TitleSecrets & Lies (Chapter 3Facts)

by KiNGz-Fan-16

Disclaimer: As much as I hate to admit it, I don't own Gilmore Girls, nor do I have the intention of. The show belongs to Amy Sherman-Palladino, although I have to say, Gilmore Girls is the best show!!!

Rating: PG…I think. Oy with the poodles already, I'm not good with ratings!

Summary: Rory was there on the night of Jess's death, but when she thinks back to that night, her mind is a blur. She then goes on a search to find the guy who killed Jess, but she discovers shocking news that leads her to rethink everything…

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Yellow police tape surrounded the area around Luke's and police officers were walking around everywhere.

As Lorelai and Rory neared Luke's, a female officer with short brown hair walked over to them. Rory vaguely remembered her from the night of the murder. She had been the first officer on the scene.

"Hello Ms. Gilmore," the officer said to Lorelai.

"Hi Officer Green," Lorelai greeted.

"And Rory, how are you feeling?" Officer Green asked, referring to the fact that Rory had thrown up before they could really question her.

"Fine," Rory mumbled. She cleared her throat and jumped in before she changed her mind. "Officer, I think I'm ready to talk about…" She took a deep breath and took that jump. "…about Jess."

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Once they were all seated inside of Luke's, Rory took a deep breath, glanced around the empty diner, and began:

"Mom and I were going to watch Willy-Wonka again, but we needed snacks, so I volunteered to go to Doose's. Before I reached the market, I saw Luke coming out of the diner…"

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"Luke, hey."

Luke turned around and spotted Rory. "Hi. What're you doing out so late?"

"Just getting a bunch of junk food for our movie night!" Rory replied smiling. She peered into the diner. "Slow business?"

"I closed the diner a little early. I had to get to the bank and Jess was the only one left to watch the diner since Caesar had the night off…and well, God knows what Jess might do."

"Oh, yeah, um…Is Jess upstairs now?"

Luke nodded. "Yeah, he should be." He put his hands in his jacket pockets. "Oh, crap, I forgot my wallet upstairs. Hey, if you want to talk to Jess, I can get him for you."

Rory was about to say no, but Luke was already opening the diner back open and motioning her in. "Okay then…"

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"…So we went back inside the diner and Luke went upstairs. When he came back down, he told me that Jess would be right down, so I figured I'd wait. Anyways, Luke left and I was sitting in the diner by myself. The lights were sort of dim and my back was to the door, but then I heard it open again. I turned around, thinking it was Luke, but instead I saw this guy wearing a mask…and he was holding a gun…" Rory stopped.

"And then?" Office Green asked intrigued.

Rory lowered her eyes and muttered, "I don't really remember that much," she lied guiltily, as she thought about her dream. "It was a blur, really." That part wasn't really a lie. She didn't remember a lot actually. "I just remember…Jess…jumping at him so that guy wouldn't shoot me. Then the next thing I remember…Jess is…lying on the floor…" Again, the horrific images of Jess's dead body came back. Fighting back tears, Rory whispered weakly, "…dead. A-and the shooter was…gone…"

Officer Green nodded and proceeded with questioning. "Why did you decide to wait for Jess when you didn't want to be there in the first place?"

"Oh, it's not like I didn't want to be there. I stayed because…" Rory thought. Why did I want to talk to Jess, she wondered. Out loud, she responded, "I don't know. I guess, because…well, things have been sort of strained between us lately, so I wanted to clear some things up." Lorelai glanced at Rory curiously, but Rory ignored her.

"Can you give me a description of the shooter?"

"Well, he was wearing a mask so I could only see his eyes, nose, and mouth…and the diner was dim so I couldn't really tell what color his eyes were. I don't think I would remember even if I could see him clearly. I was really scared."

"Was he tall? Short? Thin? Heavyset?"

Rory racked her brain. "Tall and…well, not really thin, but not on the heavier side."

"OK." Officer Green asked some simple questions next, then finally, thanking the Gilmores, stood up to leave. Before Lorelai and Rory set off for home, Officer Green asked Rory, "Is there anything else I should know?"

Rory's mind immediately flashed back to that night and she instantly remembered that Jess and the guy had known each other. Something about someone named Cheryl Martin, she thought.

"Ror?" Lorelai asked, breaking Rory's thoughts.

"Huh?" Rory quickly turned to Officer Green. Rory wanted to scream "Yes! There is something you should know!"…but she didn't know why. She didn't know why she wasn't saying anything else. "Um, no," Rory said decisively. "No…There's nothing else."