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Rory just heard from Luke that Jess' favorite Uncle on his father's side had been put in the hospital. She didn't know why his uncle was in the hospital, but from the look on Luke's face, it must have been bad. She searched frantically for him. He was no where to be found. She looked at the gazebo, the bridge, everywhere, there was no sign of him anywhere. She felt something wet fall on her face. It started raining...in fact, it was pouring. "JESS!!" She cried out. "JESS!!!" The rain drowned out her voice as she ran through the forest beside the bridge. She ran as fast as she could. She had never been back this far into the woods before. "JE-" she stopped running when she saw him. He was facing an open field the the woods had opened into. In all the years she had lived here, she had never seen this humongous field behind Stars Hollow.

She walked slowly and carefully up to him. He was standing completely stiff, looking up at the sky, just letting the rain fall on his face. She placed a hand on his shoulder, but that did not seem to get his attention so she stepped in front of him. His shirt was ripped almost in half in the front and there was blood on his chest. Gashes and cuts covered his face, arms, and chest. She placed both of her hands on his shoulders and shook him gently to get him to look at her. His eyes traveled downwards until they rested on her face. They just sat there staring at one another, Rory searched every inch of his face for some kind of emotion and only in his eyes was where she found the sadness and fear that she had expected to find. "I knew he was going to do this." He said sadly, shaking his head but still looking out into the field.

"What do you mean?"

"I knew he would abondon me, just like my father did." Rory took a step back.

"Jess, he's not gone, he's just in the hospital. He'll be fine." She replied folding her arms over her chest.

"He's got cancer, Rory. He'll be gone soon enough." His voice was sad but bitter. "He'll leave me, just like everyone else does." Rory couldn't take it anymore. She threw her arms around his neck and hugged him, but he didn't hug her back. This didn't stop her though, she continued to hug him as they stood in the rain getting completely soaked.

"I'll never leave you." She whispered as she let go of him. He smiled sadly at her as she touched on of the cuts on his face. "What happened?" He looked away. "Jess...."

"Rory..." His voice sounded like he on the verge of tears. "I have a problem..."

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A/N: I know it's short, but I didn't have a lot of time, SORRY!! Please review!