disclaimer: I DO NOT own gilmore girls (duh)!!!`

The next morning, Rory was up very early. She was sitting on her bed,

holding The Fountainhead, but she wasn't really reading. She was

thinking- thinking about what life-changing event happened just the night

before.

The breakup. Everything seemed so different since last night. Dean was no

longer part of her life. She was about to go from seeing him every day to

only bumping into him on the street occasionally. Plus, now that she wasn't

with Dean, she was free to hang out with Jess as much as she wanted. Maybe,

they would even become......no, Rory decided. She knew that she had

feelings for Jess, but that she probably would never do anything about it.

She had denied it for so long- but only for one reason. Dean. Because, she

always said, No, I don't like Jess!!! I love Dean!! But in her heart, she

knew it wasn't true. She knew that now, now that she wasn't with Dean

anymore, she had to go talk to Jess. She decided that she would do that

soon, but not today. It would be too hard, too soon after her breakup with

Dean. But she knew that she had to go, no matter how hard it was. She had

to follow her heart.