(Recap: "I noticed that you liked my cousin." Lori said out of the blue.
"What?" Jess said.
"You watch her. Dean doesn't like you so my only guess would be that you like his girlfriend." Lori concluded.
"I liked your cousin when we hung out. We haven't hung out since..."
"…Since you guys accidentally kissed." Lori finished. "I know. She freaked out that night and called me. She felt so guilty. Things are better between her and Dean now. Now that you two don't hang out.")
"So since you know so much about me, can I know something about you?" Jess asked.
"Depends on what you want to know." Lori responded without hesitation.
"Well, how about you give me some 'David Copperfield' crap?" Jess said.
"Okay." She took a minute to think. "My full name is Lorli Elizabeth Mackton. I was born in Hartford, Connecticut. I like listening to music. I sing, dance, and play several instruments. My childhood was great."
"Maybe we should have just done 'Twenty Questions'." Jess said.
"We still can." Lori said. She was beginning to like him. She knew a lot about him even though she wasn't showing it. Rory had told her everything she knew about Jess Mariano.
"Okay." Jess said. He wanted to say, "How about we skip that and get to the point" but he didn't.
"Okay. I'll go first." She thought for a moment. "Do you still like Rory Gilmore?"
It was a shocker but it would have to do.
"No, I do not like Rory Gilmore." He said. "My turn." He thought. "What did you really do to get sent here?"
"I got into some trouble with my boyfriend back home. Deep trouble. Police trouble." She paused. The look in Jess's eyes was disappointment and amazement. "I broke up with him after we got in trouble. I broke up with him while we were in the jail cell." She paused again. "I really did get suspended though. I'm supposed to be here till the end of the school year." She added. Jess turned and looked down into her eyes. They smiled.
"Lori!" They heard someone call. It was Dean.
"Hey Dean." Lori said. She nudged Jess softly.
"Hey." Jess said. Dean ignored him.
"Uh, Lori, Rory wanted me to come and get you." Dean said.
"I thought you were supposed to go see your aunt." Lori said confused.
"I am but my train got delayed. I have a half hour before I have to be back." Dean said. He continued to ignore Jess. "I have to take you to Hartford."
"Jess can take me so you're not late." Lori said. Jess and Dean both looked at her as if she had said something in another language.
"What?" They both responded.
"Well, Dean, you have to be at the train station in less than a half hour and I doubt Jess has anything to do." Lori said. She looked at Jess, who just stood there puzzled. "Or if you want, Dean, you can take both me and Jess with you. We can drop you off and if you wouldn't mind, Jess and I can drive to Hartford and see what Rory wants, then we can drive back to the train station and leave your car there and Rory can let us borrow her car. I can drive yours and Jess can tag along with Rory." Lori loved this idea because she knew that it was an impossible idea.
"Or we can leave him here and I can drive you to Rory and then Rory can drive you back." Dean said. They he said this made Jess a little mad.
"Actually, since Lori and I are have such a great time, I was hoping we could finish it later rather than now." Jess said with a fake smile. He put his arm around her.