Why Me? - 10

Rory just got out of the bathroom, from freshening up. She didn't want to look bad for Jess, after all, this might be the last time they see each other for a while. Only God knows how long her Mom was going to take her on this crazy road trip. She was laughing to herself about the thought of her and her mother not coming back for months when she heard a soft tapping on the window.

Rory smiled as she opened the window for Jess, "Hey."

"Hey" he replied, quietly sneaking in.

He finally got in the window and slowly closed it behind him. When he was done, he took of his jacket to reveal a tight black shirt that he had been wearing to bed which outlined his seemingly perfect body. Rory continued to stare as Jess threw his jacket over her computer chair.

"Whoa Ror, eyes up here!" He pointed to his eyes with two fingers and had a sly grin on his face. "I feel so violated…" he said. Rory blushed a deep red and turned around.

"Haha, hey Ror its Ok. You can stare at me all you want. Your going to want to get a good mental image when your out there all lonely on the road and you need a man to think about back home." he stated, half jokingly and half serious. Rory turned back around and looked at him. 'He's so perfect…" she thought. He was everything she wanted. He was kind to her, was intelligent, shared her love for books and was extremely good looking. She had replayed the kiss between them in her head and all she could think about was how much she wanted to do it again, how much she really wanted Jess to love her and be her boyfriend. Not all guys, and certainly not Jess, were like Brad. She thought about Brad and instantly looked down. Jess walked over to her and lightly took hold of her shoulders.

"Rory, are you Ok?"

"Jess, I just… I want…Your so…" she looked at him and stared into his eyes. 'This is the right thing to do' she thought. 'This is what I want.'

Rory grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss. It startled Jess who fumbled to find a place to put his hands on Rory that he thought she wouldn't mind. He finally placed them at her hips as the kiss deepened and they both relaxed. Jess pulled away and gave Rory a look as if to say, are you ok with this. She nodded her head and they began to kiss again. Jess wrapped his arms around her they meet at the small of her back and she wrapped her arms around his neck. She back up towards her bed and Jess laid her down on it. Jess stopped again as Rory looked at him. 'Oh God she's amazing…' he thought.

"Rory are you sure you want to do this?"

"Jess, I want this more than anything. This is all I've ever wanted. You and I are perfect for each other and I'm the idiot for never seeing it there before. Don't you want this?" she asked, starting to get up.

"Of course I do but I don't want this to be rushed. I want you to be sure you want this and not regret it later, I want to be everything but your mistake."

Rory laid back down beside him and whispered, "I want this."

They began kissing again as Rory lifted Jess's shirt off his body. He placed his hands under her shirt and then moved them behind her back. He found her bra strap and slowly unclasped it, then proceeded in removing her shirt. Rory looked at the clock, it was 2:00am.

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Jess glanced over at the clock and it was 4:30am. He looked down and Rory, who was wrapped up in his arms. He smiled when he noticed how beautiful she was when she was sleeping, then he leaned over and kissed her forehead.

"Rory, wake up…" he waited for movement then saw her blink. "Hey." he said, smiling.

"Hi there." she smiled back, and looked over at the clock.

"Oh my God, its 4:30! You have to go, I don't know how early my Mom wants to go on this road trip and from past experiences its usually pretty early in the morning."

"Rory - calm down! I know I have to go anyway, Luke wakes up at 5:30 every morning and if Im not there by the time he wakes up he'll kill me."

"Oh… well, my Mom never has woken up this early before anyway so I don't see why she would start now." she replied, smiling at Jess. She rested her head back down on his chest, and he grabbed a loose strand of her hair and began tangling it in his fingers.

"Rory?"

"Yea?"

"What now…" Jess asked, Rory sensed the seriousness in his voice and turned her head to face him.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, is this it? Do we just, do this and then act like nothing ever happened or are we going to be something now…"

Rory breathed in and out deeply and thought about what he just said, and what she could say to assure him that she wanted something.

"Jess, I made love to you. Do you really think I don't want a relationship out of this?"

Jess felt as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders, she didn't regret what happened. She embraced it. He kissed her forehead and then began to get up.

"I should really go now…"

"I know. I don't want you to leave though."

"I don't want to leave either."

"But you have to."

"Yes, I have to if I want to live another day."

Jess got up off the bed and put back on his boxers, pants, shirt, and then grabbed his jacket off the chair. Rory didn't blush once seeing his naked body when they weren't being intimate. She was still nude under the covers, but didn't plan on getting up seeing she was much to comfortable to do so. Jess put on his jacket, unhitched the window lock and slowly opened the window making sure it didn't make a sound. He turned around and walked back towards Rory.

"Will you remember me out there on the road?" he joked.

"Well gee I don't know. I mean there's so many guys out there that I just might forget you and I….."

He leaned over her and kissed her passionately before she got a chance to finish her sentence.

"That should help you to not forget."

He got up and walked towards the window, sneaking out and not making a sound. When he was out he turned around slowly and closed it, then smiled and waved bye to Rory who was watching him from her bed. She waved back and then watched him go out of sight. She turned around and found a comfortable position on her bed. For once, she was happy. She knew she had made the right decision and for the first time felt like she had something to look forward to the next day.

Jess sneaked up the stairs and back into his room, going undetected by Luke. He took of his pants and his jacket and fell into his bed. He glanced at the clock, it was 5:00am.