Disclaimer: I own David, but you can have him if you want him, he's a snobby creep. I own Kurt, you can't have him! He's cute! Mine, mine, mine, mine! But other than that, I don't own the show, I don't own anything really.
A/N:Hey!! I updated! Aren't you proud!! I'm proud. I'm also in a bad mood because I missed Milo in Boston Public *takes a moment for a dramatic cry and "I'm okay, really...oh! No I'm not!!!!" wails* BUT, on a happier note, it made me update...okay, not really, it was the reviews! I read the reviews! I couldn't stand the feeling of self hatred! Okay, that's not going to completely go away, but I'll like myself a lot better once I update this story *sighs with happiness* Un-evil Mandy is back!!
I have to respond to..oh, EVERYBODY!
To: Luxy1, I know! I'm sorry! Please don't hate me!! It'll get better! It'll get better soon, like, 10 minutes ago soon! I AM a Jess fan! The biggest Jess fan! I swear!
iminlovewithaboynamedJESS: I know! I fully take responsibility for the evilness that was the last chapter *nods solemnly* I swear by the end of this chapter the hatred will go away!...I think...yeah, it will!
smile: lol, don't worry, I never take "You ramble a lot!" in a bad way!:D I always ramble, it's what I do! I'm glad you like the story, I had to make her sadness an issue because the show made me mad when she had no reaction at all! If a guy like Jess leaves, especially one that you 'think you might be in love with', you are SUPPOSED to be sad! Stupid writer people!
Jin(Mrs.Mariano): Seriously, you Silly Bear, who did you write to? Lorelai is just..you know, Lorelai! But I'm still me!...Me with a mean horrible David...but still me! Besides, I hate him.:)
Tye: *the same I-just-saw-Milo shriek* Hi! I'll see what I can do about killing David, unfortunately Jess won't come back a homicidal maniac, that so sucks, but if he was going to be, he would kill David for us!! Isn't that great! Hehe, David and Dean jumping off a cliff...while holding hands!!:D Poor Dean and David....not. Anyhoo, I'm glad your friend thinks we're alike! I love hyper people! The world needs more of them!:D
Okay, I'm done responding to people, oh wait, no I'm not. You won't want to kill me when you're done! iminlovewithaboynamedJESS, you'll like me again! ALL of you will!! *grins and gestures for you to read, then stops to ramble a little more* Oh, and I kind of hated to name a guy who no one in the world will like including me and I'm the one who wrote him, David, beause of Dave, and I love Dave, but I hate David...so...I have no explanation, throw stones if you will, but make sure you don't hurt me too bad for the previous chapters or the evil guy being named David, because you need me!!! I update...I really do now!!*nods excitedly then skips off and awaits the reviews saying "we don't hate you so much anymore, you horrid insane freak!"*
Oh, one more thing, I'm not sure if anyone noticed Will, but I don't actually LIKE the name William that much, I could've named him better, but I wanted to name him after Luke's dad, so, William had to be...William.
Oh, and I'm glad no one likes David. I hate him. With a passion. I hate him with every fiber of my being!
Oh, and don't kill me in the first...piece, because it's sickening. I apologize.
**
The next day David came back from the meeting looking slightly annoyed as he walked in.
"Hey," Rory greeted him with a kiss.
"Hey,"
"What's wrong?" she asked, frowning.
"Oh, nothing, I just...our competitors are the biggest jerks alive, and their representative tops the cake of any other ones I've met. Bad day."
"Oh, I'm sorry," she said, sitting him down and rubbing his back.
Within about a minute the doorbell rang.
I'll get it," Rory called out going to the door. She opened the door and stared in shock.
"Surprised?"
"Lane!!!!!!" Rory jumped to hug her friend, practically knocking her over.
"I'll take that as a yes,"
"What are you doing here? Wow, I...you didn't tell me you were coming!"
"You didn't tell me you were engaged!" Lane shot back.
Rory stared, "How...?"
"Oh please, it's all over Stars Hollow by now. Do you have somewhere that I can sit this toy bag?"
"Oh, yeah, where's Kurt?"
"He's tagging along behind me...somewhere..Kurt! Come on,"
"Coming Mommy," he called, running up beside her.
"I can't believe he's five already," Rory said.
"I know, and you missed his party this year,"
"I know, I felt so bad...did you get the presents I sent?"
"Yes, his favorite was the marching drum, it's very noisy," she informed Rory.
Rory grinned, "I know,"
"Just wait until you and David have kids, I will get you the loudest toy known to man,"
Rory's grin diminished slightly, "Yeah, someday..."
"Rory!" Kurt hugged Rory.
"Hi, you got big!"
"I know, I'm a big boy," he said proudly.
"You are. Where's Dave?" she asked Lane.
"He's coming later, he had an audition,"
"Oh, okay," Rory nodded, "Come on in,"
"It's so cool that we're both with Daves," Lane said happily.
"Actually, he doesn't like to be called Dave, it makes him feel...informal," Rory informed Lane.
Lane gave her an odd look, "Uh, okay,"
"Do you want to meet him?" Rory asked, smiling.
"Sure, I'll try to refrain from my lowly ways of calling him Dave," she mumbled.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing," Lane shook her head with a forced smile.
"David," Rory called, "Guess who's here,"
He stood up, never having met anybody Rory knows, so he had no idea who she was.
"Lane, this is David,"
"Oh, you're Lane, I've heard all about you," David nodded with a smile and an outstretched hand.
Lane stared at his hand, "We don't shake hands, we hug," she said as she pulled him into a hug.
Again he did the uncomfortable hug thing, it would take awhile to adjust to the Stars Hollow people..let's hope he doesn't go near Miss Patty.
"Hi, I'm Kurt," the little boy smiled up at him.
"Hi, I'm David,"
"That's my Daddy's name," he said.
"I know," David nodded.
"Hey, I have an idea for how we can sit and talk and get to know each other," Rory said happily.
"Go to Luke's," Lane and David said at the same time.
"I am not that predictable," she said.
"Please, if coffee's an option, it's the one you pick. Always." David said.
"Fine, I am predictable, but let's go, we can talk, you can hear all about Lane and Dave and Kurt and what they've been up to, and I want to hear it!" Rory said.
**
Rory, Lane, David and Kurt all walked into Luke's, Lane and Rory chattering until they realized the inside of Luke's was not only silent, but deafeningly silent. And there were people. Live people. People who should be sitting there talking and gossiping and saying things that are far from true. People who should be annoying Taylor or Luke or making fun of Kirk..except for Kirk, who was sitting there the same way. And even Jess, he should've been-- wait, what?
Oh....okay, that's why.
Rory froze dead in her tracks, Jess was making eye contact with her, but she wasn't sure if she was awake or not. She'd had many dreams like this before, David had never been there..but, still.
Lane had wide eyes, Luke was still shocked that Jess was standing there, and David looked slightly annoyed, but not even noticing Rory and Jess' sparks.
"Hey," he said.
She narrowed her eyes, Hey? she thought. After all this time, hey?! "Hey," she replied.
More silence. No one dared to speak. Well, almost no one.
"Hello," David said.
Jess gave him a funny look, "You live in Stars Hollow?"
"No, I live in New York, I thought you were at the California office?"
"I am," Jess nodded.
Rory, Lane...everybody in Luke's stared.
"Why are you talking to him?" Rory finally asked David.
"God only knows," he mumbled.
"Rephrasing, why would you speak to him without asking his name?"
David frowned, "I know his name,"
"He meant to add unfortunately to that, but he's too polite," Jess said mockingly.
She shot Jess a death glare. Then back to David, "How?"
"Well, he's one of my company's biggest competitors, he was at the meeting,"
Lane couldn't help but butt in here, "Wow, how ironic,"
"What's ironic?" David asked.
"That Jess is your biggest competitor," she said, glancing at Rory who elbowed her.
"Why is that ironic?" he asked.
"How do you know Rory?" Jess interrupted.
"She's my fiancee`," David replied, wrapping an arm around her, "Why?"
Jess raised an eyebrow, obviously not what he expected or wanted to hear.
Rory had to choke back a smile of sadistic satisfaction at the look. As did everyone else in the diner. They all thought he deserved that look.
"Huh," was his reply.
"What are you doing here?" Rory finally asked.
"Had a meeting in Hartford, I was nearby,"
"Wow, so this is the first time in seven years you've been nearby and you thought, 'huh, I think I'll go back to Stars Hollow and see if they remember me,'?" Rory asked.
"I didn't put a lot of thought into it actually, otherwise, why would I be here?"
"Oh, right, I forgot, you hate this town," she replied.
He shrugged, "Pretty much,"
"Then go back to California,"
"Whoa, deja vu, you even have the tall guy next to you with the arm securing his property," Jess smirked.
"Shut up Jess," she said.
"That was supposed to be his line," Jess shook his head disapprovingly.
With good timing, in walks Lorelai, "Okay, I need coffee people, I - oh dear spawn of satan." she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Nice to see you too," Jess said, "And thanks, I get called that everyday, but it never gets old,"
Lorelai stared at Rory, "He's here?"
"Apparently," Rory nodded.
"He can't be here," Lorelai said.
"I know, I considered making a cross with my fingers to see if he'd go away but..."
"She's engaged, you know that, right?" Lorelai asked Jess.
"Yeah, Davey here told me," he nodded.
David cringed, Rory glared, and Lorelai considered killing him to prevent further problems.
"Good. She is, and happy, so very happy, happier than she's ever been,"
"What are you, his PR director?" Jess quipped.
"Nope, just making sure you knew," Lorelai said.
"Yes, the loving glances she's been shooting him are more than enough proof," he said sarcastically.
"For your information I would be shooting him loving glances, but I was just a little surprised, that's all,"
"Why?"
"I didn't expect -or hope- to see you here. Ever again. And in a suit..."
"Well, I was going to wear my Tool t-shirt, but I thought the brain on the back might freak some people out, they're so uptight, oh, wait, you knew that. You're engaged to one of them." he said.
"I need to leave," Rory said, turning and walking out the door without further notice.David was going to go after her, but Lorelai stopped him.
"I'll go," she said.
Rory was sitting on a bench in the park trying to figure out if she was having a dream, nightmare, or if by some cruel twist of fate, Jess was really standing in Luke's. In a suit. She still couldn't swallow that last part.
"Honey?"
She turned her head, "Hi, Mom,"
"What are you feeling right now?"
"Lots of things," Rory nodded.
"Hurt?"
"Mom, I don't feel like talking right now," she said apologetically.
"Okay, I'll sit here quietly, maybe you will,"
"I don't think I will, I just...need a second to process what happened." she stood up, "Tell Lane I'm sorry, I'll be back later and I swear we'll catch up,"
"She'll understand," Lorelai said.
"I know," Rory nodded as she went in the direction on the bridge.
**
A few minutes after she sat down she heard footsteps. She quickly tried to wipe away the few teardrops that had formed, not wanting anyone to see her crying.
"Can I sit here?" Jess asked.
She shrugged, "I don't care, but it might mess up your suit,"
"That's okay," he said, sitting down.
There was a silence, it wasn't that uncomfortable, surprisingly it was extremely comfortable. For a brief moment Rory wasn't engaged and Jess never left. They were 17 again.
The of course someone had to break it. Nothing good lasted.
"So, David seems..."
"Nice? He is, he's wondrerful," Rory said, remembering that she was engaged.
"I was looking for boring, but okay,"
She gaped at him "He is not! He's great and he's definitely not boring,"
"Really?"
"Really,"
"So, other than counting his money, does Mr. Scrooge even have hobbies?"
"Of course he does," she replied, trying to think of one besides golf.
"Like what? Using a slingshot to hit giants in the head with a rock? Yeah, he seems like a slingshot type of guy, I'll bet that's his hobby. Does his slingshot have a gold handle?"
"Hey, just because he doesn't steal lawn gnomes for a hobby doesn't mean he doesn't have any,"
"Well, he doesn't know what he's missing out on, but I don't do that anymore, if I want a lawn gnome I can go buy one,"
"Well, good for you," she said irritated.
"Well, I couldn't just be a punk all my life, could I?" he replied.
"You mean you're not a punk anymore?"
"Of course I am, but now I'm more,"
"Wow, I see your ego has grown," she nodded, looking back out at the water.
After a couple minutes of silence she spoke again, "So, what are you?"
"Excuse me?" he frowned.
"Well, the suit, and the meeting..."
"Same as David, CEO,"
"Wow, I never thought I'd hear those words together,"
"Jess and CEO?"
"Yeah, I pictured you as more of a writer or maybe even English teacher or...something, but not that." she shook her head.
"Yeah, me neither," he admitted. "But it works. What about you?"
"What about me?" she asked.
"Well, what are you doing? Are you an overseas correspondent yet?"
"No, I work at a magazine, not my dream job, but I love it,"
"Huh,"
"I can make brownies now," she blurted after a minute of silence, then turned red and wished she could take it back.
He chuckled, "Good to know,"
"Yeah," she said, willing her face to stop getting more red by the second. "I have no idea why I just said that,"
"Me neither, but it was cute," he smirked.
"Did you just say cute?"
"Yeah, my vocabulary 'getted' bigger,"
She laughed, "Oh, okay,"
He smiled at her, he missed that laugh.
After a couple more minutes of comfortable silence, Rory decided to leave before she went back to disliking him.
"I should go, I have- we, we have to be at my Grandma's tonight and if I'm not home it just gives my mom another reason to 'forget', so.."
"Okay," he said, as he followed suit and stood up.
"So...you're in my way," she said, half smiling.
"Huh, so I am,"
"Could you move, please?"
"As you wish," he nodded.
For a minute his words had thrown her back into the past when they were 17 again, she always hated that trip.
"You never should've left," she said simply before walking away, leaving him to stare after her.
**
A/N: *gets an excited look* So? Was that better? That was better, right? If that was not better I'm going to run away and elope with Mr.CEO and say forget the story! lol, okay, not true, I love this story. But still. But see? I brought Jess back! I told you I would! And look how soon! The second I got home I started on it!! Thank you guys for the reviews, they're the reason I updated so quickly! See? They ARE useful! They nucge me to update! I am so glad I updated..of course now I'm leaving for a couple days again..but when I get back I'll read the reviews *wink, wink* and then maybe I'll start on another update because my writer's block for this story is gone..or at least it's playing hooky if it is here!!!PLEASE REVIEW if you want more!!!:D See, it's an incentive program!
A/N:Hey!! I updated! Aren't you proud!! I'm proud. I'm also in a bad mood because I missed Milo in Boston Public *takes a moment for a dramatic cry and "I'm okay, really...oh! No I'm not!!!!" wails* BUT, on a happier note, it made me update...okay, not really, it was the reviews! I read the reviews! I couldn't stand the feeling of self hatred! Okay, that's not going to completely go away, but I'll like myself a lot better once I update this story *sighs with happiness* Un-evil Mandy is back!!
I have to respond to..oh, EVERYBODY!
To: Luxy1, I know! I'm sorry! Please don't hate me!! It'll get better! It'll get better soon, like, 10 minutes ago soon! I AM a Jess fan! The biggest Jess fan! I swear!
iminlovewithaboynamedJESS: I know! I fully take responsibility for the evilness that was the last chapter *nods solemnly* I swear by the end of this chapter the hatred will go away!...I think...yeah, it will!
smile: lol, don't worry, I never take "You ramble a lot!" in a bad way!:D I always ramble, it's what I do! I'm glad you like the story, I had to make her sadness an issue because the show made me mad when she had no reaction at all! If a guy like Jess leaves, especially one that you 'think you might be in love with', you are SUPPOSED to be sad! Stupid writer people!
Jin(Mrs.Mariano): Seriously, you Silly Bear, who did you write to? Lorelai is just..you know, Lorelai! But I'm still me!...Me with a mean horrible David...but still me! Besides, I hate him.:)
Tye: *the same I-just-saw-Milo shriek* Hi! I'll see what I can do about killing David, unfortunately Jess won't come back a homicidal maniac, that so sucks, but if he was going to be, he would kill David for us!! Isn't that great! Hehe, David and Dean jumping off a cliff...while holding hands!!:D Poor Dean and David....not. Anyhoo, I'm glad your friend thinks we're alike! I love hyper people! The world needs more of them!:D
Okay, I'm done responding to people, oh wait, no I'm not. You won't want to kill me when you're done! iminlovewithaboynamedJESS, you'll like me again! ALL of you will!! *grins and gestures for you to read, then stops to ramble a little more* Oh, and I kind of hated to name a guy who no one in the world will like including me and I'm the one who wrote him, David, beause of Dave, and I love Dave, but I hate David...so...I have no explanation, throw stones if you will, but make sure you don't hurt me too bad for the previous chapters or the evil guy being named David, because you need me!!! I update...I really do now!!*nods excitedly then skips off and awaits the reviews saying "we don't hate you so much anymore, you horrid insane freak!"*
Oh, one more thing, I'm not sure if anyone noticed Will, but I don't actually LIKE the name William that much, I could've named him better, but I wanted to name him after Luke's dad, so, William had to be...William.
Oh, and I'm glad no one likes David. I hate him. With a passion. I hate him with every fiber of my being!
Oh, and don't kill me in the first...piece, because it's sickening. I apologize.
**
The next day David came back from the meeting looking slightly annoyed as he walked in.
"Hey," Rory greeted him with a kiss.
"Hey,"
"What's wrong?" she asked, frowning.
"Oh, nothing, I just...our competitors are the biggest jerks alive, and their representative tops the cake of any other ones I've met. Bad day."
"Oh, I'm sorry," she said, sitting him down and rubbing his back.
Within about a minute the doorbell rang.
I'll get it," Rory called out going to the door. She opened the door and stared in shock.
"Surprised?"
"Lane!!!!!!" Rory jumped to hug her friend, practically knocking her over.
"I'll take that as a yes,"
"What are you doing here? Wow, I...you didn't tell me you were coming!"
"You didn't tell me you were engaged!" Lane shot back.
Rory stared, "How...?"
"Oh please, it's all over Stars Hollow by now. Do you have somewhere that I can sit this toy bag?"
"Oh, yeah, where's Kurt?"
"He's tagging along behind me...somewhere..Kurt! Come on,"
"Coming Mommy," he called, running up beside her.
"I can't believe he's five already," Rory said.
"I know, and you missed his party this year,"
"I know, I felt so bad...did you get the presents I sent?"
"Yes, his favorite was the marching drum, it's very noisy," she informed Rory.
Rory grinned, "I know,"
"Just wait until you and David have kids, I will get you the loudest toy known to man,"
Rory's grin diminished slightly, "Yeah, someday..."
"Rory!" Kurt hugged Rory.
"Hi, you got big!"
"I know, I'm a big boy," he said proudly.
"You are. Where's Dave?" she asked Lane.
"He's coming later, he had an audition,"
"Oh, okay," Rory nodded, "Come on in,"
"It's so cool that we're both with Daves," Lane said happily.
"Actually, he doesn't like to be called Dave, it makes him feel...informal," Rory informed Lane.
Lane gave her an odd look, "Uh, okay,"
"Do you want to meet him?" Rory asked, smiling.
"Sure, I'll try to refrain from my lowly ways of calling him Dave," she mumbled.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing," Lane shook her head with a forced smile.
"David," Rory called, "Guess who's here,"
He stood up, never having met anybody Rory knows, so he had no idea who she was.
"Lane, this is David,"
"Oh, you're Lane, I've heard all about you," David nodded with a smile and an outstretched hand.
Lane stared at his hand, "We don't shake hands, we hug," she said as she pulled him into a hug.
Again he did the uncomfortable hug thing, it would take awhile to adjust to the Stars Hollow people..let's hope he doesn't go near Miss Patty.
"Hi, I'm Kurt," the little boy smiled up at him.
"Hi, I'm David,"
"That's my Daddy's name," he said.
"I know," David nodded.
"Hey, I have an idea for how we can sit and talk and get to know each other," Rory said happily.
"Go to Luke's," Lane and David said at the same time.
"I am not that predictable," she said.
"Please, if coffee's an option, it's the one you pick. Always." David said.
"Fine, I am predictable, but let's go, we can talk, you can hear all about Lane and Dave and Kurt and what they've been up to, and I want to hear it!" Rory said.
**
Rory, Lane, David and Kurt all walked into Luke's, Lane and Rory chattering until they realized the inside of Luke's was not only silent, but deafeningly silent. And there were people. Live people. People who should be sitting there talking and gossiping and saying things that are far from true. People who should be annoying Taylor or Luke or making fun of Kirk..except for Kirk, who was sitting there the same way. And even Jess, he should've been-- wait, what?
Oh....okay, that's why.
Rory froze dead in her tracks, Jess was making eye contact with her, but she wasn't sure if she was awake or not. She'd had many dreams like this before, David had never been there..but, still.
Lane had wide eyes, Luke was still shocked that Jess was standing there, and David looked slightly annoyed, but not even noticing Rory and Jess' sparks.
"Hey," he said.
She narrowed her eyes, Hey? she thought. After all this time, hey?! "Hey," she replied.
More silence. No one dared to speak. Well, almost no one.
"Hello," David said.
Jess gave him a funny look, "You live in Stars Hollow?"
"No, I live in New York, I thought you were at the California office?"
"I am," Jess nodded.
Rory, Lane...everybody in Luke's stared.
"Why are you talking to him?" Rory finally asked David.
"God only knows," he mumbled.
"Rephrasing, why would you speak to him without asking his name?"
David frowned, "I know his name,"
"He meant to add unfortunately to that, but he's too polite," Jess said mockingly.
She shot Jess a death glare. Then back to David, "How?"
"Well, he's one of my company's biggest competitors, he was at the meeting,"
Lane couldn't help but butt in here, "Wow, how ironic,"
"What's ironic?" David asked.
"That Jess is your biggest competitor," she said, glancing at Rory who elbowed her.
"Why is that ironic?" he asked.
"How do you know Rory?" Jess interrupted.
"She's my fiancee`," David replied, wrapping an arm around her, "Why?"
Jess raised an eyebrow, obviously not what he expected or wanted to hear.
Rory had to choke back a smile of sadistic satisfaction at the look. As did everyone else in the diner. They all thought he deserved that look.
"Huh," was his reply.
"What are you doing here?" Rory finally asked.
"Had a meeting in Hartford, I was nearby,"
"Wow, so this is the first time in seven years you've been nearby and you thought, 'huh, I think I'll go back to Stars Hollow and see if they remember me,'?" Rory asked.
"I didn't put a lot of thought into it actually, otherwise, why would I be here?"
"Oh, right, I forgot, you hate this town," she replied.
He shrugged, "Pretty much,"
"Then go back to California,"
"Whoa, deja vu, you even have the tall guy next to you with the arm securing his property," Jess smirked.
"Shut up Jess," she said.
"That was supposed to be his line," Jess shook his head disapprovingly.
With good timing, in walks Lorelai, "Okay, I need coffee people, I - oh dear spawn of satan." she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Nice to see you too," Jess said, "And thanks, I get called that everyday, but it never gets old,"
Lorelai stared at Rory, "He's here?"
"Apparently," Rory nodded.
"He can't be here," Lorelai said.
"I know, I considered making a cross with my fingers to see if he'd go away but..."
"She's engaged, you know that, right?" Lorelai asked Jess.
"Yeah, Davey here told me," he nodded.
David cringed, Rory glared, and Lorelai considered killing him to prevent further problems.
"Good. She is, and happy, so very happy, happier than she's ever been,"
"What are you, his PR director?" Jess quipped.
"Nope, just making sure you knew," Lorelai said.
"Yes, the loving glances she's been shooting him are more than enough proof," he said sarcastically.
"For your information I would be shooting him loving glances, but I was just a little surprised, that's all,"
"Why?"
"I didn't expect -or hope- to see you here. Ever again. And in a suit..."
"Well, I was going to wear my Tool t-shirt, but I thought the brain on the back might freak some people out, they're so uptight, oh, wait, you knew that. You're engaged to one of them." he said.
"I need to leave," Rory said, turning and walking out the door without further notice.David was going to go after her, but Lorelai stopped him.
"I'll go," she said.
Rory was sitting on a bench in the park trying to figure out if she was having a dream, nightmare, or if by some cruel twist of fate, Jess was really standing in Luke's. In a suit. She still couldn't swallow that last part.
"Honey?"
She turned her head, "Hi, Mom,"
"What are you feeling right now?"
"Lots of things," Rory nodded.
"Hurt?"
"Mom, I don't feel like talking right now," she said apologetically.
"Okay, I'll sit here quietly, maybe you will,"
"I don't think I will, I just...need a second to process what happened." she stood up, "Tell Lane I'm sorry, I'll be back later and I swear we'll catch up,"
"She'll understand," Lorelai said.
"I know," Rory nodded as she went in the direction on the bridge.
**
A few minutes after she sat down she heard footsteps. She quickly tried to wipe away the few teardrops that had formed, not wanting anyone to see her crying.
"Can I sit here?" Jess asked.
She shrugged, "I don't care, but it might mess up your suit,"
"That's okay," he said, sitting down.
There was a silence, it wasn't that uncomfortable, surprisingly it was extremely comfortable. For a brief moment Rory wasn't engaged and Jess never left. They were 17 again.
The of course someone had to break it. Nothing good lasted.
"So, David seems..."
"Nice? He is, he's wondrerful," Rory said, remembering that she was engaged.
"I was looking for boring, but okay,"
She gaped at him "He is not! He's great and he's definitely not boring,"
"Really?"
"Really,"
"So, other than counting his money, does Mr. Scrooge even have hobbies?"
"Of course he does," she replied, trying to think of one besides golf.
"Like what? Using a slingshot to hit giants in the head with a rock? Yeah, he seems like a slingshot type of guy, I'll bet that's his hobby. Does his slingshot have a gold handle?"
"Hey, just because he doesn't steal lawn gnomes for a hobby doesn't mean he doesn't have any,"
"Well, he doesn't know what he's missing out on, but I don't do that anymore, if I want a lawn gnome I can go buy one,"
"Well, good for you," she said irritated.
"Well, I couldn't just be a punk all my life, could I?" he replied.
"You mean you're not a punk anymore?"
"Of course I am, but now I'm more,"
"Wow, I see your ego has grown," she nodded, looking back out at the water.
After a couple minutes of silence she spoke again, "So, what are you?"
"Excuse me?" he frowned.
"Well, the suit, and the meeting..."
"Same as David, CEO,"
"Wow, I never thought I'd hear those words together,"
"Jess and CEO?"
"Yeah, I pictured you as more of a writer or maybe even English teacher or...something, but not that." she shook her head.
"Yeah, me neither," he admitted. "But it works. What about you?"
"What about me?" she asked.
"Well, what are you doing? Are you an overseas correspondent yet?"
"No, I work at a magazine, not my dream job, but I love it,"
"Huh,"
"I can make brownies now," she blurted after a minute of silence, then turned red and wished she could take it back.
He chuckled, "Good to know,"
"Yeah," she said, willing her face to stop getting more red by the second. "I have no idea why I just said that,"
"Me neither, but it was cute," he smirked.
"Did you just say cute?"
"Yeah, my vocabulary 'getted' bigger,"
She laughed, "Oh, okay,"
He smiled at her, he missed that laugh.
After a couple more minutes of comfortable silence, Rory decided to leave before she went back to disliking him.
"I should go, I have- we, we have to be at my Grandma's tonight and if I'm not home it just gives my mom another reason to 'forget', so.."
"Okay," he said, as he followed suit and stood up.
"So...you're in my way," she said, half smiling.
"Huh, so I am,"
"Could you move, please?"
"As you wish," he nodded.
For a minute his words had thrown her back into the past when they were 17 again, she always hated that trip.
"You never should've left," she said simply before walking away, leaving him to stare after her.
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A/N: *gets an excited look* So? Was that better? That was better, right? If that was not better I'm going to run away and elope with Mr.CEO and say forget the story! lol, okay, not true, I love this story. But still. But see? I brought Jess back! I told you I would! And look how soon! The second I got home I started on it!! Thank you guys for the reviews, they're the reason I updated so quickly! See? They ARE useful! They nucge me to update! I am so glad I updated..of course now I'm leaving for a couple days again..but when I get back I'll read the reviews *wink, wink* and then maybe I'll start on another update because my writer's block for this story is gone..or at least it's playing hooky if it is here!!!PLEASE REVIEW if you want more!!!:D See, it's an incentive program!