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*A/N: Hello to all you wonderful people who read and reviewed my story! You don't know how much your reviews mean to me, even if it's just a simple sentence or one word. It's people like you who give my passion for writing that little extra touch. I just anted to let you know how thankful I am, in case you didn't know. Please review this chapter too. I especially want your opinion on Samantha. And I think I'll be able to update this story more often this week. YAH!!!
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The next day Rory got home from school an hour later than she normally did. Paris had wanted Rory to help her study for a History test. Paris clearly knew every detail of the Roman empire, but she wouldn't take Rory's word for it so somehow Paris convinced Rory to help her study. Rory closed the door behind her and sighed. At least that was over with and there was one good side to helping Paris study. Now, she didn't have to study for her History test anymore. Rory dropped her bag on the floor and went into the living room. She knew that Samantha would be home, but what she wasn't counting on was the fact that Dean would also be here. When she entered the living room, both Dean and Samantha looked up. Dean with an uncomfortable look on his face and Samantha with a self-sufficient look on her eyes and Rory thought that she even saw the beginning of a smile.
S: ''Hey Ror.''
R: ''Hey.''
Dean just nodded at her.
R: ''Dean, what are you doing here ?''
Just as Dean wanted to answer, Samantha jumped in and answered for him.
S: ''I wanted to see Dean. You know, catch up on everything.''
Rory nodded and looked from Dean to Samantha, finally resting her gaze on the floor. Talk about being confused. She knew that Samantha and Dean knew each other, but she never expected this. Finding them sitting on the couch together as if they were friends.
D: ''I better go.''
Dean got up from the couch and almost immediately Samantha got up too.
S: ''I'll walk you to the door.''
Dean nodded and followed Samantha to the door, walking past Rory on the way. Rory took a deep breath when Dean gently brushed past her, of course she didn't feel anything, but it was still strange. She slowly followed them to the door, waiting for Dean to leave so she could talk to Samantha.
S: ''It was nice seeing you again Dean.''
Samantha placed her hand casually on Dean's arm and smiled a heartwarming smile at him.
D: ''You too.''
Dean saw the flustered look on Rory's eyes, but pretended that he wasn't affected by this.
D: ''Bye Rory.''
R: ''Bye.''
Dean turned around and left.
As soon as Samantha closed the door Rory exploded, overthrown with all sorts of different emotions at the same time. But mostly she just felt confused and betrayed. Samantha knew that she just broke up with Dean and she knew that it was hard for Rory to see him again after everything that happened between them.
R: ''What were you doing ?''
Samantha turned around and gave Rory an innocent look.
S: ''What do you mean ?''
R: ''Why was Dean here ? You know I wasn't ready to face him yet.''
Samantha crossed her arms, making her posture look even more defensive.
S: ''It's always about you, isn't it ? Did it ever cross your mind that maybe Dean is my friend too ?''
R: ''Of course it did, but you could have at least told me that you were planning to invite him over.''
S: ''Yeah, well, excuse me for not walking around with an agenda that says when I'm allowed to invite friends over.''
R: ''I didn't mean it that way and you know it.''
S: ''You're just jealous ! You're jealous that Dean and me are friends and you and him are not.''
R: Why would I be jealous ?! I dated him for almost two years remember ?!''
S: ''Yeah, but you gave up everything you had with him when you decided to fall for that Italian guy at the diner.''
R: ''His name is Jess !''
S: ''Struck a nerve ?''
R: ''And what was that thing at the door all about ?''
S: ''What thing ?''
R: ''You putting your hand on his shoulder.''
Samantha shrugged.
S: ''Just a friendly gesture.''
R: ''Yeah, friendly. You were flirting with him.''
S: ''So what if I was ? It's not like he's going back to you !''
R: ''I don't want him to come back to me !''
S: ''Then what's the problem ?''
R: ''The problem is that I know you and I don't want Dean to get hurt.''
S: ''Like he is now ?''
R: ''I didn't mean to.''
S: ''Yeah, well, tell that to him.''
R: ''You just don't understand !''
Rory turned around on her heels and stormed out of the hall. Moments later Samantha could hear her door slam shut. Samantha shrugged, not the least bit regretting what she just said and went back into the living room with a smile plastered on her face.
*~*~*
About an hour later Rory quietly closed the door behind her and started to walk in the direction of her destination. She was walking faster than she normally did. She wanted to get to Dean's as fast as she could before Samantha would get the chance to ruin everything. Dean would get a new girlfriend eventually and she would deal with it when the time came, but one thing she wouldn't be able to deal with was Samantha. Why did she always have to be so nosy and flirtatious ? And why Dean ? Weren't their enough boys back in her city that she could spoil and ruin ? When she reached Dean's door she rang the doorbell three times. After a few seconds Dean opened the door.
D: ''Rory, hey.''
R: ''Hey. Can we talk ?''
Dean shrugged and opened the door a little further.
D: ''Sure, come in.''
Rory saw that he was trying to act as if nothing ever happened between them, but she didn't say anything about it. She had been trying that for the last two days now and it didn't work really well for her. Rory went inside and listened to Dean as he closed the door and walked over to her.
D: ''So, you want something to drink ?''
R: ''I'm fine.''
Dean quickly looked at her and walked past her so that he could lead her into the living room. He gestured towards the couch and waited for the to sit down. As soon as she did, Dean sat down across from her. This way they didn't have to go through the entire talk being uncomfortable, because they were sitting next to each other, but at the same time they were still facing each other, making it easier for them to talk.
D: ''So, what's on your mind ?''
R: ''A lot.''
D: ''Is everything okay ?''
R: ''Yeah, I'm fine.''
He looked up and met her eyes for a second, reassuring himself that she was telling the truth. Rory saw this and smiled briefly.
R: ''Actually I wanted to talk to you about Samantha.''
D: ''That's what this is all about ?''
R: ''Yeah, but not in the way that you think it is.''
Dean raised his eyebrows at her.
D: ''Apparently you got the ability to read my mind.''
R: ''Let's just say I'm gifted.''
D: ''I can live with that. So, what about Samantha ?''
R: ''I know that you two are friends and I think that's great, but.........''
D: ''I don't like her as anything more than a friend. Did that answer your question ?''
R: ''Okay, it seems like you're gifted too.''
A smile played across Dean's lips, making his eyes soften.
D: ''No offense or anything, but she's not really my type.''
R: ''That's exactly what I thought. See how well we communicate ?''
D: ''Obviously.''
R: ''It's just that I know Samantha and she..........well let's just say I don't want you to get hurt.''
D: ''It's a little too late for that, isn't it ?''
Rory lowered her eyes and started to fidget with one of her beaded bracelets.
R: ''I'm sorry.''
D: ''I know you are, but it still hurts.''
R: ''Yeah.''
D: ''But eventually we'll both get over it.''
Rory nodded and stared at her hands that were now clasped together in her lap.
D: ''I'm glad your happy.''
Rory looked up at him again and smiled.
R: ''Thanks.''
They stared at each other for a while, looking deep into each other's eyes remembering every single thing that happened between them. Rory was amazed how easily she had given that all up and started a relationship with Jess. But no matter how special Jess was in her eyes, Dean would always mean something to her and the memories of their kisses and conversations would always be there. And Rory wouldn't have it any other way, there was room enough in her mind for all her old memories as well as for the new ones.
R: ''I better get going.''
D: ''Okay, I'll show you the way out.''
R: ''I appreciate it, cause I think I lost the map you drew me of how to get from your living room to the door.''
D: ''I'll draw you a new one.''
R: ''With pretty colors ?''
D: ''Anything except pink.''
Rory softly laughed as she followed him to the door. Dean opened the door. Rory turned around to face him.
R: ''Friends ?''
D: ''Friends.''
*~*~*
Jess threw his cigarette on the ground and put his hands in his pockets, ready to head back to the diner. But when he saw Rory come out of Dean's house he stopped. She was smiling at him and for the first time Jess felt jealous. Normally he wasn't the jealous and suspicious type, but with Rory it was different. The main reason was that he really cared about her and that he knew that his feelings towards her were real. And the second reason was that Rory was too modest and naive to notice when someone was flirting with her. He should know, cause it took her a while to figure him out and see that he wanted more than just friendship from her. But he didn't mind, he actually liked that about her. He saw her coming his way and patiently waited until she would reach him.
Rory smiled when she saw Jess standing a couple of feet away from her. She started to walk even faster, her heart beating faster with every step she took towards him. It was amazing how Jess could still do this to her, make her feel as if they were just about to have their first kiss. She stopped in front of him and leaned forward to kiss him. Jess didn't stop her, but he didn't kiss her back either. Rory pulled away from him and met his eyes. Something was different about him, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it though. She took a step back and wondered what was wrong ?
R: ''What's wrong ?''
J: ''Nothing, everything's just peachy.''
Rory tried to meet his eyes, but he just avoided them.
J: ''So, why didn't Dean invite you over for dinner ?''
Rory lowered her eyes and understood why he was acting this way. He must have seen her leave Dean's house.
R: ''I went over there to talk.''
J: ''Talk, really ? What about ?''
R: ''Jess...........''
J: ''Come on Rory, tell me. Unless it's some big secret.''
Rory sighed and looked at her hands.
R: ''Samantha was hitting on him earlier and I went over there to warn him. She has the tendency to take advantage of younger guys.''
Jess nodded.
R: ''That's all.''
J: ''Are you sure that there's nothing else I need to know ?''
R: ''Not really.''
J: ''That's a yes.''
R: ''Well, we sort of decided to be friends again. But we're just friends.''
J: ''Uhuh.''
R: ''You're mad.''
J: ''Nope.''
R: ''Yes you are. I'm sorry Jess. I just went over there to warn him about Sam, I swear.''
J: ''Apparently you still care about him.''
R: ''Of course I do.''
Rory immediately regretted saying that when she saw Jess' eyes darken and his features harden. He became distant again and turned into the Jess that just moved here from New York, not caring or pretending not to care anyway.
R: ''Jess.........''
She reached for his hand, but Jess quickly pulled it back.
J: ''I'll see you tomorrow.''
He put his hands in his pockets and started to walk away from her. And stubborn as he was, he didn't look back even though he really wanted to.
*~*~*
Rory went home confused and mad at herself for letting this happen. When she reached her room, she found Samantha sitting on her bed. As soon as she came in Samantha got up and tried to hide something that she was holding in her hands.
S: ''Hey.''
R: ''What are you hiding ?''
S: ''Nothing.''
But Rory knew that she was lying. She walked over to her and saw what she had been hiding behing her back. Rory quickly pulled the piece of paper out of Samantha's hands and looked up at her, her eyes filled with anger.
R: ''You were reading it, weren't you ?''
Samantha didn't answer.
R: ''You have no right to go through my stuff ! This is personal !''
S: ''Yeah, personal. You and this Jess guy are more involved than I thought you were.''
R: ''Get out of my room.''
S: ''You know, he just copied something from an old book. Real romantic.''
R: ''Please get out of my room.''
S: ''You do have good taste though. I mean did you check out his body ?''
R: ''Get out of my room !''
S: ''Okay, okay, drama queen.''
Rory waited for her to get out of her room and slammed the door closed in Samantha's face. Rory looked at the Jess' letter. She made a ball out of the letter and threw it across her room. She dropped herself on her bed looking at Jess' letter that was now lying on the other end of her room. After a while she sighed and got up from her bed. She walked over to the letter and picked it up. No matter how much she hated Jess sometimes, it were caring gestures like these that kept her going back to him.
*A/N: Hello to all you wonderful people who read and reviewed my story! You don't know how much your reviews mean to me, even if it's just a simple sentence or one word. It's people like you who give my passion for writing that little extra touch. I just anted to let you know how thankful I am, in case you didn't know. Please review this chapter too. I especially want your opinion on Samantha. And I think I'll be able to update this story more often this week. YAH!!!
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
The next day Rory got home from school an hour later than she normally did. Paris had wanted Rory to help her study for a History test. Paris clearly knew every detail of the Roman empire, but she wouldn't take Rory's word for it so somehow Paris convinced Rory to help her study. Rory closed the door behind her and sighed. At least that was over with and there was one good side to helping Paris study. Now, she didn't have to study for her History test anymore. Rory dropped her bag on the floor and went into the living room. She knew that Samantha would be home, but what she wasn't counting on was the fact that Dean would also be here. When she entered the living room, both Dean and Samantha looked up. Dean with an uncomfortable look on his face and Samantha with a self-sufficient look on her eyes and Rory thought that she even saw the beginning of a smile.
S: ''Hey Ror.''
R: ''Hey.''
Dean just nodded at her.
R: ''Dean, what are you doing here ?''
Just as Dean wanted to answer, Samantha jumped in and answered for him.
S: ''I wanted to see Dean. You know, catch up on everything.''
Rory nodded and looked from Dean to Samantha, finally resting her gaze on the floor. Talk about being confused. She knew that Samantha and Dean knew each other, but she never expected this. Finding them sitting on the couch together as if they were friends.
D: ''I better go.''
Dean got up from the couch and almost immediately Samantha got up too.
S: ''I'll walk you to the door.''
Dean nodded and followed Samantha to the door, walking past Rory on the way. Rory took a deep breath when Dean gently brushed past her, of course she didn't feel anything, but it was still strange. She slowly followed them to the door, waiting for Dean to leave so she could talk to Samantha.
S: ''It was nice seeing you again Dean.''
Samantha placed her hand casually on Dean's arm and smiled a heartwarming smile at him.
D: ''You too.''
Dean saw the flustered look on Rory's eyes, but pretended that he wasn't affected by this.
D: ''Bye Rory.''
R: ''Bye.''
Dean turned around and left.
As soon as Samantha closed the door Rory exploded, overthrown with all sorts of different emotions at the same time. But mostly she just felt confused and betrayed. Samantha knew that she just broke up with Dean and she knew that it was hard for Rory to see him again after everything that happened between them.
R: ''What were you doing ?''
Samantha turned around and gave Rory an innocent look.
S: ''What do you mean ?''
R: ''Why was Dean here ? You know I wasn't ready to face him yet.''
Samantha crossed her arms, making her posture look even more defensive.
S: ''It's always about you, isn't it ? Did it ever cross your mind that maybe Dean is my friend too ?''
R: ''Of course it did, but you could have at least told me that you were planning to invite him over.''
S: ''Yeah, well, excuse me for not walking around with an agenda that says when I'm allowed to invite friends over.''
R: ''I didn't mean it that way and you know it.''
S: ''You're just jealous ! You're jealous that Dean and me are friends and you and him are not.''
R: Why would I be jealous ?! I dated him for almost two years remember ?!''
S: ''Yeah, but you gave up everything you had with him when you decided to fall for that Italian guy at the diner.''
R: ''His name is Jess !''
S: ''Struck a nerve ?''
R: ''And what was that thing at the door all about ?''
S: ''What thing ?''
R: ''You putting your hand on his shoulder.''
Samantha shrugged.
S: ''Just a friendly gesture.''
R: ''Yeah, friendly. You were flirting with him.''
S: ''So what if I was ? It's not like he's going back to you !''
R: ''I don't want him to come back to me !''
S: ''Then what's the problem ?''
R: ''The problem is that I know you and I don't want Dean to get hurt.''
S: ''Like he is now ?''
R: ''I didn't mean to.''
S: ''Yeah, well, tell that to him.''
R: ''You just don't understand !''
Rory turned around on her heels and stormed out of the hall. Moments later Samantha could hear her door slam shut. Samantha shrugged, not the least bit regretting what she just said and went back into the living room with a smile plastered on her face.
*~*~*
About an hour later Rory quietly closed the door behind her and started to walk in the direction of her destination. She was walking faster than she normally did. She wanted to get to Dean's as fast as she could before Samantha would get the chance to ruin everything. Dean would get a new girlfriend eventually and she would deal with it when the time came, but one thing she wouldn't be able to deal with was Samantha. Why did she always have to be so nosy and flirtatious ? And why Dean ? Weren't their enough boys back in her city that she could spoil and ruin ? When she reached Dean's door she rang the doorbell three times. After a few seconds Dean opened the door.
D: ''Rory, hey.''
R: ''Hey. Can we talk ?''
Dean shrugged and opened the door a little further.
D: ''Sure, come in.''
Rory saw that he was trying to act as if nothing ever happened between them, but she didn't say anything about it. She had been trying that for the last two days now and it didn't work really well for her. Rory went inside and listened to Dean as he closed the door and walked over to her.
D: ''So, you want something to drink ?''
R: ''I'm fine.''
Dean quickly looked at her and walked past her so that he could lead her into the living room. He gestured towards the couch and waited for the to sit down. As soon as she did, Dean sat down across from her. This way they didn't have to go through the entire talk being uncomfortable, because they were sitting next to each other, but at the same time they were still facing each other, making it easier for them to talk.
D: ''So, what's on your mind ?''
R: ''A lot.''
D: ''Is everything okay ?''
R: ''Yeah, I'm fine.''
He looked up and met her eyes for a second, reassuring himself that she was telling the truth. Rory saw this and smiled briefly.
R: ''Actually I wanted to talk to you about Samantha.''
D: ''That's what this is all about ?''
R: ''Yeah, but not in the way that you think it is.''
Dean raised his eyebrows at her.
D: ''Apparently you got the ability to read my mind.''
R: ''Let's just say I'm gifted.''
D: ''I can live with that. So, what about Samantha ?''
R: ''I know that you two are friends and I think that's great, but.........''
D: ''I don't like her as anything more than a friend. Did that answer your question ?''
R: ''Okay, it seems like you're gifted too.''
A smile played across Dean's lips, making his eyes soften.
D: ''No offense or anything, but she's not really my type.''
R: ''That's exactly what I thought. See how well we communicate ?''
D: ''Obviously.''
R: ''It's just that I know Samantha and she..........well let's just say I don't want you to get hurt.''
D: ''It's a little too late for that, isn't it ?''
Rory lowered her eyes and started to fidget with one of her beaded bracelets.
R: ''I'm sorry.''
D: ''I know you are, but it still hurts.''
R: ''Yeah.''
D: ''But eventually we'll both get over it.''
Rory nodded and stared at her hands that were now clasped together in her lap.
D: ''I'm glad your happy.''
Rory looked up at him again and smiled.
R: ''Thanks.''
They stared at each other for a while, looking deep into each other's eyes remembering every single thing that happened between them. Rory was amazed how easily she had given that all up and started a relationship with Jess. But no matter how special Jess was in her eyes, Dean would always mean something to her and the memories of their kisses and conversations would always be there. And Rory wouldn't have it any other way, there was room enough in her mind for all her old memories as well as for the new ones.
R: ''I better get going.''
D: ''Okay, I'll show you the way out.''
R: ''I appreciate it, cause I think I lost the map you drew me of how to get from your living room to the door.''
D: ''I'll draw you a new one.''
R: ''With pretty colors ?''
D: ''Anything except pink.''
Rory softly laughed as she followed him to the door. Dean opened the door. Rory turned around to face him.
R: ''Friends ?''
D: ''Friends.''
*~*~*
Jess threw his cigarette on the ground and put his hands in his pockets, ready to head back to the diner. But when he saw Rory come out of Dean's house he stopped. She was smiling at him and for the first time Jess felt jealous. Normally he wasn't the jealous and suspicious type, but with Rory it was different. The main reason was that he really cared about her and that he knew that his feelings towards her were real. And the second reason was that Rory was too modest and naive to notice when someone was flirting with her. He should know, cause it took her a while to figure him out and see that he wanted more than just friendship from her. But he didn't mind, he actually liked that about her. He saw her coming his way and patiently waited until she would reach him.
Rory smiled when she saw Jess standing a couple of feet away from her. She started to walk even faster, her heart beating faster with every step she took towards him. It was amazing how Jess could still do this to her, make her feel as if they were just about to have their first kiss. She stopped in front of him and leaned forward to kiss him. Jess didn't stop her, but he didn't kiss her back either. Rory pulled away from him and met his eyes. Something was different about him, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it though. She took a step back and wondered what was wrong ?
R: ''What's wrong ?''
J: ''Nothing, everything's just peachy.''
Rory tried to meet his eyes, but he just avoided them.
J: ''So, why didn't Dean invite you over for dinner ?''
Rory lowered her eyes and understood why he was acting this way. He must have seen her leave Dean's house.
R: ''I went over there to talk.''
J: ''Talk, really ? What about ?''
R: ''Jess...........''
J: ''Come on Rory, tell me. Unless it's some big secret.''
Rory sighed and looked at her hands.
R: ''Samantha was hitting on him earlier and I went over there to warn him. She has the tendency to take advantage of younger guys.''
Jess nodded.
R: ''That's all.''
J: ''Are you sure that there's nothing else I need to know ?''
R: ''Not really.''
J: ''That's a yes.''
R: ''Well, we sort of decided to be friends again. But we're just friends.''
J: ''Uhuh.''
R: ''You're mad.''
J: ''Nope.''
R: ''Yes you are. I'm sorry Jess. I just went over there to warn him about Sam, I swear.''
J: ''Apparently you still care about him.''
R: ''Of course I do.''
Rory immediately regretted saying that when she saw Jess' eyes darken and his features harden. He became distant again and turned into the Jess that just moved here from New York, not caring or pretending not to care anyway.
R: ''Jess.........''
She reached for his hand, but Jess quickly pulled it back.
J: ''I'll see you tomorrow.''
He put his hands in his pockets and started to walk away from her. And stubborn as he was, he didn't look back even though he really wanted to.
*~*~*
Rory went home confused and mad at herself for letting this happen. When she reached her room, she found Samantha sitting on her bed. As soon as she came in Samantha got up and tried to hide something that she was holding in her hands.
S: ''Hey.''
R: ''What are you hiding ?''
S: ''Nothing.''
But Rory knew that she was lying. She walked over to her and saw what she had been hiding behing her back. Rory quickly pulled the piece of paper out of Samantha's hands and looked up at her, her eyes filled with anger.
R: ''You were reading it, weren't you ?''
Samantha didn't answer.
R: ''You have no right to go through my stuff ! This is personal !''
S: ''Yeah, personal. You and this Jess guy are more involved than I thought you were.''
R: ''Get out of my room.''
S: ''You know, he just copied something from an old book. Real romantic.''
R: ''Please get out of my room.''
S: ''You do have good taste though. I mean did you check out his body ?''
R: ''Get out of my room !''
S: ''Okay, okay, drama queen.''
Rory waited for her to get out of her room and slammed the door closed in Samantha's face. Rory looked at the Jess' letter. She made a ball out of the letter and threw it across her room. She dropped herself on her bed looking at Jess' letter that was now lying on the other end of her room. After a while she sighed and got up from her bed. She walked over to the letter and picked it up. No matter how much she hated Jess sometimes, it were caring gestures like these that kept her going back to him.
