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"Jess?!?", Rory immediately raised up and hugged him with all her might. "Oh my god what are you doing here? I thought you were in California." All the thoughts she had in her head from months ago came rushing back to her head. Jess left her, he never called, never came back..well actually he did call once, but not saying anything on the phone and letting her pour her heart and soul out over a cellular wireless wasn't exactly a proper phone call to begin with anyway.

Rory's face turned from exited to cold and harsh immediately as she pulled out of the hug with a jerk. "What, are you just remembering that you forgot to say goodbye? It's about 9 months too late." Rory raised an eyebrow at him and made a notion to shut the door. Jess raised his hand to stop her and opened his mouth as if he were going to say something.

"Rory wait. I need to explain this to you. It's important." Jess tried to make a puppy dog face to let him get invited inside. Rory's insides melted and she finally stepped back and let him. She made her way into the kitchen, which was pretty big considering a dorm room was about as big as a bathroom usually. Grabbing 2 coffee cups out of a cabinet, she poured them both full and set them down on the table. After sitting down and taking a first long sip of the black liquid, she looked up at Jess who was now sitting across from her waiting for her to finish. She sat her cup down on the small square table.

"Ok, spill. Tell me all about how you left without remorse, and how you just showed up on my doorstep without warning. I mean, look at what I've got on!" Rory glanced down at the pajama's she was wearing that were considerably old and pink.

Jess smiled that cocky grin of his. "I think you look fine." Rory blushed quickly and then went back serious.

"So what are you doing here? How did you find me? Mom? Luke? Miss Patty?"

Jess chuckled. "Paris. My roomate dragged me out to a club and Paris spotted me. She was with that boyfriend of hers, Jamie, I think it is. She told me you two were roommates and gave me the address, she said you'd be thankful for a good explanation."

Rory sat back in her chair. 'Good old Paris,' Rory thought. 'Always said the words for me.'

"So give me a good explanation. I would be thankful for it." She looked up at him to meet his eyes. 'He always did have pretty brown eyes. Like a puppy dogs eyes.' Rory's thoughts quickly popped into her head as she awaited an answer from her him.

"Well there isn't much to tell but I'll tell you." Jess inhaled deeply to begin his story. He made his way over to her little loveseat couch on the back wall and began.

"I found out the week of the prom that I had missed to many days of work to finish school. I was so upset that I couldn't take you to prom that I lost it. Luke found out that I couldn't graduate and was going to make me finish school. There was no way I was going to repeat my senior year. The next week my real dad came and found me and left without telling me. I followed him to California without telling you because I was to scared to confront you. I thought that if I told you I was leaving you would never let me go. I stayed with my dad there for a couple of months and came back in November. I went back to school and got that diploma and then went to community college in Boston. I got a degree in mechanics and how been working in and out of auto shops. I just got a really good job about 30 miles from here and like it ok. My roommate and I work there and are doing pretty good. I have an apartment with him about 2 miles down the road from here. I didn't know you were so close though. That's going to be a bonus." Jess looked up from his shoes to Rory was staring at him in disbelief.

"Wow. That's..that's....well it's...wow." Rory looked down at her empty coffee cup and sighed. "Where does this put us? I mean you can't just walk out of here acting like nothing happened. Everything is different. I'm different. All my opinions over the last 9 months have completely been switched around now."

Jess smiled. "Are they good opinions?" He stood up from the couch and looked over at her bed that had the Oliver Twist book that lay open. He cocked a grin out the side of his mouth knowing that she still remembered after all this time.

Rory blushed. "Maybe. Wouldn't you like to know?" She got up from the chair and folded her arms. "So what now?"

Jess walked over to her and looked down at her. "I don't know. What do you want?"

Rory shrugged and stared at a spot on the floor knowing that Jess wasn't taking his eyes off her. "Well I dunno. I mean this all pretty overwhelming I mean I was supposed to go on a date with this guy a week from now..well it's a blind date but still. I don't wanna just cancel on him but I can I mean it's not that hard and I just don't want Paris to be mad at me I mean she set it up, but she did set it up against my will and it's kinda funny becau-"

"Rory." Jess cut her short as she was rambling on without thinking.

She looked up at him to see what he stopped her for.

"Shut-up" Jess smiled as she blushed and he leaned in to do what he had been wanting to do for the past 9 months. He kissed her. And the returning favor from her was kissing back. Just the way everything was supposed to be.

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~Lil Miss Me