Rory hung up and looked over at her mother, "He's coming here." She
panicked, "What do I do?"
"Woa girl, calm down." Lorelai said, "Don't get upset, I swear he still cares for you and he's not going to turn his back on you or Jessica." Lorelai said.
Rory took a deep breath, "Okay, maybe you're right, I'm fine."
After a few minutes there was a knock on the door, "It's him." Rory said looking at her mom.
"Go answer the door." Lorelai told her, "I'm going up to the Inn for a while." She said as she slipped out the back door.
Rory went to the door and took a deep breath before opening it, "Hey."
Jess smiled when he saw her, "Hey."
"Come in." She said as she moved out of the way of the door.
Jess stepped inside, "How was Harvard?" He asked.
"It was good, hard but good." She said.
Jess smiled, "I knew you could do it."
~* Flashback to five years 4 months earlier *~
Rory was sitting on the couch in their duplex reading when Jess walked in, "Hey babe."
Rory looked up from her book and smiled, "Hey."
He bent down and kissed her softly, "Look what came." He said, holding up an envlope.
Rory smiled and took it from him, "Harvard." She opened it and smiled again, "I got in."
Jess smiled and kissed her again, "I knew you would baby." He sorted through the rest of the mail when he found one from the University Of Boston, "Rory look."
"Two in one day, open it." She said.
Jess opened it and read over it, "I didn't get in."
Rory's face dropped, "What?"
He wadded up the papper and threw it down, "Man."
"Sweetie." Rory put her arms anround his shoulders, "We'll figure something out, I'll go to Yale, you got into Hartford community collage."
Jess pulled away, "What? No."
"Yale is just as good as Harvard you know that, and besides we can be together." She said.
Jess grabbed his jacket and left the house.
~* End of flashback *~
"Come on and sit down." Rory said, walking to the living room.
Jess followed her and sat down on the couch, "Are you okay?" He asked.
"I need to tell you something." She said, still standing in front of him.
"Can you sit down, you're kinda making me nervous." He told her.
Rory sat down next to him and turned to face him, "I don't want you to hate me when I say this." She said
"Rory, whatever it is just spit it out." He told her in a reassuring tone.
Rory gave him a nervous smile, "I hav...I mean we...We have..." She sighed and started over, "Jess we have a daughter."
Jess' eyes got wide, "We what?" He asked.
Rory nodded, "She's four and a half." Rory told him.
He sat there in shock for a second, "Oh my gosh."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but I didn't want to bring everything up again." She said.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Come here." She said, walking toward her old room.
When they got to the room Jess grabbed Rory's hand before she could open the door, "Wait."
Rory looked down at her hand and then over at him,"What?"
"What's her name?" He asked.
"Jessica Meghan Mariano." Rory said.
Jess' heart sank, Rory had given her his last name and her name was Jessica, "It's beautiful."
Rory smiled and nodded, "So is she." She looked at her hand again, his was still holding hers.
Jess moved his hand and nodded, "Okay I'm ready." He said, taking a deep breath.
"Woa girl, calm down." Lorelai said, "Don't get upset, I swear he still cares for you and he's not going to turn his back on you or Jessica." Lorelai said.
Rory took a deep breath, "Okay, maybe you're right, I'm fine."
After a few minutes there was a knock on the door, "It's him." Rory said looking at her mom.
"Go answer the door." Lorelai told her, "I'm going up to the Inn for a while." She said as she slipped out the back door.
Rory went to the door and took a deep breath before opening it, "Hey."
Jess smiled when he saw her, "Hey."
"Come in." She said as she moved out of the way of the door.
Jess stepped inside, "How was Harvard?" He asked.
"It was good, hard but good." She said.
Jess smiled, "I knew you could do it."
~* Flashback to five years 4 months earlier *~
Rory was sitting on the couch in their duplex reading when Jess walked in, "Hey babe."
Rory looked up from her book and smiled, "Hey."
He bent down and kissed her softly, "Look what came." He said, holding up an envlope.
Rory smiled and took it from him, "Harvard." She opened it and smiled again, "I got in."
Jess smiled and kissed her again, "I knew you would baby." He sorted through the rest of the mail when he found one from the University Of Boston, "Rory look."
"Two in one day, open it." She said.
Jess opened it and read over it, "I didn't get in."
Rory's face dropped, "What?"
He wadded up the papper and threw it down, "Man."
"Sweetie." Rory put her arms anround his shoulders, "We'll figure something out, I'll go to Yale, you got into Hartford community collage."
Jess pulled away, "What? No."
"Yale is just as good as Harvard you know that, and besides we can be together." She said.
Jess grabbed his jacket and left the house.
~* End of flashback *~
"Come on and sit down." Rory said, walking to the living room.
Jess followed her and sat down on the couch, "Are you okay?" He asked.
"I need to tell you something." She said, still standing in front of him.
"Can you sit down, you're kinda making me nervous." He told her.
Rory sat down next to him and turned to face him, "I don't want you to hate me when I say this." She said
"Rory, whatever it is just spit it out." He told her in a reassuring tone.
Rory gave him a nervous smile, "I hav...I mean we...We have..." She sighed and started over, "Jess we have a daughter."
Jess' eyes got wide, "We what?" He asked.
Rory nodded, "She's four and a half." Rory told him.
He sat there in shock for a second, "Oh my gosh."
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but I didn't want to bring everything up again." She said.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Come here." She said, walking toward her old room.
When they got to the room Jess grabbed Rory's hand before she could open the door, "Wait."
Rory looked down at her hand and then over at him,"What?"
"What's her name?" He asked.
"Jessica Meghan Mariano." Rory said.
Jess' heart sank, Rory had given her his last name and her name was Jessica, "It's beautiful."
Rory smiled and nodded, "So is she." She looked at her hand again, his was still holding hers.
Jess moved his hand and nodded, "Okay I'm ready." He said, taking a deep breath.