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Chapter One
Early October 2007
She silently watched him move around the room, muscle dancing under the taught skin of his torso and arms.
He looked at her briefly, barely caring, before pulling a tee-shirt over his head and heading out. The 'Goodbye' he stated was purely a force of habit as the door to the apartment clicked shut with resolution.
Rory blew out a breath and reached for the phone, dialing the familiar numbers with hesitancy.
In the middle of the fourth ring, Lorelai picked up, 'Danes Residence.'
Now or never. "Hi."
Lorelai didn't talk.
"I… Thought I would tell you that I'm in New York."
Lorelai let out a breath that Rory assumed she'd been holding. 'Okay.' She stayed silent for several minutes. 'How's Logan?'
Oh, yeah. "I haven't been seeing Logan for over a year and a half." She nodded at nothing. "I'm, uhm, I'm actually seeing someone else."
'Oh.'
"Yeah." She threw off the comforter and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. "It's Jess."
Lorelai made a noise that could be a sigh or a gasp. 'Oh. Really?'
She, once again, nodded at nothing. "Yeah. It's really recent, though."
'Okay.' She paused. 'Uhm, Happy Birthday. I know it's a little early, but…'
"Thanks." She stood up, walking out of the bedroom. "How're you?"
Silence temporarily hung heavy, 'I'm good. You?'
She dropped onto the sofa, "I'm good."
Lorelai didn't respond.
"How's Luke?"
'Luke's good,' she replied. 'How's… Jess?'
Rory shrugged, "He's… Jess. He's a little more sociable, but still Jess."
'That's good.'
She pulled her bottom lip between her teeth before releasing it, "Will you come to my birthday dinner?"
'What?' Lorelai immediately questioned in an incredulous tone.
"Grandma and Grandpa are throwing a dinner for me and they said I can invite anyone I want and…" She sighed. "I was hoping it could just be me, you, them and Luke. I have some news."
'Uh,' she pauses, obviously shocked. 'Okay.'
Rory smiles slightly, "Good. It's Saturday the sixth. It's at the grandparents and it's at seven."
They sit in silence before there's a knock on Rory's door.
"Oh, someone's here. I've gotta go." She smiles, "See you Saturday."
'Yeah, bye.'
The line clicked dead and Rory hung up her phone, heading to the door.
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Written: 12th of October, 2005
Posted: 14th of October, 2005