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I was so engrossed in my book that I didn't hear the footsteps until they stopped right behind me.

Slowly, I turned around and looked up into Jess's clear brown eyes.

He smirked at me and said, "Hey."

I gave a small smile. "Hey back."

For a few minutes no one spoke. Then Jess suddenly said, "You're in my spot."

I gave him a confused look. "What?"

"You're in my spot." Jess replied.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, still bewildered.

"That is the spot where I always sit, and your sitting there."

I just grinned at him. "Is that so?"

"Yes, it is. But just this once I will let you sit there and I'll sit beside you." Jess said in a mock gracious tone.

I just laughed and picked my book back up. But no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't concentrate on the words before me.

All I could think about was the guy sitting beside me. Over and over my mind kept replaying the first time I had ever seen Jess. I was sitting at my desk doing homework when I looked up and he was standing there. Something about him instantly made me know that I wanted to be his friend. That I desperately wanted him to like it here in Stars Hollow.

At first I hadn't even been remotely attracted to him. I only thought of him as my good friend Jess. But then… as I got to know the real Jess… the Jess that no one else knew. I slowly felt myself falling in love with him. But I knew that it couldn't work out. Lorelai, the person I'm closest to doesn't care for him at all. And he would not only be my boyfriend and perhaps future husband, but possibly her future son-in-law. Plus, there's that little thing called my current boyfriend, Dean. I do love Dean, in a way, but not the way that I love Jess. I could see myself marrying Jess and spending the rest of my life with him. I don't see Dean that way at all. I could see being friends with Dean but not marrying him. But over and over I've asked myself, how could I dump Dean and start dating Jess? Is it worth the risk of dating him and finding out that we can only ever be friends? Is it worth losing his friendship over if it didn't work out? Could I possibly, potentially stick Lorelai with a son-in-law she despises? I knew that if I broke up with Dean that he would eventually move on and find someone else. But I'm just not sure if I can risk giving up a relationship that I'm comfortable and happy in for the unknown.

I didn't realize that as I sat pondering this, that Jess also was thinking along the same lines.

Jess's pov…

I wish that she would just give him up. Let him move on and find someone who really loves him. I wish that she would stop worrying about it and just dump him. I know she loves me. Oh sure, she hasn't said it out loud yet, but I can see it in her eyes. If she would only tell me that she does then I would ask her to marry me. But I can't tell her that. It has to be her decision to break up with Dean. I mean I could even stomach having Lorelai as a mother-in-law if Rory would only marry me. I love her. We couldn't get married right away, because we're to young, but I could go ahead and get her a ring and we could plan a wedding. The only questions are, is will she dump Dean and marry me?

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