Part 11

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Rory woke up the next morning, happier than usual. Maybe it was because she had finally admitted her feelings for Jess and knew that he felt the same way; or maybe it was because she had told her mom about her "relationship" and Lorelai wasn't upset; or maybe it was a combination of them both. Whatever it was, Rory finally started to feel better about everything. She took a shower, got dressed, and went into the living room to find her mom on the phone. Rory sat on the couch and listened to the one-sided conversation.

When Lorelai hung up the phone, she sighed, "Sookie and Jackson had their first fight as a married couple."

"Ooh, about what?"

"Furniture."

"Furniture; that's it?"

"Yea. They were trying to decide on what furniture they wanted to keep or sell. Naturally, Sookie wanted to keep all of her stuff from her place, and Jackson wanted to keep all of his stuff from his place; but if they did that, they'd have two of everything, so they tried to compromise, but it just ended in a big 'ol fight."

"Ah, I see."

"Yep. They'll work it out eventually."

Lorelai stared at Rory for a minute.

"What?" Rory glared at her mom.

"Before Sookie called, I made an appointment for you with my gynecologist."

"No." Rory whined.

"You promised me you'd do this for me, that's all I ask. You know, I could send you to a boarding school in Switzerland."

"Ok, ok, I'll go."

"Thank you."

"Can't we go eat first? I'm starving."

"Nope, the appointment is in thirty minutes; then we'll go to Lukes."

"Fine, let's get this over with."

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After the appointment, Rory was scowling, "I'm never doing that again."

"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad."

"He kept asking all these personal questions that are none of his business!"

"Honey, he was just doing his job. He wanted to make sure that he was giving you the right prescription and such."

"Fine, but I'm never doing it again. Can we PLEASE go eat now?"

"Yes, now we can eat."

"Thank you!" Rory grabbed her mom's hand and pulled her to Luke's.

When they got there, Luke was filling an order, and Jess was taking an order. When Jess saw the girls come in, he immediately went over and started filling two cups with coffee. Lorelai and Rory decided to sit at the counter, where their coffee was already waiting for them. They sat down, grabbed the coffee and started downing it.

Rory didn't waste any time, she finished her coffee, then looked at Jess, "Can we talk?"

"Uh, yea." On his way out, Jess looked at Lorelai and saw that she was smiling.

When Rory and Jess got outside, she smiled at him, "Let's go for a walk."

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Jess was a bit confused.

"I told my mom about.us."

"Hmm.and what was her reaction."

Rory practically threw the pills at Jess.

He looked at them, then his eyes got wide, "Birth control pills? What exactly did you tell her?"

"She said it would make her feel better. Do you know what it's like trying to argue with her about something like this? There was no way around it."

"So, what; she thinks we're sleeping together?"

"I told her that nothing has happened."

"Besides these," He gave the pills back to Rory, "what else did she say?"

"Well, she wasn't mad if that's what your asking. I think she's ok with it."

"Well, what are your thoughts? I still don't know how you feel."

"Jess, I like you a lot. When I was with Dean, I never felt the things I do when I'm with you, and that's saying a lot because I loved Dean, yet I'm.happier when I'm with you. Does that make any sense?"

"More than you think. You know, the whole town will know about this before too long."

"They'll know by the end of the day at the latest."

"There will be talk, especially if anyone knows about."

"My little prescription; yea, I know. So what, let 'em talk."

When they stopped walking, the noticed that they were at the same spot they were at the very first time they kissed.

Rory looked around and smiled, "I think this is my new favorite spot."

Jess grinned, "Yes, quite picturesque."

This time, Jess kissed Rory and it lasted much longer, and Rory didn't run away.

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The End.

**The ending was kind of week, I know; but it got the point across. :o)

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