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A/N: This is a short chapter, not much Tristin or Jess in this one, sorry!

To justsomeadvice :Thanks for the constuctive criticism! I have been writing eachother (like that) for so long, that I forgot that it was in fact each other! I'm a dipstick! But in response to the words running together thing, that was only in the first couple chapters, if you'll notice the more recent updates are not like that, they aren't in any of my other stories either. It was just because that was when I first started writing fics, and wasn't very good(not that I'm saying I'm good now, but then I kinda sucked!) So, I don't do that anymore, but thanks for the advice! Sorry about that inconvenience, I know that does make it hard to read!

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Tuesday morning I got up and got ready.

"Hey, kiddo." I didn't tell her about the cute incident.

"Hey," I replied.

"Ready to go get coffee?" she asked. Panic time!

"Uh, no, actually I wanted to go over my piece again, make sure I didn't leave anything out. I can make a cup." I said.

"Oh. Okay, but don't forget, perfectionists miss out on all the coffee."

"I know. Sorry." I said.

After she left I waited a couple minutes then I left.

I walked to Lane's, she was just leaving.

"Hey," she said.

"Hi, Lane."

"Why aren't you at Luke's?" she asked. I looked at the ground. "Uh oh, what happened?" she asked me.

I told her about the previous day, Tristin telling Jess I called him cute and everything else.

"Oh my gosh! What a jerk." she complained.

"Why couldn't I just take it and stride?" I asked in frustration.

"Because, that's the kind of mortifying moment that they put in girly magazines." she supplied.

"Even Dean noticed the weirdness. And now I can't go in to Luke's, and soon I'm going to run out of reasons not to go there. Mom's going to get suspicious, and Jess isn't stupid, he's going to know I'm avoiding him."

"Wow, this situation totally sucks." she said.

"I know. Do you know how hard this was before? This is the kind thing that causes a Shane. This is the kind of thing where you can't break the ice with a million hammers and ten thousand degree ice. This is the kind of thing that sucks." I told her.

"I can't even imagine if someone said that to Dave." Lane said.

"I don't know what to do." I told her. "I hate avoiding Jess!"

"Have I mentioned that Tristin's a jealous jerk?"

"Now I can't go to Luke's. Why didn't I just deny it? No, that wouldn't have worked, Why couldn't I have just made Tristin leave the first time? Or why couldn't I have jusat kept my mouth shut when he teased about the kiss silencing him? I hate this."

"Rory, this is not your fault." she told me.

"The thing is, I have to make my mind up by tomorrow morning. Because if I miss two0 days, Jess wil undoubtedly know."

"Well, maybe you could just pretend like it never happened. In fact, if you hurry up you could make it to Luke's while your mom's still there. That way you can make an appearance, so you're not avoiding him but you could still leave quickly. It might buy you some time." she suggested.

"You're right. I'll just go there, dissolve any suspicion and leave."

"Okay, run along now. You don't have much time."

I hurried to Luke's and spotted Mom at the counter. "Hey, Mom."

"Oh, hi. Is the piece perfect?" she asked.

"Hopefully." I saw Jess, "Hello,"

"Hi, you want some coffee?" he offered.

"Yeah, I have a little time. Especially for coffee."

"Hey, did I tell you about the guy at the party yesterday?" Mom asked.

"No, I don't believe you did." I said.

"Well, there was this guy, he said he wanted the theme to be baseball...." she continued to tell me about the guy and I listened with fake intent interest.

We finished our coffee. "Well, I'm done." Mom said.

"Yep," I took the last sip, "So am I."

"Bye, Lukie! Bye, Jess." Mom said.

"Don't call m that." Luke said.

"You say that everyday." she said.

"I mean it everyday." he said.

"Bye, Luke. Bye, Jess." I said.

"Bye," they both said, Jess a little more meekly. Well, I survived.

Mom went to work although seeming slightly reluctant to leave me. I went to my bus, then at Chilton, Tristin popped up.

"Hey, Mary."

"Go away."

"Friendly greeting. So, how's Jess?" he asked.

"Not that it's any of your business, but he's fine."

"Really?"

"Yes, really."

"How's farmer John?" he asked.

"His name's Dean, he's also fine. Now what do you really want?"

"Just checking things out."

"Well then go get some binoculars." I said.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. How come? Jess on the side you're usually on?"

"Wouldn't you like to know." I shut my locker door. "Bye." I walked away.

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A/N: Sorry it was so short! I also would've liked to put more Jess in there, but the avoiding him thing makes that a little difficult. I'll try to update soon! There are 3 chapters left! I'm almost done!! Yay!

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