Disclaimer: I don't own any characters except for Jared. Jared is not the person who plays Dean on the show (sorry for the confusion; I didn't realize that when I wrote the story)

Pairings: Java Junkie or l/c; Literati (did I spell that right) unless you, the people who review decide otherwise. Paris/Jamie and Lane/Henry (is that the new guy's name?? I forget)

Additional A/n: For Rory's screen name, I typed in my favorite number (hence the 14) and I also like the number 16 so I did that for Jared's screen name; he is actually 17, Rory is 18, and Jess is 18 (as the show goes). There is only a year difference between Rory and Jared; and I am not sure who will end up with whom, though I am a strong literati fan. Oh, and just to remind you, this is before the dance marathon.

Chapter 2.

Jess raced to his computer, hoping that his little brother would be on; he hadn't talked to him in months. Looking at his buddy list, he saw that he was indeed on.

Dodger17: Hey little bro

Punkrocker16: hey

Dodger17: what's up?

Punkrocker16: talking to some girl.

Jess smiled at his brother's reply. Hopefully, he had broken up with that other one; she was only trouble. Well, then again, Jess was trouble; so he didn't have a say.

Dodger17: do I know her?

Punkrocker16: actually, I don't even know her so how would you?

Though Jess knew that Jared was a big boy, he was still his older brother, not by much though. Intently, Jess started typing his reply.

Dodger17: as an older brother, I'm just going to tell you not to meet her on any dark corners of new york. but as a brother, how old is she?

Punkrocker16: actually, she's your age. We haven't really talked about anything more than food, music, girlfriend/boyfriend stuff, and that's about it

Dodger17: do you know where she lives?

Punkrocker16: do you want me to ask?

Pondering for a moment, Jess weighed the chances of her living near by. Overall the answer came out zero to like 0.2. there was almost no chance of her living near by, but just in case.

Dodger17: why not take the risk?

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Punkrocker16: where do you live?

"Rereading the same thing over and over won't change the words you know Rory. Maybe the coffee is finally getting to you.. Just like Lucas predicted."

"Mom! I didn't know you were home! Well, hi! I was just getting off."

Coffeereader14: I gtg, mom's home. Ttyl?

Punkrocker16: yeah, bye.

"Who was that you were talking to?"

"I think it was Jess, but he just was so nice online, you know, not knowing who I was."

"Fun! We can now officially annoying Jess online! Whee! I'm really thirsty for coffee; can we go now that you spent hours on the computer talking to a weird but nice Jess?"

"Sure Mom. Whatever you want to do."

While slipping on her shoes, Rory thought about the up-coming dance marathon. She was excited about spending time with Dean, and really showing how much she cared for him, but not Jess.

A/n: fast forward to Sunday, after the dance marathon. Rory is in the same situation as she was on the show. She is broken up with Dean, and going to get together with Jess. But won't that complicate things with Jared online, which she still thinks is Jess? That and more will come in this exciting (not really) story of Rory's relationships!