Chapter 2

Jess was stunned by the way Rory acted. He thought she would be happy to see him but for some reason she was upset.

"You'd think she would be a little happier to see me. I wonder why she is so upset with me." Jess said

"Jess you hurt her a lot. You left her with no good reason and then you show up eight years later like nothing has happened. Who do you think you are?" Luke asked.

"Luke what happened between Rory and myself is our business not yours. Why do you care anyways?"

"Rory is like a daughter to me and I can't just forget what happened. I'm sorry Jess but that's just the way I am. I'm just saying that I know where she is coming from."

"I'm not talking to you about this!" Jess said as he walked up the stairs.

Jess left Stars Hallow wanting to make something of himself. He wanted to show Rory that he could give her everything he had. Jess was a novelist now and he worked very hard Monday through Friday. Jess has become very successful writing books for all ages. He is on a break right now because he wants to show Rory how much he has grown up and changed.

Jess had two relationships during these eight years. His first relationship was just a sex relationship to get over Rory. Her name was Lori and whenever he felt down or upset he would call her and they would sleep together. Jess enjoyed his time in bed with Lori; she knew how to make him forget that Rory even existed. The relationship ended though when Jess realized that he needed to get serious with his life and his career.

His second relationship was way more serious than Lori. It had nothing to do with sex. Her name was Chris and they met at a book signing and Chris began helping Jess out with his career. Jess was really happy in this relationship and when they first slept together he thought it was the best thing that ever happened to him. He was going to ask her to marry him when she revealed that she was moving to Australia on business. It was a four year relationship and when it ended it made Jess realize that Rory was the only one for him.

Now Jess was sitting upstairs above Luke's Diner puzzled as why Rory was so upset. He understood that he left with no good reason but it has been eight years he thought she would be over that. He was actually a little upset himself that she acted so mean towards him. Jess had just come back into her life trying to show her that he was a man and he had made something of himself and she just blew it away. How dare she! He decided the best thing for both of them was time.

Rory and Dean House

Rory and Dean moved into a house which was about a five minute walk to Luke's. It was important for Rory to still be close to her friends and her mother. She sat in her house half the day crying, trying to figure out why and how to stop before Dean got home. She came to the conclusion that she should only focus on her and Dean's marriage and not Jess.

6:00pm

Rory was lying in bed watching TV when Dean came in. He realized that and ran upstairs worried. Rory was usually downstairs or in the shower, but she was never in bed.

"Honey, your stomach must really be bothering you. I called you today at work but they said you called in sick."

"Yes, I'm not feeling so great so I decided to call in sick. I've been in bed all day." Rory said.

"Rory you should have called me I would have come home and helped you. Is anything else wrong?" Dean asked worried about his wife.

"No but I do have something to tell you. Just promise me that you will behave and stay her with me."

"Yes sure, why what is it?"

"Jess is back in town. He arrived awhile ago and I saw him this morning in the Diner."

"Oh My God!! What is he doing back? He should never have come he has caused us so much pain."

"I know but I need to go talk to him and figure some things out and I need you to support me in this."

"Yes honey of course. You go and talk to him" Dean said not really meaning it. He knew about the past Rory and Jess shared and it hurt not that he was back in town. Dean was jealous of the power Jess had over her.

"Let's just have a movie night. Which movie should be watch?"

"I don't know, how about a horror one?" Dean asked.

"Nah, I'm not in the mood I was thinking about a Chick Flick to get my mind off everything." Rory said.

They ended up watching The Prince and Me as they both snuggled on the bed. Dean loved Rory but now Jess was back in town he didn't know how Rory felt about him. He promised himself he would keep his eye open for any sign that Rory wants jess back.

The Next Morning

Dean decided to head right off to work because he thought that maybe Rory would want to talk to Jess at the Diner. Which of course she did.

At Luke's

'Hey Rory, where's Dean this morning?" Luke asked.

"He decided to go into work this morning. He said he had a busy day." Rory said as she took the coffee from Luke. This had become a regular routine. Rory would come in and she wouldn't even have to ask for coffee Luke just gave it to her.

"Luke, is Jess upstairs?"

"No, he left early this morning, something about needing sometime to think. I'm sorry about what happened yesterday; sometimes Jess can have no heart." Luke said trying to explain Jess's actions.

"No it's okay really. I over reacted and should have been a little bit nicer."

"As long as you're okay. Do you want me to tell Jess you're looking for him?"

"No I think I'm going to head out. Have a great day Luke."

"Oh I will!" Luke said as the diner door shut.

Rory decided to go look for Jess. He couldn't be that far away because this town is small. Rory thought that maybe he would be by their bridge so that's where she went first. To her surprise Jess was sitting on the bridge, reading.

"Hey Jess."

"It's okay I'm leaving anyways." Jess said as he got up and started to walk.

A/N That's chapter 2...tell me what you think!