Title: Taking Care Of Me

Author: Katie OompaLoompa1212@aol.com

Story Summary: Starts at Teach Me Tonight and goes from there (

Spoilers: Up to and including "Teach Me Tonight"

Pairing: Rory and Jess

Authors Note: This is my very first fanfiction so PLEASE send me Feedback.Good or bad!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything Gilmore Girls.I wish I did though.

Chapter: Four, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

At 10am Rory walked into the gazebo to see Dean already standing there. "Hey Ror, what's going on?" Dean asked before noticing the cast on her arm, "What happened?" he asked obviously worried.

"Nothing, last night I just, I got in a car wreck." Rory sighed not sure how to explain that to him. "Jess and I went for ice cream and something furry jumped into the road and he swerved to avoid hitting it and hit a pole" Rory explained in a rush.

"What?" Dean exploded. "You were with him, why would you let him drive? Rory," Dean sighed not sure what to say to her.

"Wait there is more" Rory sat down on a bench in the gazebo. Dean took cue and sat down next to her. Rory turned in her seat slightly so she was facing Dean. "Dean," Rory took a deep breath "I think we should break up" She said and her eyes fell from Dean's to her shoes. She had been with dean for such a large part of her life. She felt as if she was doing the right thing, it was that she also felt like she was loosing something. This break up was harder than she thought it would be.

"What?" Dean asked. Dean was taken aback. Sure he knew they hadn't been as close as of late but he didn't think they were going to break up.

"I just, it's different now, we're not the same anymore, I think we've just grown apart" Rory answered still looking toward the ground.

"I this about him?" Dean asked growing angry. He was almost positive that Jess had something to with this. "God, Rory, after he hurt you and everything" Dean sighed

"Partly" Rory admitted. She saw no reason to lie. "And he didn't hurt me, it wasn't his fault" Rory said. She almost felt like posting a bulletin. She could make a huge sign that simply said It Wasn't Jess' Fault in big bold letters. Why was it so easy for everyone to blame him?

After they were both silent for a few moments Rory slowly stood and grabbed her bag, "Good Bye, Dean" She said quietly and walked down the gazebo steeps.

Rory walked the short distance to Luke's and smiled when she reached her destination. She walked inside and saw Luke working behind the counter and walked up and looked over at him, "Hey Luke" She smiled.

"Hey Rory" Luke said automatically getting a coffee cup and filling it for her. "How are you?" He asked

"Thanks" She smiled gratefully taking the coffee. "Oh, I'm fine" Rory said. That was something else for a huge sign, I'm fine, so many people had asked her that. It was nice that so many people cared but still. "Hey, Is Jess around?" She asked glancing around the diner but not seeing him.

"Oh, you didn't hear?" Luke said and looked down at the counter wishing he didn't have to tell her. "Jess left.he went back to New York" Luke told her looking up to see her reaction.

"Why?" She asked, "When?" She added hoping she had head wrong.

"Early this morning.I'm fairly confident he left because of the accident" Luke informed her.

"Oh" She sighed. Nope.no luck of hearing wrong.