Chapter 2..
Rory jumped off the last step of the bus, her heart skipping a beat when she spotted Jess out of the corner of her eye. She was about to turn her heel, to avoid confrontation, when she spotted what Jess had draped on his shoulder.
Not what.. but someone. A girl.
Rory's jaw dropped from shock, and tears welled in her eyes. She froze on the footpath.
"Jess?" she whispered. She dropped her suitcase, and her plastic bag. There was a loud crash, and she realised it was the bag that contained the new coffee mug she'd bought for her Mom. She froze on the footpath.
Jess turned his head to see Rory, and froze aswell. The girl on his shoulder continued to cling to him and paw his chest.
"Rory" he let out, none too enthusiastic.
Rory took the way he said it, the wrong way. She took a couple of steps backwards, tripping over her bag, and tumbling to the ground.
Jess removed the girl from his shoulder, despite her protests.
"Shane.. I just have to see her."
"Why?" questioned Shane. "What's her to you?"
Ignoring the question, Jess walked over to Rory.
Shane got a little peed off, and decided to head back to her house. "Bye Jess" she muttered.
Jess approached Rory, his expression vague. She sat in a heap on the ground, tears brimming.
"Rory" Jess said weakly.
"Whose she?" Rory tried to hide the jealousy in her voice.
"Shane. She's just, ya know, someone."
Rory nodded, and looked down.
"Did you expect me to wait around for you, Rory?"
There was a gap of silence before Rory said. "No. Yes"
"You didn't call, you didnt mail me.. you didn't even tell me you were leaving." Jess said, a hint of anger in his voice.
"Im sorry Jess, but it was too hard for me. I just couldn't." Rory let the tears flow.
There was another gap of silence before Jess put a hand on her knee.
"What do you feel for me, Rory?"
She mumbled something.
"Why did you kiss me?" he asked.
"Dean" she said weakly.
Jess started to get up again, the word Dean had told him enough.
"If you want him then, fine. I should have known you'd always choose your bag-boy, Rory. But you had no right messing with my feelings like that. I've had enough crap from everyone!"
"I'm... sorry" Rory mumbled.
"You dont know what it's been like. I, Jess Mariano, shouldn't be able to feel like this. Im not supposed to fall head over heels for some girl. Who likes books."
"You like books" was Rory's response.
Jess began to walk away, but Rory stood up suddenly.
"Jess!" she called after him.
He didnt turn to look at her, just kept walking.
"Ask me!" Rory yelled after him
"Ask what?" he replied, gruffly.
"Ask me who I choose!"
"Who DO you choose, Rory?" he said, stopping and turning to face her. He couldn't look her in the eyes. The pattern of the pavement was kind of interesting..
"I choose you" Rory said quietly, at first. "I choose you!" she said again, loudly.
Jess looked up at her, blankly.
"What?"
"You heard me" she said, in a small voice again.
She began to move forward, to close the gap between them.
Jess hesitated. 'She didn't call' he told himself.
But what he felt for Rory, was too much to bottle up.
He moved closer as well.
Rory fell in to his arms, and clung to him, more tightly than Shane had. She rested her head against his chest, and sobbed.
She could feel Jess' heart beat loudly as they shared a tight embrace.
'She's in my arms' Jess said.
"You're in my arms" Jess said to her quietly, resting his chin on her head.
Rory looked up at him, her cheeks and eyes red, but the tears had stopped. She smiled at him.
Jess smiled back. He looked a little.. embarrassed? Flustered?
They gazed at each other for awhile, lost in thoughts. Any onlookers would think these two were madly in love..
And that's what a certain onlooker did think.
"Rory" said a familiar male voice.
((How do you like it so far? Have I got it right? Jess isnt being TOO open about his feelings, because.. I dont think he'd be like that, would he? And Rory is finding it hard to deal with her feelings.. do you think that's how she'd be like? Hmm!))
Rory jumped off the last step of the bus, her heart skipping a beat when she spotted Jess out of the corner of her eye. She was about to turn her heel, to avoid confrontation, when she spotted what Jess had draped on his shoulder.
Not what.. but someone. A girl.
Rory's jaw dropped from shock, and tears welled in her eyes. She froze on the footpath.
"Jess?" she whispered. She dropped her suitcase, and her plastic bag. There was a loud crash, and she realised it was the bag that contained the new coffee mug she'd bought for her Mom. She froze on the footpath.
Jess turned his head to see Rory, and froze aswell. The girl on his shoulder continued to cling to him and paw his chest.
"Rory" he let out, none too enthusiastic.
Rory took the way he said it, the wrong way. She took a couple of steps backwards, tripping over her bag, and tumbling to the ground.
Jess removed the girl from his shoulder, despite her protests.
"Shane.. I just have to see her."
"Why?" questioned Shane. "What's her to you?"
Ignoring the question, Jess walked over to Rory.
Shane got a little peed off, and decided to head back to her house. "Bye Jess" she muttered.
Jess approached Rory, his expression vague. She sat in a heap on the ground, tears brimming.
"Rory" Jess said weakly.
"Whose she?" Rory tried to hide the jealousy in her voice.
"Shane. She's just, ya know, someone."
Rory nodded, and looked down.
"Did you expect me to wait around for you, Rory?"
There was a gap of silence before Rory said. "No. Yes"
"You didn't call, you didnt mail me.. you didn't even tell me you were leaving." Jess said, a hint of anger in his voice.
"Im sorry Jess, but it was too hard for me. I just couldn't." Rory let the tears flow.
There was another gap of silence before Jess put a hand on her knee.
"What do you feel for me, Rory?"
She mumbled something.
"Why did you kiss me?" he asked.
"Dean" she said weakly.
Jess started to get up again, the word Dean had told him enough.
"If you want him then, fine. I should have known you'd always choose your bag-boy, Rory. But you had no right messing with my feelings like that. I've had enough crap from everyone!"
"I'm... sorry" Rory mumbled.
"You dont know what it's been like. I, Jess Mariano, shouldn't be able to feel like this. Im not supposed to fall head over heels for some girl. Who likes books."
"You like books" was Rory's response.
Jess began to walk away, but Rory stood up suddenly.
"Jess!" she called after him.
He didnt turn to look at her, just kept walking.
"Ask me!" Rory yelled after him
"Ask what?" he replied, gruffly.
"Ask me who I choose!"
"Who DO you choose, Rory?" he said, stopping and turning to face her. He couldn't look her in the eyes. The pattern of the pavement was kind of interesting..
"I choose you" Rory said quietly, at first. "I choose you!" she said again, loudly.
Jess looked up at her, blankly.
"What?"
"You heard me" she said, in a small voice again.
She began to move forward, to close the gap between them.
Jess hesitated. 'She didn't call' he told himself.
But what he felt for Rory, was too much to bottle up.
He moved closer as well.
Rory fell in to his arms, and clung to him, more tightly than Shane had. She rested her head against his chest, and sobbed.
She could feel Jess' heart beat loudly as they shared a tight embrace.
'She's in my arms' Jess said.
"You're in my arms" Jess said to her quietly, resting his chin on her head.
Rory looked up at him, her cheeks and eyes red, but the tears had stopped. She smiled at him.
Jess smiled back. He looked a little.. embarrassed? Flustered?
They gazed at each other for awhile, lost in thoughts. Any onlookers would think these two were madly in love..
And that's what a certain onlooker did think.
"Rory" said a familiar male voice.
((How do you like it so far? Have I got it right? Jess isnt being TOO open about his feelings, because.. I dont think he'd be like that, would he? And Rory is finding it hard to deal with her feelings.. do you think that's how she'd be like? Hmm!))