All Planned Out
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Summary: What if Jess had said something when he called Rory in the episode Those Are Strings Pinocchio?
Rating: PG?
This takes place during the scene where Rory is at Chilton with her mom right after graduating when her cell phone rings. And it's not a pay phone in California he's calling from either.
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Rory and Lorelai were talking outside at Chilton when Rory's cell phone rang. Rory dug around her gradation robes and found her cell phone.
"Hello? … Hello?" Rory asked.
No one answered and she didn't recognize the number on the caller ID. Confused, she hung up.
"A hang up?" Lorelai asked her daughter.
"Yeah," she replied.
"You're getting a lot of those lately," she commented.
As soon as Lorelai spoke, the phone in Rory's hand rang again.
"Hello? … Hello?" Rory asked again.
Rory quickly moved through the crowd and went into the deserted hall inside the school. Confused, her mother waited outside for her.
"Jess, is that you? Jess, I'm pretty sure it's you and I'm pretty sure you've been calling and not saying anything but wanna say something," Rory said into the phone.
"Hello? … You're not going to talk? Fine, I'll talk," Rory continued.
"You didn't handle things right at all. You could've talked to me. You could've told me that you were having trouble in school and weren't going to graduate, and that your dad had been there, but you didn't. And you ended up not taking me to my prom and not coming to my graduation and leaving again without saying goodbye again, and that's fine, I get it, but that's it for me. I'm going to Europe tomorrow and I'm going to Yale and I'm moving on. And I'm not going to pine. I hope you didn't think I was going to pine, okay?" she ranted.
"I think … I think I may have loved you, but I just need to let it go. So, that's it, I guess. Um, I hope you're good. I want you to be good, and, um, okay, so, goodbye. That word sounds really lame and stupid right now, but there it is," she said, about to say goodbye again and hang up.
"I love you too, Rory," Jess finally said.
"What … what did you say?" Rory stammered, shocked that Jess had spoken.
"Rory-" he started again.
"Yeah, me too," she replied, understanding what he had said.
"Look, I'm sorry I kept hanging up on you. I just didn't know what to say," he explained.
"Jess, it's me. You know you can talk to me," Rory pointed out.
"I know, but…" he paused for a moment.
"But what? But you left me and didn't even say a word? But you didn't even leave me with so much as a 'Hey Ror' I'm leaving town'?" she fumed.
"Rory, I don't want to fight. Look, I know you wanted to go to prom and wanted to see me graduate and that you wanted me at your graduation, but my dad was back and it just seemed like a good idea," Jess said.
"You know, I was going to mention you in my speech today," Rory said.
"Why?" Jess asked.
"Because you're my boyfriend. Were, were my boyfriend and because it just seemed to make sense that I talk about you when I talked about my world of books," she explained.
"Huh," muttered Jess.
"Huh! Huh? That's all you have to say?" Rory was still angry.
"Rory, I screwed up okay?" Jess shot back.
"Yeah," she replied.
"I can turn around and leave if that's what you want. Is that what you want?" he asked.
"Huh?" Rory asked, not mimicking Jess, but responding out of confusion.
"Crap," she heard him mumble.
"Jess, where are you?" she asked.
"What's it matter to you where I am? You said yourself we're not together anymore," Jess replied.
"Jess," Rory whined.
"Hey, you okay?" Lorelai asked, walking into the hall.
"I gotta go," she quickly hung up the phone.
"I'm okay," she said to her mom.
"Come on," Lorelai said, leading her down the hall.