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As Rory was making her way, over Yale's campus, to her dorm, an impervious feeling came over her. The thoughts, that had been flowing through her mind ever since she left Stars Hollow, slowed down and seemed to disappear. Yale had become a certain kind of sanctuary to her. She always felt safe on this campus, even at night. And she also liked the way no one really knew each other here. The classes were filled with people she didn't know and she was nothing more than one of those faces to her teachers.

Rory reached the building, where her dorm was located, and went inside. Normally it was filled with life. Different kinds of music could be heard, voices of people shouting to turn it down and of course those infamous boys, that roamed the corridors, looking for some fun at the cost of others. But she even got used to that. And Yale didn't seem Yale without all these nonessential and inadequate things. Luckily for her, Billy wasn't one of those guys.

As soon as she had reached her room, she dropped her bag on her bed and stopped in front of a mirror before she would head over to Billy's room. She smiled at her reflection, her thoughts seeming to be looked in a soundproof room. She ran her hand through her hair and left her room. Fortuitously for her, Billy had decided not to spend his entire summer break with his mother or friends. He didn't like to have someone take care of him and that included his mother. Sure he loved her, but he wanted to be independent and not rely on others. That was an issue they had to get used to when they started to go out. Rory on the other hand, had been raised in a small town where everyone depended on each other. But they had accepted that about each other. They had accepted that they were two different people, but that was a good thing. Cause where Rory lacked in independence, Billy didn't. They completed each other in a way.

Rory made her way over to Billy's room, Jess subconsciously pushed to a forgotten corner of her mind. It was like your childhood stuff. You knew that it was there, hidden in the attic, but it was never in your way. Rory reached the door and wanted to knock, but decided not to. He wouldn't hear her anyway over his music. So instead she opened the door and took a step into the room, preparing for Billy's famous smile, but that wasn't exactly what she got. She couldn't even see his face, but she could hear his voice. Apparently he was near ecstasy. She had been standing there for almost ten seconds and still he hadn't acknowledged her. The redhead on top of him, was blocking his view of the door. Rory's gaze fell on the way their hips were rocking and took a step back. This hadn't been what she was expecting. Tears were threatening to fall so she quickly and quietly left the room and closed the door behind her.

She rested her back against the wall and slid down, until she was sitting with her knees pulled up to her chest. Now that she was aware of what was going on in Billy's room, the music wasn't loud enough. She could hear their moans of pleasure through the music and covered her ears. It hurt, because she had just witnessed her boyfriend with another girl. Her boyfriend, who told her that he loved her. Her boyfriend, who told her that he would wait until she was ready. Rory wanted to cry, but she didn't. She wouldn't let herself cry over the jerk. Instead she just kept her ears covered and waited......

......After an acceptable amount of time, the music stopped. Rory removed her hands from her ears and listened to Billy's kind voice as he said something to the redhead. Rory couldn't understand what he was saying and she had a feeling that it was probably for the best. Short after the voices had stopped talking, the door opened and the redhead stepped into the corridor. Rory looked at her, trying to see what had caught Billy's attention. The girl had a fair skin and wild, red curls. The girls smiled at something Billy said. Rory cringed as she saw how beautiful the girl looked. The girl kissed Billy on the cheek and then left with another one of those bewitching smiles. Billy followed her with his eyes until she was around the corner and reached for the door, but stopped when he noticed Rory.

B: ''Rory.''

Rory looked up at him, her blue orbs chilling him to the bone. Rory forced herself to smile at him.

R: ''Hey.''

Billy ran his hand through his hair, wondering if she had heard them. He knew that Rachel wasn't one of the most quiet types.

B: ''What are you doing here ? I thought you had to go to Dean's wedding ?''

R: ''Yeah, I did. But it didn't exactly turn out to be one of those fairy tale weddings.''

B: ''What happened ?''

When Billy kneeled down in front of her and looked in to her eyes, everything was alright for a minute. It was almost as if what Rory had just witnessed, was nothing but a mirage. And she would have believed it, if it wasn't for Billy's bare chest and messed up hair. Rory lowered her eyes for a minute and bitterly smiled.

R: ''I just saw my boyfriend having sex with a girl.........that wasn't me.''

She could hear Billy curse and looked up at him, to see if her words had affected him. For minute there was a worried look in his eyes, but it was gone within the second. His face remained neutral and uncaring. Rory nodded.

R: ''I love you too.''

Rory gently pushed Billy away from her and got up in one abrupt movement. She was about to head back to her dorm, but Billy quickly moved in front of her and blocked her with his body.

B: ''Rory..........''

Rory took a step back, but Billy just took a step forwards, not giving her a chance to run. Suddenly she thought of Jess' words. He told her not to run and she said that she wasn't running. But she was. He had been right. She was running from him, Dean. Running from them to Billy and now she was about to run from Billy. She looked at Billy.

B: ''Let me explain.........''

Rory's eyes started to flicker with anger.

R: ''There's nothing to explain. I thought you loved me and............''

B: ''I do, I do.''

Billy took a hold of her hand and laced his fingers with hers.

R: ''Then why did you go behind my back and had sex with another girl ?''

Billy didn't answer her and Rory got fed up with waiting. She couldn't wait anymore. She pulled her hand free and started to walk away from Billy. But all of a sudden he stopped her.

B: ''Cause I didn't want to wait for you anymore.''

Rory turned around and looked at him, biting her lip so she wouldn't cry. He didn't deserve her tears. Billy walked up to her, confidant.

B: ''I know I said that I would wait until you were ready, but I have needs.''

R: ''And since I couldn't satisfy them, you went to someone else ?''

B: ''I swear, I felt nothing for her. It was only sexual.''

R: ''Then I suggest you make it more than sexual.''

Rory met his eyes and saw the pleading look in it.

B: ''Angel heart, please.''

R: ''It's Rory.''

And with those being the last words they would ever say to each other, she left and went back to her room. She took her bag and silently left Yale's campus. There weren't enough people around to feel comfortable. She couldn't hide among the crowd this time, she wasn't just one of the many faces right now.

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The sky had turned an exhilarant shade of pink by the time Rory reached Stars Hollow. Once again, she found herself walking the familiar path to her house. As soon as she opened the door, her mom had her arms around her. Rory smiled and hugged her mom back, as she dropped her bag on the floor. Lorelai let go of Rory and looked at her with a worried expression.

L: ''What happened ? The note said that you were spending the rest of your vacation at Yale. Which is strange, I mean since when does a note talk ?''

R: ''Well, the note gave you the wrong information.''

L: ''It isn't the note's fault. You wrote it.''

R: ''Right. Well, I changed my mind.''

L: ''Why ? What happened ?''

R: ''I went to see Billy and I..............''

L: ''Discovered that he was gay ?''

R: ''No, that would have been better though.''

L: ''Ror, what happened ?''

R: ''I saw him.........having sex with someone else.''

L: ''Oh.................A guy ?''

R: ''I wish. It was a gorgeous girl.''

L: ''I'm so sorry sweets. I never thought he would..............''

R: ''I know.''

Lorelai hugged Rory again.

L: ''How do you feel ?''

Rory shot her a look. And Lorelai raised her hands, gesturing that she was sorry.

L: ''Stupid question. Bad mouth.''

Rory smiled.

R: ''I'm going for a walk. Is it okay if we talk about this later ?''

L: ''Of course. This way, I'll have some time to come up with a clean way to kill Billy.''

Rory rolled her eyes and smiled, though she still felt like crying. She grabbed her coat and left the house, before her mom could see the hidden emotions in her eyes. She still wouldn't let herself cry over Billy. Those would only be wasted tears. Rory found herself automatically stopping at the bridge. She searched the bridge for him and found him sitting near the end. He was still vaguely visible in the fading day light, but he would soon be hidden by the darkness that suited him so well. She slowly walked over him, glad that he was here and sat down next to him.

The air between them was less tense than she had imagined, but there still hung something unfamiliar between them. And it had been there ever since they had seen each other again. Maybe it was regret that they were feeling. But she knew that it was something more, it had to be. For her it was, though she had tried to ignore it. She still cared about Jess. He could still make her smile with one of his sarcastic remarks and he could make her wake up with a warm feeling inside, just because she knew he would be there when she would go to Luke's. And wasn't that what real love was all about ? The little things that made it special and worthwhile ?

R: ''You were right. I was running, but I found myself running back here.''

Rory looked at Jess, but he didn't even glance at her. He just kept looking straight forwards. Rory sighed.

R: ''You wanna know why I came back ?''

Rory didn't get any answer, but then again she hadn't really expected that.

R: ''I went back there to talk to Billy, but then I got there he was too.........preoccupied. He........he was.................too busy having sex with someone else to notice me.''

The first tear finally fell, but Rory quickly wiped it away with the back of her hand.

R: ''And he even told me why........he did that ? Basically he was fed up waiting for me. He could have told me, but instead he just kept telling me that he would wait and...........he didn't.''

Rory's voice broke and tears started to fall from both her eyes, rolling down her cheeks, like waterfalls rolled down rock.

Jess heard her cries and looked at her. Rory met his eyes for a second.

R: ''I always screw up every relationship. With Dean, Billy.............you.''

J: ''All of those, are not your fault.''

Rory kept on crying, so Jess put his arm around her and let her cry against his jacket. Her cries turned into sobs and finally she looked up at him.

R: ''And all this time you were right here and I didn't see it.''

J: ''So, I'm guessing you opened your eyes ?''

Rory smiled at him and gently kissed him. Jess was taken by surprise and wanted to kiss her back, but didn't. Instead he pulled her closer and enjoyed the feel of them being together again. Cause once again, they had found each other.

*R*E*V*I*E*W*! Please ? :-) And that's a wrap!!! :-) I hope you liked this very dramatic chapter. I know, it might not seem like an ending, but it is. This is the very LAST chapter!!! Thanks to all of you for your support!!! I really appreciated it. I'll be back with another Literati asap, but until then you can check out my *first* Trory. It's called 'Truthful Web of Lies' and it is Jess friendly. Thanks!!! :-)