The Mind of the Matter Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I own nothing of GG. I also have nothing that you would want if you wanted to sue me. I mean, I have these plots, but I doubt you would want them.

Story time: Well. I'm pretty sure there are not spoilers so no one has to worry. But I guess it takes place when Rory and Dean were still together.

AN: I'm going ahead and putting up this part. It's before all the action comes but I didn't want a giant chapter so I split it up. And I decided to add this in for good measure like I always do when writing R/J fics. I love Jared Padalecki, just love him. But his character Dean burns my toast sometimes. But I love Jared, so please don't flame me or anything.

Thanx to my 2 reviewers Angel Monroe (Normally I write from someone's POV and I decided to try it differently - it's my first time doing that. LOL so it was kind of hard to tell who was talking. Sorry about that. I'll try to do it differently) Dream gal/Movie star and JCtigerwolf4e! You guys are cool potatoes.

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"Mom! What are you going to wear?" Rory yelled to her mom from the kitchen.

"To the luau?" her mom yelled back from her room upstairs.

"Yeah!"

"Oh, did Dean finally persuade you to go?" Lorelei asked as she came downstairs.

"Dean?" Rory questioned

"Yeah, tall guy, your boyfriend, changes the water bottle sometimes."

"I haven't talked about it to him." Rory mumbled.

"So you're planning on going by yourself, girlie?" her mom teased.

*-Rory thought about Jess. She wasn't exactly "going with him". They were just going. And both were going to be there-*

"I guess I'll call Dean then." Rory said to her mom as she walked into her bedroom.

*-She shut the door, and then dialed a number. -*

"Hello?" A voice said on the other end.

"Jess?" Rory asked in surprise. She didn't realize she had called him.

"Rory?" Jess was equally surprised.

"Yeah. I just called to - are you- " Rory stammered.

"Going to the luau?"

"Yeah. Well we both had- "Jess cut her off.

"I'll be there"

"Ok, see you tonight then." Rory answered, happy to have gotten a real sentence out of her mouth.

"Ok, bye Rory."

*-Jess smiled to himself. He knew tonight was his chance. He thought about the main problem: Dean. Was he going to be there? Rory never said anything about him. There had to be someway he could get rid of him if he was. He sat down on his bed and started reading. The luau started in 20 minutes. He remembered that Rory was going to Madame Ginyvira's show, too. Maybe he should check there first. Thoughts ran through his mind as he sat reading.- * -----

*-Rory heard the phone ring a minute later. She picked it up thinking that Jess had forgotten to tell her something. "Perhaps -"-*

"Rory?"

"Oh, Dean. Hi." Rory said in dismay.

"Are you ok? You sound sick," Dean asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine. What's up?"

"I just thought instead of the usual movie and Al's we could go to the luau tonight. I'm assuming you're going..." Dean trailed off.

"Oh, uhm, that's fine with me,"

*-Rory was stunned. On 2 levels. Dean would be there tonight with her when she was supposed to meet Jess and had he just strayed from his normal routine? -*

"I'll see you there then." Dean said.

"Ok, bye." Rory quickly said trying to get off the phone with him. 'How much longer can I stand this?' she asked herself mentally.

"Bye?" Dean answered questioningly.

*-Rory hung up the phone and thought about her situation. She was sure she could go on faking everything. She didn't think she could break up with him though. It would hurt him. Rory didn't like hurting people.-*

"Ready?" Lorelei asked suddenly appearing in Rory's room.

"What on this green earth are you wearing, Mom?!" Rory stood up fast in surprise.

"What I'm assuming is in high fashion in Waikiki." Lorelei answered her daughter.

"A coconut bra?!? Are you kidding? Or are you just crazy?" Rory yelled looking her mom up and down.

"Relax, I'll have a coat on anyways. Where's your Hawaiian at?"

"I prefer to show it in a more subtle way, Mom. Check the hair." Rory smiled triumphantly.

"A flower?" Lorelei rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"Come on, a flower in your hair? That might work if you wanted to be a free spirit or a flower child, but Hawaiian? Now give me a minute or so and I can whip ya up a top like Mommy's got." Lorelei started out of Rory's room.

"NO!" Rory yelled cutting of her Mom. "I mean, no, that's ok, I'll just get some leis. Will you be happy then?"

Lorelei started winking at Rory.

"Really Mom, you need to get a life."

*-Rory threw some leis around her neck and grabbed her mom and they left the house heading towards the town square.-*

End Chapter 2. (Sorry to keep you in suspense of what's going to happen, but there are some kinks I need to work out regarding the next chapter. Sorry!)