A/N Here's the new chapter, hope you guys enjoy it!
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Chapter 5: Working late, a walk in the park and a pleasant surprise
The break up with Dean was only two days ago, but to Rory it felt like two months had gone by since she had that fight with Dean. She hadn't seen him since, but that was probably due to the fact that she had avoided every single place in Stars Hollow where he might have been and since Stars Hollow isn't really a big city, she hadn't left the house. So there she was Break-up-day plus 2 and sitting on the couch watching a rerun of Charmed. Normally she wasn't into that sort of series, but since she had nowhere else to go and Lane was having some Korean relatives over and her mother was working at the Inn, there was nothing else to do.
Her mother would be home soon, it was 18:30 and maybe she would order some pizza and read 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
The phone was ringing and Rory answered.
Rory: 'Rory Gilmore speaking.'
Lorelai: 'Hey sweetie, how are you?'
Rory: 'Fine, I'm watching the Charmed ones vanquishing some very powerful demon with their make up still perfectly painted on their face and not one strand of hair out of place.'
Lorelai: 'I've always wondered how they did that.'
Rory: 'It's frustrating.'
Lorelai: 'I totally agree'. (A/N No Lieke, don't start on me now, let's just agree to agree, okay?)
Lorelai: 'You know what's also frustrating?'
Rory: 'What?'
Lorelai: 'Me working late.'
Rory: 'Oh, no. I was looking forward to you being here, now I have no one to talk to.'
Lorelai: 'I'm sorry, I don't like it either if that makes you feel better.'
Rory: 'A little.'
Lorelai: 'You can eat some left-over pizza or just order something, you know the phone number of any food delivery service in the neighborhood of Stars Hollow.'
Rory: 'By heart.'
Lorelai: 'I really wish I could be there for you right now, it's no easy times for you.'
Rory: 'I'll manage, I'll just let Mister Ben&Jerry cheer me up.'
Lorelai: 'You do that sweetie. I'll be home by ten, maybe we can- .Oh, gotta go, Michel has some trouble with customers, bye.'
Rory: 'Bye mom.'
Rory hung up the phone and sighed. Another night all by herself was not something to look forward to, but she couldn't change that.
She started dialing the number of the Chinese restaurant to order some take out.
Two hours later Rory is still sitting in front of the TV, now with little white boxes on the table which used to contain food, but are now empty. There was nothing good on TV, only dumb programs and the Discovery Channel was not one of Rory's favorites.
She suddenly felt like taking a walk, some fresh air would do her good. She cleaned out the table, threw the food containers in the trashcan and put on her shoes. She grabbed her coat and walked outside, not locking the door because thieves would never pick a place like Stars Hollow as their target.
She was walking around aimlessly, not worrying about running into Dean, because he was probably at home, watching episodes of 'Spongebob Squarepants' which he had taped during the day because he had to work at Doose's and he didn't want to miss his favorite series.
Rory stopped for a second to look at the night sky and realized she was only a few minutes away from the bridge. She started walking, now heading for the bridge, her thoughts in a place far away.
Rory had reached the bridge and when she saw she wasn't the only one who was taking a walk, she was a little disappointed. Someone was sitting on the bridge, her favorite spot in all of Stars Hollow. Well, then she would just sit on some benches on the other side of the bridge and Rory started walking across the bridge.
As she came closer to the person who was sitting on the bridge she started to recognize him. Her heart skipped a beat when she realized Jess was the one sitting there, reading a book and so focused that he hadn't heard her footsteps.
She approached Jess and stopped only a few feet away.
Jess had noticed Rory already when she was standing in front of the bridge, he wanted to see if she would come to him. If not, he would go after her, because there was some stuff he had to tell her.
When he had come home after talking to Rory two days ago, he realized he hadn't told Rory about his feelings at all, although he should have. He wanted to tell Rory how he felt about her, and explain why he hadn't said anything about it before.
But there was no need for him to run after Rory, he smirked when he heard her coming towards him. He was pretending to read his book, although that was impossible for him, because he was focusing on Rory, watching her from the corners of his eyes. He was glad it was dark, she couldn't see him watching her like that.
Rory: 'Hey, mind if I sit?'
Jess: 'No, not at all.'
Rory sat down next to Jess. He was only inches away and she could smell cigarette smoke. She was not a fan of smoking, but it somehow seemed to be okay him smelling like that. She knew that every time she would smell cigarette smoke she now would be thinking of Jess.
Rory: 'What are you reading?'
Jess: 'Lord of the Flies.'
Rory: 'That's a good one.'
Jess: 'Yes it is, I really like William Golding.'
Rory: 'Me too, there always is some deeper thoughts behind his books.'
Jess: 'Like with this one it reflects the real world of grown ups only on a deserted island with only boys and no grown ups at all.'
Rory: 'So how many times have you read it?'
Jess: 'This is my fourth time.'
Rory: 'You know it's funny you like that book so much, I tried to let Dean read it, but he complained already after the first five pages that it was boring.'
Jess: 'You can't force someone with an IQ lower than their shoe size to read a book that has won a Literature Award.'
Rory: 'I guess you're right, Dean has never been into reading that much. He only read books to do me a favor.'
Jess: 'Speaking of Dean, have you talked to him lately?'
All this chitchat about books was nice, but he wanted to find out what happened the past days in Rory's life. He was really curious if she would keep her word and break up with Dean. He didn't quite know what to expect. He knew when Rory said something she meant it, so there was no doubt about it that she had feelings for him. He just wanted to know how deep her feelings for Dean were.
Rory: 'I haven't seen him for two days.'
Jess: 'Oh, well, you can't have everything.'
Rory: 'But we don't have to see eachother any more, we broke up.'
Jess was so happy to hear this, now that Rory had ditched Dean they could be together. But Rory seemed to be bothered by something.
Jess: 'Good.'
Rory: 'Is it?'
She really liked talking to Jess and now that she had broken up with Dean there was nothing standing in their way. But she wasn't quite sure what Jess wanted, she wasn't sure if he really like her that much. Well, he'd better, she had broken up with Dean because of him.
Jess: 'Of course it is, now we can do this.'
Jess touched Rory's cheeks with both of his hands, then he slowly bent forwards and kissed her on her lips. Rory answered his kiss and wrapped her arms around him.
They were kissing eachother intensely; they were doing the thing they had wanted to do since they saw eachother after what happened at Sookies wedding.
After a few minutes of passionate kissing Rory pulled away from Jess.
Rory: 'Air, I need some air.'
Jess smirked
Jess: 'Don't stop.'
Rory: 'Who said I was going to?'
Now she was the one who started the kiss. Like the previous one it was very passionate and intense. She really loved the way he kissed her, almost like she was very fragile, but it was his eager to kiss her that really made her blood run faster through her body. It made her want to kiss him back even more.
Rory had never felt so happy before, she had butterflies flying around in her stomach and she was absolutely convinced that being in love was the best thing that could ever happen to you.
A/N I just want to say thank you for all the reviews, you guys ROCK!! And I'd like to thank Lieke and Lindsay for giving me enough inspiration to write the next couple of chapters, thanks guys!!!
