Jess pulled up to the Inn and let out a sigh. It was hard watching her in the rearview mirror crying on the street. He hated this. The whole thing angered him. 'Why did I let her do this again? Luke is right. I can't throw it all away on the past.' Jess walked up the stairs of the Inn and felt like he was going to break down. He quickly turned and walked back down to the kitchen. Sookie was cleaning up and getting ready to head home.

"Hey." Jess said making his presence known.

"Oh. Jess you scared me." Sookie jumped as she turned to see him.

"Can I have some leftovers?" he asked quietly.

"Sure sweetie. There is enough for you and Toby both." She started putting food out on plates.

"No, one plate. Just me." Jess sat down on a stool, "Is Rory still dating Richie Rich?"

"I am guessing you mean Logan? No. He left her after graduation. She said last she saw of him he was with another girl and there were no words exchanged. Why?" Sookie handed him the plate and waited for the answer.

"He is here. They seem pretty together." Jess took the plate from her hand. "Thanks Sook. You are a doll."

"No sweat kid." She watched him leave the kitchen and frowned.

A few minutes later Michel walked in the door. "Why are you making that face?" he asked rolling his eyes.

"Jess seems so sad. Logan and Rory are back together. Poor guy." She was cleaning up the last bit.

"Rory is standing in the lobby. She wanted to see him. He told me not to let her upstairs. This is where you fall into place." He motioned for her to go with him.

"Rory!" Sookie ran to her and hugged her, "Jess is pretty shook up. He said you and Logan were back together. Although he called him Richie Rich, which made me, laugh. Jess has such a funny sense of humor. I can actually see Logan as Richie Rich. He would have done a lot better than the Culkin kid did; of course making a cartoon into live action is silly in the first place. When I first met Jess I thought that kid is a mess, but now he is a father and a good guy. Always telling me jokes. Clever names for everyone." She rambled on and on.

"Sookie, Michel won't let me up stairs. He says Jess requested that I not go up to see him." She interrupted the rambling.

"Michel is busy in the kitchen with me. He won't even know." She winked grabbing Michel's arm and dragging him to the kitchen.

"I am afraid of that boy! He will surely go mad. Tomorrow when he sticks rat poison in my coffee you are going to be held responsible!" Michel whined.

Rory laughed and ran up the stairs. She held a bottle of wine and glasses in her hand. She knocked on the door. There was no answer. She put the wine and glasses down on the ground. Leaning against the door to see if she could hear anything. Jess opened the door and she fell to the ground.

"What are you doing?" He asked looking down at her.

"I was worried. I was making sure you were still alive in there."

"I am upset not suicidal. How absurd. I guess you can come in." he motioned for her to enter.

Rory got up and picked up the wine and glasses. She sat them down on the nightstand and tried opening the wine. She finally got it opened and poured a glass for Jess and herself. Handing him the glass she smiled.

"Two old friends talking over wine." She sat down on the bed motioning for him to sit next to her.

"Rory I really want to be alone. Thanks for the wine though." He chugged the glass.

"I just want to talk. You don't even know the Logan story. You think you do, but you don't. Please just let me talk." She grabbed his arm and pulled him on to the bed beside her.

Several minutes of silence passed before she finally spoke. Taking a sip of wine she started her story. She started off telling him about how different she was around Logan. How her mother and her had a huge fight and didn't speak for months. He nodded as he remembered Luke telling him the stories. She finally got up to date and told him how Logan just disappeared after graduation.

"…and now he is here. Trying his hardest to win me back. That is what you saw through the window of the diner. Toby said you were mad and he is afraid he lost a dollar?" She leaned back on the bed and looked at the half empty wine bottle.

"Your not with him? No plans on it?" Jess asked afraid of the answer.

"No we are done. He just left. He watched me chase after you and finally got the clue." She smiled as he leaned back on the pillow next to her.

"I am not good at this, sorry." He laughed at his over reaction.

Jess turned his head and watched as she closed her eyes. He leaned over and kissed her lips lightly. She smiled. Then he caressed her hair not knowing why he felt the way he did about her. With Claire it had been different. She was so in charge and it just seemed that they were together out of loneliness. After Toby was born there was never another women. He often thought he should find someone new, but figured it wasn't worth the heartache to his son if it didn't work out. Now looking at Rory a different fear came over him.

"What are you thinking about?" she asked looking at him in a daze.

"Toby." He said shyly.

"He is fine. Luke took him home. He was trying to dance in the street. Luke decided to carry him the rest of the way home." She laughed.

"No not now. I was just thinking about women. Whoever I am with has to like Toby. Toby has to like them. They have to understand that he is always first. He is the only person I have actually given into. I love that kid more than myself. Even if he does want to dance in the street like Kevin Bacon in Footloose." He smirked and looked at Rory.

"He is going to be a brilliant dancer. You just wait and see."

"Or he could grow out of it." Jess got up and walked over to his bags.

"I really like Toby. He is so much like you; I bet you were just like him when you were a kid. That is before the James Dean 'Rebel Without A Cause' thing happened." She sat up and watched Jess as he pulled something out of his bag.

"This is for you." He handed her a notebook, "There are letters from over the years in there. I never had the nerve to send them. You don't have to read them all. Just skim through them. It is sort of a journal. I just decided to use you as the person I was writing to." He walked in to the bathroom and started a shower.

Rory curled up on the bed and flipped through. Finding one entry that caught her eye. There was a baby picture stuck to the page with a paper clip. She assumed it was Toby and looking on the back she was proved right. He was so tiny. The page was scribbled you could barely read it.

Dear Rory,

The day finally came. Toby Henry Mariano was born. My son. Wow. I am a bag of emotion right now. I wish you could see him. He is so tiny and grips on to me like no one has ever done. For the first time in my life I feel needed. Claire is already complaining. This has changed her for the worse. Toby and Claire came home about 2 days ago. She hasn't been here much of the time. Luckily my friend John has been watching Toby while I work. I am so alone. This is so hard. Maybe she will snap out of it and come home to her family.

You're always on my mind. I wish we were on better terms. I hope one day you do get to read this and meet Toby. He would love you.

Jess

She flipped through till she found an invite to her mothers wedding. She smiled as she read his thoughts on it.

Luke has made me best man. Who would have thought this would happen? Over the years I have always kept in touch with him. He was one of the first people even before my mom to see Toby. Toby is a year old now. I am hoping to bring him to the wedding. Although Luke thinks it will be a bad idea. He doesn't want to freak everyone out and take the spot light off the bride. I guess I can understand that, I am sort of surprised that Lorelei didn't demand someone else to be the best man. I bet you will be gorgeous in your bride's maid dress. Who knows we might get to talk, like friends. Love makes you act weird doesn't it? When will we learn? I am 21 now and I feel like I am 50. Claire has really lost it. I'd rather not write about her though. She makes everything seem so fake.

She flipped through till she found a picture of the wedding.

Claire is gone. She left me. She said she wanted nothing to do with Toby. How heartless. I am feeling more and more like I gave birth to him. How can she look at him and reject him? I wanted to tell you about all of this. You just wouldn't listen. You are just so happy with Richie Rich. Which is good. One of us should be happy in love. I am so scared. How am I going to be a single father? I have to work. I barely make enough to make ends meet. Here Toby is in front of me playing in his playpen. What a beauty my son is. I am still in awe out how much like me he looks. No sign of Claire. I think that made her angry. I was right about how good you were going to look in your dress. Blue always looked good on you. Brings out your eyes. Those eyes haunt me, in a good way. Your mom sent me the pictures today. She kept forgetting to send them. A year later I get them. Lorelei is funny. Crazy more like it.

Tears fell from her eyes as she read on. She felt so bad for Toby and Jess. How could a mother leave her son? Jess was braver than she remembered maybe it was the father in him. He was fearless when it came to his kid. She flipped through to the last few pages.

I am living with your mom. This is crazy. Here I am living in Rory Gilmore's room. I feel dirty. Toby found your picture and asked who you were. I told him you were an angel, untouchable and always there. I keep it tucked in your copy of Howl I found it in your room. I am holding on to it for safekeeping.

"Find anything interesting in there?" Jess stood in front of her in a robe.

"A few things." She smiled back at him.

" I really need to get to sleep. Toby and I have a big day with my Mom tomorrow. Which means I have to deal with baboon man TJ." He laughed and rolled his eyes.

"Oh yeah I should go." She got up and realized all of the wine she had drunk. The bottle was now empty. "I think I need some coffee to sober up."

"Just stay here. I will sleep on top of the covers, you can sleep underneath."

"Thanks." She was embarrassed at how much she had drunk.

They awkwardly lay down on there sides of the bed. Rory under the covers Jess on top covered by a thin blanket. Rory reached for the lamp by the bed and turned it off. The darkness fell upon them and both were still. Rory turned facing Jess.

"Good night Jess."

"Good night Angel." He leaned over and kissed her forehead.

The next morning Jess woke up and Rory was gone. A note was by the bed, and his notebook left in her place.

Jess,

I left early this morning as you can see. I had to get back to New York. Please don't take this the wrong way. Saying goodbye would have been too hard. I had a nice night and I am glad we are back on talking terms. See you soon.

Rory

"What are you running from Gilmore?" Jess threw the paper on the floor.