A/N: Ok this is a really long chapter. I'm pretty sure its longer than the rest of the others. Thanks for the reviews and please keep em comin. I hope you guys like this chapter.

Big Surprise In Europe Part 10

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Rory was sitting on the edge of the bridge with her feet hanging over the side barely over the water. She had been there many times before, she had gone there to think, that's where Jess and her went for their picnic.

***Flashback***

Jess: Where do you wanna eat?

Rory: Don't care.

J: Okay.

R: Where are you going?

J: Thought you didn't care.

R: I'm not jumping in the lake.

J: No underwater dining, got it.

R: Now what?

J: Now we sit.

R: Here?

J: Yup.

R: On the bridge, that's where we're gonna eat?

J: Yup.

R: Okay.

J: Yeah, I like this place.

R: Wow. A place in Stars Hollow you actually like. I'm stunned.

J: It's got some good memories. You see right over there?

R: Yup. J: That's where Luke pushed me in.

R: Huh.

J: Yeah.

R: It's nice.

J: It is.

R: So why'd you do it?

J: Do what?

R: Outbid Dean like that.

J: I don't know. I guess it started as a joke just to bug him, but then he just got so mad, you know? And he is so tall, and I just was looking at him and he's standing there all tall and mad and I just. . .I don't know. It was. . .it was really funny.

R: It wasn't funny.

J: Well, if it makes you feel any better, I didn't intend to do it. Does that make you feel any better?

R: I just don't wanna be in a fight with Dean.

J: I'm sorry about that. You wanna push me in the lake? It's cathartic, I hear.

R: Hm, maybe in a little.

J: Whatever. So why don't we open this thing?

R: Go ahead . [Jess opens the picnic basket]

J: Wow. Not one thing in here that I would remotely consider eating.

R: Well, I didn't make it for you. I made it for Dean.

J: And Dean would've eaten this? [holds up a container]

R: Yes, he would have.

[Jess tastes a forkful of the food and makes a face]

J: Dean is an idiot.

R: Dean never would've fallen for that.

J: Ah, ha ha.

[Fifteen minutes later]

R: Ten.

J: Ten?

R: Yeah but I didn't understand a word of it, so I had to reread it when I was fifteen.

J: I've yet to make it through it.

R: Really? Try it. The Fountainhead is classic.

J: Yeah, but Ayn Rand is a political nut.

R: Yeah, but nobody could write a forty page monologue the way that she could.

J: Okay, tomorrow I will try again, and you will. . .

R: Give the painful Ernest Hemingway another chance. Yes, I promise.

J: You know, Ernest only has lovely things to say about you.

R: Why are you only nice to me?

J: Excuse me?

R: An hour ago you were totally screwing with Dean and now you're totally nice to me.

J: You see, it's the screwing with Dean - that's an important step to getting here so that I can be nice to you.

R: So it was a plan.

J: What?

R: The whole bidding on my basket, it was a plan.

J: Okay, I'm officially starving.

R: And officially evasive.

J: Come on, I'll get you a pizza.

R: Answer my question.

J: Do you like pepperoni?

R: Not going to, are you?

J: We can just get it on half if you want.

R: Okay, I give, let's go.

JESS: If you insist.

***End Flashback***

"Hey"

When Rory heard someone behind her she jumped. When she turned and looked over her shoulder a big grin crossed her lips.

Rory: Hey.

Rory jumped up and hugged Jess. She was so glad he had come back. She just felt so right with him. Although he did leave her twice, she still couldn't forget about that. But whenever he held her she did. It was weird.

Jess: You got here pretty quick.

R: Yea well mom was asleep and I had nothing else to do so I decided to come on here so I could think.

Jess grabbed Rory's hand and he pulled her to sit down. He put his arm around her and slowly rubbed her arm. Rory put her head on his shoulder

J: So you haven't told her then?

R: Well you asked me not to tell anyone, so I haven't. But I think Mrs. Patty saw us the other day.

Jess kind of pulled back so he could look at Rory. A worried look on his face.

J: Do you think she knew it was me?

Rory looked at him and could see that he was worried. She didn't understand why he wouldn't tell her why he didn't want her to tell anyone he was there. She had guessed it was because of how he left, that he didn't want to just pop back in again. She also wondered where he was staying, what was he eating?

R: No, if she did she would have stopped us so that she could have some gossip to spread around town.

Jess just sat there a moment. He looked into Rory's eyes he could tell that she was worried about him. He was surprised that she had taken him back, he thought for sure that she would have seen him and run home. She didn't even ask him why he had left, at least not yet. Maybe she truly did love him, and that didn't matter to her. Jess pulled Rory back up against him. She put her head on his shoulder just like he loved. Her skin was so smooth, how could he have left her. Jess leaned over and pulled a book out of his back pocket, he opened it and even though he had it marked to where he had read to he started over for Rory.

Rory wanted so bad to ask Jess why he had left, and where he was staying. But she didn't want to ruin the moment, it was so perfect. She was just so glad he was back, she hadn't been getting sleep at night because she has been thinking of him. He started rubbing her arm gently. She loved it when he done that, he always came off as a tough guy, but when he was around her it all changed. She liked both Jess's, but when they were alone she liked the softy Jess most of all.

Jess happened to look out of the corner of his eye and saw Rory staring at him.

J: What?

He was kinda worried that something was wrong. Or that she did decide that she wanted to ask why he left. "Oh please don't ask me why I left please!" He begged to himself.

R: Nothing.

He just looked at her, one eyebrow raised.

R: Really nothing!

Rory exclaimed, she didn't want to read a book right now. She wanted to talked and admire him, and maybe make out a little. Ok a lot more than a little she admitted to herself.

J: Not wanting to read right now?

R: No not really sorry.

J: It's ok so what you want to do then? "Please don't ask me why I left, please don't ask me why I left!" Jess said over and over to himself.

R: Well I had a couple ideas. *Rory had a devilish grin on her face.*

J: Ah well I think I might like these couple of ideas. *Jess grinned back at her.*

They both leaned in and kissed. It was a soft passionate kiss, then turned into a harder rougher kiss. Before Rory knew it they were making out. She didn't mind, that's one of the things she had wanted to do. But she had to leave soon, her mom would start to wonder where she was. Rory stopped the kiss, and Jess looked at her as if he had done something wrong.

J: What, what did I do something? What's wrong?

R: No you didn't do anything Jess. *Rory leaned in a kissed him on the lips.* I just have to head back home before mom sends the whole town out looking for me.

J: Oh.

Jess stood up and reached a hand out to help Rory up. She looked at him, and just stared before she talked.

R: I'm so glad your back.

J: So am I.

They hugged and kissed goodbye, then both went in separate ways.

*~*~* Back at the Gilmore House

Lorelai is on the phone.

Lorelai: Well Sookie I don't know where she could be!

Sookie: Don't worry sweetie, she'll show up.

L: I hope so. I don't want to send a search party out just yet.

S: She will, I know she will. You know Rory she just sometimes likes to head off by herself and not tell anyone.

L: Yea I know that's what's worrying me. Oh my gosh! Do you think she ran off to try and get Jess to come back?

S: Lorelai, hun, think about what you just said.

L: Ok... Oh no she did didn't she! Why didn't you say this sooner if you knew!?

S: Lorelai, Jess is in California. There is no way Rory would go all the way across the country just to TRY and get him back.

L: Yea your right. But if she's not back at *Lorelai looked at her watch to see what time it was, it was a quarter to nine. Rory had been gone for three hours.* if she's not back nine-thirty then I'm calling out the posy!

S: Alright sweetie, I'll be first there if that's what you want.

L: Oh my gosh she's here. I'll talk to you later Sookie.

S: Bye.

Lorelai hangs up the phone and runs to the front door prepared to question her daughter. How could she put her threw this!

L: Lorelai Leigh Gilmore where have you been?

Rory just looked at her mom, she wasn't supposed to be up yet. Why was she up?

R: I uh.I.Just went for a walk.

L: Rory you don't walk, now where have you been? You were with that guy weren't you?

"Oh no, she knows about Jess." Rory said to herself.

R: What guy mom?

"Just play dumb, you get farther with that." Rory said to herself again.

L: Don't you play dumb young lady. You're a terrible liar! And Mrs. Patty said she saw you walking with a guy.

Rory started laughing. She got a dirty look from her mom. But hopefully her plan would work.

L: Rory why are you laughing?

Still laughing Rory answered her mom in between giggles.

R: Mom, now come on. Mrs. Patty told me when I was eight that you were sleeping with Kirk.

L: So that's how that rumor got started.

R: Yes mom, Mrs. Patty just likes to have something to talk about. So of course she's telling everyone that she saw me with some guy. Why don't you think she couldn't identify the guy? It's because there was no guy.

L: Your right sweets I'm sorry. But since when do you take walks?

R: Since I want time to think.

L: So there's no guy?

R: No guy mom.

Rory walked into her bedroom to take her light jacket off, then came back out and stood in the doorway.

L: Awww man.

R: What? I thought you were mad.

L: Well of course I had to be mad, but then after we got through the mother, daughter part then I wanted to know who it was and all. But I had to yell at you. It's an unwritten mother law.

R: Oh ok, one of those unwritten rules. They get you every time.

L: Coffee?

R: So you've already been to Luke's huh?

L: Of course, I had to get my coffee before I could realize that you had been gone for three hours.

Rory just laughed and took one of the cups from Lorelai. They sat at the kitchen table and drank their coffee.

A/N: OK really sorry this chapter was so long. But I just wrote and all this came, I think it turned out pretty good. Hope you guys like it too.