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don't own from the TV show that I also don't own.
This chapter's going to be kind of short but it has to be on it's own.
Rory sits on the bridge dangling her legs over the bridge, her sundress billowing in the wind. She couldn't believe how everything in this town had stayed the same. Sure the people got a little older but really that was about it.
Seeing Dean upset her a little. Not because she wanted to be with him, or have his kids, but just because he seemed so grown up. Would she ever get to that point? Would she ever find someone to marry and have kids with? There was only one person she had ever been able to see herself as having a serious future with and he . well who knows where he was.
"Don't you have a party you're supposed to be at?" A familiar voice breaks her concentration. Rory, surprised, almost falls off the bridge.
"Jess." her voice is barely audible.
Jess takes a step toward her but continues to maintain his distance. He's dressed neatly and although he looks a little more mature he doesn't seem to have changed much.
"Congratulations," He says as though he'd never left.
"Jess...why are you back?"
"I got you something," Jess says dodging her question. He wanted to keep conversation light until she allowed the idea of him being there to sink in. She was never very good at handling surprises. He hands her a neatly wrapped gift.
Rory stares into his eyes for a moment trying to read him. She was searching for any clue to answer her question. Finally she succumbs and takes the package.
"Does anyone know you're here?"
Still not breaking eye contact Jess replies, "You do."
"Jess." Her tone was slightly impatient.
"No." His eyes finally break from hers and wander across the water.
"So why aren't you at your party?" He tries to turn the conversation back to her.
"I just needed some time to think . and breathe. It was really overwhelming in there.
Jess nods understandingly.
Looking into his eyes Rory suddenly feels eighteen again. How is it that he can still make me feel this way? The thought aroused both curiosity and anger.
"I should get back." She stands up and turns to leave.
"Rory wait..." His voice betrays him and comes out sounding desperate.
Her head snaps back toward him. "What?" The word sounds a little harsher then she means it.
"I just..." his voice trails off as he struggles to find the right words.
She responds anyway. "What? You just what? You want to talk? Now? You disappear for four years and you just stroll back into my life wanting to talk? It's a little late for talking."
Jess stares into her eyes. "That's not fair." This pushes her too far.
"Not fair?" She's screaming now. Tears begin to escape from her eyes as she goes on. "Not fair! What's not fair is that at eighteen my boyfriend disappeared. You just left. You didn't say a word about it to me first... you were just gone. And you want to know the sad part?? The sad part is that for the first two years of Yale, I actually thought you would come back. I actually thought I'd get a letter, or a phone call, something to at least tell me you were okay and that maybe, just maybe there were a couple thoughts of me in that thick head of yours." Her anger suddenly turns to sadness and she breaks down. "You said you'd call..."
Jess steps toward her timidly.
"Rory. I did.I just never knew what to say."
He brushes a tear off her cheek.
For a moment her eyes betray her and he can see all the love that he once saw in them. The love quickly changes to panic at his touch and she runs away. Jess collapses back onto the bridge.
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Rory arrives back at the inn and heads straight for the bathroom to fix herself up. As she bursts through the door she runs directly into Lorelai.
"Rory, oh my god, what's wrong? Did Dean say something?" She had noticed them talking earlier.
" No... Just. don't worry, I'm fine." She attempts to put on a fake smile.
Lorelai locks the bathroom door. "No. Talk. Now."
Rory sighs. "It's just. I went for a walk. and.Jess is back." Rory begins to cry again.
"What? Jess as in Luke's hoodlum nephew Jess? As in disappearing Jess?"
Rory just sniffs in response.
**Oh look I took the Band-Aid off
Did I take it off too soon?
Hysterical confession
My big courageous move**
(Comforting Lie- No Doubt)
This chapter's going to be kind of short but it has to be on it's own.
Rory sits on the bridge dangling her legs over the bridge, her sundress billowing in the wind. She couldn't believe how everything in this town had stayed the same. Sure the people got a little older but really that was about it.
Seeing Dean upset her a little. Not because she wanted to be with him, or have his kids, but just because he seemed so grown up. Would she ever get to that point? Would she ever find someone to marry and have kids with? There was only one person she had ever been able to see herself as having a serious future with and he . well who knows where he was.
"Don't you have a party you're supposed to be at?" A familiar voice breaks her concentration. Rory, surprised, almost falls off the bridge.
"Jess." her voice is barely audible.
Jess takes a step toward her but continues to maintain his distance. He's dressed neatly and although he looks a little more mature he doesn't seem to have changed much.
"Congratulations," He says as though he'd never left.
"Jess...why are you back?"
"I got you something," Jess says dodging her question. He wanted to keep conversation light until she allowed the idea of him being there to sink in. She was never very good at handling surprises. He hands her a neatly wrapped gift.
Rory stares into his eyes for a moment trying to read him. She was searching for any clue to answer her question. Finally she succumbs and takes the package.
"Does anyone know you're here?"
Still not breaking eye contact Jess replies, "You do."
"Jess." Her tone was slightly impatient.
"No." His eyes finally break from hers and wander across the water.
"So why aren't you at your party?" He tries to turn the conversation back to her.
"I just needed some time to think . and breathe. It was really overwhelming in there.
Jess nods understandingly.
Looking into his eyes Rory suddenly feels eighteen again. How is it that he can still make me feel this way? The thought aroused both curiosity and anger.
"I should get back." She stands up and turns to leave.
"Rory wait..." His voice betrays him and comes out sounding desperate.
Her head snaps back toward him. "What?" The word sounds a little harsher then she means it.
"I just..." his voice trails off as he struggles to find the right words.
She responds anyway. "What? You just what? You want to talk? Now? You disappear for four years and you just stroll back into my life wanting to talk? It's a little late for talking."
Jess stares into her eyes. "That's not fair." This pushes her too far.
"Not fair?" She's screaming now. Tears begin to escape from her eyes as she goes on. "Not fair! What's not fair is that at eighteen my boyfriend disappeared. You just left. You didn't say a word about it to me first... you were just gone. And you want to know the sad part?? The sad part is that for the first two years of Yale, I actually thought you would come back. I actually thought I'd get a letter, or a phone call, something to at least tell me you were okay and that maybe, just maybe there were a couple thoughts of me in that thick head of yours." Her anger suddenly turns to sadness and she breaks down. "You said you'd call..."
Jess steps toward her timidly.
"Rory. I did.I just never knew what to say."
He brushes a tear off her cheek.
For a moment her eyes betray her and he can see all the love that he once saw in them. The love quickly changes to panic at his touch and she runs away. Jess collapses back onto the bridge.
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Rory arrives back at the inn and heads straight for the bathroom to fix herself up. As she bursts through the door she runs directly into Lorelai.
"Rory, oh my god, what's wrong? Did Dean say something?" She had noticed them talking earlier.
" No... Just. don't worry, I'm fine." She attempts to put on a fake smile.
Lorelai locks the bathroom door. "No. Talk. Now."
Rory sighs. "It's just. I went for a walk. and.Jess is back." Rory begins to cry again.
"What? Jess as in Luke's hoodlum nephew Jess? As in disappearing Jess?"
Rory just sniffs in response.
**Oh look I took the Band-Aid off
Did I take it off too soon?
Hysterical confession
My big courageous move**
(Comforting Lie- No Doubt)
