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The phone rang. Rory reached out her hand to pick it up and wiped her tears away with the other.

R: ''Hello....''

L: ''Hey honey, it's me.''

R: ''Hi mom.''

L: ''Are you okay ?''

R: ''Yeah, fine. Sorry for leaving you like that.......again.''

L: ''Don't worry about it. You wanna tell me the reason why you just left ? I mean I know the food isn't it.''

Rory smiled. That was her mom alright,tryin to make her feel better.

R: ''It wasn't the food....it was Miss Patty.''

L: ''Miss Patty ? You ran away from Miss Patty ?''

R: ''Well......yeah kind of. She saw me dancing with Jess last night and she thought that I had problems with Dean and that I had a thing for Jess.''

L: ''O honey. Was that it ? That's why you went home ?''

R: ''Yeah.''

L: ''It's just gossip, you know that.Miss Patty has nothing better to do and you and Dean are fine, right ?''

R: ''I think so, but he didn't hear the gossip yet.''

L: ''Dean's a smart boy. He knows that you would never cheat on him or do anything that might hurt him.''

R: ''You're right. I'll just call him and reasure him that it's just gossip.''

L: ''You go do that. I have to get back to work.........Sookie just blew something up in the kitchen.''

R: ''Is she okay ?''

L: ''I think so. O could you go to Doose's today ? We have nothing more in the fridge and we need food.''

R: ''No problem.''

L: ''Thanks hon. See you later.''

R: ''Bye mom.''

Rory hung up and curled her knees up. She just told another lie to her mom..... She wanted to tell her mom, but she would probably freak out and get mad. Her mom didn't like Jess that much. Nobody in town really liked Jess that much. Well Luke did of course and she did. But that didn't count anymore, since she and Jess weren't even talking to each other now. It was all her stupid fault, why did she kiss him ? She did love Dean afterall..........right ? Of course she did, she just made a mistake when she kissed Jess that's all. But if it was a mistake then why was she jealous of Shane and why didn't she just tell her mom and Dean about the kiss ? The doorbell rang and Rory got up to answer the door. She was suprised to see that it was Dean.

R: ''Dean.............hey.''

D: ''We need to talk......now.''

Rory looked at Dean's face. He had a worried look in his eyes and his fists were clenched. He only did that when he was mad about something.

R: ''O.....kay, come in.''

She took a step back, so that Dean could come in. Guess he heard the gossip. She closed the door and turned around to face him.

R: ''So what do you wanna talk about ?''

D: ''About Jess.''

R: ''Jess ?''

Rory's heart skipped a beat when she said his name. She started to think about the dance again......of how close they were standing. He had his arms wrapped around her, she had her arms around his neck and she had her head on his chest. It all fitted so perfectly. Okay......what was she saying ! She didn't like Jess in that way, she even hated Jess now for what he said to her. But she knew that that wasn't true, she could never hate Jess.

D: ''Yeah....everyone is talking about it......''

Rory remembered that Dean, her boyfriend and the guy she loved, was talking to her about Jess and at the same time she was thinking of Jess. She focussed on Dean again.

R: ''Talking about what ?''

D: ''The dance. Miss Patty saw you and Jess dancing together right after I went home and don't tell me that it was a coincidence.''

R: ''It was...............My mom's heal broke and she had to fix it, so in the meantime she made me dance with Jess. That's all. Nothing happened.''

Dean looked at her, to see if she was lying.

D: ''Nothing happened ?''

R: ''Of course not Dean. My mom made me dance with him, cause there was noone else and I was too tired to even notice that it was Jess.''

Actually she did notice that it was Jess. How couldn't she ?

D: ''Then why is the whole town talking about it ?''

R: ''Cause it's Miss Patty were talking about, the queen of gossip.''

Rory saw Dean relax and smile at her. She smiled back at him.

D: ''So it's just gossip ? I've been worried about some story that Miss Patty made up ?''

R: ''Yep.''

Dean moved closer to Rory untill he was standing only inches away from her.

D: ''I feel so stupid. I'm sorry.Can you find it in your heart to forgive me ?''

Rory nodded at him with a smile on her face. She could forgive him,but would he be able to forgive her ?

D: ''Thank you.........I love you.''

Dean put his arms around Rory and waited for her response. For some reason Rory couldn't tell Dean that she loved him. So instead she kissed him. While they were kissing the only thing that Rory could think of was Jess and how the kiss they shared was so different from the kiss she was sharing with Dean right now. Rory broke the kiss and took a step back.

D: ''I have to get back to work, sorry.''

R: ''No problem. I have things to do anyway.''

D: ''See you later.''

Dean gave her a kiss and headed to the door.

R: ''Bye.''

Dean started to laugh.

R: ''What ?''

D: ''I was just thinking about the dance. You and Jess what was I thinking.''

Rory watched him untill he was out of sight. Yeah, what was he thinking.......