About fifteen minutes later they entered Luke's. Rory was still holding Jess' hand. Then she saw Dean sitting at a table with his little sister. Immediately she let go of Jess' hand. Dean looked up. She avoided his look. It was a month now after the break-up, but they still weren't on speaking terms. She looked up at Jess. He didn't look at her and walked upstairs.

R: "Jess!"

She wanted to go after him, but changed her mind. She turned around and walked outside. She walked to a bench and sat down. She sighed. She didn't mean to let go of Jess' hand when she saw Dean, but it was some sort of reflex. Now he was mad at her and it was her own stupid fault. It was amazing in what kind of mess she managed to get herself into over and over again when it involved guys. Rory and guys just didn't go together. Alright, now she was overreacting. She just made one little stupid mistake. She just had to get back to the diner and talk to Jess and talk to Dean. She had to work things out with the both of them. She got up and walked back to the diner. When she entered it, she saw Dean putting on his coat. She took a deep breath and walked over.

R: "Dean"

He turned around.

D: "Rory"

R: "Listen.............can I call you any time soon? We have to talk."

D: "Sure"

R: "Thanks"

She walked to the counter. She was such a coward. She should have talked to Dean right now. Now she said she would call him. She knew herself. She was never gonna call. When she finally got the nerve to talk to Dean again, she turned around, but Dean was already gone.

R: "Damnit" she whispered.

Luke: "Are you alright?"

R: "What?"

She turned around.

Luke: "I asked: are you alright?"

R: "Yeah, I'm fine"

Luke: "And what was that between you and Jess?"

R: "No biggie, I hope. I'm gonna talk to him now"

Luke nodded. Rory went upstairs. She knocked on the door, but she wasn't sure he heard her, because he had loud music on. When there came no reaction, she knocked again. A little louder this time. Still no reaction. She opened the door. Jess was reading on his bed. He didn't hear her come in. She walked to the radio and turned it off. That got his attention. He looked up.

J: "Why..........oh, Rory"

R: "Hey"

J: "What do you want?"

R: "I'm sorry"

J: "For what?"

R: "For letting go of your hand when I saw Dean"

J: "Oh that"

R: "I didn't mean to. It was just a reflex"

J: "Whatever"

R: "Jess......."

J: "Listen, if you don't mind. I'm kinda busy"

R: "With reading?"

J: "Yeah"

He started to read again and ignored her.

R: "Jess, please. Let's talk about this"

Without looking up Jess said:

J: "We're not a married couple that have to talk about every argument they have. We are not even a couple."

R: "But we are friends"

J: "Exactly, we're just friends. I don't even have the right to be mad about this"

R: "Yes you have and that's why I came to explain"

J: "Well, you explained. Argument solved"

R: "Jess, please don't be like this"

J: "If I wanna be like this, then I wanna be like this"

R: "What can I do to make this up to you?"

J: "I'm not mad"

R: "You're not?"

Jess looked up from his book.

J: "No. Apology accepted. Can you go now?"

R: "Fine"

J: "Fine"

Rory could't believe he was making such a big deal out of this. He couldn't just let her walk away like this. She turned around and walked to the door.

J: "Rory......."

She hopefully turned around.

R: "Yeah?"

J: "Can you turn the radio on again?"

Without saying anything she ran downstairs. That guy was such a pain in the ass. She hated him. She really did. She ran through the diner, ignoring Luke who called her name. Then she walked home.