Rory and Lane woke up the next morning, got ready, and headed out on their mission to find Jess. "Ok so you got the directions from Luke right?" Asked Lane.

"Yes, Lane." They followed the directions the best they could and came to an old apartment building. It was in the roughest part of town and there were rough looking people everywhere. It kind of freaked Rory out.

They walked up the many flights of stairs until they came to the apartment number: L 27. It had been Jess's mother's house and that was the first place that Luke suggested that they look for him. "This is it. Are you ready?" Asked Lane before knocking on the door.

"As I'll ever be." They knocked on the door. There was mumbling and cursing comming from inside. The door swung open. "Jess."

"Rory? What the crap are you doin here?" He was angry and this made Rory lose some of her nerve.

"I uhh...I.." Lane grabbed Rory's arm and pulled her inside past Jess.

"Hey! What are you doing!" He yelled.

"Jess! You are gonna listen to Rory whether you like it or not! Do you understand!?!" Yelled Lane. She was sick of this. The drama and the stubborness. Jess looked down at the floor. "Now Rory, you go ahead and talk to him. I'm going to stand outside this apartment." She stepped outside and waited for the fireworks.

Rory looked at Jess with tears in her eyes. "I'm so sorry, Jess."

"Bull."

"I'm not lying to you! You were right! I always do what people expect of me! I never follow my heart..and for that I am so so sorry! I dragged your heart all over Stars Hollow and you still were one of the best friends I ever had! The night before you left about a year ago I kept having these dreams about how I was on my way back from Washington and our bus had some problems and we had to stop in Hartford. These guys....they...they dragged me into an alley and there was no one around to save me. I had that dream everynight for a couple months. But, Jess, when I finally got back from Washington, I had that same dream once again and this time you were there. You saved me. And I haven't had that dream ever since."

"What's this suppose to mean to me?"

"Jess, people say that you're the devil and that you are just pure evil and stuff like that. But...Jess...you're my angel. No matter what the town says I'm always gonna believe that." He grabbed his coat and left the apartment. "Jess! Don't you dare walk away from me! Jess!!" She ran out after him. Lane was confused and followed her once again the best she could.

"Rory, just leave me alone!" He yelled. It begain raining. The drops began falling quicker the longer they were outside. He went to Washington Square Park just as she figured he would. She finally caught up with him and grabbed his arm and whipped him around.

"Do NOT walk out on me! I will not leave you alone! What can I do to make you stop hating me!?!" His eyes softened at the way her mascara ran down her cheeks as she cried and from the rain that was falling hard on the ground.

"I...I don't hate you, Rory." He was calming down and Rory could practically see the smoke that appears after you put a fire out, comming out of his ears.

"Could've fooled me." She replied looking at the ground.

"Well I don't."

"Jess, you were so right about me. I was so horrible to you and Dean..." Jess cringed at the name. "But he and I are long over and I...."

"You..."

"I like you, Jess. I've always like you....and I don't know, when you were gone it made me realize that even more...and that....I love you. But if you want me to go...I'll go..." Rory turned and saw Lane in the distance running towards them. She met her half way and they began walking back to the the hotel, Rory's eyes were rimmed with red as she continued to cry.

Jess stared at the two girls. *I can't go after her....I just can't....wait...she. She loves me. She just said it...* "RORY!" He yelled as he started to run after her. She was getting further by the second and the rain was so loud that she couldn't hear him calling her name. "Rory wait!" He ran as fast as he possible could to finally catch up with them. He gently but firmly grabbed Rory's arms and pulled her into the biggest most lovable hug she had ever received. He held her tightly and whispered: "I don't want you to leave me, Rory...everyone has told me they didn't want me...and then to hear you tell me basically the same thing was than I could bear..."

"Jess, I'm sorry." They pulled out of the embrace and just stared at one another. Lane, watching this whole thing, was so incredibly happy. She wasn't entirely sure why, because she never liked Jess...she felt like she had been on some kind of journey with them. She was overjoyed. She came up to them and pulled them both into a hug.

"OH! I'm so happy!!" She squealed. "Now let's get out of the rain before we all catch a cold!" They walked back to the apartment that had once been Liz's and dried themselves off.

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A/N: howdy! I hope you guys liked this chapter! Sorry it's so short, but I'm going to try and make the next one longer!! I'm not entirely sure how much longer this story is going to be.... Please review!!!!!