A/N: Ok so this is my first fic, so please be nice! I love reviews so please review, it makes me write faster, and keeps my mood up!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or the idea… All I own is some make-up and a guitar… God I wish I owned Milo ;)

Out

She had to get out of there. Away from her life that had gone into a whirlwind after he left the last time. Now here she was on a beach in California where no one knew her and couldn't judge her. She was also here without anyone knowing. She and Lorelai were talking again, which was good. Things still weren't the same but they were getting better. Rory was still living in the pool house because she thought it would be best, since things weren't perfect. But she spent almost everyday in Stars Hollow, but went back to the pool house after dinner at Lukes, but some nights she'd stay at home after a movie night. She hadn't told Lorelai where she was going, just that she was leaving for about a week to think, Lorelai knew not to push her daughter and supported her decision to leave. She was still dating Logan but things have been weird with him lately, and she didn't know if it was something she did, if he was getting tired of her, or if it was her mind playing tricks on her.

Now the reason she was here sitting on a beach in California was to clear her head, she needed space to think. She wanted to go back to school, but did she want to go back to Yale? She always wanted to go to Harvard, but her grandparents influenced her decision to go to Yale. So does that mean that she should go to Harvard? She had gotten over the fact that Mitchum Huntzbuger was an ass, and what he said wasn't true, but it still hurt to think that he thought that. Did he really think that? Or was he trying to form her into a 'trophy wife' for Logan? God they had only been girlfriend/ boyfriend for less than 48 hours before that hazardous dinner, and already they were thinking of marriage. She wasn't ready for that she had school to finish, and who knows if she and Logan would work out. From that moment on Rory promised herself that she wasn't going to dwell on that here. She needed to clear her head and that's what she was going to do, not sit here in denial.

She got up from her place on the beach, and decided to walk along the boardwalk. As she was walking she came across a tiny hole in the wall book store, 'Golden Books' it was called. Just as she was walking in her cell starting ringing. She thought about just letting it ring, but decided against it.

"Hello" she answered with a hint of anger in her voice.

"Hey Ace, how's it going?" obviously not picking up on the hint of anger, or he was just choosing to ignore it.

"Good I guess, u?

"Can't complain really, except that I haven't seen my girlfriend in a week, I was thinking how about I come pick you up and we can go out for dinner and go see a movie?"

"I'd love to Logan, but I'm not at the pool house. I'm actually spending some time with my mom in Stars Hollow. We're having a movie night, and we're really getting through some stuff so I might stay here for a few days."

"Oh okay then,"

"Sorry Logan but I got to cut this short, but I need to get to the movie store and then go and get some junk food, but I promise we'll talk later, okay?"

"Uhhh… ok Ace talk to ya later"

"Bye!"

As Rory shut her phone she let out a sigh, and saw that people were staring. They had been watching this girl talk to someone on the phone, and she was obviously making up something because she was blinking a lot, and they wanted to know more.

"Jeez people take a picture it lasts longer and leave me alone!" Yes she was snappy and it felt good to let out some of this emotion that she had been keeping bottled up for months now.

People went back to reading the books that they had picked out, or just continuing to browse the shelves. Rory decided to start in the Classic section, always a good place to start she thought. This store was great it had really old collections, and some first editions. She would definitely need to come back again. She found a first edition of Oliver Twist, and The Fountainhead. As she went up to the cash to pay, she recognized the man behind the register. It was the same guy that she had been thinking about a lot lately, the same guy that had been in and out of her life so many times, and the same guy that sent her life into this whirlwind. As she approached the register she whispered,

"Jess…"

ok i know that it's short but i wanted to get this up, and i thought that it was a good place to stop. and hey now that ur down here, just press that pretty button in the left cornor that says submit a review, really tou'll make my day, and i'll give u a cookie... yummy cookies... anyways, i'll try and post every other day when i'm not busy with school work...

-Victoria