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"Jess, c'mon!"

"Absolutely not," Jess replied smiling.

"You can't just ask me on a date, tell me how to dress and then not tell me where we're going," Rory replied as shifted in the passenger seat of Jess' car.

Jess put his turn signal on and turned right. "Uh, I believe I just did."

"Mean."

Jess smirked. "We're almost there."

Rory smiled at Jess. He stopped at a stop sign and looked both ways before proceeding. Rory watched as he concentrated on the road. She couldn't get over how intensely he stared at the road.

"What?" Jess asked after about a minute.

"Nothing."

Jess smirked again. Rory smiled and turned back to the road. Jess pulled over to the side of the road and turned off the engine.

"Umm… so where are we going?" Rory asked when she saw no buildings or people around.

Jess raised his eyebrows and got out of the car. He walked around, opened the door for Rory and held out his hand. She took it and he helped her out. They started walking into the trees on the side of the road.

"Great. I agree to go on a date with you and you take me to reenact The Blair Witch Project," Rory said as she stepped over a tree root.

Jess just shook his head and took her around a few more trees and Rory saw that the forest opened up and revealed a field. In that field, Jess had laid down a blanket with a stereo and a cooler. Rory's mouth opened in surprise. "Jess-"

"Now don't be getting all mushy on me," Jess interrupted.

"Not fair- you got mushy on me first," Rory replied.

Jess faked shock. "I did not."

"Jess! You would have never done this three years ago."

"How would you know?"

"Um, I dunno. Maybe because I dated you for a year," she said as she slapped him playfully.

Jess grabbed her hand before she pulled it back and led her to the blanket. "Are you hungry?"

"Starving." Jess laughed in reply. "What?" Rory asked.

"You were right."

"Of course I was. About what?" She smiled. He smiled back.

"Some things never change," he answered.

"So are you going to go back?" Rory asked.

She was finishing up her second slice of apple pie and he had been telling her about classes he had taken in the year he went to college.

"Eventually. Right now, Luke really needs the extra help, you know? And I kind of owe him for everything I put him through."

Rory put down her plate and took his hand. "I really hope you do go back."

He stared at her intensly and she did not find it hard to challenge him back. About two minutes went by and Rory spoke up. "Jess, will you dance with me?"

He smirked. "Uh…"

It was Rory's turn to smirk and she looked down with half disappointment, half timid-ness. Jess got up and held his hand out for her. She smiled at him. After helping her up, he turned up the radio. "You and Me" by Lifehouse was on and he pulled her close to him.

"Jess?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you."

He smiled and took her lips in his. Instead of pulling back like he did with the first kiss just a day before, he deepened the kiss. He missed being able to kiss her like this. He missed being able to hold her like this. He missed her. He broke the kiss finally and rested his forehead against hers.

"So, I brought something else."

"Jess… you've done too much already."

"Come on." He guided her back to the blanket, reached into his back pocket and pulled out a book. He held it up for her to see.

She grinned. "Oliver Twist."

"Seemed appropriate."

"Very."

She cuddled up into him and he rested the book on her lap, looked over her shoulder and began to read to her.

They stayed like that until the sun set to the point where they could not read anymore.

They stood on the porch at the end of the date, both nervous as if this was their first.

"Thank you for everything Jess. There wasn't a moment tonight when I was not happy."

Jess smiled in return. He took both of her hands and leaned in for a soft, gentle kiss goodnight.

Rory smiled and pushed a strand of hair out of Jess' face. "You really have changed."

He kissed her hand in reply. "I'll see you tomorrow, Ror." And then he turned and was gone.

Rory watched him until the tail lights of his car could not be seen anymore. She was about to go inside when she heard something in the bushes. She turned back around and gasped.

"Michael…"

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