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Rory stopped when she saw Jess sitting on the bridge. He was smoking a cigarette and looking at the water. She did the same when she needed to think, except for the cigarette of course. She took a deep breath and started to walk towards Jess. While she was walking she watched him, to see if he knew that it was her. Of course he knew, no one else ever came here. She stopped and waited for him to say something, but he didn't. He just kept on smoking and looking at the water, pretending that he didn't see her.

Jess took another drag of his cigarette. He knew that she was here. He heard her footsteps on the wood of the bridge. She was standing next to him now. He waited for her to say something, because he wasn't going to start this conversation. The last time he did she ran away.

R: ''Smoking is bad for your health, you know.''

Jess took another drag of his cigarette. That was the best she could do ? She finally came to talk to him and this was it ?

J: ''I didn't know you cared.''

R: ''Jess, don't be this way.''

J: ''What ? Not perfect ?''

Rory started to get mad at him. She was trying to apologize to him and he was making things a lot harder for her.

R: ''Fine, be this way.''

J: ''I didn't know I needed your permission.''

Rory ignored his last comment and took a step towards him.

R: ''I came to apologize. Lane had no right to say those things to you.''

Jess didn't say a thing and threw his cigarette in the water. Rory started to feel uncomfortable.

R: ''Say something.''

J: ''What do you want me to say ? That everything's all right now ? Or that I'm sorry that I told your precious boyfriend about the dance ?''

R: ''No.''

J: ''Then what ?''

Jess got up and looked at Rory, waiting for her answer.

R: ''I'm sorry. It's my fault and I'm sorry.''

J: ''Sorry for everything ?''

R: ''Yes ! I wish I could change things back, but I can't okay.''

J: ''Change things back and avoid confrontation, good plan.''

R: ''I told you I'm sorry. What more do you want ?''

J: ''You don't get it do you ?''

R: ''Get what ?''

J: ''It's not what I want, but it's what you want.''

R: ''I don't know what I want.''

J: ''Then why did you come here ?''

R: ''Why are you being this way ?''

J: ''What ? You can't handle it when people get mad at you ?''

R: ''I'm sorry. I know that I hurt you by leaving without telling you.''

J: ''You think ?''

R: ''I didn't mean too.''

J: ''Well, you did.''

R: ''I thought that it was the right thing to do at the time. I needed some time to think.''

J: ''You could have written or called.''

R: ''I............''

J: ''Maybe if you did that, things could have been different between us.''

R: ''I did write you.''

J: ''Really ? Did you send me any letters ?''

R: ''No.''

Jess got out another cigarette. Jess lit it and took a drag. He glanced at Rory and saw the hurt in her eyes. He quickly looked away. He couldn't stand looking at her one more seconde, when he knew that he caused the hurt look in her eyes. He sat down and ignored Rory.

Rory fought against the tears and looked at Jess one more time,before she left.

Jess threw his cigarette away. All he wanted to do was go after Rory and tell her that he forgave her, but he didn't. He wondered if things would ever be normal between them again. He remembered when he bid on her basket and they came back here to talk. They ended up talking almost the entire day. That was nice. Now they couldn't even talk to each other anymore without one of them leaving.