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*A/N: Hey!!! Sorry I made you guys wait a couple of days for the next update. But school's starting tomorrow and I'm really nervous, cause I'll be starting in a new class, with people I don't know...... Help !? Anyway since I don't want to miss any updates of your stories, I'll be updating in the weekends from now on. Unless I have enough spare time. That way I can keep R&R-ing all those amazing fics! Thanks again for everything!!! :-)

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The next morning, Rory once again woke up with a content feeling. She lay cuddled underneath her covers. The sunlight faintly shining through her curtains and on to her covers. Last night's dream was still vague in her mind. She could only remember certain parts. Like Billy's playful curls, his coy smile, his warm and kind voice. Rory smiled. They had talked for almost forty minutes on the phone, just teasing each other. He missed her and couldn't bare to be without her one more day, so he was taking her out tonight. To some jazz club in Hartford. He was always surprising her like this. Rory yawned and stretched. After that she got up, put on her soft and comfy robe and went into the kitchen. There she found Lorelai, sitting at the table, with a large plate of different kind of poptarts in front of her.

R: ''Hungry ?''

Lorelai looked up at her daughter.

L: ''I couldn't decide between strawberry and chocolate and then I saw the blueberry.............and this is the result.''

Rory nodded and sat down. She was used to her mom's weird tactics and logic. Lorelai spotted the smile on her daughter's face.

L: ''And why are you so happy this morning ?''

Rory's smile got wider.

R: ''I'm excited that Billy's taking me to a jazz club tonight.''

Lorelai nodded, fully understanding her excitement. Rory had never been to a jazz club before. Lorelai had to give Billy credit for caring so much about Rory. He was so sweet to her, always thinking of new ways to surprise her.

L: ''So excited that you can't hide it ?''

Rory shot her a look, but couldn't remain serious for even the slightest second. Lorelai didn't say anything and grabbed a poptart.

L: ''Does this mean we're going shopping for something jazzy, pussy cat ?''

Rory nodded and yawned again.

R: ''Luke's first ?''

L: ''I am truly offended by that question.''

R: ''Uhuh, eat your poptart.''

L: ''Strawberry poptart.''

Rory rolled her eyes as Lorelai took a bite of her poptart. She grimaced.

L: ''Strawberry should be replaced with ancient crap.''

Rory softly laughed and got up.

R: ''I'm going to take a shower.''

Lorelai nodded and reached for a another poptart, chocolate this time.

*~*~*

At the diner, Lorelai and Rory, were greeted by Jess instead of Luke.

L: ''Where's Luke ?''

Jess looked up from his book long enough to nod at them.

J: ''Top of the morning to you too Lorelai.''

Lorelai shot him an impatient look. She still didn't really trust the kid. First he ruined Rory and Dean's relationship and when he finally found his way into her daughter's heart, he left without saying a word. She had to admit, that he wasn't as bad as she had expected. And she trusted Rory's judgement, so if she believed Jess was a good person, then so did she.

J: ''He's upstairs.''

Lorelai nodded and headed over to the stairs.

J: ''But........''

L: ''Does it say Jess' diner.............?''

Jess scowled.

L: ''No, it says Luke's diner, so therefor the owner should be here.''

And with that Lorelai went upstairs. Rory saw Jess smiling.

R: ''Why are your lips formed in that unusual curve ?''

Jess briefly met her eyes.

J: ''Luke's in the shower.''

Rory narrowed her eyes.

R: ''You are evil.''

J: ''Oh yeah. Are you interested in selling your soul ?''

R: ''No, but I am interested in coffee.''

Rory smiled and sat down across from where he was standing. Jess sighed and shook his head as he poured her some coffee.

R: ''Thank you.''

Jess watched her as she drank her coffee, captivated by the way her throat moved when she swallowed. If only he could place his fingers on her throat and follow its movements. It would be a sensation for the both of them.

Rory saw him looking at her and tried to meet his gaze, but she realized that they weren't locked on her eyes, but on her throat. She saw a dangerous flicker of passion in his eyes and wondered what he was thinking about. She casually put down her coffee and reached for her throat with her right hand. She could find nothing out of the ordinary there, except for the silver chain. She looked up and this time she did lock eyes with him. The dangerous flicker was gone and his usual expression was back. Jess lowered his eyes and started to read again, knowing that Rory was watching him.

Suddenly Lorelai came running down the stairs, slightly blushing. She mumbled something about Luke being in the sower before she sat down.

J: ''Was he well equipped ?''

Lorelai shot him one of her cold death glares. Rory laughed, but stopped when Luke joined them.

J: ''Hey uncle Luke.''

Luke avoided Jess' gaze and quickly looked at Lorelai, feeling uncomfortable.

Luke: ''Coffee ?''

Lorelai nodded and silently drank her coffee.

J: ''So.....what was up ?''

Rory tried to remain from laughing, but couldn't. Lorelai got up while she finished her coffee in one big gulp.

L: ''We've gotta go. We're going shopping.''

Rory got up too and exchanged an amused look with Jess. Lorelai pointed at Jess.

L: ''Thin ice mister.''

Rory stifled a laugh as her mother almost pulled her out of the diner.

*~*~*

Rory quietly observed Billy. He was looking cuter than ever in his green sweatshirt and grey baggy pants. The sweatshirt was the first thing she noticed when he came to pick her up, because it matched his eyes perfectly. He brought her a rose, a white one. It matched her clothes, well her white tank top anyway. After an entire afternoon at the mall, she only bought a pair of suede pants to wear to the jazz club. It was a dark shade of brown. Very jazzy according to her mother. Rory smiled and looked at Billy again. At least she wasn't overdressed. Billy turned his head to look at her.

B: ''What's on your mind ?''

Rory smiled.

R: ''You.''

And she wasn't lying. He had been on her mind the entire afternoon. Billy seemed pleased with her answer and returned his eyes to the road. He reached for her leg and rested his hand on her upper thigh. Rory didn't move, though his hand felt like a snake, waiting to bite her.

*~*~*

At the jazz club, they sat down in one of the moody booths and had something to eat. The conversation consisted mostly off their vacation so far and Lorelai walking in on Luke in the shower. Never once did they talk about books, which annoyed Rory, but she ignored those feelings. Not everyone liked to read, not everyone was like Jess.

After dinner they watched and listened as a live band preformed. Finally they started to play a slow song and the high harmonic melody of the piano filled the air around them. Billy convinced Rory to dance with him and they made there way over to the dance floor to dance.

Rory immediately noticed that Billy had a intimate and personal way of dancing. He held her close and tight to him. Rory thought about the snake, only this time it was choking her. She shook her head, barely visible, to get rid of those foolish thoughts. All of a sudden there was a change in their dance routine. Billy lowered his hands and rested them on her hips and started to caress the flesh just above her waistband.

He brought his head closer to her face and before she knew it, he was kissing her neck. Rory had to admit that she liked the way he slowly kissed her neck and took his time. Suddenly she felt his teeth against her neck and sink into her flesh, causing her to gasp with surprise. He gripped her hips tighter and went on kissing her. Swiftly moving his lips from her collarbone to her chin and finally landing on her lips. He kissed her hard and forced her mouth open, as if he didn't have the patience to wait for her approval. He roughly entered his tongue and pulled her even closer.

Rory wanted to pull away and ask him why he was acting like this. She was used to his kisses being sweet. The dance ended and Billy broke the kiss. Rory smiled at him, pretending that everything was okay, and told him that they should leave. And they did. During the drive back to Stars Hollow, they didn't say anything. Rory lowered her gaze to his hand, that was resting on her thigh again, and wondered how it would have been if Jess had been with her instead of Billy.

*~*~*

Rory was relieved once she was out of Billy's car and reach. His hand on her thigh made her nervous, just like the dance. What did it mean ? Was he giving her a sign of some sort ? She didn't have a lot of experience in that area and it was extremely frustrating. She started to walk in the direction of her house, but didn't make it there. Instead she reached the bridge. Jess was indeed sitting on the bridge, smoking to her surprise. She walked over to him.

R: ''Hey.''

Jess looked at her, swiftly moving his eyes across her body, before meeting her eyes. She looked.......different. She had on a white tank top that made her look young and careless, a pair of dark brown suede pants, that hung low on her hips, black boots, that made her look taller and a light denim jacket, that lightly hugged her curves. She looked like her usual self, but still a little more sophisticated.

J: ''You look different.''

R: ''I look the same, I only ditched the jeans.''

She sat down, not exactly knowing how to feel about the fact that Jess noticed that little change about her.

J: ''So, what's with the difference ?''

Rory glanced at him.

R: ''Billy took me to a jazz club in Hartford.''

Jess didn't say anything and just continue smoking. He liked being friends with Rory, though it wasn't enough for him, but he didn't want to know that she 'ditched her jeans' for Billy. Or the fact that the make-up on her face was also meant for Billy.

R: ''Jess, can I ask you something ? It might sound silly and maybe I should know this, but.......''

J: ''What is it ?''

R: ''Well.............when you're dating someone is there...........''

Rory lowered her eyes and looked at her hands, that were clasped together in her lap.

R: ''After a certain amount of time are you expected to go...........further ?''

Jess glanced at her, long enough to catch the serious expression on her face. He looked at the water as he took one last drag from his cigarette. He threw his cigarette in the water and looked at her.

J: ''What happened ?''

Rory shrugged.

R: ''Nothing, forget it.''

She blushed and bit her lip. She couldn't believe she actually asked him that.

J: ''Rory, what happened ?''

Rory lowered her head, causing her hair to fall in front of her face.

R: ''It's just that Billy and I were dancing and...........he started to act different. He...........bit me in my neck. And in the car............''

Jess patiently listened to her as she tried to find a way to tell him about what happened. But she didn't have to. He had a very vivid imagination and he had a pretty good idea of what happened.

J: ''Do you wanna go any further ?''

He knew it was an extremely hard question to answer. Cause it was different in every relationship. It depended on the people, the time they have been together. Rory shrugged.

R: ''I don't know. It's just weird. All of a sudden he's sweet and gentle and then he's......not.''

Jess had to admit that she sounded pretty clueless. She expected every guy to be patient with her and respect her wishes, but reality was, a lot of them got fed up very quickly and just took what they wanted.

R: ''I better get home. Thanks for listening.''

She wanted to get up, but Jess locked his fingers around her wrist and pulled her back.

J: ''Rory, there's no time limit.''

R: ''Yeah.......''

She slowly brought her eyes up to meet his.

R: ''I knew that, but it's.........difficult, cause I care about him and..........''

Rory smiled and shook her head. She was talking to her ex about her current boyfriend.

R: ''Never mind, I'm sorry. This is probably the last thing you want to hear about.''

J: ''Well, yeah. But I don't want you to get hurt.............''

Rory smiled.

R: ''I don't want me to get hurt either.''

Jess locked eyes with her. They reminded him of two pieces of canvas with blue paint. He could picture the artist, mixing every color of blue together to find the most beautiful and enchanting shade ever seen.

J: ''I still care about you.''

Rory pulled her arm free and for a second Jess was afraid that she would run away, but instead she hugged him. She lowered her voice to a soft whisper.

R: ''I still care about you too.''

She pulled away and quickly got up.

R: ''Goodnight Jess.''

Jess nodded and watched her leave, trying to figure out the true meaning of her words. She cared about him..........as a friend or as more ? He reached for another cigarette, but stopped. He reached into the inner pocket of his jacket and grabbed a mint instead.

*R*E*V*I*E*W*! Please ? :-) I hope everyone liked this chapter, cause there will be no more Rory/Billy in this story. Not like that anyway. The next chapter is going to be the wedding and you might find out that Billy isn't so perfect as he seems. Thanks again for the reviews!!! :-)