A/N – wow...thank you for all the reviews!! I am very grateful. After I saw that episode I was just like, "NO! IT CANNOT END THAT WAY!!" and I had to write that. But now I am continuing due to request, and I hope you like it =)

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. But if I did Rory and Jess would be together and Dean and Rory would have never slept together ::cringe...::

Summary: What I think should have happened after 'Last Week Fights, This Week Tights'. [Literati]

Rating: PG-13 for some mild language.

Notes: This is a short chapter, but I'm still trying to figure out where I want to go with this. Tell me what you think!

Making their way into the building Jess noticed Rory's hesitance. "You have something you want to say." Jess stated, shaking Rory out of her daze.

"What?" Rory asked startled by his voice.

"I've caught you about to say something and then stopping yourself three times now." Jess said with a slight smirk as he opened the building's door.

"I have?" Rory rushed, failing to sound like she didn't know what he was talking about. She sighed "...Okay, ...I...you never answered my question before..."

"What was the question."

Rory fidgeted as she tried to find the right words, "What changed?" she asked finally meeting his eyes, "I mean, you're actions have been extremely confusing. ...You left me, without saying anything. You come back a year later and tell me you love me, and now this? I mean,—as much as I want to just run away with you and forget everything. I can't. This is my home. This is my life, my mom, Luke, Lane—you may not have anything to give up, but I would. ...And for me to just drop everything and run away with you, when I still have no idea if I can trust you...it's...it's just selfish. So please, just...explain yourself..."

Jess sighed, "I—I don't know. I left for a lot of reasons." He sighed, "That now seem like I can't even justify anything without coming off as an asshole. ...But when I came back, the entire way down I thought I could handle seeing you again. Thought I could avoid you and control myself keeping in mind that you were better off without me. But when I saw someone who just looked like you from behind---I knew...I knew I was wrong."

"Jess..."

"No. You don't get it, when I first actually saw you in the coffee shop—I had to get out of there, I didn't know what to do. And when I saw you before I was about to leave, I had to tell you. I had to tell you I loved you, or I would regret it for the rest of my life. And, I know you can't leave Stars Hallow—but can we make this work? Somehow?"

"Not in New York."

"Ok, then where? Where can we go."

"I don't know, I'm so confused right now, can we just...talk about this tomorrow?"

"Ok," Jess said nodding.

Rory smiled, "I just need to sleep on it..."

"Ok, so I'll just..." Jess said quietly as he motioned towards the door.

"—No!" Rory interrupted.

Jess smiled.

"I mean, I...I want you to stay...with me, just, sleep with me—not sleep sleep with me like in that way...just, I mean, sleep. Next to me." Rory babbled making Jess's smile turn into a full out grin.

"Sure." Jess nodded.

"Okay..." Rory smiled blushing.

Rory stepped into the already open dorm room, letting Jess in after her and closed the door.

"Everything's already packed." Jess stated as he looked around the dorm.

"Oh, yeah...I wasn't planning on staying another night, but the mattress is still there so if you don't mind sleeping without blankets or—"

"We'll figure something out." Jess smiled.

Rory smiled back. She couldn't help but feel comfortable under his smile yet again, "Okay."

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Okay, so maybe they were a little out of character--but this is what i thought should have been said. Tell me what you think =) GreenEydGrl22