A/N Thanx for your reviews I've had 18 so far and only one bad one! Not counting the two from my derranged friends.
quieter-writer: Yes Rory is going to end up dating Jess, it'll follow the timeline of season 3. I hadn't actually considered Rory and Kym fighting, I had in mind them becoming friends (weirdly). I'll think about it.
Lunatic Lorenzio: Definitely the idea I was going for! I mean, Shane being that stupid just deserved to be punched.
smile1: Soz but I'm a Shane-hater so I was never going to be nice to her. Maybe someone would have stepped in but they were also kinda shocked. Plus Rory doesn't like Shane so might enjoy watching her get punched. And Shane started the fight, not Kym.
Sorry I havn't updated in ages I've had DT coursework. But here it is the long-awaited Rory and Jess interaction.
Jess ran full-pelt away from the scene, not looking back, not even fully sure of where he was going. Although he would deny it under oath, Taylor's comments actually hurt, which was kinda crappy when he thought about it.
He didn't really understand why he cared what the people of Stars Hollow thought about him, it was too unfamiliar for him to worry about others' opinions.
Without realising it, his feet had led him to the old bridge. As he dropped to the ground, his feet dangling over the water, it hit him suddenly like a sledgehammer. Rory Gilmore. He laughed aloud. That bookworm, quirky brunettewith the physcotic mother. He already knew that he liked her,that much was obvious, but he'd first seen it as something to keep him amused in that boring little town he'd been forced to live in; and he loved to see Dean's face turn almost purple with fustrated rage. When Rory hadn't spoken to him over the summer, it cut deeper into him that he was willing to admit at the time. And now he suddenly cared what these people, her friends, thought about him. He was falling for her, bad.
A figure came running towards him and he looked up inquistively only to see Rory herself. Swearing silently, he turned his attention back to the water.
'Jess,' she said timidly. He didn't acknowledge her, so she sat down next to him.
'You ok?' She asked timidly.
'Why do you care?' He asked, staring at her. Rory felt herself blush under his gaze, unnerved and unsure of what to say next.
'Um...because...you're my friend?' It came out as more of a question that a statement and Jess let out a bitter laugh.
'Sure,' he answered sarcastically. 'Thanks for your concern but its not needed. Now why don't you run home to your big, safe boyfriend?' He almost winced at the pain that flashed briefly across her eyes. Rory, hurt, stood up.
'You know what...fine! She attempted to storm off but stopped halfway and looked back at him hopefully. He raised an eyebrow in a cocky gesture and she let out a fustrated noise before turning and leaving him alone in his thoughts.
Jess watched her go; fighting the urge to follow, grab her by the arm and appologise for being a jerk. Oh and kiss her senseless. But he didn't, he wouldn't lower himself and grovel. His pride wouldn't let him. Staring back at the water, he tried to make sense of things.
Everything had been in control; he been getting on well with Shane in their no-strings attatched relationship; he hadn't been fighting with Lukerecently and, best of all, he knew he was getting to Rory. He knew she was jealous of him and Shane, and now she knew how he'd felt watching her and Dean play the part of a married couple. But now, with the sudden arrival of Kym, a blatent symbol of his old life, things seemed to be spiraling out of control. As soon as he looked at Kym again in the diner, old repressed feelings came flooding back, a mixture of attraction and dislike.
She was the only girl who had broken his heart, after all.
He got to his feet and set off towards Gypsy's, to get the awkward conversation out of the way.
