After about 3 blocks of walking Jess stops Rory.
"You don't know where you're going do you?" he laughed.
"I know where I want to go, I just don't know how to get there." Rory pouts.
A short train ride later they arrive at the record store a/n: season 2- "Lorelai's Graduation Day"
"I forgot how great this place is!" Rory exclaimed as she flipped through records.
Jess smiled.
"So… this is me." Rory says as they reached her hotel. "This weekend was," Rory paused, "good."
"Good. I uh." Jess cleared his throat, "I missed you. It was good to be able to talk to you again."
Rory smiled. "Yeah, same."
"So, um, tell Luke I say hi."
"I will. And you have my cell phone number, so we should keep in touch."
Jess nods. "I'll call."
"Good."
"So…"
"I'll talk to you soon."
"Yeah."
Rory reaches up and gives him a kiss on the cheek. The second their cheeks touch her heartbeat quickens, and she feels like she's 17 again.
They linger for a minute, and then Rory takes a step back, trying to compose herself.
She looks up, and sees Jess staring down at her.
She turns to walk into her hotel.
"Wait!" Jess called out. Rory turns around.
"You didn't say goodbye." Jess smiles, clearly mocking her.
"Goodbye Jess." Rory laughs.
"Bye Rory."
They spoke pretty regularly for the first few months. It was mostly over the phone, sometimes an email.
"How come I didn't know Luke and your mom were dating?"
"Well, were."
"What do you mean were?"
"I guess you speak to me more often than you speak to Luke," Rory laughed. "There was this whole thing at my grandparent's vow renewal. My dad showed up, and him and Luke jumped into father mode when they caught me and Logan, and then Chris said-"
Jess cut her off. "Wait a second, caught you and Logan?"
"Logan, right. He's uh this guy I know from Yale. We got caught in a little bit of an embarrassing state."
"Huh."
There was a pause in the conversation. They hadn't really talked about guys/girls in either of their lives.
"So anyway, now they're broken up. Luke said he needs time to think."
"Right," Jess scoffed. "Luke's been in love with Lorelai for years. He'll get over it."
"I hope so. Mom's a mess."
"Alright well I gotta get going. Talk to you soon."
"Right. I'll call next time."
"Say hi to Logan!" Jess joked.
"Haha. Maybe I will.
"Ok."
"Bye!" Rory laughed.
A/N: the following scene takes place after "But I'm a Gilmore!"
The next time her sees her she'd a mess.
Jess heard a loud pounding at the door. He gets up from his space on the couch, and places his book down.
He opens the door and Rory stumbles in.
"Are you drunk?" he asks her, surprised.
"A little…" she giggles.
"Rory what-"
He's cut off by her lips, but he pushes her away.
"You… you don't want me?" she questions, drunkenly.
"Look at yourself Rory, what happened?" He avoided the previous question.
"You don't want me. Fine!" she goes to open the door but he moves to block her way.
"Jess move!" "Move! I mean it!" she screams.
She tries to push him away, the combination of her being drunk and him being stronger throws her off balance.
He reaches out to help her, and she pulls him into a hug. She starts sobbing.
"Shhh. It's ok"