Author: Scarlettmarch

Title: A Realization

Disclaimer: I own neither Gilmore Girls, nor the chapter title, which is the name of a Me'Shell Ndegéocello song.

Fool of Me

"Rory!" Lane said frustratingly, vying for her friend's attention. Rory refused to remove her head from her hands, letting out every so often a bunch of mumbled words that sounded like, "He never answered the letter," and "He doesn't love me."

Losing her patience, Lane screamed out Rory's name. The entire diner fell silent and stared at the two girls, but quickly resumed whatever they were doing, having quickly lost interest after Lane shot them all her meanest looks.

"What?" Rory asked, her eyelids rimmed with red. Lane watched as another tear rolled down Rory's cheek.

"Aah, um. . ." Lane became flustered, unable to bring herself to further damage her best friend's heart.

Rory repeated her question again, confused at Lane's discomfort.

"Ugh, while you were, ah, telling me you, ugh, love Jess, he maybe might have somehow been standing behind you, listening," Lane finished off, quickly.

"Well, I told him that already, and he didn't care, so it doesn't really make a difference," Rory explained.

"You what?" Lane questioned, aghast.

"I wrote him a letter while I was in Washington, D.C. telling him I loved him. He never answered, and when I came back, he was with Shane."

"What made you realize that?" Lane asked, still confused.

"Oh, yeah, I might have kissed him at Sookie's wedding," Rory added on, as though it was inconsequential.

"But he was still in New York during Sookie's wedding. . ."

Rory cut her off, wanting to get the full story out as soon as possible. "He came back that day, showed up at the wedding, and I kissed him, and then left for Washington."

"Wow," Lane let out, a little bit shocked.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to go now," Rory said weakly, gathering up her jacket and scarf.

"Alright," Lane said as she watched her, still a little bit dazed by the day's events.

Lane continued to follow Rory with her eyes, until she totally faded from view. She mused for a second on how tangled everyone's lives were, before realizing that Rory had unknowingly walked away in the same direction as Jess had.

*I'm wrapping the story up soon. It's a snow day today, so I'm going to have lots of time to write. The final chapters will probably be up later on today. Please REVIEW!

Love,

Gabrielle