Author: Scarlettmarch

Title: A Realization

Disclaimer: I own neither Gilmore Girls, nor the chapter title, which is the name of a Tori Amos song.

A Sorta Fairytale

Jess sat at the bridge, tangled deep in the webs of his thoughts. He dangled his feet absentmindedly, and stared at his blurred reflection in the water.

She said that she was in love with him.

He had always prided himself on his ability to stay cool, calm, and collected in even the toughest of situations. Right now, he was none of those things, and he couldn't get his thoughts together. Those two sentences that she had uttered in the diner kept repeating over and over in his head to the tune of his rapidly beating heart.

What had she meant by that? Was it just a figure of speech? Had he mistaken somebody else's name for his own?

He reviewed the course of their entire relationship in his head. Nothing seemed to him like it could be interpreted any other way, and looking at everything that had happened in every way possible, he still came to the conclusion that she could never love him. The only things that could possibly be in the grey area were the events including and after the kiss.

But she had told that it had meant nothing to her in the letter she had sent. The letter! No, it couldn't be. He shook his head visibly, attempting to shake the thought and the slightest bit of hope out of his head. Jess needed to get away from her. He picked his jacket up next to him, and rose.

Rory stood there, like a deer caught in headlights, unable to move in any direction. He stared right back at her, trapped by her eyes. Finally, he spoke.

"The letter," he began, unsure of where to go. Subconsciously, he took a step forward.

"You never wrote back," she retorted back, accusingly.

"Why would I have?" he asked, wondering what was happening, and when had it started to snow? Jess would have looked up at the sky, to notice the white sky and big, soft snowflakes falling gently downwards, but he was halted by the sound of her voice.

Tears had blurred her vision, and a sob was caught somewhere in her throat. "I told you that I loved you, and you didn't care. I told you I loved you. . ."

She stopped speaking, unable to continue. She sat down on the bridge, not daring to look at Jess. He took another step forward, and sat so close to her that he had to stop himself from reaching out his hands and brushing away the tears slowly rolling down her cheeks, and the snowflakes that were melting into them.

He clenched and unclenched his hands, but in the end, he brought his hand to her cheek and brushed it against her skin, tinted crimson from the cold.

"I never knew," he spoke slowly. "Kirk had accidentally destroyed the letter, and I could only read the first line or so," he trailed off into silence for a few moments. "The letter, and you, broke my heart."

"Why?" she whispered in anguish, unable to be so near to him.

"Because I loved you, I always loved you. . .I still love you, Rory."

She looked up, her eyes bluer than ever, magnified by her pain and her tears. "What?"

He repeated his last statement for her, but before she had a chance to answer in kind, he had captured her lips in his, and pulled her closer to him.

It seemed like eternity before they broke apart. Rory rested her head on his shoulder, letting her brown hair fall sloppily down Jess's back. He clasped her small hands in his own, and they stayed there, enjoying their love and the sight of the snowflakes falling down around them. They realized that it was finally their happily ever after ending. . . but it was also just their beginning.

THE END

*Hoped you all liked the ending! I appreciate every one of you who took the time to read my story and reviewed. Thanks again, and please tell me what you think of the final chapters!

Love,

Gabrielle