory, with that blonde jackass. He was all over you, and that was what only an hour after you claimed that you weren't with him?"
"Your right, he was all over, consoling me for having to put up with your garbage…you didn't even take the time to consider what was going on. You wrote a damn note and left.
Jess' eyes soften for a moment, when a thought enters his mind, "I didn't know what else to do. By the time I saw you there…with him, my mind was already racing, I couldn't just stand there and watch everything crumble could I? An hour before hand you were defending this guy as if he's a saint and treating me as if I should be put in front of a fire, and then I see the two of you together, A guy can only take so much." There's silence for a moment as the two attempt to read the others face. "Rory?"
"Yea?" Rory says inaudibly.
"Why did you say that I was a guy like that?"
Rory's eyes go glassy as the complete details of that morning 6 months ago come back to her. She starts to speak but stops. "Jes—I…."
"Some on, something made you say it."
"I called you…about 6 months after I saw you at my mom's inn."
"You did?"
"Some girl picked up—
"Oh God. What did she tell you?"
"She asked who I was, and when I said I was a friend of yours, she said 'That's odd, he's never mentioned you.'" Tears are flowing freely down Rory's face as she relived the single worst moment she'd ever experienced. "S-she said you were getting married…and I-I—
Rory, begins to sob uncontrollably Jess is there to grab her before her knees give in. "Rory, it's ok. I'm so sorry. I never knew, she didn't tell me you called—
Rory breaks away from Jess. "I couldn't take it, Jess. I called t-to tell you I missed you, and I wanted to see you."
These words sting Jess as he recalls all of the time he'd wasted. "I thought you didn't care about me, that's why I was such a jerk. I thought you'd given up on me. If I had only known—
"That phone call broke my heart, when you came back, I couldn't bare to subject myself to that kind of rejection again." Rory's words trail off, as she looks at jess; his eyes tearing.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to put you through anymore pain." Jess looks at Rory, her face flushed from crying. He turns to leave.
"If you don't want to hurt me then don't leave again." Rory calls to him.
He turns and rushes to her. She grabs hold of his neck. The two remain in a tight embrace until Matt comes out a half hour later.
"Is everything ok?"
Rory wipes her face as Jess shakes Matt's hand. "Thanks man."
"If my services are no longer required, I think I'm going to head home, I have a phone call to make." Matt smiles in Rory's direction.
"Ok. I love you. I'll call you in the morning."
Rory watches Matt leave, as Jess gently takes her hand.
"You ready to go?" Rory nods at Jess and he escort her to his car.
*Rory's apartment.
"Good, Paris isn't home."
"Over at Sean's?"
"How'd you know about that?"
"Well, we are best friends."
"…but he told me he hadn't spoken to you since the last time you were here."
"Right…last month."
Rory's eyes widen. "You mean, you've been here since—
"April, yes. I asked Sean not to tell you about it, because I knew it'd just cause problems."
"Oh. So, going a month without talking to your best friend, what's that about?"
"Well, when your book is being published in another month, you really don't have that much time to hang around and chill."
"Y-you wrote a book? What's it about?"
Jess sniggers, and then puts his arms out. "This."
Rory smiles, "I told you, you'd make something of yourself."
"Yea, 5 yeas later."
A/N deffinatly not the end, just a nice place to stop it right now (
"Please Rory, it's important."
Matt looks from Rory to Jess and back again, he sees the pain in Rory's eyes, and the longing in Jess'. "I'm going to go inside and get another drink, are you going to be ok?" He says looking at Rory.
"Yea, I'll be there in a minute." She nods at Matt as he leaves; She looks back at Jess and then at the floor, trying to keep her composure. "Well?"
"I missed you." Jess says with great feeling.
"So, why'd you leave then?"
"I didn't have that much of a choice now did I?"
Rory looks towards the ground again shaking her head in disbelief, "What do you mean by that?"
"I saw you Rory, with that blonde jackass. He was all over you, and that was what only an hour after you claimed that you weren't with him?"
"Your right, he was all over, consoling me for having to put up with your garbage…you didn't even take the time to consider what was going on. You wrote a damn note and left.
Jess' eyes soften for a moment, when a thought enters his mind, "I didn't know what else to do. By the time I saw you there…with him, my mind was already racing, I couldn't just stand there and watch everything crumble could I? An hour before hand you were defending this guy as if he's a saint and treating me as if I should be put in front of a fire, and then I see the two of you together, A guy can only take so much." There's silence for a moment as the two attempt to read the others face. "Rory?"
"Yea?" Rory says inaudibly.
"Why did you say that I was a guy like that?"
Rory's eyes go glassy as the complete details of that morning 6 months ago come back to her. She starts to speak but stops. "Jes—I…."
"Some on, something made you say it."
"I called you…about 6 months after I saw you at my mom's inn."
"You did?"
"Some girl picked up—
"Oh God. What did she tell you?"
"She asked who I was, and when I said I was a friend of yours, she said 'That's odd, he's never mentioned you.'" Tears are flowing freely down Rory's face as she relived the single worst moment she'd ever experienced. "S-she said you were getting married…and I-I—
Rory, begins to sob uncontrollably Jess is there to grab her before her knees give in. "Rory, it's ok. I'm so sorry. I never knew, she didn't tell me you called—
Rory breaks away from Jess. "I couldn't take it, Jess. I called t-to tell you I missed you, and I wanted to see you."
These words sting Jess as he recalls all of the time he'd wasted. "I thought you didn't care about me, that's why I was such a jerk. I thought you'd given up on me. If I had only known—
"That phone call broke my heart, when you came back, I couldn't bare to subject myself to that kind of rejection again." Rory's words trail off, as she looks at jess; his eyes tearing.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to put you through anymore pain." Jess looks at Rory, her face flushed from crying. He turns to leave.
"If you don't want to hurt me then don't leave again." Rory calls to him.
He turns and rushes to her. She grabs hold of his neck. The two remain in a tight embrace until Matt comes out a half hour later.
"Is everything ok?"
Rory wipes her face as Jess shakes Matt's hand. "Thanks man."
"If my services are no longer required, I think I'm going to head home, I have a phone call to make." Matt smiles in Rory's direction.
"Ok. I love you. I'll call you in the morning."
Rory watches Matt leave, as Jess gently takes her hand.
"You ready to go?" Rory nods at Jess and he escort her to his car.
*Rory's apartment.
"Good, Paris isn't home."
"Over at Sean's?"
"How'd you know about that?"
"Well, we are best friends."
"…but he told me he hadn't spoken to you since the last time you were here."
"Right…last month."
Rory's eyes widen. "You mean, you've been here since—
"April, yes. I asked Sean not to tell you about it, because I knew it'd just cause problems."
"Oh. So, going a month without talking to your best friend, what's that about?"
"Well, when your book is being published in another month, you really don't have that much time to hang around and chill."
"Y-you wrote a book? What's it about?"
Jess sniggers, and then puts his arms out. "This."
Rory smiles, "I told you, you'd make something of yourself."
"Yea, 5 yeas later."
A/N deffinatly not the end, just a nice place to stop it right now (
