Rory sighed and yawned as she hopped off the bus at the end of the day. She felt completely drained and tinged with a misery that she couldn't place. She would be completely swamped this weekend, with homework and studying…she then whined and moaned to herself as she remembered that Lorelei had begged her to be her dance marathon partner.
Hugging her textbooks to her chest, she began to walk home, grumbling at how tired and achy she felt…basically sinking further and further into tragic self-pity. This was how she felt every single time. It was her Jess withdrawal symptoms. She'd have some sort of weird encounter with him, that would leave her obsessing over it for the rest of the day, which would inevitably lead to the realisation that Jess hated her.
As she passed the bandstand she had to stop, as she felt a sudden slam in the pit of her stomach. Her heart leaped and then felt like it was sizzling. She was confronted with the sight of Jess propping Shane up against a tree, busily "sucking face" as she had so nicely put it earlier.
Rory's POV
I wonder if he can see me standing right here.
Don't people realise that this is a public area, and that it is completely gross to do that right in front of everyone? God, people are such jerks!
Jess' POV
I can feel her watching me.
I'm glad she's watching me.
Go on Rory, look and see what you're mis…
Rory dropped couple of textbooks, breaking the unbearable silence. Rory prayed that Stars Hollow's thirsty love children hadn't noticed her, as she knelt down to pick up her things. She stood up, and was horrified to find that the afore mentioned sex craved jerks had reluctantly broken apart and were staring at her.
Rory's POV
God, if looks could kill…
The way Shane is looking at me right now, judging me, scrutinising everything about me…
"Excuse me? Do you mind, I am trying to make out with my boyfriend here!" Shane demanded at Rory.
Rory was dumbstruck at anything to say that would lessen her own humiliation and embarrassment even slightly. Jess was looking anywhere but at Rory, infact, there was a very interesting leaf on the ground that had suddenly caught his attention.
"Well? Pick up your things and go, or else you'll be late for bible studies at church. I mean, hello freak, have you never seen anyone kissing before?"
Jess forced himself to look at Rory and he winced instantly with shame. Rory scooped up her books and as she briefly looked up at him, it felt like his heart actually stopped beating for a second, when he saw that she had tears in her eyes.
Jess' POV
Go on you moron, say something!
You can't just stand by and let Shane be a total bitch…obviously you can and you are, because Rory's walking away…
No come back! Why am I so weak…oh look, Rory's left behind something.
Shane planted another kiss on Jess, and although he responded coldly, she couldn't tell.
When Shane had gone, Jess buried his face in his hands, agonising over what an asshole he'd just been. He walked over to where Rory had been standing, and saw with no surprise that it was a book that she had forgotten. He picked it up.
Jess' POV
Hemmingway? But Rory hates Hemmingway…